DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0037.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84942848261
论文题名: Sensitivity of the climate response to the altitude of black carbon in the Northern subtropics in an aquaplanet GCM
作者: Kim H. ; Kang S.M. ; Hwang Y.-T. ; Yang Y.-M.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2015
卷: 28, 期: 16 起始页码: 6351
结束页码: 6359
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric radiation
; Climate models
; Climatology
; Clouds
; Earth atmosphere
; Atmospheric circulation
; Cloud cover
; Cloud forcing
; Hadley circulation
; Hydrologic cycles
; Tropics
; atmospheric convection
; atmospheric general circulation model
; black carbon
; climate effect
; cloud cover
; Hadley cell
; hydrological cycle
; intertropical convergence zone
; mixed layer
; radiative forcing
英文摘要: This study explores the dependence of the climate response on the altitude of black carbon in the northern subtropics by employing an atmospheric general circulation model coupled to an aquaplanet mixed layer ocean, with a focus on the pattern changes in the temperature, hydrological cycle, and large-scale circulation. Black carbon added below or within the subtropical low-level clouds tends to suppress convection, which reduces the low cloud amount, resulting in a positive cloud radiative forcing. The warmer northern subtropics then induce a northward shift of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and a poleward expansion of the descending branch of the northern Hadley cell. As the black carbon-induced local warming is amplified by clouds and is advected by the anomalous Hadley circulation, the entire globe gets warmer. In contrast, black carbon added near the surface increases the buoyancy of air parcels to enhance convection, leading to an increase in the subtropical low cloud amount and a negative cloud radiative forcing. The temperature increase remains local to where black carbon is added and elsewhere decreases, so that the ITCZ is shifted southward and the descending branch of the northern Hadley cell contracts equatorward. Consistent with previous studies, the authors demonstrate that the climate response to black carbon is highly sensitive to the vertical distribution of black carbon relative to clouds; hence, models have to accurately compute the vertical transport of black carbon to enhance their skill in simulating the climatic effects of black carbon. © 2015 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/50847
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作者单位: School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea; Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
Recommended Citation:
Kim H.,Kang S.M.,Hwang Y.-T.,et al. Sensitivity of the climate response to the altitude of black carbon in the Northern subtropics in an aquaplanet GCM[J]. Journal of Climate,2015-01-01,28(16)