Articles | Volume 22, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13325-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13325-2022
Research article
 | 
18 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2022

The impact of improved spatial and temporal resolution of reanalysis data on Lagrangian studies of the tropical tropopause layer

Stephen Bourguet and Marianna Linz

Related authors

Weakening of the Tropical Tropopause Layer Cold Trap with Global Warming
Stephen Bourguet and Marianna Linz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-262,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-262, 2023
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Dynamics | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling and Data Analysis | Altitude Range: Stratosphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
On the magnitude and sensitivity of the quasi-biennial oscillation response to a tropical volcanic eruption
Flossie Brown, Lauren Marshall, Peter H. Haynes, Rolando R. Garcia, Thomas Birner, and Anja Schmidt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 5335–5353, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5335-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5335-2023, 2023
Short summary
The response of the North Pacific jet and stratosphere-to-troposphere transport of ozone over western North America to RCP8.5 climate forcing
Dillon Elsbury, Amy H. Butler, John R. Albers, Melissa L. Breeden, and Andrew O'Neil Langford
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 5101–5117, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5101-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5101-2023, 2023
Short summary
The Holton–Tan mechanism under stratospheric aerosol intervention
Khalil Karami, Rolando Garcia, Christoph Jacobi, Jadwiga H. Richter, and Simone Tilmes
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 3799–3818, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3799-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3799-2023, 2023
Short summary
Very-long-period oscillations in the atmosphere (0–110 km) – Part 2: Latitude– longitude comparisons and trends
Dirk Offermann, Christoph Kalicinsky, Ralf Koppmann, and Johannes Wintel
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 3267–3278, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3267-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3267-2023, 2023
Short summary
Weakening of the Tropical Tropopause Layer Cold Trap with Global Warming
Stephen Bourguet and Marianna Linz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-262,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-262, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Andrews, A. E., Boering, K. A., Daube, B. C., Wofsy, S. C., Hintsa, E. J., Weinstock, E. M., and Bui, T. P.: Empirical age spectra for the lower tropical stratosphere from in situ observations of CO2: Implications for stratospheric transport, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 104, 26581–26595, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900150, 1999. a
Avery, M. A., Davis, S. M., Rosenlof, K. H., Ye, H., and Dessler, A.: Large anomalies in lower stratospheric water vapour and ice during the 2015–2016 El Niño, Nature, 10, 405–409, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2961, 2017. a
Bechtold, B.: Violin Plots for Matlab, Github Project, Zenodo [code], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4559847, 2016. a
Bolot, M. and Fueglistaler, S.: Tropical Water Fluxes Dominated by Deep Convection Up to Near Tropopause Levels, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091471, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091471, 2021. a
Bourguet, S.: LAGRANTO resolution project data and code, Zenodo [code], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6263451, 2022. a
Download
Short summary
Here, we tested the impact of spatial and temporal resolution on Lagrangian trajectory studies in a key region of interest for climate feedbacks and stratospheric chemistry. Our analysis shows that new higher-resolution input data provide an opportunity for a better understanding of physical processes that control how air moves from the troposphere to the stratosphere. Future studies of how these processes will change in a warming climate will benefit from these results.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint