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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-14073-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-14073-2024
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18 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2024

The role of ascent timescales for warm conveyor belt (WCB) moisture transport into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS)

Cornelis Schwenk and Annette Miltenberger

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The role of ascent timescale for WCB moisture transport into the UTLS Cornelis Schwenk and Annette Miltenberger https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13913564

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Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) transport moisture into the upper atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas. This transport is not well understood, and the role of rapidly rising air is unclear. We simulate a WCB and look at fast- and slow-rising air to see how moisture is (differently) transported. We find that for fast-ascending air more ice particles reach higher into the atmosphere and that frozen cloud particles are removed differently than during slow ascent, which has more water vapour.
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