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Abstract: The Arctic stratosphere winter season of 2021–2022 was characterized by a stable, cold stratospheric polar vortex with a volume of polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) close to the maximum values since 1980, before the beginning of minor sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events in the late February and early March and major SSW on 20 March. Analysis of dynamical processes of the Arctic stratosphere using reanalysis data indicates that the main reasons for the strengthening of the stratospheric polar vortex in January–February are the minimum propagation of planetary wave activity from the troposphere to the stratosphere over the past 40 years and its reflection in the upper stratosphere–lower mesosphere in the second half of January. The first minor SSW was limited to the upper polar stratosphere, whereas the second one propagated to the middle and lower stratosphere and led to the disappearance of the PSC, which prevented significant ozone depletion. Both minor and major SSW events led to a weakening of the residual meridional circulation in the upper Arctic stratosphere and its intensification in the middle and lower stratosphere, which contributed to additional warming of the subpolar region and weakening of the polar vortex.
Translated title of the contributionДинамические процессы в арктической стратосфере зимой 2021–2022 гг.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1550
Number of pages21
JournalATMOSPHERE
Volume13
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022

    Research areas

  • Arctic stratosphere, final stratospheric warming, ozone layer, planetary waves, residual meridional circulation, stratospheric warming

    Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Atmospheric Science

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