SPARC Science Update: 16-22 April

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community (a SPARC Office choice).

Decadal predictions with the HiGEM high resolution global coupled climate model: description and basic evaluation. By L.C. Shaffrey et al. in Climate Dynamics.

On the gravity wave forcing during the southern stratospheric final warming in LMDz. By A. De la Cámara et al. in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Interannual variability of temperature in the UTLS region over Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river basin based on COSMIC GNSS RO data. By K. Khandu et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Lagged Response of Tropical Tropospheric Temperature to Solar Ultraviolet Variations on Intraseasonal Timescales. By L.L. Hood et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

The Impact of Two Coupled Cirrus Microphysics-Radiation Parameterizations on the Temperature and Specific Humidity Biases in the Tropical Tropopause Layer in a Climate Model. By A.J. Baran et al. in the Journal of Climate.

Vertical momentum transports associated with moist convection and gravity waves in a minimal model of QBO-like oscillation. By E. Nishimoto et al. in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Influence of tropical cyclones on tropospheric ozone: possible implications. By S. Shankar Das et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

ECMWF SSW forecast evaluation using infrasound. By P.S.M. Smets et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

On the link between Barents-Kara sea-ice variability and European blocking. By P. Ruggieri et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Characteristics of gravity waves generated in the jet-front system in a baroclinic instability simulation. By Y.-H. Kim et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.