Effects of convective ice evaporation on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor

Ye, Hao; Dessler, Andrew E.; Yu, Wandi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4425-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4425-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4425-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

Research article

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03 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2018

Effects of convective ice evaporation on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor

Hao Ye, Andrew E. Dessler, and Wandi Yu

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RC1: 'Review of: Effects of tropical deep convection on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor by Hao Ye, Andrew Dessler, and Wandi Yu', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous Referee #1', Hao Ye, 11 Jan 2018
RC2: 'anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous Referee #2', Hao Ye, 11 Jan 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Hao Ye on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Jan 2018) by Eric Jensen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 Jan 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Feb 2018) by Eric Jensen

AR by Hao Ye on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2018) by Eric Jensen

AR by Hao Ye on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

The deep convection in tropics can inject cloud ice into tropical tropopause layer (TTL), which moistens and increases water vapor there. We primarily study the spatial distribution of impacts from several physical processes on TTL water vapor from observations and trajectory model simulations. The analysis shows the potential moistening impact from evaporation of cloud ice on TTL water vapor. A chemistry–climate model is used to confirm the impact from evaporation of convective ice.