Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China
Extreme climate shifts were frequently recognized over the Eurasia land, and the atmospheric anomalies have been widely deemed as one of the potential causes for the shifts. In this study, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was initially assumed as the primary factor leading to changes in temperat...
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crwiley:10.1002/joc.5779 2024-06-02T08:11:13+00:00 Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China Liu, Xiaowan Xu, Zongxue Peng, Dingzhi Wu, Guocan National Natural Science Foundation of China 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5779 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.5779 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.5779 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Climatology volume 39, issue 1, page 43-49 ISSN 0899-8418 1097-0088 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5779 2024-05-03T12:03:04Z Extreme climate shifts were frequently recognized over the Eurasia land, and the atmospheric anomalies have been widely deemed as one of the potential causes for the shifts. In this study, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was initially assumed as the primary factor leading to changes in temperature extremes in China during the cold period. Then, influencing modes and mechanisms of the NAO on cold period extreme temperatures were both explored with a time lag estimation and a correlation analysis using a stream function and a zonal index. The results indicated that decadal variations in the NAO were the main cause for changes in wintertime extreme temperatures, especially after the turning point in the late 1990s, when the phase changed from positive to negative and extreme temperatures occurred with a significantly increasing tendency. Rossby waves derived from the west wind near the Mediterranean were also responsible for this phenomenon, and the “upstream effect” and group winds were potential pathways for Rossby wave train functions. These results could be a reference for influence and mechanism exploration between extreme climate and atmospheric circulation factors and could provide a new way of thinking for similar studies in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Wiley Online Library International Journal of Climatology 39 1 43 49 |
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Extreme climate shifts were frequently recognized over the Eurasia land, and the atmospheric anomalies have been widely deemed as one of the potential causes for the shifts. In this study, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was initially assumed as the primary factor leading to changes in temperature extremes in China during the cold period. Then, influencing modes and mechanisms of the NAO on cold period extreme temperatures were both explored with a time lag estimation and a correlation analysis using a stream function and a zonal index. The results indicated that decadal variations in the NAO were the main cause for changes in wintertime extreme temperatures, especially after the turning point in the late 1990s, when the phase changed from positive to negative and extreme temperatures occurred with a significantly increasing tendency. Rossby waves derived from the west wind near the Mediterranean were also responsible for this phenomenon, and the “upstream effect” and group winds were potential pathways for Rossby wave train functions. These results could be a reference for influence and mechanism exploration between extreme climate and atmospheric circulation factors and could provide a new way of thinking for similar studies in the future. |
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Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China |
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Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China |
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Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China |
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Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China |
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Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation on extreme temperature during the cold period in China |
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