First successful hindcasts of the 2016 disruption of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation

In early 2016 the quasibiennial oscillation in tropical stratospheric winds was disrupted by an anomalous easterly jet centered at ~40 hPa, a development that was completely missed by all operational extended-range weather forecast systems. This event and its predictability are investigated through...

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Main Authors: Watanabe, S, Hamilton, K, Osprey, S, Kawatani, Y, Nishimoto, E
Format: Journal article
Published: American Geophysical Union 2018