A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).
Gravity waves excited during a minor sudden stratospheric warming. By A. Dörnbrack et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Better Data for Modeling the Sun’s Influence on Climate. By T. Dudok de Wit et al. in Earth and Space Science News.
SO2 Oxidation Kinetics Leave a Consistent Isotopic Imprint on Volcanic Ice Core Sulfate. By E. Gautier et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
On the Upward Extension of the Polar Vortices into the Mesosphere. By V.L. Harvey et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Social science perspectives on drivers of and responses to global climate change. By A.K. Jorgenson et al. in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Climate Change.
Evaluating the MJO prediction skill from different configurations of NCEP GEFS extended forecast. By W. Li et al. in Climate Dynamics
Interdecadal Weakening of the East Asian Winter Monsoon in the mid-1980s: The Roles of External Forcings. By J. Miao et al. in the Journal of the Climate.
Impact of a Stochastic Nonorographic Gravity Wave Parameterization on the Stratospheric Dynamics of a General Circulation Model. By F. Serva et al. in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
MJO Affects the Monsoon Onset Timing over the Indian Region. By S. Taraphdar et al. in the Geophysical Research Letters.
Ozonesonde Quality Assurance: The JOSIE-SHADOZ (2017) Experience. By A.M. Thompson et al. in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Discussion papers open for comment:
Transport of short-lived halocarbons to the stratosphere over the Pacific Ocean. By M.T. Filus et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.