An Observational Study of Intraseasonal Variations over Southeast Asia during the 1998 Rainy Season
An Observational Study of Intraseasonal Variations over Southeast Asia during the 1998 Rainy Season
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DOI:
10.1175/mwr2967.1
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发表时间:
2005-07
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
S. Yokoi;T. Satomura
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作者:
S. Yokoi;T. Satomura
Abstract In the present study, intraseasonal variations of precipitation over Thailand [Thailand daily rainfall (TDR)] during 1998 and the accompanying variations of the tropospheric circulation are analyzed, mainly with the use of rain gauge data and the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Asian Monsoon Experiment (GAME) reanalysis version 1.5. Wavelet analysis reveals that the amplitudes of the intraseasonal variations of the 1998 TDR exhibit two peaks. One peak is categorized as a 30–60-day variation that appeared in the early half of the rainy season, while the other peak is categorized as a 10–20-day variation that appears in the later half of the rainy season. The variation of atmospheric circulation associated with the latter peak of the TDR is analyzed. When the 10–20-day variation of the TDR is in the most active phase, a negative streamfunction anomaly at the 850-hPa level exists over the Bay of Bengal, and a positive anomaly is found in the Southern Hemisphere to the south of the n...