Marine meteorology

Basic mode of subtropical high’s seasonal oscillation and its relationship with low-frequency potential wave

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  • 1. 6174161936 Troops Troops 61741 Troopsof PLAPLA, Beijing 100081, China; 2. Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China
余丹丹(1979—), 女, 湖北省英山县人, 工程师, 主要从事热带海洋天气学研究。

Received date: 2008-12-25

  Revised date: 2009-06-03

  Online published: 2010-07-29

Supported by

江苏省气象灾害重点实验室开放课题(KLME0507); 热带海洋气象科学基金(200609); 国家自然科学基金资助项目(40375019)

Abstract

Based on the daily-averaged data derived from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis dataset and using the single-layer (500hPa, and 850hPa) and the whole-layer (four layers) EOF methods, the leading modes of the subtropical high with vertical structure are extracted. It is found that the modes obtained by different ways are the same, which implies that there truly exist the same spatial distribution and temporal-change features from high to low of the subtropical high. Further, by applying the wavelet energy spectrum, it is found that there exist marked low-frequency oscillations of 20−30 days and 30−60 days. Considering the weather in 1995, the possible mechanism that the low-frequency potential wave at different latitude restricted the subtropical high in 1995 is diagnosed, i.e., the low-frequency potential wave of sub-tropical areas restricted the medium-term movement with a period of 20 days of the main body of the subtropical high, while the short-term process with a period of 5−10 days of the western subtropical high was related to the accumulated disturbance energy of the low-frequency potential wave coming from high latitude and tropical areas in the western Pacific region.

Cite this article

YU Dan-dan,ZHANG Ren,TENG Jun,WAN Ying-hu . Basic mode of subtropical high’s seasonal oscillation and its relationship with low-frequency potential wave[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2010 , 29(4) : 32 -39 . DOI: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2010.04.032

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