Stratospheric Polar Vortex as an Important Link between the Lower Atmosphere Circulation and Solar Activity
The stratospheric polar vortex is a large-scale cyclonic circulation that forms in a cold air mass in the polar region and extends from the middle troposphere to the stratosphere. The polar vortex is implicated in a variety of atmospheric processes, such as the formation of ozone holes, the North At...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:10d49b0fbb8c4f8a887a97b061888cf9 2024-01-07T09:41:45+01:00 Stratospheric Polar Vortex as an Important Link between the Lower Atmosphere Circulation and Solar Activity Svetlana Veretenenko 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071132 https://doaj.org/article/10d49b0fbb8c4f8a887a97b061888cf9 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/7/1132 https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4433 doi:10.3390/atmos13071132 2073-4433 https://doaj.org/article/10d49b0fbb8c4f8a887a97b061888cf9 Atmosphere, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 1132 (2022) solar activity cosmic rays solar–atmospheric links lower atmosphere circulation polar vortex Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071132 2023-12-10T01:43:13Z The stratospheric polar vortex is a large-scale cyclonic circulation that forms in a cold air mass in the polar region and extends from the middle troposphere to the stratosphere. The polar vortex is implicated in a variety of atmospheric processes, such as the formation of ozone holes, the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oscillations, variations in extratropical cyclone tracks, etc. The results presented in this work show that the vortex plays an important part in the mechanism of solar activity influence on lower atmosphere circulation, with variations in the vortex intensity being responsible for temporal variability in the correlation links observed between atmospheric characteristics and solar activity phenomena. In turn, the location of the vortex is favorable for the influence of ionization changes associated with charged particle fluxes (cosmic rays, auroral and radiation belt electrons) that affect the chemical composition and temperature regime of the polar atmosphere as well as its electric properties and cloudiness state. In this work, recent results concerning solar activity effects on the state of the stratospheric polar vortex as well as its role in solar–atmospheric links are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Atmosphere 13 7 1132 |
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The stratospheric polar vortex is a large-scale cyclonic circulation that forms in a cold air mass in the polar region and extends from the middle troposphere to the stratosphere. The polar vortex is implicated in a variety of atmospheric processes, such as the formation of ozone holes, the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oscillations, variations in extratropical cyclone tracks, etc. The results presented in this work show that the vortex plays an important part in the mechanism of solar activity influence on lower atmosphere circulation, with variations in the vortex intensity being responsible for temporal variability in the correlation links observed between atmospheric characteristics and solar activity phenomena. In turn, the location of the vortex is favorable for the influence of ionization changes associated with charged particle fluxes (cosmic rays, auroral and radiation belt electrons) that affect the chemical composition and temperature regime of the polar atmosphere as well as its electric properties and cloudiness state. In this work, recent results concerning solar activity effects on the state of the stratospheric polar vortex as well as its role in solar–atmospheric links are discussed. |
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Stratospheric Polar Vortex as an Important Link between the Lower Atmosphere Circulation and Solar Activity |
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Stratospheric Polar Vortex as an Important Link between the Lower Atmosphere Circulation and Solar Activity |
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Stratospheric Polar Vortex as an Important Link between the Lower Atmosphere Circulation and Solar Activity |
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