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EVIDENCE was first reported in 1960 (by Reed1 and Ebdon2) of a wind oscillation in the tropical stratosphere possessing a quasi-biennial rhythm in the zonal component. As more adequate wind data became available during the following years, the existence, beyond the 1953–59 epoch, of an equatorial oscillation of about 26 months average period and 20-knot maximum amplitude (at c. 25 km height) was established. (A comprehensive review has already been provided by Reed3 of the stratospheric zonal wind oscillation and the similar cycles in stratospheric temperature and total ozone which were later discovered.)
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BERSON, F. Polar Lobe of the Quasi-biennial Stratospheric Wind Oscillation. Nature 210, 1243–1244 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101243a0
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