Abstract: AbstractThe Amundsen Sea low (ASL) is a quasi-stationary low pressure system that affects climate in West Antarctica. Previous studies have shown that El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulates the position and strength ...

Abstract: bservations show that stratospheric water vapor (SWV) concentrations increased by ~30% between 1980 and 2000. SWV has also been projected to increase by up to a factor of 2 over the twenty-first century. Trends in SWV ...

Abstract: Previous studies have documented a poleward shift in the subsiding branches of Earth?s Hadley circulation since 1979 but have disagreed on the causes of these observed changes and the ability of global climate models to ...

Abstract: warm bias in tropical tropopause temperature is found in the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM), in common with most models from phase 5 of CMIP (CMIP5). Key dynamical, microphysical, and radiative processes influencing the ...