P. Alexander, A. de la Torre, T. Marcos, R. Hierro, N. Kaifler, S. Rhode, M. Geldenhuys
{"title":"Self-Induced Gravity Wave Attenuation and Breaking With Generation of Secondary Modes in the Lower Mesosphere During Two SOUTHTRAC Flights Above the Andes","authors":"P. Alexander, A. de la Torre, T. Marcos, R. Hierro, N. Kaifler, S. Rhode, M. Geldenhuys","doi":"10.1029/2024JD042981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042981","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We combine lidar temperature observations onboard a research aircraft with numerical simulations in the framework of the SOUTHTRAC (Southern Hemisphere Transport, Dynamics, and Chemistry) Campaign. Deep propagation of gravity waves (GW) from the troposphere to the lower mesosphere is studied above the Southern Andes during two flights in September 2019. We use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with a configuration for the simulations that has been validated in a previous study of this campaign. Strong orographic GW were detected during both flights that were conceived for different latitudes. The observational and numerical data reveal the presence of significant GW attenuation, breaking and secondary wave generation above the stratopause due to the development of convective and dynamic instability as well as conditions for wave evanescence. The GW generated by topography were not able to alter the stable structure of the stratosphere, but the scenario was quite different in the lower mesosphere. The disturbed zones in that layer were produced by the combined effect on lapse rate of the background temperature variation and the perturbations associated with GW, which together may induce large vertical gradients. As a consequence, areas of reduced stability (with low or even negative buoyancy parameter) emerge above the stratopause. The existence of these GW self-induced attenuation layers in the mesosphere where temperature perturbations produce large negative gradients may lead to an amplitude growth control mechanism for the upward propagating waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Evaluation of the Ability of the MYNN-EDMF PBL Scheme in WRF Model to Reproduce Near Surface Wind Speed Over Different Topographical Types","authors":"Yunpeng Shan, Yangang Liu, Xin Zhou","doi":"10.1029/2023JD040620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040620","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study systematically evaluates the performance of the Mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino-Eddy-Diffusion-Mass-Flux planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in simulating near-surface wind speeds across various topographies in New York State (NYS). Simulated wind speeds are compared with in-situ measurements from 22 surface sites, grouped into six topographic categories: continental plain (CT), lakeside (LS), river valley (RV), Long Island (LI), Block Island (BI), and offshore ocean (OO). A quantitative evaluation based on Relative Euclidean Distance shows that wind speeds at the OO site are the most accurately reproduced, followed by those at LI sites, while the model performs less accurately for the remaining topographic groups. Wind speeds over CT sites tend to be overestimated by approximately 1 m/s, although their diurnal variability (DV) is well captured. In contrast, the model underestimates wind DV at LS, RV, LI, and BI sites, with the largest biases occurring at LI and BI, resulting in underestimated daytime wind speed and/or overestimated nighttime wind speed. The OO winds exhibit minimal diurnal variation, accurately captured by our WRF model. The surface wind diurnal variation is closely linked to PBL development. Among the indicators of PBL development, surface potential temperature biases most strongly correlate with wind speed biases. Our WRF model faces challenges in capturing the distinctions between winds influenced by local circulations and those over continental plains, and the significantly stronger winds at OO compared to BI. Potential causes for these biases are discussed, offering pathways for improving surface wind simulations in future.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2023JD040620","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiayu Lu, Jingyao Zhao, Haiwei Zhang, Hanying Li, Lijuan Sha, Jian Wang, Xiyu Dong, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng
{"title":"Decoupling of Monsoon Dynamics and Thermodynamics Under Global Warming: Evidence From Multi-Proxy Records in a Single Speleothem","authors":"Jiayu Lu, Jingyao Zhao, Haiwei Zhang, Hanying Li, Lijuan Sha, Jian Wang, Xiyu Dong, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng","doi":"10.1029/2024JD042995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042995","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Speleothem multiproxy records are important for understanding the differences between the dynamic and thermodynamic aspects of the Asian summer monsoon. In this study, we simultaneously provide the seasonally resolved oxygen isotope (δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>s</sub>) and trace element ratio (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca) records from an actively growing stalagmite from Zhangjia Cave, Sichuan Basin, southwestern China, covering the past ∼130 years. The overall increasing trend in δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>s</sub> indicates a weakening of Asian summer monsoon circulation over the last century, while the trace element ratios suggest a relatively stable precipitation trend. Notably, the correlation between δ<sup>18</sup>O<sub>s</sub> and trace element ratios has experienced a significant transition since the acceleration of global warming from the 1970s. Our findings reinforce the notion that the forcing of greenhouse gases weakened monsoon dynamics (circulation) over the past century, whereas the monsoon thermodynamic (precipitation) was essentially unchanged, thus highlighting the different influences of the greenhouse gases on the monsoon dynamics and thermodynamics, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparative Study of Cloud Properties Between Northern and Southern High Latitudes Based on ARM Observations and EAMv2 Simulations","authors":"N. Desai, M. Diao, Y. Shi, X. Liu","doi":"10.1029/2024JD041588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041588","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Earth's high-latitude regions show a considerable amount of cloud coverage, which significantly affects global radiation budgets. In this study, we examine ground- and ship-based remote sensing observations from two Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) field campaigns conducted in the high-latitude regions of Northern and Southern Hemispheres (NH and SH). A comparison of macrophysical properties for low, mid-level, high, and deep clouds shows that the cloud top heights and thickness values are higher in the Arctic for each cloud type compared with the Southern Ocean and Antarctic regions, possibly due to higher sea surface temperatures in the north Atlantic. The Arctic also shows lower ice phase occurrence frequencies compared with the SH high latitudes for low clouds. For high, mid-level and deep clouds, the cloud phase distributions as a function of temperature show small geographical variabilities. The observations are then compared with the Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) to evaluate the representations of these cloud properties. The results show that the model captures cloud base and top heights well and reproduces the differences in cloud macrophysical properties between the two hemispheres. But the model underestimates ice phase frequencies for all cloud types. Such model cloud phase bias is strongly correlated with positive relative humidity biases and negative aerosol number concentration biases, indicating an important role of relative humidity and aerosols in modulating cloud phase partitioning in the model.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingyao Zhao, Carlos Pérez-Mejías, Xiyu Dong, Yassine Ait Brahim, Jiahui Cui, Liangkang Pan, Xi Chen, Kexin Wang, Yan Yang, Jun Cheng, Haiwei Zhang, Liangcheng Tan, Hai Cheng
{"title":"Resonant Asian Monsoon During Intermediate Conditions of the Last Deglaciation: Insights From Speleothem Records","authors":"Jingyao Zhao, Carlos Pérez-Mejías, Xiyu Dong, Yassine Ait Brahim, Jiahui Cui, Liangkang Pan, Xi Chen, Kexin Wang, Yan Yang, Jun Cheng, Haiwei Zhang, Liangcheng Tan, Hai Cheng","doi":"10.1029/2024JD042523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Extensive research has explored how sweet spot conditions influence climate variability in the nonlinear Earth system. However, their effects throughout deglaciations remain unclear. Based on an annual-laminated speleothem δ<sup>18</sup>O record with unprecedented chronology precision, we first identified a two-step termination of the Asian Heinrich Period-1 at 15.11 and 14.69 ky BP (thousand years before present, where the present is 1950 CE), each marked by a centennial-scale strengthening of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM), in contrast to centennial-scale ASM weakening events observed at 17.8 and 16.09 ky BP. These transitions occurred under intermediate CO<sub>2</sub> and ice volume conditions, which dynamically paced the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) fluctuations and the subsequent reoccurrence of ASM events. It highlights the role of stochastic resonance in nonlinear climate system. Additionally, these AMOC/ASM events also resonated with abrupt CO<sub>2</sub> risings across various pervasive modes of variability, which account for half of total CO<sub>2</sub> rise during last deglaciation. This substantial contribution to CO<sub>2</sub> increases played a key role in ice termination.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick G. Cho, Georgina Falster, Diogo Bolster, Melissa A. Berke, Marc F. Müller
{"title":"Influence of the Indian Walker Circulation on \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 δ\u0000 \u0000 $delta $\u0000 18OP and Hydroclimate Variability in the Indian Ocean Basin","authors":"Patrick G. Cho, Georgina Falster, Diogo Bolster, Melissa A. Berke, Marc F. Müller","doi":"10.1029/2025JD043840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043840","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Indian Ocean plays a crucial role in water cycle dynamics around the Indian Ocean Basin, yet the relationships between the Indian Walker Circulation (IWC) and hydroclimate variability remain poorly understood. We examine the IWC-hydroclimate linkages throughout the Indian Ocean Basin during two study periods (instrumental era and the last millennium), using the ECHAM5-wiso, iCESM-iLME, and ERA5 global data products. We leverage the stable isotopic composition of precipitation (<span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>δ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $delta $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math><sup>18</sup>O<sub>P</sub>) as an integrative water cycle tracer to elucidate the link between large-scale atmospheric processes and regional hydroclimate characteristics. We find a strong statistical relationship between the East African short rain <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>δ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $delta $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math><sup>18</sup>O<sub>P</sub> and IWC in Eastern Africa and Horn of Africa. In Indonesia, the relationship is weaker due to the strong influence of the Pacific Walker Circulation (PWC). These patterns arise over multiple time scales and are consistent with the strong tie between the IWC and precipitation variability during the short rain season in Eastern Africa and Horn of Africa that had previously been reported in the instrumental era but not yet for the last millennium. We document strong fluctuations in the strength of the IWC during the last millennium, with periods of stronger or weaker interactions with the PWC that influenced <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>δ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $delta $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math><sup>18</sup>O<sub>P</sub> variability. Finally, our study underscores the ability of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>δ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $delta $</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math><sup>18</sup>O<sub>P</sub> to capture major atmospheric circulation signals, demonstrating its potential to examine the impact of interacting Walker Circulations on regional hydroclimate even during periods of low precipitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15986,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres","volume":"130 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025JD043840","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}