This thesis examines the dynamical evolution of stratospheric polar vortex on intraseasonal time scale. An emphasis is placed on extreme events, so-called stratospheric vortex weakening (SVW) events. Such events have attracted considerable attention over decades due to their implication to the tropospheric weather and climate variability.The role of planetary-scale waves in the onset of SVW events is first illustrated in the form of a case study using ERA-Interim data set. It is shown that in spite of substantial variability among events, many events present a near-simultaneous coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere, and this is largely caused by enhanced poleward and upward propagation of planetary-scale waves, the contribution ...
The Southern Hemisphere winter stratosphere exhibits prominent traveling planetary-scale Rossby wave...
The polar vortex is a large scale cyclone located in the middle atmosphere near to the planet’s geo...
Research during the last two decades has established that variability of the winter polar stratosphe...
The quality of major reanalysis datasets is first evaluated for the Northern-Hemisphere intraseasona...
A principal component analysis of the Northern Hemisphere extratropical zonal-mean tropopause variab...
The dynamical connection between Northern Hemisphere blocking events and the variability of the stra...
The stratosphere and the troposphere exhibit a strong coupling during the winter months. However, th...
There is growing evidence that stratospheric variability exerts a noticeable imprint on tropospheric...
The main issue of this thesis has been to increase our understanding of the mechanisms by which the ...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planeta...
The stratosphere and the troposphere exhibit a strong coupling during the Northern Hemisphere winter...
Recent work has emphasized the importance of stratosphere-troposphere coupling associated with extre...
Stratosphere-troposphere evolution associated with polar vortex intensification (VI) events is exami...
The wintertime North-Atlantic exhibits enhanced circulation variability relative to other areas of t...
The momentum budget of the Transformed Eulerian-Mean (TEM) equation is calculated using the European...
The Southern Hemisphere winter stratosphere exhibits prominent traveling planetary-scale Rossby wave...
The polar vortex is a large scale cyclone located in the middle atmosphere near to the planet’s geo...
Research during the last two decades has established that variability of the winter polar stratosphe...
The quality of major reanalysis datasets is first evaluated for the Northern-Hemisphere intraseasona...
A principal component analysis of the Northern Hemisphere extratropical zonal-mean tropopause variab...
The dynamical connection between Northern Hemisphere blocking events and the variability of the stra...
The stratosphere and the troposphere exhibit a strong coupling during the winter months. However, th...
There is growing evidence that stratospheric variability exerts a noticeable imprint on tropospheric...
The main issue of this thesis has been to increase our understanding of the mechanisms by which the ...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planeta...
The stratosphere and the troposphere exhibit a strong coupling during the Northern Hemisphere winter...
Recent work has emphasized the importance of stratosphere-troposphere coupling associated with extre...
Stratosphere-troposphere evolution associated with polar vortex intensification (VI) events is exami...
The wintertime North-Atlantic exhibits enhanced circulation variability relative to other areas of t...
The momentum budget of the Transformed Eulerian-Mean (TEM) equation is calculated using the European...
The Southern Hemisphere winter stratosphere exhibits prominent traveling planetary-scale Rossby wave...
The polar vortex is a large scale cyclone located in the middle atmosphere near to the planet’s geo...
Research during the last two decades has established that variability of the winter polar stratosphe...