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Articles | Volume 24, issue 18
Articles | Volume 24, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10513-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10513-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 18
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20 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 20 Sep 2024

Observational and model evidence for a prominent stratospheric influence on variability in tropospheric nitrous oxide

Cynthia D. Nevison, Qing Liang, Paul A. Newman, Britton B. Stephens, Geoff Dutton, Xin Lan, Roisin Commane, Yenny Gonzalez, and Eric Kort

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This study examines the drivers of interannual variability in tropospheric N2O. New insights are obtained from aircraft data and a chemistry–climate model that explicitly simulates stratospheric N2O. The stratosphere is found to be the dominant driver of N2O variability in the Northern Hemisphere, while both the stratosphere and El Niño cycles are important in the Southern Hemisphere. These results are consistent with known atmospheric dynamics and differences between the hemispheres.
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