On the vertical structure of the stratosphere at midlatitudes during the first stage of the polar vortex formation and in the polar region in the presence of a large mesospheric descent

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Huret, Natalie ^a   Pirre, Michel ^a   Hauchecorne, Alain ^b   Robert, Claude ^a   Catoire, Valery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33646400544     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006102     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Avallone, L. M., and M. J. Prather (1997), Tracer-tracer correlations: Three-dimensional model simulations and comparisons to observations, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D15) 19,233-19,246.
2. Chang, A. Y., et al. (1996), A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Tracers of atmospheric transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23(17), 2389-2392.
3. Durry, G., A. Hauchecorne, J. Ovarlez, H. Ovarlez, I. Pouchet, V. Zeninari, and B. Parvitte (2002), In situ measurement of H2O and CH4 with telecommunication laser diodes in the lower stratosphere: Dehydration and indication of a tropical air intrusion at mid-latitudes, J. Atmos. Chem., 43, 175-194.
4. Engel, A., C. Schiller, U. Schmidt, R. Borchers, H. Ovarlez, and J. Ovarlez (1996), The total hydrogen budget in the Arctic winter stratosphere during the European Arctic Stratosphere Ozone Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 101(D9), 14,495-14,503.
5. Engel, A., et al. (2005), On the observation of mesospheric air inside the arctic stratospheric polar vortex in early 2003, Atmos. Chem. Phys. D, 7457-7496, SRef-ID: 1680-7375/acpd/2005-5-7457.
6. Esler, J. G., and D. W. Waugh (2002), A method for estimating the extent of denitrification of arctic polar vortex air from tracer-tracer scatter plots, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D13), 4169, doi:10.1029/2001JD001071.
7. Grant, W. B., R. B. Pierce, S. J. Oltmans, and E. V. Browell (1998), Seasonal evolution of total and gravity wave induced laminae in ozonesonde data in the tropics and subtropics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(11), 1863-1866.
8. Hall, T. M., and M. J. Prather (1995), Seasonal evolutions of N2O, O3, and CO2, Three-dimensional simulations of stratospheric correlations, J. Geophys. Res., 100(D8), 16,699-16,720.
9. Hauchecorne, A., S. Godin, M. Marchand, B. Heese, and C. Souprayen (2002), Quantification of the transport of chemical constituents from the polar vortex to midlatitudes in the lower stratosphere using the high-resolution advection model MIMOSA and effective diffusivity, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20), 8289, doi:10.1029/2001JD000491.
10. Heese, B., S. Godin, and A. Hauchecorne (2001), Forecast and simulation of stratospheric ozone filaments: A validation of a high-resolution potential vorticity advection model by airborne ozone lidar measurements in winter 1998/1999, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D17), 20,011-20,024.
11. Herman, R. L., et al. (1998), Tropical entrainment time scales inferred from stratospheric N2O and CH4 observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(15), 2781-2784.
12. Irion, F. W., et al. (2002), Atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy (ATMOS) experiment Version 3 data retrievals, Appl. Opt., 41(33), 6968-6979.
13. Jost, H., et al. (2002), Mixing events revealed by anomalous tracer relationships in the Arctic vortex during winter 1999/2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4795, doi:10.1029/2002JD002380.
14. Kanzawa, H., et al. (2003), Validation and data characteristics of nitrous oxide and methane profiles observed by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS) and processed with the Version 5.20 algorithm, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D16), 8003, doi:10.1029/2002JD002458.
15. Konopka, P., et al. (2004), Mixing and ozone loss in 199-2000 Arctic vortex: Simulations with three-dimensional Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS), J. Geophys. Res., 109(D15), D02315, doi:10.1029/2003JD003792.
16. Manney, G. L., R. Swinbank, and A. O'Neill (1996), Stratospheric meteorological conditions from the November 3-12, 1994, ATMOS/ATLAS 3 measurements, Geophys. Res., Lett., 23, 2409-2412.
17. Manney, G. L., H. A. Michelsen, F. W. Irion, G. C. Toon, M. R. Gunson, and A. E. Roche (2000), Lamination and polar vortex development in fall from ATMOS long-lived trace gases observed during November 1994, J. Geophys. Res., 105(D23), 29,023-29,038.
18. Michelsen, H. A., G. L. Manney, M. R. Gunson, C. P. Rinsland, and R. Zander (1998a), Correlations of stratospheric abundances of CH4 and N2O derived from ATMOS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2777-2780.
19. Michelsen, H. A., G. L. Manney, M. R. Gunson, and R. Zander (1998b), Correlations of stratospheric abundances of NOy, O3, N2O, and CH4 derived from ATMOS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D21), 28,347-28,360.
20. Michelsen, H. A., C. R. Webster, G. L. Manney, D. C. Scott, J. J. Margitan, R. D. May, F. W. Irion, M. R. Gunson, J. M. Russell III, and C. M. Spivakovsky (1999a), Maintenance of high HCl/Cly and NOx/NOy in the Antarctic vortex: A chemical signature of confinement during spring, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26,419-26,436.
21. Michelsen, H. A., et al. (1999b), Intercomparison of ATMOS, SAGE II, and ER-2 observations in Arctic vortex and extra-vortex air masses during spring 1993, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(3), 291-294.
22. Moreau, G., C. Robert, V. Catoire, M. Chartier, C. Camy-Perret, N. Huret, M. Pirre, and L. Pomathiod (2005), SPIRALE: A multispecies in situ balloon-borne instrument with six tunable diode laser spectrometers, Appl. Opt., 44(28), 1-18.
23. Morgenstein, O., J. A. Pyle, A. M. Iwi, W. A. Norton, J. W. Elkins, D. F. Hurst, and P. A. Romashkin (2002), Diagnosis of mixing between middle latitudes and the polar vortex from tracer-tracer correlations, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D17), 4321, doi:10.1029/2001JD001224.
24. Nakamura, N. (1996), Two-dimensional mixing, edge formation and permeability diagnosed in area coordinate, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1524-1537.
25. Orsolini, Y. J., G. L. Manney, A. Engel, J. Ovarlez, C. Claud, and L. Coy (1998), Layering in stratospheric profiles of long-lived trace species: Balloon-borne observations and modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D5), 5815-5826.
26. Payan, S., C. Camy-Peyret, P. Jeseck, T. Hawat, M. Pirre, J.-B. Renard, C. Robert, F. Lefèvre, H. Kanzawa, and Y. Sasano (1999), Diurnal and nocturnal distribution of stratospheric NO2 from solar and stellar occultation measurements in the Arctic vortex: Comparison with models and ILAS satellite measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D17), 21,585-21,594.
27. Plumb, R. A., and M. K. W. Ko (1992), Interrelationships between mixing ratios of long-lived stratospheric constituents, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 10,145-10,156.
28. Plumb, R. A., D. W. Waugh, and M. P. Chipperfield (2000), The effects of mixing on tracer relationships in the polar vortices, J. Geophys. Res., 105(D8), 10,047-10,062.
29. Plumb, R. A., W. Heres, J. L. Neu, N. M. Mahowald, J. del Corral, G. C. Toon, E. Ray, F. Moore, and A. E. Andrews (2002), Global tracer modeling during SOLVE: High-latitude descent and mixing, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8309, doi:10.1029/2001JD001023. [printed 108(D5)].
30. Press, W. H., S. A. Teokolky, W. T. Vetterling, and B. P. Flannery (1992), Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN, 2nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
31. Ray, E. A., F. L. Moore, J. W. Elkins, G. S. Dutton, D. W. Fahey, H. Vömel, S. J. Oltmans, and K. H. Rosenlof (1999), Transport into the Northern Hemisphere lowermost stratosphere revealed by in situ tracer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D21), 26,565-26,580.
32. Ray, E. A., F. L. Moore, J. W. Elkins, D. F. Hurst, P. A. Romashkin, G. S. Dutton, and D. W. Fahey (2002), Descent and mixing in the 1999-2000 northern polar vortex inferred from in situ tracer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20), 8285, doi:10.1029/2001JD000961.
33. Rosenlof, K. H., A. F. Tuck, K. K. Kelly, J. M. Russell III, and M. P. McCormick (1997), Hemispheric asymmetries in water vapor and inferences about transport in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D11), 13,213-13,234.
34. Stowasser, M. (2002), A characterization of the warm 1999 Arctic winter by observations and modeling: NOy partitioning and dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D19), 4376, doi:10.1029/2001JD001217.
35. Urban, J., et al. (2005), Odin/SMR limb observations of stratospheric trace gases: Validation of N2O, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D09301, doi:10.1029/2004JD005394.
36. Volk, C. M., et al. (1996), Quantifying transport between the tropical mid-latitude lower stratosphere, Science, 272, 1764-1768.
37. Waugh, D. W. (1993), Subtropical stratospheric mixing linked to disturbances to polar vortices, Nature, 365, 535-537.
38. Waugh, D. W., et al. (1997), Mixing of polar vortex air into middle latitudes as revealed by tracer-tracer scatterplots, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13,119-13,134.
39. Wetzel, G., et al. (2002), NOy partitioning and budget and its correlation with N2O in the Arctic vortex and in summer midlatitudes in 1997, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D16), 4280, doi:10.1029/ 2001JD000916.
40. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (2002), Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002, Rep. 47, Geneva.