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Increases in global tropospheric ozone following an El Niño event: examining stratospheric ozone variability as a potential driver
Author(s) -
Voulgarakis A.,
Hadjinicolaou P.,
Pyle J. A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.318
Subject(s) - stratosphere , ozone , troposphere , tropopause , atmospheric sciences , tropospheric ozone , environmental science , climatology , meteorology , geology , geography
The stratosphere can strongly influence the interannual variability of tropospheric ozone. It has been discussed previously that tropospheric ozone can increase following an El Niño event, due to enhanced stratosphere/troposphere exchange (STE) of ozone. Here, we run a chemical‐transport model for 5 years, covering a period including a strong El Niño event (1997–1998), and find that variability of ozone in the stratosphere is an almost negligible driver of modelled post‐El Niño increases of ozone STE and tropospheric ozone abundances. Changes in the dynamics, affecting the cross‐tropopause air‐mass flux, may be far more important in driving these anomalies. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

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