简介:ApossiblemechanismisputforwardinthispaperforElNinoeventsfromtheviewpointofplatetec-tonicsandoceanicgeology.Anumberofthedataarecitedtoillustratetheviewsthatsea-bottomvolcanicac-tivitiesandhotspringsmaycauseElNinoevents.
简介:ElNinoaswellastheSouthernOscillationisoneofthestrongestsignalsknownsofaroverclimaticnoiseininterannualvariationsoftheatmosphereandoceans.Agreatnumberofstudieshaveshowndefinitelyrelationshipsbe-tweentheeventsandclimaticanomaliesinChina.Inthisreview,observationalresultsobtainedintherecentseveralyearsarefirstsummarized.ThenthepossiblephysicalmechanismsontheinfluenceofElNinoarepresentedand,finally,theassociatedproblemsarediscussed.
简介:Inthispaper,byusingspectralmethod,themonthly-andseasonal-scaleatmosphericdiabaticheatflow(ADHF)departurefieldsarediagnosedintheperiodof1964—1985with6ElNinoyearsand6anti-ElNinoyearsovertheNorthernhemisphere(NH).TheresultsshowthatElNinophenomenahavepronouncedinfluenceontheADHFdepar-turefields.Theresponseofatmosphereexhibitsapreferredarrangementoforganizingpositiveandnegativedeparturecentersatlow,middleandhighlatitudes.Inanti-ElNinoyears,theresponsehasthesameformsasinElNinoyears,butdeparturecentersareoppositeinphase.Furthermore,ADHFdepartureshowslow-frequencyoscillationinElNinoyearsandanti-ElNinoyears.ThecenterofdifferenceindeparturebetweenElNinoandanti-ElNinoyearsdisplaysabi-monthlyoscillation.Finally,throughair-seacorrelationanalysis,itispointedoutthattheSSTanomalyisthemostimportantcauseforADHFanomaly.
简介:OnthebasisofNOAA/CPCdataofseasurfacetemperatureanomalyintheNinoregionsduringJan.1950-Dec.2003,thewaveletpowerspectrumofSSTwerestudiedwithsignificanceandconfidencetestingatdifferentscalesinthispaper.ItshowsthattheSSTareprovidedwithmulti-timescalesstructurenestedoneanother,andvaryonscalesof2-7years,8-20yearsand>30years.Themostsignificantvariationofthewarmandcoldepisodesisinthe4-yearbandofperiod.Thepower,frequencystructureandconfidenceofthesameepisodearedifferentindifferentNinoregions.TheintensityofoscillationsisincreasingatlowfrequencybandsanddecreasingathighfrequencybandsfromeasttowestintheNinoregions,especiallyafter1970.
简介:Inthispaper,theinfluenceofElNi?oeventontheMadden-JulianOscillation(MJO)overtheequatorialPacificisstudiedbyusingreanalysisdataandrelevantnumericalsimulationresults.ItisclearlyshownthatElNi?ocanreducetheintensityofMJO.ThekineticenergyofMJOovertheequatorialPacificisstrongerbeforetheoccurrenceoftheElNi?oevent,butitisreducedrapidlyafterElNi?oeventoutbreak,andtheweakenedMJOevencancontinuetothenextsummer.Theconvectionoverthecentral-westernPacificisweakenedinElNi?owinter.ThepositiveanomalousOLRoverthecentral-westernPacifichasoppositevariationinElNi?owintercomparingtothenon-ENSOcases.TheverticalstructureofMJOalsoaffectedbyElNi?oevent,sotheoppositedirectionfeaturesofthegeopotentialheightandthezonalwindinupperandlowerleveltropospherefortheMJOarenotremarkableintheElNi?owinterandtendtobebarotropicfeatures.ElNi?oeventalsohasaninfluenceontheeastwardpropa-gationoftheMJOtoo.DuringElNi?owinter,theeastwardpropagationoftheMJOisnotsoregularandunanimousandthereexistssomeeastwardpropagation,whichisfasterthanthatinnon-ENSOcase.DynamicanalysessuggestthatpositiveSSTA(ElNi?ocase)affectstheatmosphericthicknessovertheequatorialPacificandthentheexcitedatmosphericwave-CISKmodeisweakened,sothattheintensityofMJOisreduced;thecombiningofthebarotropicunstablemodeintheatmosphereexcitedbyexternalforcing(SSTA)andtheoriginalMJOmaybeanimportantreasonfortheMJOverticalstructuretendingtobebarotropicduringtheElNi?o.
简介:IthaslongbeenacknowledgedthattherearetwotypesofElNioevents,i.e.,theeasternPacificElNio(EE)andthecentralPacificElNio(CE),accordingtotheinitialpositionoftheanomalouswarmwateranditspropagationdirection.Inthispaper,theoceanicandatmosphericevolutionsandthepossiblemechanismsofthetwotypesofElNioeventswereexamined.ItisfoundthatalltheElNioevents,CEorEE,couldbeattributedtothejointimpactsoftheeastwardadvectionofwarmwaterfromthewesternPacificwarmpool(WPWP)andthelocalwarmingintheequatorialeasternPacific.BeforetheoccurrenceofCEevents,WPWPhadlongbeeninastateofbeinganomalouswarm,sothestrengthofeastwardadvectionofwarmwaterwasmuchstrongerthanthatofEE,whichplayedamajorroleintheformationofCE.WhilefortheEEevents,mostcontributioncamefromthelocalwarmingoftheequatorialeasternPacific.ItisfurtheridentifiedthattheimmediatecauseleadingtothedifferenceofthetwotypesofElNioeventswastheasynchronousvariationsoftheSouthernOscillation(SO)andtheNorthernOscillation(NO)asdefinedbyChenin1984.WhenthetransitionfromthepositivephaseoftheNO(NO+)toNO-waspriortothatfromSO+toSO-,therewouldbeeastwardpropagationofwesterlyanomaliesfromthetropicalwesternPacificinducedbyNOandhencethegrowthofwarmseasurfacetemperatureanomaliesinWPWPanditseastwardpropagation.ThiswasfollowedbylaggedSO-inducedweakeningofsoutheasttradewindsandlocalwarmingintheequatorialeasternPacific.ThesewereconducivetotheoccurrenceoftheCE.Onthecontrary,thetransitionfromSO+toSO-leadingthetransitionofNOwouldfavortheoccurrenceofEEtypeevents.
简介:WestatisticallyanalyzethetropicaltyphoonformingintheSouthChinaSeaanduseTC(TropicalCyclone)forshortinthefollowing)bytyphoonyearbook.Thetyphoonquantityisverydifferentindifferentmonthsandyears.TCappearsinallmonthsexceptMarch,andthemostTCquantityinayearis11,theleastis1and6.2onaverage.ThemostTCquantityinamonthis5andtheleastis0.TClandsmostinAugustandnoTClandsonChinesecontinentfromDecembertothefollowingApril.TheprimarylandingareaisbetweenShantouandHainanIsland.ThesustainingperiodofTCisusuallybetween4daysto7days,andthelongestis19days.Only15%oftheTCformingintheSouthChinaSeacanintensifytotyphoon,andtheyallformintheoceanareadeeperthan150m.TheSouthChinaSeaistheoceanareaoverwhichtheTCoccursfrequently.
简介:Basedonaseriesofdataanalyses,theintimaterelationsbetweenanomalouswintermonsooninEastAsiaandElNinoarcstudiedinthispaper.AnomalisticcirculationintheNorthernHemispherecausedbyElNinoeventcanleadtoenhancingtheFerre!cellandthewesterliesinthemid-latitudesastheHadleycellandresultinthelocationofthefrontzoneinEastAsiatothenorth.TheseareunfavourableforthecoldwavebreakingoutsouthwardinEastAsia.Therefore,thereatewarmerweatherandweakerwintermonsooninEastAsiainElNinowinter.TherearestrongerandfrequentcoldwavesinEastAsiaduringthewintertimepriortotheoccurrenceofElNinoevent.TheywillinducestrongerwintermonsooninEastAsia.Thus,theweakenedtradewindandenhancedcumulusconvectionintheequatorialmiddle-westernPacificareacausedbythestrongerwintermonsoonwillplayanimportantroleintheoccurrenceofElNinoevent.Therefore,theanomalouslystrongwintermonsooninEastAsiaduringwinter
简介:Acoupledmodel,whichisemployedtostudythedominatingfactorandkeyareaofElNinocycleformation,consistsofadynamicaloceanmodelandastatisticalatmosphericmodel.ThecoupledmodelwithseasonalforcingsuccessfullyreproducestheElNinoeventcyclewhichexhibitsquasi-regularoscillationswithapreferredperiodofabout4years.Theresultsshowthattheheatcontent(HC)istransportedbetweentheeasternandthewesterntropicalPacificareas.ThespatialdistributionofHCanomaliesforfourphasesofthewholecycleclearlyshowsapossibleformationmechanismofElNino.ExperimentsfurthersuggestthatseasurfacetemperatureinthetropicalPacificandHCinthecentraltropicalPacificarethemostimportantfactorsandthecentraltropicalPacificisthemostimportantareafordeterminingformationofElNinocycle.
简介:BasedontheSSTandwavedataobservedbyvesselspassingthroughtheNanshaIslandswaters,thispaperanalysesElNinoevent’seffectonhydrologicalfactorsintheabovewaters.Thepaperconcludes(1)SSTintheNanshaIslandswatervarieswiththatoftheEasternEquatorialPacificOceaninsynchronousphase,butvarieswiththatoftheWesternEquatorialPacificOceaninoppositephase;(2)theseastateinNanshaIslandswatersisrough,thefrequencyofgreatwaveincreasesintheyearofElNino,especiallyinthenextyearoftheyearofElNino.Thepaperdiscussesthereasonsfortheabovephenomena.
简介:Inthispaper,byusingtheECMWFobjectiveanalyseddataaswellasCACandNOAAgridpointdataof1981and1983,thesensibleandlatentheatfluxesattheairandseaboundarysurfacewithintherangeof45°E-75°W,35°N-35°SoverthePacificandtheIndianOceanarecalculated.Thepurposeistoanalysethedifferentrevealingfeaturesduringthematurestageandattheendofthe1982-1983ElNinoeventandtocomparethedifferenceofthefeaturesbetweenthdElNinoandthenormal.TheresultshowsthattheairandseaheatexchangewestofthedatelineoverthecentraltropicalPacificduringtheEJNinoperiodismoreintensethanthatofthenormal.However,thefluxesofthesensibleandlatentheatontheseasurfacewithstrongwarmingofSSTneatbyandonthesouthsideoftheequatoreastof170°Warelowandevennegative,andthepatternsofthesensibleandlatentheatfluxesovertheIndianOceanduringtheyearof1983aresimilertothatofnormal.Spatialpatternsofthesensible
简介:Byusingtheupper-winddatafromJuly1980toJune1983,thevariationsofthelow-frequencyoscillation(LFO)intheatmospherebeforeandduring1982ElNinohavebeeninvestigated.BeforetheElNino,theLFOpropagatesfromwesttoeastovertheequatoroftheEasternHemisphereandfromeasttowestover20°N.TheeastwardpropagatingLFOovertheequatorconsistsofzonalwavenumber1propagatingeastwardandzonalwavenumber2withacharacterofstationarywave.Theoscillationofzonalwavenumber2canmodulatetheoscillationstrength.AftertheonsetoftheElNino,thepropagatingdirectionsoftheLFOovertheequatorand20°NoftheEasternHemispherechangetobewestwardandeastward,respectively.TheLFOoverthewesternPacificweakensrapidlyandonecomingfrommiddleandhighlatitudespropagatestotheequator.Fromthephasecompositionsofstreamlinefieldsforthezonalwavenumber1ofequatorialwestwardpropa-gatirgLFO,itisfoundthattheatmosphericheatsourceintheequatoroftheeasternPacific(EEP)excitesaseriesoftheequatorialcyclonesandanticycloneswhichmovenorthwardandwestwardandformthewestwardpropagatingLFOovertheequator.Withthewavelengthof20000km,thiskindofequatorialwaveissimilartothemixingRossby-gravitywave.Initswestwardandnorthwardmovement,thecirculationinEastAsiaismodified.ThismaybethemechanismoftheinfluenceofElNinoontheclimateofChina.
简介:ThecentralPacific(CP)zonalwinddivergenceandconvergenceindicesaredefined,andtheformingmechanismofCPElNio(LaNia)eventsisdiscussedpreliminarily.Theresultsshowthatthedivergenceandconvergenceofthezonalwindanomaly(ZWA)arethekeyprocessintheformingofCPElNio(LaNia)events.AcorrelationanalysisbetweenthecentralPacificzonalwinddivergenceandconvergenceindicesandcentralPacificElNioindicesindicatesthatthereisaremarkablelagcorrelationbetweenthem.ThecentralPacificzonalwinddivergenceandconvergenceindicescanbeusedtopredicttheCPevents.Basedontheseresults,alinearregressionequationisobtainedtopredicttheCPElNio(LaNia)events5monthsahead.
简介:Thelong-termtimeseriesanalysisoftheSST(seasurfacetemperature)intheEasternEquatorialPacificOceanandthemonthlyMSL(meansealevel)inthetropicalPacificOceanisconducted.Theirquasiperiodicandlow-frequencyoscillationfeaturesarerevealed.Thesignificantperiodsoflow-frequencyfluctuationsformonthlyMSLintheareaof20°N-20°Sarebetween43.5monthsand50.0months,approximatingcloselyto47.6monthswhichisthesignificantperiodofSSTintheEasternEquatorialPacificOcean.Fromtheresultsofspace-spectralanalysis,thelow-frequencyfluctationsofmonthlyMSLinthetropicalPacificOceanappeartohaveaanticlockwisecircularly-propagatingpattern,whichis,theEasternPacificOcean(off-shoreofMexico)→theareaofNEC(NorthEquatorialCurrent)→theWesternEquatorialPacificOcean→theareaofNECC(NorthEquatorialCounter-Current)→theEasternEquatorialPacificOcean.ThephasesofthepatterncorrespondtothoseofElNinocycle.Onthebasis