Observation of a tropopause fold by MARA VHF wind-profiler radar and ozonesonde at Wasa, Antarctica: comparison with ECMWF analysis and a WRF model simulation

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Mihalikova, M., Kirkwood, S., Arnault, J., Mikhaylova, D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Austral; Mara; Wasa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-30-1411-2012; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/30/1411/2012/

Tropopause folds are one of the mechanisms of stratosphere–troposphere exchange, which can bring ozone rich stratospheric air to low altitudes in the extra-tropical regions. They have been widely studied at northern mid- or high latitudes, but so far almost no studies have been made at mid- or high...