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Vertical Transport Rates in the Stratosphere in 1993 from Observations of CO2, N2O and CH4Measurements of CO2, N2O and CH4 are analyzed to define hemispheric average vertical exchange rates in the lower stratosphere from November 1992 to October 1993. Effective vertical diffusion coefficients were small in summer, less than or equal to 1 m(exp 2)/sec at altitudes below 25 km; values were similar near the tropopause in winter, but increased markedly with altitude. The analysis suggests possibly longer residence times for exhaust from stratospheric aircraft, and more efficient transport from 20 km to the middle stratosphere, than predicted by many current models. Seasonally-resolved measurements of stratospheric CO2 and N2O provide significant new constraints on rates for global-scale vertical transport.
Document ID
19980007190
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Wofsy, Steven C.
(Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
Boering, Kristie A.
(Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
Daube, Bruce C., Jr.
(Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
McElroy, Michael B.
(Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
Loewenstein, Max
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Podolske, James R.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Elkins, James W.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO United States)
Dutton, Geoffrey S.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO United States)
Fahey, David W.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 15, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 21
Issue: 23
ISSN: 0094-8534
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
Paper-94GL02079
NAS 1.26:204903
NASA-CR-204903
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-694
Distribution Limits
Public
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