SPARC Science update: 20 December – 02 January

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


Potential impact of tropopause sharpness on the structure and strength of the general circulation. By L. Boljka and T. Birner in  npj climate and atmospheric science.

Climatology of Clear-Air Turbulence in Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in the Northern Hemisphere Using ERA5 Reanalysis Data. By J.-H. Lee et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Diverse Interannual Variability of Asian Summer Monsoon Onset Process. By B. Liu and Y. Duan in the Geophysical Research Letters.

A Multimodel Investigation of Asian Summer Monsoon UTLS Transport Over the Western Pacific. By L.L. Pan et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.