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Though several studies have been carried out, our understanding of the trace gases and aerosols variability in the ASMA is limited during different phases of the Indian monsoon. This work quantifies the role of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) activity on the tropopause, trace gases (Water Vapor (WV), Ozone (O3), Carbon Monoxide (CO)) and aerosols (Attenuated Scattering Ratio (ASR)) obtained from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite observations, respectively, during the period 2006\u20132016. Enhancement in the tropopause altitude, WV, CO, ASR and low tropopause temperatures, O3 in the ASMA region is clearly noticed during peak monsoon months (July and August) with large inter-annual variability. Further, a significant increase in the WV and CO, and decrease in O3 during the active phase of the ISM, strong monsoon years and strong La Ni\u00f1a years in the ASMA is noticed. An enhancement in the ASR values during the strong monsoon years and strong La Ni\u00f1a years is also observed. In addition, our results showed that the presence of deep convection spreading from India land regions to the Bay of Bengal with strong updrafts can transport the trace gases and aerosols to the upper troposphere during active spells, strong monsoon years and La Ni\u00f1a years when compared to their counterparts. Observations show that the ASMA is very sensitive to active spells, strong monsoon years and La Ni\u00f1a years compared to break spells, weak monsoon years and El Ni\u00f1o years. It is concluded that the dynamics play a significant role in constraining several trace gases and aerosols in the ASMA and suggested considering the activity of the summer monsoon while dealing with them at sub-seasonal scales.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13173486","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,2]],"date-time":"2021-09-02T23:05:12Z","timestamp":1630623912000},"page":"3486","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Influence of Indian Summer Monsoon on Tropopause, Trace Gases and Aerosols in Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone Observed by COSMIC, MLS and CALIPSO"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ghouse","family":"Basha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Gadanki 517112, India"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3882-2523","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Madineni Venkat","family":"Ratnam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Gadanki 517112, India"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5929-8951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonathan H.","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0076-5452","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pangaluru","family":"Kishore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1313-8864","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saginela","family":"Ravindra Babu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan City 32001, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"169","DOI":"10.1038\/ngeo1733","article-title":"Physical processes in the tropical tropopause layer and their roles in a changing climate","volume":"6","author":"Randel","year":"2013","journal-title":"Nat. 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