Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-251-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-251-2024
Research article
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20 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2024

Replicating the Hadley cell edge and subtropical jet latitude disconnect in idealized atmospheric models

Molly E. Menzel, Darryn W. Waugh, Zheng Wu, and Thomas Reichler

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Recent work exploring the tropical atmospheric circulation response to climate change has revealed a disconnect in the latitudinal location of two features, the subtropical jet and the Hadley cell edge. Here, we investigate if the surprising result from coupled climate model and meteorological reanalysis output is consistent across model complexity.
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