DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2890-9
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84946146916
论文题名: Simulated sensitivity of the tropical climate to extratropical thermal forcing: tropical SSTs and African land surface
作者: Talento S. ; Barreiro M.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2016
卷: 47, 期: 2017-03-04 起始页码: 1091
结束页码: 1110
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Extratropical forcing
; ITCZ shift
; Land surface temperature
; Tropical sea surface temperatures
英文摘要: This study investigates the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) response to extratropical thermal forcing applied to an atmospheric general circulation model coupled to slab ocean and land models. We focus on the relative roles of the atmosphere, tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and continental surface temperatures in the ITCZ response to the imposed forcing. The forcing consists of cooling in one hemisphere and warming in the other poleward of 40°, with zero global average. Three sets of experiments are performed: in the first the slab ocean and land models are applied globally; in the second the tropical SSTs are kept fixed while the slab land model is applied globally; in the third, in addition, surface temperatures over Africa are kept fixed. Realistic boundary surface conditions are used. We find that the ITCZ shifts towards the warmer hemisphere and that the stronger the forcing, the larger the shift. When the constraint of fixed tropical SST is imposed we find that the ITCZ response is strongly weakened, but it is still not negligible in particular over the Atlantic Ocean and Africa where the precipitation anomalies are of the order of 20 and 60 %, respectively, of the magnitude obtained without the SST restriction. Finally, when the constraint of the African surface temperature is incorporated we find that the ITCZ response completely vanishes, indicating that the ITCZ response to the extratropical forcing is not possible just trough purely atmospheric processes, but needs the involvement of either the tropical SST or the continental surface temperatures. The clear-sky longwave radiation feedback is highlighted as the main physical mechanism operating behind the land-based extratropical to tropical communication. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/53586
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作者单位: Department of Atmospheric Sciencies, Institute of Physics, School of Sciences, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay
Recommended Citation:
Talento S.,Barreiro M.. Simulated sensitivity of the tropical climate to extratropical thermal forcing: tropical SSTs and African land surface[J]. Climate Dynamics,2016-01-01,47(2017-03-04)