DOI: 10.1007/s00382-017-3950-0
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85030661433
论文题名: Climatology of tracked persistent maxima of 500-hPa geopotential height
作者: Liu P. ; Zhu Y. ; Zhang Q. ; Gottschalck J. ; Zhang M. ; Melhauser C. ; Li W. ; Guan H. ; Zhou X. ; Hou D. ; Peña M. ; Wu G. ; Liu Y. ; Zhou L. ; He B. ; Hu W. ; Sukhdeo R.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2018
卷: 51, 期: 2018-01-02 起始页码: 701
结束页码: 717
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Anticyclone
; Blocking
; Climatology
; Open ridge
; Persistence
; Tracking
Scopus关键词: anticyclone
; climatology
; geopotential
; persistence
; seasonal variation
; tracking
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (Northeast)
; Western Europe
英文摘要: Persistent open ridges and blocking highs (maxima) of 500-hPa geopotential height (Z500; PMZ) adjacent in space and time are identified and tracked as one event with a Lagrangian objective approach to derive their climatological statistics with some dynamical reasoning. A PMZ starts with a core that contains a local eddy maximum of Z500 and its neighboring grid points whose eddy values decrease radially to about 20 geopotential meters (GPMs) smaller than the maximum. It connects two consecutive cores that share at least one grid point and are within 10° of longitude of each other using an intensity-weighted location. The PMZ ends at the core without a successor. On each day, the PMZ impacts an area of grid points contiguous to the core and with eddy values decreasing radially to 100 GPMs. The PMZs identified and tracked consist of persistent ridges, omega blockings and blocked anticyclones either connected or as individual events. For example, the PMZ during 2–13 August 2003 corresponds to persistent open ridges that caused the extreme heatwave in Western Europe. Climatological statistics based on the PMZs longer than 3 days generally agree with those of blockings. In the Northern Hemisphere, more PMZs occur in DJF season than in JJA and their duration both exhibit a log-linear distribution. Because more omega-shape blocking highs and open ridges are counted, the PMZs occur more frequently over Northeast Pacific than over Atlantic-Europe during cool seasons. Similar results are obtained using the 200-hPa geopotential height (in place of Z500), indicating the quasi-barotropic nature of the PMZ. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/109215
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Endeavor Hall 199, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, United States; Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP/NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, United States; Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, United States; LASG, IAP, Beijing, China; GFDL, NOAA, Princeton, United States; IMSG at Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Silver Spring, United States; SRG at Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Silver Spring, United States
Recommended Citation:
Liu P.,Zhu Y.,Zhang Q.,et al. Climatology of tracked persistent maxima of 500-hPa geopotential height[J]. Climate Dynamics,2018-01-01,51(2018-01-02)