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High solar cycle spectral variations inconsistent with stratospheric ozone observations. / Ball, W. T.; Haigh, J. D.; Rozanov, E. V.; Kuchar, A.; Sukhodolov, T.; Tummon, F.; Schmutz, W.
In: Nature Geoscience, Vol. 9, No. 3, 03.2016, p. 206-U129.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - High solar cycle spectral variations inconsistent with stratospheric ozone observations
AU - Ball, W. T.
AU - Haigh, J. D.
AU - Rozanov, E. V.
AU - Kuchar, A.
AU - Sukhodolov, T.
AU - Tummon, F.
AU - Schmutz, W.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Solar variability can influence surface climate, for example by affecting the mid-to-high-latitude surface pressure gradient associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation(1). One key mechanism behind such an influence is the absorption of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation by ozone in the tropical stratosphere, a process that modifies temperature and wind patterns and hence wave propagation and atmospheric circulation(2-5). The amplitude of UV variability is uncertain, yet it directly affects the magnitude of the climate response(6): observations from the SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite(7) show broadband changes up to three times larger than previous measurements(8,9). Here we present estimates of the stratospheric ozone variability during the solar cycle. Specifically, we estimate the photolytic response of stratospheric ozone to changes in spectral solar irradiance by calculating the difference between a reference chemistry-climate model simulation of ozone variability driven only by transport (with no changes in solar irradiance) and observations of ozone concentrations. Subtracting the reference from simulations with time-varying irradiance, we can evaluate different data sets of measured and modelled spectral irradiance. We find that at altitudes above pressure levels of 5 hPa, the ozone response to solar variability simulated using the SORCE spectral solar irradiance data are inconsistent with the observations.
AB - Solar variability can influence surface climate, for example by affecting the mid-to-high-latitude surface pressure gradient associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation(1). One key mechanism behind such an influence is the absorption of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation by ozone in the tropical stratosphere, a process that modifies temperature and wind patterns and hence wave propagation and atmospheric circulation(2-5). The amplitude of UV variability is uncertain, yet it directly affects the magnitude of the climate response(6): observations from the SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite(7) show broadband changes up to three times larger than previous measurements(8,9). Here we present estimates of the stratospheric ozone variability during the solar cycle. Specifically, we estimate the photolytic response of stratospheric ozone to changes in spectral solar irradiance by calculating the difference between a reference chemistry-climate model simulation of ozone variability driven only by transport (with no changes in solar irradiance) and observations of ozone concentrations. Subtracting the reference from simulations with time-varying irradiance, we can evaluate different data sets of measured and modelled spectral irradiance. We find that at altitudes above pressure levels of 5 hPa, the ozone response to solar variability simulated using the SORCE spectral solar irradiance data are inconsistent with the observations.
KW - IRRADIANCE
KW - CLIMATE
KW - VARIABILITY
KW - SORCE
KW - RECONSTRUCTION
KW - CIRCULATION
KW - REANALYSES
KW - MODELS
KW - IMPACT
U2 - 10.1038/NGEO2640
DO - 10.1038/NGEO2640
M3 - статья
VL - 9
SP - 206-U129
JO - Nature Geoscience
JF - Nature Geoscience
SN - 1752-0894
IS - 3
ER -
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