Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68°&thinsp;N

Schneider, Johannes; Weigel, Ralf; Klimach, Thomas; Dragoneas, Antonis; Appel, Oliver; Hünig, Andreas; Molleker, Sergej; Köllner, Franziska; Clemen, Hans-Christian; Eppers, Oliver; Hoppe, Peter; Hoor, Peter; Mahnke, Christoph; Krämer, Martina; Rolf, Christian; Grooß, Jens-Uwe; Zahn, Andreas; Obersteiner, Florian; Ravegnani, Fabrizio; Ulanovsky, Alexey; Schlager, Hans; Scheibe, Monika; Diskin, Glenn S.; DiGangi, Joshua P.; Nowak, John B.; Zöger, Martin; Borrmann, Stephan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-989-2021

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26 Jan 2021

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Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N

Johannes Schneider, Ralf Weigel, Thomas Klimach, Antonis Dragoneas, Oliver Appel, Andreas Hünig, Sergej Molleker, Franziska Köllner, Hans-Christian Clemen, Oliver Eppers, Peter Hoppe, Peter Hoor, Christoph Mahnke, Martina Krämer, Christian Rolf, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Andreas Zahn, Florian Obersteiner, Fabrizio Ravegnani, Alexey Ulanovsky, Hans Schlager, Monika Scheibe, Glenn S. Diskin, Joshua P. DiGangi, John B. Nowak, Martin Zöger, and Stephan Borrmann

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer#1', Johannes Schneider, 13 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of Schneider et al. "Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material"', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Sep 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Reviewer#2', Johannes Schneider, 13 Nov 2020
SC1: 'Comment', Jean-Baptiste Renard, 26 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Short Comment by J.-B. Renard', Johannes Schneider, 13 Nov 2020

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During five aircraft missions, we detected aerosol particles containing meteoric material in the lower stratosphere. The stratospheric measurements span a latitude range from 15 to 68° N, and we find that at potential temperature levels of more than 40 K above the tropopause; particles containing meteoric material occur at similar abundance fractions across latitudes and seasons. We conclude that meteoric material is efficiently distributed between high and low latitudes by isentropic mixing.