Multitimescale variations in modeled stratospheric water vapor derived from three modern reanalysis products

Tao, Mengchu; Konopka, Paul; Ploeger, Felix; Yan, Xiaolu; Wright, Jonathon S.; Diallo, Mohamadou; Fueglistaler, Stephan; Riese, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6509-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6509-2019

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16 May 2019

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Multitimescale variations in modeled stratospheric water vapor derived from three modern reanalysis products

Mengchu Tao, Paul Konopka, Felix Ploeger, Xiaolu Yan, Jonathon S. Wright, Mohamadou Diallo, Stephan Fueglistaler, and Martin Riese

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RC1: 'Comments on acp-2019-39', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Mengchu Tao, 16 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Review of Tao et al. 2019', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Mengchu Tao, 16 Apr 2019
RC3: 'Review of “Multi-timescale variations of modelled stratospheric water vapor derived from three modern reanalysis products” by M. Tao et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer #3', Mengchu Tao, 16 Apr 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Apr 2019) by Farahnaz Khosrawi

AR by Mengchu Tao on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper examines the annual and interannual variations as well as long-term trend of modeled stratospheric water vapor with a Lagrangian chemical transport model driven by ERA-I, MERRA-2 and JRA-55. We find reasonable consistency among the annual cycle, QBO and the variabilities induced by ENSO and volcanic aerosols. The main discrepancies are linked to the differences in reanalysis upwelling rates in the lower stratosphere. The trends are sensitive to the reanalyses that drives the model.