Unusually strong nitric oxide descent in the Arctic middle atmosphere in early 2013 as observed by Odin/SMR

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Pérot, K., Urban, J., Murtagh, D. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Midwinter
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8009-2014; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00044874; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00044494/acp-14-8009-2014.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/14/8009/2014/acp-14-8009-2014.pdf

The middle atmosphere was affected by an exceptionally strong midwinter stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) during the Arctic winter 2012/2013. These unusual meteorological conditions led to a breakdown of the polar vortex, followed by the reformation of a strong upper stratospheric vortex associated...