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Article Dans Une Revue Pure and Applied Geophysics Année : 2005

Radiative Feedbacks and Monsoon Circulations: A View from Simplified Models

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The modulation of radiative processes by changes in water vapor and cloudiness is at the origin of important feedbacks which control climate variability as well as climate changes. These feedbacks are especially active in the intertropical area, where it is possible to diagnose a combination of partially compensating positive and negative feedbacks. The characteristics and the strength of those feedbacks is closely associated with the dynamical regimes in which they develop. Reverse changes in dynamical patterns may cause a modulation of the radiative processes. A first approach to these problems is to distinguish between two ascending and subsiding circulation patterns. This bimodality of the circulation is well established in the tropical area, and favors the use of simplified models as an appropriate tool to carry out a first-order quantification of these processes. In particular, this combination of radiative and dynamical feedbacks characterizes the development of the monsoons and their variability. Simple conceptual models can thus serve to characterize some of the factors which will affect the intraseasonal variations of the monsoon.

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hal-04109960 , version 1 (30-05-2023)

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Hervé Le Treut, Gilles Bellon. Radiative Feedbacks and Monsoon Circulations: A View from Simplified Models. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2005, 162, pp.1543-1555. ⟨10.1007/s00024-005-2682-y⟩. ⟨hal-04109960⟩
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