Significant Weakening of Brewer‐Dobson Circulation Trends Over the 21st Century as a Consequence of the Montreal Protocol

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN： 1944-8007|45|1|401-409

ISSN： 0094-8276

Source： GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol.45, Iss.1, 2018-01, pp. : 401-409

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Abstract

AbstractIt is well established that increasing greenhouse gases, notably CO2, will cause an acceleration of the stratospheric Brewer‐Dobson circulation (BDC) by the end of this century. We here present compelling new evidence that ozone depleting substances are also key drivers of BDC trends. We do so by analyzing and contrasting small ensembles of “single‐forcing” integrations with a stratosphere resolving atmospheric model with interactive chemistry, coupled to fully interactive ocean, land, and sea ice components. First, confirming previous work, we show that increasing concentrations of ozone depleting substances have contributed a large fraction of the BDC trends in the late twentieth century. Second, we show that the phasing out of ozone depleting substances in coming decades—as a consequence of the Montreal Protocol—will cause a considerable reduction in BDC trends until the ozone hole is completely healed, toward the end of the 21st century.

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