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Chemical Composition and Dynamics of the Upper Troposphere and the Lower Stratosphere
(CCD-UTLS), Id. 10577
Viktoria Sofieva, and the CCD-UTLS team European:
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Chinese: Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), CAS
National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC), CMA
1. Assessment of satellite data on chemical composition in UTLS 2. Dynamical and chemical structures of the UTLS and its variability 3. Multi-scale variability of stratospheric ozone 4. Climatology of the stratospheric aerosol layer and its variability 5. Updated ozone climatology and its relation to tropopause/multiple tropopauses
Overview of the results
Objective 1: Assessment of satellite data in the UTLS
Summary of the validation against ozonesondes
Hubert et al., AMTD, 2015 Hubert et al., Ozone_cci PVIR, 2014
• Usually, biases are within ± 20% • Large positive bias for GOMOS V6 is not observed in advanced (alternative) retrievals • Data from OSIRIS, ACE-FTS and MIPAS have already been used for scientific studies in the
UTLS
Cortesy of D.Hubert, BIRA
Satellite measurements
+ retrieval
WACCM model
Objective reality Theory
Distortions Approximations
Better understanding of data Better understanding
of model accuracy
E. Kyrölä et al.: Comparison of GOMOS measurements with the simulations by the WACCM model
Presentation by Erkki Kyrölä
Best star in the sky: Sirius, in Arctic Ozone
WACCM GOMOS
year-2000
Presentation by Erkki Kyrölä
Development of GOMOS retrievals in the UTLS • Motivation from validation:
Operational GOMOS v6 has a bias up to 100% in the UTLS (especially large in tropics)
• Validation against NDACC ozonesondes: dramatic reduction of UTLS biases
• The main effect comes from the change in the aerosol model.
• The new UTLS dataset show similar geophysical features as other satellite instruments.
• Comparison against OSIRIS profiles show better agreement.
Poster by Janne Hakkarainen
Animation of comparisons against OSIRIS profiles
Lower Stratosphere
Upper Troposphere
Strat. intrusion of PV and O3
Convective transport of CO and H2O
Data
Models
Effects of convective vertical transport on distribution of atmospheric composition in UTLS
On 21 July 2012, Beijing was hit by an unprecedented extreme torrential rainfall event.
AIRS, OMI and other instruments are used to monitor the effects of convective vertical transport on changes of atmospheric composition in the UTLS.
Presentation by Fuxiang Huang
35 -75% increase in H2O
10-30% decrease in UTLS ozone
UTLS response to Asian Summer Monsoon www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu http://www.sciencedaily.com
• The ASM contains a strong anti-cyclonic vortex in the UTLS, spanning from Asia to the Middle East
• The ASM has been recognized as a significant transport pathway for water vapor and pollutant to enter the stratosphere
• There are still several open questions related the ASM influence
ASM influence on ozone as seen by satellite instruments
Ozone mixing ratio (ppb) at 100 hPa in Jun-Aug, all available years
Comparison with new models covering the troposphere and the stratosphere
MIP
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ozone mixing ratio (ppb) at 100 hPa
June 2010 July 2010 August 2010
Seasonal cycle in the tropical UTLS
• Approx. factor-of-two variations in strength of upwelling and temperature changes up to 8 K Faster upwelling and colder temperatures during boreal winter
• Annual cycle is observed exclusively above ~15 km • Original explanation:
Tropical cycle is a response to the annual cycle of the stratospheric planetary wave forcing in winter-spring high latitudes
• Recent analyses Importance of extratropical waves dissipating in subtropics Planetary waves generated within the tropics
• Important consequence: vertical transport of trace constituents Especially important for ozone having a strong gradient across TTL
ECMWF temperature (K) 20S-20N
Seasonal cycle in the tropical UTLS ECMWF temperature (K)
OSIRIS ozone partial pressure (nbar)
20S-20N
20S-20N
Ozone seasonal cycle in the tropical UTLS
20S-20 N, 100 hPa
• Reproducing the seasonal cycle is the test for climate model intercomparison
• The figure is adapted from CCMVal report
Amplitude of annual cycle
Gettelman et al., 2010
Ozone seasonal cycle in the extra-tropical UTLS
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Hegglin et al., 2010
CCMVal report
diurnal (day/night)
synoptic scale (e.g., SSW)
intra-seasonal (e.g., MJO)
Seasonal (e.g., monsoon)
inter-annual (e.g. QBO/ENSO)
semi-annual (e.g., SAO)
decadal (e.g. solar cycle)
Small-scale (advection,
waves)
Satellite data
Models
DRAGON-2 and DRAGON-3
Started in DRAGON-3
Significant progress during DRAGON-3
Intra-Seasonal Variation in the Wintertime Stratospheric O3
Eastward propagation of enhanced convections
Date
Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean East
1 2
3
It takes the MJO ~1–2 months to travel around the Tropics.
Intra-Seasonal Variation in the Wintertime Stratospheric O3
Eastward propagation of enhanced convections
Date
Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean East
1. EQ Indian Ocean
2. Maritime Continent
3. EQ Western Pacific 1
2 3
1. EQ Indian Ocean 2. Maritme Continent 3. EQ Western Pacific
Three geophysical locations selected:
MJO-related disturbances of O3 column (200–20 hPa)
ERA-Interim (DJF, 2004-2010) It takes the MJO ~1–2 months to travel around the Tropics.
Presentation by Chuanxi Liu
Satellite Measurements of the Madden–Julian Oscillation in Wintertime Stratospheric Ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia
20-200 hPa MJO-related O3 anomalies and 200 hPa geopotential anomalies
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Phase 6
Vertical distribution MJO-related O3 anomalies Poster by Yuli Zhang
Tropospheric ozone long-term changing trends and impacting factors over North China
1.28 DU/decade
-1.46 DU/decade
1979 –2013
Presentation by Fuxiang Huang
• Talk by Erkki Kyrölä: – GOMOS versus WACCM
• Talk by Chuanxi Liu – Influence of tropical intra-seasonal variations on stratospheric
ozone • Talk by Fuxiang Huang:
– Sateillite observation of the extreme rainfall event over China • Poster by Janne Hakkarainen:
– Optimized GOMOS retrievals in the UTLS • Poster by Yuli Zhang:
– Influence of Madden-Julian oscillation on wintertime stratospheric ozone over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asia