The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past and Future

Henry F. Diaz, Raymond S. Bradley (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

511 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-6752-4 (ISBN)

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Climate dynamicists generally characterize the Hadley circulation in terms of some derived meteorological parameters, such as the mass stream function (the nondivergent part of the flow) or the velocity potential (the divergent circulation), both of which are based on measurements of the three-dimensional wind field. Yet, we know very little about how such in- ces have varied in the past—beyond the most recent decades. Paleocli- tologists are unable to reconstruct such indices, so long-term reconstructions of the Hadley circulation must be based on indirect characteristics that can be in some way plausibly linked to the dynamics of the system. Rec- structed quantities, such as precipitation amount, position and strength of the trade winds, and the location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), have all been derived from different types of paleoclimatic (proxy) data, and could be potentially useful in understanding key aspects of past variability in the Hadley system. While these studies all provide an important perspective on changes that have taken place within the Hadley circulation, there has been little - fort to tie individual studies together, to obtain a more comprehensive p- spective on the overall variability of the system. With this in mind, a thr- day meeting was held at the International Pacific Research Center, Ho- lulu, Hawaii, in November 2002. This was the first time that climatologists, paleoclimatologists, and modelers had met with the specific goal of exam- ing this important part of the climate system.

The Role of the Hadley Cell in Atmospheric Circulation.- The Elementary Hadley Circulation.- Hadley Circulation Dynamics: Seasonality and the Role of Continents.- Changes in the Tropical Hadley Cell since 1950.- The Shape of Continents, Air-Sea Interaction, and the Rising Branch of the Hadley Circulation.- Year-to-Year Variability in the Hadley and Walker Circulations from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data.- ENSO, Atlantic Climate Variability, and the Walker and Hadley Circulations.- The Hadley and Walker Regional Circulations and Associated ENSO Impacts on South American Seasonal Rainfall.- Variability of the Hadley Circulation in the Past.- The Pacific Sector Hadley and Walker Circulation in Historical Marine Wind Analyses: Potential for Reconstruction from Proxy Data.- Holocene Records of Rainfall Variation and Associated ITCZ Migration from Stalagmites from Northern and Southern Oman.- Evolution of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and Hadley-Walker Circulation since the Last Deglaciation.- Late Quaternary Hydrologic Changes in the Arid and Semiarid Belt of Northern Africa: Implications for Past Atmospheric Circulation.- Variability of the Marine ITCZ over the Eastern Pacific during the Past 30,000 Years: Regional Perspective and Global Context.- Mount Logan Ice Core Evidence for Changes in the Hadley and Walker Circulations Following the End of the /Little Ice Age.- Causes of Variability in the Hadley Circulation: Past and Future.- The Response of the Hadley Circulation to Climate Changes, Past and Future.- The Sensitivity of the Hadley Circulation to Past and Future Forcings in Two Climate Models.- Present-Day Climate Variability in the Tropical Atlantic: A Model for Paleoclimate Changes?.- Mechanisms of an Intensified Hadley Circulation in Response to Solar Forcing in the Twentieth Century.

Reihe/Serie	Advances in Global Change Research ; 21
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 511 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	90-481-6752-3 / 9048167523
ISBN-13	978-90-481-6752-4 / 9789048167524
Zustand	Neuware