Journal
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 516-533Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa005
Keywords
Tibetan Plateau; atmospheric composition; troposphere-stratosphere transport; deep convection; Asian summer monsoon
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- second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) [2019QZKK0604]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91837311, 91937302, 41975050, 41905041]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA17010102]
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Due to its surrounding strong and deep Asian summer monsoon (ASM) circulation and active surface pollutant emissions, surface pollutants are transported to the stratosphere from the Tibetan Plateau region, which may have critical impacts on global climate through chemical, microphysical and radiative processes. This article reviews major recent advances in research regarding troposphere-stratosphere transport from the region of the Tibetan Plateau. Since the discovery of the total ozone valley over the Tibetan Plateau in summer from satellite observations in the early 1990s, new satellite-borne instruments have become operational and have provided significant new information on atmospheric composition. In addition, in situ measurements and model simulations are used to investigate deep convection and the ASM anticyclone, surface sources and pathways, atmospheric chemical transformations and the impact on global climate. Also challenges are discussed for further understanding critical questions on microphysics and microchemistry in clouds during the pathway to the global stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau.
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