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Research article
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30 Mar 2017
Research article |
| 30 Mar 2017
Role of vertical and horizontal mixing in the tape recorder signal near the tropical tropopause
Anne A. Glanville
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Thomas Birner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Short summary
Nearly all air enters the stratosphere through the tropical tropopause, which exerts a control on stratospheric chemistry and climate. By combining satellite observations with a simple 1-D transport model, we study the roles of vertical and horizontal mixing in transport near the tropical tropopause. We find that vertical mixing may play a more significant role than previously assumed, which is potentially as important as slow vertical transport by the residual mass circulation.
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