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Amplification of the mesospheric diurnal tide in a doubled CO 2 atmosphere
Author(s) -
McLandress C.,
Fomichev V. I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl025345
Subject(s) - thermosphere , mesosphere , atmospheric sciences , atmosphere (unit) , troposphere , atmospheric model , environmental science , atmospheric tide , stratosphere , tidal heating , water vapor , radiative transfer , climatology , ionosphere , geology , meteorology , physics , geophysics , astronomy , quantum mechanics , planet
The impact of doubled CO 2 on the vertically propagating migrating diurnal tide in the mesosphere is studied using the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM), a coupled chemistry‐climate model that extends from the Earth's surface to the lower thermosphere. A linear tidal model forced by the tidal heating from the CMAM is used to attribute cause and effect. The CMAM results exhibit a tidal temperature amplitude increase of up to 2 K in the equatorial upper mesosphere. This is attributed primarily to an increase in tropospheric solar heating which results from an increase in water vapor. Changes in stratospheric solar heating, radiative damping, tropospheric latent heating, background atmosphere, and clouds are found to have little impact.