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Influences of the stratospheric circulation on the troposphere during the northern winter were mainly studied in the past in the context of linear response of planetary waves to changes in the propagation characteristics in a modified stratosphere. However, results of numerical experiments with a general circulation model (GCM) suggest that more complicated nonlinear processes are also involved. In the present study, the effects of changes in the stratospheric circulation on the troposphere are investigated by comparing observed results with those obtained from the GCM.
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Kodera, K. (1993). Influence of the Stratospheric Circulation Change on the Troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere Winter. In: Chanin, ML. (eds) The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78306-7_10
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