Tropical temperature variability and Kelvin-wave activity in the UTLS from GPS RO measurements

Scherllin-Pirscher, Barbara; Randel, William J.; Kim, Joowan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-793-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-793-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-793-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

Research article

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18 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 18 Jan 2017

Tropical temperature variability and Kelvin-wave activity in the UTLS from GPS RO measurements

Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, William J. Randel, and Joowan Kim

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Reviewer \#1', Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, 26 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of Scherllin-Pirscher et al. manuscript in ACPD', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Reviewer \#2', Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, 26 Oct 2016

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

AR by Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher on behalf of the Authors (27 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Nov 2016) by Peter Haynes

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Dec 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Dec 2016)

ED: Publish as is (15 Dec 2016) by Peter Haynes

AR by Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher on behalf of the Authors (15 Dec 2016)

Short summary

Tropical temperature variability and associated Kelvin-wave activity are investigated from 10 km to 30 km using 13 years of high-resolution observational data. Strongest temperature variability is found in the tropical tropopause region between about 16 km and 20 km, where peaks of Kelvin-wave activity are irregularly distributed in time. Detailed knowledge of dynamical processes in the tropical tropopause region is an essential part of better understanding climate variability and change.