Bimodality of the South Asia High simulated by coupled models |
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| Authors: | Ningfang Zhou Yongqiang Yu Yongfu Qian |
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| Institution: | [1]National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081 [2]State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 [3]Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 |
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| Abstract: | The observed South Asia High (SAH) center is characterized by two distinctive equilibrium modes
during boreal midsummer, namely the center of SAH is located between 82.5o--92.5oE for the
Tibetan Plateau mode and between 55o--65oE for the Iranian Plateau mode, respectively. The
present study describes the ability of 15 coupled general circulation models (CGCM) used in the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report to reproduce the observed bimodality of the SAH. These models
reveal a wide range of skill in simulating this bimodality. Nearly half of the models reproduced the bimodality,
while the other half of the models did not simulate well these two modes whereas usually preferring one
mode. The models that reproduced the bimodality of the SAH present similar horizontal and vertical
circulations as those features from the NCEP reanalysis data. The results from these models identify
the warm characteristics of the SAH and indicate that these two modes have different dynamic and
thermodynamic properties.
Different characteristics of the simulated sensible heat and latent heat related to precipitation
partly contribute to the difference in the simulations of the SAH bimodality. The majority of these
models that prefer to simulate the Tibetan Plateau mode produce a small sensible heat flux difference
between the Iranian Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau, and also generally simulate a very strong false
precipitation center over the east of the Tibetan Plateau, which indicates strong latent release and
thereby contributes to the preference of the SAH center on the Tibetan Plateau. Whereas, the models
that reproduce the bimodality of the SAH tend to simulate large precipitation over the southern Himalayas
and no obviously false precipitation is produced over the east of the Tibetan Plateau. In addition,
the models resolution may also have important impacts on the simulations of precipitation. |
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| Keywords: | South Asian High bimodality coupled GCM |
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