Science Update: 22-28 November

A selection of new science articles from the past week of interest to the SPARC community(a SPARC Office choice).

The impact of temperature resolution on trajectory modelling of stratospheric water vapour. By T. Wang et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.

Global emissions of refrigerants HCFC-22 and HFC-134a: Unforeseen seasonal contributions. By B. Xiang et al. in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Direct and ozone-mediated forcing of the Southern Annular Mode by greenhouse gases. By O. Morgenstern et al. in Geophysical Research Letters.

Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign. By J.M. Intrieri et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Global Atmospheric Sulfur Budget under Volcanically Quiescent Conditions: Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate Model Predictions and Validation. By J.-X. Sheng et al. in the Journal of Geophysical research: Atmospheres.

The POLARCAT Model Intercomparison Project (POLMIP): overview and evaluation with observations. By L.K. Emmons et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.

Characteristics of tropopause parameters as observed with GPS radio occultation. By T. Rieckh et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Assimilation of GNSS radio occultation observations in GRAPES. By Y. Liu and J. Xue in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Inorganic chlorine variability in the Antarctic vortex and implications for ozone recovery. By S.E. Strahan et al. in the Journal of Geophysical research: Atmospheres.

Validation of MIPAS IMK/IAA V5R_O3_224 ozone profiles. By A. Laeng et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.