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Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains
Wolfgang Woiwode
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Andreas Dörnbrack
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Martina Bramberger
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Felix Friedl-Vallon
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Florian Haenel
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Höpfner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sören Johansson
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Erik Kretschmer
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Isabell Krisch
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy- and Climate
Research, Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Thomas Latzko
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hermann Oelhaf
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Johannes Orphal
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Peter Preusse
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy- and Climate
Research, Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Björn-Martin Sinnhuber
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy- and Climate
Research, Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
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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.
GLORIA observations during two crossings of the polar front jet stream resolve the fine...
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