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https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-21-111-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-21-111-2023
01 Dec 2023
 | 01 Dec 2023

Long-term trends of midlatitude horizontal mesosphere/lower thermosphere winds over four decades

Christoph Jacobi, Ales Kuchar, Toralf Renkwitz, and Juliana Jaen

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Middle atmosphere long-term changes show the signature of climate change. We analyse 43 years of mesopause region horizontal winds obtained at two sites in Germany. We observe mainly positive trends of the zonal prevailing wind throughout the year, while the meridional winds tend to decrease in magnitude in both summer and winter. Furthermore, there is a change in long-term trends around the late 1990s, which is most clearly visible in summer winds.