Sea surface height oscillation with quasi-four-month period along the continental slope in the northern South China Sea

The sea surface height oscillation with a quasi-four-month period (SSHO4) along continental slope in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is detected using satellite altimeter data and an ocean model simulation. The SSHO4 is at southwest of Dongsha Island, and is characterized by a wavelength of ~600 km and a southwestward phase speed of ~0.1 m/s. Crossing the climatological background SST front, geostrophic currents corresponding to the SSHO4 generally induce sea surface temperature (SST) "tongues" during January-March. The cold and warm SST tongues appear southwest of cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies, respectively. The distance between the warm and cold SST tongues is about half the wavelength of the SSHO4. The geostrophic currents play an important role in lateral mixing, as manifested by the SST tongue phenomena in the NSCS.     

热带海洋SST与北半球大气环流的低频振荡特征

采用复经验正交函数展开（ＣＥＯＦ）等方法研究了热带海洋海表温度异常（ＳＳＴＡ）和北半球５００ｈＰａ高度场异常（Ｈ５００）的甚低频（ＬＦ）和准两年（ＱＢ）两种低频振荡空间振幅和位相变化,发现ＳＳＴＡ变化信号在热带西太平洋最先出现,其后是热带中东太平洋,最后是热带中东太平洋,最后是热带印度洋和南海。副热带中西太平洋Ｈ５００滞后于中东太平洋ＳＳＴＡ １￣２月,Ｈ５００的ＬＦ分量从副热带中西太平洋经西北太     

台湾以东黑潮流量的年际变化特征

利用长时间序列的石垣和基隆两个验潮站的海平面高度记录(18年)计算了台湾以东的黑潮流量,并结合风应力资料(SODA),探讨了台湾以东黑潮流量的年际变化及其和风应力旋度的关系。台湾以东黑潮流量的峰值出现在1980—1981、1982—1983、1986、1988及1991年。低值出现在1984、1990、1993—1995年。小波分析结果显示,台湾以东黑潮流量具有2—5年的显著周期(峰值在2年和5年);台湾以东北太平洋区域风应力旋度具有2—7年的显著周期(峰值在3年和6年)。在1980—1991年间,黑潮大弯曲频繁发生,台湾以东黑潮流量偏大,与台湾以东太平洋区域风应力旋度间的关系较好;而在1991—1995年间,没有黑潮大弯曲发生,台湾以东黑潮流量偏低,与台湾以东太平洋区域风应力旋度间的关系较差。     

台湾以东黑潮流量变异与冬季西北太平洋海洋-大气相互作用

通过对历史资料进行奇异值分解、合成分析及相关分析,揭示了对应冬季台湾以东黑潮流量增强(减弱)时,西北太平洋海区异常失热(得热),北太平洋(北纬20°N以北)上空500hPa位势高度负异常(正异常);进一步证实了冬季西北太平洋海洋-大气相互作用是一个正反馈过程;发现了冬季台湾以东黑潮的暖平流作用可能是维持该正反馈过程进行的一个必要条件;通过超前和滞后相关及合成分析,提出从10月开始,台湾以东黑潮流量异常形成的暖平流作用会对冬季西北太平洋海区海洋-大气相互作用有贡献。     

热带三大洋海表温度和云水关系的初探

热带太平洋、大西洋和热带印度洋是全球海洋-大气相互作用最显著的海域。为了探讨热带三大洋局地海洋-大气相互作用中的某些特征,利用新的卫星遥感资料对热带三大洋的云水和海表温度(SST)异常变化进行了统计相关分析。研究发现:在赤道太平洋和赤道大西洋云水和SST二者在超前或滞后5周内都呈现明显的正相关关系,表明3个赤道海域云水和SST之间具有明显的相互作用正反馈机制;在热带西印度洋SST异常超前CLW异常一周时,正相关系数最大,SST的变化导致云水的变化;而在以较冷海水为下垫面的赤道外东北太平洋,东南太平洋以及赤道外的南大西洋海域,二者呈明显的负相关关系,云水的变化会引起SST的变化。位于菲律宾以东的热带西北太平洋区,云水量的变化引起SST的变化;而赤道东印度洋暖池区即存在云水量的增加(减少)引起SST降低(升高)的现象,也存在SST降低(升高)引起云水量的减少(增加)的现象。以上结果将为进一步理解海洋-大气相互作用,在数值模式中正确设计海洋-大气边界层参数化方案提供参考。     

1998年夏季风爆发前后南海上混合层的特征及成因

利用1998年“南海季风实验（SCSMEX）”南北部两个点的资料,采用J.Launianen和T.Vihma提出的方法,计算了潜热通量、感热通量和风应力,分析了南海上混合层动力、热力特征及其与南海夏季风爆发之间的关系。发现在西南季风爆发前后,南海北部、南部的两个观测点的海洋上混合层温度和深度随时间的变化具有不同的特点：北部混合层温度经历由高到低再变高,混合层深度经历由浅变深再变浅的3个时段;南部混合层温度经历由低到高再变低,混合层深度经历由深变浅再变深的3个时段。这与南海南、北部海面的风和海面热通量具备不同的特征有关。在5～6月南海上混合层动力、热力特征基本受局地风与短波辐射控制,海面潜热和感热的作用较小。在5月份,南海南部观测点海面附近存在浅薄的高盐高密度层,在60m以上的上层海洋内存在着许多高盐高密度核。在1998年“南海季风实验”期间南海南、北部两个观测点都存在较浅薄的障碍层,在西南季风爆发期间,南海北部观测点的障碍层较厚达到20m以上。     

The link between interannual variation of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset and summer precipitation in Shandong Province

Relationship between the onset date of South China Sea (SCS) summer monsoon and the summer rainfall in Shandong Province was examined by comprehensive analysis to establish a conceptual model of the link. If the summer monsoon occurs earlier, the 500 hPa level would induce the teleconnection of Eurasian pattern in the summer (June-August), which indicates that the western Pacific subtropical high is displaced northward further than usual, the Siberian high is intensified and the Okhotsk low is deepened. Under such circumstance, Shandong, located in the west side of the subtropical high and in front of the mid-Siberia high, would be expected to have a wet summer because it is quite possible for cold and warm air to meet and interact with each other in Shandong. Statistical analysis revealed that the 500 hPa anomalies over Korea and Japan were sensitive to the SCS monsoon onset date and very important to precipitation in Shandong, and that the convective activities over the deep water basin in the SCS in 24-26 pentads significantly influenced the position of the ridge line of the western Pacific subtropical high. These findings yielded better understanding of the causative mechanisms involved in the precipitation generation, so that the knowledge gained can possibly be applied for long-lead forecast.     

An ENSO-like oscillation system

INTRODUCTIONElNi no SouthernOscillation (ENSO)istheinterannualinteractionofocean atmosphereinthetropical (especiallyequatorial)Pacific,andisconsideredtobethedominantmechanismoftheearth’sinterannualclimatechange.ThereareseveralparadigmsproposedforinterpretingENSO .Bjerknes’ (1 966,1 969)pio neeringworkvisualizedacloseassociationbetweenoceanandatmosphereandexplainedhowthedis turbancecoulddevelopthroughtheocean atmosphereinteraction .Heproposedapositivefeedbackmechanism .ButENSOisan…     

CHARACTERISTICS OF INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MIXED LAYER OF "WARM POOL" AREAS

Observational data obtained during the TOGA-COARE IOP in the "warm pool" area of the West-ern Tropical Pacific were used to analyze some characteristics of the intraseasonal variations in the mixedlayer. The influence of westerly burst and rainfall on SST, salinity. and mixed layer depth are discussed.There are two pairs of counteracting processes in the "warm pool" mixed layer: (1) The increase of mixedlayer depth caused by local westerly bursts and the decrease of mixed layer depth caused by larger scaleeasterly relaxation;(2) the vertical mixing by local wind and the strong stratification due to rainfall in themixed layer. Some possible mechanisms through the interactions between the intraseasonal time scale varia-tions of the oceanic mixed layer and atmospheric low frequency oscillations are revealed.     

山东省春季旱年与涝年对应的大气环流

利用美国国家环境预报中心与美国国家大气研究中心 (NCEP/ NCAR)再分析资料及山东省 196 1～ 1998年 16个代表站的 3～ 5月降水实测资料 ,对山东春季旱年与涝年进行划分并对其对应的大气环流形势进行了分析。结果表明 ,山东春季涝年与旱年的大气环流形势存在明显的差异 ,东亚大槽的异常减弱、乌拉尔地区高度场的明显降低是造成山东春季降水异常偏多的主要原因 ;孟加拉湾的水汽输送是山东地区春季降水的重要水汽条件。