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Zurita Gotor, Pablo and Álvarez Zapatero, Pablo (2018) Coupled interannual variability of the Hadley and Ferrel cells. Journal of climate, 31 (12). pp. 4757-4773. ISSN 0894-8755
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0752.1
Abstract
This work investigates the covariability in the strength of the Hadley and Ferrel cells on interannual time scales using reanalysis data. A significant correlation is found in both hemispheres only during boreal winter. For other seasons, only the outermost (subtropical) part of the Hadley cell is correlated with changes in the extratropical eddy momentum fluxes, as the eddies are unable to penetrate into the deep tropics. During boreal winter, the northern Hadley cell variability is driven by extratropical planetary momentum fluxes, but the mean meridional circulation response is primarily found below the level of maximum climatological outflow. Instead, at upper levels, changes in the zonal wind dominate the response to the anomalous eddy forcing. During austral winter, the southern Hadley cell is shielded from the extratropical eddy fluxes and its variability displays some of the characteristics of the angular momentum-conserving solution.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | ©2018 American Meteorological Society. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mediated regime transitions; Circulation; Reanalyses; Width; Driven; Speed |
Subjects: | Sciences > Physics > Geophysics Sciences > Physics > Meteorology |
ID Code: | 50656 |
Deposited On: | 11 Jan 2019 16:58 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2019 23:01 |
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