Atmospheric Circulations and Sea Surface Temperatures Related to the Convection over the Western Pacific Warm Pool on the Interannual Scale

Lu Riyu

doi:10.1007/s00376-001-0019-z

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Atmospheric Circulations and Sea Surface Temperatures Related to the Convection over the Western Pacific Warm Pool on the Interannual Scale

Lu Riyu

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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080

Lu Riyu

doi: 10.1007/s00376-001-0019-z

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The difference is examined in atmospheric circulation and Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the tropics and subtropics between weak and strong convection over the tropical western Pacific warm pool (signified as WPWP). The WPWP is chosen as the region (110-160°E, 10-20°N), where the Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) shows a great year-to-year variance. A composite study was carried out to examine the differences in atmospheric circulation and SSTs between weak and strong convection over WPWP. First,NCEP/NCAR re-analysis data and satellite-observed OLR data are used to examine the differences.ERA data, in which the OLR data are calculated, are then used for re-examination. The composite results show that the differences are remarkably similar in these two sets of data. The difference in circulations between weak and strong convection over WPWP is significantly associated with westward extension of the North Pacific subtropical anticyclone and stronger westerlies at the northwestern edge of the subtropical anticyclone. It also corresponds with the significant easterly anomaly and the descent anomaly in situ, i.e., over the WPWP. The most prominent characteristics of the difference of SSTs between weak and strong convection over the WPWP are the significant positive SST anomalies in the Indian Ocean,the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea. In WPWP, however, there are only weak negative SST anomalies. Thus, the anomaly of OLR over WPWP is weakly associated with the SST anomalies in situ, while closely associated with the SST anomalies west of WPWP.
- Convection over the western Pacific warm pool,
- Northwest Pacific subtropical high,
- Sea surface temperatures
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Manuscript received: 10 March 2001

Manuscript revised: 10 March 2001

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沈阳化工大学材料科学与工程学院沈阳 110142

Atmospheric Circulations and Sea Surface Temperatures Related to the Convection over the Western Pacific Warm Pool on the Interannual Scale

Lu Riyu

1. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080

Manuscript received: 2001-03-10
Manuscript revised: 2001-03-10

Abstract: The difference is examined in atmospheric circulation and Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the tropics and subtropics between weak and strong convection over the tropical western Pacific warm pool (signified as WPWP). The WPWP is chosen as the region (110-160°E, 10-20°N), where the Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) shows a great year-to-year variance. A composite study was carried out to examine the differences in atmospheric circulation and SSTs between weak and strong convection over WPWP. First,NCEP/NCAR re-analysis data and satellite-observed OLR data are used to examine the differences.ERA data, in which the OLR data are calculated, are then used for re-examination. The composite results show that the differences are remarkably similar in these two sets of data. The difference in circulations between weak and strong convection over WPWP is significantly associated with westward extension of the North Pacific subtropical anticyclone and stronger westerlies at the northwestern edge of the subtropical anticyclone. It also corresponds with the significant easterly anomaly and the descent anomaly in situ, i.e., over the WPWP. The most prominent characteristics of the difference of SSTs between weak and strong convection over the WPWP are the significant positive SST anomalies in the Indian Ocean,the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea. In WPWP, however, there are only weak negative SST anomalies. Thus, the anomaly of OLR over WPWP is weakly associated with the SST anomalies in situ, while closely associated with the SST anomalies west of WPWP.

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