Articles | Volume 19, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9913-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9913-2019
Research article
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07 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 07 Aug 2019

Interannual variations of water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere and the lower and middle stratosphere and their connections to ENSO and QBO

Edward W. Tian, Hui Su, Baijun Tian, and Jonathan H. Jiang

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We study the interannual (2–7-year) water vapor variations in the tropical upper troposphere and the lower and middle stratosphere and their connections to El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) using the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data and time-lag regression analysis and composite analysis. We found that ENSO is more important in the upper troposphere and near the tropopause, while QBO is more important in the lower and middle stratosphere.
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