scholarly journals Summer high temperature extremes in Southeast China associated with the East Asian jet stream and circumglobal teleconnection

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (15) ◽  
pp. 8306-8319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwen Wang ◽  
Wen Zhou ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Soi Kun Fong ◽  
Ka Cheng Leong

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 4122-4138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwen Wang ◽  
Wen Zhou ◽  
Deliang Chen

Abstract This study investigates summer high temperature extremes (HTEs) in southeast China and their linkage with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and atmospheric circulations in the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM). An interdecadal change in HTEs associated with the abrupt shift of the ENSO–monsoon climate in the late 1980s is demonstrated. Before this interdecadal shift, the interannual variability of HTEs was linked mainly to temperature adjustments associated with the meridional displacement of the East Asian jet stream (EAJS), whereas after the shift HTEs were found to follow an ENSO cycle, which may be due to intensified and persistent ENSO activities, tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) warming, and changes in atmospheric teleconnections. Impacts of the EAJS, the South Asian high (SAH), and the western North Pacific subtropical high (WNPSH) on HTEs are further investigated based on empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis. It is found that mainly the first leading EOF mode with a homogeneous spatial pattern shows dominance before the interdecadal shift, whereas both of the first two leading EOF modes show dominance after the interdecadal shift. A possible mechanism of how HTEs in southeast China are linked to the EAJS, the SAH, and the WNPSH in the ENSO–monsoon coupled system is proposed.



2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 034051 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Undorf ◽  
K Allen ◽  
J Hagg ◽  
S Li ◽  
F C Lott ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 1115-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Parey ◽  
T. T. H. Hoang ◽  
D. Dacunha-Castelle


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (14) ◽  
pp. 5905-5917
Author(s):  
Ming Luo ◽  
Ngar-Cheung Lau ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Zhen Liu

AbstractThis study investigates the association between summer high temperature extremes (HTEs) over China and the Pacific meridional mode (PMM) that is characterized by an anomalous north–south sea surface temperature gradient and an anomalous surface circulation over the northeastern subtropical Pacific. It is found that the HTE activities over most parts of southern China (particularly eastern China) are prominently intensified during the positive PMM phase and weakened during the negative phase. Further examinations suggest that the PMM is linked with HTEs in China through processes that entail both eastward and westward development of signals emanating from the PMM site. The westward development is associated with the formation of an anomalous low-level cyclone over the western North Pacific (WNP), which may be viewed as a Matsuno–Gill-type response to the off-equatorial heating in the eastern Pacific. This circulation change is accompanied by anomalous ascent over WNP and northern China, and subsidence over eastern China. On the other hand, the eastward development process is linked to the PMM-induced displacement of the East Asian jet stream and the generation of a midlatitude Rossby wave train. In the positive PMM phase, the above circulation changes are accompanied by anomalous air subsidence and enhanced adiabatic heating, reduced precipitation, anomalous lower-level anticyclone, and rising surface pressure over the eastern part of China. Moreover, the land surface of that region receives more solar radiation. Opposite changes are discernible over northern China. These changes are favorable for the occurrence and persistence of HTEs over eastern China and tend to suppress HTEs over northern China.



2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohua Zhang ◽  
Jian Guan ◽  
Jingyi Ai ◽  
Jiangtao Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqing Jin

The climate characteristics of high-temperature (37°C and above) and muggy days in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region over the past 30 years from 1981 to 2010 are analyzed. The results are summarized as follows. During this period, the years with the most number of high-temperature days are 1997–2005 and 2009 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, while high-temperature extremes appear in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, and 2010. This disparity between the years with high-temperature extremes and the years with the most number of high-temperature days is located primarily in the central and southern cities of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. High-temperature extremes in the southern cities appear in June and July, while high-temperature extremes in the other cities appear in July. The years with the most number of muggy days are 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2010 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, but the years with the extreme muggy conditions appear in 1981, 2002, 2005, and 2010. The most number of muggy days are in July, and the muggy days in July and August account for about 90% of the entire summer. Over the 30-year period, no apparent changes are observed in the number of days with precipitation and the annual precipitation amount.



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