Articles | Volume 19, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14387-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14387-2019
Research article
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28 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2019

On the impact of future climate change on tropopause folds and tropospheric ozone

Dimitris Akritidis, Andrea Pozzer, and Prodromos Zanis

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We investigate the impact of future climate change under the RCP6.0 scenario on tropopause folds and tropospheric ozone, using a transient EMAC simulation and a tropopause fold detection algorithm. A strengthening of ozone stratosphere-to-troposphere transport (STT) is projected for the future, resulting in an increase in upper- and middle-tropospheric ozone. The maxima of future ozone STT increases are mainly projected for regions where tropopause folds are expected to occur more frequently.
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