Effects of Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Changes on Stratospheric Temperature and Circulation

HU Dingzhu; TIAN Wenshou; XIE Fei; SHU Jianchuan; and Sandip DHOMSE

doi:10.1007/s00376-013-3152-6

Volume 31 Issue 4

May 2014

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Article > ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES > 2014 > 31(4): 888-900

Effects of Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Changes on Stratospheric Temperature and Circulation

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College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029
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Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Chengdu 610000
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Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK

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doi: 10.1007/s00376-013-3152-6

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Abstract:
Using a state-of-the-art chemistry-climate model, we analyzed the atmospheric responses to increases in sea surface temperature (SST). The results showed that increases in SST and the SST meridional gradient could intensify the subtropical westerly jets and significantly weaken the northern polar vortex. In the model runs, global uniform SST increases produced a more significant impact on the southern stratosphere than the northern stratosphere, while SST gradient increases produced a more significant impact on the northern stratosphere. The asymmetric responses of the northern and southern polar stratosphere to SST meridional gradient changes were found to be mainly due to different wave properties and transmissions in the northern and southern atmosphere.~Although SST increases may give rise to stronger waves, the results showed that the effect of SST increases on the vertical propagation of tropospheric waves into the stratosphere will vary with height and latitude and be sensitive to SST meridional gradient changes. Both uniform and non-uniform SST increases accelerated the large-scale Brewer-Dobson circulation (BDC), but the gradient increases of SST between 60?S and 60?N resulted in younger mean age-of-air in the stratosphere and a larger increase in tropical upwelling, with a much higher tropopause than from a global uniform 1.0 K SST increase.
- numerical simulation,
- stratospheric temperature,
- sea surface temperature,
- Brewer-Dobson circulation
摘要: Using a state-of-the-art chemistry-climate model, we analyzed the atmospheric responses to increases in sea surface temperature (SST). The results showed that increases in SST and the SST meridional gradient could intensify the subtropical westerly jets and significantly weaken the northern polar vortex. In the model runs, global uniform SST increases produced a more significant impact on the southern stratosphere than the northern stratosphere, while SST gradient increases produced a more significant impact on the northern stratosphere. The asymmetric responses of the northern and southern polar stratosphere to SST meridional gradient changes were found to be mainly due to different wave properties and transmissions in the northern and southern atmosphere.~Although SST increases may give rise to stronger waves, the results showed that the effect of SST increases on the vertical propagation of tropospheric waves into the stratosphere will vary with height and latitude and be sensitive to SST meridional gradient changes. Both uniform and non-uniform SST increases accelerated the large-scale Brewer-Dobson circulation (BDC), but the gradient increases of SST between 60?S and 60?N resulted in younger mean age-of-air in the stratosphere and a larger increase in tropical upwelling, with a much higher tropopause than from a global uniform 1.0 K SST increase.
- numerical simulation,
- stratospheric temperature,
- sea surface temperature,
- Brewer-Dobson circulation

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