| Impact of SST Anomaly Events over the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension on the “Summer Prediction Barrier” |
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| 摘 要： | The "summer prediction barrier"(SPB) of SST anomalies(SSTA) over the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension(KOE) refers to the phenomenon that prediction errors of KOE-SSTA tend to increase rapidly during boreal summer, resulting in large prediction uncertainties. The fast error growth associated with the SPB occurs in the mature-to-decaying transition phase,which is usually during the August–September–October(ASO) season, of the KOE-SSTA events to be predicted. Thus, the role of KOE-SSTA evolutionary characteristics in the transition phase in inducing the SPB is explored by performing perfect model predictability experiments in a coupled model, indicating that the SSTA events with larger mature-to-decaying transition rates(Category-1) favor a greater possibility of yielding a more significant SPB than those events with smaller transition rates(Category-2). The KOE-SSTA events in Category-1 tend to have more significant anomalous Ekman pumping in their transition phase, resulting in larger prediction errors of vertical oceanic temperature advection associated with the SSTA events. Consequently, Category-1 events possess faster error growth and larger prediction errors. In addition, the anomalous Ekman upwelling(downwelling) in the ASO season also causes SSTA cooling(warming), accelerating the transition rates of warm(cold) KOE-SSTA events. Therefore, the SSTA transition rate and error growth rate are both related with the anomalous Ekman pumping of the SSTA events to be predicted in their transition phase. This may explain why the SSTA events transferring more rapidly from the mature to decaying phase tend to have a greater possibility of yielding a more significant SPB.
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Impact of SST Anomaly Events over the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension on the "Summer Prediction Barrier" |
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| Yujie WU,Wansuo DUAN. Impact of SST Anomaly Events over the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension on the "Summer Prediction Barrier"[J]. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2018, 35(4): 397-409. DOI: 10.1007/s00376-017-6322-0 |
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| Authors: | Yujie WU Wansuo DUAN |
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| Abstract: | The "summer prediction barrier" (SPB) of SST anomalies (SSTA) over the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension (KOE) refers to the phenomenon that prediction errors of KOE-SSTA tend to increase rapidly during boreal summer, resulting in large prediction uncertainties. The fast error growth associated with the SPB occurs in the mature-to-decaying transition phase, which is usually during the August-September-October (ASO) season, of the KOE-SSTA events to be predicted. Thus, the role of KOE-SSTA evolutionary characteristics in the transition phase in inducing the SPB is explored by performing perfect model predictability experiments in a coupled model, indicating that the SSTA events with larger mature-to-decaying transition rates (Category-1) favor a greater possibility of yielding a more significant SPB than those events with smaller transition rates (Category-2). The KOE-SSTA events in Category-1 tend to have more significant anomalous Ekman pumping in their transition phase, resulting in larger prediction errors of vertical oceanic temperature advection associated with the SSTA events. Consequently, Category-1 events possess faster error growth and larger prediction errors. In addition, the anomalous Ekman upwelling (downwelling) in the ASO season also causes SSTA cooling (warming), accelerating the transition rates of warm (cold) KOE-SSTA events. Therefore, the SSTA transition rate and error growth rate are both related with the anomalous Ekman pumping of the SSTA events to be predicted in their transition phase. This may explain why the SSTA events transferring more rapidly from the mature to decaying phase tend to have a greater possibility of yielding a more significant SPB. |
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| Keywords: | Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension SST summer prediction barrier error growth |
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