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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Année : 2003

Stretching rates and equivalent length near the tropopause

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Diagnostics of mixing in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere region reveal interesting seasonal and interannual variability and illustrate how the subtropical tropopause can be identified with a region of minimum mixing, a partial barrier to the transport of air between the troposphere and stratosphere. Both the strength and the location of this barrier show substantial seasonal variability, with a stronger barrier and weaker mixing observed during winter. The interannual variability of the mixing intensity near the tropopause on the 350 K isentropic surface suggests a correlation with the phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, with weaker mixing occurring during strong El Niño years. The diagnostics are based on the analyses and reanalyses from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts over the 21 year period 1979–2000 and include the exponential stretching rates of material contours and Nakamura's [1996] modified Lagrangian mean effective diffusivity/equivalent length. As well as providing information about the spatial and temporal distribution of mixing intensity, the diagnostics also indicate sensitivity to changes in the analyses/reanalyses data sets. In particular, a stronger seasonal cycle and greater interannual variability is found in the more recent (1994–2000) analyses than in the earlier (1979-1993) reanalyses.
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hal-00136949 , version 1 (31-12-2021)

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R.-K. Scott, Emily Shuckburgh, Jean-Pierre Cammas, Bernard Legras. Stretching rates and equivalent length near the tropopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2003, 108 (D13), pp.4394-1-12. ⟨10.1029/2002JD002988⟩. ⟨hal-00136949⟩
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