An approach to prediction of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

doi:10.1007/s00343-008-0421-9

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	An approach to prediction of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset
	Hu Dunxin 1,2; Yu Lejiang 1,2,3,4
刊名	CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY
	2008-11-01
卷号	26 期号:4 页码:421-424
关键词	South China Sea Summer Monsoon Warm Pool Heat Content
ISSN号	0254-4059
DOI	10.1007/s00343-008-0421-9
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	In the present paper, correlation between the South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM) onset and heat content in the upper layer of the warm pool in the western Pacific Ocean is examined using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography dataset for the period of 1955-1998 and an approach to prediction the SCSSM onset is proposed. Correlation showes that there exists interdecadal variability of the SCSSM onset demarcated by 1970 with the largest correlation coefficient in the area west of the center of the warm pool rather than near its centers, implying certain effect from other factors involved besides ENSO. As the correlation is poor for the period before 1970, the heat content anomaly of the warm pool after 1970 is used to indicate early or late onset of the SCSSM beforehand. An ideal representative area (1A degrees x1A degrees) for the warm pool heat content was determined with its center at 3A degrees N/138A degrees E. The nearest TAO (TAO-Tropical Atmosphere Ocean-array) mooring to the center is at 2A degrees N/137A degrees E, and chosen to calculate the heat content for prediction. It is suggested that the TAO mooring at 2A degrees N/137A degrees E could be used to predict the SCSSM onset with the heat content in the upper layer, if the correlation between the SCSSM onset and the heat content of the warm pool runs like that of after 1970. On the other hand, if the situation does like the one before 1970, the representative station is determined at 13A degrees S/74A degrees E with relatively poor correlation, meaning that the warm pool in the western Pacific Ocean plays more important role in the SCSSM onset than the Indian Ocean.; In the present paper, correlation between the South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM) onset and heat content in the upper layer of the warm pool in the western Pacific Ocean is examined using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography dataset for the period of 1955-1998 and an approach to prediction the SCSSM onset is proposed. Correlation showes that there exists interdecadal variability of the SCSSM onset demarcated by 1970 with the largest correlation coefficient in the area west of the center of the warm pool rather than near its centers, implying certain effect from other factors involved besides ENSO. As the correlation is poor for the period before 1970, the heat content anomaly of the warm pool after 1970 is used to indicate early or late onset of the SCSSM beforehand. An ideal representative area (1A degrees x1A degrees) for the warm pool heat content was determined with its center at 3A degrees N/138A degrees E. The nearest TAO (TAO-Tropical Atmosphere Ocean-array) mooring to the center is at 2A degrees N/137A degrees E, and chosen to calculate the heat content for prediction. It is suggested that the TAO mooring at 2A degrees N/137A degrees E could be used to predict the SCSSM onset with the heat content in the upper layer, if the correlation between the SCSSM onset and the heat content of the warm pool runs like that of after 1970. On the other hand, if the situation does like the one before 1970, the representative station is determined at 13A degrees S/74A degrees E with relatively poor correlation, meaning that the warm pool in the western Pacific Ocean plays more important role in the SCSSM onset than the Indian Ocean.
学科主题	Limnology ; Oceanography
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语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000262669100015
公开日期	2010-12-24
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/5261]
专题	海洋研究所_海洋环流与波动重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Ocean Circulat & Wave, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Polar Res Inst China, Shanghai 200136, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu Dunxin,Yu Lejiang. An approach to prediction of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,2008,26(4):421-424.
APA	Hu Dunxin,&Yu Lejiang.(2008).An approach to prediction of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset.CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,26(4),421-424.
MLA	Hu Dunxin,et al."An approach to prediction of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset".CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 26.4(2008):421-424.