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Sudden stratospheric warmings: statistical characteristics and influence on NO2 and O3 total contents

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Statistical characteristics of major and minor sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) for 1958–2015 are analyzed using data of NCEP-NCAR, ERA 40, and ERA-Interim reanalyses. Dependencies of the number of major SSWs with the displacement of the circumpolar stratospheric vortex and the number of minor SSWs on the phase of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of the equatorial stratospheric wind and on the level of solar activity (SA) in the 11-year solar cycle have been revealed. Major SSWs accompanied by a displacement of the polar vortex occur more often at a high level of SA and at the easterly phase of the QBO in the 50–40 hPa layer, while minor SSWs occur more often at a low SA level and at the westerly phase of the QBO. An analysis of spatiotemporal dynamics of the stratospheric polar vortex at major SSWs is performed. The most probable directions of vortex displacement caused by SSWs have been revealed. Influences of the major SSWs on the total contents of NO2 and ozone, as well as on stratosphere temperature, are analyzed.

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  1. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    V. Yu. Ageyeva, A. N. Gruzdev, A. S. Elokhov & I. I. Mokhov

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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  3. Institute of Monitoring Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, 634055, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Ageyeva, A.N. Gruzdev, A.S. Elokhov, I.I. Mokhov, N.E. Zueva, 2017, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 545–555.

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Ageyeva, V.Y., Gruzdev, A.N., Elokhov, A.S. et al. Sudden stratospheric warmings: statistical characteristics and influence on NO2 and O3 total contents. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 53, 477–486 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433817050036

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