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A climatology of the stratosphere is determined from a 20-year integration with the stratospheric version of the Atmospheric
General Circulation Model LMDz. The model has an upper boundary at near 65 km, uses a Doppler spread non-orographic gravity
waves drag parameterization and a subgrid-scale orography parameterization. It also has a Rayleigh damping layer for resolved
waves only (not the zonal mean flow) over the top 5 km. This paper describes the basic features of the model and some aspects
of its radiative-dynamical climatology. Standard first order diagnostics are presented but some emphasis is given to the model’s
ability to reproduce the low frequency variability of the stratosphere in the winter northern hemisphere. In this model, the
stratospheric variability is dominated at each altitudes by patterns which have some similarities with the arctic oscillation
(AO). For those patterns, the signal sometimes descends from the stratosphere to the troposphere. In an experiment where the
parameterized orographic gravity waves that reach the stratosphere are exaggerated, the model stratosphere in the NH presents
much less variability. Although the stratospheric variability is still dominated by patterns that resemble to the AO, the
downward influence of the stratosphere along these patterns is near entirely lost. In the same time, the persistence of the
surface AO decreases, which is consistent with the picture that this persistence is linked to the descent of the AO signal
from the stratosphere to the troposphere. A comparison between the stratospheric version of the model, and its routinely used
tropospheric version is also done. It shows that the introduction of the stratosphere in a model that already has a realistic
AO persistence can lead to overestimate the actual influence of the stratospheric dynamics onto the surface AO. Although this
result is certainly model dependent, it suggests that the introduction of the stratosphere in a GCM also call for a new adjustment
of the model parameters that affect the tropospheric variability. 相似文献
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The LMDZ4 general circulation model: climate performance and sensitivity to parametrized physics with emphasis on tropical convection 总被引：3，自引：11，他引：3
Frédéric Hourdin Ionela Musat Sandrine Bony Pascale Braconnot Francis Codron Jean-Louis Dufresne Laurent Fairhead Marie-Angèle Filiberti Pierre Friedlingstein Jean-Yves Grandpeix Gerhard Krinner Phu LeVan Zhao-Xin Li François Lott 《Climate Dynamics》2006,27(7-8):787-813
The LMDZ4 general circulation model is the atmospheric component of the IPSL–CM4 coupled model which has been used to perform climate change simulations for the 4th IPCC assessment report. The main aspects of the model climatology (forced by observed sea surface temperature) are documented here, as well as the major improvements with respect to the previous versions, which mainly come form the parametrization of tropical convection. A methodology is proposed to help analyse the sensitivity of the tropical Hadley–Walker circulation to the parametrization of cumulus convection and clouds. The tropical circulation is characterized using scalar potentials associated with the horizontal wind and horizontal transport of geopotential (the Laplacian of which is proportional to the total vertical momentum in the atmospheric column). The effect of parametrized physics is analysed in a regime sorted framework using the vertical velocity at 500 hPa as a proxy for large scale vertical motion. Compared to Tiedtke’s convection scheme, used in previous versions, the Emanuel’s scheme improves the representation of the Hadley–Walker circulation, with a relatively stronger and deeper large scale vertical ascent over tropical continents, and suppresses the marked patterns of concentrated rainfall over oceans. Thanks to the regime sorted analyses, these differences are attributed to intrinsic differences in the vertical distribution of convective heating, and to the lack of self-inhibition by precipitating downdraughts in Tiedtke’s parametrization. Both the convection and cloud schemes are shown to control the relative importance of large scale convection over land and ocean, an important point for the behaviour of the coupled model. 相似文献
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Stefan Maus Chris M. Green & J. Derek Fairhead 《Geophysical Journal International》1998,134(1):243-253
The ocean geoid can be inferred from the topography of the mean sea surface. Satellite altimeters transmit radar pulses and determine the return traveltime to measure sea-surface height. The ERS-1 altimeter stacks 51 consecutive radar reflections on board the satellite to a single waveform. Tracking the time shift of the waveform gives an estimate of the distance to the sea surface. We retrack the ERS-1 radar traveltimes using a model that is focused on the leading edge of the waveforms. While earlier methods regarded adjacent waveforms as independent statistical events, we invert a whole sequence of waveforms simultaneously for a spline geoid solution. Smoothness is controlled by spectral constraints on the spline coefficients. Our geoid solutions have an average spectral density equal to the expected power spectrum of the true geoid. The coherence of repeat track solutions indicates a spatial resolution of 31 km, as compared to 41 km resolution for the ERS-1 Ocean Product. While the resolution of the latter deteriorates to 47 km for wave heights above 2 m, our geoid solution maintains its resolution of 31 km for rough sea. Retracking altimeter waveform data and constraining the solution by a spectral model leads to a realistic geoid solution with significantly improved along-track resolution. 相似文献
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Teleseismic P-wave travel time residuals (delay times) have been determined for 38 African seismograph stations using a total of 104 presumed Russian underground nuclear explosions. The delay times (T) for seismograph stations situated on Precambrian crust within the interior of Africa, where surface erosion is minimal, appear to be linearly related to both the station elevation (E) and Bouguer anomaly (B) such that: T=(1.12±0.32)E?(1.81±0.44)(1) T=?(0.013±0.005)B?(1.81±0.60)(2) where T is in seconds,E in kilometres and B in milligals. Equation 2 has been used to predict delay times more generally using the smoothed Bouguer anomaly map of Africa. The delay time map is tentatively used to derive a map of lithosphere thickness which takes into account lateral variations of velocity within both the lithosphere and asthenosphere. The lithospheric thickness model indicates a major zone of thin lithosphere (or thick asthenosphere) is associated with the East African Rift system and its continuation into southern Africa. Concomitant seismicity and volcanism further suggest that incipient separation of the continental plate is taking place along the axis of this zone. 相似文献
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C. Dorbath L. Dorbath J. D. Fairhead G. W. Stuart 《Geophysical Journal International》1986,86(3):751-766
Summary. P -wave relative teleseismic residuals were measured for a network of seismological stations along a 300 km profile across the Adamawa Plateau and the Central African Shear Zone of central Cameroon, to determine the variation in crust and upper mantle velocity associated with these structures. A plot of the mean relative residuals for the stations shows a long wavelength (> 300 km) variation of amplitude 0.45 s. the slowest arrivals are located over and just to the north, of the faulted northern margin of the Adamawa Plateau. the residuals do not correlate with topography, surface geology or the previously determined crustal structure, in any simple way.
The Aki inversion technique has been used to invert the relative residuals into a 3-D model of velocity perturbations from a mean earth model. the results show the region is divided roughly into three blocks by two subvertical boundaries, striking ENE and traversing both the crust and upper mantle down to depths greater than 190km. the central block, which is 2 per cent slower than the adjacent blocks, roughly corresponds to the Central African Shear Zone. the Adamawa Plateau, as an individual uplifted area, is explained by the interaction of a regional anomalous upper mantle associated with the West African Rift System, and the Central African Shear Zone, which provided a conduit for heat flow to the surface. 相似文献
The Aki inversion technique has been used to invert the relative residuals into a 3-D model of velocity perturbations from a mean earth model. the results show the region is divided roughly into three blocks by two subvertical boundaries, striking ENE and traversing both the crust and upper mantle down to depths greater than 190km. the central block, which is 2 per cent slower than the adjacent blocks, roughly corresponds to the Central African Shear Zone. the Adamawa Plateau, as an individual uplifted area, is explained by the interaction of a regional anomalous upper mantle associated with the West African Rift System, and the Central African Shear Zone, which provided a conduit for heat flow to the surface. 相似文献
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C. Covey A. Abe-Ouchi G. J. Boer B. A. Boville U. Cubasch L. Fairhead G. M. Flato H. Gordon E. Guilyardi X. Jiang T. C. Johns H. Le Treut G. Madec G. A. Meehl R. Miller A. Noda S. B. Power E. Roeckner G. Russell E. K. Schneider R. J. Stouffer L. Terray J.-S. von Storch 《Climate Dynamics》2000,16(10-11):775-787
We examine the seasonal cycle of near-surface air temperature simulated by 17 coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Nine of the models use ad hoc “flux adjustment” at the ocean surface to bring model simulations close to observations of the present-day climate. We group flux-adjusted and non-flux-adjusted models separately and examine the behavior of each class. When averaged over all of the flux-adjusted model simulations, near-surface air temperature falls within 2?K of observed values over the oceans. The corresponding average over non-flux-adjusted models shows errors up to ～6?K in extensive ocean areas. Flux adjustments are not directly applied over land, and near-surface land temperature errors are substantial in the average over flux-adjusted models, which systematically underestimates (by ～5?K) temperature in areas of elevated terrain. The corresponding average over non-flux-adjusted models forms a similar error pattern (with somewhat increased amplitude) over land. We use the temperature difference between July and January to measure seasonal cycle amplitude. Zonal means of this quantity from the individual flux-adjusted models form a fairly tight cluster (all within ～30% of the mean) centered on the observed values. The non-flux-adjusted models perform nearly as well at most latitudes. In Southern Ocean mid-latitudes, however, the non-flux-adjusted models overestimate the magnitude of January-minus-July temperature differences by ～5?K due to an overestimate of summer (January) near-surface temperature. This error is common to five of the eight non-flux-adjusted models. Also, over Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude land areas, zonal mean differences between July and January temperatures simulated by the non-flux-adjusted models show a greater spread (positive and negative) about observed values than results from the flux-adjusted models. Elsewhere, differences between the two classes of models are less obvious. At no latitude is the zonal mean difference between averages over the two classes of models greater than the standard deviation over models. The ability of coupled GCMs to simulate a reasonable seasonal cycle is a necessary condition for confidence in their prediction of long-term climatic changes (such as global warming), but it is not a sufficient condition unless the seasonal cycle and long-term changes involve similar climatic processes. To test this possible connection, we compare seasonal cycle amplitude with equilibrium warming under doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide for the models in our data base. A small but positive correlation exists between these two quantities. This result is predicted by a simple conceptual model of the climate system, and it is consistent with other modeling experience, which indicates that the seasonal cycle depends only weakly on climate sensitivity. 相似文献
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New gravity data from the Adamawa Uplift region of Cameroon have been integrated with existing gravity data from central and western Africa to examine variations in crustal structure throughout the region. The new data reveal steep northeast-trending gradients in the Bouguer gravity anomalies that coincide with the Sanaga Fault Zone and the Foumban Shear Zone, both part of the Central African Shear Zone lying between the Adamawa Plateau and the Congo Craton. Four major density discontinuities in the lithosphere have been determined within the lithosphere beneath the Adamawa Uplift in central Cameroon using spectral analysis of gravity data: (1) 7–13 km; (2) 19–25 km; (3) 30–37 km; and (4) 75–149 km. The deepest density discontinuities determined at 75–149 km depth range agree with the presence of an anomalous low velocity upper mantle structure at these depths deduced from earlier teleseismic delay time studies and gravity forward modelling. The 30–37 km depths agree with the Moho depth of 33 km obtained from a seismic refraction experiment in the region. The intermediate depth of 20 km obtained within region D may correspond to shallower Moho depth beneath parts of the Benue and Yola Rifts where seismic refraction data indicate a crustal thickness of 23 km. The 19–20 km depths and 8–12 km depths estimated in boxes encompassing the Adamawa Plateau and Cameroon Volcanic Line may may correspond to mid-crustal density contrasts associated with volcanic intrusions, as these depths are less than depths of 25 and 13 km, respectively, in the stable Congo Craton to the south. 相似文献
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S. Mogren A. M. Al-Amri K. Al-Damegh D. Fairhead S. Jassim A. Algamdi 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2008,1(1):33-47
Ten global positioning system (GPS)–gravity profiles were conducted to provide sub-surface geometry of two sections of the
Najd Fault System (NFS) Ruwah and Ar Rika faults, six in the Afif and four in the Al Muwayh area about 500 and 650 km west
of Riyadh, respectively. GPS surveys were collected in differential GPS (DGPS) mode, allowing a large area to be covered in
limited time. DGPS is utilized for the advantages of accuracy, economy, and speed. Output DGPS location coordinates were used
in free-air and Bouguer reductions; terrain corrections were applied using a 3-arcsecond digital elevation model; finally,
isostatic and decompensative corrections were applied. Integration of the resulting decompensative isostatic residual anomalies
and aeromagnetic map has mapped the NFS very accurately. Modeling the gravity field crossing the Ruwah fault zone revealed
that it is associated with low gravity anomalies probably due to a complex of lower density crushed rocks and modeled the
geometry of the subsurface structure of Ar Rika fault as an inclined fault with reverse movement that would imply a compression
component (post-dated the shearing) parallel to the plane of the cross-section. 相似文献
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JD Kubicki 《Geochemical transactions》2000,1(1):41-6
Molecular simulations (energy minimizations and molecular dynamics) of an n-hexane soot model developed by Smith and co-workers (M. S. Akhter, A. R. Chughtai and D. M. Smith, Appl. Spectrosc., 1985, 39, 143; ref. 1) were performed. The MM+ (N. L. Allinger, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 395, 157; ref. 2) and COMPASS (H. Sun, J. Phys. Chem., 1998, 102, 7338; ref. 3) force fields were tested for their ability to produce realistic soot nanoparticle structure. The interaction of pyrene with the model soot was simulated. Quantum mechanical calculations on smaller soot fragments were carried out. Starting from an initial 2D structure, energy minimizations are not able to produce the observed layering within soot with either force field. Results of molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the COMPASS force field does a reasonably accurate job of reproducing observations of soot structure. Increasing the system size from a 683 to a 2732 atom soot model does not have a significant effect on predicted structures. Neither does the addition of water molecules surrounding the soot model. Pyrene fits within the soot structure without disrupting the interlayer spacing. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), such as pyrene, may strongly partition into soot and have slow desorption kinetics because the PAH-soot bonding is similar to soot–soot interactions. Diffusion of PAH into soot micropores may allow the PAH to be irreversibly adsorbed and sequestered so that they partition slowly back into an aqueous phase causing dis-equilibrium between soil organic matter and porewater. 相似文献