THE EFFECT OF EQUATORIAL CENTRAL PACIFIC SSTAS ON THE INTERANNUAL VARIATION OF PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHWEST CHINA DURING SPRING

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摘要 TheinterannualvariationsofrainfalloversouthwestChina(SWC)duringspringanditsrelationshipwithseasurfacetemperatureanomalies(SSTAs)inthePacificareanalyzed,basedonmonthlymeanprecipitationdatafrom26stationsinSWCbetween1961and2010,NCEP/NCARre-analysisdata,andHadleyglobalSSTdata.SensitivitytestsareconductedtoassesstheresponseofprecipitationinSWCtoSSTAsovertwokeyoceanicdomains,usingtheglobalatmosphericcirculationmodelECHAM5.TheinterannualvariationofrainfalloverSWCinspringisverysignificant.Therearestrongnegative(positive)correlationcoefficientsbetweentheanomalousprecipitationoverSWCandSSTAsovertheequatorialcentralPacific(themid-latitudePacific)duringspring.NumericalsimulationsshowthatlocalrainfallinthenorthwestoftheequatorialcentralPacificissuppressed,andasubtropicalanticyclonecirculationanomalyisproduced,whileacycloniccirculationanomalyinthemid-latitudewesternPacificoccurs,whentheequatorialPacificSSTAsareinacoldphaseinspring.AnomalousnortherlywindsappearinthenortheasternpartofSWCinthelowertroposphere.PrecipitationincreasesovertheMaritimeContinentofthewesternequatorialPacific,whileacycloniccirculationanomalyappearsinthenorthwestofthewesternequatorialPacific.AtroughovertheBayofBengalenhancesthesoutherlyflowinthesouthofSWC.ThetroughalsoenhancesthetransportofmoisturetoSWC.ThewarmmoistureintersectswithanomalouscoldairoverthenortheastofSWC,andsoprecipitationincreasesduringspring.Ontheinterannualtimescale,theimpactsofthemid-latitudePacificSSTAsonrainfallinSWCduringspringarenotsignificant,becausethemid-latitudePacificSSTAsareaffectedbytheequatorialcentralPacificSSTAs;thatis,themid-latitudePacificSSTAsareafeedbacktothecirculationanomalycausedbytheequatorialcentralPacificSSTAs.
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出版日期 2017年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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