夏季对流和环流10-25天季内变化-5西太平洋暖池热力状况的关系

主要讨论了西太平洋暖池热力状况年际变化相联系的10－25天季内振荡的特征。在西太平洋暖池处于“暖”夏季和“冷”夏季两种状态时，10－25天季内振荡呈现出明显差异，在所讨论的亚洲－太平洋大部分区域，“暖”夏季时对流活动的10－25天季内变化和“冷”夏季时对流活动的10－25天季内变化表现出显的反相关关系，表明对流活动的年际变化与季内变化的相互作用。当西太平洋暖池上空对流活动的10－25天季内振荡处于最强和最弱阶段时，低层大气表现为Gill型环流响应，即气旋式（反气旋式）环流出现在最强（最弱）对流活动的西北，这种对流和环流关系在西太平洋暖池出于“暖”夏季和“冷”夏季两种状态时均成立。而当西太平洋暖池上空对流活动的10－25天季内振荡处于除此以外其他阶段时，就看不到Gill型环流响应。     

海气耦合系统中的季节内振荡模态

从海气相互作用的观点出发研究了热带大气季节内振荡产生的一种可能原因,发现在不考虑大气内部大尺度凝结反馈过程的条件下,线性简单海气耦合系统在真实的参数取值范围内存在一类和实际观测类似的季节内振荡模态,这种模态可以不稳定缓慢东传或西传或表现为驻波,海洋边界波反射效应对这种振荡模态的形成无根本性影响。这一结果为解释洋面上观测到的热带大气低频振荡的局地特征提供了理论背景。     

初秋孟加拉湾－日本海遥相关的特征及其与大气环流和中国降水的关系

用ＥＣＭＷＦ１９８０－１９８３年资料探讨了亚洲季风区水汽汇季节内变化的标准差分布、空间型及传播，并讨论了水汽汇与热源（本文第Ｉ部分）季节内变化特点的异同。结果表明：一方面，季节内时间尺度上水汽汇的变化特征与热源比较一致（尤其是在夏季），变化显著区主要位于季风活跃区及其附近地区，与季风雨带的位置极为接近，且夏季陆地上清楚，冬季海洋上明显；ＥＯＦ分析的主要空间型反映了印缅地区、中国东部及沿海、西太平洋     

北半球平流层低层大气季节内振荡特征

利用奇异谱分析方法（SSA）分析了1975年1月1日至12月31日北半球30hPa高度场变化特征，结果发现:平流层低层大气除了年变化及季节变化趋势外，还存在明显的季节内振荡，最显著的周期为20～60天；在持续性异常多发地区，30hPa高度场变化中20～40天周期振荡占优势，而在其它一些地区则盛行40～60天周期振荡；对流层持续性异常主要同对流层高度场的20～40天振荡有关，并可能通过这种周期振荡同平流层低层相同周期的振荡的相互作用影响平流层低层大气季节内变化。     

Potential vorticity aspects of the MJO

Considering linearized motion about a resting basic state, we derive analytical solutions of the equatorial β-plane primitive equations under the assumption that the flow is steady in a reference frame moving eastward with a diabatic forcing resembling a Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) convective envelope. The solutions are analyzed in terms of potential vorticity (PV) dynamics. Because the diabatic source term for PV contains a factor βy, the diabatic heat source is ineffective at generating a PV anomaly at the equator but maximizes the PV response near the poleward edges of the heat source. In this way a moving heat source can produce two ribbons of lower tropospheric PV anomaly, a positive one off the equator in the northern hemisphere and a negative one off the equator in the southern hemisphere, with oppositely signed PV anomalies in the upper troposphere. Associated with these PV anomalies are geopotential anomalies that are shifted several hundred kilometers poleward. In the lower troposphere these zonally elongated geopotential anomalies resemble ITCZ trough zones, which demonstrates the close connection between the MJO wake dynamics and the formation of double ITCZs.To demonstrate that the MJO wake response can be described by simple PV dynamics, we propose an invertibility principle relating the PV to the streamfunction, which in turn is locally related to the geopotential. This equatorial invertibility principle accurately recovers the balanced wind and mass fields found in the MJO wake in the primitive equation model. However, while the invertibility principle highlights the ability of simple PV dynamics to accurately describe the flow in the wake of an MJO convective envelope, it also clearly illustrates the inability of such dynamics to describe the Kelvin-like flow pattern ahead of the convection.     

Intraseasonal variability in subtropical South America as depicted by precipitation data

Daily precipitation data from three stations in subtropical Argentina are used to describe intraseasonal variability (20–90 days) during the austral summer. This variability is compared locally and regionally with that present in outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) data, in order to evaluate the performance of this variable as a proxy for convection in the region. The influence of the intraseasonal activity of the South American Seesaw (SASS) leading convection pattern on precipitation is also explored. Results show that intraseasonal variability explains a significant portion of summer precipitation variance, with a clear maximum in the vicinity of the SASS subtropical center. Correlation analysis reveals that OLR can explain only a small portion of daily precipitation variability, implying that it does not constitute a proper proxy for precipitation on daily timescales. On intraseasonal timescales, though, OLR is able to reproduce the main features of precipitation variability. The dynamical conditions that promote the development of intraseasonal variability in the region are further analyzed for selected summers. Seasons associated with a strong intraseasonal signal in precipitation variability show distinctive wet/dry intraseasonal periods in daily raw data, and are associated with a well defined SASS-like spatial pattern of convection. During these summers, strong large-scale forcing (such as warm El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and/or tropical intraseasonal convective activity), and Rossby-wave-like circulation anomalies extending across the Pacific Ocean, are also observed.     

Interannual variations of the boreal summer intraseasonal variability predicted by ten atmosphere–ocean coupled models

The reproducibility of boreal summer intraseasonal variability (ISV) and its interannual variation by dynamical models are assessed through diagnosing 21-year retrospective forecasts from ten state-of-the-art ocean–atmosphere coupled prediction models. To facilitate the assessment, we have defined the strength of ISV activity by the standard deviation of 20–90 days filtered precipitation during the boreal summer of each year. The observed climatological ISV activity exhibits its largest values over the western North Pacific and Indian monsoon regions. The notable interannual variation of ISV activity is found primarily over the western North Pacific in observation while most models have the largest variability over the central tropical Pacific and exhibit a wide range of variability in spatial patterns that are different from observation. Although the models have large systematic biases in spatial pattern of dominant variability, the leading EOF modes of the ISV activity in the models are closely linked to the models’ El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which is a feature that resembles the observed ISV and ENSO relationship. The ENSO-induced easterly vertical shear anomalies in the western and central tropical Pacific, where the summer mean vertical wind shear is weak, result in ENSO-related changes of ISV activity in both observation and models. It is found that the principal components of the predicted dominant modes of ISV activity fluctuate in a very similar way with observed ones. The model biases in the dominant modes are systematic and related to the external SST forcing. Thus the statistical correction method of this study based on singular value decomposition is capable of removing a large portion of the systematic errors in the predicted spatial patterns. The 21-year-averaged pattern correlation skill increases from 0.25 to 0.65 over the entire Asian monsoon region after applying the bias correction method to the multi-model ensemble mean prediction.     

基于MTM-SVD方法的西南地区降水季节内振荡特征分析

利用1981-2010年中国西南地区气象站点逐日降水资料以及NCEP/NCAR逐日再分析资料,使用MTM-SVD方法分析了西南地区降水的季节内振荡特征,结果表明:西南地区降水存在显著的14.4候(70天左右)振荡周期,该季节内振荡在1985年前后最强,在整个研究时段内夏季更明显。典型循环重建表明,西南地区降水的季节内振荡整体上有一个从南向北的推进过程,对OLR的分析表明,南海—西太平洋地区和孟加拉湾地区是影响西南地区降水的两个关键区。在季节内振荡尺度上影响西南地区降水的OLR异常信号首先出现在爪哇岛附近,逐渐向东传播到马鲁古群岛地区,然后北跳传播到北半球的南海—西太平洋地区和孟加拉湾地区,最后两者先后向北推进影响西南地区降水。     

Evolution of Intraseasonal Oscillation over the Tropica lWestern Pacific/South China Sea and Its Effect to the Summer Precipitation in Southern China

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Interannual spring Wyrtki jet variability and its regional impacts

The role of spring Wyrtki jets in modulating the equatorial Indian Ocean and the regional climate is an unexplored problem. The source of interannual variability in the spring Wyrtki jets is explored in this study. The relationship between intraseasonal and interannual variability from 1958 to 2008 and its relation with Indian Summer Monsoon is further addressed. Analysis reveals that the interannual variability in spring Wyrtki jets is controlled significantly by their intraseasonal variations. These are mostly defined by a single intraseasonal event of duration 20 days or more which either strengthens or weakens the seasonal mean jet depending on its phase. The strong spring jets are driven by such intraseasonal westerly wind bursts lasting for 20-days or more, whereas the weak jets are driven by weaker intraseasonal westerlies. During the years of strong jets, the conventional westward phase propagation of Wyrtki jets is absent and instead there is an eastward phase propagation indicating the possible role of Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) in strengthening the spring Wyrtki jets. These strong intraseasonal westerly wind bursts with eastward phase propagation during strong years are observed mainly in late spring and have implications on June precipitation over the Indian and adjoining land mass. Anomalously strong eastward jets accumulate warm water in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean (EIO), leading to anomalous positive upper ocean heat content and supporting more local convection in the east. This induces subsidence over the Indian landmass and alters monsoon rainfall by modulating monsoon Hadley circulation. In case of weak current years such warm anomalies are absent over the eastern EIO. Variations in the jet strength are found to have strong impact on sea level anomalies, heat content, salinity and sea surface temperature over the equatorial and north Indian Ocean making it a potentially important player in the north Indian Ocean climate variability.