A PRINCIPAL MODE OF CIRCULATION COVARIATION BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ENSO DURING BOREAL WINTER

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.     

气象台的气象实践教学体系

介绍了气象台在气象实践教学课程建设和教学改革中取得的主要成果，在课程体系的建设、开放实验项目的设立、教学内容、教学手段和方式上具有创新性，这些成果在实践实习中的应用提高了实践教学的效果。     

印度洋海温偶极振荡对东亚环流及降水影响

利用NCEP／NCAR提供的50a再分析资料、英国气象局全球海温资料、中国气象局整编的160站降水资料，采用相关、合成、奇异值分解等方法讨论了印度洋海温异常偶极振荡对东亚夏季大气环流及降水的影响。结果表明：印度洋海温偶极振荡异常，引起了大气环流的异常，影响了季风强度和雨带分布。印度洋海温偶极振荡正位相年时，印度洋上为东风异常，西太平洋副高偏西、偏南、偏强，菲律宾附近对流活动减弱，东亚夏季风偏强，华南夏季降水偏多；印度洋海温偶极振荡负位相年时，西太平洋副高偏东、偏北，东亚夏季风偏弱，长江黄河之间有异常辐合，降水偏多。