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| Titel |
The transition from the tropical to the extra-tropical ozone-QBO signature in EMAC-ESCiMo, ERA interim and ozone CCI data |
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Tobias Kerzenmacher, Patrick Joeckel, Peter Braesicke |
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EGU General Assembly 2016
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
| Datensatznummer |
250129197
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-9274.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in the tropical zonal mean stratospheric winds is a major driver of interannual ozone variability in the tropics. The associated ozone variability is clearly seen in the tropics. In addition, it affects the interannual ozone variability in sub-tropical and mid-latitude regions.
The QBO influence on ozone in all latitudes can be diagnosed in climate model data (free running or nudged EMAC simulations from the ESCiMo project), reanalysis data (ERA-Interim) and satellite data (ozone CCI). We extract the ozone-QBO signature from the data by using a Fourier filtering technique so that the modelled and observed structures can be compared. Starting from the signal in total column ozone, we construct composite latitude height cross-sections of ozone to reveal the vertical structure of QBO related changes for different phases of the ozone-QBO. We discuss the differences between the modelled (EMAC) and observed (CCI) signatures and compare them to ERA-Interim (a data assimilation system).
With this diagnostic we improve our understanding of the physical mechanisms that contribute to ozone variability and how an `ozone change signal' can migrate from the tropics to the extra-tropics. Understanding the main mechanisms involved in this signal transfer lays the foundation for an improved trend detection on decadal time scales. |
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