Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model
The effect of the seasonal cycle on the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in the equatorial stratosphere was investigated using a chemistry-climate model (CCM) by fixing the seasonal cycle in CCM simulations. The CCM realistically reproduced the QBO in wind and ozone fields of a 30-month period in a...
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| description | The effect of the seasonal cycle on the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in the equatorial stratosphere was investigated using a chemistry-climate model (CCM) by fixing the seasonal cycle in CCM simulations. The CCM realistically reproduced the QBO in wind and ozone fields of a 30-month period in a climatological simulation (control run) under annually repeating sea surface temperature (SST) with a seasonal cycle. For the control run, four experimental simulations (perpetual runs) were made by fixing solar declination and SST on the 15th of January, April, July, and October, respectively, for about 20 years. In the three perpetual runs of January, July, and October, the QBO was maintained and persisted throughout the 20-year integration in spite of some small differences in period and amplitude among the three runs. On the other hand, the QBO in the perpetual April run began to weaken after about 15 years and the downward propagation of westerly wind stopped at about 20 hPa, resulting in the QBO’s ceasing. The cause of this QBO disappearance is related to the evolution of the background mean flow in the lower stratosphere, which filtered out the parameterized gravity waves propagating upwards farther. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80492863116548c8839928ea0e96068d2023-11-30T23:00:27ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542022-06-011079910.3390/cli10070099Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate ModelKiyotaka Shibata0School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, 185 Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami 782-8502, Kochi, JapanThe effect of the seasonal cycle on the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in the equatorial stratosphere was investigated using a chemistry-climate model (CCM) by fixing the seasonal cycle in CCM simulations. The CCM realistically reproduced the QBO in wind and ozone fields of a 30-month period in a climatological simulation (control run) under annually repeating sea surface temperature (SST) with a seasonal cycle. For the control run, four experimental simulations (perpetual runs) were made by fixing solar declination and SST on the 15th of January, April, July, and October, respectively, for about 20 years. In the three perpetual runs of January, July, and October, the QBO was maintained and persisted throughout the 20-year integration in spite of some small differences in period and amplitude among the three runs. On the other hand, the QBO in the perpetual April run began to weaken after about 15 years and the downward propagation of westerly wind stopped at about 20 hPa, resulting in the QBO’s ceasing. The cause of this QBO disappearance is related to the evolution of the background mean flow in the lower stratosphere, which filtered out the parameterized gravity waves propagating upwards farther.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/10/7/99quasi-biennial oscillationseasonal cyclechemistry-climate modelperpetual run |
| spellingShingle | Kiyotaka Shibata Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model Climate quasi-biennial oscillation seasonal cycle chemistry-climate model perpetual run |
| title | Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model |
| title_full | Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model |
| title_fullStr | Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model |
| title_short | Studies of the Effect of Seasonal Cycle on the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation with a Chemistry-Climate Model |
| title_sort | studies of the effect of seasonal cycle on the equatorial quasi biennial oscillation with a chemistry climate model |
| topic | quasi-biennial oscillation seasonal cycle chemistry-climate model perpetual run |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/10/7/99 |
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