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@ARTICLE{Ael:825123,
author = {Añel, J. A. and Diallo, Mohamadou Abdoulaye and Legras,
Bernhard and Ray, Eric and Engel, Andreas},
title = {{G}lobal distribution of ${CO}\<sub\>2\</sub\>$ in the
upper troposphere and stratosphere},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {17},
number = {6},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-07600},
pages = {3861–3878},
year = {2016},
abstract = {In this study, we aim to reconstruct a relevant and new
database of monthly zonal mean distribution of carbon
dioxide (CO2) at global scale extending from the
upper-troposphere (UT) to stratosphere (S). This product can
be used for model and satellite validation in the UT/S, as a
prior for inversion modelling and mainly to analyse a
plausible feature of the stratospheric-tropospheric exchange
as well as the stratospheric circulation and its
variability. To do so, we investigate the ability of a
Lagrangian trajectory model guided by ERA-Interim reanalysis
to construct the CO2 abundance in the UT/S. From 10 year
backward trajectories and tropospheric observations of CO2,
we reconstruct upper-tropospheric and stratospheric CO2 over
the period 2000–2010. The inter-comparisons of the
reconstructed CO2 with mid-latitude vertical profiles
measured by balloon samples as well as quasi-horizontal air
samples from ER-2 aircraft during SOLVE and CONTRAIL
campaigns exhibit a remarkable agreement. That demonstrates
the potential of Lagrangian model to reconstruct CO2 in the
UT/S. The zonal mean distribution exhibits relatively large
CO2 in the tropical stratosphere due to the seasonal
variation of the tropical upwelling of Brewer-Dobson
circulation. During winter and spring, the tropical pipe is
relatively isolated but is less narrow during summer and
autumn so that high CO2 values are more readily transported
out of the tropics to the mid- and high latitude
stratosphere. The shape of the vertical profiles suggests
that relatively high CO2 above 20 km altitude mainly enter
the stratosphere through tropical upwelling. CO2 mixing
ratio is relatively low in the polar and tropical regions
above 25 km. On average the CO2 mixing ratio decreases with
altitude by 6–8 ppmv from the UT to stratosphere (e.g. up
to 35 km) and is nearly constant with altitude.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000397933000002},
doi = {10.5194/acp-17-3861-2017},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/825123},
}