List of sudden stratospheric warmings The discovery of the sudden stratospheric warming is credited to Scherhag [1952], who noted a sudden increase in the radiosonde 10-mbar temperature over Berlin on January 30, 1952. However, the extent of the warming phenomena was unknown until the late 1950's, when a sudden stratospheric warming took place over the American radiosonde network in January 1957. This event allowed Teweles [1958], Craig and Heting [1959], and Lowenthal [1957] to make a partial synoptic analysis of the development of the sudden Warming. Another warming occurred in 1958 during the first IGY, so upper air data from the USSR could be used to complete a synoptic picture.[1]
In the most extreme cases, the stratospheric polar vortex can reverse direction completely in an event called a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). SSWs in the NH occur roughly six times per decade (Charlton and Polvani, 2007). SSWs can also occur in the Southern
Hemisphere (SH), as in a remarkable case in September 2002 (Kruger et al., 2005), but are rare due to smaller planetary wave amplitudes in the SH (van Loon et al., 1973).[2]
Major SSWs occur when the winter polar stratospheric westerlies reverse to easterlies. In minor warmings, the polar temperature gradient reverses but the circulation does not, and in final warmings, the vortex breaks down and remains easterly until the following boreal autumn. No unambiguous standard definition for major, minor, and final warmings yet exists (Butler et al., 2015),
There are two main types of SSW: displacement events in which the stratospheric polar vortex is displaced from the pole and split events in which the vortex splits into two or more vortices. Some SSWs are a combination of both types.[2]
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editSouthern Hemisphere
edit10.1002/qj.3193 2002, 2019, https://twitter.com/LondonSnowWatch/status/1164957935782547456 only 2 events noted in 40 years of satellite era. SH SSW modelled as a 4% chance annually of occurring.https://twitter.com/clarenasir/status/1172394854824857601
Table
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Winter | Type | Notes | Refs |
1952 | |||
1957/8 | Splitting | January 1958 | [3] |
1959/60 | displacement | January 1960 | [3] |
1962/3 | splitting | January 1963 | [3] |
1 April 1965 | [4] | ||
1965/6 | displacement | December 1965 | [3] |
1965/6 | splitting | February 1966 | [3] |
1967/8 | splitting | January 1968 | [3] |
1968/9 | displacement | November 1968 | [3] |
1969/70 | displacement | January 1970 | [3] |
1970/1 | splitting | January 1971 | [3] |
1970/1 | displacement | March 1971 | [3] |
1972/3 | splitting | January 1972 | [3] |
1976/7 | splitting | January 1977 | [3] |
1978/9 | splitting | February 1979 | [3] |
1978/9 | [5]
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1979/80 | displacement | February 1980 | [3] |
1980/1 | displacement | March 1981 | [3] |
1981/2 | displacement | December 1981 | [3] |
1983/4 | displacement | February 1984 | [3] |
1984/5 | splitting | January 1985 | [3] |
1986/7 | Displacement | January 1987 | [3] |
1987/8 | splitting | December 1987 | [3] |
1987/8 | Splitting | March 1988 | [3] |
1988/9 | splitting | february 1989 | [3] |
1998/9 | displaced | December 1998 | [3] |
1998/9 | splitting | February 1999 | [3] |
1999/2000 | displaced | March 2000 | [3] |
2000/1 | Splitting | February 2001 | [3] |
2003/4 | Major | January | [6] |
2005/6 | Major | January | [6] |
2006/7 | Major | February | [6] |
2007/8 | minor, minor, unknown, major | Jan-Feb 2008, 4 events SSWs in 2008-2009 were among the most intense events in the
Northern Hemisphere since 1978. major event february |
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2008/9 | Major | January 2009, stratospheric temperature reached record-breaking values, | [7] |
2009/10 | minor (major Kutti) | January 2010 Winter of 2009–10 in Europe | [8] [7] |
2010/11 | minor | January | [7] |
2012/3 | Jan 2013 | [9] | |
2018 | Major abrupt split | 12 Feb 2018 | [10] |
2018-19 | December 2018 | [11] | |
displacement then split. | 2 January 2018 | [12] |
Media reports of a over a possible SSW event beginning in early 2014[13] and a NOAA climate.gov blog post in early January 2014 originally attributed the breakdown of the polar vortex to a Sudden stratospheric warming event, which did not actually develop.[14] The 2013–14 North American cold wave could not be linked to sudden stratospheric warming as had been the case in other harsh recent winters in the northern hemisphere such as during 2009-10 (Winter of 2009–10 in Europe),[15]
Other
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See also
edit- [http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/suppl/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00173.1/suppl_file/10.1175_bams-d-13-00173.2.pdf DEFINING SUDDEN
STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS]
References
editNatural hazards in the UK
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National Risk Register Influenza pandemic
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- ^ Charlton, Andrew J.; Polvani, Lorenzo M. (2007). "A new look at stratospheric sudden warmings. Part I: Climatology and modeling benchmarks" (PDF). Journal of Climate. 20 (3). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Kuttippurath, J.; Nikulin, G. (10 September 2012). "A comparative study of the major sudden stratospheric warmings in the Arctic winters 2003/2004–2009/2010". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 12 (17): 8115–8129. doi:10.5194/acp-12-8115-2012.
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- ^ Slingo, Julia (April 2013). "Why was the start to spring 2013 so cold?" (PDF). Met Office. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "GMAO - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Research Site". gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Is there another 'Beast from the East' on the way?". Official blog of the Met Office news team. Met Office. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Butler, Amy H.; Lawrence, Zachary D.; Lee, Simon H.; Lillo, Samuel P.; Long, Craig S. (14 August 2020). "Differences between the 2018 and 2019 stratospheric polar vortex split events". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society: qj.3858. doi:10.1002/qj.3858.
- ^ Grow, Rick (31 December 2013). "Sudden stratospheric warming: could it lead to a very cold January in D.C.?". Washington Post: Capital Weather Gang. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ Kennedy, Caitlyn (8 January 2014). "Wobbly polar vortex triggers extreme cold air outbreak". NOAA climate.gov. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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- ^ "UK hazards from a large Icelandic effusive eruption". Met Office. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.