SPARC Science Update: 27 August – 2 September

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).

Poleward Transport Variability in the Northern Hemisphere during Final Stratospheric Warmings simulated by CESM(WACCM). By R. Thiéblemont et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Seasonal Evolution of the QBO-Induced Wave Forcing and Circulation Anomalies in the Northern Winter Stratosphere. By I.P. White et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Using a large ensemble of simulations to assess the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric dynamical response to tropical volcanic eruptions and its uncertainty. By M. Bittner et al. in Geophysical Research Letters.

20 years of ClO measurements in the Antarctic lower stratosphere. By G.E. Nedoluha et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Storm track processes and the opposing influences of climate change. By T.A. Shaw et al. in Nature Geoscience.

Radiative Forcing from Anthropogenic Sulfur and Organic Emissions Reaching the Stratosphere. By P. Yu et al. in Geophysical Research Letters.

Impact of regional atmospheric cloud-radiative changes on shifts of the extratropical jet stream in response to global warming. By A. Voigt and T.A. Shaw in the Journal of Climate.

Representing the effects of stratosphere–troposphere exchange on 3-D O3 distributions in chemistry transport models using a potential vorticity-based parameterization. By J. XIng et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

The Impact of the Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation on the Tropopause. By Y. Wu and T.A. Shaw in the Journal of Climate.

Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking representation in Global Climate Models: twenty years of improvements? By P. Davinin and F. D’Andrea in the Journal of Climate.

A comprehensive estimate for loss of atmospheric carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to the ocean. By J.H. Butler et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

The interaction between atmospheric gravity waves and large-scale flows: an efficient description beyond the non-acceleration paradigm. By G. Bölöni et al. in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Discussion papers – open for comment

The CAMS interim Reanalysis of Carbon Monoxide, Ozone and Aerosol for 2003–2015. By J. Flemming et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.