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Balloon-borne measurements of temperature, water vapor, ozone and aerosol backscatter on the southern slopes of the Himalayas during StratoClim 2016–2017
Simone Brunamonti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Teresa Jorge
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Peter Oelsner
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) / GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN) Lead Center, Lindenberg, Germany
Sreeharsha Hanumanthu
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Institute of the Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Bhupendra B. Singh
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
K. Ravi Kumar
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
now at: Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India
Sunil Sonbawne
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
Susanne Meier
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) / GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN) Lead Center, Lindenberg, Germany
Deepak Singh
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
Frank G. Wienhold
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Bei Ping Luo
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Maxi Boettcher
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Yann Poltera
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
Hannu Jauhiainen
Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa, Finland
Rijan Kayastha
Kathmandu University (KU), Dhulikhel, Nepal
Jagadishwor Karmacharya
Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Meteorological Forecasting Division, Kathmandu, Nepal
Ruud Dirksen
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) / GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN) Lead Center, Lindenberg, Germany
Manish Naja
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
Markus Rex
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany
Suvarna Fadnavis
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
Thomas Peter
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Based on balloon-borne measurements performed in India and Nepal in 2016–2017, we infer the vertical distributions of water vapor, ozone and aerosols in the atmosphere, from the surface to 30 km altitude. Our measurements show that the atmospheric dynamics of the Asian summer monsoon system over the polluted Indian subcontinent lead to increased concentrations of water vapor and aerosols in the high atmosphere (approximately 14–20 km altitude), which can have an important effect on climate.
Based on balloon-borne measurements performed in India and Nepal in 2016–2017, we infer the...
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