Abstract
Noticeable deviations from the prediction of the fiducial lambda cold dark matter cosmology are found in the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background. Besides large-angle anomalies, the WMAP first year data revealed a dip in the power spectrum at $l\ensuremath{\sim}200$, which seemed to disappear in the third year and subsequent angular power spectra. Using the WMAP single first, third, and fifth year data as well as the total 5 yr coadded data, we study the intensity and spatial distribution of this feature in order to unveil its origin and its implications for the cosmological parameters. We show that in the 5 yr coadded WMAP data release there is a suppression of the first Doppler peak in a region near the north ecliptic pole at a significance level between 99% and 96% depending on the weighting scheme that is considered.
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