Monsoon Circulation Related to ENSO Phase-Locking

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TOGA-COARE IOP时期大尺度流场的分析

根据ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥＩＯＰ时期（１９９２年１１月—１９９３年２月）包含加密观测的四维同化的高空格点资料,分析了这一时期热带太平洋风场的大尺度特征,发现５００ｈＰａ以下,在中东太平洋频繁出现大范围稳定的强西风,高层出现明显的东风;低层强西风高频出现区或爆发区逐月向东传播,在观测结束时,西风到达了中东太平洋地区;相应的正常冬季东亚－西太平洋局地哈得莱环流被破坏,热带太平洋的沃克（Ｗａｌｋｅｒ）环流明显地向东太平洋地区移动。所有这些环流的异常特征表明,ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥＩＯＰ时期正处于一次ＥｌＮｉｎｏ事件的发展时期。     

青藏高原上空温度场低频变化的垂直结构及其与热带海气的相互关系

采用一点相关法研究了青藏高原东部对流层－平流层下部温度场低频变化的垂直结构,指出了最大负相关层的高度和强度随季节的变化特点,并与高原北部格尔木和我国东部（１２０°Ｅ、３０～５０°Ｎ）区域作了比较。从青藏高原对流层顶高度的季节变化、大气温度层结和动能垂直分布探讨了青藏高原温度场低频垂直结构及季节变化的物理背景。并指出：秋季１０～１１月青藏高原东部垂直热力结构、赤道印度洋－太平洋的两个纬向垂直Ｗａｌｋｅｒ环流圈强度与赤道东太平洋（０～１０°Ｓ、１８０～９０°Ｗ）区域ＳＳＴＡ之间具有极为密切的耦合关系。     

Changes of the tropical Pacific Walker circulation simulated by two versions of FGOALS model

Here we assessed the performances of IAP/LASG climate system model FGOALS-g2 and FGOAS-s2 in the simulation of the tropical Pacific Walker circulation(WC). Both models reasonably reproduce the climatological spatial distribution features of the tropical Pacific WC. We also investigated the changes of WC simulated by two versions of FGOALS model and discussed the mechanism responsible for WC changes. Observed Indo-Pacific sea level pressure(SLP) reveals a reduction of WC during 1900–2004 and 1950–2004, and an enhancement of WC during 1982–2004. During the three different time spans, the WC in FGOALS-g2 shows a weakening trend. In FGOALS-s2, tropical Pacific atmospheric circulation shows no significant change over the past century, but the WC strengthens during 1950–2004 and 1982–2004. The simulated bias of the WC change may be related to the phase of the multi-decadal mode in coupled models, which is not in sync with that in the observations. The change of WC is explained by the hydrological cycle constraints that precipitation must be balanced with the moisture transporting from the atmospheric boundary layer to the free troposphere. In FGOALS-g2, the increasing amplitude of the relative variability of precipitation(?P/P) is smaller(larger) than the relative variability of moisture(?q/q) over the tropical western(eastern) Pacific over the three time spans, and thus leads to a weakened WC. In FGOALS-s2, the convective mass exchange fluxes increase(decrease) over the tropical western(eastern) Pacific over the past 53 a(1950–2004) and the last 23 a(1982– 2004), and thus leads to a strengthened WC. The distributions of sea surface temperature(SST) trends dominate the change of WC. Over the past 55 a and 23 a, tropical Pacific SST shows an El Ni?o-like(a La Ni?a-like) trend pattern in FGOALS-g2(FGOALS-s2), which drives the weakening(strengthening) of WC. Therefore, a successful simulation of the tropical Pacific SST change pattern is necessary for a reasonable simulation of WC change in climate system models. This idea is further supported by the diagnosis of historical sea surface temperature driven AGCM-simulations.     

Carbonate-associated sulfate as a proxy for lake level fluctuations: a proof of concept for Walker Lake, Nevada

Closed-basin alkaline lakes record climate change particularly well because they generally contain a sedimentary record that is high in carbonate mineral content from which climate proxies can be determined. Various approaches are used to estimate paleo-lake level and volume (δ¹⁸O, dating of “shoreline” tufas, biotic proxies, etc.), yet all carry certain caveats that limit their usefulness. Ultimately, the relationship between the chemistry of the lake, the volume of the lake, and the response of the proxy will determine how well a proxy serves a paleolimnologic purpose. Here, we discuss the use of carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS), the sulfate contained within the lattice of carbonate minerals that precipitate in lake water, as a proxy for lake water chemistry and by extension, lake volume. Walker Lake, an alkaline closed-basin lake in western Nevada, has experienced a well-documented lake-level decline since 1880 and provides a test case for CAS as a lake-level proxy. By extracting the CAS from sedimentary carbonate and tufas that have been age dated, we can relate these values to lake sulfate content based on historical or other proxy data. We confirm that CAS tracks lake sulfate. Our study of sedimentary carbonates demonstrates that CAS is a linear function of lake sulfate through a range of 10–25 mM, which corresponds to a change in lake level of 30 m. As confirmation of the CAS technique, we analyzed a stromatolitic tufa dated using AMS ¹⁴C. The CAS trend in the stromatolite suggested that it grew during a lake-level decline, a result consistent with other proxy data. Finally, laboratory experiments were conducted that demonstrate CAS is monotonically correlated with sulfate concentration and that precipitation kinetics are not likely a major control on CAS in alkaline lakes, but that ionic strength of the solution exerts a strong control on CAS.     

热带太平洋ENSO事件和印度洋的DIPOLE事件

在热带太平洋和印度洋的次表层构造了一个气候上的海温距平极值曲面(接近由20℃定义的温跃层曲面),分析了1960~2000年海温距平在这一曲面上演变的统计行为,指出,在这个曲面上分析海温距平的演变要比分析海表温度距平的演变规律更清楚,例如热带太平洋的ENSO事件,海温距平信号在赤道和南北10°左右的纬带附近呈逆时针方向传播,在传播过程中其强度产生变化甚至变号;在热带印度洋的Dipole若在最大海温距平曲面上来分析,则西、东印度洋的海温距平在统计上呈负相关(真正物理意义下的Dipole),而不像用海表温度距平分析那样只在西、东温度距平梯度上呈现年际的正、负号变化。进一步的分析表明,ENSO和Dipole的发展,在统计上呈现出时滞的相互关系,一般赤道东太平洋的海温距平变化在前(一个季度左右),联系这两者变化之间的纽带是赤道太平洋和印度洋的一对反相转动的Walker环流的耦合演变。     

Evaluating sedimentary geochemical lake-level tracers in Walker Lake, Nevada, over the last 200 years

Walker Lake, a hydrologically closed, saline, alkaline lake located along the western margin of the Great Basin of western United States, has experienced a 77% reduction in volume and commitment drop in lake level as a result of anthropogenic perturbations and climatic fluctuations over the last century. The history of lake-level change in Walker Lake has been recorded instrumentally since 1860. A high-resolution multi-proxy sediment core record from Walker Lake has been generated through analysis of total inorganic carbon (TIC), total organic carbon (TOC), and oxygen and carbon isotope ratios (δ¹⁸O and δ¹³ C) of both downcore bulk TIC and ostracods over the last 200 yr. This allows us to examine how these sediment indices respond to actual changes in this lake’s hydrologic balance at interannual to decadal timescales. In Walker Lake sediments, changes in %TIC, %TOC, and δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of TIC and ostracods are all associated to varying degrees with changes in the lake’s hydrologic balance, with δ¹⁸O of the TIC fraction (δ¹⁸O_TIC) being the most highly correlated and the most effective hydrologic indicator in this closed-basin lake. The δ¹⁸O_TIC record from Walker Lake nearly parallels the instrumental lake-level record back to 1860. However, comparison with sporadic lake-water δ¹⁸O and dissolved inorganic carbon δ¹³C (δ¹³C_DIC) results spanning the last several decades suggests that the isotopic values of downcore carbonate sediments may not be readily translated into absolute or even relative values of corresponding lake-water δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C_DIC. Changes in the lake’s hydrologic balance usually lead to changes in isotopic composition of lake waters and downcore sediments, but not all the variations in downcore isotopic composition are necessarily caused by hydrologic changes.     

1979—2017年南海SSTA时空特征及其与沃克环流异常的相关

利用1979—2017年HadISST月平均海面温度资料、ERA-Interim大气资料以及GPCP Version 2.3集合降水资料,分析了南海海面温度距平（SSTA）场的时空分布特征,并从南海降水异常的角度探讨了在ENSO期间,沃克（Walker）环流异常对南海海面温度异常（SSTA）的影响过程。结果表明,南海SSTA场分别存在全海域一致模态、东西反位相的偶极子模态以及纬向三级子正负位相三个主要模态,且三个模态都具有显著的准2 a及4 a左右的年际振荡周期,反映了南海SSTA与ENSO现象的高度相关性。对Walker环流异常的分析表明,Walker环流异常与ENSO事件及南海SSTA存在较好的相关。ENSO事件发生时,Walker环流异常移动通过“云辐射反馈过程”,使得南海海面温度（SST）发生改变,因此Walker环流在ENSO影响南海SST异常过程中起到“大气桥”的作用。     

CMIP5模式对近30年沃克环流强度变化模拟的不足及成因分析 *

太平洋沃克环流(Pacific Walker Circulation, PWC)是热带太平洋上空至关重要的大气环流系统, 但其在全球变暖背景下的长期变化仍存在争议, 换而言之, 沃克环流增强或减弱仍是有待回答的科学问题之一。观测表明近30年PWC呈增强趋势, 而气候模式无法得出观测的趋势。文章分析了参加第五次耦合模式比较计划(Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5, CMIP5)的18个耦合模式模拟的PWC变化。结果表明, 大部分耦合模式能够较好地再现PWC的气候态分布特征, 但不能给出其加强的趋势。究其原因, 主要取决于模式对海表温度(SST)变化的模拟能力, 能模拟出PWC加强的耦合模式, 其模拟的SST趋势分布与观测相近[即类拉尼娜(La Niña)型], 但仍存在一定差异; 而模拟出PWC减弱的耦合模式, 其模拟的SST趋势分布表现为类厄尔尼诺(El Niño)型, 这与观测不符。对于后者, 如果用观测的SST驱动其大气模式却能够模拟出PWC的加强, 从另一方面也说明了SST变化对于PWC长期变化的主导作用。因此, CMIP5模式要想合理地预估PWC在全球变暖背景下的变化, 需要提高对于热带太平洋SST变化的模拟能力。