"Vertical structure of the Arctic spring transition in the middle atmosphere"

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Matthias, Vivien, Stober, Gunter, Kozlovsky, Alexander, Lester, Mark, Belova, Evgenia, Kero, Johan
• Other Authors: Manney, G.L., Butler, A., Wargan, Krzysztof, Grooss, Jens-Uwe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Solar-Terrestrische Kopplungsprozesse; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/142277/; https://elib.dlr.de/142277/1/2020JD034353.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JD034353

In the middle atmosphere, spring transition is the time period where the zonal circulation reverses from winter westerly to summer easterly which has a strong impact on the vertical wave propagation influencing the ionospheric variability. The spring transition can be rapid in form of a final sudden...