The Relationship Between East-west Movement of Subtropical High over Northwestern Pacific and Precipitation in Southwestern China

Yan Hongming; Wang Ling

doi:10.11898/1001-7313.20190309

Vol.30, NO.3, 2019

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Yan Hongming, Wang Ling. The relationship between east-west movement of subtropical high over Northwestern Pacific and precipitation in Southwestern China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2019, 30(3): 360-375. DOI: 10.11898/1001-7313.20190309.

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Yan Hongming, Wang Ling. The relationship between east-west movement of subtropical high over Northwestern Pacific and precipitation in Southwestern China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2019, 30(3): 360-375. DOI: 10.11898/1001-7313.20190309.

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The Relationship Between East-west Movement of Subtropical High over Northwestern Pacific and Precipitation in Southwestern China

DOI: 10.11898/1001-7313.20190309

Yan Hongming^{1
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Wang Ling²

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Yunnan Climate Center, Kunming 650034
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Yunnan Meteorological Bureau, Kunming 650034

Received Date: 2019-01-02
Rev Recd Date: 2019-03-14
Publish Date: 2019-05-31

Abstract

Abstract

The Northwest Pacific subtropical high (abbreviated as subtropical high) is one of the large-scale circulation systems that affect the climate in East Asia. The seasonal north-south movement of the subtropical high has a very important effect on the position of summer rain belt in eastern China. Most of the related researches focus on the movement of the subtropical high in the north-south direction, while less attention is paid to the east-west displacement, especially the influence on the climate in Southwest China. Southwest China is located in the eastward part of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, with high altitude and low latitude. Though the influence of the subtropical high on the climate in Southwest China is not as direct as that in the eastern part of China, it is found that the change of subtropical high also plays a very important role by affecting the configuration of atmospheric circulation system. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the anomalous movement of the east-west position of the subtropical high and its influence on the climate in southwestern China in order to understand causes of the climate anomaly.To further understand the influence of the change of the subtropical high, a new index to measure the east-west position of the summer subtropical high is defined by the regionally averaged relative vorticity at 700 hPa in different regions based on the climatology circulation. Results show that the index can characterize the east-west displacement of the anticyclonic circulation of the subtropical high more objectively and qualitatively, and it can also reflect the linkage between the subtropical high and meridional circulation over East Asia. When the subtropical high is east (west), there is a negative-positive-negative (positive-negative-positive) meridional anomalous wave train over East Asia. Comparing with other indices, the new index can better reflect the seasonal movement of rain belt position in eastern China in summer and has a significant correlation with precipitation in Southwest China in June and July. When the subtropical high is west, there is less precipitation in western and southern Sichuan, and most in Guizhou in June, and there is more precipitation in northern and eastern Sichuan, northeast Guizhou, and less precipitation in central and northwest Yunnan in July. When the subtropical high is east, the precipitation distribution is almost the contrary. Further analysis also shows that the relationship between the subtropical high and SST is related to the active position of the subtropical high. The farther north the subtropical high is, the weaker the relationship between the subtropical high and the SST is.
- Southwestern China;
- summer precipitation;
- Northwestern Pacific subtropical high;
- east-west position variation

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Fig. 1 Climatological characteristic lines(the blue solid line, unit:gpm), ridge lines(the red long dashed line), relative vorticity(the shaded) and vector winds(the vector) at 500 hPa and 700 hPa in Jun, Jul, Aug and summer (the rectangular box denotes the location of key area)

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Fig. 2 Interannual variation of VORT standardized subtropical high index in Jun, Jul, Aug and summer from 1958 to 2014

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图 3 夏季6月、7月、8月VORT指数正负异常年500 hPa高度差(单位：gpm)和700 hPa涡度差(单位：10^-6 s^-1)

(由浅到深的阴影区分别表示达到0.05，0.02和0.01的显著性水平)

Fig. 3 The difference distribution of 500 hPa height(unit:gpm) and 700 hPa vorticity(unit:10^-6s^-1) between positive and negative VORT years in Jun, Jul and Aug

(light to dark shaded areas denote passing the test of 0.05, 0.02 and 0.01 levels)

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图 4 1958—2014年夏季6月、7月和8月VORT指数分别与同期850 hPa和200 hPa风场相关

(矢量表示达到0.05显著性水平区域)

Fig. 4 The correlation distribution between VORT index and vector wind at 850 hPa and 200 hPa level in Jun, Jul and Aug during 1958-2014

(vectors denote passing the test of 0.05 level)

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Fig. 5 The interannual variation of NCC index, WIND index and VORT index in Jun, Jul and Aug from 1958 to 2014

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图 6 典型差异年份500 hPa相对涡度(填色)、脊线位置(红色长虚线)、5880 gpm特征线(蓝色点虚线, 单位：gpm)、多年气候平均5880 gpm特征线(蓝色实线, 单位：gpm)、矢量风场和大于10 mm降水区(绿色线，单位：mm)

Fig. 6 The distribution of relative vorticity(the shaded), ridge line(the red long dashed line), 5880 gpm characteristic line (the blue dotted line, unit:gpm), climatological 5880 gpm line(the blue solid line, unit:gpm), vector winds and exceeding 10 mm precipitation region(the green line, unit:mm) in evidently different years

(a)Jun 1992, (b)Jun 1998, (c)Jul 1984, (d)Jul 1989, (e)Aug 1981, (f)Aug 1986

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Fig. 7 5880 gpm isogram according to I_VORT>1.0(the short dotted line)and 0.5>I_VORT>0 (the long dashed line)in Jun, Jul and Aug(the solid line denotes 5880 gpm)

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图 8 1961—2014年夏季NCC指数、WIND指数和VORT指数与中国降水相关分布

(阴影表示达到0.05显著性水平)

Fig. 8 Correlation distributions between different index and precipitation in China during 1961-2014

(the shaded denotes passing the test of 0.05 level)

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图 9 1961—2014年夏季NCC指数、WIND指数和VORT指数与西南降水相关分布

(阴影区表示达到0.1显著性水平)

Fig. 9 Correlation distributions between different index and precipitation in Southwestern China for 1961-2014

(the shaded denotes passing the test of 0.1 level)

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图 10 6月和7月VORT指数与海温同期相关

(阴影区表示达到0.05显著性水平)

Fig. 10 Correlation between VORT index and SST field in Jun and Jul

(the shaded denotes passing the test of 0.05 level)

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Table 1 The relationship between three indices in Jun Jul and Aug

指数	6月			7月			8月
指数	NCC	WIND	VORT	NCC	WIND	VORT	NCC	WIND	VORT
NCC	1	0.14	0.31	1	0.19	0.30	1	0.39	0.41
WIND		1	0.43		1	0.51		1	0.43
VORT			1			1			1
注：相关系数超过0.26均达到0.05显著性水平。

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