On the control of stratospheric humidity Academic Article

abstract

• We present a hypothesis on the dehydration and transfer of air from the tropical troposphere into the stratosphere. The hypothesis is based on the existence of a thick 'tropopause layer', in which vertical and horizontal mixing are both significant. Air is rapidly dehydrated upon entering this layer in vigorous convective overshoots, then slowly ascends through the layer before fully entering the stratosphere. Dehydration and genuine entry into the stratosphere are separate processes that happen on much different time scales.

authors

• Dessler, Andrew

published proceedings

• GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Sherwood, S. C., & Dessler, A. E.

citation count

• 206

complete list of authors

• Sherwood, SC||Dessler, AE

publication date

• August 2000

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Geophysical Research Letters  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3701 Atmospheric Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1029/2000GL011438

start page

• 2513

end page

• 2516

volume

• 27

issue

• 16

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1029%2F2000gl011438