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Article Dans Une Revue Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions Année : 2007

Turbulent vertical diffusivity in the sub-tropical stratosphere

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Vertical (cross-isentropic) mixing is produced by small-scale turbulent processes which are still poorly understood and parametrized in numerical models. In this work we provide estimates of local equivalent diffusion in the lower stratosphere by comparing balloon borne high-resolution measurements of chemical tracers with reconstructed mixing ratio from large ensembles of random Lagrangian backward trajectories using European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts analysed winds and a chemistry-transport model (REPROBUS). We have investigated cases in subtropical latitudes using data from HIBISCUS campaign. Upper bound on the vertical diffusivity is found to be of the order of 0.5 m2 s-1 in the subtropical region, which is larger than the estimates at higher latitudes. The relation between diffusion and dispersion is studied by estimating Lyapunov exponents and studying their variation according to the presence of active dynamical structures.
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hal-00328083 , version 1 (18-06-2008)

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I. Pisso, B. Legras. Turbulent vertical diffusivity in the sub-tropical stratosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2007, 7 (3), pp.6603-6629. ⟨hal-00328083⟩
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