TITLE:
An Analysis of the Spectral Energetics for a Planet Experiencing Rapid Greenhouse Gas Emissions
AUTHORS:
André Ferreira Aranha, José Augusto P. Veiga
KEYWORDS:
Energetics, Global Energetics, Spectral Energetics, Climate Change, MPI-ESM Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
Vol.7 No.1,
January
24,
2017
ABSTRACT: So far, energetics studies related to climate change have focused on the disturbed and undisturbed kinetic and potential energies, as well as their transformations, without dealing with the energetics involved in the phenomena of different spatial scales. Thus, the present work reports the first analysis of the spectral energetics for a condition of climate change, followed by the high-range emission scenario, RCP8.5, which originated from the new Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM). The results showed that both types of generation (Go and Gn), baroclinic processes (Co and Cn), kinetic energies (Ko and Kn) and the barotropic process, Mn, significantly increase in the condition of a warming climate. Moreover, the results still reveal that in the most components of the energetics, is the planetary scale waves that are the most impacted under a climate change scenario. These results highlight that global warming can have different impacts on particular types of motions.