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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1259-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1259-2023
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24 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2023

Monitoring sudden stratospheric warmings under climate change since 1980 based on reanalysis data verified by radio occultation

Ying Li, Gottfried Kirchengast, Marc Schwaerz, and Yunbin Yuan

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We develop a new approach to monitor sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events since 1980 and develop a 42-year SSW event climatology. Detection and evaluation results suggest that the new method is robust for SSW monitoring. We also found an increase in the duration of SSW main-phase warmings of about 5(±2) d over the three decades from the 1980s to the 2010s, raising the average duration from about 10 to 15 d, and the warming strength is also found increased.
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