By employing the singular value decomposition(SVD) analysis, we have investigated in the present paper the covariations between circulation changes in the Northern(NH) and Southern Hemispheres(SH) and their associatio...By employing the singular value decomposition(SVD) analysis, we have investigated in the present paper the covariations between circulation changes in the Northern(NH) and Southern Hemispheres(SH) and their associations with ENSO by using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, the reconstructed monthly NOAA SST, and CMAP precipitation along with NOAA Climate Prediction Center(CPC) ENSO indices. A bi-hemispheric covariation mode(hereafter BHCM) is explored, which is well represented by the first mode of the SVD analysis of sea surface pressure anomaly(SLPA-SVD1). This SVD mode can explain 57.36% of the total covariance of SLPA. BHCM varies in time with a long-term trend and periodicities of 3—5 years. The long term trend revealed by SVD1 shows that the SLP increases in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific but decreases in the western Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean, which facilitates easterlies in the lower troposphere to be intensified and El Ni觡o events to occur with lower frequency. The spatial pattern of the BHCM looks roughly symmetric about the equator in the tropics, whereas it is characterized by zonal disturbances in the mid-latitude of NH and is highly associated with AAO in the mid-latitude of SH. On inter-annual time scales, the BHCM is highly correlated with ENSO. The atmosphere in both the NH and SH responds to sea surface temperature anomalies in the equatorial region, while the contemporaneous circulation changes in the NH and SH in turn affect the occurrence of El Ni觡o/La Ni觡a. In boreal winter, significant temperature and precipitation anomalies associated with the BHCM are found worldwide. Specifically, in the positive phase of the BHCM,temperature and precipitation are anomalously low in eastern China and some other regions of East Asia. These results are helpful for us to better understand interactions between circulations in the NH and SH and the dynamical mechanisms behind these interactions.展开更多
Monthly mean zonal wind data from the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting(ECMWF) t'or December 1982, April 1983, October 1984 and ApriI 1985 are used in numerical integration as thebasic flow in a...Monthly mean zonal wind data from the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting(ECMWF) t'or December 1982, April 1983, October 1984 and ApriI 1985 are used in numerical integration as thebasic flow in a non-linear critical-layer model. The subtropical high is extensive and limited in number if simulated with the basic now in December 1982 and April 1983. It consists of 2 to 3 cells that move westward at alloscillatory periods of 1~ 2 months. The subtropical high, simulated with the basic flow in October 1984 and April1 985. is weak and small in coverage, or distributed in strips that contain up to 4 cells. The high. merged or spillover a short time. is moving westward. The years 1982 ~ 1983 are a process of EI Nino while the years 1984- 1985one of La Nina. lt is known from the chart of energy flux that it oscillates by a much larger amplitude and longerperiod in the El Nino year than in the La Nina year. All the results above have indicated that the basic now' in theEl Nino year is enhancing the subtropical high lagging by about 4 months and that in the La Nina year is decay'ing it. It is consiStent with the well-known observational fact that the SSTA in the equatorial eastern Pacitlc ispositively correlated with the extent and intensity of the subtropical high in west Pacific lagging by 1 ~2 seasons.The result is also important for further study of the formation, maintenance and oscillation of the subtropicalhigh.展开更多
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大气活动中心(atmospheric center of action,ACA)是月平均海平面气压(sea level pressure,SLP)场中全年或季节性出现在特定地理区域的巨大高压、低压系统。ACA在很大程度上决定了所在区域气候及其季节变化,它们的异常及...1概况
大气活动中心(atmospheric center of action,ACA)是月平均海平面气压(sea level pressure,SLP)场中全年或季节性出现在特定地理区域的巨大高压、低压系统。ACA在很大程度上决定了所在区域气候及其季节变化,它们的异常及遥联与大范围大气环流和区域气候异常关系密切,是大气环流异常与短期气候预测的重要研究对象。为了简洁、定量地描述逐年冬季北半球ACA的主要特征(面积、强度、位置),展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(4133042541175062)
文摘By employing the singular value decomposition(SVD) analysis, we have investigated in the present paper the covariations between circulation changes in the Northern(NH) and Southern Hemispheres(SH) and their associations with ENSO by using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, the reconstructed monthly NOAA SST, and CMAP precipitation along with NOAA Climate Prediction Center(CPC) ENSO indices. A bi-hemispheric covariation mode(hereafter BHCM) is explored, which is well represented by the first mode of the SVD analysis of sea surface pressure anomaly(SLPA-SVD1). This SVD mode can explain 57.36% of the total covariance of SLPA. BHCM varies in time with a long-term trend and periodicities of 3—5 years. The long term trend revealed by SVD1 shows that the SLP increases in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific but decreases in the western Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean, which facilitates easterlies in the lower troposphere to be intensified and El Ni觡o events to occur with lower frequency. The spatial pattern of the BHCM looks roughly symmetric about the equator in the tropics, whereas it is characterized by zonal disturbances in the mid-latitude of NH and is highly associated with AAO in the mid-latitude of SH. On inter-annual time scales, the BHCM is highly correlated with ENSO. The atmosphere in both the NH and SH responds to sea surface temperature anomalies in the equatorial region, while the contemporaneous circulation changes in the NH and SH in turn affect the occurrence of El Ni觡o/La Ni觡a. In boreal winter, significant temperature and precipitation anomalies associated with the BHCM are found worldwide. Specifically, in the positive phase of the BHCM,temperature and precipitation are anomalously low in eastern China and some other regions of East Asia. These results are helpful for us to better understand interactions between circulations in the NH and SH and the dynamical mechanisms behind these interactions.
文摘Monthly mean zonal wind data from the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting(ECMWF) t'or December 1982, April 1983, October 1984 and ApriI 1985 are used in numerical integration as thebasic flow in a non-linear critical-layer model. The subtropical high is extensive and limited in number if simulated with the basic now in December 1982 and April 1983. It consists of 2 to 3 cells that move westward at alloscillatory periods of 1~ 2 months. The subtropical high, simulated with the basic flow in October 1984 and April1 985. is weak and small in coverage, or distributed in strips that contain up to 4 cells. The high. merged or spillover a short time. is moving westward. The years 1982 ~ 1983 are a process of EI Nino while the years 1984- 1985one of La Nina. lt is known from the chart of energy flux that it oscillates by a much larger amplitude and longerperiod in the El Nino year than in the La Nina year. All the results above have indicated that the basic now' in theEl Nino year is enhancing the subtropical high lagging by about 4 months and that in the La Nina year is decay'ing it. It is consiStent with the well-known observational fact that the SSTA in the equatorial eastern Pacitlc ispositively correlated with the extent and intensity of the subtropical high in west Pacific lagging by 1 ~2 seasons.The result is also important for further study of the formation, maintenance and oscillation of the subtropicalhigh.
文摘1概况
大气活动中心(atmospheric center of action,ACA)是月平均海平面气压(sea level pressure,SLP)场中全年或季节性出现在特定地理区域的巨大高压、低压系统。ACA在很大程度上决定了所在区域气候及其季节变化,它们的异常及遥联与大范围大气环流和区域气候异常关系密切,是大气环流异常与短期气候预测的重要研究对象。为了简洁、定量地描述逐年冬季北半球ACA的主要特征(面积、强度、位置),