Harmonious Inter-decadal Changes of July–August Upper Tropospheric Temperature Across the North Atlantic, Eurasian Continent,and North Pacific

作     者：周天军 张洁 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》 (大气科学进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第26卷第4期

页      面：656-665页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

基　　金：supported by the China Meteorological Administration(GYHY200706010,GYHY200806010) the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China under Grant Nos2006CB403603 and 2005CB321703 the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos40523001,40625014,and 90711004 

主　　题：tropospheric temperature inter-decadal variability harmonious changes 

摘      要：The authors have developed an integral view of the inter-decadal variability of July-August （JA） tropospheric temperature across the entire subtropical Northern Hemisphere. Using reanalysis data and complementary balloon-borne measurements, the authors identify one major mode of variability for the period 1958 2001 which exhibits a significant cooling center over East Asia and warming centers over the North Atlantic and North Pacific. The cooling （warming） signals barotropically penetrate through the troposphere, with the strongest anomalies at 200-300 hPa. The amplitude of the cooling over East Asia is stronger than that of the warming over the North Atlantic （North Pacific） by a factor of 2 （3）. This dominant mode exhibits a declining tendency for the entire period examined, particularly before 1980. After the mid-1980s, the tendency has leveled off. Variations of the harmonious change of JA upper tropospheric temperature represented by the principal component of Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis exhibit significant negative （positive） correlations with SST anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific and the western tropical Indian Ocean （mid-latitude North Pacific）. Possible mechanisms are discussed.