Explore: Stratospheric Winds

the stratosphere has a dramatic effect on normal winter stratospheric wind patterns, changing the westerly winds and warming the aloft stratospheric temperatures

described a potential field experiment, the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx), using stratospheric calcium carbonate injection, but as

global stratospheric transport of tracers, such as ozone or water vapor. Another large-scale feature that significantly influences stratospheric circulation

the Stratospheric Ozone Layer". epa.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2022. Morrisette, Peter M. (1989). "The Evolution of Policy Responses to Stratospheric Ozone

volcanic ash in the stratosphere. This visual tracking led to the discovery of easterly winds between 25 and 30 km above the surface. The winds were then called

technology to rise and lower in the stratosphere, harnessing the natural currents of varying stratospheric winds to provide point-to-point navigation

Tables". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1996. Retrieved December 22, 2020. "Stratospheric Conditions//A New Tower's Sky-High Rides, Wedding Chapels and Restaurant

advance. The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) of the equatorial stratospheric winds is somewhat regular at ~28 months but the cause has been heavily

their calmest. It is also the site of a vortex in which swirling stratospheric winds high up and calm air at ground level combine to make it a place for

describe two distinct phenomena; the stratospheric polar vortex, and the tropospheric polar vortex. The stratospheric and tropospheric polar vortices both