The Impact of Downward Wave Coupling on the Tropospheric Circulation

SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation (NSF)

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$343,641

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

WEBSITE:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1129519&HistoricalAwards=false

PUBLICATIONS:

T. A. Shaw, J. Perlwitz, O. Weiner. "Troposphere-stratosphere coupling: Links to North Atlantic weather and climate, including their representation in CMIP5 models," Journal of Geophysical Research, v.119, 2014. doi:10.1002/2013JD021191

T. A. Shaw and J. Perlwitz. "The life cycle of Northern Hemisphere downward wave coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere," J. Climate, v.26, 2013, p. 1745-1763.

T. A. Shaw and J. Perlwitz. "On the Control of the Residual Circulation and Stratospheric Temperatures in the Arctic by Planetary Wave Coupling," Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, v.71, 2014, p. 195.

E. P. Gerber, A. Butler, N. Calvo, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Giorgetta, E. Manzini, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, F. Sassi, A. A. Scaife, T. A. Shaw, S.-W. Son and S. Watanabe. "Assessing and Understanding the Impact of Stratospheric Dynamics and Variability on the Earth System," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v.93, 2012, p. 845.

E. Dunn-Sigouin and T. A. Shaw. "Comparing and contrasting extreme stratospheric events, including their coupling to the tropospheric circulation," Journal of Geophysical Research, 2015. doi:10.1002/2014JD022116

A. J. Charlton-Perez, and 27 co-authors including T. A. Shaw. "On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low-top versions of the CMIP5 models," J. of Geophys. Res., v.118, 2013, p. 2494-2505. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50125

KEYWORDS

climate prediction tropospheric circulation climate models ocean and climate physics downward wave coupling downward zonal mean coupling

THEMES

Modeling and Adapting to Future Climate