Aeolus wind lidar observations of the 2019/2020 quasi-biennial oscillation disruption with comparison to radiosondes and reanalysis

The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) was unexpectedly disrupted for only the second time in the historical record during the 2019/2020 boreal winter. As the dominant mode of atmospheric variability in the tropical stratosphere and a significant source of seasonal predictability globally, understandi...

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Main Authors: Banyard, TP, Wright, CJ, Osprey, SM, Hindley, NP, Halloran, G, Coy, L, Newman, PA, Butchart, N, Bramberger, M, Alexander, MJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: European Geosciences Union 2024