2 papers
physics.ao-ph2020
Revisiting the Quasi Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5. Part I: Description and Momentum Budget
Hamid A. Pahlavan, Qiang Fu, John M. Wallace +1
The dynamics and momentum budget of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) are examined in the ERA5 reanalysis and compared with those in ERA-I. Because of ERA5's higher spatial reso…
physics.ao-ph2020
Revisiting the Quasi Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5.Part II: Evaluation of Waves and Wave Forcing
Hamid A. Pahlavan, John M. Wallace, Qiang Fu +1
This paper describes stratospheric waves in ERA5 reanalysis and evaluates the contributions of different types of waves to the driving of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). Beca…