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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8403-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8403-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Zugspitze ozone 1970–2020: the role of stratosphere–troposphere transport
Thomas Trickl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, IMK-IFU, Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Cédric Couret
Umweltbundesamt II 4.5, Plattform Zugspitze, GAW Globalobservatorium Zugspitze–Hohenpeißenberg, Schneefernerhaus, 82475 Zugspitze, Germany
Ludwig Ries
Umweltbundesamt II 4.5, Plattform Zugspitze, GAW Globalobservatorium Zugspitze–Hohenpeißenberg, Schneefernerhaus, 82475 Zugspitze, Germany
Hannes Vogelmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, IMK-IFU, Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Downward atmospheric transport from the stratosphere (STT) is the most important natural source of tropospheric ozone. We analyse the stratospheric influence on the long-term series of ozone and carbon monoxide measured on the Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps (2962 m a.s.l.). Since the 1970s, there has been a pronounced ozone rise that has been ascribed to an increase in STT. We determine the stratospheric influence from the observational data alone (humidity and 7Be).
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