Quantification of water vapour transport from the Asian monsoon to the stratosphere

Nützel, Matthias; Podglajen, Aurélien; Garny, Hella; Ploeger, Felix

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8947-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8947-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8947-2019

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12 Jul 2019

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Quantification of water vapour transport from the Asian monsoon to the stratosphere

Matthias Nützel, Aurélien Podglajen, Hella Garny, and Felix Ploeger

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Short summary

We investigate the transport pathways of water vapour from the upper troposphere in the Asian monsoon region to the stratosphere. In the employed chemistry-transport model we use a tagging method, such that the impact of different source regions on the stratospheric water vapour budget can be quantified. A key finding is that the Asian monsoon (compared to other source regions) is very efficient in transporting air masses and water vapour to the tropical and extratropical stratosphere.