简介:Inthisstudy,weanalyzedthedynamicalevolutionofthemajor2012–2013NorthernHemisphere(NH)stratosphericsuddenwarming(SSW)onthebasisofERA-InterimreanalysisdataprovidedbytheECMWF.Theintermittentupward-propagatingplanetarywaveactivitiesbeginninginlateNovember2012ledtoaprominentwavenumber-2disturbanceofthepolarvortexinearlyDecember2012.However,nomajorSSWoccurred.InmidDecember2012,whenthepolarvortexhadnotfullyrecovered,amixtureofpersistentwavenumber-1and-2planetarywavesledtogradualweakeningofthepolarvortexbeforethevortexspliton7January2013.EvolutionofthegeopotentialheightandEliassen-Palmfluxbetween500and5hPaindicatesthatthefrequentoccurrenceoftroposphericridgesoverNorthPacificandthewestcoastofNorthAmericacontributedtothepronouncedupwardplanetarywaveactivitiesthroughoutthetroposphereandstratosphere.AftermidJanuary2013,thewavenumber-2planetarywavesbecameenhancedagainwithinthetroposphere,withadeepenedtroughoverEastAsiaandNorthAmericaandtworidgesbetweenthetroughs.Theenhancedtroposphericplanetarywavesmaycontributetothelong-lastingsplittingofthepolarvortexinthelowerstratosphere.The2012–2013SSWshowscombinedfeaturesofbothvortexdisplacementandvortexsplitting.Therefore,theanomaliesoftroposphericcirculationandsurfacetemperatureafterthe2012–2013SSWresembleneithervortex-displacednorvortex-splitSSWs,butthecombinationofallSSWs.TheremarkabletroposphericridgeextendingfromtheBeringSeaintotheArcticOceantogetherwiththeresultingdeepenedEastAsiantroughmayplayimportantrolesinbringingcoldairfromthehighArctictocentralNorthAmericaandnorthernEurasiaatthesurface.