An Asian–Pacific teleconnection in summer tropospheric temperature and associated Asian climate variability |
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| Authors: | Ping Zhao Yani Zhu Renhe Zhang |
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| Institution: | (1) Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Beijing, 100081, China |
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| Abstract: | We identified the Asian–Pacific Oscillation (APO) and its associated index, a zonal teleconnection pattern over the extratropical
Asian–Pacific region. This was done through the correlation and empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses on the summer
mean tropospheric eddy temperature from the monthly European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast reanalysis. The APO
reflects an out-of-phase relationship in variability of the eddy temperature between Asia and the North Pacific and is associated
with the out-of-phase relationship in atmospheric heating. The APO index shows a decadal variation, tending to a high-index
polarity before 1975 and afterward to a low-index polarity. Moreover, the APO index has a quasi-5-year period. With higher
APO-index conditions in the upper troposphere, the summer South Asian high and the North Pacific trough are stronger, while
the westerly jet stream over Asia and the easterly jet stream over South Asia strengthen. Also, the Asian low and the North
Pacific subtropical high are stronger in the lower troposphere. The anomalous southerlies prevail at the midlatitudes of East
Asia, accompanied by a more northward Mei-yu front, and the anomalous westerlies prevail over South Asia. Summer rainfall
increases in North China, South China, and South Asia, while it decreases from the valley of the Yangtze River to southern
Japan, and near the Philippines. |
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