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The role of ozone‐induced diabatic heating anomalies in the quasi‐biennial oscillation
Author(s) -
Li Dingmin,
Shine K. P.,
Gray L. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49712152411
Subject(s) - diabatic , quasi biennial oscillation , anomaly (physics) , ozone , oscillation (cell signaling) , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , climatology , stratosphere , physics , meteorology , geology , chemistry , thermodynamics , adiabatic process , biochemistry , condensed matter physics
The diabatic effects of the quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) in ozone on the oscillation of temperature and zonal mean winds are investigated using a 2‐dimensional model with full interaction between dynamics, radiation and photochemistry. It is found that the temperature anomaly caused by the ozone QBO makes a significant (25%) contribution to the total temperature anomaly of the QBO although the corresponding change in wind is smaller (about 10%). It is shown that the diabatic effects of the ozone QBO should not be neglected in attempts to simulate the QBO in other parameters.