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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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02 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 02 Feb 2018
| 02 Feb 2018
Assessing the ability to derive rates of polar middle-atmospheric descent using trace gas measurements from remote sensors
Niall J. Ryan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
28359, Germany
Douglas E. Kinnison
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Rolando R. Garcia
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Christoph G. Hoffmann
Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald,
Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 6, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
Mathias Palm
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
28359, Germany
Uwe Raffalski
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Box 812, 981 28 Kiruna, Sweden
Justus Notholt
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
28359, Germany
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We used model output and instrument data to assess how well polar atmospheric descent rates can be derived using concentration measurements of long-lived gases in the atmosphere. The results indicate that the method incurs errors as large as the descent rates, and often leads to a misinterpretation of the direction of air motion. The rates derived using this method do not appear to represent the mean vertical wind in the middle atmosphere, and we suggest an alternate definition.
We used model output and instrument data to assess how well polar atmospheric descent rates can...
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