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    Observations of Middle Atmosphere CO from the UARS ISAMS during the Early Northern Winter 1991/92

    Source: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1999:;Volume( 056 ):;issue: 004::page 563
    Author:
    Allen, D. R.
    ,
    Stanford, J. L.
    ,
    López-Valverde, M. A.
    ,
    Nakamura, N.
    ,
    Lary, D. J.
    ,
    Douglass, A. R.
    ,
    Cerniglia, M. C.
    ,
    Remedios, J. J.
    ,
    Taylor, F. W.
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0563:OOMACF>2.0.CO;2
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: Structure and kinematics of carbon monoxide in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere (10?0.03 hPa) are studied for the early northern winter 1991/92 using the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) measurements. The study is aided by data from a 6-week parameterized-chemistry run of the Goddard Space Flight Center 3D Chemistry and Transport Model (CTM), initialized on 8 December 1991. Generally, CO mixing ratios increase with height due to the increasing source contribution from CO2 photolysis. In the tropical upper stratosphere, however, a local maximum in CO mixing ratio occurs. A simple photochemical model is used to show that this feature results largely from methane oxidation. In the extratropics the photochemical lifetime of CO is long, and therefore its evolution is dictated by large-scale motion of air, evidenced by strong correlation with Ertel potential vorticity. This makes CO one of the few useful observable tracers at the stratopause level and above. Thus CO maps are used to study the synoptic evolution of the polar vortex in early January 1992. Modified Lagrangian mean mixing diagnostics are applied to ISAMS and CTM data to examine the strength of the mixing barrier at the polar vortex edge. It is demonstrated that planetary wave activity weakens the barrier, promoting vortex erosion. The vortex erosion first appears in the lower mesosphere and subsequently descends through the upper stratosphere, and is attributed to effects of planetary wave dissipation. Agreement between ISAMS and CTM is good in the horizontal distribution of CO throughout the examined period, but vertical CO gradients in the CTM weaken with time relative to the ISAMS observations.
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    contributor authorAllen, D. R.
    contributor authorStanford, J. L.
    contributor authorLópez-Valverde, M. A.
    contributor authorNakamura, N.
    contributor authorLary, D. J.
    contributor authorDouglass, A. R.
    contributor authorCerniglia, M. C.
    contributor authorRemedios, J. J.
    contributor authorTaylor, F. W.
    date accessioned2017-06-09T14:35:17Z
    date available2017-06-09T14:35:17Z
    date copyright1999/02/01
    date issued1999
    identifier issn0022-4928
    identifier otherams-22270.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4158702
    description abstractStructure and kinematics of carbon monoxide in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere (10?0.03 hPa) are studied for the early northern winter 1991/92 using the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) measurements. The study is aided by data from a 6-week parameterized-chemistry run of the Goddard Space Flight Center 3D Chemistry and Transport Model (CTM), initialized on 8 December 1991. Generally, CO mixing ratios increase with height due to the increasing source contribution from CO2 photolysis. In the tropical upper stratosphere, however, a local maximum in CO mixing ratio occurs. A simple photochemical model is used to show that this feature results largely from methane oxidation. In the extratropics the photochemical lifetime of CO is long, and therefore its evolution is dictated by large-scale motion of air, evidenced by strong correlation with Ertel potential vorticity. This makes CO one of the few useful observable tracers at the stratopause level and above. Thus CO maps are used to study the synoptic evolution of the polar vortex in early January 1992. Modified Lagrangian mean mixing diagnostics are applied to ISAMS and CTM data to examine the strength of the mixing barrier at the polar vortex edge. It is demonstrated that planetary wave activity weakens the barrier, promoting vortex erosion. The vortex erosion first appears in the lower mesosphere and subsequently descends through the upper stratosphere, and is attributed to effects of planetary wave dissipation. Agreement between ISAMS and CTM is good in the horizontal distribution of CO throughout the examined period, but vertical CO gradients in the CTM weaken with time relative to the ISAMS observations.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleObservations of Middle Atmosphere CO from the UARS ISAMS during the Early Northern Winter 1991/92
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume56
    journal issue4
    journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
    identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0563:OOMACF>2.0.CO;2
    journal fristpage563
    journal lastpage583
    treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1999:;Volume( 056 ):;issue: 004
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