The roles of convection, extratropical mixing, and in-situ freeze-drying in the Tropical Tropopause Layer

The roles of convection, extratropical mixing, and in-situ freeze-drying in the Tropical Tropopause Layer

Mechanisms for transporting and dehydrating air across the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) are investigated with a conceptual two dimensional (2-D) model. The 2-D TTL model combines the Holton and Gettelman cold trap dehydration mechanism (Holton and Gettelman, 2001) with the two column convection m...

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Main Authors: W. G. Read, M. J. Schwartz, A. Lambert, H. Su, N. J. Livesey, W. H. Daffer, C. D. Boone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-10-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/6051/2008/acp-8-6051-2008.pdf

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