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

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Allen, D. R., Douglass, A. R., Manney, G. L., Strahan, S. E., Krosschell, J. C., Trueblood, J. V., Nielsen, J. E., Pawson, S., Zhu, Z.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Merra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-4557-2011; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00046632; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00046252/acp-11-4557-2011.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/4557/2011/acp-11-4557-2011.pdf

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...