The global diabatic circulation of the stratosphere as a metric for the Brewer–Dobson circulation

Linz, Marianna; Abalos, Marta; Glanville, Anne Sasha; Kinnison, Douglas E.; Ming, Alison; Neu, Jessica L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5069-2019

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15 Apr 2019

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The global diabatic circulation of the stratosphere as a metric for the Brewer–Dobson circulation

Marianna Linz, Marta Abalos, Anne Sasha Glanville, Douglas E. Kinnison, Alison Ming, and Jessica L. Neu

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on "The global overturning diabatic circulation of the stratosphere as a metric for the Brewer- Dobson Circulation" by Linz et al. 2018', Simone Dietmüller, 15 Nov 2018
RC2: 'anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Nov 2018
RC3: 'Referee comment on Linz et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Nov 2018
SC1: 'Supporting information regarding the vertical shift of isentropes - SC by Petr Šácha.', Petr Šácha, 18 Dec 2018
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Marianna Linz, 27 Feb 2019

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ED: Publish as is (06 Mar 2019) by Martin Dameris

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Short summary

The stratospheric circulation is important for transporting ozone and water vapor, and models of the stratosphere differ. The metrics used to compare models are inconsistent between studies and cannot be calculated from observational data. In this paper, we explore a metric for the circulation that can be calculated from observations and examine how it relates to the more commonly used metrics. We find substantial differences in the upper and lower stratosphere depending on the choice of metric.