Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains

Woiwode, Wolfgang; Dörnbrack, Andreas; Bramberger, Martina; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Haenel, Florian; Höpfner, Michael; Johansson, Sören; Kretschmer, Erik; Krisch, Isabell; Latzko, Thomas; Oelhaf, Hermann; Orphal, Johannes; Preusse, Peter; Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin; Ungermann, Jörn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15643-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15643–15667, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15643-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Special issue: Sources, propagation, dissipation and impact of gravity waves...

Special issue: The Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate (POLSTRACC) (ACP/AMT...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15643–15667, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15643-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

Research article 30 Oct 2018

Research article | 30 Oct 2018

Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains

Wolfgang Woiwode et al.

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RC1: 'Review of Woiwode et. al', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Author response to comments by Anonymous Referee #1: “Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains”', Wolfgang Woiwode, 13 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review of “Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains”', John Gille, 09 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Author response to comments by J. Gille (Referee #2): “Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains”', Wolfgang Woiwode, 13 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish as is (21 Sep 2018) by Jörg Gumbel

Short summary

GLORIA observations during two crossings of the polar front jet stream resolve the fine mesoscale structure of a tropopause fold in high detail. Tracer–tracer correlations of H₂O and O₃ are presented as a function of potential temperature and reveal an active mixing region. Our study confirms conceptual models of tropopause folds, validates the high quality of ECMWF IFS forecasts, and suggests that mountain waves are capable of modulating exchange processes in the vicinity of tropopause folds.