1. Tropospheric jet response to Antarctic ozone depletion: An update with Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) models
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Seok-Woo Son, Bo-Reum Han, Chaim I Garfinkel, Seo-Yeon Kim, Rokjin Park, N Luke Abraham, Hideharu Akiyoshi, Alexander T Archibald, N Butchart, Martyn P Chipperfield, Martin Dameris, Makoto Deushi, Sandip S Dhomse, Steven C Hardiman, Patrick Jöckel, Douglas Kinnison, Martine Michou, Olaf Morgenstern, Fiona M O’Connor, Luke D Oman, David A Plummer, Andrea Pozzer, Laura E Revell, Eugene Rozanov, Andrea Stenke, Kane Stone, Simone Tilmes, Yousuke Yamashita, and Guang Zeng
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ozone depletion ,Southern Hemisphere jet trends ,chemistry-climate model initiative (CCMI) ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 ,Science ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
The Southern Hemisphere (SH) zonal-mean circulation change in response to Antarctic ozone depletion is re-visited by examining a set of the latest model simulations archived for the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) project. All models reasonably well reproduce Antarctic ozone depletion in the late 20th century. The related SH-summer circulation changes, such as a poleward intensification of westerly jet and a poleward expansion of the Hadley cell, are also well captured. All experiments exhibit quantitatively the same multi-model mean trend, irrespective of whether the ocean is coupled or prescribed. Results are also quantitatively similar to those derived from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) high-top model simulations in which the stratospheric ozone is mostly prescribed with monthly- and zonally-averaged values. These results suggest that the ozone-hole-induced SH-summer circulation changes are robust across the models irrespective of the specific chemistry-atmosphere-ocean coupling.
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- 2018
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