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@ARTICLE{Hegglin:52916,
author = {Hegglin, M. I. and Brunner, D. and Peter, Th. and Hoor, P.
and Fischer, H. and Staehelin, J. and Krebsbach, M. and
Schiller, C. and Parchatka, U. and Weers, U.},
title = {{M}easurements of {NO}, {NO}y, {N}2{O}, and {O}3 during
{SPURT}: implications for transport and chemistry in the
lowermost stratosphere},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {6},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {PreJuSER-52916},
pages = {1331 - 1350},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We present measurements of NO, NOy, O-3, and N2O within the
lowermost stratosphere ( LMS) over Europe obtained during
the SPURT project. The measurements cover all seasons
between November 2001 and July 2003. They span a broad band
of latitudes from 30 degrees N to 75 degrees N and a
potential temperature range from 290 to 380 K. The
measurements represent a comprehensive data set of these
tracers and reveal atmospheric transport processes that
influence tracer distributions in the LMS. Median mixing
ratios of stratospheric tracers in equivalent
latitude-potential temperature coordinates show a clear
seasonal cycle related to the Brewer-Dobson circulation,
with highest values in spring and lowest values in autumn.
Vertical tracer profiles show strong gradients at the
extratropical tropopause, suggesting that vertical
(cross-isentropic) mixing is reduced above the tropopause.
Pronounced meridional gradients in the tracer mixing ratios
are found on potential temperature surfaces in the LMS. This
suggests strongly reduced mixing along isentropes.
Concurrent large gradients in static stability in the
vertical direction, and of PV in the meridional direction,
suggest the presence of a mixing barrier. Seasonal cycles
were found in the correlation slopes Delta O-3/Delta N2O and
Delta NOy/Delta N2O well above the tropopause. Absolute
slope values are smallest in spring indicating chemically
aged stratospheric air originating from high altitudes and
latitudes. Larger values were measured in summer and autumn
suggesting that a substantial fraction of air takes a
"short-cut" from the tropical tropopause region into the
extratropical LMS. The seasonal change in the composition of
the LMS has direct implications for the ozone chemistry in
this region. Comparisons of measured NO with the critical NO
value at which net ozone production changes from negative to
positive, imply ozone production up to 20 K above the local
tropopause in spring, up to 30 K in summer, and up to 40 K
in autumn. Above these heights, and in winter, net ozone
production is negative.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-I},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB47},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000237060400002},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/52916},
}