A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).
Comparisons of polar processing diagnostics from 34 years of the ERA-Interim and MERRA reanalyses. By Z.D. Lawrence et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
The weakening summer circulation in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. By D. Coumou et al. in Science.
5-day waves in polar stratosphere and mesosphere temperature and mesospheric ice water measured by SOFIE/AIM. By X. Liu et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Discussion Papers – open for comment
A PV-based determination of the transport barrier in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone. By F. Ploeger et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
Sensitivity analysis of the potential impact of discrepancies in stratosphere–troposphere exchange on inferred sources and sinks of CO2. By F. Deng et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
What is the limit of stratospheric sulfur climate engineering? By U. Niemeier and C. Timmreck in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
Comparison of the CMAM30 data set with ACE-FTS and OSIRIS: polar regions. By D. Pendlebury et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
Use of North American and European air quality networks to evaluate global chemistry-climate modeling of surface ozone. By J.L. Schnell et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.