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Research article
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29 Aug 2023
Research article |
| 29 Aug 2023
| 29 Aug 2023
The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and global-scale tropical waves in Aeolus wind observations, radiosonde data, and reanalyses
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
Mohamadou A. Diallo
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
Dina Khordakova
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
Isabell Krisch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR),
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Peter Preusse
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
Oliver Reitebuch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR),
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
Martin Riese
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung – Stratosphäre (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,
Jülich, Germany
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- Performance of the ultraviolet laser transmitter during ESA’s Doppler wind lidar mission Aeolus O. Lux et al. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.544577
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Short summary
Quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of the stratospheric tropical winds is an important mode of climate variability but is not well reproduced in free-running climate models. We use the novel global wind observations by the Aeolus satellite and radiosondes to show that the QBO is captured well in three modern reanalyses (ERA-5, JRA-55, and MERRA-2). Good agreement is also found also between Aeolus and reanalyses for large-scale tropical wave modes in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
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