Open AccessA standard test for AGCMs including their physical parametrizations. II: results for the Met Office Model
Author(s) -
Neale R. B.,
Hoskins B. J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1006/asle.2000.0024
Subject(s) - climatology , boundary layer , environmental science , sea surface temperature , lidar , temperature gradient , convection , meteorology , variation (astronomy) , atmospheric sciences , linearity , sensitivity (control systems) , distribution (mathematics) , geology , remote sensing , mechanics , geography , physics , mathematics , electronic engineering , astrophysics , engineering , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics
Example results are shown for the proposed aqua‐planet experiments using a version of The Met Office Unified Model (UM). The zonal mean circulation exhibits strong sensitivity to the latitudinal distribution of sea‐surface temperatures (SST). Longitudinal variation of SST yields information on the linearity and distribution of the convective response. Copyright © 2001 Royal Meteorological Society.