The annual cycle in lower stratospheric temperatures revisited

Observed lower stratospheric temperatures show a prominent annual cycle. The cycles in the tropics and Northern Hemisphere are in phase and the cycle in the Southern Hemisphere has the opposite phase. In an elegant and influential paper, Yulaeva, Holton and Wallace (1994) explained the observed patt...

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Main Authors: S. Fueglistaler, P. H. Haynes, P. M. Forster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-04-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/3701/2011/acp-11-3701-2011.pdf