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@ARTICLE{Poshyvailo:841716,
author = {Poshyvailo, Liubov and Müller, Rolf and Konopka, Paul and
Günther, Gebhard and Riese, Martin and Ploeger, Felix},
title = {{S}ensitivities of modelled water vapour in the lower
stratosphere: temperature uncertainty, effects of horizontal
transport and small-scale mixing},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions},
volume = {1072},
issn = {1680-7375},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-00024},
pages = {1 - 29},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Water vapour (H2O) in the upper troposphere and lower
stratosphere (UTLS) is a key player for global radiation. A
realistic representation of H2O is critical for climate
model predictions of future climate change. Here, we
investigate the effects of current uncertainties in
tropopause temperature, horizontal transport and small-scale
mixing on simulated H2O in the lower stratosphere (LS).To
assess the sensitivities of simulated H2O, we use the
Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS).
First, we examine CLaMS driven by two different reanalysis,
ERA-Interim and Japanese 55-year (JRA-55) reanalysis, to
investigate the robustness with respect to the
meteorological dataset. Second, we carry out CLaMS
simulations with transport barriers along latitude circles
(at the equator, 15° N/S and 35° N/S) to assess the
effects of horizontal transport. Third, we vary the strength
of parametrized small-scale mixing in CLaMS.Our results show
significant differences (about 0.5 ppmv) in simulated
stratospheric H2O due to uncertainties in the tropical
tropopause temperatures between current reanalysis datasets.
The JRA-55 based simulation is significantly moister when
compared to ERA-Interim, due to a warmer tropical tropopause
in JRA-55 reanalysis. The transport barrier experiments
demonstrate that the Northern Hemisphere (NH) subtropics
have a strong moistening effect on global stratospheric H2O.
Interhemispheric exchange shows only a very weak effect on
stratospheric H2O. Small-scale mixing mainly increases
troposphere–stratosphere exchange, causing an enhancement
of stratospheric H2O, particularly along the subtropical
jets and in the Asian monsoon region.The sensitivity studies
presented here provide new insights into the leading
processes that control stratospheric H2O, important for
assessing and improving climate model projections.},
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) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/acp-2017-1072},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/841716},
}