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| Titel |
In situ observations of dehydrated air parcels advected horizontally in the Tropical Tropopause Layer of the western Pacific |
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F. Hasebe, M. Fujiwara, N. Nishi, M. Shiotani, H. Vömel, S. Oltmans, H. Takashima, S. Saraspriya, N. Komala, Y. Inai |
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 7, no. 3 ; Nr. 7, no. 3 (2007-02-14), S.803-813 |
| Datensatznummer |
250004565
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-7-803-2007.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Water vapor observations by chilled-mirror hygrometers were conducted
at Bandung, Indonesia (6.90° S, 107.60° E) and
Tarawa, Kiribati (1.35° N, 172.91° E) in December 2003
to examine the efficiency of dehydration during horizontal advection
in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL).
Trajectory analyses based on bundles of isentropic trajectories suggest that
the modification of air parcels' identity due to irreversible mixing
by the branching-out and merging-in of nearby trajectories is found
to be an important factor,
in addition to the routes air parcels follow,
for interpreting the water vapor concentrations observed by
chilled-mirror frostpoint hygrometers in the TTL.
Clear correspondence between the observed water vapor concentration
and the estimated temperature history of air parcels is found
showing that drier air parcels were exposed to lower temperatures
than were more humid ones during advection.
Although the number of observations is quite limited,
the water content in the observed air parcels on many occasions
was more than that expected from the minimum saturation mixing ratio
during horizontal advection prior to sonde observations. |
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