Pollution trace gas distributions and their transport in the Asian monsoon upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere during the StratoClim campaign 2017

Johansson, Sören; Höpfner, Michael; Kirner, Oliver; Wohltmann, Ingo; Bucci, Silvia; Legras, Bernard; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Glatthor, Norbert; Kretschmer, Erik; Ungermann, Jörn; Wetzel, Gerald

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14695-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14695-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14695-2020

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02 Dec 2020

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| 02 Dec 2020

Pollution trace gas distributions and their transport in the Asian monsoon upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere during the StratoClim campaign 2017

Sören Johansson, Michael Höpfner, Oliver Kirner, Ingo Wohltmann, Silvia Bucci, Bernard Legras, Felix Friedl-Vallon, Norbert Glatthor, Erik Kretschmer, Jörn Ungermann, and Gerald Wetzel

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RC1: 'Review of “Pollution trace gas distributions and their transport in the Asian monsoon upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere during the StratoClim campaign 2017” by Johansson et al.', Michelle Santee, 22 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to Michelle Santee's review', Sören Johansson, 22 Sep 2020
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We present high-resolution measurements of pollutant trace gases (PAN, C₂H₂, and HCOOH) in the Asian monsoon UTLS from the airborne limb imager GLORIA during StratoClim 2017. Enhancements are observed up to 16 km altitude, and PAN and C₂H₂ even up to 18 km. Two atmospheric models, CAMS and EMAC, reproduce the pollutant's large-scale structures but not finer structures. Convection is investigated using backward trajectories of the models ATLAS and TRACZILLA with advanced detection of convection.