RE: [geo] Response of the AMOC to reduced solar radiation – the modulating role of atmospheric-chemistry

2016-05-11 Thread Douglas MacMartin
And yet another area where turning down the sun won’t have the same effect as stratospheric aerosols. (Since it has the opposite sign in the stratosphere.) From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineering@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Charles H. Greene Sent: Wednesday, May 11,

Re: [geo] Response of the AMOC to reduced solar radiation – the modulating role of atmospheric-chemistry

2016-05-11 Thread Charles H. Greene
Very interesting dynamical result, essentially mirroring the effects of Arctic amplification but by cooling lower latitudes to reduce the latitudinal temperature and geopotential height gradients. Thus, one might expect destabilization of the Polar Vortex, greater meandering of the Polar Jet