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

• Main Authors: Dahinden, Fabienne, Aemisegger, Franziska, Wernli, Heini, Pfahl, Stephan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: atmospheric humidity; moisture sources; moisture transport; Saharan Air Layer; stable water isotopes; turbulent mixing; ddc:551; Detour; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/40654; https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-40375; https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1187

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...