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Characteristics and Mechanisms of Sub-seasonal Evolution of Northwest Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone during the El Niño Decaying Summer
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1.State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029;2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049;3.Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing 100875;4.Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190

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the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences Grant XDA20060502;National Natural Science Foundation of China Grants 41425086 and 41775086the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant XDA20060502), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 41425086 and 41775086)

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    Characteristics and mechanisms of the sub-seasonal evolution of the Northwest Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone (NWPAC) phenomenon during a decaying El Niño in summer were analyzed based on a variety of reanalysis data and observation data. The results showed that the NWPAC had a more northern shift and increased intensity in both July and August compared with June during a decaying El Niño in summer. NWPAC affects precipitation in East Asia during boreal summer by influencing the divergence of water vapor fluxes in the low-level troposphere. The abnormal rain belt in East Asia shifts northward along with the NWPAC. The anomalous precipitation decline and increase in incidental solar short-wave radiant flux under the ridge of the NWPAC can result in positive surface air temperature anomalies in the Indochina Peninsula, the Philippines, and southern China during a decaying El Niño in summer. With the northward shift of the NWPAC, the positive surface air temperature anomalies in East Asia also shift northwards. Local air-sea interaction processes may be one of the causes of NWPAC’s northern jump during a decaying summertime El Niño. Increased short-wave radiant fluxes and reduced upward sensible and latent heat fluxes on the southern side of the NWPAC can cause anomalous positive sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs), and positive SSTAs, in turn, could be detrimental to NWPAC’s maintenance by inducing convective instability. In contrast, weakened short-wave radiation fluxes and increased upward sensible and latent heat fluxes on the northern side of NWPAC can cause negative anomalous SSTAs, which favors the maintenance of NWPAC.

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唐颢苏,胡开明,黄刚.2019.El Niño衰退年夏季西北太平洋异常反气旋季节内演变特征及其机制[J].气候与环境研究,24(4):525-536. TANG Haosu, HU Kaiming, and HUANG Gang.2019. Characteristics and Mechanisms of Sub-seasonal Evolution of Northwest Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone during the El Niño Decaying Summer[J]. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese],24(4):525-536.

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  • Received:December 10,2018
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  • Online: August 08,2019
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