Analysis of the variations in the strength and position of stratospheric sudden warming in the past three decades

The authors investigate the statistical features of variations in the strength and position of stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) in the Northern Hemisphere based on ERA-Interim data from 1979 to 2016. It is found that there are 55 SSW events in the past 38 years (average: 1.4 times per year), inclu...

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Main Authors: Ludan ZHANG, Quanliang CHEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-05-01
Series:Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2019.1586267