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Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling and its relationship to
Annular Variability of the Troposphere
Michael Blackburn(1), Joanna D. Haigh(2), Isla Simpson(2,3), Sarah Sparrow(1,2)
(1) NCAS-Climate, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
(2) Space and Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London, UK
(3) Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada.
NCAS Staff Meeting 11 November 2009
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Outline
• Motivation – response to climate forcings
• Idealised stratospheric heating experiments
equilibrium response
spin-up ensembles – mechanisms
unforced annular variability
• Dependence on tropospheric climatological basic state
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Climate Change: annular response
Lorenz & DeWeaver (2007)
IPCC AR4 models
2080-2099 minus 1980-1999
A2 scenario (“business as usual”)
Zonal mean zonal wind 850hPa zonal wind
Temperature change
Yin (2005); Miller et al (2006);
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Polar cap T trend (2001-2050) DJF u trend (2001-2050)
Comparing IPCC models with and without ozone recovery:
With recovery With recoveryWithout recovery Without recovery
21st century Ozone Recovery
Son et al (2008), Science
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Solar index regressions using reanalysis data
Frame & Gray (2009)
ECMWF reanalyses 1979-2001 (ERA-40)
Observed stratospheric temperature signal
solar max - solar min
Crooks & Gray (2005);
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Circulation changes over the 11-year cycle
• Weakening and poleward shift of the mid-latitude jets• Weakening and expansion of the Hadley cells• Poleward shift of the Ferrell cells
Haigh and Blackburn (2006)
Multiple regression analysis of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, DJF, 1979-2002
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Simplified GCM - “dynamical core” model
Control run zonal wind
Control run temperature
Relaxation Temperature
Based on Hoskins & Simmons (1975) primitive equation model• Spectral dynamics: T42 L15
• Newtonian relaxation (Held-Suarez)
• Boundary layer friction (Rayleigh drag, σ > 0.7)
• No orography / forcing of planetary waves
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Idealised stratospheric heating
• Heating perturbations can be applied to the stratosphere by changing the relaxation temperature profile
P10 Polar heating (10K)
5K0K
5K 0K
E5 Equatorial heating (5K) U5 Uniform heating (5K)
10K
• Applied 3 different
heating perturbations
Haigh et al (2005)
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Equilibrium ResponseZonal mean Temperature
Zonal mean zonal wind
Control zonal wind
E5 U5 P10
E5 U5 P10
E5 case gives a similar response in the troposphere to that seen over the solar cycle
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• Poleward or equatorward shift of tropospheric jet dependent on stratospheric heating distribution
• Coherent displacement of the jet and storm-track
• How does this arise?
• Spin-up ensemble for the equatorial heating case:
– 200, 50-day runs
Ensemble spin-up Experiments
5K 0K4.5K0.5K
Simpson et al (2009)First recall storm-track diagnostics....
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• Flux of wave activity in latitude-height plane
• Conserved following eddy group velocity (assumptions)
• Components proportional to eddy heat + momentum fluxes
• E-P flux divergence quantifies eddy forcing of mean state
Eliassen-Palm flux
Eliassen & Palm (1961); Charney & Drazin (1961); Andrews & McIntyre (1976); Edmon et al (1980)
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Eddy-feedback processes
Ensemble spin-up response to stratospheric heating distributions in the idealised model (Simpson et al, 2009)
Tropopause [qy] trigger
|][|
][~2
cu
qn y
Refraction feedback amplifies tropospheric anomalies
Baroclinicity feedback moves wave source
t
uF
.
E-P Flux, days 0 to 9 E-P Flux, days 20 to 29 E-P Flux, days 40 to 49
u, days 20 to 29 u, days 40 to 49Heating: δT_ref
zFz
u
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Response to forcing projects onto leading annular modes
(2D phase space projection)
EOF 1 (51.25%) EOF 2 (18.62%)Control Run
Latitude (equator to pole) →
Hei
ght
→Leading Modes of Variability
Sparrow et al (2009)
Po
lew
ard
Eq
ua
torw
ard
Narrower, Stronger
Broader, Weaker
PC1 Amplitude
PC
2 A
mpl
itude
E5U5
C
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• Poleward jet migration
• Driven by upper-level momentum / EP-fluxes
Low frequency variability - dynamics
Sparrow et al (2009)
Low frequency phase-space circulation
• Positive eddy feedback
• Leads to long timescales of variability
• Similarity to forced response
High-PC1 composite
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E5 dependence on tropospheric basic state
• Equilibrium experiments with modified tropospheric reference temperature
• Stronger response to stratospheric forcing for lower latitude jets
• Indicative of stronger eddy feedback (despite weaker eddies in control)
TR1 TR2 TR3 TR4
Decreasing baroclinicity Increasing baroclinicity
TR5
TR
u
E5δu
NOTE: THERE IS 1 BLANK BOX
HIDING TEXT ON THE RIGHT
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Control climatology E5 response
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Possible causes of sensitivity
• Under investigation….
• Not due to proximity of stratospheric heating to jet (equatorial and polar heating responses scale similarly)
• Timing of spin-up response should indicate refraction versus baroclinic mechanism:
- apparently conflicting evidence
- projection of eddy forcing onto wind response varies
- responses differ only after ~50 days
• Are different responses related to unforced variability?
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Relationship to unforced internal variability
• Find strongest response to forcing for lower latitude jets
• How is this related to the unforced internal variability?
• Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem (FDT) predicts a stronger response for longer timescales of internal variability
• Due to stronger internal (eddy) feedbacks, maintaining the leading mode(s) of variability against dampingNOTE: THERE IS 1
BLANK BOX HIDING PLOTS ON
THE RIGHT FDT references: Leith (1971); Ring & Plumb (2008) etc
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Timescales of variability
• 1-point correlation maps of zonal wind anomalies wrt peak easterly response at 200hPa
• Mid-latitude jets: short timescale; propagating
• Low latitude jets: long timescale; stationary
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Annular variability in TR3 control
• Evidence for 2 types of natural variability:
poleward propagating anomalies – short timescale
persistent stationary anomalies – long timescale
• Persistent behaviour dominates for lower latitude jets
• Propagating behaviour dominates for higher latitude jets
• Need to separate and characterise these distinct “modes” of variability
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Conclusions
• Mechanism identified by which stratospheric change displaces the tropospheric jet and storm-track.
• Relevant to the tropospheric response to all stratospheric climate forcings.
• Dynamical mechanism is related to the slowest modes of annular variability.
• Forced response and variability are both driven by storm-track transient eddy feedback.
• Strength of eddy feedback depends on the latitude / width of the jet:
- GCMs need realistic variability for correct forced response (FDT)
- 2 types of annular variability in sGCM - under investigation
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- Questions? -
NCAS Staff Meeting 11 November 2009
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Idealised GCM: annular response
Lorenz & DeWeaver (2007)
Zonal wind response to localised heating 150hPa deep, 20° wide latitude
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Phase Space View of Momentum Budget
• Eddies change behaviour at high and low frequencies and jet migration changes direction.
• At low frequencies it is unclear what drives the poleward migration.
0
1 sp
ZONAL EDDY Su dp C Cg t
PC1 →
PC
2 →
PC1 →
PC
2 →
Low Pass High Pass
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Empirical Mode Decomposition: Phase SpaceMode 1 Mode 2
Mode 4
Mode 3
Mode 6Mode 5
Tc = 4.96 ± 0.05 days Tc = 8.0 ± 0.3 days Tc = 20.3 ± 0.8 days
Tc = 39 ± 2 days Tc = 78 ± 5 days Tc = 198 ± 19 days
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Transformed Eulerian Mean Momentum Budget
High Frequencies: • Eddies drive equatorward
migration.• Eddies out of phase with
winds near the surface.
Intermediate Frequencies:• Eddies drive poleward
migration.• Residual circulation drives
jet migration at lower levels.
• Eddies in phase with the winds near the surface.
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Eddy feedback processes
Refractive Index determined by wind anomalies
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][~2
cu
qn y
Eddies propagate towards high refractive index
Resulting EP-flux divergence drives zonal wind changes (phase offset)
Eddy source lags baroclinicity (zonal wind anomalies) by 2-4 days
Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude
Hei
ght
Hei
ght
Hei
ght
Hei
ght
Latitude
Hei
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Latitude
Hei
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Conclusions
• Annular variability at different timescales in a Newtonian forced AGCM:
– Equatorward migration of anomalies at high frequencies
– Poleward migration at low frequencies
• For all timescales the jet migration is driven by the eddies at upper levels and conveyed to lower levels by the residual circulation.
• Evidence for two feedback processes:
• Eddy source responds to low-level baroclinicity, with lag 2-4 days:
– High frequency flow is so strongly eddy driven that wind anomalies almost out of phase with wave source.
– Low frequency wind anomalies and eddy source are almost in phase.
• Wind anomalies dominate refractive index, leading to positive eddy feedback via EP-flux divergence.
• Direction of propagation from relative phases of wave source/sink and wave refraction.