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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 37, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043468
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- SFI [GEOF252]
- U.S. NSF [0902844]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0902882] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Recent paleoclimate proxy reconstructions show that tropical surface temperatures may have been as high as 35 degrees-40 degrees C in the Early Cenozoic. Here, we study the tropical atmospheric circulation's response to temperatures in this range using a full-complexity atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM). We find that when equatorial surface temperatures exceed similar to 33 degrees C, the model undergoes a transition to equatorial superrotation, a state with strong annual-and zonal-mean westerlies on the equator. The transition is driven by zonal momentum convergence due to large-amplitude transient eddies on the equator. These eddies have a structure similar to the observed Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). The model's MJO variability is weaker than observed when simulating the modern climate but increases sharply with temperature, coming to dominate the tropical variability and mean state of the warmest climates. Citation: Caballero, R., and M. Huber (2010), Spontaneous transition to superrotation in warm climates simulated by CAM3, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L11701, doi: 10.1029/2010GL043468.
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