Probing the subtropical lowermost stratosphere and the tropical upper troposphere and tropopause layer for inorganic bromine

Werner, Bodo; Stutz, Jochen; Spolaor, Max; Scalone, Lisa; Raecke, Rasmus; Festa, James; Colosimo, Santo Fedele; Cheung, Ross; Tsai, Catalina; Hossaini, Ryan; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Taverna, Giorgio S.; Feng, Wuhu; Elkins, James W.; Fahey, David W.; Gao, Ru-Shan; Hintsa, Erik J.; Thornberry, Troy D.; Moore, Free Lee; Navarro, Maria A.; Atlas, Elliot; Daube, Bruce C.; Pittman, Jasna; Wofsy, Steve; Pfeilsticker, Klaus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1161-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1161-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1161-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

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25 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2017

Probing the subtropical lowermost stratosphere and the tropical upper troposphere and tropopause layer for inorganic bromine

Bodo Werner, Jochen Stutz, Max Spolaor, Lisa Scalone, Rasmus Raecke, James Festa, Santo Fedele Colosimo, Ross Cheung, Catalina Tsai, Ryan Hossaini, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Giorgio S. Taverna, Wuhu Feng, James W. Elkins, David W. Fahey, Ru-Shan Gao, Erik J. Hintsa, Troy D. Thornberry, Free Lee Moore, Maria A. Navarro, Elliot Atlas, Bruce C. Daube, Jasna Pittman, Steve Wofsy, and Klaus Pfeilsticker

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'See our responses to reviewer 1 in the attachment', Klaus Pfeilsticker, 20 Dec 2016
SC1: 'short comment on Werner at al., 2016 - by Barbara Dix and Rainer Volkamer', Barbara Dix, 12 Nov 2016
- AC3: 'See our responses to the comment of Dix&Volkamer in the attachment', Klaus Pfeilsticker, 20 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review: Some revision needed', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'See our responses to reviewer 2 in the attachment', Klaus Pfeilsticker, 20 Dec 2016

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Jan 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Jan 2017) by Jianzhong Ma

AR by Klaus Pfeilsticker on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

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The paper reports on inorganic and organic bromine measured in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over the eastern Pacific in early 2013. Br_y^inorg is found to increase from a mean of 2.63 ± 1.04 ppt for θ in the range of 350–360 K to 5.11 ± 1.57 ppt for θ=390 ± 400 K, whereas in the subtropical lower stratosphere, it reaches 7.66 ± 2.95 ppt for θ in the range of 390–400 K. Within the TTL, total bromine is found to range from 20.3 ppt to 22.3 ppt.