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The change of hadley circulation corresponding to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and possible outcomes of precipitation
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Abstract
The paper reveals that the Hadley circulation (HC) is closely related to the dynamic situation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). Employing reviewing and summarizing the past essays of several researchers, it is concluded that the increasing amount of GHGs emitted into the atmosphere has led to the pole-ward expansion of the HC, though the extent of the widening of the HC is different in that the factors taken into account are variable. Apart from the observed expansion, studies have also focused on the possible relationship between the widening and the strength of the HC. The definite result of whether the expansion causes the strengthening or weakening of the HC remains unsolved, some predictions have already been made, which either unfold a picture of the weakened HC or a strengthened HC following the pole-ward expansion. While discussing the widening and intensity of the HC, some papers fail to consider factors other than stream and pressure, so the paper also includes some discussions about determinants such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies. Lastly, the paper will point out how the change of the HC will alter the climate in parts of the world in terms of precipitation.
Keywords
hadley circulation, greenhouse gases, global warming, precipitation
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Environmental Geoscience and Earth Ecology
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-015-8
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-016-5
- Published Date
- 09 October 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/7/20230107
- Copyright
- 09 October 2023
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