全球大洋混合层深度的计算及其时空变化特征分析

本文利用2005-2009年的全球网格化Argo数据,分别采用温度判据和密度判据计算了全球大洋混合层深度(Mixed Layer Depth, MLD),讨论了障碍层(Barrier Layer, BL)和补偿层(Compensated Layer, CL)对混合层深度计算的影响,得到了合成的混合层深度,并研究了其时空变化特征. 研究表明:(1)在赤道西太平洋(10°S -5°N,150°E-150°W),孟加拉湾,热带西大西洋(10°N-20°N,30°W-60°W)是障碍层高发区域. 冬季的北太平洋副热带区域(30°N附近)以及东北大西洋(40°N-60°N,0°-30°W)是补偿层发生的区域. (2) 在各个半球的夏季MLD都比较浅,在各个半球的冬季MLD则普遍比较深. 北太平洋和北大西洋的MLD的分布和变化比较相似,印度洋MLD受季风影响显著,呈现半年周期变化. 太平洋和大西洋的MLD 的经向分布大致呈现出"两端深,中间浅"的拱形特点. (3)混合层深度距平场EOF第一模态时间变化为周期的年信号,北太平洋和北大西洋、南大洋(尤其是南极绕流区)都是MLD变化剧烈的海域,第二模态显示全球大洋混合层深度距平存在着一个半年的变化周期.     

印度尼西亚地区VEI≥4的火山喷发活动规律及未来趋势统计研究

本文运用可公度计算及时空对称性理论,结合蝴蝶结构图及可公度结构图对印度尼西亚地区1900年以来VEI≥4火山喷发活动进行趋势判断分析,结果显示:(1)运用三元、四元、五元可公度可知2018年印度尼西亚地区发生VEI≥4火山喷发事件的信号较强.(2)结合蝴蝶结构图及可公度结构系计算得出,2018年印度尼西亚地区发生VEI≥4火山喷发事件的随机概率为45.5%,不漏报置信水平为41.6%.(3)通过经纬度迁移分析,发现其在空间上有一定的迁移规律;纬向迁移对称轴在3.5°S左右,经向迁移对称轴在115°E左右.未来火山喷发事件有可能向东北方迁移.(4)太阳黑子数周期年份与火山喷发有很好的对应性,即火山喷发事件多发生在太阳黑子数下降阶段,在太阳黑子数上升阶段发生火山喷发事件的概率较小,在太阳黑子数峰年和谷年也会发生火山喷发事件,但发生概率明显小于太阳黑子数下降阶段的概率.     

火山活动对北半球平流层气候异常变化的影响

文中利用逐次滤波法滤除北半球平流层70 hPa约15~22 km高空大气温度异常变化中太阳活动的影响之后，进一步分析了火山活动的气候效应，分析结果表明，火山活动能引起平流层较大幅度增温，对于北半球70hPa高空气候异常变化的影响超过了总方差的30%；火山活动影响最显著的高度是平流层70 hPa约15~22 km高空，由此高度向上或向下，火山活动的影响都逐渐减小；火山活动引起平流层大气升温的同时还将引起对流层大气降温，其分界线大致位于对流层顶300 hPa附近；强火山爆发如皮纳图博火山爆发、阿贡火山爆发和堪察加北楮缅奴等火山爆发是引起未来两年左右平流层中下层温度异常变化最重要的因素，其方差贡献率超过百分之五十三！；火山喷发高度越高，引起平流层增温效应的层次也越高；北半球大气温度异常变化对南半球火山活动响应的滞后时间比北半球火山活动长. 平流层高空气候异常变化还具有显著的22年变化周期，分析认为是大气温度场对太阳磁场磁性周期22年异常变化的响应，其方差贡献率超过9%.     

地磁场的漂移运动和强度变化

在修正了Briggs提出的移动变形图案相关分析法基础上,对全球非偶极子磁场以及6个行星尺度磁异常区的漂移特性和强度变化进行了研究.结果表明,在1900-2000年期间,全球非偶极子磁场以0.15°/a的平均速度向西漂移,强度累计增长了29%;6个行星尺度异常区的西漂运动存在明显差异,其中漂移最快的是赤道附近的非洲异常,平均西漂速度为0.26°/a,其次是南半球的澳大利亚异常(0.23°/a),最慢的是欧亚异常(0.09°/a).除西漂外,大多数异常区还有较小的北向漂移.在1940-1955年期间北半球的欧亚、北美和北大西洋3个异常区以及赤道地区的非洲异常几乎同时由西漂或西南漂转为西北向漂移;紧接着,南半球的南大西洋和澳大利亚两个异常区的漂移特征也发生明显变化,主要是漂移明显减慢,而不是漂移方向的转折.在6个异常区中,澳大利亚、南大西洋、非洲和欧亚4个异常区的强度有明显增加,而北美和北大西洋两个异常区的强度则显示了减小的趋势.     

环北极地区冰芯记录揭示的北半球海盐气溶胶大气传输方式

根据冰芯化学记录重建大气环流历史, 需要认识雪冰化学成分的控制因子, 诸如其来源、大气传输途径及强度. 为了解这些过程, 研究了北半球两支冰芯化学记录(加拿大育空地区洛根山冰芯和格陵兰南部20 D冰芯)与北半球海平面气压(SLP)的相互关系. 结果表明, 洛根山冰芯中ssNa⁺浓度与秋季阿留申低压和夏季北太平洋副热带高压关系密切. 秋季阿留申低压的加深和夏季北太平洋副热带高压增强都有利于海盐气溶胶从北太平洋向育空地区传输. 20 D冰芯中ssNa⁺浓度与冬季冰岛低压密切相关. 加深的冰岛低压加强了北大西洋冬季风暴和气旋的生成, 为格陵兰冰盖输送了更多的海盐气溶胶. 因此, 洛根山冰芯ssNa⁺记录可以作为重建秋季阿留申低压和夏季北太平洋副热带高压的指标, 而20 D冰芯ssNa⁺记录可作为重建冬季冰岛低压的指标.     

基于中国内陆大孔径地震台阵的Rayleigh面波噪声源分布特征研究

Rayleigh面波地震背景噪声成像技术已被成功运用到全球范围不同尺度的地球内部结构的研究中,并以背景噪声场是时空均匀分布为前提假设.然而真实的噪声源分布的时空非均匀性将导致经验格林函数提取存在偏差,最终影响噪声成像结果的精准性.近年来,噪声源分布特征研究逐步成为提高噪声成像精准度、深化地震背景噪声成像的关键问题.本文利用频率-波束域分析法对中国西北地区的一个大孔径台阵(WuTan Array,简称WTA)在2014全年的垂直分量连续记录做了聚束分析,研究了Rayleigh波噪声源分布特征.结果显示:WTA台阵成功探测到了10～20s周期范围的来自于全球不同方位的Rayleigh波噪声信号,其源区分布具有明显的季节变化特征:冬季集中分布在北大西洋方位,而夏季则转为印度洋方位噪声信号最强.此外,Rayleigh波噪声源区空间分布还表现出一定的频率依赖性,即在较低频段(0.0488～0.0635Hz)在北大西洋、北太平洋、印度洋及西太平洋四个方位均有分布;而在频率较高频段(0.0928～0.1025Hz)则集中分布于西太平洋方位.Rayleigh波噪声源时空分布特征和频率依赖性与海洋活动本身的季节性变化和频谱特征有关.并初步推测本文所观测到的Rayleigh波是由加剧的海浪运动直接作用于海岸、大陆架或海底而激发产生的第一类地脉动噪声信号.     

新仙女木期沙漠/黄土过渡带高分辨率泥炭记录——东亚季风气候颤动的实例

通过对气候敏感的沙漠/黄土过渡带中湖沼沉积进行高分辨率的~(14)C年代学和气候代用指标的研究,揭示了东亚季风气候存在着干冷(11.2～10.6kaBP)、湿凉(10.6～10.2kaBP)和干冷(10.2～10.0kaBP)的颤动特征。沙漠/黄土过渡带地处欧洲下风区,通过西风带与极地北大西洋气候相联系。晚冰期上述地区大气和海面温度变化引起西伯利亚～蒙古高压强度的变化,进一步影响东西区域性海-陆气压梯度的增强与减弱。因此,这一时期东亚季风气候这种百年尺度的快速颤动可视为高纬极地大陆气团与太平洋暖湿气团相互作用的写照。     

中国大陆及邻区地震活动周期及显著性检验

本文针对中国大陆及邻区和中国大陆地区的不同起始震级的地震资料的不同时间段、 不同数据预处理的地震应变能(贝尼奥夫应变)进行小波分析, 研究不同区域的地震活动周期谱及其显著性水平(即置信度), 结果表明: ① 在中国大陆及邻区的地震活动周期谱中, 23年左右周期的置信度超过95%; 45年和90年左右周期的置信度为90%左右。 ② 中国大陆地区存在明显的25年左右周期, 置信度超过95%, 而其它周期并不明显。 ③ 无论是中国大陆地区还是中国大陆及邻区, 同一个周期的置信度随计算资料的起始震级减小而降低。 特别是中国大陆地区和大陆及邻区都存在置信度超过95%的23～25年周期对于地震的活跃与平静预测具有现实意义。 而中国大陆及邻区地震活动的数十年或百年尺度的周期在地震趋势估计中是不应该被忽视的因素。     

北大西洋Porcupine Seabight海区第四纪原始生产力

对北大西洋东北爱尔兰西南陆架和斜坡PorcupineSeabight海区综合大洋钻探307航次1317E井灰泥杂基样品的生物硅和碳酸钙含量、1318B井全岩样品的生物硅含量进行了测量,在减除珊瑚文石质骨屑、同生白云石、岩屑高镁方解石基础上估算了第四纪原始生产力.结果显示,原始生产力与世界其他地区同期相比均较高(一般10～30gcm-2ky-1),存在明显的旋回性变化,与δ13C值变化呈镜像负相关.进一步研究表明,较高的原始生产力可能与温暖的北大西洋东北中心流(ENAW)和陆棚边界流(SEC)有关,其与δ13C值镜像相关则可能受控于北大西洋深部冷水团和/或地中海暖水团侵入,而生产力快速增加-减少旋回周期可能与米兰科维奇的斜率轨道应力有联系.分析还发现,冷水碳酸盐泥丘的发育与表层海水原始生产力具有正相关性,暗示高的原始生产力会促进冷水碳酸盐泥丘的生长,但不一定是碳酸盐泥丘形成的必要条件.进而提出,研究区碳酸盐泥丘中的远洋灰泥杂基记录了北大西洋东北表层海水生产力变化信息.     

西准噶尔地区地震背景噪声源分析

西准噶尔是我国大陆远离海岸带最远的地区.利用频率域聚束(或称f-κ分析)方法对布设在西准噶尔地区的两个不同尺度的三分量宽频地震台阵61天和31天的连续记录分别进行了低、高频背景噪声源分析.通过台阵响应函数的计算,确定了分析背景噪声源的最佳频带范围分别为0.04~0.1 Hz和0.5~3 Hz.对于低频背景噪声,分析了初次地脉动的震源,结果说明西准噶尔大尺度台阵(WJLA)在观测时间范围内可以接收到来自亚欧大陆周边几个海洋活动强烈的海岸带的背景噪声,尤其以来自北太平洋西海岸带和北大西洋东海岸带的信号最强.通过分析由两个强温带气旋引起的北大西洋的海浪剧烈运动产生的地脉动信号,证明了这两个强温带气旋与北大西洋东海岸带相互作用的区域有所不同,并发现了当这两个强温带气旋结束后,该海域依然会在较长的一段时间内保持活跃状态.对于高频背景噪声,在1~2.5 Hz频带范围内有一个持续而稳定的噪声源,来自于西准噶尔小尺度台阵(WJSA)中心北偏东60°方向,主要由克拉玛依市区及附近的人类活动产生;除此之外,在较低频段有时还会在270°~300°方位产生一个能量相对更强的噪声源,其信号传播速度更快,分析认为该类震源为测区西北部的多个矿山的采矿活动.本项实验研究证明:即使在远离海岸带的我国西北部地区,背景噪声仍具有足够强的信号,但噪声来源存在强烈的方向性,因此在该地区利用背景噪声对地球内部进行成像时,需要考虑噪声源方位特性对成像的影响.     

Combined electromagnetic, geochemical and thermal surveys of Taal volcano (Philippines) during the period 2005–2006

Since 1572, 33 phreatic to phreatomagmatic eruptions have occurred on Taal volcano (Philippines), some of them causing several hundred casualties. Considering the time delay between two consecutive eruptions, there is an 88% probability that Taal volcano should have already erupted. Since 1992, several phases of seismic activity have been recorded accompanied by ground deformation, opening of fissures, and surface activity. The volcanic activity of Taal appears to be controlled by dike injections and magma supply, buffered by a hydrothermal system that releases fluids and heat through boiling and subsequent steaming. In early 2005, a multidisciplinary project was launched for studying the hydrothermal activity. To map the hydrothermal system, combined surveys were carried out to investigate self-potential, total magnetic field, ground temperature and carbon dioxide soil degassing, along with satellite thermal imaging of the Main Crater Lake. The elevated temperatures and high concentrations of carbon dioxide, as well as electromagnetic anomalies, indicate large-scale hydrothermal degassing. This process is enhanced along the tectonic features (e.g., crater rim and faults) of the volcano, while active fissures opened along the E–W northern flank during the 1992–1994 seismic activity. Heat and fluids from the hydrothermal system are essentially released in the northern part of the crater, which is bounded to the South by a suspected NW–SE fault along which seismicity seems to take place, and dikes are thought to be intruded. During the January 2005 surveys, a new seismic crisis started, and the felt earthquakes prompted spontaneous evacuation of hundreds of inhabitants living on the volcano. Repeated surveys show changes of self-potential, total magnetic field, and ground temperature with time, without any noticeable spatial enlargement. These observations suggest that the northern flank located between the crater rim and the 1992–1994 fissures is connected with a deep thermal source in Main crater and is reactivated during seismic crises. This sector could be subjected to flank failure.     

冬季太阳11年周期活动对大气环流的影响

利用气象场的再分析资料和太阳辐射活动资料,对太阳11年周期活动影响北半球冬季(11月~3月)大气环流的过程进行了统计分析和动力学诊断.根据赤道平流层纬向风准两年振荡(QBO)的东、西风状态对太阳活动效应进行了分类讨论,结果表明：东风态QBO时,太阳活动效应主要集中在赤道平流层中、高层和南半球平流层,强太阳活动时增强的紫外辐射加热了赤道地区的臭氧层,造成平流层低纬明显增温,同时加强了南半球的Brewer-Dobson(B-D)环流,引起南极高纬平流层温度增加;而北半球中高纬的环流主要受行星波的影响,太阳活动影响很小.西风态QBO时,太阳活动效应在北半球更为重要,初冬时强太阳活动除了加热赤道地区臭氧层外,还抑制了北半球的B-D环流,造成赤道平流层温度增加和纬向风梯度在垂直方向的变化,从而改变了对流层两支行星波波导的强度;冬末时在太阳活动调制下,行星波向极波导增强,B-D环流逐渐恢复,造成北半球极地平流层明显增温,同时伴随着赤道区域温度的下降.     

The Taurewa Eruptive Episode: evidence for climactic eruptions at Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

 The ca. 10,500 years B.P. eruptions at Ruapehu volcano deposited 0.2–0.3 km³ of tephra on the flanks of Ruapehu and the surrounding ring plain and generated the only known pyroclastic flows from this volcano in the late Quaternary. Evidence of the eruptions is recorded in the stratigraphy of the volcanic ring plain and cone, where pyroclastic flow deposits and several lithologically similar tephra deposits are identified. These deposits are grouped into the newly defined Taurewa Formation and two members, Okupata Member (tephra-fall deposits) and Pourahu Member (pyroclastic flow deposits). These eruptions identify a brief (<ca. 2000-year) but explosive period of volcanism at Ruapehu, which we define as the Taurewa Eruptive Episode. This Episode represents the largest event within Ruapehu's ca. 22,500-year eruptive history and also marks its culmination in activity ca. 10,000 years B.P. Following this episode, Ruapehu volcano entered a ca. 8000-year period of relative quiescence. We propose that the episode began with the eruption of small-volume pyroclastic flows triggered by a magma-mingling event. Flows from this event travelled down valleys east and west of Ruapehu onto the upper volcanic ring plain, where their distal remnants are preserved. The genesis of these deposits is inferred from the remanent magnetisation of pumice and lithic clasts. We envisage contemporaneous eruption and emplacement of distal pumice-rich tephras and proximal welded tuff deposits. The potential for generation of pyroclastic flows during plinian eruptions at Ruapehu has not been previously considered in hazard assessments at this volcano. Recognition of these events in the volcanological record is thus an important new factor in future risk assessments and mitigation of volcanic risk at Tongariro Volcanic Centre. Received: 5 July 1998 / Accepted: 12 March 1999     

Summit eruptions of Klyuchevskoi Volcano,Kamchatka in the early 21st century, 2003–2013

This paper is concerned with eruptions, seismicity, and deformation on Klyuchevskoi Volcano during the summit eruptions of 2012–2013, with the condition of the central crater during the eruptions, and with the effect that is exerted by the height of the lava in the crater on the start of the eruptions. The recurrence of eruptions in the North Volcanic Cluster (NVC), Kamchatka showed that all the four volcanoes in the cluster (Klyuchevskoi, Tolbachik, Shiveluch, and Bezymyannyi) become active during definite phases that were identified in the 18.6-year lunar cycle. This relationship of the NVC eruptions to the active phases in the 18.6-year lunar cycle, as well as the relationship to the 11-year solar activity, showed that eruptions can be predicted, yielding long-term estimates of activity for the NVC volcanoes. The short-term prediction of volcanic eruptions requires knowledge of seismicity and deformation that occur during the precursory period and during the occurrence of eruptions. Seismic activity during the summit eruptions of 2003–2013 took place in the depth range 20–25 km during repose periods of the volcano and at depths of 0–5 km in the volcanic edifice during the eruption. One notes an almost complete absence of any earthquakes at great depths during the summit eruptions. Volcanic tremor (VT) was recorded from the time that the eruptions began and continued to occur until the end. Geodetic measurements showed that the center of the magma pressure beneath the volcano during the parasitic and summit eruptions of 1979–1989 moved in the 4–17 km depth range, while during the summit eruptions of 2003–2013 the center moved in the 15–20 km range. These changes in the depth of the center of magma pressure may have been related to evacuation from shallow magma chambers.     

Hazard map for volcanic ballistic impacts at Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico)

During volcanic explosions, volcanic ballistic projectiles (VBP) are frequently ejected. These projectiles represent a threat to people, infrastructure, vegetation, and aircraft due to their high temperatures and impact velocities. In order to protect people adequately, it is necessary to delimit the projectiles’ maximum range within well-defined explosion scenarios likely to occur in a particular volcano. In this study, a general methodology to delimit the hazard zones for VBP during volcanic eruptions is applied to Popocatépetl volcano. Three explosion scenarios with different intensities have been defined based on the past activity of the volcano and parameterized by considering the maximum kinetic energy associated with VBP ejected during previous eruptions. A ballistic model is used to reconstruct the “launching” kinetic energy of VBP observed in the field. In the case of Vulcanian eruptions, the most common type of activity at Popocatépetl, the ballistic model was used in concert with an eruptive model to correlate ballistic range with initial pressure and gas content, parameters that can be estimated by monitoring techniques. The results are validated with field data and video observations of different Vulcanian eruptions at Popocatépetl. For each scenario, the ballistic model is used to calculate the maximum range of VBP under optimum “launching” conditions: ballistic diameter, ejection angle, topography, and wind velocity. Our results are presented in the form of a VBP hazard map with topographic profiles that depict the likely maximum ranges of VBP under explosion scenarios defined specifically for Popocatépetl volcano. The hazard zones shown on the map allow the responsible authorities to plan the definition and mitigation of restricted areas during volcanic crises.     

准噶尔盆地陆东-五彩湾地区石炭系火山岩电性与地震响应特征

勘探实践证实,准噶尔盆地石炭系已成为一套现实勘探层系;陆东-五彩湾地区石炭系火山岩体规模大、分布广,是重要的天然气储集体;火山岩储层有效性主要受不整合、岩性、岩相控制,识别火山结构、火山岩岩性、岩相成为判别储层有效性的关键.由于主要目的层巴塔玛依内山组特殊的三段式火山岩组合层序结构,为通过测井、地震物探手段识别火山岩岩...     

Solar activity forcing of the middle atmosphere

Studies on the influence of solar activity in 11-year cycle on middle atmospheric thermodynamic parameters, such as temperature, pressure and density, and zonal and meridional wind components over three meteorological rocket launching stations, located in the tropics (Thumba), mid-latitude (Volgograd) and high-latitude (Heiss Island) regions of the northern hemisphere have been carried out. The temperature in all the three regions showed a negative response in the stratosphere and positive association in the mesosphere with the changes in solar activity. The temperature decreases by 2-3% from its mean value in the stratosphere and increases by 4-6% in the mesosphere for an increase in 100 units of solar radio flux. Atmospheric pressure is found to be more sensitive to solar changes. An average solar maximum condition enhances the pressure in the stratosphere by 5% and in the upper mesosphere by 16-18% compared to the respective mean values. Density also showed strong association with the changes in solar activity. Increase in the solar radio flux tends to strengthen winter westerlies in the upper stratosphere over the mid-latitude and summer easterlies in the middle stratosphere over tropics. Larger variability in the zonal wind is noted near stratopause height. Results obtained from the study indicate that there is an external force exerted on the Earth’s atmosphere during the period of high solar activity. These results can be incorporated for further studies on the dynamics of the middle atmosphere in association with the changes in solar activity.     

Cyclic magma storages and transfers at Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion hotspot) inferred from deformation and geochemical data

Piton de La Fournaise is in a period of intense volcanic activity since 1998. To constrain the magma dynamics responsible for this activity, we combined GPS ground deformation monitoring interpreted through numerical modelling and geochemistry. Two cycles of continuous volcano inflation are evidenced for the May 2004–December 2005 period, with a rest from March to October 2005. These inflations are consistent with two cycles of compatible major element enrichment in the emitted lavas. Numerical models indicate that the pressurization of a single magma reservoir may be responsible for the observed pre-eruptive inflations of the volcano. The reservoir, located at 2300 m depth, has a radius of  500 m. At the beginning of each cycle, dykes propagate from the roof of the reservoir and yield eruptions of differentiated basalt near the summit. At the end of the cycle, dykes propagate from the eastern sidewall of the reservoir and yield distal eruptions of primitive magmas away from the summit. The volumes of magma emitted during the primitive eruptions seem too large to explain the surface deformations and therefore suggest some refill of the reservoir by deeper magmas. Our results may be used to predict the location and lava volume of future eruptions at Piton de La Fournaise volcano, depending on the timing of these eruptions within a cycle of volcanic activity.     

On the solar cycle dependence of winds and planetary waves as seen from mid-latitude D1 LF mesopause region wind measurements

At the Collm Observatory of the University of Leipzig LF D1 low-frequency total reflection nighttime wind measurements have been carried out continuously for more than two decades. Using a multiple regression analysis to derive prevailing winds, tides and the quasi-2-day wave from the half-hourly mean values of the horizontal wind components, monthly mean values of mesopause wind parameters are obtained that can be analysed with respect to long-term trends and influences of solar variability. The response of the prevailing wind to the 11-year solar cycle differs throughout the year. While in winter no significant correlation between the zonal prevailing wind and solar activity is found, in spring and summer a negative correlation between the TWC can be seen from the measurements. This is connected with stronger vertical gradients of the zonal prevailing wind during solar maximum than during solar minimum. Since the amplitude of the quasi-2-day wave is dependent on the zonal mean wind vertical gradient, this is connected with a positive correlation between solar activity and quasi-two-day wave activity.Paper Presented at the Second IAGA/ICMA (IAMAS) Workshop on Solar Activity Forcing of the Middle Atmosphere, Prague, August 1997     

The effect of the 11-year solar cycle on the temperature in the lower stratosphere

Two temperature datasets are analyzed for quantifying the 11-year solar cycle effect in the lower stratosphere. The analysis is based on a regression linear model that takes into account volcanic, Arctic Oscillation (AO), Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects. Under solar maximum conditions, temperatures are generally warmer for low- and mid-latitudes than under solar minimum, with the effect being the strongest in northern summer. At high latitudes, the vortex is generally stronger under solar maximum conditions, with the exception of February and to a lesser extent March in the Northern Hemisphere; associated with this positive signal at high latitudes, there is a significant negative signal at the equator. Observations also suggest that contrary to the beginning of the winter, in February–March, the residual circulation in the Northern Hemisphere is enhanced. A better understanding of the mechanisms at work comes from further investigations using the ERA-40 reanalysis dataset. First, a consistent response in terms of temperature and wind is obtained. Moreover, considering Eliassen-Palm (EP) flux divergence and residual circulation stream functions, we found an increased circulation in the Northern Hemisphere in February during solar maxima, which results in more adiabatic warming at high latitudes and more adiabatic cooling at low latitudes, thus demonstrating the dynamical origin of the response of the low stratosphere to the solar cycle.