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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12391-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12391-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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30 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 30 Oct 2020
| 30 Oct 2020
Gravitational separation of Ar∕N2 and age of air in the lowermost stratosphere in airborne observations and a chemical transport model
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Martyn P. Chipperfield
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds,
LS2 9JT, UK
Eric J. Morgan
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Britton B. Stephens
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Marianna Linz
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Wuhu Feng
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Chris Wilson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds,
LS2 9JT, UK
Jonathan D. Bent
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
now at: Picarro, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Steven C. Wofsy
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Jeffrey Severinghaus
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Ralph F. Keeling
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Short summary
With new high-precision observations from nine aircraft campaigns and 3-D chemical transport modeling, we show that the argon-to-nitrogen ratio (Ar / N2) in the lowermost stratosphere provides a useful constraint on the “age of air” (the time elapsed since entry of an air parcel into the stratosphere). Therefore, Ar / N2 in combination with traditional age-of-air indicators, such as CO2 and N2O, could provide new insights into atmospheric mixing and transport.
With new high-precision observations from nine aircraft campaigns and 3-D chemical transport...
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