“…In addition, modeling efforts are currently underway to improve the representation of the tropics and, in particular, the QBO in weather and climate models (e.g., Yang et al, 2009;Kim et al, 2013;Kim and Chun, 2015;Lott et al, 2012Lott et al, , 2014Krismer and Giorgetta, 2014;Maury and Lott, 2014;Richter et al, 2014). With a more realistic model representation of the QBO, potentially the coupling toward higher latitudes and even seasonal weather prediction might be improved (e.g., Gerber et al, 2012;Scaife et al, 2014).…”