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Impact of the Asian monsoon on the extratropical lower stratosphere: trace gas observations during TACTS over Europe 2012

  • The transport of air masses originating from the Asian monsoon anticyclone into the extratropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (Ex-UTLS) above potential temperatures Θ =  380 K was identified during the HALO aircraft mission TACTS in August and September 2012. In situ measurements of CO, O3 and N2O during TACTS flight 2 on 30 August 2012 show the irreversible mixing of aged stratospheric air masses with younger (recently transported from the troposphere) ones within the Ex-UTLS. Backward trajectories calculated with the trajectory module of CLaMS indicate that these tropospherically affected air masses originate from the Asian monsoon anticyclone. These air masses are subsequently transported above potential temperatures Θ =  380 K from the monsoon circulation region into the Ex-UTLS, where they subsequently mix with stratospheric air masses. The overall trace gas distribution measured during TACTS shows that this transport pathway had affected the chemical composition of the Ex-UTLS during boreal summer and autumn 2012. This leads to an intensification of the tropospheric influence on the extratropical lower stratosphere with PV  >  8 pvu within 3 weeks during the TACTS mission. During the same time period a weakening of the tropospheric influence on the lowermost stratosphere (LMS) is determined. The study shows that the transport of air masses originating from the Asian summer monsoon region within the lower stratosphere affects the change in the chemical composition of the Ex-UTLS over Europe and thus contributes to the flushing of the LMS during summer 2012.

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Author:Stefan Müller, Peter HoorORCiDGND, Heiko BozemORCiDGND, Ellen Gute, Bärbel VogelORCiD, Andreas Zahn, Harald BönischORCiDGND, Timo Keber, Martina Krämer, Christian Rolf, Martin RieseORCiDGND, Hans Schlager, Andreas EngelORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-420098
URL:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/10573/2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10573-2016
ISSN:1680-7324
ISSN:1680-7316
Parent Title (English):Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Publisher:European Geosciences Union
Place of publication:Katlenburg-Lindau
Contributor(s):Federico Fierli
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/11/14
Date of first Publication:2016/08/25
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/11/14
Volume:16
Issue:16
Page Number:17
First Page:10573
Last Page:10589
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© Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License.
HeBIS-PPN:42400531X
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0