Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations

von Hobe, Marc; Ploeger, Felix; Konopka, Paul; Kloss, Corinna; Ulanowski, Alexey; Yushkov, Vladimir; Ravegnani, Fabrizio; Volk, C. Michael; Pan, Laura L.; Honomichl, Shawn B.; Tilmes, Simone; Kinnison, Douglas E.; Garcia, Rolando R.; Wright, Jonathon S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1267-2021

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29 Jan 2021

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| 29 Jan 2021

Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations

Marc von Hobe, Felix Ploeger, Paul Konopka, Corinna Kloss, Alexey Ulanowski, Vladimir Yushkov, Fabrizio Ravegnani, C. Michael Volk, Laura L. Pan, Shawn B. Honomichl, Simone Tilmes, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rolando R. Garcia, and Jonathon S. Wright

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RC1: 'Review of “Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations” by von Hobe et al.', Michelle Santee, 12 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Author Response to Review by Michelle Santee', Marc von Hobe, 15 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review comments ACP-2020-891, Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations by Hobe et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Author Response to Review by Reviewer #2', Marc von Hobe, 15 Dec 2020

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The Asian summer monsoon (ASM) is known to foster transport of polluted tropospheric air into the stratosphere. To test and amend our picture of ASM vertical transport, we analyse distributions of airborne trace gas observations up to 20 km altitude near the main ASM vertical conduit south of the Himalayas. We also show that a new high-resolution version of the global chemistry climate model WACCM is able to reproduce the observations well.