3-D tomographic observations of Rossby wave breaking over the North Atlantic during the WISE aircraft campaign in 2017

Krasauskas, Lukas; Ungermann, Jörn; Preusse, Peter; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Zahn, Andreas; Ziereis, Helmut; Rolf, Christian; Plöger, Felix; Konopka, Paul; Vogel, Bärbel; Riese, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10249-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10249-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10249-2021

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Articles | Volume 21, issue 13

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07 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 07 Jul 2021

3-D tomographic observations of Rossby wave breaking over the North Atlantic during the WISE aircraft campaign in 2017

Lukas Krasauskas, Jörn Ungermann, Peter Preusse, Felix Friedl-Vallon, Andreas Zahn, Helmut Ziereis, Christian Rolf, Felix Plöger, Paul Konopka, Bärbel Vogel, and Martin Riese

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SC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1053', Alison Ming, 19 Jan 2021
- SC2: 'Reply on SC1', Lukas Krasauskas, 08 Feb 2021
RC1: 'A novel view on wave breaking', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Lukas Krasauskas, 30 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review of: 3-D tomographic observations of Rossby wave breaking over the Northern Atlantic during the WISE aircraft campaign in 2017.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Lukas Krasauskas, 30 Mar 2021

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AR by Lukas Krasauskas on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Apr 2021) by Mathias Palm

AR by Lukas Krasauskas on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

A Rossby wave (RW) breaking event was observed over the North Atlantic during the WISE measurement campaign in October 2017. Infrared limb sounding measurements of trace gases in the lower stratosphere, including high-resolution 3-D tomographic reconstruction, revealed complex spatial structures in stratospheric tracers near the polar jet related to previous RW breaking events. Backward-trajectory analysis and tracer correlations were used to study mixing and stratosphere–troposphere exchange.