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AN important feature of the winter stratosphere near the poles is the occurrence of “sudden warmings” where the temperature over a small area may rise by as much as 50 K in a few days, accompanied by a major change in circulation. Observation of these events, dependent on meteorological rocket and radiosonde ascents, has been hampered by the sparsity of data. Here we present data for a stratospheric warming obtained by the selective chopper radiometer on the Nimbus 4 satellite, which gives global coverage to considerably greater heights than has hitherto been possible.
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BARNETT, J., HARWOOD, R., HOUGHTON, J. et al. Stratospheric Warming observed by Nimbus 4. Nature 230, 47–48 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230047a0
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