New insights into the polar ozone and water vapor, radiative effects, and their connection to the tides in the mesosphere–lower thermosphere during major sudden stratospheric warming events

Shi, Guochun; Liu, Hanli; Tsutsumi, Masaki; Gulbrandsen, Njål; Kozlovsky, Alexander; Pokhotelov, Dimitry; Lester, Mark; Jacobi, Christoph; Wu, Kun; Stober, Gunter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9403-2025

Articles | Volume 25, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9403-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9403-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 16

Research article

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27 Aug 2025

Research article |

| 27 Aug 2025

New insights into the polar ozone and water vapor, radiative effects, and their connection to the tides in the mesosphere–lower thermosphere during major sudden stratospheric warming events

Guochun Shi, Hanli Liu, Masaki Tsutsumi, Njål Gulbrandsen, Alexander Kozlovsky, Dimitry Pokhotelov, Mark Lester, Christoph Jacobi, Kun Wu, and Gunter Stober

Data sets

MLS/Aura Level 2 Ozone (O3) Mixing Ratio V005 M. Schwartz et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/MLS/DATA2516

Model code and software

CESM-release-cesm2.2.0 CESM Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11229776

Short summary

Concerns about climate change are growing due to its widespread impacts, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and disruptions to ecosystems. To address these challenges, urgent global action is needed to monitor the distribution of trace gases and understand their effects on the atmosphere.