LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION IN EAST ASIA DURING THE 1991 EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CHANGJIANG-HUAIHE RIVER BASIN

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摘要 Theactivityoflowfrequencyoscillation(LFO)widelyexistsinEastAsiaduringtheperiodof1991excessivelyheavyrainovertheChangjiang-HuaiheRiverBasin(Jianghuai).BoththerainfallamountofJianghuaiandtheatmospherefromsubtropicalareatomid-highlatitudeshavethedominantperiodof10—20d,whiletheatmospheresintropicalareaandhighlatitudeshavethedominantperiodof30—60d.ComparedwithnormalMeiyuseason,theanomalyofthe1991Meiyuprocessmaybereflectedinthefollowingtwolowfrequencysynopticevents:(a)TheMeiyuprocessonsetsextremelyearly(intheseconddekadofMay,whichisnearlyonemonthearlierthaninnormalMeiyu)andisimmediatelyfollowedbythefirstepisodeofheavyrain.(b)InthefirstdekadofJuly,thereoccurstheheaviestepisodeofrainfallofthewholeMeiyuseason,anditiseventheheaviestrainfallfortherecent30yearsinChina.Forthesetwoperiods,correspondingtotheadjustmentoflarge-scalesituationfrom“doubleblockinghigh”to“bipolarblockinghigh”,thepropagationdirectionofLFOinEastAsiahasadistinctseasonalvariation,fromeastward/northwardpropagation(passingthroughJianghuai)duringthefirstepisodetowestward/southwardpropagationduringthethirdepisode.Oscillationsofdifferentfrequencybandsaresuperposedinphase.TheLFOactivityofthecoldandwarm/moistairsoverJianghuaicanbestrengthenedthroughthoseLFOpropagationprocessesinEastAsia,althoughtheymayhavedifferentdirectionsinthreeepisodes.Particularly,theeastward(westward)propagationinlowlatitudesmakesthesouthwest(southeast)airflowtransportintensivelythelowfrequencywarm/moistairtothesouthofJianghuaifromtheIndianOcean(tropicalWestPacificOcean)inthefirst(third)episode.Suchwarm/moistairsmeetandinteractwiththecoldairwhichvigorouslyinvadesJianghuaipersistently,andfinallythreeepisodesofheavyrainoccurinmodeofLFO.
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出处 《气象学报:英文版》 1997年1期
出版日期 1997年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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