Seasonal, inter-annual and long-term changes in the middle atmospheric Carbon 
Monoxide over the tropics

Nath, Oindrila; Kuttipurrath, Jayanarayanan; Sundararajan, Sridharan; Feng, Wuhu

doi:10.57757/IUGG23-4931

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Seasonal, inter-annual and long-term changes in the middle atmospheric Carbon Monoxide over the tropics

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Nath, Oindrila
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Kuttipurrath, Jayanarayanan
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Sundararajan, Sridharan
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Feng, Wuhu
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

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Nath, O., Kuttipurrath, J., Sundararajan, S., Feng, W. (2023): Seasonal, inter-annual and long-term changes in the middle atmospheric Carbon Monoxide over the tropics, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-4931

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Abstract

Seasonal, inter-annual and long-term changes in the middle atmospheric CarbonMonoxide over the tropics Middle atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) has been considered as a dynamical tracer to study the transport in stratosphere and mesosphere because of its long lifetime. However, most trend studies of CO is limited to troposphere and the upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere (UTLS). Here, we investigate the seasonal, annual and long-term changes of CO in the tropical (30°N ̶ 30°S) middle atmosphere (20 ̶ 80 km) for the period 2005 ̶ 2021. CO shows a semi-annual oscillation in the higher heights of both stratosphere and mesosphere. The CO response to the solar cycle increases with altitude (> 2 ppmv/100 SFU) in the mesosphere. CO response to Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is negligible in stratosphere, but that to ENSO is significantly negative in mesosphere. In the altitude range of 60 ̶ 70 km, we find a positive trend (0.03 ppmv/dec) at 64 km. Furthermore, the CO trend is positive in mesosphere (70 ̶ 80 km), with a peak at 75 km (0.19 ppmv/dec). The observed changes in middle atmospheric CO in the tropics are well reproduced by the Whole Atmospheric Chemical Climate Model (WACCM). Therefore, this study provides new insights into the long-term changes in the tropical middle atmospheric CO and its connection to dynamics of the region.