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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1593-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1593-2021
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05 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 05 Feb 2021

Very long-period oscillations in the atmosphere (0–110 km)

Dirk Offermann, Christoph Kalicinsky, Ralf Koppmann, and Johannes Wintel

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Atmospheric oscillations with periods of up to several 100 years exist at altitudes up to 110 km. They are also seen in computer models (GCMs) of the atmospheric. They are often attributed to external influences from the sun, from the oceans, or from atmospheric constituents. This is difficult to verify as the atmosphere cannot be manipulated in an experiment. However, a GCM can be changed arbitrarily. Doing so, we find that long-period oscillations may be excited internally in the atmosphere.
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