Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming

Abstract Based on the zonal winds from the Modern‐Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 reanalysis data, we investigate the enhancement of an eastward propagating 4‐day wave (E4DW) during the 2019 Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). The amplitudes of E4DW are...

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Main Authors: Jiahui Luo, Zheng Ma, Yun Gong, Shaodong Zhang, Qiao Xiao, Chunming Huang, Kaiming Huang
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Published: Wiley 2023-04-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102704
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Zheng Ma
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Chunming Huang
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description Abstract Based on the zonal winds from the Modern‐Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 reanalysis data, we investigate the enhancement of an eastward propagating 4‐day wave (E4DW) during the 2019 Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). The amplitudes of E4DW are centered at 50°S and 50 km with a maximum amplitude of ∼20 m/s. The enhanced E4DW significantly exceeds the climatological level and has the strongest amplitude in the Southern Hemisphere since 1980. Our results show that the E4DW is generated by the atmospheric instabilities via a double‐jet configuration of the zonal mean zonal winds. Our analysis further indicates that the special structure of the zonal mean zonal winds caused by the 2019 Antarctic SSW at the stratopause is responsible for the excitation of the record‐strong E4DW in 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere.
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spelling doaj-art-dfabfc0df9ba4f9d86d51781e23705122025-08-20T02:04:21ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072023-04-01507n/an/a10.1029/2022GL102704Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric WarmingJiahui Luo0Zheng Ma1Yun Gong2Shaodong Zhang3Qiao Xiao4Chunming Huang5Kaiming Huang6School of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaSchool of Electronic Information Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaAbstract Based on the zonal winds from the Modern‐Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 reanalysis data, we investigate the enhancement of an eastward propagating 4‐day wave (E4DW) during the 2019 Antarctic sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). The amplitudes of E4DW are centered at 50°S and 50 km with a maximum amplitude of ∼20 m/s. The enhanced E4DW significantly exceeds the climatological level and has the strongest amplitude in the Southern Hemisphere since 1980. Our results show that the E4DW is generated by the atmospheric instabilities via a double‐jet configuration of the zonal mean zonal winds. Our analysis further indicates that the special structure of the zonal mean zonal winds caused by the 2019 Antarctic SSW at the stratopause is responsible for the excitation of the record‐strong E4DW in 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere.https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102704
spellingShingle Jiahui Luo
Zheng Ma
Yun Gong
Shaodong Zhang
Qiao Xiao
Chunming Huang
Kaiming Huang
Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Geophysical Research Letters
title Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
title_full Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
title_fullStr Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
title_full_unstemmed Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
title_short Record‐Strong Eastward Propagating 4‐Day Wave in the Southern Hemisphere Observed During the 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming
title_sort record strong eastward propagating 4 day wave in the southern hemisphere observed during the 2019 antarctic sudden stratospheric warming
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102704
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