sudden stratospheric warming (English, noun)
expansion: sudden stratospheric warming (countable and uncountable, plural sudden stratospheric warmings)
Senses:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A weather phenomenon where the polar vortex breaks down, causing a sudden temperature increase in the stratosphere of 50 kelvin or more.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: sudden stratospheric warmings
tags: plural