Global tropopause altitudes in radiosondes and reanalyses

Xian, Tao; Homeyer, Cameron R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5661-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 5661–5678, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5661-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Special issue: The SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) (ACP/ESSD...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 5661–5678, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5661-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 8

Research article 30 Apr 2019

Research article | 30 Apr 2019

Global tropopause altitudes in radiosondes and reanalyses

Tao Xian and Cameron R. Homeyer

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Apr 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Oct 2018)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Comment to "Global Tropopause Altitudes in Radiosondes and Reanlysis" by Xian and Homeyer.', Juan Antonio Añel, 08 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Añel', Cameron Homeyer, 07 Feb 2019
RC1: 'nice report', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Cameron Homeyer, 07 Feb 2019
SC2: 'Some suggestions', Antonio Paulo Ferreira, 14 Dec 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Ferreira', Cameron Homeyer, 07 Feb 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Dec 2018
- AC4: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Cameron Homeyer, 07 Feb 2019
AC4: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Cameron Homeyer, 07 Feb 2019

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

AR by Cameron Homeyer on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Mar 2019) by Mathias Palm

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Mar 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Apr 2019) by Mathias Palm

AR by Cameron Homeyer on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Global characteristics and trends in the tropopause (the boundary between troposphere and stratosphere) over a 35-year period (1981–2015) are evaluated using both observations and models. The use of two coordinate systems reveals previously undiagnosed changes in the tropopause altitude within the tropics and extratropics and these results have important implications for studies of climate and atmospheric composition (especially that related to stratosphere–troposphere exchange).