The impact of overshooting deep convection on local transport and mixing in the tropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS)

Frey, W.; Schofield, R.; Hoor, P.; Kunkel, D.; Ravegnani, F.; Ulanovsky, A.; Viciani, S.; D'Amato, F.; Lane, T. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6467-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6467-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6467-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

Research article

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12 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 12 Jun 2015

The impact of overshooting deep convection on local transport and mixing in the tropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS)

W. Frey, R. Schofield, P. Hoor, D. Kunkel, F. Ravegnani, A. Ulanovsky, S. Viciani, F. D'Amato, and T. P. Lane

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RC C103: 'Review of “The impact of overshooting deep convection on local transport and mixing in the tropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS)” by Frey et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Feb 2015
- AC C1014: 'Replies to referee's comments', Wiebke Frey, 24 Mar 2015
RC C228: 'The impact of overshooting deep convection on local transport and mixing in the tropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS)', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Feb 2015
- AC C1015: 'Replies to referee's comments', Wiebke Frey, 24 Mar 2015
RC C372: 'Review of “The impact of overshooting deep convection on local transport and mixing in the tropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS)” by W. Frey et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Feb 2015
- AC C1016: 'Replies to referee's comments', Wiebke Frey, 24 Mar 2015
AC C1017: 'Revised manuscript with tracked changes', Wiebke Frey, 24 Mar 2015

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Wiebke Frey on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Apr 2015) by Peter Haynes

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (28 Apr 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish as is (16 May 2015) by Peter Haynes

Short summary

This study examines the simulated downward transport and mixing of stratospheric air into the upper tropical troposphere as observed on a research flight during the SCOUT-O3 campaign in connection with a deep convective system, using the WRF model. Passive tracers are initialised to study the impact of the deep convection on the tracers and water vapour. We use the model to explain the processes causing the transport and also expose areas of inconsistencies between the model and observations.