RADIATIVE FEEDBACKS
; SENSITIVITY
; OZONE
; TRANSPORT
; PERTURBATIONS
; TEMPERATURE
; CIRCULATION
; ADJUSTMENTS
; TRENDS
; IMPACT
WOS学科分类:
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向:
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
英文摘要:
The role of stratospheric water vapor (SWV) changes, in response to increasing CO 2, as a feedback component of quantitative significance for climate sensitivity has remained controversial. Here, we calculate the SWV climate feedback under abrupt CO 2 quadrupling in the CMIP5 ensemble of models. All models robustly show a moistening of the stratosphere, causing a global mean net stratosphere adjusted radiative perturbation of 0.89 +/- 0.27Wm -2 at the reference tropopause. The stratospheric temperature adjustment is a crucial component of this radiative perturbation. The associated climate feedback is 0.17 +/- 0.05Wm -2 K -1, with a considerable inter-model range of 0.12-0.28 Wm -2 K -1. Taking into account the rise in tropopause height under 4 x CO 2 slightly reduces the feedback to 0.15 +/- 0.04Wm -2 K -1, with a range of 0.10-0.26Wm -2 K -1. The SWV radiative perturbation peaks in the midlatitudes and not the tropics: this is due primarily to increases in SWV in the extratropical lowermost stratosphere, which cause the majority (over three quarters) of the global mean feedback. Based on these results, we suggest an increased focus on understanding drivers of water vapor trends in the extratropical lowermost stratosphere. We conclude that the SWV feedback is important, being on the same order of magnitude as the global mean surface albedo and cloud feedbacks in the multi-model mean.
1.Columbia Univ, Dept Appl Phys & Appl Math, New York, NY 10027 USA 2.Univ Colorado Boulder, Cooperat Inst Res Environm Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA 3.NOAA, Earth Syst Res Lab, Chem Sci Div, Boulder, CO 80305 USA 4.Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Palisades, NY USA 5.Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt DLR, Inst Phys Atmosphare, D-82230 Oberpfaffenhofen, Weissling, Germany 6.Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
Recommended Citation:
Banerjee, Antara,Chiodo, Gabriel,Previdi, Michael,et al. Stratospheric water vapor: an important climate feedback[J]. CLIMATE DYNAMICS,2019-01-01,53(3-4):1697-1710