Drivers of the Severity of the Extreme Hot Summer of 2015 in Western China

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    摘要 WesternChinaexperiencedanextremehotsummerin2015,breakinganumberoftemperaturerecords.Thesummermeansurfaceairtemperature(SAT)anomalywastwicetheinterannualvariability.Thehottestdaytimetemperature(TXx)andwarmestnight-timetemperature(TNx)werethehighestinChinasince1964.Thisextremehotsummeroccurredinthecontextofsteadilyincreasingtemperaturesinrecentdecades.Wecarriedoutasetofexperimentstoevaluatetheextenttowhichthechangesinseasurfacetemperature(SST)/seaiceextent(SIE)andanthropogenicforcingdrovetheseverityoftheextremesummerof2015inwesternChina.Ourresultsindicatethatabout65%-72%oftheobservedchangesintheseasonalmeanSATandthedailymaximum(Tmax)anddailyminimum(Tmin)temperaturesoverwesternChinaresultedfromchangesinboundaryforcings,includingtheSST/SIEandanthropogenicforcing.Fortherelativeroleofindividualforcing,thedirectimpactofchangesinanthropogenicforcingexplainabout42%oftheSATwarmingand60%(40%)oftheincreaseinTNxandTmin(TXxandTmax)inthemodelresponse.ThechangesinSST/SIEcontributedtotheremainingsurfacewarmingandtheincreaseinhotextremes,whicharemainlytheresultofchangesintheSSToverthePacificOcean,whereasuperElNi?oeventoccurred.OurstudyindicatesaprominentroleforthedirectimpactofanthropogenicforcingintheseverityoftheextremehotsummerinwesternChinain2015,althoughthechangesinSST/SIE,aswellastheinternalvariabilityoftheatmosphere,alsomadeacontribution.
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    出处 《气象学报:英文版》 2018年6期
    出版日期 2018年06月16日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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