An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends
An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations. Satellite data include measurements from the series of NOAA operational instruments, including the Microwave Sounding Unit covering 1979–2007 a...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:17094 2024-06-23T07:46:51+00:00 An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends Randel, W J Shine, Keith Peter Austin, J Barnett , J Claud, C Gillett, N P Keckhut, P Langematz, U Lin, R Long, C Mears, C Miller , A Nash, J Seidel, D J Thompson, D W J Wu, F Yoden , S 2009 https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/17094/ unknown American Geophysical Union Randel, W. J., Shine, K. P. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000340.html> orcid:0000-0003-2672-9978 , Austin, J., Barnett , J., Claud, C., Gillett, N. P., Keckhut, P., Langematz, U., Lin, R., Long, C., Mears, C., Miller , A., Nash, J., Seidel, D. J., Thompson, D. W. J., Wu, F. and Yoden , S. (2009) An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. D02107. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010421 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010421> Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftunivreading https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010421 2024-06-11T14:54:05Z An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations. Satellite data include measurements from the series of NOAA operational instruments, including the Microwave Sounding Unit covering 1979–2007 and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) covering 1979–2005. Radiosonde results are compared for six different data sets, incorporating a variety of homogeneity adjustments to account for changes in instrumentation and observational practices. Temperature changes in the lower stratosphere show cooling of 0.5 K/decade over much of the globe for 1979–2007, with some differences in detail among the different radiosonde and satellite data sets. Substantially larger cooling trends are observed in the Antarctic lower stratosphere during spring and summer, in association with development of the Antarctic ozone hole. Trends in the lower stratosphere derived from radiosonde data are also analyzed for a longer record (back to 1958); trends for the presatellite era (1958–1978) have a large range among the different homogenized data sets, implying large trend uncertainties. Trends in the middle and upper stratosphere have been derived from updated SSU data, taking into account changes in the SSU weighting functions due to observed atmospheric CO2 increases. The results show mean cooling of 0.5–1.5 K/decade during 1979–2005, with the greatest cooling in the upper stratosphere near 40–50 km. Temperature anomalies throughout the stratosphere were relatively constant during the decade 1995–2005. Long records of lidar temperature measurements at a few locations show reasonable agreement with SSU trends, although sampling uncertainties are large in the localized lidar measurements. Updated estimates of the solar cycle influence on stratospheric temperatures show a statistically significant signal in the tropics (30N–S), with an amplitude (solar maximum minus solar minimum) of 0.5 K (lower stratosphere) to 1.0 K (upper stratosphere). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading Antarctic The Antarctic Journal of Geophysical Research 114 D2 |
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An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations. Satellite data include measurements from the series of NOAA operational instruments, including the Microwave Sounding Unit covering 1979–2007 and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) covering 1979–2005. Radiosonde results are compared for six different data sets, incorporating a variety of homogeneity adjustments to account for changes in instrumentation and observational practices. Temperature changes in the lower stratosphere show cooling of 0.5 K/decade over much of the globe for 1979–2007, with some differences in detail among the different radiosonde and satellite data sets. Substantially larger cooling trends are observed in the Antarctic lower stratosphere during spring and summer, in association with development of the Antarctic ozone hole. Trends in the lower stratosphere derived from radiosonde data are also analyzed for a longer record (back to 1958); trends for the presatellite era (1958–1978) have a large range among the different homogenized data sets, implying large trend uncertainties. Trends in the middle and upper stratosphere have been derived from updated SSU data, taking into account changes in the SSU weighting functions due to observed atmospheric CO2 increases. The results show mean cooling of 0.5–1.5 K/decade during 1979–2005, with the greatest cooling in the upper stratosphere near 40–50 km. Temperature anomalies throughout the stratosphere were relatively constant during the decade 1995–2005. Long records of lidar temperature measurements at a few locations show reasonable agreement with SSU trends, although sampling uncertainties are large in the localized lidar measurements. Updated estimates of the solar cycle influence on stratospheric temperatures show a statistically significant signal in the tropics (30N–S), with an amplitude (solar maximum minus solar minimum) of 0.5 K (lower stratosphere) to 1.0 K (upper stratosphere). |
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Randel, W J Shine, Keith Peter Austin, J Barnett , J Claud, C Gillett, N P Keckhut, P Langematz, U Lin, R Long, C Mears, C Miller , A Nash, J Seidel, D J Thompson, D W J Wu, F Yoden , S |
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Randel, W J Shine, Keith Peter Austin, J Barnett , J Claud, C Gillett, N P Keckhut, P Langematz, U Lin, R Long, C Mears, C Miller , A Nash, J Seidel, D J Thompson, D W J Wu, F Yoden , S An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends |
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Randel, W J Shine, Keith Peter Austin, J Barnett , J Claud, C Gillett, N P Keckhut, P Langematz, U Lin, R Long, C Mears, C Miller , A Nash, J Seidel, D J Thompson, D W J Wu, F Yoden , S |
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An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends |
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An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends |
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An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends |
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