A robust mechanism for strengthening of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in response to climate change: Critical-layer control of subtropical wave breaking

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-797

  Shepherd, Theodore G ^a   Mclandress, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Chemistry; Climate change; Climate models; General circulation models; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Stratospheric circulation; Subtropics; Waves

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CIRCULATION CHANGES; CRITICAL LAYER; CRITICAL REGION; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LAYER CONTROLS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; SUBTROPICAL JET; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; SUBTROPICS; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE DRAGS; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 79955048915     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3608.1     Document Type: Article

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