Research Area B: Small scale dynamics and microphysics
Research Questions (B)
RQ-B1: What is the impact of small-scale microphysical processes on the structure of the tropopause region and what are the implications for cross tropopause exchange?
RQ-B2: How do gravity waves, instabilities and turbulence in the UTLS affect tropospherestratosphere coupling, mixing and cloud life cycles at the tropopause and how does the UTLS affect the waves’ propagation?
RQ-B3: What is the effect of diabatic dynamics on the UTLS composition and cross tropopause exchange from the turbulent to the synoptic scale?