The role of tropo-stratospheric coupling for Arctic-midlatitude linkages

Klaus Dethloff1, Ralf Jaiser2, Doerthe Handorf2, Berit Crasemann1, Tetsu Nakamura3, Jinro Ukita4, Koji Yamazaki5 and Meiji Honda4, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Sapporo, Japan, (4)Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, (5)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan