Comparison of the Structure and Evolution of Intraseasonal Oscillations Before and After Onset of the Asian Summer Monsoon

High-resolution satellite-derived data and NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data are used to investigate intraseasonal oscillations （ISO） over the tropical Indian Ocean.A composite evolution of the ISO life cycle is constructed,including the initiation,development,and propagation of rainfall anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean.The characteristics of ISO over the tropical Indian Ocean are profoundly different before and after the onset of the Indian summer monsoon.Positive precipitation anomalies before monsoon onset appear one phase earlier than those after monsoon onset.Before monsoon onset,precipitation anomalies associated with ISO first initiate in the western tropical Indian Ocean and then propagate eastward along the equator.After monsoon onset,convective anomalies propagate northward over the Indian summer monsoon region after an initial eastward propagation over the equatorial Indian Ocean.Surface wind convergence and air-sea interaction play critical roles in initiating each new cycle of ISO convection.

Subseasonal features of the Asian summer monsoon in the NCEP climate forecast system

The operational climate forecast system （CFS） of the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction provides climate predictions over the world, and CFS products are becoming an important source of information for regional climate predictions in many Asian countries where monsoon climate dominates. Recent studies have shown that, on monthly-to-seasonal time-scales, the CFS is highly skillful in simulating and predicting the variability of the Asian monsoon. The higher-frequency variability of the Asian summer monsoon in the CFS is analyzed, using output from a version with a spectral triangular truncation of 126 waves in horizontal and 64 sigma layers in vertical, focusing on synoptic, quasi-biweekly, and intraseasonal time-scales. The onset processes of different regional monsoon components were investigated within Asia. Although the CFS generally overestimates variability of monsoon on these time-scales, it successfully captures many major features of the variance patterns, especially for the synoptic timescale. The CFS also captures the timing of summer monsoon onsets over India and the Indo-China Peninsula. However, it encounters difficulties in simulating the onset of the South China Sea monsoon. The success and failure of the CFS in simulating the onset of monsoon precipitation can also be seen from the associated features of simulated atmospheric circulation processes. Overall, the CFS is capable of simulating the synoptic-to-intraseasonal variability of the Asian summer monsoon with skills. As for seasonal-tointerannual time-scales shown previously, the model is expected to possess a potential for skillful predictions of the high-frequency variability of the Asian monsoon.

The onset and advance of the Asian summer monsoon

Based on the daily outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) data from National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, the Cli- mate Prediction Center’s merged analysis of pre- cipitation (CMAP) data and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for At- mospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis dataset, the mean intraseasonal variability of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) is investigated by using power spectrum analysis, band-pass filter, and diagnostic analyses. The processes of the onset and advance of monsoon over the southern part of Indo- china Peninsula, the east coast of Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea and the Indian subcontinent are explored. It is found that there is an abrupt change in OLR, precipitation and zonal wind during the onset and advance of the ASM. It is also indicated that the southern part of Indochina Peninsula and the adja- cent Andaman Sea is the region where the earliest onset of the ASM occurs in the 2nd pentad of May.

Recent Advances in Understanding Multi-scale Climate Variability of the Asian Monsoon

Studies of the multi-scale climate variability of the Asian monsoon are essential to an advanced understanding of the physical processes of the global climate system.In this paper,the progress achieved in this field is systematically reviewed,with a focus on the past several years.The achievements are summarized into the following topics:(1)the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon;(2)the East Asian summer monsoon;(3)the East Asian winter monsoon;and(4)the Indian summer monsoon.Specifically,new results are highlighted,including the advanced or delayed local monsoon onset tending to be synchronized over the Arabian Sea,Bay of Bengal,Indochina Peninsula,and South China Sea;the basic features of the record-breaking mei-yu in 2020,which have been extensively investigated with an emphasis on the role of multi-scale processes;the recovery of the East Asian winter monsoon intensity after the early 2000s in the presence of continuing greenhouse gas emissions,which is believed to have been dominated by internal climate variability(mostly the Arctic Oscillation);and the accelerated warming over South Asia,which exceeded the tropical Indian Ocean warming,is considered to be the main driver of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall recovery since 1999.A brief summary is provided in the final section along with some further discussion on future research directions regarding our understanding of the Asian monsoon variability.

A new index to describe the tropical Asian summer monsoon

We define a new monsoon index (MV) as the product of relative vorticity and equivalent potential temperature using the long-term NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data. The MV index provides new insights into the intraseasonal and interannual variabilities of the broa

The East Asian Subtropical Summer Monsoon：Recent Progress

The East Asian subtropical summer monsoon（EASSM） is one component of the East Asian summer monsoon system,and its evolution determines the weather and climate over East China.In the present paper,we firstly demonstrate the formation and advancement of the EASSM rainbelt and its associated circulation and precipitation patterns through reviewing recent studies and our own analysis based on JRA-55（Japanese 55-yr Reanalysis） data and CMAP（CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation）,GPCP（Global Precipitation Climatology Project）,and TRMM（Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission） precipitation data.The results show that the rainy season of the EASSM starts over the region to the south of the Yangtze River in early April,with the establishment of strong southerly wind in situ.The EASSM rainfall,which is composed of dominant convective and minor stratiform precipitation,is always accompanied by a frontal system and separated from the tropical summer monsoon system.It moves northward following the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon.Moreover,the role of the land-sea thermal contrast in the formation and maintenance of the EASSM is illustrated,including in particular the effect of the seasonal transition of the zonal land-sea thermal contrast and the influences from the Tibetan Plateau and midlatitudes.In addition,we reveal a possible reason for the subtropical climate difference between East Asia and East America.Finally,the multi-scale variability of the EASSM and its influential factors are summarized to uncover possible reasons for the intraseasonal,interannual,and interdecadal variability of the EASSM and their importance in climate prediction.

亚洲夏季风动力学研究综述

亚洲夏季风按照气候带可以分为东亚副热带夏季风和亚洲热带夏季风。就气候平均而言,东亚副热带夏季风于4月初在我国江南（泛称＂华南＂）地区建立,而亚洲热带夏季风首先于5月初在孟加拉湾东北部建立,之后向东推进,于5月第4候到达南海,然而夏季风无法直接西传至印度地区,因此印度夏季风的爆发表现为热带对流在阿拉伯海上空自赤道向北逐步推进的特征。东亚副热带夏季风与亚洲热带夏季风的爆发机制和时空变率都存在明显差异。亚洲夏季风的建立与青藏高原的动力和热力强迫作用联系紧密,其中东亚副热带夏季风的建立又与东亚大陆-西北太平洋的纬向海陆热力差异的季节转换紧密联系,而亚洲热带夏季风的爆发则与亚洲南部地区对流层中上部经向温度梯度的季节变化有关。同时,亚洲热带夏季风的建立过程还与亚洲南部高、低空环流的垂直耦合密切相关。就季节内变化而言,东亚副热带夏季风在4月份表现出10~20天季节内振荡,这与青藏高原表面感热的季节内变化有关,而盛夏的东亚副热带夏季风则存在准双周和21~30天两种振荡信号。亚洲热带夏季风的季节内振荡包含30~60天的北传信号和10~20天的西传信号,其中北传信号与环境气流的垂直切变、边界层辐合以及暖SST下垫面有关。亚洲夏季风年际变率的主要外强迫是ENSO事件,同时印度洋和大西洋海温异常、南极海冰以及青藏高原的冬、春季积雪和感热异常也影响着亚洲夏季风的年际变率。而亚洲夏季风的年代际变化既与气候系统的自然变率有关,又受热带海温强迫、人为排放气溶胶浓度和青藏高原表面热状况长期变化影响。

东亚夏季风建立前青藏高原地气温差变化特征

利用青藏高原地区112个站1980~2001年和部分站点1960~2000年的气温、地温资料,采用经验正交EOF和旋转经验正交REOF等方法,对东亚夏季风爆发前青藏高原地气温差的变化特征进行分析,并对其与东亚夏季风之间的联系进行了分析。结果表明,青藏高原地气温差一般超前气温、地温1个月达到全年最大值,比中国中东部同纬度地区的地气温差达到最大值超前2个月。随着高原由春季向夏季的过渡(3~6月),高原地气温差年际变化的异常敏感区逐渐由3月中部的河谷地带移动到高原的东南部地区。高原地表积雪的融雪过程和冻土的融冻过程对东亚夏季风建立前期高原4、5月份地气温差具有重要影响。高原地区的地气温差在4、5份的呈现出不同的变化趋势。4月份,由于积雪的反照率引起的辐射冷却作用,地气温差在1960年代到1970年代中期呈显著减小趋,之后呈增大的趋势。1960年代到1990年代5月的地气温差更多地反映出非绝热加热的作用,高原地气温差呈减小趋势。