MEASUREMENTS

FORECASTS

 

Welcome to the home page of the "Pan-Arctic Studies of the Coupled Tropospheric, Stratospheric and Mesospheric Circulation".

This page gives our latest map of the status of the Arctic stratospheric vortex and anticyclones as well as a briefing and forecast on the upcoming behavior of the Arctic middle atmosphere.

This site presents research observations as well as data products from a variety of government agencies. Access to the tropospheric and stratospheric and tropospheric data can be found here and mesospheric data can be found here

Current Briefing:

Between 20 April and 26 April 2008 the vortex weakened at all altitudes. On the 23rd the vortex split into three lobes below ~30 km. From 30-50 km, the vortex is weak and situated over the pole.

Latest plot: 20080428_3D.png   (Click on plot for a larger view)

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