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@ARTICLE{Ntzel:893191,
author = {Nützel, Matthias and Podglajen, Aurélien and Garny, Hella
and Ploeger, Felix},
title = {{Q}uantification of water vapour transport from the {A}sian
monsoon to the stratosphere},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {19},
number = {13},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-02615},
pages = {8947 - 8966},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Numerous studies have presented evidence that the Asian
summer monsoon anticyclone substantially influences the
distribution of trace gases – including water vapour –
in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (e.g. Santee
et al., 2017). Stratospheric water vapour in turn strongly
affects surface climate (see e.g. Solomon et al., 2010).
Here, we analyse the characteristics of water vapour
transport from the upper troposphere in the Asian monsoon
region to the stratosphere employing a multiannual
simulation with the chemistry-transport model CLaMS
(Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere). This
simulation is driven by meteorological data from ERA-Interim
and features a water vapour tagging that allows us to assess
the contributions of different upper tropospheric source
regions to the stratospheric water vapour budget. Our
results complement the analysis of air mass transport
through the Asian monsoon anticyclone by Ploeger et al.
(2017). The results show that the transport characteristics
for water vapour are mainly determined by the bulk mass
transport from the Asian monsoon region. Further, we find
that, although the relative contribution from the Asian
monsoon region to water vapour in the deep tropics is rather
small (average peak contribution of $14 \%$ at 450 K),
the Asian monsoon region is very efficient in transporting
water vapour to this region (when judged according to its
comparatively small spatial extent). With respect to the
Northern Hemisphere extratropics, the Asian monsoon region
is much more impactful and efficient regarding water vapour
transport than e.g. the North American monsoon region
(averaged maximum contributions at 400 K of $29 \%$
versus $6.4 \%).$},
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:000475370200006},
doi = {10.5194/acp-19-8947-2019},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893191},
}