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Climate change and the middle atmosphere. I - The doubled CO2 climateThe effect of doubling the atmospheric content of CO2 on the middle-atmosphere climate is investigated using the GISS global climate model. In the standard experiment, the CO2 concentration is doubled both in the stratosphere and troposphere, and the SSTs are increased to match those of the doubled CO2 run of the GISS model. Results show that the doubling of CO2 leads to higher temperatures in the troposphere, and lower temperatures in the stratosphere, with a net result being a decrease of static stability for the atmosphere as a whole. The middle atmosphere dynamical differences found were on the order of 10-20 percent of the model values for the current climate. These differences, along with the calculated temperature differences of up to about 10 C, may have a significant impact on the chemistry of the future atmosphere, including that of stratospheric ozone, the polar ozone 'hole', and basic atmospheric composition.
Document ID
19900041193
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Rind, D.
(NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies New York, NY, United States)
Prather, M. J.
(NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York, United States)
Suozzo, R.
(Sigma Data Services Corp. New York, United States)
Balachandran, N. K.
(Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Palisades, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 15, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 47
ISSN: 0022-4928
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
90A28248
Distribution Limits
Public
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