Balloon-borne measurements of temperature, water vapor, ozone and aerosol backscatter on the southern slopes of the Himalayas during StratoClim 2016–2017

Brunamonti, Simone; Jorge, Teresa; Oelsner, Peter; Hanumanthu, Sreeharsha; Singh, Bhupendra B.; Kumar, K. Ravi; Sonbawne, Sunil; Meier, Susanne; Singh, Deepak; Wienhold, Frank G.; Luo, Bei Ping; Boettcher, Maxi; Poltera, Yann; Jauhiainen, Hannu; Kayastha, Rijan; Karmacharya, Jagadishwor; Dirksen, Ruud; Naja, Manish; Rex, Markus; Fadnavis, Suvarna; Peter, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15937-2018

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07 Nov 2018

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| 07 Nov 2018

Balloon-borne measurements of temperature, water vapor, ozone and aerosol backscatter on the southern slopes of the Himalayas during StratoClim 2016–2017

Simone Brunamonti, Teresa Jorge, Peter Oelsner, Sreeharsha Hanumanthu, Bhupendra B. Singh, K. Ravi Kumar, Sunil Sonbawne, Susanne Meier, Deepak Singh, Frank G. Wienhold, Bei Ping Luo, Maxi Boettcher, Yann Poltera, Hannu Jauhiainen, Rijan Kayastha, Jagadishwor Karmacharya, Ruud Dirksen, Manish Naja, Markus Rex, Suvarna Fadnavis, and Thomas Peter

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RC1: 'Review comments for Brunamonti et al:Balloon-borne measurements 2016-2017', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Simone Brunamonti, 01 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Balloon-borne measurements of temperature, water vapor, ozone and aerosol backscatter at the southern slopes of the Himalayas during StratoClim 2016-2017" by Brunamonti et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 May 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Simone Brunamonti, 01 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Sep 2018) by Farahnaz Khosrawi

AR by Simone Brunamonti on behalf of the Authors (04 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Oct 2018) by Farahnaz Khosrawi

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Based on balloon-borne measurements performed in India and Nepal in 2016–2017, we infer the vertical distributions of water vapor, ozone and aerosols in the atmosphere, from the surface to 30 km altitude. Our measurements show that the atmospheric dynamics of the Asian summer monsoon system over the polluted Indian subcontinent lead to increased concentrations of water vapor and aerosols in the high atmosphere (approximately 14–20 km altitude), which can have an important effect on climate.