A41O:
Processes Controlling Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere Composition and Structure IV

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Ross J Salawitch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States and Troy D Thornberry, NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Ross J Salawitch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  Troy D Thornberry, NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States and Neil Richard Peter Harris, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Neil Richard Peter Harris, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Transport of Air to the Stratosphere: Perspectives From the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Instrument.
Nathaniel J Livesey1, Michelle L Santee1, Gloria L Manney2, Michael J Schwartz1, William George Read1, Alyn Lambert1, Jessica L. Neu1 and Lucien Froidevaux1, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NorthWest Research Associates, Inc, Socorro, NM, United States
8:15 AM
 
The Flushing of the Northern Lower Stratosphere and the Influence of the Monsoon: Results from Tacts/Esmval 2012
Peter Michael Hoor1, Stefan Mueller1, Heiko Bozem2, Horst Fischer3, Ellen Gute3, Andreas Engel4, Harald Boenisch4, Timo Keber4, Andreas Zahn5, Martina Kraemer6, Hans Schlager7, Heini Wernli8 and Baerbel Vogel9, (1)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, (2)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Mainz, Germany, (3)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (4)Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for ATmospheric and Environmental Science, Frankfurt, Germany, (5)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Atmospheric trace gas measurements and remote sensing, Karlsruhe, Germany, (6)FZ Juelich, Juelich, Germany, (7)DLR-Institute of Atm. Physics, Wessling, Germany, (8)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, (9)Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
8:30 AM
 
Rossby-wave driven stirring of the UTLS - a detailed view on the intricately layered structure by the 3-D imaging limb-sounder GLORIA
Jörn Ungermann1, Felix Friedl-Vallon2, Michael Hoepfner2, Hermann Oelhaf2, Peter Preusse1 and Martin Riese1, (1)Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, (2)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
8:45 AM
 
Age Spectra and Transport Rates in the UTLS over the Tropics and the North American Monsoon Region
Jasna Vellovic Pittman1, Steven C Wofsy1, Bruce C Daube1, John Budney1, Roisin Commane1, Jakob Lindaas1, Kathryn McKain1, Jenna Samra1, Gregory Santoni1, Maryann R Sargent1, Jessica B Smith1, James G Anderson1, Ru-Shan Gao2, Andrew W Rollins2,3, Troy D Thornberry2,3, Laurel A Watts2,3, Eric J Hintsa2,3, Fred L Moore2,3, James W Elkins2, Arlyn E Andrews2, Elliot L Atlas4, Maria A Navarro4, Tao Wang5,6 and Andrew E Dessler5, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado / CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (5)Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States, (6)JPL / Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:00 AM
 
Impact of Deep Convection on UTLS Composition -New Observations from Recent Airborne Field Studies
Laura Pan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
9:15 AM
 
Determination of stratospheric and anthropogenic contributions to enhanced mid-tropospheric O3 in the tropical western Pacific
Daniel C Anderson1, Julie M Nicely1, Ross J Salawitch2, Russell R Dickerson1, Timothy P Canty3, Thomas F Hanisco4, Glenn M Wolfe Jr5, Eric C Apel6, Elliot L Atlas7, Teresa Lynn Campos8, Rebecca S Hornbrook6, Douglas Edward Kinnison9, Laura Pan6, William John Randel6, Daniel D Riemer7 and Andrew John Weinheimer9, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (8)Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
9:30 AM
 
Using Long-Term Observations of VOCs from the CARIBIC Observatory to Refine Understanding of Transport and Chemistry in the UT/LS
Angela Kathleen Baker1, Ute R Thorenz1, Carina Sauvage1, Hella Riede1, Taku Umezawa1, Jonathan Williams1, Andreas Zahn2 and Carl A M Brenninkmeijer1, (1)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (2)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Atmospheric trace gas measurements and remote sensing, Karlsruhe, Germany
9:45 AM
 
Fast Transport from Southeast Asia Boundary Layer Sources to Northern Europe: Rapid Uplift in Typhoons and Eastward Eddy Shedding of the Asian Monsoon Anticyclone
Rolf Mueller1, Baerbel Vogel1, Gebhard Guenther1, Jens-Uwe Grooss2, Peter Michael Hoor3, Martina Kraemer4, Stefan Mueller3, Andreas Zahn5 and Martin Riese2, (1)Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich, Germany, (2)Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, (3)Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, (4)FZ Juelich, Juelich, Germany, (5)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Atmospheric trace gas measurements and remote sensing, Karlsruhe, Germany
 
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