The influences of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） precipitation products on the structure and underlying physics of intraseasonal oscillation （ISO） are investigated with the U.S. National Aeronautics an...The influences of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） precipitation products on the structure and underlying physics of intraseasonal oscillation （ISO） are investigated with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Earth Observing System model version 3 （GEOS-3） data assimilation system （DAS）. The strong ISO phase in the 1998 summer is apparently located in the Asian monsoon region and the east equatorial Pacific region. The eastward propagation is a dominant feature for the tropical ISO at 20 to 30-day oscillation while the northeastward propagation is the salient ISO at 30 to 60-day oscillation over the 10~N to 25~N belt region. It appears that the Kelvin wave structure is for the tropical 20 to 30-day oscillation. The tropical 30 to 60-day oscillation has the characteristics of the Kelvin-Rossby wave. The impact of satellite-derived precipitation （and its associated latent heating） on the ISO intensity is limited in the GEOS-3 assimilation system. However, its impact on the ISO spatial structures is obvious. Overall, the results demonstrate a better eastward propagation and a northward propagation of ISO with the TRMM precipitation simulation, indicating that latent heating is very important in exciting the equatorial ISO. Key words： 20 to 30-day oscillation; 30 to 60-day oscillation; GEOS data assimilation system; Kelvin wave; TRMM precipitation展开更多
基金Qing Lan Project and a Special Public Sector Research (GYHY200806009)The second author was funded by the NASA Global Water and Energy Cycle project with a grant NNG04G098G
文摘The influences of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） precipitation products on the structure and underlying physics of intraseasonal oscillation （ISO） are investigated with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Earth Observing System model version 3 （GEOS-3） data assimilation system （DAS）. The strong ISO phase in the 1998 summer is apparently located in the Asian monsoon region and the east equatorial Pacific region. The eastward propagation is a dominant feature for the tropical ISO at 20 to 30-day oscillation while the northeastward propagation is the salient ISO at 30 to 60-day oscillation over the 10~N to 25~N belt region. It appears that the Kelvin wave structure is for the tropical 20 to 30-day oscillation. The tropical 30 to 60-day oscillation has the characteristics of the Kelvin-Rossby wave. The impact of satellite-derived precipitation （and its associated latent heating） on the ISO intensity is limited in the GEOS-3 assimilation system. However, its impact on the ISO spatial structures is obvious. Overall, the results demonstrate a better eastward propagation and a northward propagation of ISO with the TRMM precipitation simulation, indicating that latent heating is very important in exciting the equatorial ISO. Key words： 20 to 30-day oscillation; 30 to 60-day oscillation; GEOS data assimilation system; Kelvin wave; TRMM precipitation
