DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00773.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84905159566
论文题名: Rainfall changes over Southwestern Australia and their relationship to the southern annular mode and ENSO
作者: Raut B.A. ; Jakob C. ; Reeder M.J.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2014
卷: 27, 期: 15 起始页码: 5801
结束页码: 5814
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric pressure
; Climate change
; Sea level
; Antarctic oscillation
; Australia
; Climate classification/regimes
; Southern oscillation
; Trends
; Rain
; algorithm
; atmospheric front
; climate change
; El Nino-Southern Oscillation
; precipitation assessment
; rainfall
; Southern Oscillation
; trend analysis
; Australia
英文摘要: Since the 1970s, winter rainfall over coastal southwestern Australia (SWA) has decreased by 10%-20%, while summer rainfall has been increased by 40%-50% in the semiarid inland area. In this paper, a K-means algorithm is used to cluster rainfall patterns directly as opposed to the more conventional approach of clustering synoptic conditions (usually the mean sea level pressure) and inferring the associated rainfall. It is shown that the reduction in the coastal rainfall during winter is mainly due to fewer westerly fronts in June and July. The reduction in the frequency of strong fronts in June is responsible for half of the decreased rainfall in June-August (JJA), whereas the reduction in the frequency of weaker fronts in June and July accounts for a third of the total decrease. The increase in rainfall inland in December-February (DJF) is due to an increased frequency of easterly troughs in December and February. These rainfall patterns are linked to the southern annular mode (SAM) index and Southern Oscillation index (SOI). The reduction in coastal rainfall and the increase in rainfall inland are both related to the predominantly positive phase of SAM, especially when the phase of ENSO is neutral. © 2014 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/51102
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作者单位: Monash Weather and Climate Group, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Raut B.A.,Jakob C.,Reeder M.J.. Rainfall changes over Southwestern Australia and their relationship to the southern annular mode and ENSO[J]. Journal of Climate,2014-01-01,27(15)