The Dynamics of the Large Scale Atmospheric Circulation: Jet Streams, Storm Tracks, Stationary Waves, and Monsoons

Session ID#: 281413

Session Description:
Large-scale atmospheric circulation plays a key role in the global climate system. Understanding its fundamental dynamics is essential for constraining regional climate projections under a changing climate. Furthermore, the dynamics of the atmospheric circulation intimately interact with the energy and hydrological cycles, exerting profound impacts on extreme weather and climate events. Such interactions in both the tropics and extratropics occur over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, calling for a combination of conceptual understanding, hierarchical modeling, and observations.

We welcome contributions spanning theory, idealized and comprehensive modeling, and novel diagnostic frameworks—including machine learning and explainable AI methods— for observations and global climate model outputs to improve our understanding of large-scale atmospheric circulation and associated extreme events. Contributions addressing, but not limited to, Hadley cell, the ITCZ, monsoons, jetstreams, storm tracks, blocking, stationary waves, Rossby wave breaking, and atmospheric rivers are highly encouraged.

Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

3319 General circulation [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3334 Middle atmosphere dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3337 Global climate models [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3373 Tropical dynamics [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener:  Lei Wang, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Conveners:  Yi Zhang, New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, United States, Joonsuk Kang, Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, United States and Gang Chen, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Yi Zhang, New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, United States and Joonsuk Kang, Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, United States
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