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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-3261</article-id>
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<article-title>Ozone Downward Flux Revealed by High-Resolution Differential Absorption Lidar over Tibet during Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dong</surname>
<given-names>Ruichun</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fang</surname>
<given-names>Xin</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yang</surname>
<given-names>Chengyun</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-637X</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Tao</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5100-4429</ext-link>
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<addr-line>National Key Laboratory of Deep Space Exploration/School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and  Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology/CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment/Mengcheng National  Geophysical Observatory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>07</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>22</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Ruichun Dong et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>This study characterizes a prominent ozone intrusion event driven by STE that occurred on 18&amp;ndash;19 October 2017. The analysis is enabled by high spatiotemporal resolution ozone profile observations from the USTC Ozone Lidar deployed at Yangbajing, Tibet (29&amp;deg; N, 99&amp;deg; E). It provides the first lidar-based detection of these rapid ozone descent events and the evidence linking them to temperature variability in the tropopause region through lidar-derived temperature profiles, revealing temperature gradients that generally exceed 8 K km&lt;sup&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/sup&gt; during these events and beyond the resolving capability of conventional atmospheric model products. Combining Wei&amp;rsquo;s flux diagnostic with a sensitivity test of PV-based dynamical tropopause thresholds identifies 3 PVU as the most suitable definition for this case. ERA5 is then used to characterize the spatiotemporal evolution of cross-tropopause mass fluxes over 25&amp;ndash;28&amp;deg; N, 95&amp;ndash;99&amp;deg; E, showing that the ozone variations observed by the lidar were modulated by gravity waves associated with the tropopause fold. In addition, lidar-measured ozone profiles are incorporated into a cross-tropopause ozone flux calculation framework, yielding an instantaneous peak STE ozone flux of about 3~4&amp;middot;10&lt;sup&gt;-10&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;middot;kg&amp;middot;s&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;middot;m&lt;sup&gt;-2&lt;/sup&gt;, slightly higher than the corresponding ERA5 value, while maintaining strong agreement in overall flux magnitude and temporal evolution throughout the event. These results show that high-resolution vertical ozone observations and Raman-retrieved temperature profiles from the USTC Ozone Lidar, combined with wind field data, enable accurate quantification of STE-related ozone fluxes. This approach facilitates in-depth investigation of coupled atmospheric composition and dynamical processes.</p>
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