c © TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 2009. Variability in the stratosphere: The sun and the QBO

• Main Authors: Edited T. Tsuda, R. Fujii, K. Shibata, M. A. Geller, Karin Labitzke, Markus Kunze
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Midwinter
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.576.2216; http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlineproceedings/ste/CAWSES2007/pdf/CAWSES_257.pdf

Large effects of solar variability related to the 11-year sunspot cycle (SSC) are seen in the stratosphere, but only if the data are grouped according to the phase of the QBO (Quasi-Biennial Oscillation). New results based on an extended, 66-year long data set fully confirm earlier findings and sugg...