Spotlight: the January 2021 sudden stratospheric warming
On 5 January 2021, the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex dramatically weakened, and the temperature of the Arctic stratosphere rapidly increased in an event known as a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). It is likely that this SSW influenced surface weather conditions for over a month afterwar...
| Published in: | Weather |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021
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| Online Access: | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/97131/ https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/97131/1/Lee%202021%20Weather%20Spotlight%20on%20SSW.pdf |
| Summary: | On 5 January 2021, the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex dramatically weakened, and the temperature of the Arctic stratosphere rapidly increased in an event known as a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). It is likely that this SSW influenced surface weather conditions for over a month afterward. |
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