UTLS Publications

2010

Heymsfield, A. J., D. Baumgardner, P. DeMott, P. Forster, K. Gierens, B. Karcher, and A. Macke, 2010: FAA Aviation-Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI) Theme 4: Contrails and Contrail-Specific Microphysics. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., in press.

Pan, L. L., K. P. Bowman, E. L. Atlas, S. C. Wofsy, F. Zhang, J. F. Bresch, B. A. Ridley, J. V. Pittman, C. R. Homeyer, P. Romashkin, W. A. Cooper 2010: The Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport 2008 (START08) Experiment, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. In press.

Massie, S. T., J. Gille, C. Craig, R. Khosravi, J. Barnett, W. Read, and D. Winker (2010), HIRDLS and CALIPSO observations of tropical cirrus, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00H11, doi:10.1029/2009JD012100.

Randel, W.J., M. Park, L. Emmons, D. Kinnison, P. Bernath, K. Walker, C. Boone and H. Pumphrey, 2010: Asian monsoon transport of pollution to the stratosphere. Science, 328, 611, doi:10.1126/science.1182274.

2009

Gettelman, A., P. H. Lauritzen, M. Park, and J. E. Kay, Processes regulating short-lived species in the tropical tropopause layer, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D13303, doi:10.1029/2009JD011785, 2009.

Heymsfield, A. J., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, and A. O. Fierro, 2009: Microphysics of maritime tropical convective updrafts at temperatures from --20 to --60C. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 66, 3530–3562.

Kunz, A., P. Konopka, R. Mueller, L. L. Pan, and C. Schiller (2009), High static stability in the mixing layer above the extratropical tropopause, J. Geophys. Res 114, D16305, doi:10.1029/2009JD011840.

Pan, L. L., W. J. Randel, J. C. Gille, W. D. Hall, B. Nardi, S. Massie, V. Yudin, R. Khosravi, P. Konopka, and D. Tarasick (2009), Tropospheric intrusions associated with the secondary tropopause, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10302, doi:10.1029/2008JD011374.

Park, M., W.J. Randel, L. Emmons and N. Livesey, 2009: Transport pathways of carbon monoxide in the Asian summer monsoon diagnosed from from Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08303, doi:10.1029/2008JD010621.

Pittman, J. V., L. L. Pan, J. C. Wei, F. W. Irion, X. Liu, E. S. Maddy, C. D. Barnet, K. Chance, and R. S. Gao (2009), Evaluation of AIRS, IASI, and OMI ozone profile Retrievals in the extratropical tropopause region using in situ aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D24109, doi:10.1029/2009JD012493.

Wu, D. L., R. T. Austin, M. Deng, S. L. Durden, A. J. Heymsfield and coauthors, 2009: Comparisons of global cloud ice from MLS, CloudSat, and correlative data sets. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A24, doi:10.1029/2008JD009946.

2008

Barthe, C., M. C. Barth, 2008: Evaluation of a new lightning-produced NOx parameterization for cloud resolving models and its associated uncertainties. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4691-4710.

A. Gettelman, Q. Fu Observed and Simulated Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor Feedbacks in press, J. Climate, 21:13, 3282-3289, 2008.

A. Gettelman, T. Birner, V. Eyring, H. Akiyoshi, D. A. Plummer, M. Dameris, S. Bekki, F. Lefevre, F. Lott, C. Brühl, K. Shibata, E. Rozanov, E. Mancini, G. Pitari, H. Struthers, W. Tian, and D. E. Kinnison The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960-2100 Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 1367-1413, 2008.

Grubisic, V., J.D. Doyle, J. Kuettner, S. Mobbs, R.B. Smith, C.D. Whiteman, R. Dirks, S. Czyzyk, S.A. Cohn, S. Vosper, M. Weissmann, S. Haimov, S.F.J. De Wekker, L.L. Pan, and F.K. Chow, 2008: The Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 15131533.

Park, M., W. J. Randel, L. Emmons, P. Bernath, K. Walker and C. Boone, 2008: Chemical isolation of the Asian monsoon anticyclone observed in Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE-FTS) data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 757–764.

Seidel, D. J., Q. Fu, W.J. Randel and T. Reichler, 2008: Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate. Nature Geoscience, 1, 21-24.

Zeng, Z., W. Randel, S. Sokolovskiy, C. Deser, Y.-H. Kuo, M. Hagan, J. Du, and W. Ward, 2008: Detection of migrating diurnal tide in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using the Challenging Minisatellite Payload radio occultation data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03102, doi:10.1029/2007JD008725.

2007

Barth, M. C., S-W Kim, W. C. Skamarock, A. L. Stuart, K. E. Pickering, L. E. Ott, 2007: Simulations of the redistribution of formaldehyde, formic acid, and peroxides in the July 10, 1996 STERAO deep convection storm. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13310, doi:10.1029/2006JD008046.

Barth, M. C., S.-W. Kim, C. Wang, K. Pickering, L. Ott, G. Stenchikov, M. Leriche, S. Cautenet, J.-P. Pinty, Ch. Barthe, C. Mari, J. Helsdon, R. Farley, A. Fridlind, A. Ackerman, V. Spiridonov, B. Tosko, 2007: Cloud-scale model intercomparison of chemical constituent transport in deep convection. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4709-4731.

Bowman, K. P., L. L. Pan, T. Campos, and R-S. Gao (2007), Observations of fine-scale transport structure in the upper troposphere from HIAPER, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D18111, doi:10.1029/2007JD008685.

A. Gettelman, T. Birner Insights on Tropical Tropopause Layer Processes using Global Models J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23104, doi:10.1029/2007JD008945, 2007.

A. Gettelman, D. E. Kinnison, The global impact of supersaturation in a coupled chemistry-climate model Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1629-1643, SRef-ID: 1680-7375/acp/2007-7-1629, 2007.

Konopka, P., G. Guenther, R. Mueller, F. H. S. dos Santo1, C. Schiller, F. Ravegnani, A. Ulanovsky, H. Schlager, C. M. Volk, S. Viciani, L. L. Pan, D.-S. McKenna, and M. Riese (2007), Contribution of mixing to the upward transport across the TTL, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3285-3308, 2007.

Massie, S. T., A. Heymsfield, C. Schmitt, D. Muller, and P. Seifert, 2007: Aerosol indirect effects as a function of cloud top pressure. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06202, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007383.

Pan, L. L., K. P. Bowman, M. Shapiro, W. J, Randel, R-S. Gao, T. Campos, C. Davis, S. Schauffler, B. A. Ridley, J. C. Wei, and C. Barnet (2007), Chemical behavior of the tropopause observed during the Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport (START) experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D18110, doi:10.1029/2007JD008645.

Pan, L. L. , J. C. Wei, D. E. Kinnison, R. Garcia, D. J. Wuebbles, and G. P. Brasseur (2007), A set of diagnostics for evaluating chemistry-climate models in the extratropical tropopause region, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09316, doi:10.1029/2006JD007792.

Park, M., W.J. Randel, A. Gettelman, S. Massie and J. Jiang, 2007: Transport above the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone inferred from Aura MLS tracers. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16309, doi:10.1029/2006JD008294.

Randel, W.J., M. Park, F. Wu and N. Livesey, 2007: A large annual cycle in ozone above the tropical tropopause linked to the Brewer-Dobson circulation.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4479-4488.

Randel, W. J., D. J. Seidel and L. L. Pan (2007), Observational characteristics of double tropopauses, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D07309, doi:10.1029/2006JD007904.

Randel, W.J., F. Wu and P. Forster, 2007: The extratropical tropopause inversion layer: global observations with GPS data, and a radiative forcing mechanism. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4489-4496. 

Seidel, D.J., and W.J. Randel, 2007: Recent widening of the tropical belt: Evidence from tropopause observations.  J. Geophys. Res., 112, D20113, doi:10.1029/2007JD008861.

Young, L.-H., et al. (2007), Enhanced new particle formation observed in the northern midlatitude tropopause region, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10218, doi:10.1029/2006JD008109.

2006

A. Gettelman, W. D. Collins, E. J. Fetzer, A. Eldering, F. W. Irion, P. B. Duffy and G. Bala, Climatology of Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Implications for Climate, J.Climate, 19(23), 6104-6121, 2006.

A. Gettelman, E. J. Fetzer, A. Eldering, F. W. Irion, The Global Distribution of Supersaturation in the Upper Troposphere from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, J.Climate, 19(23), 6089-6103, 2006.

Pan, L. L., P. Konopka, and E. V. Browell (2006), Observations and model simulations of mixing near the extratropical tropopause, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006480.

Popp, P. J., T. P. Marcy, E. J. Jensen, B. Karcher, D. W. Fahey, R. S. Gao, T. L. Thompson, K. H. Rosenlof, E. C. Richard, R. L. Herman, E. M. Weinstock, J. B. Smith, R. D. May, H. V Gome, J. C. Wilson, A. J. Heymsfield, M. J. Mahoney, and A. M. Thompson, 2006: The observation of nitric acid-containing particles in the tropical lower stratosphere. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 601–-611.

Randel, W.J., and M. Park, 2006: Deep convective influence on the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone and associated tracer variability observed with AIRS.  J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12314, doi:10.1029/2005JD006490. 

Randel, W.J., F. Wu, G. Nedoluha, H. Vomel and P. Forster, 2006: Decreases in stratospheric water vapor since 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12312, doi:10.1029/2005JD006744.

Seidel, D.J., and W.J. Randel, 2006: Variability and trends in the global tropopause estimated from radiosonde data.  J. Geophys. Res., 111, D21101, doi:10.1029/2006JD007363. 

2005

A. Gettelman and C. R. Webster, Simulations of Water Isotope Abundances in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere and Implications for Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D17301, doi:10.1029/2004JD004812, 2005.

Law, K., L. Pan, H. Wernli, H. Fischer, P. Haynes, R. Salawitch, B. Karcher, M. Prather, S. Doherty and A. R. Ravi, Processes governing the chemical distribution of the extra-tropical UTLS, IGAC Newsletter No 32, 2005.

Randel, W. J., and F. Wu (2005), Kelvin wave variability near the equatorial tropopause observed in GPS radio occultation measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D03102, doi:10.1029/2004JD005006.  

Wendisch, M., P. Pilewskie, J. Pommier, S. Howard, P. Yang, A. J. Heymsfield,  C. G. Schmitt, D. Baumgardner, and B. Mayer, 2005: Effects of cirrus crystal shape on solar spectral irradiances – A case study for subtropical cirrus. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D03202, doi:10.1029/2004JD005294.

2004

Gao, R. S., P. J. Popp, D. W. Fahey, T. P. Marcy, R. L. Herman, E. M. Weinstock, D. G. Baumgardner, T. J. Garrett, K. H. Rosenlof, T. L. Thompson, P. T. Bui, B. A. Ridley, S. C. Wofsy, O. B. Toon, M. A. Tolbert, B. Kärcher, Th. Peter, P. K. Hudson, A. J. Weinheimer, and A. J. Heymsfield, 2004: Evidence that nitric acid increases relative humidity in low-temperature cirrus clouds. Science, 303, 516--520.

Garrett, T. J., A. J. Heymsfield,  B. A. Ridley, M. J. McGill, D. G. Baumgarnder, T. P. Bui, and C. R. Webster, 2004: Convective generation of cirrus near the tropopause. J. Geophys. Res., 109}, D21203,  doi:10.1029/2004JD004952.

A. Gettelman, E. M. Weinstock, E. J. Fetzer, F. W. Irion, A. Eldering, E. C. Richard, K. H. Rosenlof, T. L. Thompson , J. V. Pittman, C. R.Webster and R. L. Herman, Validation of Aqua satellite data in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere with in situ aircraft instruments, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, No. 22, L22107, doi:10.1029/2004GL020730, 24 November 2004.

A. Gettelman, D. E. Kinnison, T. J. Dunkerton and G. P. Brasseur, The Impact of Monsoon Circulations on the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, No. D22, D22101, doi:10.1029/2004JD004878, 17 November 2004.

A. Gettelman, P. M. F. Forster, M. Fujiwara, Q. Fu, H. Vomel, L. K. Gohar, C. Johanson and M. Ammeraman, The Radiation Balance of the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D07103, doi:10.1029/2003JD004190, 2004.

Hallar, A. G., Avallone, L. M., R. L. Herman, B. E. Anderson, and A. J. Heymsfield, 2004: Measurements of ice water content in tropopause region Arctic Cirrus during the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE). J. Geophys. Res., 109, D17203, doi:10.1029/2003JD004348.

Pan, L. L., W. J. Randel, B. L. Gary, M. J. Mahoney, and E. J. Hintsa (2004), Definitions and sharpness of the extratropical tropopause: A trace gas perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D23103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004982.

Park, M., W.J. Randel, D.E. Kinnison, R.R. Garcia and W. Choi, 2004: Seasonal variation of methane, water vapor and nitrogen oxides near the tropopause: Satellite observations and model simulation. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D03302, doi:10.1029/2003JD003706.

Randel, W.J., F. Wu, S. Oltmans, K. Rosenlof and G. Nedoluha, 2004: Interannual changes of stratospheric water vapor and correlations with tropical tropopause temperatures. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2133-2148.