Output of dry idealized GCM simulations under perpetual solstice-like forcing

This repository contains the output from simulations in the Caltech idealized dry GCM that were originally reported in Hill, Bordoni, and Mitchell 2021, J. Atmos Sci.  The simulations use a Newtonian cooling approximation of radiative transfer, and the Newtonian relaxation temperature field is an approximation of Earth's northern solstice.  Simulations are run at three different planetary rotation rates, 1/4, 1, and 2x Earth's rotation rate.  A fourth simulation is run at Earth's rotation rate but with the `delta_h` parameter that controls the magnitude of the meridional temperature gradients set to 1/6 rather than 1/15 as for the other simulations.

Idealized GCM formulation: Schneider, Tapio. “The Tropopause and the Thermal Stratification in the Extratropics of a Dry Atmosphere.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 61, no. 12 (June 1, 2004): 1317–40. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1317:TTATTS>2.0.CO;2.

Simulations: Hill, Spencer A., Simona Bordoni, and Jonathan L. Mitchell. “Solsticial Hadley Cell Ascending Edge Theory from Supercriticality.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 78, no. 6 (June 1, 2021): 1999–2011. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0341.1.