Snow Cover on the Tibetan Plateau and Lake Baikal Intensifies the Winter North Atlantic Oscillation

Abstract This paper revealed a physical connection between the antiphase variation in the preceding autumn Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Lake Baikal snow cover anomalies (TBSA) and the following winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on interannual time scales during 1979–2021. The antiphase variation i...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Chao Zhang, Anmin Duan, XiaoJing Jia, Jun Hu, Shizuo Liu
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023
Subjects:
Tibetan Plateau
Lake Baikal
snow cover
North Atlantic Oscillation
interannual time scale
Geophysics. Cosmic physics
QC801-809
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104754
https://doaj.org/article/23256e957c6b4186adc102540cde9bde
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Summary:Abstract This paper revealed a physical connection between the antiphase variation in the preceding autumn Tibetan Plateau (TP) and Lake Baikal snow cover anomalies (TBSA) and the following winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on interannual time scales during 1979–2021. The antiphase variation in TBSA, accounting for 44% of the total years, has a dipole structure in autumn, which prolonged into the following winter. The persistent antiphase TBSA associated diabatic forcing, disturbances and transient eddies favor a double wave train structure spanning the TP (east of Baikal) and North Atlantic from autumn to winter. Amid the wave train, the circulation anomalies over the North Atlantic extract more energy from the basic flow due to the seasonal increase in the westerly jet, which further evolves into the winter NAO pattern. Our results provide new insights into the formation and projection of winter NAO from the perspective of subtropical and extratropical Eurasia snow.

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