Coupling Modes among Action Centers of Wave–Mean Flow Interaction and Their Association with the AO/NAM
Coupling Modes among Action Centers of Wave–Mean Flow Interaction and Their Association with the AO/NAM
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DOI:
10.1175/2011jcli4240.1
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发表时间:
2012-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
N. Zhao;Sujie Liang;Yihui Ding
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作者:
N. Zhao;Sujie Liang;Yihui Ding
AbstractThe Arctic Oscillation/Northern Hemisphere annular mode (AO/NAM) is attributed to wave–mean flow interaction over the extratropical region of the Northern Hemisphere. This wave–mean flow interaction is closely related to three atmospheric centers of action, corresponding to three regional oscillations: the NAO, the PNA, and the stratosphere polar vortex (SPV), respectively. It is then natural to infer that local wave–mean flow interactions at these three centers of action are dynamically coupled to each other and can thus explain the main aspects of the three-dimensional coherent structure of the annular mode, which also provides a possible way to understand how the local NAO–PNA–SPV perspective and the hemispheric AO/NAM perspective are interrelated. By using a linear stochastic model of coupled oscillators, this study suggests that two coupling modes among the PNA, NAO, and SPV are related to the two-dimensional pattern in sea level pressure of the AO. Although both of them may contribute to the...