Gupta, Aman und Reichert, Robert und Dörnbrack, Andreas und Garny, Hella und Eichinger, Roland und Polichtchouk, Inna und Kaifler, Bernd und Birner, Thomas (2023) Estimates of Southern Hemispheric Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes Across Observations, Reanalyses, and Kilometer-scale Numerical Weather Prediction Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1862. ISSN 0022-4928.
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Offizielle URL: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1862
Kurzfassung
Observational monitoring of the stratospheric transport circulation, the Brewer-Dobson-Circulation (BDC), is crucial to estimate any decadal to long-term changes therein, a prerequisite to interpret trends in stratospheric composition and to constrain the consequential impacts on climate. The transport time along the BDC (i.e., the mean age of stratospheric air, AoA) can best be deduced from trace gas measurements of tracers which increase linearly in time and are chemically passive. The gas SF6 is often used to deduce AoA, because it has been increasing monotonically since the 1950s, and previously its chemical sinks in the mesosphere have been assumed to be negligible for AoA estimates. However, recent studies have shown that the chemical sinks of SF6 are stronger than assumed, and become increasingly relevant with rising SF6 concentrations. To adjust biases in AoA that result from the chemical SF6 sinks, we here propose a simple correction scheme for SF6-based AoA estimates accounting for the time-dependent effects of chemical sinks. The correction scheme is based on theoretical considerations with idealized assumptions, resulting in a relation between ideal AoA and apparent AoA which is a function of the tropospheric reference time-series of SF6 and of the AoA-dependent effective lifetime of SF6. The correction method is thoroughly tested within a self-consistent data set from a climate model that includes explicit calculation of chemical SF6 sinks. It is shown within the model that the correction successfully reduces biases in SF6-based AoA to less than 5% for mean ages below 5 years. Tests with using only sub-sampled data for deriving the fit coefficients show that applying the correction scheme even with imperfect knowledge of the sink is far superior to not applying a sink correction.
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Dokumentart: | Zeitschriftenbeitrag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titel: | Estimates of Southern Hemispheric Gravity Wave Momentum Fluxes Across Observations, Reanalyses, and Kilometer-scale Numerical Weather Prediction Model | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Datum: | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erschienen in: | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referierte Publikation: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Nein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Ja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verlag: | American Meteorological Society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-4928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | veröffentlicht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stichwörter: | Atmospheric Gravity waves, Lidar Observations, Climate models | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Forschungsbereich: | Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Programm: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Programmthema: | Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Schwerpunkt: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Forschungsgebiet: | R EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben): | R - Atmosphären- und Klimaforschung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standort: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institute & Einrichtungen: | Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre > Erdsystem-Modellierung Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre > Lidar Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre > Verkehrsmeteorologie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hinterlegt von: | Garny, Hella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hinterlegt am: | 20 Feb 2024 11:54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letzte Änderung: | 20 Mär 2024 12:59 |
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