Assessing the ability to derive rates of polar middle-atmospheric descent using trace gas measurements from remote sensors

We investigate the reliability of using trace gas measurements from remote sensing instruments to infer polar atmospheric descent rates during winter within 46–86 km altitude. Using output from the Specified Dynamics Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-WACCM) between 2008 and 2014, tend...

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Main Authors: N. J. Ryan, D. E. Kinnison, R. R. Garcia, C. G. Hoffmann, M. Palm, U. Raffalski, J. Notholt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-02-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/18/1457/2018/acp-18-1457-2018.pdf