Is Hadley cell expanding?

T Xian, J Xia, W Wei, Z Zhang, R Wang, LP Wang… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review provides a comprehensive coverage of changes of the Hadley Cell extent and
their impacts on the weather, climate, and society. The theories predicting the Hadley Cell …

Tropical expansion driven by poleward advancing midlatitude meridional temperature gradients

H Yang, G Lohmann, J Lu, EJ Gowan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An abundance of evidence indicates that the tropics are expanding. Despite many attempts
to decipher the cause, the underlying dynamical mechanism driving tropical expansion is …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the Abrupt 4 × CO 2 Scenario to Elucidate Tropical Expansion Mechanisms

R Chemke, LM Polvani - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Future emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are projected to result in
significant circulation changes. One of the most important changes is the widening of the …

Adjustments to climate perturbations—mechanisms, implications, observational constraints

J Quaas, T Andrews, N Bellouin, K Block… - AGU …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (AR5) an extended concept of the energetic analysis of climate change including …

Regional widening of tropical overturning: Forced change, natural variability, and recent trends

PW Staten, KM Grise, SM Davis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The width of the tropical Hadley circulation (HC) has garnered intense interest in recent
decades, owing to the emerging evidence for its expansion in observations and models and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the time scales of the tropospheric circulation response to abrupt CO2 forcing in the Southern Hemisphere: Seasonality and the role of the …

KM Grise, LM Polvani - Journal of Climate, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Understanding the Time Scales of the Tropospheric Circulation Response to Abrupt CO2
Forcing in the Southern Hemisphere: Seasonality and the Role of the Stratosphere in …

Evaluating the mechanism of tropical expansion using idealized numerical experiments

H Yang, G Lohmann, X Shi, J Müller - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere …, 2023 - spj.science.org
A wide range of evidence reveals that the tropical belt is expanding. Several mechanisms
have been proposed to contribute to this expansion, some of which even contradict each …

[HTML][HTML] Multiannual ocean–atmosphere adjustments to radiative forcing

MAA Rugenstein, JM Gregory, N Schaller… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Multiannual Ocean–Atmosphere Adjustments to Radiative Forcing in: Journal of Climate
Volume 29 Issue 15 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Why must a solar forcing be larger than a CO2 forcing to cause the same global mean surface temperature change?

A Modak, G Bala, L Cao… - Environmental Research …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Many previous studies have shown that a solar forcing must be greater than a CO 2 forcing
to cause the same global mean surface temperature change but a process-based …

Winter Precipitation Changes in California Under Global Warming: Contributions of CO2, Uniform SST Warming, and SST Change Patterns

L Dong, LR Leung - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate models project a wetting winter over California, distinct from the drying in all other
Mediterranean climate regions under warming. Dynamic effect via an eastward extension of …