4.6 Article Proceedings Paper

How East Asian westerly jet's meridional position affects the summer rainfall in Yangtze-Huaihe River Valley?

Journal

CLIMATE DYNAMICS
Volume 51, Issue 11-12, Pages 4109-4121

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-017-3591-3

Keywords

East Asian westerly jet; Rainfall anomalies; Yangtze-Huaihe River Valley; Dynamic mechanisms; Asymmetric relationship; Interannual time scale

Funding

  1. National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB956202]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [41275019, 41475009]
  3. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2016-195]

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Existing studies show that the change in the meridional position of East Asian westerly jet (EAWJ) is associated with rainfall anomalies in Yangtze-Huaihe River Valley (YHRV) in summer. However, the dynamic mechanism has not been resolved yet. The present study reveals underlying mechanisms for this impact for early summer and midsummer, separately. Mechanism1: associated with EAWJ's anomalously southward displacement, the 500-hPa westerly wind over YHRV is strengthened through midtropospheric horizontal circulation anomalies; the westerly anomalies are related to the formation of warm advection anomalies over YHRV, which cause increased rainfall through adiabatic ascent motion and convective activities; the major difference in these processes between early summer and midsummer is the midtropospheric circulation anomaly pattern. Mechanism 2: associated with EAWJ's anomalously southward displacement, the large day-to-day variability of midtropospheric temperature advection in midlatitudes is displaced southward by the jet's trapping transient eddies; this change enhances the day-to-day variability of temperature advection over YHRV, which in turn causes the increased rainfall in most part of YHRV through lower-bound effect (rainfall amount can not become negative); there is not much difference in these processes between early summer and midsummer.

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