北美季风的机械强迫
William R Boos1,2, Salvatore Pascale3,4
1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. billboos@alum.mit.edu.
Nature
|November 25, 2021
概括
北美季风
科学领域:
- 大气科学
- 天气学
- 气候变化
背景情况:
- 北美季风给墨西哥西海岸带来了大雨.
- 它的驱动机制传统上归因于热强迫,但这是有争议的.
研究的目的:
- 调查驱动北美季风的基本机制.
- 确定陆地与大气相互作用以及山脉在季风发展中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对大气动力学和热力学观察数据的分析.
- 使用全球气候模型模拟.
- 应用亚底波静止波解决方案.
主要成果:
- 塞拉·马德雷山脉在机械上迫使热带外的喷流向赤道.
- 这种相互作用会产生上坡流动,提升潮湿的空气并引起对流降雨.
- 陆地表面的热流在预先调节大气中的作用是次要的.
结论:
- 北美季风主要是通过对流增强的地形降雨,而不是经典的热带季风.
- 喷流与地形的相互作用对季风动态至关重要.
- 了解这些机制对于预测季风对气候变化的反应至关重要.
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