Severe Disaster of Blizzard,Freezing Rain and Low Temperature in January 2008 in China and Its Association with the Anomalies of East Asian Monsoon System
Severe Disaster of Blizzard,Freezing Rain and Low Temperature in January 2008 in China and Its Association with the Anomalies of East Asian Monsoon System
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2008
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Wei Ke
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Wei Ke
Due to the severity of the economic losses caused by the blizzard,freezing rain and low temperature occurred in China in January 2008,the causes and mechanism of this disaster are studied using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and station observational datasets in China.The authors analyzed the anomalies which are associated to the components of the East Asian monsoon system.The results show that the development and maintenance of the Ural Blocking High over the Ural area in mid and high latitudes for anomalously long time caused the East Asian trough to stay in a stable state,which led to the continuous southward intrusion of cold air along the Mongolian Plateau to Central China,East China and South China.Meanwhile,the western Pacific Subtropical High shifted further northward and westward,which led to the northward transports of a large amount of wet air along the west edge of the Subtropical High from the Bay of Bengal and the convergence with cold air in the Yangtze River valley.The above circulation configuration led to the prolonged occurrence of heavy snowfall and low temperature.Moreover,the results further show that the occurrence of this disaster can not be explained well by the influence of the La Nia event on wintertime climate anomalies in China.The sea surface temperature anomalies(SSTA) in the tropical western Pacific and Northwest Atlantic Ocean are important because of their influences on the Ural Blocking High and the position of western Pacific Subtropical High,respectively.Besides,we discussed the influence of quasi-stationary planetary wave activities,which shows intensification of propagation from mid and high latitudes toward the upper troposphere over low latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.The influence from the stratospheric circulation,which is presented by downward propagation of strong stratospheric polar vortex,may also add to the circulation anomalies in East Asia.