DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1269-9
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84864383769
论文题名: On the relationship between Indian summer monsoon withdrawal and Indo-Pacific SST anomalies before and after 1976/1977 climate shift
作者: Sabeerali C.T. ; Rao S.A. ; Ajayamohan R.S. ; Murtugudde R.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2012
卷: 39, 期: 3 起始页码: 841
结束页码: 859
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate shift
; El Niño
; Indian monsoon
; Indian Ocean Dipole
英文摘要: A clear shift in the withdrawal dates of the Indian Summer Monsoon is observed in the long term time series of rainfall data. Prior (posterior) to the 1976/1977 climate shift most of the withdrawal dates are associated with a late (an early) withdrawal. As a result, the length of the rainy season (LRS) over the Indian land mass has also undergone similar changes (i. e., longer (shorter) LRS prior (posterior) to the climate shift). In this study, probable reasons for this significant shift in withdrawal dates and the LRS are investigated using reanalysis/observed datasets and also with the help of an atmospheric general circulation model. Reanalysis/observational datasets indicate that prior to the climate shift the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Sea exerted a strong influence on both the withdrawal and the LRS. After the climate shift, the influence of the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean SST has decreased and surprisingly, the influence of the Arabian Sea SST is almost non-existent. On the other hand, the influence of the southeastern equatorial Indian Ocean has increased significantly. It is observed that the upper tropospheric temperature gradient over the dominant monsoon region has decreased and the relative influence of the Indian Ocean SST variability on the withdrawal of the Indian Summer Monsoon has increased in the post climate shift period. Sensitivity experiments with the contrasting SST patterns on withdrawal dates and the LRS in the pre- and post- climate shift scenarios, confirm the observational evidences presented above. © 2011 Springer-Verlag. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/55249
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作者单位: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 411008, India; Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Recommended Citation:
Sabeerali C.T.,Rao S.A.,Ajayamohan R.S.,et al. On the relationship between Indian summer monsoon withdrawal and Indo-Pacific SST anomalies before and after 1976/1977 climate shift[J]. Climate Dynamics,2012-01-01,39(3)