Weather and Climate Dynamics
Weather and Climate Dynamics
WCD
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-329-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-329-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Research article
 | 
25 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2025

Quantifying the spread in sudden stratospheric warming wave forcing in CMIP6

Verónica Martínez-Andradas, Alvaro de la Cámara, Pablo Zurita-Gotor, François Lott, and Federico Serva

Viewed

Total article views: 4,164 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
2,853 754 557 4,164 564 151 254
  • HTML: 2,853
  • PDF: 754
  • XML: 557
  • Total: 4,164
  • Supplement: 564
  • BibTeX: 151
  • EndNote: 254
Views and downloads (calculated since 16 Aug 2024)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 16 Aug 2024)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 4,164 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 4,086 with geography defined and 78 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 11 Jun 2026
Download
Short summary
Global circulation model biases are present when simulating sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs). These are important extreme phenomena that occur in the wintertime stratosphere, driven by the breaking of atmospheric waves. The present work shows that there is a large spread of the wave forcing during the development of SSWs in different models. In the mesosphere, gravity waves are found to force advection of the residual circulation, while planetary waves tend to decelerate the wind.
Read more
Share