Baldwin et al who are considered the experts in the QBO (stratospheric wind oscillation) speculate on the role of UV in the mesosphere and how modulation could play an important role in the break up of the northern polar vortex. (landscheidt.info)
Steering is made possible by moving the balloons to different altitudes - where stratospheric winds travel in different directions. (theguardian.com)
These revealed a surprising link between stratospheric winds and ocean currents as deep as 2 kilometers beneath the waves. (sciencemag.org)