SPARC Science update: 07 January – 13 January

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

 

The impact of continuing CFC‐11 emissions on stratospheric ozone. By E.L.Fleming et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Surface temperature response to the major volcanic eruptions in multiple reanalysis data sets. By M. Fujiwara, P. Martineau, and J.S. Wright in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Importance of orography for Greenland cloud and melt response to atmospheric blocking. By L.C. Hahn et al. in the Journal of the Climate.

Attribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) ozone radiative flux bias from satellites. By L. Kuai et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Windows of Opportunity for Skillful Forecasts Subseasonal to Seasonal and Beyond. By A. Mariotti et al. in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Why are stratospheric sudden warmings sudden (and intermittent)? By N. Nakamura, J. Falk, and S. Lubis in the Journal of the Atmospheric  Sciences.

The influence of the stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on trace gas levels at the Earth’s surface. By E.A. Ray et al. in nature geoscience.

La Niña’s Diminishing Fingerprint on the Central Indian Summer Monsoon. By D. Samanta et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.

Trends in Upper Tropospheric Humidity: Expansion of the Subtropical Dry Zones? By M. Tivig et al. in the Journal of the Climate.

How tropical convection couples high moist static energy over land and ocean. By Y. zhang and S. Fueglistaler in the Geophysical Research Letters.