期刊
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
卷 32, 期 20, 页码 6917-6938出版社
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0880.1
关键词
Indian Ocean; Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Monsoons; Oceanic mixed layer; Sea surface temperature
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91637312, 41505049]
The thermal effect of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is known to exert substantial impacts on the atmospheric general circulation, suggesting that it may also influence the wind-driven circulation in the ocean through air-sea interactions. Here, several coupled general circulation model experiments are performed in order to investigate the short-term response of the Indian Ocean to the TP surface heat source in late spring (May). The results indicate that positive TP heating anomalies can induce significant atmospheric circulation responses over the northern Indian Ocean, characterized by easterly anomalies in the upper troposphere due to the enhanced South Asian high and lower-level southwesterly anomalies from the heat pumping effect. As a result, the surface wind speed over the northern Indian Ocean is reinforced, leading to intensified oceanic evaporation and subsequently cooler potential temperatures in the mixed layer. Wind-driven currents in the mixed layer are also affected. In the Bay of Bengal, Ekman transport facilitates water volume movement from west to east. In the Arabian Sea, water movement is weaker and the southward component is relatively more important. Both these areas show local meridional circulations with offshore upwelling in the northwest. Moreover, the cross-equatorial current is also enhanced in the eastern part of the tropical Indian Ocean. Overall, the upper layer in the northern Indian Ocean is efficiently modulated by the TP thermal forcing within one month.
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