Interannual variability of the vertical descent rate in the Antarctic polar vortex

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D9, 2000, Pages 11935-11946

  Kawamoto, Nozomi ^a   Shiotani, Masato ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; POLAR VORTEX; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033784690     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900076     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Andrews, D. G., J. R. Holton, and C. B. Leovy, Middle Atmosphere Dynamics, 498 pp., Academic, San Diego, Calif., 1987.
2. Bithell, M., L. J. Gray, J. E. Harries, J. M. Russell III, and A. F. Tuck, Synoptic interpretation of measurements from HALOE, J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2942-2956, 1994.
3. Brasseur, G., and S. Solomon, Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics in the Stratosphere and Mesosphere, 2nd ed., 452 pp., D. Reidel, Norwell, Mass., 1986.
4. Butchart, N., and E. E. Remsberg, The area of the stratospheric polar vortex as a diagnostic for tracer transport on an isentropic surface, J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 1319-1339, 1986.
5. Chen, P., The permeability of the Antarctic vortex edge, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,563-20,571, 1994.
6. Chen, P., J. R. Holton, A. O'Neill, and R. Swinbank, Quasi-horizontal transport and mixing in the Antarctic stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 16,851-16,866, 1994.
7. Garcia, R. R., and S. Solomon, A possible relationship between interannual variability in Antarctic ozone and the quasi-biennial oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 848-851, 1987.
8. Hartmann, D. L., C. R. Mechoso, and K. Yamazaki, Observations of wave-mean flow interaction in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 351-362, 1984.
9. Haynes, P. H., C. J. Marks, M. E. McIntyre, T. G. Shepherd, and K. P. Shine, On the "downward control" of extratropical diabatic circulations by eddy-induced mean zonal forces, J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 651-678, 1991.
10. Hirota, I., T. Hirooka, and M. Shiotani, Upper stratospheric circulations in the two hemispheres observed by satellites, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 109, 443-454, 1983.
11. Hitchman, M. H., J. C. Gille, C. D. Rodgers, and G. Brasseur, The separated polar winter stratopause: A gravity wave driven climatological feature, J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 410-422, 1989.
12. Holton, J. R., and H.-C. Tan, The influences of the equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation on the global circulation at 50 mb, J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2200-2208, 1980.
13. Kelly, K. K., et al., Dehydration in the lower Antarctic stratosphere during late winter and early spring, 1987, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,317-11,357, 1989.
14. Kuroda, Y., and K. Kodera, Interannual variability in the troposphere and stratosphere of the Southern Hemisphere winter, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 13,787-13,799, 1998.
15. Lait, L. R., M. R. Schoeberl, and P. A. Newman, Quasi-biennial modulation of the Antarctic ozone depletion, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,559-11,571, 1989.
16. Mechoso, C. R., D. L. Hartmann, and J. D. Farrara, Climatology and interannual variability of wave, mean-flow interaction in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 2189-2206, 1985.
17. 4 measurements from the UARS, J. Geoplys. Res., 101, 10,183-10,203, 1996.
18. Pierce, R. B., W. L. Grose, J. M. Russell III, and A. F. Tuck, Evolution of Southern Hemisphere spring air masses observed by HALOE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 213-216, 1994.
19. Proffitt, M. H., K. K. Kelly, J. A. Powell, B. L. Gary, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske, S. E. Strahan, and K. R. Chan, Evidence for diabatic cooling and poleward transport within and around the 1987 Antarctic ozone hole, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,797-16,813, 1989.
20. Randel, W. J., and J. B. Cobb, Coherent variations of monthly mean total ozone and lower stratospheric temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 5433-5447, 1994.
21. 2O observed in UARS HALOE data, J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 163-185, 1998.
22. Rosenfield, J. E., P. A. Newman, and M. R. Schoeberl, Computations of diabatic descent in the stratospheric polar vortex, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 16,677-16,689, 1994.
23. Rosenlof, K. H., Seasonal cycle of the residual mean meridional circulation in the stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5173-5191, 1995.
24. Rosenlof, K. H., and J. R. Holton, Estimates of the stratospheric residual circulation using the downward control principle, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10,465-10,479, 1993.
25. Rosenlof, K., H., A. F. Tuck, K. K. Kelly, J. M. Russell III, and M. P. McCormick, Hemispheric asymmetries in water vapor and inferences about transport in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13,213-13,234, 1997.
26. Russell, J. M., III, A. F. Tuck, L. L. Gordley, J. H. Park, S. R. Drayson, J. E. Harries, R. J. Cicerone, and P. J. Crutzen, HALOE Antarctic observations in the spring of 1991, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 719-722, 1993a.
27. Russell, J. M., III, L. L. Gordley, J. H. Park, S. R. Drayson, W. D. Hesketh, R. J. Cicerone, A. F. Tuck, J. E. Frederick, J. E. Harries, and P. J. Crutzen, The Halosen Occultation Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10,777-10,797, 1993b.
28. Schoeberl, M. R., M. Luo, and J. E. Rosenfield, An analysis of the Antarctic Halogen Occultation Experiment trace gas observations, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 5159-5172, 1995.
29. Shiotani, M., and I. Hirota, Planetary wave-mean flow interaction in the stratosphere: A comparison between Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 111, 309-334, 1985.
30. Shiotani, M., N. Shimoda, and I. Hirota, Interannual variability of the stratospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 119, 531-546, 1993.
31. Swinbank, R., and A. O'Neill, A stratosphere-troposphere data assimilation system, Mon. Weather Rev., 122, 686-702, 1994.