Highlights For the SH 2019 SSW, the wave driving observed was the highest recorded since 1979. An enhanced upwelling led to cooling in the tropical stratosphere. Tropical upper stratospheric water vapor increased while ozone decreased after SSW.

    Abstract The changes in the intensity of Brewer-Dobson circulation (BDC) in the record-breaking Southern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warming (SH SSW) event in 2019 are investigated in the present study. Wave driving was observed to be at its highest in 2019 SH SSW, despite the event being classified as a minor warming event. The Eliassen-Palm flux divergence, indicative of wave driving, was observed to be increasing before the SSW, and subsiding afterwards. The stratospheric circulation followed the wave driving and intensified along the warming episode. The resulting stratospheric distribution from Aura Microwave Limb Sounder showed a negative ozone anomaly (∼20%) in the tropical lower stratosphere and a downward propagating positive anomaly in the Southern Hemisphere polar stratosphere around the central dates. The water vapor mixing ratio showed an increase of more than 25% in the polar lower stratosphere and 10 % in the tropical upper stratosphere. A cooling of about 5 K was observed in the tropical middle stratosphere. The results indicate that SH SSW can change the intensity of the stratospheric circulation which in turn affects the ozone and water vapor transport from the tropics to the pole.


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    Titel :

    Role of Southern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warming in altering the intensity of Brewer-Dobson circulation and its impact on stratospheric ozone and water vapor


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    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 73 , 5 ; 2598-2608


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-12-04


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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