The stratospheric polar vortex and sudden stratospheric warmings

Lee, S. H. (2021) The stratospheric polar vortex and sudden stratospheric warmings. Weather, 76 (1). pp. 12-13. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.3868

Abstract/Summary

The polar vortex is the dominant feature of the wintertime stratosphere. Sometimes, it is unusually strong, while at others it is very weak or destroyed in an event known as a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). Both can play an important role in driving the type and predictability of the weather we experience at the surface.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/93156
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/wea.3868
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	Wiley
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