地球自转极移近120天准周期变化的小波分析及其大气激发机制

本文利用小波变换这一新的频谱分析方法研究了地球自转极移近１２０天准周期变化的时频特征，证实了在极移序列中存在显著的近１２０天准周期振荡，得到了极移准周期变化的周期与振幅随时间变化的规律．以地球自转动力学为基础，在时域内分析了大气变化对自转极移季节内变化的激发．表明大气激发在本文所研究的频段内是极移短周期变化的主要激发源。并发现在极移近１２０天准周期振荡平静时期，发生ＥＬＮｉｎｏ事件，同时日长变化近１２０天准周期变化增强．     

华盛顿海军天文台天顶筒纬度观测残差与厄尼诺,南方涛动现象的相关性

厄尼诺、南方涛动是地球大气、海洋系统年际变化中最为显著的一种地球动力学运动。现在通常采用Ｔａｈｉｔｉ（１４８°Ｗ，１８°Ｓ）和Ｄａｒｗｉｎ（１３１°Ｅ，１２°Ｓ）两地海平面气压之差这一定量指标来刻划这一种大气、海洋系统的运动，简称为南方涛动指数ＳＯＩ。本文分析华盛顿海军天文台天顶筒１９３２－１９９１年间纬度观测的残差，证实它与ＳＯＩ在年际变化的频段内显著相关：最大相关系数达到０．６－０．７以上，但纬度残差的变化要滞后ＳＯＩ约２年时间。这很可能是一个证据，说明陆地部分的铬垂线变化与大气、海洋系统的大规模运动有关联。     

日长亚季节变化的振幅调制与厄尔尼诺现象

利用Ｈｉｌｂｅｒｔ变换解算了１９６２年至１９９６年日长亚季节振荡的包络变化．结果显示,日长亚季节变化的振幅调制不仅具有一线性增长趋势,而且包含一个超前厄尔尼诺变化历程的年际变化．分别研究日长亚季节准５０天包络变化以及准１２０天包络变化后发现,这种超前性来自日长亚季节准５０天的振幅变化,这一结论与大气的研究结果一致．日长亚季节准１２０天的振幅变化在１９７２年附近发生了位相１８０°反转,因此日长亚季节准１２０天的振幅变化自１９７６年以来与厄尔尼诺的历程正好同步,１９７２年以前则截然相反．众所周知,日长变化在亚季尺度上具有显著的易变性,然而上述的非线性调制现象不仅表明了日长亚季节变化的内在规律性,而且证实了地球自转运动在不同时间尺度上存在极明显的非线性相互作用．同时也表明,日长变化作为全球风系变化的一个有价值的信息指标,将逐渐成为研究气候系统全球状态的有效手段之一．     

大气角动量资料源的变化对研究日长变化激发的贡献

本文采用1979—1995年间由空间大地测量技术观测和归算的日长变化（△LOD）序列,以及由美国国家气象中心（NMC）和美国国家环境预测中心与美国国家大气研究中心（NCEP／NCAR）利用全球气象资料各自归算的大气角动量（AAM）序列,重新分析、研究和估计了大气对△LOD的激发作用,比较了上述各个大气角动量序列对△LOD激发贡献,得到的主要结果如下：1．NCEP／NCAR用同化后的全球气象资料重新归算的AAM序列比原来NMC的序列具有系统均匀化、噪声小和分辨率高的特点,以及和日长变化的符合度更好．2．采用NCEP／NCAR重新归算的AAM来研究大气在从亚季节性到年际时间尺度上对非潮汐△LOD的激发贡献,得到进一步改善的结果,尤其是在准两年时间尺度上．但是大气仍不能解释全部△LOD化,可能存在其它激发源．3．大气对△LOD高频潮汐项的估计值影响较小,并从△LOD中解算出周年和半年潮汐参数估计的初步结果．     

日长的十年尺度波动分析和核幔电磁耦合

分析了１８００ ～１９９５ 年的日长年均值（ △ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ Ｙ） 观测资料表明：日长（ △ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ Ｙ） 的十年波动明显大于观测噪声水平。用小波变换方法分析了△ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ Ｙ 观测资料, 表明△ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ Ｙ 的十年尺度的周期为６０ａ （ 年） 和３０ａ（ 年） , 所对应的振幅为１ ｍｓ 和０ ．５ｍｓ 左右。文中采用国际地球自转服务中心提供的（ Ｅ Ｏ Ｐ Ｃ０４９７ 的日长（ △ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ Ｃ０４９７） 序列以及由美国国家环境预测中心和美国国家大气研究中心（ Ｎ Ｃ Ｅ Ｐ／ Ｎ Ｃ Ａ Ｒ） 利用全球气象资料归算的大气角动量（ Ａ Ａ Ｍ） 序列进行低通滤波分析, 日长和大气角动量在十年尺度上的波动不一致, 大气角动量只影响到日长短于年际以上时间尺度的变化。文中用理论近似来计算核幔电磁耦合力矩的轴向分量, 它与天文观测△ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ 资料推出的力矩量级相当, 核幔电磁耦合假说可作为△ Ｌ Ｏ Ｄ 的十年尺度波动的可能机制     

日本的十年尺度波动分析和核幔电磁耦合

分析了１８００－１９９５年的日长年均值（△ＬＯＤＹ）观测资料表明：日长（△ＬＯＤＹ）的十年波动明显大于观测噪声水平。用小波变换方法分析了△ＬＯＤＹ观测资料,表明△ＬＯＤＹ的十年尺度的周期为６０ａ（年）和３０ａ（年）,所对应的振幅 １ｍｓ和０．５ｍｓ左右。文中采用国际地球自转服务中心提供的（ＥＯＰＣ０４９７）的日长（△ＬＯＤＣ０４９７）序列以及美国国家环境预测中心和美国国家大气研究中心（ＮＣＥＰ／Ｎ     

SSTA年代际变化对ENSO事件的调制作用以及它与LOD、SOI等的关系研究

用带通滤波方法从日长变化(LOD)、南方涛动指数(SOI)和Nino各海区海面温度异常变化(SSTA)等资料中提取年际和年代际变化分量,研究了Nino3．4海区SSTA的年代际分量对ENSO事件的调制作用．研究发现,除了年际分量之外, SSTA的年代际分量对ENSO事件的表征和监测有重要影响．当ENSO事件比较强时,SSTA年代际变化分量的作用倾向于使ENSO事件的时间延长,并使事件的极端温度增大;当ENSO事件比较弱时,在SSTA年际变化中没有检测到的事件,可借助于年代际变化分量的调制作用得到检测．还研究了SSTA年际和年代际变化与SOI、热带太平洋海平面气压异常(SLPA)和信风异常(TWA),以及大气角动量(AAM)和海洋角动量(OAM)轴向分量(χ3)的相应变化之间的频谱相干性．结果表明在年际尺度上,SSTA与LOD、SOI、SLPA、TWA、大气角动量的轴向分量(χω3,χpib3和χωpib3)和海洋角动量的轴向分量(χv3和χv bp3)等都有密切关系,其中以SOI、SLPA、TWA和χω3与SSTA的关系更加显著;在年代际时间尺度上,SSTA与SOI、SLPA、TWA、χω3以及χω v3的关系更为密切,与LOD、大气压(χpib3)和洋底压强(χbp3)的关系较弱．     

厄尔尼诺与太阳活动的50d振荡

本文分析研究了１９８１—１９９４年太阳辐射流量（２８００ＭＨｚ）、太阳黑子相对数、大气角动量和地球自转日长变化序列的５０ｄ振荡．振荡周期的变化范围从４０ｄ至６０ｄ，它们的变化规律极其相似。１９８１年－１９９４年期间发生的３次厄尔尼诺均出现在太阳活动的５０ｄ振荡周期的谷值时期．这说明太阳活动的５０ｄ振荡可能是引起厄尔尼诺事件的一种原因．     

太阳活动,赤道平流层中准两年振荡与厄尔尼诺之间的关系

对赤道平流层中带风风速的准两年振荡,太阳活动和赤道东太平洋海温异常资料采用经典的方法和现代的小波变换方法来分析太阳活动、准两年振荡和厄尔尼诺之间的联系。结果表明：Ｗｏｌｆ数的准两年振荡和平流层的互成负相关。     

同ENSO现象相关联的日长亚季节变化

本文利用小波分析方法研究了地球自转日长亚季节近50天和近120天周期变化的时频特征．结果表明,日长近120天周期变化及近50天周期变化的振幅具有明显的年际变化．ENSO事件发生之前,日长近50天周期变化加强,进入ENSO时期,逐渐减弱,成为ENSO产生的先兆之一,同时,日长近120天周期变化显著增强80年代,日长近50天周期变化明显发生了两次周期分岔分岔的一种趋势经历了一个周期延长的过程,收敛于ENSO时期增强的近120天周期变化,该过程不仅与ENSO现象相关联而且可能受到近10年波动的调制作用.同时证实了日长近120天周期变化及近50天周期变化的激发机制主要是同频段的大气环流变化所导致。     

Atmospheric and Oceanic Excitations to LOD Change on Quasi-biennial Tune Scales

We use wavelet transform to study the time series of the Earth's rotation rate (length-of-day, LOD), the axial components of atmospheric angular momentum (AAM) and oceanic angular momentum (OAM) in the period 1962-2005, and discuss the quasi-biennial oscillations (QBO) of LOD change. The results show that the QBO of LOD change varies remarkably in amplitude and phase. It was weak before 1978, then became much stronger and reached maximum values during the strong El Nino events in around 1983 and 1997. Results from analyzing the axial AAM indicate that the QBO signals in axial AAM are extremely consistent with the QBOs of LOD change. During 1963-2003, the QBO variance in the axial AAM can explain about 99.0% of that of the LOD, in other words, all QBO signals of LOD change are almost excited by the axial AAM, while the weak QBO signals of the axial OAM are quite different from those of the LOD and the axial AAM in both time-dependent characteristics and magnitudes. The combined effects of the axial AAM and OAM can explain about 99.1% of the variance of QBO in LOD change during this period.     

Uncertainties in climate change prediction: El Niño-Southern Oscillation and monsoons

The sensitivity of climate phenomena in the low latitudes to enhanced greenhouse conditions is a scientific issue of high relevance to billions of people in the poorest countries of the globe. So far, most studies dealt with individual model results. In the present analysis, we refer to 79 coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations from 12 different climate models under 6 different IPCC scenarios. The basic question is as to what extent various state-of-the-art climate models agree in predicting changes in the main features of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the monsoon climates in South Asia and West Africa. The individual model runs are compared with observational data in order to judge whether the spatio-temporal characteristics of ENSO are well reproduced. The model experiments can be grouped into multi-model ensembles. Thus, climate change signals in the classical index time series, in the principal components and in the time series of interannual variability can be evaluated against the background of internal variability and model uncertainty.There are large differences between the individual model predictions until the end of the 21st century, especially in terms of monsoon rainfall and the Southern Oscillation index (SOI). The majority of the models tends to project La Niña-like anomalies in the SOI and an intensification of the summer monsoon precipitation in India and West Africa. However, the response barely exceeds the level of natural variability and the systematic intermodel variations are larger than the impact of different IPCC scenarios. Nonetheless, there is one prominent climate change signal, which stands out from model variations and internal noise: All forced model experiments agree in predicting a substantial warming in the eastern tropical Pacific. This oceanic heating does not necessarily lead to a modification of ENSO towards more frequent El Niño and/or La Niña events. It simply represents a change in the background state of ENSO. Indeed, we did not find convincing multi-model evidence for a modification of the wavelet spectra in terms of ENSO or the monsoons. Some models suggest an intensification of the annual cycle but this signal is fairly model-dependent. Thus, large model uncertainty still exists with respect to the future behaviour of climate in the low latitudes. This has to be taken into account when addressing climate change signals in individual model experiments and ensembles.     

Continental-scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon sinks estimated from satellite data and ecosystem modeling 1982–1998

A simulation model based on satellite observations of monthly vegetation cover was used to estimate monthly carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems from 1982 to 1998. The NASA–CASA model was driven by vegetation properties derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and radiative transfer algorithms that were developed for Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). For the terrestrial biosphere, predicted net ecosystem production (NEP) flux for atmospheric CO₂ has varied widely between an annual source of −0.9 Pg C per year and a sink of +2.1 Pg C per year. The southern hemisphere tropical zones (SHT, between 0° and 30°S) have a major influence over the predicted global trends in interannual variability of NEP. In contrast, the terrestrial NEP sink for atmospheric CO₂ on the North American (NA) continent has been fairly consistent between +0.2 and +0.3 Pg C per year, except during relatively cool annual periods when continental NEP fluxes are predicted to total to nearly zero. The predicted NEP sink for atmospheric CO₂ over Eurasia (EA) increased notably in the late 1980s and has been fairly consistent between +0.3 and +0.55 Pg C per year since 1988. High correlations can be detected between the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and predicted NEP fluxes on the EA continent and for the SHT latitude zones, whereas NEP fluxes for the North American continent as a whole do not correlate strongly with ENSO events over the same time series since 1982. These observations support the hypothesis that regional climate warming has had notable but relatively small-scale impacts on high latitude ecosystem (tundra and boreal) sinks for atmospheric CO₂.     

50-day Oscillation of Length-of-day Change

Variations of Earth’s rotation rate (length-of-day, LOD) occur over a wide range of time scales from a few hours to the geological age. Studies showed that the 50-day fluctuation exists in LOD change. In the present paper, the authors use wavelet technique to study the 50-day oscillation in LOD series. Temporal variations of the oscillation are presented in this work. After analyzing the axial component of atmospheric angular momentum (AAM) and oceanic angular momentum (OAM), the 50-day periodic signal is also found in atmospheric and oceanic motion with remarkable time-variation. Meanwhile, the 50-day oscillation of the axial AAM is in good consistence with that of LOD change. This suggests that the 50-day oscillation of LOD change is mainly excited by the axial AAM. Possible origin of the oscillation for Earth system is discussed in the end of this paper.     

Atmospheric Excitation of Time Variable Length-of-Day on Seasonal Scales

We use the method of wavelet transform to analyze the time series of the Earth's rotation rate of the EOP(IERS)C04.The result shows that the seasonal (annual and semiannual)variation of the length-of-day(LOD)has temporal vari- ability in its period length and amplitude.During 1965.0-2001.0,the periods of the semiannual and annual components varied mainly from 175-day to 190-day and from 360-day to 370-day,respectively;while their amplitudes varied by more than 0.2 ms and 0.1 ms,respectively.Analyzing the axial component of atmospheric angular mo- mentum(AAM)during this period,we have found that time-variations of period lengths and amplitudes also exist in the seasonal oscillations of the axial AAM and are in good consistency with those of the seasonal LOD change.The time variation of the axial AAM can explain largely the change of the LOD on seasonal scales.     

Interannual sea level variability in the South China Sea and its response to ENSO

Sea level observed by altimeter during the 1993–2004 period, thermosteric sea level from 1945 through 2004, and tide gauge records are analyzed to investigate the interannual variability of sea level in the South China Sea (SCS) and its relationship with ENSO (El Niño and Southern Oscillation). Both the interannual variations of the observed sea level and the thermosteric sea level are closely related to ENSO. An ‘enigma’ that the SST and sea level in the SCS have inverse response to ENSO is revealed. It is found that the thermosteric sea level has an excellent correspondence to seawater temperature at 100 m depth, and their variations are unsynchronized to SST. Detailed analysis denotes that the warming of seawater occurs only in the upper 75 m during and after the mature phase of El Niño, while the cooling appears in the layers deeper than 75 m during El Niño years. The volume transports between the SCS and the adjacent oceans and the anomalous Ekman pumping contribute a lot for the sea level fall in the developing stage of El Niño, while the mass exchange, which is dominated by precipitation, plays a more significant role in the following continuous negative sea level anomalies.     

Glacier mass balance variability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru and its relationship with climate and the large-scale circulation

A 41-year-long reconstructed annual mean glacier mass balance record from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, was investigated for its climate sensitivity toward temperature, humidity and precipitation, and its links with the large-scale atmospheric circulation. On interannual timescales precipitation variability appears to be the main driver for glacier mass balance fluctuations in the Cordillera Blanca. This is corroborated by an analysis of the relationship between mass balance variations and local- to regional-scale precipitation variability. Temperature tends to enhance precipitation in driving the mass balance signal, as dry years are often characterized by warm conditions, while wet years usually coincide with cold anomalies. In some years, however, warm and wet or cold and dry conditions coincide, under which circumstances temperature minimizes or even neutralizes the effects of precipitation. Surface energy balance studies have shown that changes in atmospheric humidity significantly affect the melt rates of tropical glaciers, but the lack of long and high-quality in-situ measurements precludes a detailed quantitative assessment of its role on interannual timescales in the Cordillera Blanca. Sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) in the tropical Pacific exert the dominant large-scale forcing on interannual time scales, leading to negative mass balance anomalies during El Niño and above average mass balance during La Niña episodes. In general the teleconnection mechanism linking ENSO with glacier mass balance is similar to what has previously been described for the Bolivian Altiplano region. Changes in the upper-tropospheric zonal flow aloft associated with ENSO conditions determine the amount of snowfall during the wet season and thereby significantly affect the glacier mass balance. Because this teleconnection mechanism is spatially unstable and oscillates latitudinally along the subtropical Andes, it affects the Cordillera Blanca in most, but not all years. The relationship between ENSO and glacier mass balance is therefore characterized by occasional ‘break downs’, more common since the mid-1970's, when El Niño years with above average mass balance and La Niña events with negative mass balance have been observed.