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Hemispheric Differences in Tropical Lower Stratospheric Transport and Tracers Annual Cycle A11U: Processes and Linkages in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: ObservaDons and Models I Olga Tweedy 1 , D. Waugh 1 , R. Stolarski 1,2 , L. Oman 2 1. Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; 2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center AGU Fall Mee2ng 2016 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20160014924 2018-08-21T12:52:22+00:00Z

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HemisphericDifferencesinTropicalLowerStratosphericTransportandTracersAnnualCycle

A11U:ProcessesandLinkagesintheUpperTroposphereandLower

Stratosphere:ObservaDonsandModelsI

OlgaTweedy1,D.Waugh1,R.Stolarski1,2,L.Oman2

1.JohnsHopkinsUniversity,DepartmentofEarthandPlanetarySciences;2.NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter

AGUFallMee2ng2016https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20160014924 2018-08-21T12:52:22+00:00Z

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Transport:Ver2caladvec2onvsquasi-horizontalmixing

•  Randeletal.[2007]:largeseasonalcycleinupwellingisaresponseforseasonalchangesinozone.

•  Abalosetal.[2012,2013]andPloegeretal.[2012]showtheimportanceofeddymixing

Thebalancebetweenupwellingandquasi-horizontalmixinginthetropicallowerstratosphereisnotwellunderstood!

TherestudieshavefocusedonvariaDonsintracersandprocessesinthetropic-wideaverage(20oN-20oS),i.e.haveconsidered“well-mixed”tropics.

OlgaTweedy Introduc2onData ResultsConclusions

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Southerntropics(ST)aredifferentfromNortherntropics(NT)

•  LargerannualamplitudeinNT.•  2-3monthshiainphase.

Hemisphericdifferencesinozoneannualcycle

Annualcycleamplitudeofozone(%relaDvetothemean)fromsatelliteobservaDons

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MAINQUESTIONS

1.  DoChemistryClimateModels(CCMs)capturetheobserveddifferencesbetweentheNTandST?

2.  WhatprocessescontroltheSTandNTannualcyclesinthemodels?

OlgaTweedy Introduc2onData ResultsConclusions

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CCMVal-2MODELS

ModelSimula2ons:1960to2010simulaDonofthemodelsfromCCMVal-2mulD-modelintercomparisonprojectv  18CCMs:alltransient(historical)runswithnearlyidenDcalforcings

(GHGs,ODSs,ect).Satelliteobserva2ons:v  Version3and4oftheAuraMicrowaveLimbSounder(MLS)[Liveseyet

al.,2008]v  theOzoneMappingandProleSuite(OMPS)onboardNASA/NOAA

Suomi-NPPsatellite[Kramarovaetal.,2014]v  theStratosphericAerosolandGasExperimentII(SAGEII)[Wangetal.,

2002]

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MULTI-MODELCOMPARISON

•  Distinguished between NT (0-20oN) and ST (0-20oS)

•  In most of CCMVal-2 models

NT amplitude > ST amplitude.

•  Large spread in amplitudes

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DoChemistryClimateModels(CCMs)capturetheobserveddifferencesbetweenNTandST?

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ST:spreadinw*amplitudeamongCCMVal-2models“explains”mostofspreadinO3amplitudeConclusion:upwellingiscontrollingfactorintheST

Doesseasonalityinupwellingexplainseasonalityinozone?OlgaTweedyIntroduc2onDataandMethodsResultsConclusions

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NT:norelaDonshipbetweenw*amplitudeandO3amplitudeamongCCMVal-2models.Conclusion:otherfactorsdetermineozoneseasonality(mixingmaybemoreimportant)

Doesseasonalityinupwellingexplainseasonalityinozone?OlgaTweedyIntroduc2onDataandMethodsResultsConclusions0.0 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20

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Quan2fyingtransportaffectsonozoneseasonality

1.  TwomodelsfromCCMVal-2project:WACCMandGEOSCCM2.  DisDnguishedbetweenNT(0-18oN)andST(0-18oS)3.TransformEulerianMeananalysis(TEM)[Andrews,1987]:-toisolateroleofverDcaltransport(red),horizontaltransport(green),andchemistry(blue).

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ProcessescontrollingtheNTandSTannualcycles

v  NT–horizontalmixingisadominantcauseofseasonality

dO3/dt(P

pbv/day) GEOSCCM(85hPa) WACCM(86hPa)

v  ST–upwellingisadominantcauseofseasonality

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Zonalvaria2onsinannualcycleamplitude

v  July:InflowofozonerichairfromNHextratropicsintothetropicsbyN.AmericanandAsianSummerMonsoon

v  January:Ozoneismixed

intothetropicsoverAtlanDcandPacificoceansbyRossbywavebreaking

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CONCLUSIONSv  Paradigmofwell-mixedtropicshavetobereconsideredv  ThemajorityoftheCCMsproducedtheobservedfeatureofalarger

annualcycleintheNTthanSTv  ThespreadamongthemodelsmuchlargerthaninobservaDons

suggesDnglargedifferencesintransportamongthemodelsv  NT-STcontrastisduetodifferencesinbalancebetweentransport

processes:v  SeasonalityinupwellingismostimportantintheSTv  Seasonalityinhorizontalmixing–intheNT.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ThismaterialisbaseduponworksupportedbytheNaDonalScienceFoundaDonGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram(NSFGRFP)AuthorsaregratefultoM.AbalosforprovidingthemwiththeWACCMdata

Thankyou!Ques2ons?

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