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Large effects of solar variability related to the 11-year sunspot cycle (SSC) are seen in the stratosphere throughout the year, but they are clearly larger if the data are grouped according to the phase of the QBO (quasi-biennial oscillation). New results based on an extended, 70 year long data set, fully confirm earlier findings. By means of teleconnections, the dynamical interaction between the Arctic and the Tropics in the stratosphere and in the troposphere is investigated for the whole data set and compared with the anomalies of single events.
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We thank the members of the Stratospheric Research Group, FUB for professional support. The 10.7 cm solar flux data are from the World Data Center A, Boulder, Colorado. NCEP/NCAR re-analysis data are provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/.
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Labitzke, K., Kunze, M. (2013). Interannual Variability and Trends in the Stratosphere. In: Lübken, FJ. (eds) Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES). Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4348-9_30
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