Effects of Local and Non-Local Processes on the Aging of the Tropopause Layer and the Lower Stratosphere

Jasna Vellovic Pittman1, Steven C Wofsy2, Bruce C Daube3, Jessica B Smith4, James G Anderson2, Ru-Shan Gao5, Andrew W Rollins6, Troy D Thornberry7, Laurel A Watts8, Eric J Hintsa9, Fred L Moore8, James W Elkins5, Edward J Dlugokencky10, Arlyn Andrews11, Elliot L Atlas12, Maria A Navarro13, Sue Schauffler14, Thaopaul V Bui15, Leonhard Pfister15, Qing Liang16 and Tao Wang17, (1)NorthWest Research Associates Bellevue, Bellevue, WA, United States, (2)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (3)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (4)Harvard Univ/Anderson Group, Cambridge, United States, (5)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (7)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA/GML, Boulder, United States, (10)NOAA Boulder, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (11)NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (12)University of Miami, Miami, United States, (13)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (14)Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (15)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (16)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (17)Texas A & M University, College Station, United States