简介：PossiblerelationshipsbetweenMJOandthesevererain-snowweatherinEasternChinaduringNovemberof2009areanalyzedandresultsshowthatastrongMJOprocessisoneofthestrongimpactfactors.MJOisveryactiveovertheIndianOceaninNovember2009.Especially,itmaintains9daysinMJOphase3,justcorrespondingtothetwostrongestrain-snowprocesses.CompositesofMJOeventsshowthatwhentheMJOconvectivecenterislocatedovertheIndianOcean,theprobabilityofrainfallissignificantlyincreasedandthetemperatureislowerthannormalineasternChina,whichisconsistentwiththesituationinNovemberof2009.Atmosphericcirculationanomaliesofmid-andhigher-latitudescanbeinfluencedbythetropicalMJOconvectionforcingandthisinfluencecouldberealizedbyteleconnection.WhentheMJOisovertheIndianOcean,itisfavorableforthemaintenanceofacirculationpatternoftworidgesversusonetroughatmid-andhigher-latitudes.Meanwhile,thewesternPacificsubtropicalhighisstrongerandmorewestwardthannormal,andasignificantconvectivebeltappearsovereasternEastAsia.AllthesecirculationanomaliesshowninthecompositeresultalsoappearedintheobservationsinNovember2009,whichindicatesthegeneralfeaturesofrelationshipsbetweentheMJOandthecirculationanomaliesovertheextratropics.Besidesthezonalcirculationanomalies,theMJOconvectioncanalsoleadtomeridionalcirculationanomalies.WhentheMJOconvectionislocatedovertheIndianOcean,thewesternPacificisdominatedbyanomalousdescendingmotion,andtheeasternEastAsiaiscontrolledbystrongconvergenceandascendingmotion.Therefore,ananomalousmeridionalcirculationisformedbetweenthetropicsandmiddlelatitudes,enhancingthenorthwardtransportationoflow-levelmoisture.Itispotentiallyhelpfultounderstandingandevenforecastingsuchkindofrain-snowweatheranomaliesasthatinNovember2009usingMJO.