Direct inversion of circulation from tracer measurements – Part 2: Sensitivity studies and model recovery tests

von Clarmann, Thomas; Grabowski, Udo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2509-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2509-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2509-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

Research article

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19 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 19 Feb 2021

Direct inversion of circulation from tracer measurements – Part 2: Sensitivity studies and model recovery tests

Thomas von Clarmann and Udo Grabowski

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RC1: 'Review Report', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 May 2020
RC2: 'Review comment on von Clarmann and Grabowski (2020)', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jun 2020
AC1: 'Author Reply', Thomas von Clarmann, 10 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Sep 2020) by Amanda Maycock

RR by Jessica Neu (08 Nov 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Dec 2020) by Amanda Maycock

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (04 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Jan 2021) by Amanda Maycock

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (08 Jan 2021)

Short summary

The direct inversion of the 2D continuity equation allows us to infer the effective meridional transport velocity of trace gases in the middle stratosphere. This method exploits the information both given by the displacement of patterns in measured trace gas distributions and by the approximate balance between sinks and horizontal as well as vertical advection. The robustness of this method has been tested and characterized using model recovery tests and sensitivity studies.