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Several types of measurements (ozone, temperature, geopoten-tial height) indicate the existence of a quasi-decadal oscillation (QDO) of the lower stratosphere that has been in phase with the Schwabe solar activity cycle for more than three cycles. Although a solar cycle variation of ozone is expected from photochemical considerations, the observed variation has an altitude and latitude dependence that differs substantially from the predictions of current two-dimensional stratospheric models. In agreement with geopotential height and temperature data for the lower stratosphere, the maximum amplitude of the apparent solar variation of total ozone in the northern hemisphere occurs near 30° latitude in winter and spring. This property as well as other observed characteristics of the QDO suggest that wave-mean-flow interactions may modify and enhance the solar cycle variation of the lower stratosphere in the northern winter. Indirect perturbations of tropospheric dynamics are predicted by several recent global circulation model simulations.
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Hood, L.L. (1998). Solar UV Radiation Induced Variations in the Lower Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere: A Review. In: Pap, J.M., Fröhlich, C., Ulrich, R.K. (eds) Solar Electromagnetic Radiation Study for Solar Cycle 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5000-2_41
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