DOI: 10.1002/joc.5229
论文题名: Atmospheric rivers over the Bay of Bengal lead to northern Indian extreme rainfall
作者: Yang Y. ; Zhao T. ; Ni G. ; Sun T.
刊名: International Journal of Climatology
ISSN: 8998418
出版年: 2018
卷: 38, 期: 2 起始页码: 1010
结束页码: 1021
语种: 英语
英文关键词: atmospheric river
; Bay of Bengal
; ERA-interim data set
; extreme rainfall
; tropical cyclone
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric movements
; Hurricanes
; Rain
; Rivers
; Storms
; Tropics
; Water vapor
; Annual distributions
; Bay of Bengal
; Data set
; Extreme rainfall
; Indian subcontinents
; Poleward moisture transport
; Spatiotemporal characteristics
; Tropical cyclone
; Atmospheric humidity
; atmospheric transport
; data set
; extreme event
; hydrological cycle
; moisture transfer
; precipitation intensity
; rainfall
; tropical cyclone
; water vapor
; Bangladesh
; Bay of Bengal
; India
; Indian Ocean
; Myanmar
英文摘要: Atmospheric rivers (ARs), filamentary patterns of strong water vapour fluxes, play a prominent role in global poleward moisture transport and have profound impacts on extreme rainfalls (ERs). Previous AR research has mainly focused on the mid-latitude regions, whereas the characteristics of ARs in low latitudes and their relationship with local ERs remain largely unknown. This study investigates the spatiotemporal characteristics of ARs over the Bay of Bengal and their relationship with ERs after landing on the northern Indian subcontinent using the ERA-Interim reanalysis data. During the study period from 1979 to 2011, a total of 149 ARs have been identified, which feature a bimodal temporal pattern with more events observed in May and October. The AR axes generally stretch northeastwards over the bay and land in Bangladesh and Burma. A total of 24% of ARs occurring during tropical cyclones implies a possible connection between them, in addition to the similar intra-annual distribution. In summer, as the tropical cyclones are weak and the northward water vapour flux decreases due to topographic blocking of the Western Ghats, it is less likely to form intensified water vapour pathway, though the atmospheric humidity is high in the study region. Furthermore, a close correlation between ARs and ERs is manifested. A large proportion of ARs would lead to ERs, with a small fraction of ERs occur after ARs. In addition, although persistent ARs constitute the majority of identified events, rainfall intensity will not be enhanced by the increase in AR duration. This study enriches the knowledge of AR characteristics in low latitudes and provides new pathways to understand the hydrological cycles in the Indian Peninsula and the Bay of Bengal. © 2017 Royal Meteorological Society Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/117081
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作者单位: State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Division of Land and Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Yang Y.,Zhao T.,Ni G.,et al. Atmospheric rivers over the Bay of Bengal lead to northern Indian extreme rainfall[J]. International Journal of Climatology,2018-01-01,38(2)