Brewer–Dobson Circulation: Recent-Past and Near-Future Trends Simulated by Chemistry-Climate Models

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2017/2913895/figures/2913895.fig.005a.svgz" name="2913895.fig.005a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Tropical upwelling</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2017/2913895/figures/2913895.fig.005b.svgz" name="2913895.fig.005b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>SH downwelling</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2017/2913895/figures/2913895.fig.005c.svgz" name="2913895.fig.005c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>NH downwelling</td></tr></table>

<div>Annual and seasonal mean mass flux trends (units: 10<sup>9</sup> kg s<sup>−1</sup> decade<sup>−1</sup>) at 70 hPa from the CCMs’ ensemble mean during 1960–2000 (blue boxes) and 2001–2050 (red boxes): (a) tropical upwelling; (b) SH downwelling; (c) NH downwelling.</div>

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Figure 5: Brewer–Dobson Circulation: Recent-Past and Near-Future Trends Simulated by Chemistry-Climate Models 