Observation of pollution plume capping by a tropopause fold

Observation of pollution plume capping by a tropopause fold

Airborne lidar measurements reveal a case in which a layer of high-ozone air extruding from a tropopause fold appears to cap a pollution plume and force it to spread out in the lower troposphere. The morphology of the high-ozone layer resembles a three-dimensional model of tropopause fold evolution...

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Main Authors: Browell, Edward V. (Author), Grant, William B. (Author), Butler, Carolyn F. (Author), Fenn, Marta A. (Author), Cho, John Y. N. (Contributor), Newell, Reginald E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2017-08-18T15:10:19Z.
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