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Identification And Classification Of Stratospheric Sudden Warming Events, Thomas S. Ehrmann
Identification And Classification Of Stratospheric Sudden Warming Events, Thomas S. Ehrmann
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Analysis of northern hemisphere stratospheric data from 1978-2011 is used to identify and classify Stratospheric Sudden Warming events. A total of 41 events are identified during this 33 year period, resulting in an average occurrence rate of 1.24 events/year. No significant variation in the rate is observed during the period analyzed. The average temperature increase during an SSW event is 12 K and the average duration is 32 days. Each identified event is classified as either a vortex displacement or split event and the ratio of displacement to split events is found to be 0.86.