Articles | Volume 2, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1283-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1283-2021
Research article
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20 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2021

Dynamical and surface impacts of the January 2021 sudden stratospheric warming in novel Aeolus wind observations, MLS and ERA5

Corwin J. Wright, Richard J. Hall, Timothy P. Banyard, Neil P. Hindley, Isabell Krisch, Daniel M. Mitchell, and William J. M. Seviour

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wcd-2021-16', Gloria Manney, 03 May 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on wcd-2021-16', Isabell Krisch, 04 May 2021
  • EC1: 'Comment on wcd-2021-16', Peter Knippertz, 05 May 2021
    • CC1: 'Reply on EC1', Corwin Wright, 05 May 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on EC1', Corwin Wright, 07 May 2021
      • RC3: 'Reply on AC1', Gloria Manney, 07 May 2021
        • EC2: 'Reply on RC3', Peter Knippertz, 11 May 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Corwin Wright on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Sep 2021) by Peter Knippertz
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Sep 2021) by Peter Knippertz
RR by Gloria Manney (15 Oct 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Oct 2021) by Peter Knippertz
AR by Corwin Wright on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (14 Nov 2021) by Peter Knippertz
AR by Corwin Wright on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2021)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Major sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) are some of the most dramatic events in the atmosphere and are believed to help cause extreme winter weather events such as the 2018 Beast from the East in Europe and North America. Here, we use unique data from the European Space Agency's new Aeolus satellite to make the first-ever measurements at a global scale of wind changes due to an SSW in the lower part of the atmosphere to help us understand how SSWs affect the atmosphere and surface weather.