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Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange and its role in the budget of tropospheric ozone

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The stratosphere and troposphere are coupled dynamically, chemically, and radiatively. A particularly important coupling process is the exchange of mass and trace chemical constituents between the stratosphere and the troposphere. The upward transport of tropospheric constituents (both those of natural and those of anthropogenic origin) into the stratosphere initiates much of the chemistry that is responsible for global ozone depletion. The downward transport of stratospheric constituents into the troposphere not only serves as the major sink for some of the constituents involved in stratospheric ozone depletion, but also furnishes reactive species that modify tropospheric chemistry, and provides a source of tropospheric ozone.

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    James R. Holton

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Holton, J.R., Lelieveld, J. (1996). Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange and its role in the budget of tropospheric ozone. In: Crutzen, P.J., Ramanathan, V. (eds) Clouds, Chemistry and Climate. NATO ASI Series, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61051-6_8

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