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@ARTICLE{vonHobe:878776,
author = {von Hobe, Marc and Ploeger, Felix and Konopka, Paul and
Kloss, Corinna and Ulanowski, Alexey and Yushkov, Vladimir
and Ravegnani, Fabrizio and Volk, C. Michael and Pan, Laura
L. and Honomichl, Shawn B. and Tilmes, Simone and Kinnison,
Douglas E. and Garcia, Rolando R. and Wright, Jonathon S.},
title = {{U}pward transport into and within the {A}sian monsoon
anticyclone as inferred from {S}trato{C}lim trace gas
observations},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions},
volume = {891},
issn = {1680-7367},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-03038},
pages = {},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Abstract. Every year during the Asian summer monsoon season
from about mid-June to early September, a stable
anticyclonic circulation system forms over the Himalayans.
This Asian summer monsoon (ASM) anticyclone has been shown
to promote transport of air into the stratosphere from the
Asian troposphere, which contains large amounts of
anthropogenic pollutants. Essential details of Asian monsoon
transport, such as the exact time scales of vertical
transport, the role of convection in cross-tropopause
exchange, and the main location and level of export from the
confined anticyclone to the stratosphere are still not fully
resolved. Recent airborne observations from campaigns near
the ASM anticyclone edge and centre in 2016 and 2017
respectively show a steady decrease in carbon monoxide (CO)
and increase in ozone (O3) with height starting from
tropospheric values of 80–100 ppb CO and 30–50 ppb O3 at
about 365 K potential temperature. CO mixing ratios reach
stratospheric background values of ~ 20 ppb at about 420 K
and do not show a significant vertical gradient at higher
levels, while ozone continues to increase throughout the
altitude range of the aircraft measurements. Nitrous oxide
(N2O) remains at or only marginally below its 2017
tropospheric mixing ratio of 326 ppb up to about 400 K,
which is above the local tropopause. A decline in N2O mixing
ratios that indicates a significant contribution of
stratospheric air is only visible above this level. Based on
our observations, we draw the following picture of vertical
transport and confinement in the ASM anticyclone: rapid
convective uplift transports air to near 16 km in altitude,
corresponding to potential temperatures up to about 370 K.
Although this main convective outflow layer extends above
the level of zero radiative heating (LZRH), our observations
of CO concentration show little to no evidence of convection
actually penetrating the tropopause. Rather, further ascent
occurs more slowly, consistent with isentropic vertical
velocities of 0.3–0.8 K day−1. For gases not subject to
microphysical processes, neither the lapse rate tropopause
(LRT) around 380 K nor the cold point tropopause (CPT)
around 390 K marks the strong discontinuity of the key
tracers (CO, O3, and N2O). Up to about 10 to 20 K above the
CPT, isolation of air inside the ASM anticyclone prevents
significant in-mixing of stratospheric air. The observed
changes in CO and O3 likely result from in-situ chemical
processing. Above about 420 K, mixing processes become more
significant and the air inside the anticyclone is exported
vertically and horizontally into the surrounding
stratosphere.},
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},
doi = {10.5194/acp-2020-891},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/878776},
}