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Orbe et al. 2015

Orbe, C., D.W. Waugh, and P.A. Newman, 2015: Air-mass origin in the tropical lower stratosphere: The influence of Asian boundary layer air. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, no. 10, 4240-4248, doi:10.1002/2015GL063937.

A climatology of air-mass origin in the tropical lower stratosphere is presented for the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry Climate Model. During late boreal summer and fall, air-mass fractions reveal that as much as 20% of the air in the tropical lower stratosphere last contacted the planetary boundary layer (PBL) over Asia; by comparison, the air-mass fractions corresponding to last PBL contact over North America and over Europe are negligible. Asian air reaches the extratropical tropopause within a few days of leaving the boundary layer and is quasi-horizontally transported into the tropical lower stratosphere, where it persists until January. The rapid injection of Asian air into the lower stratosphere — and its persistence in the deep tropics through late (boreal) winter — is important as industrial emissions over East Asia continue to increase. Hence, the Asian monsoon may play an increasingly important role in shaping stratospheric composition.

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BibTeX Citation

@article{or06100q,
  author={Orbe, C. and Waugh, D. W. and Newman, P. A.},
  title={Air-mass origin in the tropical lower stratosphere: The influence of Asian boundary layer air},
  year={2015},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={42},
  number={10},
  pages={4240--4248},
  doi={10.1002/2015GL063937},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - or06100q
AU  - Orbe, C.
AU  - Waugh, D. W.
AU  - Newman, P. A.
PY  - 2015
TI  - Air-mass origin in the tropical lower stratosphere: The influence of Asian boundary layer air
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 42
IS  - 10
SP  - 4240
EP  - 4248
DO  - 10.1002/2015GL063937
ER  -

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