Abstract
AbstractWintertime precipitation in China is most pronounced over the southeastern area, and the Kuroshio in the East China Sea anchors a prominent precipitation band over the warm side of the sea surface temperature front. Previous studies have suggested that many factors contribute to the interannual variation of the precipitation over southeastern China (SC), whereas less attention has been paid to precipitation variability over the East China Sea Kuroshio (ECSK) area. This study focuses on the interannual variation of wintertime precipitation over the SC and ECSK areas. Empirical orthogonal function analysis reveals a spatially uniform pattern from SC to the ECSK area. Composite analysis shows that an El Niño event intensifies wintertime precipitation over our target region, and this effect is tripled when an El Niño follows a positive North Pacific Oscillation (NPO) event in the previous winter. The positive NPO event in the previous winter intensifies the El Niño event via the Victoria mode ocean bridge and the subsequent Bjerknes feedback. In comparison with single-factor El Niño events, a much weaker Walker cell induced by the joint event induces a much weaker regional Hadley cell through anomalous descending motion over the western tropical Pacific. The weakened regional Hadley circulation over the western Pacific directly enhances the precipitation over the SC and ECSK area. In this study, the synergistic effect of an El Niño event and a positive NPO event indicates that the influence of the El Niño event can be amplified by the positive NPO event in the previous winter.
Funder
natural science foundation of shandong province
national natural science foundation of china
fundamental research funds for the central universities
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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11 articles.
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