SPARC Science update: 14 July – 20 July

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

 

Momentum Flux Spectra of a Mountain Wave Event Over New Zealand. By K. Bossert et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Extratropical atmospheric predictability from the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation in subseasonal forecast models. By C.I. Garfinkel et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

The South Asian monsoon—pollution pump and purifier. By J. Lelieveld et al. in Science.

Statistical characteristics of gravity waves with near‐inertial frequencies in the Antarctic troposphere and lower stratosphere observed by the PANSY radar. By Y. Minamihara et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

The seasonal fingerprint of climate change. By W.J. Randel in Science.

Observing the tropical atmosphere in moisture space. By H. Schulz and B. Stevens in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

 

Discussion papers – open for comment:

The MIPAS/Envisat climatology (2002–2012) of polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) volume density profiles. By M. Höpfner et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.