Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2973-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2973-2018
Research article
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01 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2018

Water vapor increase in the lower stratosphere of the Northern Hemisphere due to the Asian monsoon anticyclone observed during the TACTS/ESMVal campaigns

Christian Rolf, Bärbel Vogel, Peter Hoor, Armin Afchine, Gebhard Günther, Martina Krämer, Rolf Müller, Stefan Müller, Nicole Spelten, and Martin Riese

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Jan 2018) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
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The Asian monsoon is a pronounced circulation system linked to rapid vertical transport of surface air from India and east Asia in the summer months. We found, based on aircraft measurements, higher concentration of water vapor in the lowermost stratosphere caused by the Asian monsoon. Enrichment of water vapor concentrations in the lowermost stratosphere impacts the radiation budget and thus climate. Understanding those variations in water vapor is important for climate projections.
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