Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2010, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 29-35.doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2010.05.029cstr: 32234.14.j.issn.1009-5470.2010.05.029

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Relationship between ENSO events and regional climate anomalies around the Xisha Islands during the last 50 years

YAN Hong, SUN Li-guang, LIU Xiao-dong, QIU Shi-can   

  1. Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2009-03-11 Revised:2009-04-23 Online:2010-10-30 Published:2011-10-10
  • Contact: 孙立广(1945—), 男, 安徽省庐江县人, 教授, 主要从事环境地球化学研究。 E-mail:slg@ustc.edu.cn
  • About author:晏宏(1986—), 男, 湖南省岳阳县人, 在读博士研究生, 主要从事气候变化研究。E-mail:yanhong19860124@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金重点项目(40730107)

Abstract:

The authors investigate the relationship between ENSO events and regional climate anomalies around the Xisha Islands during the last 50 years. They find that there is evident correlation between ENSO events and the regional climate anomalies. There is a significant positive correlation between air-temperature anomalies and ENSO index (MEI). Power spec-tral analysis shows that the temperature anomalies have similar cycles to the ENSO index. Regarding to rainfall, the annual precipitation in La Niña years is much more than that in El Niño years. As to tropical cyclone, its frequency during El Niño is significantly lower than that during La Niña.

Key words: ENSO index, Xisha Islands, air temperature, rainfall, frequency of typhoon