Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Mines & Earth Sciences
Department Meteorology
Creator Reichler, Thomas J.
Other Author Lu, Jian.; Vecchi, Gabriel A.
Title Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming
Date 2007
Description A consistent weakening and poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation is diagnosed in the climate change simulations of the IPCC AR4 project. Associated with this widening is a poleward expansion of the subtropical dry zone. Simple scaling analysis supports the notion that the poleward extent of the Hadley cell is set by the location where the thermally driven jet first becomes baroclinically unstable. The expansion of the Hadley cell is caused by an increase in the subtropical static stability, which pushes poleward the baroclinic instability zone and hence the outer boundary of the Hadley cell.
Type Text
Publisher American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Journal Title Geophysical Research Letters
Volume 34
Issue 6
First Page L06805
DOI 10.1029/2006GL028443
citatation_issn 0094-8276
Subject Hadley cell; Climate change; Subtropical dry zone
Subject LCSH Climatic changes; Desertification; Baroclinicity
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Reichler, T. J., Lu, J., & Vecchi, G. (2007). Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L06805.
Rights Management (c)American Geophysical Union (AGU); doi:10.1029/2006GL028443
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