Gravity waves excited during a minor sudden stratospheric warming

Dörnbrack, Andreas; Gisinger, Sonja; Kaifler, Natalie; Portele, Tanja Christina; Bramberger, Martina; Rapp, Markus; Gerding, Michael; Faber, Jens; Žagar, Nedjeljka; Jelić, Damjan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12915-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12915-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12915-2018

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07 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 07 Sep 2018

Gravity waves excited during a minor sudden stratospheric warming

Andreas Dörnbrack, Sonja Gisinger, Natalie Kaifler, Tanja Christina Portele, Martina Bramberger, Markus Rapp, Michael Gerding, Jens Faber, Nedjeljka Žagar, and Damjan Jelić

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RC1: 'Review: Gravity waves excited during a minor SSW', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Apr 2018
RC2: 'gravity waves excited in the stratosphere', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 May 2018
RC3: 'Gravity Waves excited during a Minor Sudden Stratospheric Warming', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 May 2018
AC1: 'final response', Andreas Dörnbrack, 23 Jul 2018

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ED: Publish as is (02 Aug 2018) by Jörg Gumbel

AR by Andreas Dörnbrack on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

A deep upper-air sounding stimulated the current investigation of internal gravity waves excited during a minor sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) in the Arctic winter 2015/16. The analysis of the radiosonde profile revealed large kinetic and potential energies in the upper stratosphere without any simultaneous enhancement of upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric values. In combination with high-resolution meteorological analyses we identified an elevated source of gravity wave excitation.