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DOI | 10.1007/s00382-018-4345-6 |
Intraseasonal variation of the summer rainfall over the Southeastern United States | |
Wei, Wei1,2,3; Li, Wenhong2; Deng, Yi4; Yang, Song1,3 | |
2019-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | CLIMATE DYNAMICS
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ISSN | 0930-7575 |
EISSN | 1432-0894 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 53页码:1171-1183 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China; USA |
英文摘要 | This study characterizes the intraseasonal variability (ISV) in the Southeastern United States (SE US) rainfall in boreal summer and delineates the associated dynamical processes featuring three-way interactions among the SE US rainfall, the central US low-level jet (LLJ), and the North Atlantic subtropical high (NASH). The analysis reveals that the ISV of the SE summer rainfall peaks at the 1020-day timescales. The physical mechanisms for the three-way interactions on the 1020-day timescales are proposed. When the NASH attains a minimum strength, the reduced size of the NASH is accompanied with an eastward retreat of the western ridge of the NASH, leading to a decrease in the zonal pressure gradient and consequently a weakening of the LLJ 1day after. The weakened LLJ and the eastward-shifted NASH western ridge induces anomalous cyclonic circulation over the SE US, moves preferred regions of moisture convergence from central US to the SE US, and 3days later the SE US rainfall attains its maximum strength. The excessive latent heating associated with the enhanced SE US rainfall excites an anomalous anticyclone northeast of the rainfall region, resulting in an increase in the NASH intensity that peaks 2days after the maximum SE US rainfall. The NASH subsequently expands with its western ridge moving westward, zonal pressure gradient restored, and LLJ strength recovered. An anomalous anticyclone then emerges over the SE US and suppresses rainfall, marking the shift from an intraseasonal wet phase to dry phase in this region. A more rigorous proof of these causalities demand carefully designed numerical experiments and further statistical analysis in future. Our results suggest that improved prediction of SE US summer rainfall across intraseasonal scales depends critically on the model representation of the three-way coupling among the NASH, the central US LLJ, and the SE US rainfall. |
英文关键词 | Intraseasonal variation Southeastern United States summer rainfall North Atlantic subtropical high Low-level jet |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000471722400069 |
WOS关键词 | VARIABILITY ; CIRCULATION ; SCALE ; INTENSIFICATION ; TELECONNECTION ; PRECIPITATION ; OSCILLATION ; PACIFIC ; PATTERN ; MONSOON |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/184353 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Atmospher Sci, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China; 2.Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm, Earth & Ocean Sci, Durham, NC 27708 USA; 3.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Climate Change & Nat Disas, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China; 4.Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Earth & Atmospher Sci, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wei, Wei,Li, Wenhong,Deng, Yi,et al. Intraseasonal variation of the summer rainfall over the Southeastern United States[J]. CLIMATE DYNAMICS,2019,53:1171-1183. |
APA | Wei, Wei,Li, Wenhong,Deng, Yi,&Yang, Song.(2019).Intraseasonal variation of the summer rainfall over the Southeastern United States.CLIMATE DYNAMICS,53,1171-1183. |
MLA | Wei, Wei,et al."Intraseasonal variation of the summer rainfall over the Southeastern United States".CLIMATE DYNAMICS 53(2019):1171-1183. |
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