Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Forecast

4-days trajectories are daily calculated at ETHZ using forecast data from the ECMWF. Air masses initially residing in the Atlantic/European stratosphere (Potential Vorticity larger than 2 pvu) and descending during the following four days by more than 300 hPa into the troposphere are shown.

Legend

• Starting date of trajectories are reported on the top of each pictures
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• Dark blue, light blue, black dots give the trajectory position at times 0 h, 48 h and 96 h from the run start, respectively
• Pressure levels (min, mean and max) of trajectories are written in the upper-right corner for times 0h, 48 h and 96h from the run start, respectively
• Actual trajectory pressure levels (expressed as hPa) are reported by the colored scale