Responses of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO_(2))density to geomagnetic secular variation are investigated using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-eXtended(WACCM-X).Our ensemble simulations show that CO_(2) v...Responses of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO_(2))density to geomagnetic secular variation are investigated using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-eXtended(WACCM-X).Our ensemble simulations show that CO_(2) volume mixing ratios(VMRs)increase at high latitudes and decrease at mid and low latitudes by several ppmv in response to a 50%weakening of the geomagnetic field.Statistically significant changes in CO_(2) are mainly found above~90 km altitude and primarily redetermine the energy budget at~100-110 km.Our analysis of transformed Eulerian mean(TEM)circulation found that CO_(2) change is caused by enhanced upwelling at high latitudes and downwelling at mid and low latitudes as a result of increased Joule heating.We further analyzed the atmospheric CO_(2) response to realistic geomagnetic weakening between 1978 and 2013,and found increasing(decreasing)CO_(2) VMRs at high latitudes(mid and low latitudes)accordingly.For the first time,our simulation results demonstrate that the impact of geomagnetic variation on atmospheric CO_(2) distribution is noticeable on a time scale of decades.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the B-type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB41000000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41621004,41427901)+2 种基金the Open Research Project of Large Research Infrastructures—“Study on the interaction between low/mid-latitude atmosphere and ionosphere based on the Chinese Meridian Project”the Key Research Program of the IGGCAS with Grant No.IGGCAS-201904XZ thanks the UCAS Joint PhD Training Program.The National Center for Atmospheric Research is a major facility sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No.1852977.
文摘Responses of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO_(2))density to geomagnetic secular variation are investigated using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model-eXtended(WACCM-X).Our ensemble simulations show that CO_(2) volume mixing ratios(VMRs)increase at high latitudes and decrease at mid and low latitudes by several ppmv in response to a 50%weakening of the geomagnetic field.Statistically significant changes in CO_(2) are mainly found above~90 km altitude and primarily redetermine the energy budget at~100-110 km.Our analysis of transformed Eulerian mean(TEM)circulation found that CO_(2) change is caused by enhanced upwelling at high latitudes and downwelling at mid and low latitudes as a result of increased Joule heating.We further analyzed the atmospheric CO_(2) response to realistic geomagnetic weakening between 1978 and 2013,and found increasing(decreasing)CO_(2) VMRs at high latitudes(mid and low latitudes)accordingly.For the first time,our simulation results demonstrate that the impact of geomagnetic variation on atmospheric CO_(2) distribution is noticeable on a time scale of decades.
