A comparison of very short lived halocarbon (VSLS) and DMS aircraft measurements in the tropical west Pacific from CAST, ATTREX and CONTRAST

Andrews, Stephen J.; Carpenter, Lucy J.; Apel, Eric C.; Atlas, Elliot; Donets, Valeria; Hopkins, James R.; Hornbrook, Rebecca S.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lidster, Richard T.; Lueb, Richard; Minaeian, Jamie; Navarro, Maria; Punjabi, Shalini; Riemer, Daniel; Schauffler, Sue

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5213-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 10

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5213–5225, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5213-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5213–5225, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5213-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 10

Research article 26 Oct 2016

Research article | 26 Oct 2016

A comparison of very short lived halocarbon (VSLS) and DMS aircraft measurements in the tropical west Pacific from CAST, ATTREX and CONTRAST

Stephen J. Andrews et al.

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RC1: 'Reviewer response', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 May 2016
RC2: 'Inter comparison study VSLS', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jun 2016
RC3: 'Review of Andrews et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jun 2016
AC1: 'Final response to reviewers', Stephen Andrews, 25 Jul 2016

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We present a comparison of aircraft measurements of important trace gases from a co-ordinated campaign in Jan–Feb 2014 in the tropical west Pacific involving the NASA Global Hawk, NCAR GV and FAAM BAe-146 aircraft. The paper studies the comparability of separate measurements across platforms and demonstrates that aircraft measurements are relevant for characterising the vertical uplift of important gases, such as those with ozone-depleting potential, to the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere.