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DOI | 10.1029/2019JD031206 |
Atmospheric Diffusivity: A New Energetic Framework for Understanding the Midlatitude Circulation Response to Climate Change | |
Mooring, Todd A.1,2; Shaw, Tiffany A.1 | |
2020-01-16 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
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ISSN | 2169-897X |
EISSN | 2169-8996 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 125期号:1 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | The midlatitude circulation response to climate change is not well understood. Within an energetic framework the circulation is connected to the atmospheric diffusivity. Here we define a novel diagnostic diffusivity framework as a tool for interpreting changes in the midlatitude atmospheric circulation. The diffusivity is computed by dividing the zonally and vertically integrated transient eddy moist static energy (MSE) transport by the zonal-mean 925 hPa MSE gradient, and we investigate the diffusivity response to global-scale sea surface temperature (SST) perturbations in aquaplanet and Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) general circulation model simulations. The midlatitude diffusivity maximum shifts poleward with increasing SST in both the aquaplanet simulations and Southern Hemisphere winter of the AMIP simulations. Our framework indicates that this diffusivity shift is associated with Ferrel circulation and 925 hPa MSE gradient changes, rather than with total MSE transport changes. The MSE gradient-related shift cannot be understood purely in terms of Clausius-Clapeyron changes in specific humidity following the global-mean temperature response, because atmospheric temperature gradients change significantly even when SST gradients are held fixed. The intensity of the diffusivity maximum also increases with SST for the aquaplanet configuration but is relatively insensitive to SST for AMIP Southern Hemisphere winter. Additional energy balance model experiments suggest that while diffusivity changes caused by SST perturbations can be large, their effect on zonal-mean temperature is minor. Finally, the latitudes and intensities of the diffusivity maxima are strongly correlated with the same properties of the zonal-mean eddy kinetic energy maxima. However, existing theories cannot adequately explain these linear relationships. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000514584000006 |
WOS关键词 | HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE ; STORM TRACKS ; TRANSPORT ; SHIFTS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/280000 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Chicago, Dept Geophys Sci, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 2.Harvard Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mooring, Todd A.,Shaw, Tiffany A.. Atmospheric Diffusivity: A New Energetic Framework for Understanding the Midlatitude Circulation Response to Climate Change[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2020,125(1). |
APA | Mooring, Todd A.,&Shaw, Tiffany A..(2020).Atmospheric Diffusivity: A New Energetic Framework for Understanding the Midlatitude Circulation Response to Climate Change.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,125(1). |
MLA | Mooring, Todd A.,et al."Atmospheric Diffusivity: A New Energetic Framework for Understanding the Midlatitude Circulation Response to Climate Change".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 125.1(2020). |
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