Science Update: 10 March – 16 March

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

 

MJO prediction skill of the subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction models. By Y. Lim, S-W Son, and D. Kim in the Journal of Climate.

Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Caused by Solar Proton Events: The Role of the Polar Vortex. By M.H. Denton et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

Rossby Wave Propagation into the Northern Hemisphere Stratosphere: The Role of Zonal Phase Speed. By D.I.V. Domeisen, O. Martius, and B. Jiménez-Esteve. In the Geophysical Research Letters.

Does extreme El Niño have a different effect on the stratosphere in boreal winter than its moderate counterpart? By X. Zhou et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

On the Origin of the Solar Cycle Modulation of the Southern Annular Mode. By Y. Kuroda in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

On the Linkage Between the Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropopause Folds. By Y. Wu et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

 

Discussion papers – open for comment

Gravity Waves excited during a Minor Sudden Stratospheric Warming. By A. Dörnbrack et al. in Atmospheric Chemsitry and Physics Discussions.

Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006–2017. By M.C. Pitts, L.R. Poole, and R. Gonzalez in Atmospheric Chamistry and Physics Discussions.

Limited angle tomography of mesoscale gravity waves by the infrared limb-sounder GLORIA. By I. kirsch et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions.