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 1. Introduction

• In the northern stratosphere: (e.g. Holton and Tan 1980)
  • Colder, deeper vortex, stronger polar-night jet in the W
  • Opposite to the Holton-Tan Oscillation in the solar maximum
• In the southern stratosphere:
  • Large difference not in midwinter but in spring