Direct inversion of circulation and mixing from tracer measurements &ndash; Part 1: Method

von Clarmann, Thomas; Grabowski, Udo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14563-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14563-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14563-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

Research article

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23 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2016

Direct inversion of circulation and mixing from tracer measurements – Part 1: Method

Thomas von Clarmann and Udo Grabowski

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RC1: 'Referee comment on ``Direct Inversion of Circulation and Mixing from Tracer Measurements: I. Method'' by T.~von~Clarmann and U.~Grabowski', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Review', Thomas von Clarmann, 22 Jul 2016
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Aug 2016
AC2: 'Reply to Reviews', Thomas von Clarmann, 07 Oct 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Thomas von Clarmann on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Oct 2016) by Jens-Uwe Grooß

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Oct 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Oct 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (31 Oct 2016) by Jens-Uwe Grooß

AR by Thomas von Clarmann on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

We present a method which uses global measurements of stable stratospheric trace species to infer stratospheric circulation. This method finds the circulation vectors which best satisfy the continuity equation for the given measurements. Some of the main disadvantages of more conventional methods are avoided. As a proof of concept, this method has been applied to measurements from the MIPAS instrument. Its adequacy has been proven since the inferred circulation shows the expected features.