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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2843-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2843-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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03 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 03 Mar 2022
| 03 Mar 2022
Challenge of modelling GLORIA observations of upper troposphere–lowermost stratosphere trace gas and cloud distributions at high latitudes: a case study with state-of-the-art models
Florian Haenel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Wolfgang Woiwode
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jennifer Buchmüller
Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Felix Friedl-Vallon
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Michael Höpfner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sören Johansson
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Farahnaz Khosrawi
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Oliver Kirner
Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Anne Kleinert
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hermann Oelhaf
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Johannes Orphal
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Roland Ruhnke
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Björn-Martin Sinnhuber
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jörn Ungermann
Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7),
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Michael Weimer
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Karlsruhe, Germany
now at: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Peter Braesicke
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Data sets
POLSTRACC F14 ICECREAM F. Haenel, S. Johansson, W. Woiwode, and M. Höpfner https://doi.org/10.35097/454
HALO database HALO consortium https://doi.org/10.17616/R39Q0T
GLORIA Chemistry Mode temperature and trace gas retrievals from the POLSTRACC/GW-LCYCLEII/GWEX/SALSA campaigns 2015/2016 S. Johansson, W. Woiwode, and M. H\"{o}pfner https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000086506
Short summary
We compare remote sensing observations of H2O, O3, HNO3 and clouds in the upper troposphere–lowermost stratosphere during an Arctic winter long-range research flight with simulations by two different state-of-the-art model systems. We find good agreement for dynamical structures, trace gas distributions and clouds. We investigate model biases and sensitivities, with the goal of aiding model development and improving our understanding of processes in the upper troposphere–lowermost stratosphere.
We compare remote sensing observations of H2O, O3, HNO3 and clouds in the upper...
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