The quasi‐biennial oscillation
@article{Baldwin2001TheQO, title={The quasi‐biennial oscillation}, author={Mark P. Baldwin and Laura J. Gray and Timothy J. Dunkerton and Kevin Hamilton and Peter H. Haynes and William J. Randel and James R. Holton and Michael J. Alexander and Isamu Hirota and Takeshi Horinouchi and Dylan B. A. Jones and Jonathan S. Kinnersley and Carlos Marquardt and Kaoru Sato and Masaaki Takahashi}, journal={Reviews of Geophysics}, year={2001}, volume={39}, pages={179 - 229} }
The quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) dominates the variability of the equatorial stratosphere (∼16–50 km) and is easily seen as downward propagating easterly and westerly wind regimes, with a variable period averaging approximately 28 months. From a fluid dynamical perspective, the QBO is a fascinating example of a coherent, oscillating mean flow that is driven by propagating waves with periods unrelated to that of the resulting oscillation. Although the QBO is a tropical phenomenon, it affects…
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