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Challenge of modelling GLORIA observations of upper troposphere-lowermost stratosphere trace gas and cloud distributions at high latitudes: A case study with state-of-The-Art models

Haenel, Florian 1; Woiwode, Wolfgang 1; Buchmüller, J. 2; Friedl-Vallon, Felix 1; Höpfner, Michael ORCID iD icon 1; Johansson, Sören ORCID iD icon 1; Khosrawi, Farahnaz 1; Kirner, O. ORCID iD icon 2; Kleinert, Anne 1; Oelhaf, Hermann 1; Orphal, Johannes 1; Ruhnke, Roland 1; Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin ORCID iD icon 1; Ungermann, J.; Weimer, Michael 1,2; Braesicke, Peter 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Scientific Computing Center (SCC), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Water vapour and ozone are important for the thermal and radiative balance of the upper troposphere (UT) and lowermost stratosphere (LMS). Both species are modulated by transport processes. Chemical and microphysical processes affect them differently. Thus, representing the different processes and their interactions is a challenging task for dynamical cores, chemical modules and microphysical parameterisations of state-of-the-art atmospheric model components. To test and improve the models, high-resolution measurements of the UT–LMS are required. Here, we use measurements taken in a flight of the GLORIA (Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere) instrument on HALO (High Altitude and LOng Range Research Aircraft). The German research aircraft HALO performed a research flight on 26 February 2016 that covered deeply subsided air masses of the aged 2015/16 Arctic vortex, high-latitude LMS air masses, a highly textured region affected by troposphere-to-stratosphere exchange and high-altitude cirrus clouds. Therefore, it provides a challenging multifaceted case study for comparing GLORIA observations with state-of-the-art atmospheric model simulations in a complex UT–LMS region at a late stage of the Arctic winter 2015/16.
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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000144163
Veröffentlicht am 23.03.2022
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
Scientific Computing Center (SCC)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7316, 1680-7324
KITopen-ID: 1000144163
HGF-Programm 12.11.25 (POF IV, LK 01) Atmospheric composition and circulation changes
Weitere HGF-Programme 46.21.01 (POF IV, LK 01) Domain-Specific Simulation & SDLs and Research Groups
Erschienen in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 22
Heft 4
Seiten 2843-2870
Projektinformation SPP 1294 HALO: ICECREAM (DFG, DFG KOORD, WO 2160/1-1)
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