On the influence of anthropogenic forcings on changes in the stratospheric mean age

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Oman, Luke ^a   Waugh, Darryn W ^a   Pawson, Steven ^b   Stolarski, Richard S ^b   Newman, Paul A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SEAWATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; COMMON FEATURES; FORCINGS; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; LOWER STRATOSPHERES; MEAN AGES; NET IMPACTS; OZONE DEPLETIONS; POLAR OZONES; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RATE OF CHANGES; RELATIVE IMPACTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME PERIODS; WAVE ACTIVITIES; ZONAL WINDS;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOS; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE DEPLETION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; UPWELLING;

EID: 65249091403     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010378     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Austin, J., and F. Li (2006), On the relationship between the strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation and the age of stratospheric air, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17807, doi:10.1029/2006GL026867.
2. Austin, J., et al. (2003), Uncertainties and assessments of chemistry-climate models of the stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 1-27.
3. Austin, J., J. Wilson, F. Li, and H. Vomel (2007), Evolution of water vapor concentrations and stratospheric age of air in coupled chemistry-climate model simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 905-921, doi:10.1175/JAS3866.1.
4. Butchart, N., and A. A. Scaife (2001), Removal of chlorofluorocarbons by increased mass exchange between the stratosphere and the troposphere in a changing climate, Nature, 410, 799-802, doi:10.1038/35071047.
5. Butchart, N., et al. (2006), Simulations of anthropogenic change in the strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation, Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0162-4.
6. Chen, P., and W. A. Robinson (1992), Propagation of planetary waves between the troposphere and stratosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 2533-2545, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1992)049〈2533:POPWBT〉2.0.CO;2.
7. Eyring, V., et al. (2006), Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22308, doi:10.1029/2006JD007327.
8. Eyring, V., et al. (2007), Multimodel projections of stratospheric ozone in the 21st century, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16303, doi:10.1029/ 2006JD008332.
9. Garcia, R. R., and B. A. Boville (1994), Downward control of the mean meridional circulation and temperature distribution of the polar winter stratosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2238-2245, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1994) 051〈2238:COTMMC〉2.0.CO;2.
10. Garcia, R. R., and W. J. Randel (2008); Acceleration of the Brewer-Dobson circulation due to increases in greenhouse gases, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2731 - 2739, doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2712.1.
11. Garcia, R. R., D. R. Marsh, D. E. Kinnison, B. A. Boville, and F. Sassi (2007), Simulation of secular trends in the middle atmosphere, 1950-2003, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09301, doi:10.1029/2006JD007485.
12. Hall, T. M., and R. A. Plumb (1994), Age as a diagnostic of stratospheric transport, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1059-1070, doi:10.1029/93JD03192.
13. Hurwitz, M. M. (2008), Idealised numerical simulations of the stratospheric chemistry-climate system, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, U. K.
14. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2001), Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis: Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by J. T. Houghton et al., 881 pp., Cambridge Univ, Press, New York.
15. Johns, T. C., et al. (2006), The new Hadley Centre climate model HadGEMl: Evaluation of coupled simulations, J. Clim., 19, 1327-1353, doi:10.1175/JCLI3712.1.
16. Kiehl, J. T., J. J. Hack, G. B. Bonhan, B. A. Boville, D. L. Williamson, and P. J. Rasch (1998), The National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model: CCM3, J. Clim., 11, 1131-1149, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1998) 011〈1131:TNCFAR〉2.0.CO;2.
17. Kodama, C., T. Iwasaki, K. Shibata, and S. Yukimoto (2007), Changes in the stratospheric mean meridional circulation due to increased CO2: Radiation- and sea surface temperature-induced effects, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16103, doi:10.1029/2006JD008219.
18. Li, F., J. Austin, and J. Wilson (2008), The strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in a changing climate: Coupled chemistry-climate model simulation, J. Clim., 21, 40-57, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1663.1.
19. Lin, S.-J. (2004), A vertically Lagrangian finite-volume dynamical core for global models, Mon. Weather Rev., 132, 2293-2307, doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132〈2293:AVLFDC〉2.0.CO;2.
20. Newman, P. A., J. S. Daniel, D. W. Waugh, and E. R. Nash (2007), A new formulation of equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4537-4552.
21. Olsen, M. A., M. R. Schoeberl, and J. E. Nielsen (2007), Response of stratospheric circulation and stratosphere-troposphere exchange to changing sea surface temperatures, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16104, doi:10.1029/ 2006JD008012.
22. Pawson, S., R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, P. A. Newman, J. E. Nielsen, S. M. Frith, and M. L. Gupta (2008), Goddard Earth Observing System chemistry-climate model simulations of stratospheric ozone-temperature coupling between 1950 and 2005, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12103, doi:10.1029/2007JD009511.
23. Perlwitz, J., S. Pawson, R. L. Fogt, J. E. Nielsen, and W. D. Neff (2008), Impact of stratospheric ozone hole recovery on Antarctic climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08714, doi:10.1029/2008GL033317.
24. Rayner, N. A., D. E. Parker, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, L. V. Alexander, D. P. Rowell, E. C. Kent, and A. Kaplan (2003), Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D14), 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670.
25. Rind, D., J. Lerner, J. Perlwitz, C. McLinden, and M. Prather (2002), Sensitivity of tracer transports and stratospheric ozone to sea surface temperature patterns in the doubled CO2 climate, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4800, doi:10.1029/2002JD002483.
26. Shepherd, T. G. (2007), Transport in the middle atmosphere, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 85B, 165-191.
27. Sigmond, M., P. C. Siegmund, E. Manzini, and H. Kelder (2004), A simulation of the separate climate effects of middle atmospheric and tropospheric CO2 doubling, J. Clim., 17, 2352-2367, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017〈2352:ASOTSC〉2.0.CO;2.
28. Son, S.-W., L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, R. Garcia, D. Kinnison, S. Pawson, E. Rozanov, T. G. Shepherd, and K. Shibata (2008), The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on the Southern Hemisphere westerly jet, Science, 320, 1486-1489, doi:10.1126/science. 1155939.
29. Waugh, D., and T. Hall (2002), Age of stratospheric air: Theory, observations, and models, Rev. Geophys., 40(4), 1010, doi: 10.1029/2000RG000101.