The quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) dominates the variability of the equatorial stratosphere
(∼ 16–50 km) and is easily seen as downward propagating easterly and westerly wind …

Mountains significantly influence weather and climate on Earth, including disturbed surface
winds; altered distribution of precipitation; gravity waves reaching the upper atmosphere; …

Defining Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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Stratospheric sudden warmings are the clearest and strongest manifestation of dynamical
coupling in the stratosphere–troposphere system. While many sudden warmings have been …

Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part II: Trends in: Journal of Climate Volume
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The term polar vortex has become part of the everyday vocabulary, but there is some
confusion in the media, general public, and science community regarding what polar …

A strong link exists between stratospheric variability and anomalous weather patterns at the
earth's surface. Specifically, during extreme variability of the Arctic polar vortex termed a …

The 2015/16 Northern Hemisphere winter stratosphere appeared to have the greatest
potential yet seen for record Arctic ozone loss. Temperatures in the Arctic lower stratosphere …

The atmosphere displays modes of variability whose structures exhibit a strong
longitudinally symmetric (annular) component that extends from the surface to the …

Long time records of stratospheric temperatures indicate that substantial cooling has
occurred during spring over polar regions of both hemispheres. These cooling patterns are …