Comparison of stratospheric evolution during the major sudden stratospheric warming events in 2018 and 2019

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Physics
• Main Authors: Zheng Ma, Yun Gong, ShaoDong Zhang, JiaHui Luo, QiHou Zhou, ChunMing Huang, KaiMing Huang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Science Press 2020
• Subjects: sudden stratosphere warming; transitions of the polar vortex; anticyclone; atlantic region; Science; Q; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26464/epp2020044; https://doaj.org/article/7719d23e90ed4ffba1b1227e681442f2

Using Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) data in the northern hemisphere at the 10 hPa level, we compared the stratospheric evolution of temperature and geopotential height during two major sudden stratosphere warming events (SSWs) that occurred in t...