热带地区范围内的季节内振荡
Jiawei Bao1, Sandrine Bony2, Daisuke Takasuka3
1Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.
概括
在热带地区发现了一种新的热带范围内的季内振荡 (TWISO),持续30-60天. 这种振荡影响天气和气候,虽然与马登-朱利安振荡 (MJO) 相关,但它可以独立发生.
科学领域:
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 热带气象学 热带气象学
背景情况:
- 热带气候的变化是由各种时间尺度的振荡驱动的.
- 缓慢的过程,如季节性和跨年变化,通常解释主要的热带气候变化.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别和描述以前未被识别的热带范围内的季内振荡 (TWISO).
- 调查TWISO,马登-朱利安振荡 (MJO) 和辐射-对流平衡之间的关系.
- 评估TWISO对热带天气和气候的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 分析卫星观测和气候再分析.
- 识别30至60天周期的振荡.
- 检查对流,辐射,表面流和大规模循环之间的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 确定了一个明显的热带范围内的季内振荡 (TWISO),周期为30-60天.
- TWISO涉及对流,辐射,表面流和热带循环的合变化.
- TWISO阶段与MJO阶段发生一致,但TWISO不需要MJO.
结论:
- TWISO是热带气候变化的重要组成部分.
- 虽然MJO可以调节TWISO,但它不是唯一的驱动器.
- 由于TWISO的广泛传播,这表明它对区域热带天气和气候产生了重大影响.
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