Modeling the aerosol chemical composition of the tropopause over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon

Ma, Jianzhong; Brühl, Christoph; He, Qianshan; Steil, Benedikt; Karydis, Vlassis A.; Klingmüller, Klaus; Tost, Holger; Chen, Bin; Jin, Yufang; Liu, Ningwei; Xu, Xiangde; Yan, Peng; Zhou, Xiuji; Abdelrahman, Kamal; Pozzer, Andrea; Lelieveld, Jos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11587-2019

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13 Sep 2019

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| 13 Sep 2019

Modeling the aerosol chemical composition of the tropopause over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon

Jianzhong Ma, Christoph Brühl, Qianshan He, Benedikt Steil, Vlassis A. Karydis, Klaus Klingmüller, Holger Tost, Bin Chen, Yufang Jin, Ningwei Liu, Xiangde Xu, Peng Yan, Xiuji Zhou, Kamal Abdelrahman, Andrea Pozzer, and Jos Lelieveld

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RC1: 'Review of Ma et al.: Modelling the aerosol chemical composition of the tropopause over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Authors' Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Jianzhong Ma, 17 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of Ma et al: 'Modelling the aerosol chemical composition of the tropopause over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon'', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Authors' Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Jianzhong Ma, 15 Aug 2019

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We find a pronounced maximum in aerosol extinction in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau during the Asian summer monsoon, caused mainly by mineral dust emitted from the northern Tibetan Plateau and slope area, lofted to and accumulating within the anticyclonic circulation. Mineral dust, water-soluble compounds, such as nitrate and sulfate, and associated liquid water dominate aerosol extinction around the tropopause within the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone.