Ramesh, K, Smith, AK, Garcia, RR et al. (3 more authors) (2020) Long‐Term Variability and Tendencies in Middle Atmosphere Temperature and Zonal Wind From WACCM6 Simulations During 1850–2014. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (24). ISSN 2169-897X
Abstract
Long‐term variability of middle atmosphere temperature (T) and zonal wind (U) is investigated using a three‐member ensemble of historical simulations of NCAR's Whole Atmospheric Community Climate Model latest version 6 (WACCM6) for 1850–2014 (165 years). The model reproduces the climatological features of T and U. The contributions of Quasi Biennial Oscillation (QBO) at 10 and 30 hPa, solar cycle (SC), El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO), ozone depleting substances (ODS), carbon dioxide (CO2), and stratospheric sulfate aerosol (volcanic eruptions) to change in monthly zonal mean T and U are analyzed using multiple linear regression. The signal due to CO2 increase dominates as a predictor of the net multidecadal global annual mean temperature change at all levels in the middle atmosphere. Contributions from ODS also affect the net multidecadal global mean temperature trend in the stratosphere. Because of similarities in the time evolution of the emissions of CO2 and ODS, the analysis of existing model output cannot accurately separate the attributions of cooling to these two dominant forcing processes. On shorter time scales, solar flux variations are the largest source of variability in the mesosphere while volcanic eruptions are the largest in the stratosphere. In the stratosphere and mesosphere, both QBO and ENSO can significantly impact zonal mean temperature and zonal‐mean zonal wind depending on latitudes, but their impact on the multidecadal global mean temperature trend is very small.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | middle atmosphere; temperature; zonal wind; WACCM6; multiple linear regression |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Astrophysics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2021 13:51 |
Last Modified: | 18 May 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
Identification Number: | 10.1029/2020jd033579 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169514 |