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Seasonal variation of global surface pressure and water vapor 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
TSING-CHANG CHEN JAU-MING CHEN SIEGFRIED SCHUBERT LAWRENCE L. TAKACS 《地球,A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1997,49(5):613-621
Previous studies have shown that the seasonal variation of global-mean surface pressure ( p s ) results from variation of global-mean water vapor pressure ( p w ). The current study, employing the global data generated by Version 1 of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-1) Data Assimilation System, shows that seasonal variations of regional p s and p w tend to be out of phase (particularly in the subtropics of the two hemispheres) and that the magnitude of the former variation is generally much larger than that of the latter. The seasonal variations of these two quantities are maintained by airmass and water vapor transports by the global divergent circulation, which is driven by the latent heat released by cumulus convection over the water vapor sink, as the "water mass forcing" mechanism predicted. Since p w and p s are used often in depicting the climate system, assessments of climate change in terms of the global-mean and regional variations of these two variables should be interpreted with caution. 相似文献
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Two reanalysis datasets, one generated by the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres for 1982–1993 and the other generated by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction for 1982–1995, are used to examine the relationship between the Southern Oscillation (SO) and the interannual variation of atmospheric mass. Both reanalyses show that atmospheric mass increases (decreases) during the positive (negative) SO phase. Atmospheric mass consists of dry air and moisture. Since dry mass is conserved, the interannual variation of atmospheric mass results from the variation of water vapor pressure. Thus, global atmospheric hydrological processes are analyzed to illustrate how the SO affects the interannual variation of atmospheric mass. During the positive (negative) SO phase, water vapor is converged (diverged) toward (out of) the central-eastern tropical Pacific [where sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are higher (lower) than normal] to maintain (suppress) cumulus convection in that area. An anomalous east-west Walker circulation straddling the Dateline is driven by the anomalous cumulus convection in this region to create positive (negative) surface pressure anomalies over the western tropical Pacific-Indian Ocean, which result in an increase (decrease) in atmospheric mass. 相似文献
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BLAINE W. SCHUBERT STEVEN C. WALLACE 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2009,38(3):482-492
The Saltville Valley of southwestern Virginia contains an abundance of extinct Late Pleistocene megafauna. Recent excavations in the valley produced two particularly notable discoveries, the remains of a scavenged mammoth ( Mammuthus sp.) and a giant short-faced bear ( Arctodus simus ). The bear is the first carnivoran record from Saltville, and its large dental dimensions, dentary proportions, and exceptionally short-face, evince an exceedingly powerful bite for this individual. Mammoth remains are relatively abundant from Saltville, but the material described here preserves extreme examples of scavenging by carnivores. Based on comparisons with the feeding behavior and bone alteration patterns of extant hyenas, cats, wolves, and bears, we conclude that at least two types of large carnivorans scavenged this mammoth carcass. AMS radiocarbon dates of 14 510 ± 55 14 C yr BP on the Mammuthus and 14 853 ± 55 14 C yr BP on the A. simus demonstrate that they are nearly the same age. Very few direct radiocarbon dates on A. simus have been reported from the contiguous United States. The Saltville A. simus represents the most eastern date for the species, as well as the only date from the Appalachian Highlands. 相似文献
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