dc.contributor.author | Geen, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Czaja, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Haigh, JD | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-03T11:10:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study emphasizes the separate contributions of the warm and cold sectors of extratropical cyclones to poleward heat transport. Aquaplanet simulations are performed with an intermediate complexity climate model in which the response of the atmosphere to a range of values of saturation vapor pressure is assessed. These simulations reveal stronger poleward transport of latent heat in the warm sector as saturation vapor pressure is increased and an unexpected increase in poleward sensible heat transport in the cold sector. The latter results nearly equally from changes in the background stability of the atmosphere at low levels and changes in the temporal correlation between wind and temperature fields throughout the troposphere. Increased stability at low level reduces the likelihood that movement of cooler air over warmer water results in an absolutely unstable temperature profile, leading to less asymmetric damping of temperature and meridional velocity anomalies in cold and warm sectors. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ruth Geen was funded by the Grantham Institute. Additional funds for mobility and consumables were provided by Climate‐KIC. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 43, pp. 8314 - 8321 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2016GL070214 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33884 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) / Wiley | en_GB |
dc.rights | ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. | en_GB |
dc.subject | heat transport | en_GB |
dc.subject | latent heat | en_GB |
dc.subject | midlatitude storms | en_GB |
dc.title | The effects of increasing humidity on heat transport by extratropical waves | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-03T11:10:10Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from AGU via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | The data for the simulations discussed are available from the authors on request. The radiation scheme used is described in supporting information Text S1. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en_GB |