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27 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 27 Jul 2023

Zugspitze ozone 1970–2020: the role of stratosphere–troposphere transport

Thomas Trickl, Cédric Couret, Ludwig Ries, and Hannes Vogelmann

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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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