Composite analysis of the tropopause inversion layer in extratropical baroclinic waves

Kaluza, Thorsten; Kunkel, Daniel; Hoor, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6621-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6621-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6621-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

Research article

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20 May 2019

Research article |

| 20 May 2019

Composite analysis of the tropopause inversion layer in extratropical baroclinic waves

Thorsten Kaluza, Daniel Kunkel, and Peter Hoor

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Review 1', Thorsten Kaluza, 26 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Composite analysis of the tropopause inversion layer in extratropical baroclinic waves” by Kaluza et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to Review 2', Thorsten Kaluza, 26 Feb 2019

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AR by Thorsten Kaluza on behalf of the Authors (26 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Apr 2019) by Amanda Maycock

AR by Thorsten Kaluza on behalf of the Authors (02 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We present a comprehensive mean evolution of the tropopause inversion layer in mid-latitudes, an atmospheric feature that is located in the region that separates the well-mixed troposphere and the stably stratified stratosphere. We counter-intuitively find this region, which is expected to stabilise atmospheric flow, to exhibit favourable conditions for turbulent exchange between troposphere and stratosphere. This is an important result concerning the overall assessment of exchange processes.