Interannual changes of stratospheric water vapor and correlations with tropical tropopause temperatures

By William J. Randel, Fei Wu, S. Oltmans, Karen H. Rosenlof, Gerald E. Nedoluha. 2004

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Control of interannual and longer‐term variability of stratospheric water vapor (2005, background): “[3] In addition to the seasonal cycle, there is significant interannual variability of stratospheric water vapor [e.g., Randel et al., 2004], and there is also some evidence for a long-term positive trend [Oltmans et al., 2000; Rosenlof et al., 2001].”
Dynamics, stratospheric ozone, and climate change (2008, background): “While the observed record is still not fully explained, interannual water vapour changes appear to be largely explained by variations in tropical tropopause temperature (Randel et al., 2004).”
Modeling atmospheric stable water isotopes and the potential for constraining cloud processes and stratosphere‐troposphere water exchange (2005, background): “However, the increases are significantly in excess of that provided by enhanced methane oxidation (although they may have slowed in recent years [Randel et al., 2004]).”
Transport in the Middle Atmosphere (2007, unknown): “the differences in tropical tropopause temperature (Randel et al. 2004).”
Arctic Oscillation response to volcanic eruptions in the IPCC AR4 climate models (2006, background): “Although Joshi and Shine [2003] show that expected water vapor changes would be small and HALOE observations [Randel et al., 2004] do not show a large effect for the post- Pinatubo period, it could be erroneously reproduced in the models and has to be thoroughly tested.”
Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record (2011, background): “The trend strength diminished somewhat with altitude from 16 to 28 km, suggesting a tropical water vapor increase as the source, but several studies of long‐term changes in cold‐point temperatures near the tropical tropopause found cooling instead of warming trends for this period [e.g., Simmons et ”
An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends (2009, unknown): “[35] Temperature variations in the tropical lower stratosphere are of special interest because of their influence on stratospheric water vapor [e.g., Randel et al., 2004; Fueglistaler and Haynes, 2005].”
Tropical tropopause layer (2009, background): “[14] Interannual variability of temperatures in the TTL, typically of order 1 K at the tropopause [e.g., Randel et al., 2004], may arise because of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), volcanic eruptions, and temperature perturbations induced by the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO).”
Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer‐Dobson circulation (2006, background): “While Rosenlof et al. (2001) have combined results from several separate water vapor data sets to suggest a 1% per year global increase over the last several decades, there is currently no explanation for such an increase given observed variability of tropical tropopause temperatures (as discussed i”