Modeling the impact of solar activity variations on global atmospheric circulation

In this study, we continue a series of works devoted to modeling and studying the sensitivity of global atmospheric dynamic processes to variations in solar emissions during the 11-year solar activity (SA) cycle. We focus on studying the response of meridional atmospheric circulation in the middle a...

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Published inSolar-terrestrial physics Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 111 - 118
Main Authors Koval, Andrey, Gavrilov, Nikolay, Golovko, Anastasiya, Didenko, Kseniia, Ermakova, Tatiana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published INFRA-M 25.06.2024
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general atmospheric circulation
numerical simulation
residual circulation
solar activity
thermosphere
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Summary:In this study, we continue a series of works devoted to modeling and studying the sensitivity of global atmospheric dynamic processes to variations in solar emissions during the 11-year solar activity (SA) cycle. We focus on studying the response of meridional atmospheric circulation in the middle atmosphere to changes in thermosphere characteristics with changes in SA. For this purpose, numerical simulations of the general atmospheric circulation were carried out using the nonlinear numerical circulation model of the middle and upper atmosphere MUAM. The main mechanism of the influence of thermospheric disturbances on the underlying layers is assumed to be a change in the conditions of propagation and reflection of planetary waves (PWs) due to changes in SA. Changes in temperature, zonal and meridional wind are shown to localize along waveguides, demonstrating the significant role of PWs in transmitting thermospheric disturbances, caused by changes in SA, to the middle atmosphere. The magnitude of changes in meridional circulation can reach 10 % in the northern stratosphere between SA maxima and minima.
ISSN:2500-0535
2500-0535
DOI:10.12737/stp-102202411