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@ARTICLE{Clemens:907240,
author = {Clemens, Jan and Ploeger, Felix and Konopka, Paul and
Portmann, Raphael and Sprenger, Michael and Wernli, Heini},
title = {{C}haracterization of transport from the {A}sian summer
monsoon anticyclone into the {UTLS} via shedding of low
potential vorticity cutoffs},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {22},
number = {6},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-01919},
pages = {3841 - 3860},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Air mass transport within the summertime Asian monsoon
circulation provides a major source of anthropogenic
pollution for the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
(UTLS). Here, we investigate the quasi-horizontal transport
of air masses from the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone
(ASMA) into the extratropical lower stratosphere and their
chemical evolution. For that reason, we developed a method
to identify and track the air masses exported from the
monsoon. This method is based on the anomalously low
potential vorticity (PV) of these air masses (tropospheric
low PV cutoffs) compared to the lower stratosphere and uses
trajectory calculations and chemical fields from the
Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS). The
results show evidence of frequent summertime transport from
the monsoon anticyclone to midlatitudes over the North
Pacific, even reaching the high-latitude regions of Siberia
and Alaska. Most of the low PV cutoffs related to air masses
exported from the ASMA have lifetimes shorter than 1 week
(about $90 \%)$ and sizes smaller than $1 \%$ of the
Northern Hemisphere (NH) area. The chemical composition of
these air masses is characterized by carbon monoxide, ozone,
and water vapour mixing ratios at an intermediate range
between values typical for the monsoon anticyclone and the
lower stratosphere. The chemical evolution during transport
within these low PV cutoffs shows a gradual change from the
characteristics of the monsoon anticyclone to
characteristics of the lower stratospheric background during
about 1 week, indicating continuous mixing with the
background atmosphere.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000773769100001},
doi = {10.5194/acp-22-3841-2022},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907240},
}