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@ARTICLE{Charlesworth:884897,
author = {Charlesworth, Edward J. and Dugstad, Ann-Kristin and
Fritsch, Frauke and Jöckel, Patrick and Ploeger, Felix},
title = {{I}mpact of {L}agrangian {T}ransport on
{L}ower-{S}tratospheric {T}ransport {T}ime {S}cales in a
{C}limate {M}odel},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions},
volume = {458},
issn = {1680-7367},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-03302},
pages = {},
year = {2020},
abstract = {We investigate the impact of model trace gas transport
schemes on the representation of transport processes in the
upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. Towards this end,
the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)
was coupled to the ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry (EMAC)
model and results from the two transport schemes were
compared. Advection in CLaMS was driven by the EMAC
simulation winds and thereby the only differences in
transport between the two sets of results were caused by
differences in the transport schemes. To analyze the time
scales of large-scale transport, multiple
tropical-surface-emitted tracer pulses were performed to
calculate age of air spectra, while smaller-scale transport
was analyzed via idealized, radioactively-decaying tracers
emitted in smaller regions (nine grid cells) within the
stratosphere. The results show that stratospheric transport
barriers are significantly stronger for Lagrangian
EMAC-CLaMS transport due to reduced numerical diffusion. In
particular, stronger tracer gradients emerge around the
polar vortex, at the subtropical jets, and at the edge of
the tropical pipe. Inside the polar vortex, the more
diffusive EMAC flux-form semi-Lagrangian transport scheme
results in a substantially higher amount of air with ages
from 0 to 2 years (up to a factor 5 higher). In the
lowermost stratosphere, air is much younger in EMAC, owing
to stronger diffusive cross-tropopause transport.
Conversely, EMAC-CLaMS shows a summertime lowermost
stratosphere age inversion – a layer of older air residing
below younger air (an eave). This pattern is caused by
strong poleward transport above the subtropical jet, and is
entirely blurred by diffusive cross-tropopause transport in
EMAC. Potential consequences from the choice of the
transport scheme on CCM and geoengineering simulations are
discussed.},
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-2020-458},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884897},
}