RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUMMER LOW-FREQUENCY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN CHINA AND PROPAGATION OF TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION

This study investigates the relationship between summer low-frequency rainfall over southern China and tropical intraseasonal oscillation(ISO) in the atmosphere by examining systematically the propagation features of the tropical ISO in terms of focusing on five large-scale low-frequency rainfall regimes in summer over southern China. It is demonstrated that there is a close linkage between the five rainfall regimes over southern China and the northward propagation of the tropical ISO. The moist ISO signals, which influence the low-frequency rainfall events in different regions of southern China, mainly propagate northwestward from the tropical ocean to the southeast of China. The southeast China rainfall regime is intimately associated with the moist ISO signals propagating northwestward from the equatorial mid-western Pacific Ocean. For both the Yangtze River regime and South of Yangtze River regime, the moist ISO signals over the northern South China Sea show an evident northward propagation towards the Yangtze River region, and then propagate westward. It is further found that the interaction between the northward propagation of low-latitude ISO signals and the southward propagation of high-latitude ISO signals can also make a clear influence on the low-frequency rainfall in southern China. For the Southern China regime, the moist ISO signals show a significant northward propagation from the Philippines. Moreover, for the rainless regime, southern China is under dry ISO signals' control, and the latter shows no clear propagation to southern China. This study may provide insights for the extended-range forecasting of summer rainfall in southern China.

我国南方夏季低频降水与热带大气季节内振荡传播的关系研究

为综合考察我国南方夏季低频降水与热带大气季节内振荡(ISO)传播的关系,利用1981—2011年再分析资料系统性地研究了我国南方夏季五类大尺度低频雨型分别对应的前期和同期热带ISO信号的传播特征。结果表明,我国南方夏季各类低频降水型与热带ISO信号的经向传播关系极为密切。热带湿ISO信号主要来源于我国东南方向的热带海洋,并大体向西北方向传播,最终对我国南方各地区低频降水事件产生影响。其中,东南型低频降水前期湿ISO信号自赤道中太平洋地区向西北方向传播,到达我国东南沿海;长江型和江南型低频降水前期湿ISO信号均产生于南海北部,北传至长江地区后西传,并表现出湿ISO信号低纬度北传与中纬度南传相互配合影响降水的特征;华南型低频降水前期湿ISO信号产生于菲律宾群岛附近,西北向传播特征明显,并以北传为主;同时也发现,对于南方少雨型,总体而言我国南方为干ISO位相控制且无明显传播特征相对应。研究结果可为开展我国南方地区夏季延伸期降水预报提供参考和依据。