South Asian High and Asian-Pacific-American Climate Teleconnection

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摘要 GrowingevidenceindicatesthattheAsianmonsoonplaysanimportantroleinaffectingtheweatherandclimateoutsideofAsia.However,thisactiveroleofthemonsoonhasnotbeendemonstratedasthoroughlyashasthevariabilityofthemonsooncausedbyvariousimpactingfactorssuchasseasurfacetemperatureandlandsurface.ThisstudyinvestigatestherelationshipbetweentheAsianmonsoonandtheclimateanomaliesintheAsian-Pacific-American(APA)sector.Ahypothesisistestedthatthevariabilityoftheupper-troposphericSouthAsianhigh(SAH),whichiscloselyassociatedwiththeoverallheatingofthelarge-scaleAsianmonsoon,islinkedtochangesinthesubtropicalwesternPacifichigh(SWPH),themidPacifictrough,andtheMexicanhigh.ThechangesinthesecirculationsystemscausevariabilityinsurfacetemperatureandprecipitationintheAPAregion.AstrongerSAHisaccompaniedbyastrongerandmoreextensiveSWPH.TheenlargementoftheSWPHweakensthemid-Pacifictrough.Asaresult,thesouthernportionoftheMexicanhighbecomesstronger.Thesechangesareassociatedwithchangesinatmosphericteleconnections,precipitation,andsurfacetemperaturethroughouttheAPAregion.WhentheSAHisstronger,precipitationincreasesinsouthernAsia,decreasesoverthePacificOcean,andincreasesovertheCentralAmerica.PrecipitationalsoincreasesoverAustraliaandcentralAfricaanddecreasesintheMediterraneanregion.Whilethesignalsinsurfacetemperatureareweakoverthetropicallandportion,theyareapparentinthemidlatitudesandovertheeasternPacificOcean.
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出版日期 2005年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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