% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Clemens:1021478, author = {Clemens, Jan and Vogel, Bärbel and Hoffmann, Lars and Griessbach, Sabine and Thomas, Nicole and Fadnavis, Suvarna and Müller, Rolf and Peter, Thomas and Ploeger, Felix}, title = {{A} multi-scenario {L}agrangian trajectory analysis to identify source regions of the {A}sian tropopause aerosol layer on the {I}ndian subcontinent in {A}ugust 2016}, journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics}, volume = {24}, number = {1}, issn = {1680-7316}, address = {Katlenburg-Lindau}, publisher = {EGU}, reportid = {FZJ-2024-00771}, pages = {763 - 787}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) is present during the Asian summer monsoon season affecting the radiative balance of the atmosphere. However, the source regions and transport pathways of ATAL particles are still uncertain. Here, we investigate transport pathways from different regions at the model boundary layer (MBL) to the ATAL by combining two Lagrangian transport models (CLaMS, Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere; MPTRAC, Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations) with balloon-borne measurements of the ATAL performed by the Compact Optical Backscatter Aerosol Detector (COBALD) above Nainital (India) in August 2016. Trajectories are initialised at the measured location of the ATAL and calculated 90 d backwards in time to investigate the relation between the measured, daily averaged, aerosol backscatter ratio and source regions at the MBL. Different simulation scenarios are performed to find differences and robust patterns when the reanalysis data (ERA5 or ERA-Interim), the trajectory model, the vertical coordinate (kinematic and diabatic approach) or the convective parameterisation are varied. The robust finding among all scenarios is that the largest continental air mass contributions originate from the Tibetan Plateau and the Indian subcontinent (mostly the Indo-Gangetic Plain), and the largest maritime air mass contributions in Asia come from the western Pacific (e.g. related to tropical cyclones). Additionally, all simulation scenarios indicate that the transport of maritime air from the tropical western Pacific to the region of the ATAL lowers the backscatter ratio (BSR) of the ATAL, while most scenarios indicate that the transport of polluted air from the Indo-Gangetic Plain increases the BSR. While the results corroborate key findings from previous ERA-Interim-based studies, they also highlight the variability in the contributions of different MBL regions to the ATAL depending on different simulation scenarios.}, cin = {IEK-7 / JSC / CASA}, ddc = {550}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)CASA-20230315}, pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211) / 5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs (SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:001166579000001}, doi = {10.5194/acp-24-763-2024}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1021478}, }