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@ARTICLE{Ehhalt:57411,
author = {Ehhalt, D. H. and Rohrer, F. and Blake, D. R. and Kinnison,
D. E. and Konopka, P.},
title = {{O}n the {U}se of nonmethane hydrocarbons for the
{D}etermination of {A}ge {S}pectra in the {L}ower
{S}tratosphere},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research},
volume = {112},
issn = {0148-0227},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Union},
reportid = {PreJuSER-57411},
pages = {D11208},
year = {2007},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {On 9 April 2001, while approaching the West Coast of the
North American continent, flight 20 of the NASA TRACE P
campaign penetrated deeply into a stratospheric intrusion.
From measurements aboard that flight we derive vertical
profiles of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) and other
short-lived trace gases in the lower stratosphere using
Dichlorofluoromethane, CF2Cl2, as the altitude scale. All
profiles show an exponential decrease, which permits the
description of their vertical distribution by a single
parameter, the scale height. These scale heights are shown
to be related to the respective lifetimes in a unique
fashion. Using the approximation of a 1-D diffusive model
with a constant eddy diffusion coefficient, K, and assuming
constant lifetimes, we establish an analytical solution for
this relation. By fitting this theoretical expression to the
experimental data we can estimate K and thus obtain an
approximate age spectrum of the form given by Hall and Plumb
(1994). A much better fit to the experimental scale heights
is obtained, when we allow the lifetimes to be
height-dependent and calculate the theoretical scale heights
numerically from a 1-D model. An optimization also suggests
a constant K, but with a value of 0.46 m(2)/s, larger than
those obtained from the fit of the analytical solution. The
obtained age spectra should be valid for transit times not
longer than 300 days.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-1 / ICG-2},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB790 / I:(DE-Juel1)VDB791},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000247534200002},
doi = {10.1029/2006JD007686},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/57411},
}