Planetary waves in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere during 2009 Arctic major stratospheric warming

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Kishore, P., Velicogna, I., Venkat Ratnam, M., Jiang, J. H., Madhavi, G. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1529-2012; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00024111; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00024066/angeo-30-1529-2012.pdf; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/30/1529/2012/angeo-30-1529-2012.pdf

The AURA-MLS daily mean temperatures and zonal wind from NASA-MERRA reanalysis for latitudes between 60° N and 80° N are used to investigate the planetary wave (PW) characteristics in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere during sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) (November 2008 to March 2009). Here,...