Schematic of the temperature changes in the Antarctic upper stratospheric during austral winter. (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Schematic of the temperature changes in the Antarctic upper stratospheric during austral winter.

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Schematic of the temperature changes in the Antarctic upper stratospheric during austral winter. Note that BD stands for “Brewer–Dobson” circulation, which refers to the pattern of tropical tropospheric air rising into the stratosphere and then moving poleward as it descends.

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Xuan Ma

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