DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00409.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84905905541
论文题名: The role of extratropical cyclones and fronts for Southern Ocean freshwater fluxes
作者: Papritz L. ; Pfahl S. ; Rudeva I. ; Simmonds I. ; Sodemann H. ; Wernli H.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2014
卷: 27, 期: 16 起始页码: 6205
结束页码: 6224
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Water
; Atmospheric freshwater
; Comprehensive method
; Extratropical cyclones
; Freshwater fluxes
; Interannual variability
; Precipitation events
; South Indian Ocean
; Spatial variations
; Storms
; annual variation
; atmospheric front
; extratropical environment
; precipitation (climatology)
; Southern Hemisphere
; spatial variation
; storm track
; tropical cyclone
; Antarctica
; Indian Ocean
; Indian Ocean (South)
; Pacific Ocean
; Southern Ocean
英文摘要: In this study, the important role of extratropical cyclones and fronts for the atmospheric freshwater flux over the Southern Ocean is analyzed. Based on the Interim ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-Interim), the freshwater flux associated with cyclones is quantified and it is revealed that the structure of the Southern Hemispheric storm track is strongly imprinted on the climatological freshwater flux. In particular, during austral winter the spiraliform shape of the storm track leads to a band of negative freshwater flux bending toward and around Antarctica, complemented by a strong freshwater input into the midlatitude Pacific, associated with the split storm track. The interannual variability of the wintertime high-latitude freshwater flux is shown to be largely determined by the variability of strong precipitation (<75th percentile). Using a novel and comprehensive method to attribute strong precipitation uniquely to cyclones and fronts, it is demonstrated that over the Southern Ocean between 60% and 90% of the strong precipitation events are due to these synoptic systems. Cyclones are the dominant cause of strong precipitation around Antarctica and in the midlatitudes of the Atlantic and the Pacific, while in the south Indian Ocean and the eastern Atlantic fronts bring most of the strong precipitation. Adetailed analysis of the spatial variations of intense front and cyclone precipitation associated with the interannual variability of the wintertime frequency of cyclones in the midlatitude and high-latitude branches of the Pacific storm track underpins the importance of considering both fronts and cyclones in the analysis of the interannual variability of freshwater fluxes. © 2014 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/51154
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作者单位: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Center for Climate Systems Modeling, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Papritz L.,Pfahl S.,Rudeva I.,et al. The role of extratropical cyclones and fronts for Southern Ocean freshwater fluxes[J]. Journal of Climate,2014-01-01,27(16)