Long-term changes and variability in a transient simulation with a chemistry-climate model employing realistic forcing
Long-term changes and variability in a transient simulation with a chemistry-climate model employing realistic forcing
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使用真实强迫的化学气候模型进行瞬态模拟的长期变化和变异性
DOI:
10.5194/acp-5-2121-2005
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
M. Giorgetta
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作者:
M. Dameris;V. Grewe;M. Ponater;R. Deckert;V. Eyring;F. Mager;S. Matthes;C. Schnadt;A. Stenke;B. Steil;C. Brühl;M. Giorgetta
A transient simulation with the interactively cou- pled chemistry-climate model (CCM) E39/C has been car- ried out which covers the 40-year period between 1960 and 1999. Forcing of natural and anthropogenic origin is pre- scribed where the characteristics are sufficiently well known and the typical timescales are slow compared to synoptic timescale so that the simulated atmospheric chemistry and climate evolve under a "slowly" varying external forcing. Based on observations, sea surface temperature (SST) and ice cover are prescribed. The increase of greenhouse gas and chlorofluorocarbon concentrations, as well as nitrogen oxide emissions are taken into account. The 11-year solar cycle is considered in the calculation of heating rates and photoly- sis of chemical species. The three major volcanic eruptions during that time (Agung, 1963; El Chichon, 1982; Pinatubo, 1991) are considered. The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is forced by linear relaxation, also known as nudging, of the equatorial zonal wind in the lower stratosphere towards ob- served zonal wind profiles. Beyond a reasonable reproduc- tion of mean parameters and long-term variability character- istics there are many apparent features of episodic similari- ties between simulation and observation: In the years 1986 and 1988 the Antarctic ozone holes are smaller than in the other years of that decade. In mid-latitudes of the South- ern Hemisphere ozone anomalies resemble the correspond- ing observations, especially in 1985, 1989, 1991/1992, and 1996. In the Northern Hemisphere, the episode between the late 1980s and the first half of the 1990s is dynami- cally quiet, in particular, no stratospheric warming is found between 1988 and 1993. As observed, volcanic eruptions strongly influence dynamics and chemistry, though only for few years. Obviously, planetary wave activity is strongly driven by the prescribed SST and modulated by the QBO. Preliminary evidence of realistic cause and effect relation- ships strongly suggests that detailed process-oriented studies will be a worthwhile endeavour.