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@ARTICLE{Ern:6488,
author = {Ern, M. and Preusse, P.},
title = {{Q}uantification of the contribution of equatorial {K}elvin
waves to the {QBO} wind reversal in the stratosphere},
journal = {Geophysical research letters},
volume = {36},
issn = {0094-8276},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
reportid = {PreJuSER-6488},
pages = {L21801},
year = {2009},
note = {The work of M. Ern was supported by the European Commission
(European Union's 6th framework program) within the EC
Integrated Project SCOUT-O3 (505390-GOCE-CT-2004). We thank
the whole SABER team, in particular M. G. Mlynczak, J. M.
Russell III, and L. L. Gordley, for providing the excellent
data set of SABER temperatures. Thanks also go to the
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
for providing the ECMWF operational analyses used. Helpful
comments by two anonymous reviewers are gratefully
acknowledged.},
abstract = {Both global scale waves (e. g., Kelvin, equatorial Rossby,
or Rossby-gravity waves) and mesoscale gravity waves
contribute to the wind reversals of the quasi biennial
oscillation (QBO). The relative contributions of the
different wave types are highly uncertain. In our work we
quantify the contribution of equatorial Kelvin waves to the
reversal from stratospheric easterlies to westerlies
averaged over two QBO cycles in the period 2002-2006. Our
analysis is based on longitude-time spectra of temperatures
measured by the SABER satellite instrument, as well as
temperatures from ECMWF operational analyses. Kelvin waves
of zonal wavenumber 1-6 and periods longer than 2.5 days are
covered. It is found that the contribution of Kelvin waves
is about $30-50\%$ of the observed wind reversal and only
$20-35\%$ of the expected total wave forcing. The larger
part of the wave forcing therefore has to be contributed by
other waves, likely mesoscale gravity waves. Citation: Ern,
M., and P. Preusse (2009), Quantification of the
contribution of equatorial Kelvin waves to the QBO wind
reversal in the stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36,
L21801, doi: 10.1029/2009GL040493.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-1},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB790},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Geosciences, Multidisciplinary},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000271579300002},
doi = {10.1029/2009GL040493},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/6488},
}