Temperature Patterns and Trends in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere

1 June 1988

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Climate

Vol. 1 (6) , 573-581
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0573:tpatit>2.0.co;2

Abstract

Empirical orthogonal functions (E0Fs) and stepwise regression are used to investigate zonally averaged seasonal temperature anomaly patterns and trends in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. The first three EOFs explain more than 50% of the temperature variance and can be related, respectively to the solar flux and El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and ENSO, and atmospheric carbon dioxide and turbidity (volcanism). Abstract Empirical orthogonal functions (E0Fs) and stepwise regression are used to investigate zonally averaged seasonal temperature anomaly patterns and trends in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. The first three EOFs explain more than 50% of the temperature variance and can be related, respectively to the solar flux and El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and ENSO, and atmospheric carbon dioxide and turbidity (volcanism).

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