Principal Modes of Summertime Zonal-Mean Flow and Their Connections with the AO and ENSO

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摘要 TheNCEP/NCARreanalysisdatahavebeenemployedtodiagnosevariationsofthezonalmeanflowinborealsummer.TwoleadingEOFmodesarefoundtodominatethespatialandtemporalchangesofthesummertimezonalmeanwindsinthetroposphere.EOF1showsthedistributionofzonal-meanflowanomalieswithhighervarianceintheNorthPolarRegion,whereastheEOF2showsthedistributionofzonal-meanflowanomalieswithhighervarianceintropicalandextra-tropicalregions.TheEOF1andEOF2haverespectivelytheperiodicitiessimilartothoseofAOandENSO.SignificantlagcorrelationshavebeenfoundbetweenEOF1andENSO,andbetweenEOF2andAO,intheseasonsincludingspring,autumn,andwinter.However,nosignificantcorrelationshavebeenfoundbetweenEOF1insummerandENSOinanyotherseasons,andbetweenEOF2insummerandAOinotherseasons,nomatterhowbigthelagthatrepresentsnumberofseasonshasbeenset.Theseresultssuggestthattheprincipalmodesofsummertimezonalmeanflowcouldbestatisticallyseparatedfromeachother.Hence,EOF1andEOF2arephysicallyrelatedtotheAOandENSOrespectively.Atheorycalledquasi-geostrophicnon-accelerationtheoremhasbeenusedtopartlyexplainthepossiblemechanismsofthemaintenanceofthetwoprincipalmodes.ThecompositedifferencesofthedivergenceofEliassen-Palmflux(E-Pflux)betweenpositiveandnegativeyearsasobtainedfromthetimeseriesofEOF1andEOF2displaythedistributionsthatcontributetothezonalmeanwindanomaliesrepresentedbyEOF1andEOF2,respectively.TheplanetaryotherthanthesynopticwavesdominatethebehaviorsoftheE-Pfluxes,suggestingthecrucialroleoftheplanetarywavesinthemaintenanceofthezonalmeanflowanomalies.Theresidualcirculationaswellasthefriction,whichcancelthedivergenceoftheE-Pflux,alsoplayanimportantroleinsomeplaces.TheseresultsareveryhelpfulforourbetterunderstandinghowtheanomalouszonalmeanflowsmaintainandhowtheENSOandAOinfluencetheglo
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出处 《气象学报:英文版》 2009年1期
出版日期 2009年01月11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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