Articles | Volume 18, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15047-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15047-2018
Research article
 | 
19 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 19 Oct 2018

Linking uncertainty in simulated Arctic ozone loss to uncertainties in modelled tropical stratospheric water vapour

Laura Thölix, Alexey Karpechko, Leif Backman, and Rigel Kivi

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Laura Thölix on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Sep 2018) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
AR by Laura Thölix on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (04 Oct 2018) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
AR by Laura Thölix on behalf of the Authors (04 Oct 2018)
Download
Short summary
We analyse the impact of water vapour (WV) on Arctic ozone loss and find the strongest impact during intermediately cold stratospheric winters when chlorine activation increases with increasing PSCs and WV. In colder winters the impact is limited because chlorine activation becomes complete at relatively low WV values, so further addition of WV does not affect ozone loss. Our results imply that improved simulations of WV are needed for more reliable projections of ozone layer recovery.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint