SPARC Science Update: 8-14 October

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

Sensitivity of Simulated Mesospheric Transport of Nitrogen Oxides to Parameterized Gravity Waves. By K. Meraner et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

The Kinetics of the ClOOCl Catalytic Cycle. By T.P. Canty et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Trends of tropical tropospheric ozone from 20 years of European satellite measurements and perspectives for the Sentinel-5 Precursor. By K.-P. Heue et al. in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Discussion papers – open for comment

Thermodynamic and dynamic responses of the hydrological cycle to solar dimming. By J.E. Smyth et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.

Characterization of the Long-term Radiosonde Temperature Biases in the Lower Stratosphere using COSMIC and Metop-A/GRAS Data from 2006 to 2014. By S.-P. Ho et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.

30-year lidar observations of the stratospheric aerosol layer state over Tomsk (Western Siberia, Russia). By V.V. Zuev et al. in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.