Polar Jet Stream Fluctuations in an Energy Balance Model

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Main Authors: Perillo, Cord, Klein, David, Djellouli, Rabia
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author Perillo, Cord
Klein, David
Djellouli, Rabia
author_facet Perillo, Cord
Klein, David
Djellouli, Rabia
contents We investigate the effect of increased longwave radiative forcing (a proxy for increased greenhouse gas concentration) on the zonally averaged location of the eddy-driven jet stream in a latitude dependent, two-layer Energy Balance Model. The model includes separate terms for atmospheric and surface albedos, and takes into account reflections of shortwave radiation between the surface and atmospheric layers. We introduce the notion of a cloud factor function, which depends on temperature gradients, to simulate the eddy-driven jet. An increase in longwave radiative forcing initially results in a poleward movement of the jet stream's mean latitude, but as the forcing increases, the location of the jet stream becomes quasi-periodic and its mean location moves equatorward.
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spellingShingle Polar Jet Stream Fluctuations in an Energy Balance Model
Perillo, Cord
Klein, David
Djellouli, Rabia
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
We investigate the effect of increased longwave radiative forcing (a proxy for increased greenhouse gas concentration) on the zonally averaged location of the eddy-driven jet stream in a latitude dependent, two-layer Energy Balance Model. The model includes separate terms for atmospheric and surface albedos, and takes into account reflections of shortwave radiation between the surface and atmospheric layers. We introduce the notion of a cloud factor function, which depends on temperature gradients, to simulate the eddy-driven jet. An increase in longwave radiative forcing initially results in a poleward movement of the jet stream's mean latitude, but as the forcing increases, the location of the jet stream becomes quasi-periodic and its mean location moves equatorward.
title Polar Jet Stream Fluctuations in an Energy Balance Model
topic Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03095