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Articles | Volume 22, issue 15
Articles | Volume 22, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9895-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9895-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 15
Research article
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03 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2022

How can Brewer–Dobson circulation trends be estimated from changes in stratospheric water vapour and methane?

Liubov Poshyvailo-Strube, Rolf Müller, Stephan Fueglistaler, Michaela I. Hegglin, Johannes C. Laube, C. Michael Volk, and Felix Ploeger

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Brewer–Dobson circulation (BDC) controls the composition of the stratosphere, which in turn affects radiation and climate. As the BDC cannot be measured directly, it is necessary to infer its strength and trends indirectly. In this study, we test in the model world different methods for estimating the mean age of air trends based on a combination of stratospheric water vapour and methane data. We also provide simple practical advice of a more reliable estimation of the mean age of air trends.
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