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The dynamics of warm and cold climatesChanges occurring as a result of climatic warming or cooling are presently investigated by comparing the atmospheric dynamics of five different climate simulations encompassing two ice ages, current and doubled CO2 climates, and a simulation of the warm Cretaceous; a global average surface air temperature range of 13 C is covered by the models. It is noted that many zonally averaged processes do not change systematically as climate changes: the January Hadley cell, the jet stream, mean precipitation patterns, and total atmospheric transport, show very little variation among the different climate simulations. These features result from balances between competing factors; while individual processes differ in the cold and warm climates, there is considerable compensation.
Document ID
19860040288
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Rind, D.
(NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 43
ISSN: 0022-4928
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
86A25026
Distribution Limits
Public
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