Processes for Occurrence of Strong Cold Events over Eastern China
Processes for Occurrence of Strong Cold Events over Eastern China
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DOI:
10.1175/jcli-d-16-0857.1
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发表时间:
2017-04
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Lei Song;R. Wu
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作者:
Lei Song;R. Wu
AbstractA strong cold event hit eastern China around 24 January 2016 with surface air temperature reaching more than 10°C below the climatological mean in most regions of eastern China south of 40°N. A total of 37 strong cold events similar to the January 2016 event with temperature anomalies over eastern China exceeding −5°C have been identified during the winters from 1979/80 to 2015/16. A comparative analysis of events with surface temperature anomalies of the same intensity but limited to north of 40°N indicates that the southward invasion of cold air to eastern China south of 40°N is related to two factors. One is the latitudinal location of the upper-level wave train, the surface Siberian high, and the midtropospheric East Asian trough over the mid- to high-latitude Eurasian continent. The other is a subtropical upper-level wave train emanating from the midlatitude North Atlantic. The emergence of the subtropical wave train is related to the positive phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Wh...