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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3267-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3267-2023
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14 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2023

Very-long-period oscillations in the atmosphere (0–110 km) – Part 2: Latitude– longitude comparisons and trends

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

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1593–1611, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1593-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1593-2021, 2021
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Atmospheric oscillations with periods between 5 and more than 200 years are believed to be self-excited (internal) in the atmosphere, i.e. non-anthropogenic. They are found at all altitudes up to 110 km and at four very different geographical locations (75° N, 70° E; 75° N, 280° E; 50° N, 7° E; 50° S, 7° E). Therefore, they hint at a global-oscillation mode. Their amplitudes are on the order of present-day climate trends, and it is therefore difficult to disentangle them.
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