Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-63-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-63-2017
Review article
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09 Feb 2017
Review article |  | 09 Feb 2017

A sudden stratospheric warming compendium

Amy H. Butler, Jeremiah P. Sjoberg, Dian J. Seidel, and Karen H. Rosenlof

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From six different reanalysis products, we created a new comprehensive database of major sudden stratospheric warming events, which are large and rapid temperature increases in the stratosphere associated with a reversal of the stratospheric winter circulation. This new database can facilitate analysis of the evolution and surface impacts of these events as well as intercomparison of reanalysis products.
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