摘要
GrowingevidenceindicatesthattheAsianmonsoonplaysanimportantroleinaffectingtheweatherandclimateoutsideofAsia.However,thisactiveroleofthemonsoonhasnotbeendemonstratedasthoroughlyashasthevariabilityofthemonsooncausedbyvariousimpactingfactorssuchasseasurfacetemperatureandlandsurface.ThisstudyinvestigatestherelationshipbetweentheAsianmonsoonandtheclimateanomaliesintheAsian-Pacific-American(APA)sector.Ahypothesisistestedthatthevariabilityoftheupper-troposphericSouthAsianhigh(SAH),whichiscloselyassociatedwiththeoverallheatingofthelarge-scaleAsianmonsoon,islinkedtochangesinthesubtropicalwesternPacifichigh(SWPH),themidPacifictrough,andtheMexicanhigh.ThechangesinthesecirculationsystemscausevariabilityinsurfacetemperatureandprecipitationintheAPAregion.AstrongerSAHisaccompaniedbyastrongerandmoreextensiveSWPH.TheenlargementoftheSWPHweakensthemid-Pacifictrough.Asaresult,thesouthernportionoftheMexicanhighbecomesstronger.Thesechangesareassociatedwithchangesinatmosphericteleconnections,precipitation,andsurfacetemperaturethroughouttheAPAregion.WhentheSAHisstronger,precipitationincreasesinsouthernAsia,decreasesoverthePacificOcean,andincreasesovertheCentralAmerica.PrecipitationalsoincreasesoverAustraliaandcentralAfricaanddecreasesintheMediterraneanregion.Whilethesignalsinsurfacetemperatureareweakoverthetropicallandportion,theyareapparentinthemidlatitudesandovertheeasternPacificOcean.
出版日期
2005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)