Variation in joint mode of the tropical Indian-Pacific Ocean thermodynamic anomaly |
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Authors: | Dongmei Zheng Qilong Zhang |
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Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Wave, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China 2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China 3. Marine Environmental Forecasting Central Station of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, 110001, China
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Abstract: | Previous research has defined the index of the Indian-Pacific thermodynamic anomaly joint mode (IPTAJM) and suggested that
the winter IPTAJM has an important impact on summer rainfall over China. However, the possible causes for the interannual
and decadal variability of the IPTAJM are still unclear. Therefore, this work investigates zonal displacements of both the
western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) and the eastern Indian Ocean warm pool (EIOWP). The relationships between the WPWP and the
EIOWP and the IPTAJM are each examined, and then the impacts of the zonal wind anomalies over the equatorial Pacific and Indian
Oceans on the IPTAJM are studied. The WPWP eastern edge anomaly displays significant interannual and decadal variability and
experienced a regime shift in about 1976 and 1998, whereas the EIOWP western edge exhibits only distinct interannual variability.
The decadal variability of the IPTAJM may be mainly caused by both the zonal migration of the WPWP and the 850 hPa zonal wind
anomaly over the central equatorial Pacific. On the other hand, the zonal migrations of both the WPWP and the EIOWP and the
zonal wind anomalies over the central equatorial Pacific and the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean may be all responsible for
the interannual variability of the IPTAJM. |
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