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Coupled ocean-atmosphere surface variability and its climate impacts in the tropical Atlantic region
This study examines time evolution and statistical relationships involving the two leading ocean-atmosphere coupled modes
of variability in the tropical Atlantic and some climate anomalies over the tropical 120 °W–60 °W region using selected historical
files (75-y near global SSTs and precipitation over land), more recent observed data (30-y SST and pseudo wind stress in the
tropical Atlantic) and reanalyses from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis System
on the period 1968–1997: surface air temperature, sea level pressure, moist static energy content at 850 hPa, precipitable
water and precipitation. The first coupled mode detected through singular value decomposition of the SST and pseudo wind-stress
data over the tropical Atlantic (30 °N–20 °S) expresses a modulation in the thermal transequatorial gradient of SST anomalies
conducted by one month leading wind-stress anomalies mainly in the tropical north Atlantic during northern winter and fall.
It features a slight dipole structure in the meridional plane. Its time variability is dominated by a quasi-decadal signal
well observed in the last 20–30 ys and, when projected over longer-term SST data, in the 1920s and 1930s but with shorter
periods. The second coupled mode is more confined to the south-equatorial tropical Atlantic in the northern summer and explains
considerably less wind-stress/SST cross-covariance. Its time series features an interannual variability dominated by shorter
frequencies with increased variance in the 1960s and 1970s before 1977. Correlations between these modes and the ENSO-like
Nino3 index lead to decreasing amplitude of thermal anomalies in the tropical Atlantic during warm episodes in the Pacific.
This could explain the nonstationarity of meridional anomaly gradients on seasonal and interannual time scales. Overall the
relationships between the oceanic component of the coupled modes and the climate anomaly patterns denote thermodynamical processes
at the ocean/atmosphere interface that create anomaly gradients in the meridional plane in a way which tends to alter the
north–south movement of the seasonal cycle. This appears to be consistent with the intrinsic non-dipole character of the tropical
Atlantic surface variability at the interannual time step and over the recent period, but produces abnormal amplitude and/or
delayed excursions of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). Connections with continental rainfall are approached through
three (NCEP/NCAR and observed) rainfall indexes over the Nordeste region in Brazil, and the Guinea and Sahel zones in West
Africa. These indices appear to be significantly linked to the SST component of the coupled modes only when the two Atlantic
modes+the ENSO-like Nino3 index are taken into account in the regressions. This suggests that thermal forcing of continental
rainfall is particularly sensitive to the linear combinations of some basic SST patterns, in particular to those that create
meridional thermal gradients. The first mode in the Atlantic is associated with transequatorial pressure, moist static energy
and precipitable water anomaly patterns which can explain abnormal location of the ITCZ particularly in northern winter, and
hence rainfall variations in Nordeste. The second mode is more associated with in-phase variations of the same variables near
the southern edge of the ITCZ, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea during the northern spring and winter. It is primarily linked
to the amplitude and annual phase of the ITCZ excursions and thus to rainfall variations in Guinea. Connections with Sahel
rainfall are less clear due to the difficulty for the model to correctly capture interannual variability over that region
but the second Atlantic mode and the ENSO-like Pacific variability are clearly involved in the Sahel climate interannual fluctuations:
anomalous dry (wet) situations tend to occur when warmer (cooler) waters are present in the eastern Pacific and the gulf of
Guinea in northern summer which contribute to create a northward (southward) transequatorial anomaly gradient in sea level
pressure over West Africa.
Received: 14 April 1998 / Accepted: 24 December 1998 相似文献
2.
Easterly wave regimes and associated convection over West Africa and tropical Atlantic: results from the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF reanalyses 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF daily reanalyses are used to investigate the synoptic variability of easterly waves over West Africa
and tropical Atlantic at 700 hPa in northern summer between 1979–1995 (1979–1993 for ECMWF). Spectral analysis of the meridional
wind component at 700 hPa highlighted two main periodicity bands, between 3 and 5 days, and 6 and 9 days. The 3–5-day easterly
wave regime has already been widely investigated, but only on shorter datasets. These waves grow both north and south of the
African Easterly Jet (AEJ). The two main tracks, noted over West Africa at 5 °N and 15 °N, converge over the Atlantic on latitude
17.5 °N. These waves are more active in August–September than in June–July. Their average wavelength/phase speed varies from
about 3000 km/8 m s-1 north of the jet to 5000 km/12 m s-1 south of the jet. Rainfall, convection and monsoon flux are significantly modulated by these waves, convection in the Inter-Tropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ) being enhanced in the trough and ahead of it, with a wide meridional extension. Compared to the 3–5-day
waves, the 6–9-day regime is intermittent and the corresponding wind field pattern has both similar and contrasting characteristics.
The only main track is located north of the AEJ along 17.5 °N both over West Africa and the Atlantic. The mean wavelength
is higher, about 5000 km long, and the average phase speed is about 7 m s-1. Then the wind field perturbation is mostly evident at the AEJ latitude and north of it. The perturbation structure is similar
to that of 3–5-days in the north except that the more developed circulation centers, moving more to the north, lead to a large
modulation of the jet zonal wind component. South of the AEJ, the wind field perturbation is weaker and quite different. The
zonal wind core of the jet appears to be an almost symmetric axis in the 6–9-day wind field pattern, a clockwise circulation
north of the AEJ being associated with a counter-clockwise circulation south of the jet, and vice versa. These 6–9-day easterly
waves also affect significantly rainfall, convection and monsoon flux but in a different way, inducing large zonal convective
bands in the ITCZ, mostly in the trough and behind it. As opposed to the 3–5-day wave regime, these rainfall anomalies are
associated with anomalies of opposite sign over the Guinea coast and the Sahelian regions. Over the continent, these waves
are more active in June–July, and in August–September over the ocean. GATE phase I gave an example of such an active 6–9-day
wave pattern. Considered as a sequence of weak easterly wave activity, this phase was also a sequence of high 6–9-day easterly
wave activity. We suggest that the 6–9-day regime results from an interaction between the 3–5-day easterly wave regime (maintained
by the barotropic/baroclinic instability of the AEJ), and the development of strong anticyclonic circulations, north of the
jet over West Africa, and both north and south of the jet over the Atlantic, significantly affecting the jet zonal wind component.
The permanent subtropical anticyclones (Azores, Libya, St Helena) could help initiation and maintenance of such regime over
West Africa and tropical Atlantic. Based on an a priori period-band criterion, our synoptic classification has enabled us
to point out two statistical and meteorological easterly wave regimes over West Africa and tropical Atlantic. NCEP/NCAR and
ECMWF reanalyses are in good agreement, the main difference being a more developed easterly wave activity in the NCEP/NCAR
reanalyses, especially for the 3–5-day regime over the Atlantic.
Received: 28 May 1998 / Accepted: 2 May 1999 相似文献
3.
Summary Previous studies have highlighted the crucial role of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the tropical Atlantic region
in forcing the summer monsoon rainfall over subsaharan West Africa. Understanding the physical processes, relating SST variations
to changes in the amount and distribution of African rainfall, is a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts
in this highly vulnerable region.
Here, we present sensitivity experiments from a regional climate model with prescribed warmer tropical SSTs, according to
enhanced greenhouse conditions at the end of the 21st century. This dynamical downscaling approach provides information about
the nonlinear response of the atmosphere to oceanic heating. It has been suggested that the response is at least partly accounted
for by the linear theory of tropical dynamics, involving a Kelvin and Rossby wave response to a tropical heat source. We compute
the major modes of the linear Matsuno-Gill model for geopotential height and horizontal wind components and project the simulated
response patterns onto these linear modes, in order to evaluate to which extent the simple linear theory may explain the SST-induced
climate anomalies over Africa. A multivariate Hotelling T2 test is used to evaluate whether these anomalies are statistically significant.
Forcing the regional climate model by warmer SSTs leads to substantial climate anomalies over tropical Africa: Rainfall is
increases over the Guinea Coast region (GCR) and tropical East Africa, but decreases over the Congo Basin and the Sahel Zone
(SHZ). At the 850 hPa level, a trough develops over southern West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea, and is associated with stronger
surface wind convergence over the GCR. These changes in the atmospheric dynamics strongly project onto the leading modes of
the linear Matsuno-Gill model at various zonal wave numbers. The corresponding atmospheric heating pattern is highly reminiscent
of the simulated nonlinear model reponse. The T2 test statistics reveal that the SST forcing induces a statistically significant climate anomaly over tropical Africa if the
climate state vector is reduced by projecting the simulated data onto the leading 10 linear modes. It is also shown that the
linear response prevails in a long-term simulation with more realistic lower and lateral boundary conditions. Thus, linear
tropical dynamics are assumed to be a major physical process on the ground of the prominent SST-African rainfall relationship. 相似文献
4.
Summary Tropical North African climate variability is investigated using a Sahel rainfall index and streamflow of the Nile River in
the 20th century. The mechanisms that govern tropical North Africa climate are diagnosed from NCEP reanalysis data in the period 1958–1998:
spatially – using composite and correlation analysis, and temporally – using wavelet co-spectral analysis. The Sahelian climate
is characterised by a decadal rhythm, whilst the mountainous eastern and equatorial regions exhibit interannual cycles. ENSO-modulated
zonal circulations over the Atlantic/Pacific sector are important for decadal variations, and create a climatic polarity between
South America and tropical North Africa as revealed through upper-level velocity potential and convection patterns. A more
localised N–S shift in convection between the Sahel and Guinea coast is associated with the African Easterly Jet. 相似文献
5.
Forecasting the equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures by neural network models 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
We used neural network models to seasonally forecast the tropical Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) in the
Ni?o 3.4 region (6 °S–6 °N, 120 °W–170 °W). The inputs to the neural networks (i.e., the predictors) were the first seven wind stress empirical orthogonal function
(EOF) modes of the tropical Pacific (20 °S–20 °N, 120 °E–70 °W) for four seasons and the Ni?o 3.4 SSTA itself for the final season. The period of 1952–1981 was used for training the neural
network models, and the period 1982–1992 for forecast validation. At 6-month lead time, neural networks attained forecast
skills comparable to the other El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) models. Our results suggested that neural network models
were viable for ENSO forecasting even at longer lead times of 9 to 12 months. We hypothesized that at these longer leads,
the underlying relationship between the wind stress and Ni?o 3.4 SSTA became increasingly nonlinear. The neural network results
were interpreted in light of current theories, e.g., the role of the “off-equatorial” Rossby waves in triggering the onset
of an ENSO event and the delayed-oscillator theory in the development and termination of an ENSO event.
Received: 31 October 1995 / Accepted: 25 July 1996 相似文献
6.
J. A. Adedoyin 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2000,75(3-4):135-147
Summary The growth rates of amplifying mid-tropospheric perturbations in tropical North Africa is known to reduce with increased
vertical shear in the troposphere. This phenomenon leads to a reduction in the frequency of generation of squall lines – the
main rain-producing mechanism in tropical North Africa – because squalls are initiated by amplifying modes of African Easterly
Waves (AEW). Ultimately, therefore, tropical North Africa experiences a shortfall, with respect to long-term averages, in
annual rainfall. Weakening of AEW intensity is shown to be linked with the warming up to the sea-surface temperatures (SST)
of the South Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. These findings are consistent with the observed reduction in the incidence
of intense hurricanes along the entire westem Atlantic in Sahelian dry years. It is shown that the frequency of occurrence
of Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes is unaffected by the dryness or otherwise in the Sahel, but the paths of the storms
are determined by the zonal exit point, from the African continental land mass to the Atlantic, of West African disturbance
lines. These results have applications, and implications, in the level of preparedness for the economic impacts of Atlantic
storms and hurricanes.
Received June 8, 1996 Revised June 8, 2000 相似文献
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Summary This paper is to promote a further understanding of the interdecadal mode of the South Pacific. With this focus, we will specifically
aim at better understanding the difference between interannual and interdecadal SSTA modes over South Pacific. We define the
difference of the normalization area-averaged SSTA in the southern extratropical Pacific (160° W–110° W, 40° S–25° S) and
the south subpolar Pacific (150° W–110° W, 60° S–45° S) as the South Pacific interdecadal index (I
spd). It is found that the interannual mode is more coherent than the interdecadal mode in the central and eastern tropical Pacific,
and the interdecadal mode is significant only during boreal winter (DJF). The interdecadal variation of SSTA firstly occurring
in the extratropic South Pacific propagates to the western boundary of the South Pacific, then moves northeast to cross the
equator, and finally reaches the central tropic Pacific. It takes about 8 years to propagate from southeast subtropical Pacific
to the north hemisphere. The previous studies have suggested the mechanism of waves in the subsurface in the South Pacific.
Our study also highlights the Rossby waves play important roles in linkage between the extratropics-tropics South Pacific
SSTA on interdecadal time scales. Moreover, the paper shows that the interdecadal variability originated in the extrotropic
southeast Pacific is mainly induced by interannual variability in the tropic Pacific. 相似文献
8.
The correlation between Sahel rainfall and El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the northern summer has been varying for the last fifty years. We propose that the existence of periods of weak or strong relationship could result from an interaction with the global decadal scale sea surface temperature (SST) background. The main modes of SST variability have been extracted through a principal component analysis with Varimax rotation. The correlations between a July-September Sahel rainfall index and these SST modes have been computed on a 20-year running window between 1945 and 1993. The correlations with the interannual ENSO-SST mode are negative, not significant in the 1960s during the transition period from the wet climate phasis to the long-running drought in the Sahel, but then were significant since 1976. During the former period, the correlations between the Sahel rainfall index and the other SST modes (expressing mostly on quasi and multi-decadal scales) are the highest, in particular correlations with the tropical Atlantic “dipole”. Correlations between Sahel and Guinea Coast rainfall are also significantly negative. After 1970, the Sahel-Guinea Coast rainfall correlations are no longer significant, and the ENSO-SST mode becomes the only one significantly correlated with Sahel rainfall, especially due to the impact of warm events. The partial correlations between the ENSO-SST mode and the Sahel rainfall index, when the influence of the other SST modes are eliminated, are significant over all the 20-year running periods between 1945 and 1993, suggesting that this summer teleconnection could be modulated by the decadal scale SST background. The NCEP/NCAR reanalyses reproduce accurately the interannual variability of the atmospheric circulation after 1968. In particular a regional West African Monsoon Index (WAMI), combining wind speed anomalies at 925 and 200?hPa, is highly correlated with the July-September Sahel rainfall index. A warm ENSO event is associated both with an eastward mean sea level pressure gradient between the eastern tropical Pacific and the tropical Atlantic and with a northward pressure gradient along the western coast of West Africa. This pattern leads to enhanced trade winds over the tropical Atlantic and to weaker moisture advection over West Africa, consistent with a weaker monsoon system strength and a weaker Southern Hemisphere Hadley circulation. The NCEP/NCAR reanalyses do not reproduce accurately the decadal variability of the atmospheric circulation over West Africa because of artifical biases. Therefore the impact of the decadal scale pattern of the atmospheric circulation has been investigated with atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) sensitivity experiments, by forcing the ARPEGE-Climat model with different combinations of an El Niño-like SST pattern with the pattern of the main mode of decadal scale SST variability where the hightest weights are located in the Pacific and Indian basins. AGCM outputs show that the decadal scale SST variations weakly affect Sahel rainfall variability but that they do induce an indirect effect on Sahel rainfall by enhancing the impact of the warm ENSO phases after 1980, through an increase in the fill-in of the monsoon trough and a moisture advection deficit over West Africa. 相似文献
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Satellite-derived rainfall estimates and the ERA-Interim reanalysis are used to better understand cold air surge/precipitation interactions and to identify the implications for rainfall variability in the Sahel and tropical Africa on synoptic to seasonal timescales. At the synoptic timescale, cold air surges are associated with cold conditions over the eastern Sahara throughout the year due to the eastward passage of surface low pressure systems over the Mediterranean and the subsequent ridging over northern Africa. Rainfall decreases over central and eastern Africa approximately 4–5 days after the cold air first arrives in northeastern Africa. These precipitation anomalies persist for 4 or more days. At the seasonal timescale, a significant relationship between eastern Saharan low-level temperatures and rainfall in the Sahel and tropical Africa is identified, with colder conditions associated with reduced convection on the northern flank of the primary convergence zone, and vice versa. During boreal winter, the anomalous rainfall occurs over tropical Africa (0°N–8°N). During the summer, rainfall anomalies associated with cold air surges occur over the Sahel (10°N–16°N). These relationships are mediated by anomalous anticyclonic flow over northwestern Africa and western Europe. The analysis shows that cold air surges are significantly associated with summertime cooling over the Sahara, but less so during the winter. 相似文献
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Summary ?One hundred and thirty six years (1856–1991) of monthly sea-surface temperature (SST) data in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
are used to investigate the propagating signals of the SST at a decadal (DD) time scale. The first and the third evolving
modes show a relationship between the equatorial and the inter-hemispheric patterns, one evolving into the other mode and
vice-versa. These modes describe two different evolutions of the SST at DD time-scale. The first EEOF features a 12-year period
oscillatory regime with a strong 2-year duration inter-hemispheric pattern evolving into a weak 1-year duration equatorial
pattern and vice-versa. This mode exhibits also a northward displacement of the anomalies in the band 15° S–15° N. The third
EEOF also shows an oscillatory regime, but with a period of 10 years and with a relatively strong 2-year duration equatorial
pattern evolving into a weak 1-year duration inter-hemispheric pattern and vice-versa. For this mode, the SST anomalies show
a southward displacement in the band 15° S–15° N. These results have not yet been documented in previous works and explain
some of the previous findings on the DD variability in the Tropical Atlantic.
Received December 31, 2001; revised April 9, 2002; accepted September 4, 2002
Published online: March 20, 2003 相似文献
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Decadal Sahelian rainfall variability was mainly driven by sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during the twentieth century. At the same time SSTs showed a marked long-term global warming (GW) trend. Superimposed on this long-term trend decadal and multi-decadal variability patterns are observed like the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). Using an atmospheric general circulation model we investigate the relative contribution of each component to the Sahelian precipitation variability. To take into account the uncertainty related to the use of different SST data sets, we perform the experiments using HadISST1 and ERSSTv3 reconstructed sets. The simulations show that all three SST signals have a significant impact over West Africa: the positive phases of the GW and the IPO lead to drought over the Sahel, while a positive AMO enhances Sahel rainfall. The tropical SST warming is the main cause for the GW impact on Sahel rainfall. Regarding the AMO, the pattern of anomalous precipitation is established by the SSTs in the Atlantic and Mediterranean basins. In turn, the tropical SST anomalies control the impact of the IPO component on West Africa. Our results suggest that the low-frequency evolution of Sahel rainfall can be interpreted as the competition of three factors: the effect of the GW, the AMO and the IPO. Following this interpretation, our results show that 50% of the SST-driven Sahel drought in the 1980s is explained by the change to a negative phase of the AMO, and that the GW contribution was 10%. In addition, the partial recovery of Sahel rainfall in recent years was mainly driven by the AMO. 相似文献
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Summary ?This paper presents an objective analysis of the structure of daily rainfall variability over the South American/South Atlantic
region (15°–60° W and 0°–40° S) during individual austral summer months of November to March. From EOF analysis of satellite
derived daily rainfall we find that the leading mode of variability is represented by a highly coherent meridional dipole
structure, organised into 2 extensive bands, oriented northwest to southeast across the continent and Atlantic Ocean. We argue
that this dipole structure represents variability in the meridional position of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ).
During early and later summer, in the positive (negative) phase of the dipole, enhanced (suppressed) rainfall over eastern
tropical Brazil links with that over the subtropical and extra-tropical Atlantic and is associated with suppressed (enhanced)
rainfall over the sub-tropical plains and adjacent Atlantic Ocean. This structure is indicative of interaction between the
tropical, subtropical and temperate zones. Composite fields from NCEP reanalysis products (associated with the major positive
and negative events) show that in early and late summer the position of the SACZ is associated with variability in: (a) the
midlatitude wave structure, (b) the position of the continental low, and (c) the zonal position of the South Atlantic Subtropical
High. Harmonic analysis of the 200 hPa geopotential anomaly structure in the midlatitudes indicates that reversals in the
rainfall dipole structure are associated primarily with variability in zonal wave 4. There is evidence of a wave train extending
throughout the midlatitudes from the western Pacific into the SACZ region. During positive (negative) events the largest anomalous
moisture advection occurs within westerlies (easterlies) primarily from Amazonia (the South Atlantic). In both phases a convergent
poleward flow results along the leading edge of the low-level trough extending from the tropics into temperate latitudes.
High summer events differ from those in early and late summer in that the rainfall dipole is primarily associated with variability
in the phase of zonal wave 3, and that tropical-temperate link is not clearly evident in positive events.
Received May 31, 2001; revised October 17, 2001; accepted June 13, 2002 相似文献
13.
Besides sea surface temperature (SST), soil moisture (SM) exhibits a significant memory and is likely to contribute to atmospheric
predictability at the seasonal timescale. In this respect, West Africa was recently highlighted as a “hot spot” where the
land–atmosphere coupling could play an important role, through the recycling of precipitation and the modulation of the meridional
gradient of moist static energy. Particularly intriguing is the observed relationship between summer monsoon rainfall over
Sahel and the previous second rainy season over the Guinean Coast, suggesting the possibility of a soil moisture memory beyond
the seasonal timescale. The present study is aimed at revisiting this question through a detailed analysis of the instrumental
record and a set of numerical sensitivity experiments. Three ensembles of global atmospheric simulations have been designed
to assess the relative influence of SST and SM boundary conditions on the West African monsoon predictability over the 1986–1995
period. On the one hand, the results indicate that SM contributes to rainfall predictability at the end and just after the
rainy season over the Sahel, through a positive soil-precipitation feedback that is consistent with the “hot spot” hypothesis.
On the other hand, SM memory decreases very rapidly during the dry season and does not contribute to the predictability of
the all-summer monsoon rainfall. Though possibly model dependent, this conclusion is reinforced by the statistical analysis
of the summer monsoon rainfall variability over the Sahel and its link with tropical SSTs. Our results indeed suggest that
the apparent relationship with the previous second rainy season over the Guinean Coast is mainly an artefact of rainfall teleconnections
with tropical modes of SST variability both at interannual and multi-decadal timescales. 相似文献
14.
Guojun Gu 《Climate Dynamics》2009,32(4):457-471
Intraseasonal (30–80 days) variability in the equatorial Atlantic-West African sector during March–June is investigated using
various recently-archived satellite measurements and the NCEP/DOE AMIP-II reanalysis daily data. The global connections of
regional intraseasonal signals are first examined for the period of 1979–2006 through lag-regression analyses of convection
(OLR) and other dynamic components against a regional intraseasonal convective (OLR) index. The eastward-propagating features
of convection can readily be seen, accompanied by coherent circulation anomalies, similar to those for the global tropical
intraseasonal mode, i.e., the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO). The regressed TRMM rainfall (3B42) anomalies during the TRMM
period (1998–2006) manifest similar propagating features as for the regressed OLR anomalies during 1979–2006. These coherent
features hence tend to suggest that the regional intraseasonal convective signals might be mostly a regional response to,
or closely associated with the MJO, and probably contribute to the MJO’s global propagation. Atmospheric and surface intraseasonal
variability during March–June of 1998–2006 are further examined using the high-quality TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) sea surface
temperature (SST), columnar water vapor, and cloud liquid water, and the QuikSCAT oceanic winds (2000–2006). Enhanced (suppressed)
convection or positive (negative) rainfall anomalies approximately cover the entire basin (0°–10°N, 30°W–10°E) during the
passage of intraseasonal convective signals, accompanied by anomalous surface westerly (easterly) flow. Furthermore, a unique
propagating feature seems to exist within the tropical Atlantic basin. Rainfall anomalies always appear first in the northwestern
basin right off the coast of South America, and gradually extend eastward to cover the entire basin. A dipolar structure of
rainfall anomalies with cross-equatorial surface wind anomalies can thus be observed during this evolution, similar to the
anomaly patterns on the interannual time scale discovered in past studies. Coherent intraseasonal variations and patterns
can also be found in other physical components.
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15.
A nine-member ensemble of simulations with a state-of-the-art atmospheric model forced only by the observed record of sea
surface temperature (SST) over 1930–2000 is shown to capture the dominant patterns of variability of boreal summer African
rainfall. One pattern represents variability along the Gulf of Guinea, between the equator and 10°N. It connects rainfall
over Africa to the Atlantic marine Intertropical Convergence Zone, is controlled by local, i.e., eastern equatorial Atlantic,
SSTs, and is interannual in time scale. The other represents variability in the semi-arid Sahel, between 10°N and 20°N. It
is a continental pattern, capturing the essence of the African summer monsoon, while at the same time displaying high sensitivity
to SSTs in the global tropics. A land–atmosphere feedback associated with this pattern translates precipitation anomalies
into coherent surface temperature and evaporation anomalies, as highlighted by a simulation where soil moisture is held fixed
to climatology. As a consequence of such feedback, it is shown that the recent positive trend in surface temperature is consistent
with the ocean-forced negative trend in precipitation, without the need to invoke the direct effect of the observed increase
in anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We advance plausible mechanisms by which the balance between land–ocean temperature contrast
and moisture availability that defines the monsoon could have been altered in recent decades, resulting in persistent drought.
This discussion also serves to illustrate ways in which the monsoon may be perturbed, or may already have been perturbed,
by anthropogenic climate change. 相似文献
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This study presents the spatial-temporal structure of droughts in West Africa and evaluates the capability of CORDEX regional climate models in simulating the droughts. The study characterize droughts with the standardized evapo-transpiration index (SPEI) computed using the monthly rainfall and temperature data from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and CORDEX models simulation datasets. To obtain the spatial-temporal structure of the droughts, we applied the principal component analysis on the observed and simulated SPEIs and retained the first four principal factors as the leading drought modes over West Africa. The relationship between the drought modes and atmospheric teleconnections was studied using wavelet coherence analysis, while the ability of the CORDEX models to simulate the drought modes was quantified with correlation analysis. The analysis of the relationship between drought modes and atmospheric teleconnections is based on SPEI from observation dataset (CRU). The study shows that about 60 % of spatial-temporal variability in SPEI over West Africa can be grouped into four drought modes. The first drought mode features drought over east Sahel, the second over west Sahel, the third over the Savanna, and the fourth over the Guinea coast. Each drought mode is linked to sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) over tropical areas of Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. Most CORDEX models reproduce at least two of the drought modes, but only two models (REMO and CNRM) reproduce all the four drought modes. REMO and WRF give the best simulation of the seasonal variation of the drought mode over the Sahel in March-May and June-August seasons, while CNRM gives the best simulation of seasonal variation in the drought pattern over the Savanna. Results of this study may guide in selecting appropriate CORDEX models for seasonal prediction of droughts and for downscaling projected impacts of global warming on droughts in West Africa. 相似文献
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H. Evangelista J. Maldonado R. H. M. Godoi E. B. Pereira D. Koch K. Tanizaki-Fonseca R. Van Grieken M. Sampaio A. Setzer A. Alencar S. C. Gonçalves 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2007,56(3):225-238
The total extent of the atmospheric impacts associated to the aerosol black carbon (BC) emissions from South America is not
completed described. This work presents results of BC monitored during three scientific expeditions (2002, 2003 and 2004)
on board of a Brazilian oceanographic vessel Ary Rongel that covered the South–West Atlantic coast between 22–62°S. This latitudinal
band encloses major urban regions of South America and the outflow region of the SACZ (South Atlantic Convergent Zone), which
is an important mechanism of advective transport of heat, moisture, minor gases and aerosols from the South America continental
land to the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Our results showed that aerosol BC enhanced concentrations from urban/industrial origin
can be transported to the South–West Atlantic Ocean due to the migration of sub-polar fronts that frequently reach tropical/subtropical
regions. Despite the decrease of aerosol BC concentrations southwards (from ∼1,200 ng m−3 at latitude 22°S to ∼10 ng m−3 at latitude 62°S), several observed peak events were attributed to regional urban activities. Most of such events could be
explained by the use of air mass back trajectories analysis. In addition, a global model simulation is presented (Goddard
Institute for Space Studies – GISS GCM BC simulation) to explore the origins of aerosol BC in the South–West Atlantic. The
model allowed isolating the biomass emissions from South America and Africa and industrial (non-biomass) pollution from other
regions of the globe. This model suggests that the apportionment of about half of the aerosol BC at the South–West Atlantic
may derive from South American biomass burning. 相似文献
18.
Summary The relationship between the Indian Ocean Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies (SSTA) and the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
(ISMR) have been examined for the period, 1983–2006. High and positive correlation (0.51; significant at >99% level) is noticed
between ISMR and SSTA over southeastern Arabian Sea (AS) in the preceding January. Significant and positive correlation (0.61:
significant at >99% level) is also observed with the SSTA over northwest of Australia (NWA) in the preceding February. The
combined SSTA index (AS + NWA) showed a very high correlation of 0.71 with the ISMR. The correlation between East Asia sea-level
pressure (average during February and March in the region, 35° N–45° N; 120° E–130° E) and ISMR is found to be 0.62. The multiple
correlation using the above two parameters is 0.85 which explains 72% variance in ISMR. Using the above two parameters a linear
multiple regression model to predict ISMR is developed. Our results are comparable with those obtained from the power regression
(developed with 16, 8 and 10 parameters) and ensemble models (using 3 to 6 parameters) of the Indian Meteorological Department
(IMD) (Rajeevan et al. 2004; 2006). The rainfall during 2002 and 2004 could be predicted accurately from the present model.
It is well known fact that most of the dynamical/statistical methods failed to predict the rainfall in 2002. However, as for
associations between SST and ISMR, the index is quite susceptible to inter decadal fluctuations and markedly reduced skill
is found in the decades preceding 1983. The RMS error for 24 years is 5.56 (% of long period average, LPA) and the correlation
between the predicted and observed rainfall is 0.79.
Correspondence: Y. Sadhuram, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, 176, Lawson’s Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam-530017,
India 相似文献
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The horizontal and vertical structure of the 3–5-day and 6–9-day easterly waves over West Africa and tropical Atlantic are
investigated. NCEP/NCAR reanalyses are used for the period 1979–1995 to produce a 17-year climatology of both 3–5-day and
6–9-day easterly waves. Composite patterns of convection, wind, temperature and vertical velocity are analysed with respect
to the following: the modulation by 3–5-day and 6–9-day wave regimes; the contrasts between the ITCZ (5°N–10°N) and the Sahelo-Saharan
band (15°N–20°N); the difference between land and ocean, and seasonal variations. Similarities and differences in the characteristics
of the two wave regimes are identified.
Received: 18 August 1999 / Accepted: 14 March 2001 相似文献
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Climate variation and prediction of rapid intensification in tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Summary One of the greatest challenges in tropical weather forecasting is the rapid intensification (RI) of the tropical cyclone (TC),
during which its one-minute maximum sustained wind speed increases at least 30 knots per 24 hours. Here we identify and elucidate
the climatic conditions that are critical to the frequency and location of the RI on annual, intraseasonal, and interannual
time scales. Whereas RI and formation share common environmental preferences, we found that the percentage of TCs with RI
varies annually and from year to year. In August, only 30% of TC actually experiences RI, in contrast to the annual maximum
of 47% in November. The proportion of RI in July–September is higher during El Ni?o years (53%) than the corresponding one
in the La Ni?a years (37%). Three climate factors may contribute to the increase in the proportion of RI: the southward shift
in the monthly or seasonal mean location of the TC formation, the increase in the low-level westerly meridional shear vorticity,
and the decrease in northerly vertical shear. When the mean latitude of TC formation increases, the mixed-layer heat content
decreases while TC’s inertial stability increases; both are more detrimental to the RI than to TC formation because the RI
requires large amount of latent heat energy being extracted efficiently from the ocean mixed layer and requires accelerated
low-level radial inflow that carries latent heat reaching the inner core region.
We further demonstrate that the RI frequency in the Philippine Sea and South China Sea can be predicted 10 to 30 days in advance
based on the convective anomalies in the equatorial western Pacific (5° S–5° N, 130°–150° E) on intraseasonal time scale.
The Ni?o 3.4 SSTA in June is a potential predictor for the peak TC season (July–September) RI activity in the southeast quadrant
of the western North Pacific (0–20° N, 140–180° E).
The RI is an essential characteristic of category 4 and 5 hurricanes and super typhoons because all category 4 and 5 hurricanes
in the Atlantic basin and 90% of the super typhoons in the western North Pacific experience at least one RI process in their
life cycles. Over the past 40 years, the annual total of RI in the western North Pacific shows pronounced interdecadal variation
but no significant trend. This result suggests that the number of supper typhoons has no upward trend in the past 40 years.
Our results also suggest that when the mean latitude, where the tropical storms form, shifts southward (either seasonally
or from year to year) the proportion of super typhoon or major hurricane will likely increase. This shift is determined by
large scale circulation change rather than local SST effects. This idea differs from the current notion that increasing SST
can lead to more frequent occurrence of category 4 or 5 hurricanes through local thermodynamics.
Corresponding author’s address: Bin Wang, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii
96822, USA (also visiting professor at the Ocean University of China) 相似文献