Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7825-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7825-2016
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27 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 27 Jun 2016

Impact of geographic variations of the convective and dehydration center on stratospheric water vapor over the Asian monsoon region

Kai Zhang, Rong Fu, Tao Wang, and Yimin Liu

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Based on observations and trajectory model, we show that the geographic variation of dehydration center associated with that of convection has a significant influence on locations where air mass is dehydrated, and thus water vapor enters the lower stratosphere, in summer over the Asian monsoon region. Specifically, a westward shift of dehydration center toward the area of warmer tropopause temperatures tends to moisten the lower stratosphere.
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