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Satellite measurements of the Madden–Julian oscillation in wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia

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We investigate the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) signal in wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia using the harmonized dataset of satellite ozone profiles. Two different MJO indices—the all-season Real-Time multivariate MJO index (RMM) and outgoing longwave radiation-based MJO index (OMI)—are used to compare the MJO-related ozone anomalies. The results show that there are pronounced eastward-propagating MJO-related stratospheric ozone anomalies (mainly within 20–200 hPa) over the subtropics. The negative stratospheric ozone anomalies are over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia in MJO phases 4–7, when MJO-related tropical deep convective anomalies move from the equatorial Indian Ocean towards the western Pacific Ocean. Compared with the results based on RMM, the MJO-related stratospheric column ozone anomalies based on OMI are stronger and one phase ahead. Further analysis suggests that different sampling errors, observation principles and retrieval algorithms may be responsible for the discrepancies among different satellite measurements. The MJO-related stratospheric ozone anomalies can be attributed to the MJO-related circulation anomalies, i.e., the uplifted tropopause and the northward shifted westerly jet in the upper troposphere. Compared to the result based on RMM, the upper tropospheric westerly jet may play a less important role in generating the stratospheric column ozone anomalies based on OMI. Our study indicates that the circulation-based MJO index (RMM) can better characterize the MJO-related anomalies in tropopause pressure and thus the MJO influence on atmospheric trace gases in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, especially over subtropical East Asia.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Yuli Zhang, Yi Liu & Chuanxi Liu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Yuli Zhang

  3. Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing, 100875, China

    Yi Liu & Chuanxi Liu

  4. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland

    V. F. Sofieva

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Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, C. et al. Satellite measurements of the Madden–Julian oscillation in wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 32, 1481–1492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-015-5005-y

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