Enhanced Mid-Latitude Tropospheric Warming in Satellite Measurements
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- 26 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 312 (5777) , 1179
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1125566
Abstract
The spatial distribution of tropospheric and stratospheric temperature trends for 1979 to 2005 was examined, based on radiances from satellite-borne microwave sounding units that were processed with state-of-the-art retrieval algorithms. We found that relative to the global-mean trends of the respective layers, both hemispheres have experienced enhanced tropospheric warming and stratospheric cooling in the 15 to 45° latitude belt, which is a pattern indicative of a widening of the tropical circulation and a poleward shift of the tropospheric jet streams and their associated subtropical dry zones. This distinctive spatial pattern in the trends appears to be a robust feature of this 27-year record.Keywords
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