Thursday, 27 March 2003: 11:15 AM
Transport and mixing in the southern subtropical upper troposphere
Understanding the transport and mixing in the tropical upper
troposphere is important for understanding the distributions of water
vapor and ozone. Here we use trajectory calculations and
meteorological analyses to examine the transport in the southern
subtropics, focusing on the transport from convective to
non-convective regions and from the stratosphere into the
troposphere. The dependence of this transport on the basic state (in
particular, the strength of the tropical "westerly ducts") and phase
of ENSO is examined. The results of the trajectory calculations are
compared with available observations of water vapor and ozone.
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