Open AccessOn baroclinic adjustment of a radiative convective atmosphere
Author(s) -
Isabella Bordi,
Alfonso Sutera
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2037-416X
pISSN - 1593-5213
DOI - 10.4401/ag-3808
Subject(s) - baroclinity , tropopause , eddy , radiative transfer , atmospheric sciences , convection , environmental science , convective instability , atmosphere (unit) , climatology , stratosphere , meteorology , geology , physics , turbulence , quantum mechanics
In this paper we study the implication of the hypothesis that the radiative convective equilibrium climate is neutral with respect to baroclinic eddies. If such neutral state is achieved by tropopause height readjustment, we find that the sensitivity of the climate equilibrium to baroclinic eddies is comparable to the sensitivity to water vapor profile. Multiple solutions to the readjusted tropopause are found by decreasing stratospheric static stability