The efficiency of transport into the stratosphere via the Asian and North American summer monsoon circulations

Yan, Xiaolu; Konopka, Paul; Ploeger, Felix; Podglajen, Aurélien; Wright, Jonathon S.; Müller, Rolf; Riese, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15629-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15629-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15629-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

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20 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2019

The efficiency of transport into the stratosphere via the Asian and North American summer monsoon circulations

Xiaolu Yan, Paul Konopka, Felix Ploeger, Aurélien Podglajen, Jonathon S. Wright, Rolf Müller, and Martin Riese

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Dec 2019)
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RC1: 'Review of ‘The efficiency of transport into the stratosphere via the Asian and North American summer monsoon circulation” by Yan, Konopka, Ploeger, etc.', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'RC1_Referee 3', Xiaolu Yan, 20 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Sensitive to positions of box boundaries for ASM?', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'RC2_Referee 1', Xiaolu Yan, 20 Nov 2019
RC3: 'Review of “The efficiency of transport into the stratosphere via the Asian and North American summer monsoon circulations” by X Yan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Sep 2019
- AC3: 'RC3_Referee 2', Xiaolu Yan, 20 Nov 2019

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

AR by Xiaolu Yan on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2019) by Martin Dameris

AR by Xiaolu Yan on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

The Asian and North American summer monsoons (ASM and NASM) have considerable influence on stratospheric chemistry and physics. More air mass is transported from the monsoon regions to the tropical stratosphere when the tracers are released clearly below the tropopause than when they are released close to the tropopause. Results for different altitudes of air origin reveal two transport pathways (monsoon and tropical) from the upper troposphere over the monsoon regions to the tropical pipe.