SPARC Science update: 16 October – 22 October

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

 

Highlight articles (office choice):

Continued Emissions of the Ozone‐Depleting Substance Carbon Tetrachloride From Eastern Asia. By M.F. Lunt et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

Zonal-mean data set of global atmospheric reanalyses on pressure levels. By P. Martineau et al. in Earth System Science Data.


Evidence for Changes in Arctic Cloud Phase Due to Long‐Range Pollution Transport. By Q. Coopman et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

A numerical study of gravity wave propagation characteristics in the stratospheric thermal duct. By W. Dong et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Duration and decay of Arctic stratospheric vortex events in the ECMWF seasonal forecast model. By Y.J.Orsolini, K. Nishii, and H. Nakamura in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

The key role of ozone depleting substances in weakening the Walker circulation in the second half of the 20th century. By L.M. Polvani and K. Bellomo in the Journal of the Climate.

Sensitivity of the surface orographic gravity wave drag to vertical wind shear over Antarctica. By H.V. Turner et al. in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

The Downward Influence of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings: Association with Tropospheric Precursors. By Ian White et al. in the Journal of the Climate.