摘要
Anintercomparisonofsummertime(JJA)subtropicalgeopotentialheightsfromtheERA-40andNCEP/NCARreanalysisisspecificallyconductedoverEastEurasiaandthewesternNorthPacific.TheNCEP/NCARisobviouslylowerthantheERA-40inthemid-to-lowertroposphereinmostregionsofEastEurasiabeforethemid-1970s,butbecomeshigherthantheERA-40afterthemid-1970sandthusdemonstratesstrongerincreasedtrendsduringtheperiodof1958-2001.BothreanalysesarelowerthantheobservationsinmostregionsofChina.TheNCEP/NCARespeciallyshowstremendouslysystematiclowervaluesbeforethemid-1960sanddisplaysabruptchangesbeforethe1970s.SeveralindicesofthewesternNorthPacificsubtropicalhigh(WNPSH),calculatedfrombothreanalyzedsummergeopotentialheights,alsorevealthatthevariationtrendoftheNCEP/NCARisstrongerthanthatoftheERA-40inthemid-to-lowertropospherefrom1958to2001.Throughsingularvaluedecomposition(SVD)analysis,thesummergeopotentialheightsat500hPafromtheERA-40arebetterthantheNCEP/NCARcounterpartsatinteractingwiththeprecipitationovertheEastAsianmonsoonregion.TheresultsindicatethattheNCEP/NCARinthemid-and-lowertropospheremayoverestimateinterdecadalchangesandshouldbeusedcautiouslytostudytherelationshipbetweentheWNPSHandprecipitationovetherEastAsiaMonsoonregionbeforethemid-1970s.
出版日期
2009年01月11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)