Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation
The tropical North Atlantic (TNA) sea surface temperature (SST) has been identified as one of regulators on the boreal summer climate over the western North Pacific (WNP), in addition to SSTs in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. The major physical process proposed is that the TNA warming induc...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:40528 2024-05-12T08:08:10+00:00 Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation Chen, Wei Lee, June-Yi Lu, Riyu Dong, Buwen Ha, Kyung-Ja 2015-10 text https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/ https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/3/Revised_Chen%20etal_TNA%20and%20WNP-v2-bd.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-014-2454-4 en eng Springer https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/3/Revised_Chen%20etal_TNA%20and%20WNP-v2-bd.pdf Chen, W., Lee, J.-Y., Lu, R., Dong, B. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000933.html> orcid:0000-0003-0809-7911 and Ha, K.-J. (2015) Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Climate Dynamics, 45 (7-8). pp. 2033-2046. ISSN 1432-0894 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2454-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2454-4> Article PeerReviewed 2015 ftunivreading https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2454-4 2024-04-17T14:48:30Z The tropical North Atlantic (TNA) sea surface temperature (SST) has been identified as one of regulators on the boreal summer climate over the western North Pacific (WNP), in addition to SSTs in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. The major physical process proposed is that the TNA warming induces a pair of cyclonic circulation anomaly over the eastern Pacific and negative precipitation anomalies over the eastern to central tropical Pacific, which in turn lead to an anticyclonic circulation anomaly over the western to central North Pacific. This study further demonstrates that the modulation of the TNA warming to the WNP summer climate anomaly tends to be intensified under background of the weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) by using a water-hosing experiment. The results suggest that the weakened THC induces a decrease in thermocline depth over the TNA region, resulting in the enhanced sensitivity of SST variability to wind anomalies and thus intensification of the interannual variation of TNA SST. Under the weakened THC, the atmospheric responses to the TNA warming are westward shifted, enhancing the anticyclonic circulation and negative precipitation anomaly over the WNP. This study supports the recent finding that the negative phase of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation after the late 1960s has been favourable for the strengthening of the connection between TNA SST variability and WNP summer climate and has important implications for seasonal prediction and future projection of the WNP summer climate. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading Pacific Indian Climate Dynamics 45 7-8 2033 2046 |
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The tropical North Atlantic (TNA) sea surface temperature (SST) has been identified as one of regulators on the boreal summer climate over the western North Pacific (WNP), in addition to SSTs in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. The major physical process proposed is that the TNA warming induces a pair of cyclonic circulation anomaly over the eastern Pacific and negative precipitation anomalies over the eastern to central tropical Pacific, which in turn lead to an anticyclonic circulation anomaly over the western to central North Pacific. This study further demonstrates that the modulation of the TNA warming to the WNP summer climate anomaly tends to be intensified under background of the weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation (THC) by using a water-hosing experiment. The results suggest that the weakened THC induces a decrease in thermocline depth over the TNA region, resulting in the enhanced sensitivity of SST variability to wind anomalies and thus intensification of the interannual variation of TNA SST. Under the weakened THC, the atmospheric responses to the TNA warming are westward shifted, enhancing the anticyclonic circulation and negative precipitation anomaly over the WNP. This study supports the recent finding that the negative phase of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation after the late 1960s has been favourable for the strengthening of the connection between TNA SST variability and WNP summer climate and has important implications for seasonal prediction and future projection of the WNP summer climate. |
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Chen, Wei Lee, June-Yi Lu, Riyu Dong, Buwen Ha, Kyung-Ja Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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intensified impact of tropical atlantic sst on the western north pacific summer climate under a weakened atlantic thermohaline circulation |
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https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/ https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/3/Revised_Chen%20etal_TNA%20and%20WNP-v2-bd.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-014-2454-4 |
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https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40528/3/Revised_Chen%20etal_TNA%20and%20WNP-v2-bd.pdf Chen, W., Lee, J.-Y., Lu, R., Dong, B. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000933.html> orcid:0000-0003-0809-7911 and Ha, K.-J. (2015) Intensified impact of tropical Atlantic SST on the western North Pacific summer climate under a weakened Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Climate Dynamics, 45 (7-8). pp. 2033-2046. ISSN 1432-0894 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2454-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2454-4> |
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