Influence of Antarctic Oscillation on Intraseasonal Variability of Large-Scale Circulations Over the Western North Pacific

• Main Author: Burton, Kenneth R., Jr
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF METEOROLOGY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Geography; Electricity and Magnetism; *SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; *OSCILLATION; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; PEAK VALUES; FLUX(RATE); ENERGY; THESES; REDUCTION; WAVES; ORTHOGONALITY; FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS); NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; MONSOONS; TEMPERATE REGIONS; *ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE DISPERSION; LARGE-SCALE TROPICAL CIRCULATIONS; Antarctic; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA432612; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA432612

This study examines Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude wave variations connected to the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) to establish connections with the 15- to 25-day wave activity in the western North Pacific monsoon trough region. The AAO index defined from the leading empirical orthogonal functions of 700 hPa height anomalies led to seven distinct circulation patterns that vary in conjunction with the 15- to 25-day monsoon trough mode. For nearly one half of the significant events the onset of 15- to 25-day monsoon trough convective activity coincided with a peak negative AAO index and the peak in monsoon trough convection coincided with a peak positive index. The remaining events either occur when the AAO is not significantly varying or when the AAO-related Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude circulations do not match 15- to 25-day transitions. When a significant connection occurs between the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude circulations related to the AAO and the 15- to 25-day wave activity in the western North Pacific monsoon trough, the mechanism is via equatorward Rossby-wave dispersion. When wave energy flux in the Southern Hemisphere is directed zonally, no connection is established between the AAO and the alternating periods of enhanced and reduced convection in the western North Pacific monsoon trough. The original document contains color images.