Local stratopause temperature variabilities and their embedding in the global context

• Main Authors: Eixmann, Ronald, Matthias, Vivien, Höffner, Josef, Baumgarten, Gerd, Gerding, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen : Copernicus Publ. 2020
• Subjects: stratopause; gravity waves (GWs); planetary waves (PWs); ddc:550; Merra; Andenes
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/6231; https://doi.org/10.34657/5278

The stratopause is by definition the transition between the stratosphere and mesosphere. During winter the circulation at mid-latitudes and high latitudes in the stratosphere is mainly driven by quasi-stationary planetary waves (PWs), while the circulation in the mesosphere is mainly driven by gravi...