Effects of Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Changes on Stratospheric Temperature and Circulation  

作　　者：HU Dingzhu TIAN Wenshou XIE Fei SHU Jianchuan Sandip DHOMSE 

机构地区：[1]College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University [2]Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences [3]Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration [4]Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK

出　　处：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》2014年第4期888-900,共13页大气科学进展（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB428604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41175042 and 41225018);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. lzujbky2012-k04)

摘　　要：Using a state-of-the-art chemistry-climate model,we analyzed the atmospheric responses to increases in sea surface temperature （SST）.The results showed that increases in SST and the SST meridional gradient could intensify the subtropical westerly jets and significantly weaken the northern polar vortex.In the model runs,global uniform SST increases produced a more significant impact on the southern stratosphere than the northern stratosphere,while SST gradient increases produced a more significant impact on the northern stratosphere.The asymmetric responses of the northern and southern polar stratosphere to SST meridional gradient changes were found to be mainly due to different wave properties and transmissions in the northern and southern atmosphere.Although SST increases may give rise to stronger waves,the results showed that the effect of SST increases on the vertical propagation of tropospheric waves into the stratosphere will vary with height and latitude and be sensitive to SST meridional gradient changes.Both uniform and non-uniform SST increases accelerated the large-scale Brewer-Dobson circulation （BDC）,but the gradient increases of SST between 60°S and 60°N resulted in younger mean age-of-air in the stratosphere and a larger increase in tropical upwelling,with a much higher tropopause than from a global uniform 1.0 K SST increase.Using a state-of-the-art chemistry-climate model,we analyzed the atmospheric responses to increases in sea surface temperature （SST）.The results showed that increases in SST and the SST meridional gradient could intensify the subtropical westerly jets and significantly weaken the northern polar vortex.In the model runs,global uniform SST increases produced a more significant impact on the southern stratosphere than the northern stratosphere,while SST gradient increases produced a more significant impact on the northern stratosphere.The asymmetric responses of the northern and southern polar stratosphere to SST meridional gradient changes were found to be mainly due to different wave properties and transmissions in the northern and southern atmosphere.Although SST increases may give rise to stronger waves,the results showed that the effect of SST increases on the vertical propagation of tropospheric waves into the stratosphere will vary with height and latitude and be sensitive to SST meridional gradient changes.Both uniform and non-uniform SST increases accelerated the large-scale Brewer-Dobson circulation （BDC）,but the gradient increases of SST between 60°S and 60°N resulted in younger mean age-of-air in the stratosphere and a larger increase in tropical upwelling,with a much higher tropopause than from a global uniform 1.0 K SST increase.

关 键 词：numerical simulation stratospheric temperature sea surface temperature Brewer-Dobson circulation 

分 类 号：P732[天文地球—海洋科学] P731.11