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@ARTICLE{Diallo:904129,
author = {Diallo, Mohamadou and Ern, Manfred and Ploeger, Felix},
title = {{T}he advective {B}rewer–{D}obson circulation in the
{ERA}5 reanalysis: climatology, variability, and trends},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {21},
number = {10},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-05699},
pages = {7515 - 7544},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The stratospheric Brewer–Dobson circulation (BDC) is an
important element of climate as it determines the transport
and distributions of key radiatively active atmospheric
trace gases, which affect the Earth's radiation budget and
surface climate.Here, we evaluate the interannual
variability, climatology, and trends of the BDC in the ERA5
reanalysis and intercompare them with its predecessor, the
ERA-Interim reanalysis, for the 1979–2018 period. We also
assess the modulation of the circulation by the
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and the El Niño–Southern
Oscillation (ENSO), as well as the forcings of the
circulation by the planetary and gravity wave drag. The
comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim reanalyses shows a very
good agreement in the morphology of the BDC and in its
structural modulations by the natural variability related to
QBO and ENSO. Despite the good agreement in the spatial
structure, there are substantial and significant differences
in the strength of the BDC and natural variability impacts
on the BDC between the two reanalyses, particularly in the
upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) and in the
upper stratosphere. Throughout most regions of the
stratosphere, the variability and trends of the advective
BDC are stronger in the ERA5 reanalysis due to stronger
planetary and gravity wave forcings, except in the UTLS
below 20 km where the tropical upwelling is up to
$40 \%$ weaker mainly due to a significantly weaker
gravity wave forcing at the equatorial-ward upper flank of
the subtropical jet. In the extratropics, the large-scale
downwelling is stronger in ERA5 than in ERA-Interim that is
linked to significant differences in planetary and gravity
wave forcings in the upper stratosphere. Analysis of the BDC
trend shows a global insignificant acceleration of the
annual mean residual circulation with an acceleration rate
of about $1.5 \% decade−1$ at 70 hPa due to the
long-term intensification in gravity and planetary wave
breaking, consistent with observed and modelled BDC
changes.Our findings suggest that the advective BDC from the
kinematic ERA5 reanalysis is well suited for climate model
validation in the UTLS and mid-stratosphere when using the
standard formula of zonally averaged zonal momentum
equation. The reported differences between the two
reanalyses may also affect the nudged climate model
simulations. Therefore, additional studies are needed to
investigate whether or not nudging climate models toward
ERA5 reanalysis will reproduce the upwelling trends from
free-running simulations and from ERA5. Finally, further
studies are also needed to better understand the impact of
the new non-orographic gravity wave parameterization scheme,
higher model top, and the representation of the sponge layer
in ERA5 on the differences in the upper stratosphere and
polar regions.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211) / DFG project 429838442
- Wie wirken sich natürliche Variabilität und anthropogen
bedingte Änderungen auf die stratosphärische Brewer-Dobson
Zirkulation und den Ozonfluss in die Troposphäre aus?},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112 / G:(GEPRIS)429838442},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000653621700005},
doi = {10.5194/acp-21-7515-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904129},
}