Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-205-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-205-2021
Research article
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15 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2021

Origins of multi-decadal variability in sudden stratospheric warmings

Oscar Dimdore-Miles, Lesley Gray, and Scott Osprey

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AR by Oscar Dimdore-Miles on behalf of the Authors (24 Dec 2020)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jan 2021) by Daniela Domeisen
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Jan 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Jan 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (27 Jan 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jan 2021) by Daniela Domeisen
AR by Oscar Dimdore-Miles on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Feb 2021) by Daniela Domeisen
AR by Oscar Dimdore-Miles on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2021)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Observations of the stratosphere span roughly half a century, preventing analysis of multi-decadal variability in circulation using these data. Instead, we rely on long simulations of climate models. Here, we use a model to examine variations in northern polar stratospheric winds and find they vary with a period of around 90 years. We show that this is possibly due to variations in the size of winds over the Equator. This result may improve understanding of Equator–polar stratospheric coupling.