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A three-dimensional, spectral, primitive equation, atmospheric model incorporating comprehensive chemistry has been used to study dynamics and transport processes and to simulate the distribution of ozone and other trace constituents in the stratosphere. Preliminary results from a simulation of the seasonally varying evolution of several important constituents are presented. Comparisons of simulated species distributions with data obtained from satellite experiments demonstrate good agreement in many instances. Of particular interest is the occurrence of incursions or tongues of ozone-rich air parcels from lower latitudes into the polar cap region associated with the displaced polar vortex during a mid-winter stratospheric warming. During the period of enhanced dynamical activity, the model successfully simulates many aspects of observed ozone behavior as well as features described as wave-breaking and irreversible mixing observed in isentropic distributions of potential vorticity inferred from satellite temperature data. Examination of the evolving constituent distributions suggests that episodic transport of ozone into the polar region during wave-breaking events culminates with the production of a high-latitude, spring maximum in total column ozone.
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Grose, W.L., Nealy, J.E., Turner, R.E., Blackshear, W.T. (1987). Modeling the Transport of Chemically Active Constituents in the Stratosphere. In: Visconti, G., Garcia, R. (eds) Transport Processes in the Middle Atmosphere. NATO ASI Series, vol 213. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3973-8_16
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