Open AccessStratospheric warmings and the geomagnetic lunar tide: 1958–2007
Author(s) -
Yamazaki Y.,
Richmond A. D.,
Yumoto K.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2012ja017514
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , northern hemisphere , atmospheric sciences , sudden stratospheric warming , atmospheric tide , latitude , climatology , environmental science , amplitude , geology , stratosphere , ionosphere , thermosphere , polar vortex , geodesy , geophysics , physics , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
A quantitative comparison of the geomagnetic lunar tide and lower stratospheric parameters (zonal mean air temperature T and zonal mean zonal wind U ) is carried out for the period 1958–2007. The correlation between the amplitude of the geomagnetic lunar tide at an equatorial station, Addis Ababa, and the lower stratospheric parameters from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP‐NCAR) reanalysis is examined. It is found that the lunar tidal amplitude tends to be positively and negatively correlated with the stratospheric T and U , respectively, in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere during December and January. High correlations are observed in approximately 70% of stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) events. The results suggest that variability of the geomagnetic lunar tide during the northern winter is closely linked with dynamical changes in the lower stratospheric parameters associated with SSWs.