A Lagrangian computation of stratosphere–troposphere exchange in a tropopause-folding event in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere

Subtropical tropopause break as a possib

Subtropical tropopause break as a possible stratospheric source of ozone in the tropical troposphere

✍ J.L. Baray; G. Ancellet; F.G. Taupin; M. Bessafi; S. Baldy; P. Keckhut 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 904 KB

The understanding of the transport of trace chemical species between the stratosphere and the troposphere is necessary for global change prediction. Until recently it was believed that stratospheric inputs, through jet streaks and tropopause folding, should occur only at extratropical latitudes. A