简介：Inthisstudy,weexaminealong-termincreasingtrendinsubtropicalpotentialvorticity(PV)intrusioneventsoverthePacificOceaninrelationtotheglobalmeantemperaturerise,basedonmultiplereanalysisdatasets.ThefrequencyofthePVintrusionsiscloselyrelatedtotheupper-troposphericequatorialwesterlyductandthesubtropicaljet(STJ).AnoverallstrengtheningofthewesterlyductandweakeningoftheSTJarefoundtobedrivenbythewarming-inducedstrengtheningofWalkercirculationandregionalchangesinHadleycirculationonmulti-decadaltimescale,leadingtoanincreaseinthePVintrusionfrequencyoverthetropics.Theresultsarerobustinalldatasets.Themulti-decadalstrengtheninginthePacificWalkercirculationisconsistentwiththeglobalmeantemperaturerise.Inthisway,thePVintrusionsarecorrelatedwiththewarmingrelatedglobalmeantemperuaterise.WhentheinterannualvariabilityofENSOisremovedfromtheintrusiontimeseries,thelong-termtrendinPVintrusionsduetoexternalforcingassociatedwithanthropogenicwarming(globalmeantemperaturerise)becomesclearer.Thelinkbetweentheglobalmeantemperatureriseandintrusionfrequencyisfurtherverifiedbyperformingacorrelationanalysisbetweenthetwo.Thesignificant(>95%)correlationcoefficientis0.85,0.94,0.84,0.83,and0.84forERA-40,ERA-Interim,NCEP-NCAR,JRA-55,andJRA-25,respectively.Thisunequivocallyindicatesthattheglobalmeantemperaturerisecanexplainaround69%–88%ofthevariancerelatedtothelong-termincreaseinPVintrusionfrequencyoverthePacificOcean.