Marine physics

Relationship between the Western Pacific Subtropical High and sea-surface temperature anomaly

  • FAN Lei ,
  • LIU Qin-yu
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  • Key laboratory of Physical Oceanography of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, qingdao 266003, China
范磊(1986—),男,山东省淄博市人,在读硕士研究生,主要从事海气相互作用研究。

Received date: 2009-04-13

  Revised date: 2009-08-24

  Online published: 2009-10-10

Supported by

国家自然科学基金项目(40830106,40676010)

Abstract

The authors study the relationship between the Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) and sea-surface temperature (SST) anomaly in each selected key area based on lag correlation analysis. The lag correlation indicates that the eastern Pacific SST in winter correlates with the WPSH anomaly two or three months later to the highest degree; the SST in the tropical Indian Ocean and the WPSH anomaly in the corresponding period significantly correlates with each other in winter; and the SST in the western Pacific in winter and spring negatively correlates to the WPSH anomaly in the corresponding period. In addition, the SST in the northern Pacific in winter and spring negatively correlates with the WPSH anomaly one to two months earlier. The largest positive correlation between the Atlantic Warm Pool and the WPSH anomaly in the corresponding period occurs in June. Regarding to the southern Pacific, the WPSH anomaly in winter negatively correlates with the SST anomaly from last autumn to next spring. To sum up, in winter and spring, SST anomaly is almost fully responsible to the annual variation of the WPSH anomaly, but in summer and autumn, the influence of SST on the WPSH is constrained to a small scale.

Cite this article

FAN Lei , LIU Qin-yu . Relationship between the Western Pacific Subtropical High and sea-surface temperature anomaly[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2009 , 28(5) : 83 -88 . DOI: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2009.05.083

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