Unravelling the transport of moisture into the Saharan Air Layer using passive tracers and isotopes

• Main Authors: Dahinden, Fabienne, Aemisegger, Franziska, Wernli, Heini, id_orcid:0 000-0001-9674-4837, Pfahl, Stephan, id_orcid:0 000-0002-9872-6090
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: atmospheric humidity; Moisture sources; Moisture transport; Saharan air layer; Stable water isotopes; Turbulent mixing; Detour; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/628392; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000628392

The subtropical free troposphere plays a critical role in the radiative balance of the Earth. However, the complex interactions controlling moisture in this sensitive region and, in particular, the relative importance of long-range transport compared to lower-tropospheric mixing, remain unclear. Thi...