Modeling the Frozen-In Anticyclone in the 2005 Arctic Summer Stratosphere

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: D. R. Allen, A. R. Douglass, G. L. Manney, S. E. Strahan, J. C. Krosschell, J. V. Trueblood, J. E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, Z. Zhu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-4557-2011; https://doaj.org/article/61d30cfebed34a8987e5035cf68bf81c

Immediately following the breakup of the 2005 Arctic spring stratospheric vortex, a tropical air mass, characterized by low potential vorticity (PV) and high nitrous oxide (N 2 O), was advected poleward and became trapped in the easterly summer polar vortex. This feature, known as a "Frozen-In...