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

• Main Authors: Strahan, S. E., Krosschell, J. C., Douglass, A. R., Allen, D. R., Manney, G. L., Trueblood, J.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Arctic; Nils; Merra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110007352

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 (N2O), was advected poleward and became trapped in the easterly summer polar vortex. This feature, known as a "Frozen-In An...