Collaborative Research: The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-Mediterranean Teleconnection: Observations and Dynamics

合作研究：厄尔尼诺-南方涛动（ENSO）-地中海遥相关：观测和动力学

• 批准号: 0917468
• 负责人: Eli Tziperman
• 金额: $ 12.06万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0917468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; El; Nino; Southern

Numerous studies have demonstrated statistical associations between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and precipitation in the Mediterranean basin (southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, and the Middle East). The dynamical bases for these teleconnections have yet to be identified. The North African-Asian (NAA) jet extends from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean across North Africa, the Mediterranean, South Asia and Japan to the North Pacific Ocean. Atmospheric jets, such as the NAA jet, have been shown to act as waveguides to atmospheric Rossby wave disturbances and, therefore, to create teleconnections between widely separated regions. The Mediterranean basin lies in the path of the NAA jet. In their previous work, these investigators showed that the NAA jet is modulated throughout the year by conditions in the equatorial Pacific associated with ENSO. This teleconnection between ENSO and the NAA jet appears to be mediated by stationary barotropic Rossby waves.This project will examine the hypothesis that the ENSO-Mediterranean teleconnection is the result of changes in the NAA jet caused by ENSO. Observations and a hierarchy of models will be used to investigate the dynamics of the ENSO-NAA jet teleconnection and to determine the extent to which precipitation in the Mediterranean region is controlled by ENSO-modulated changes to the NAA jet. The broader impacts and the societal relevance of this research are in the economic, social and epidemiological importance of climate, and especially precipitation, variability in the Mediterranean region.

大量研究表明，厄尔尼诺-南方涛动（ENSO）与地中海盆地（南欧、北非、安纳托利亚和中东）降水之间存在统计关联。这些遥相关的动力基础尚未确定。北非-亚洲 (NAA) 喷气式飞机从亚热带大西洋出发，穿过北非、地中海、南亚和日本，到达北太平洋。大气喷流，例如 NAA 喷流，已被证明可以充当大气罗斯贝波扰动的波导，因此可以在相距较远的区域之间建立遥相关。地中海盆地位于 NAA 急流的路径上。在他们之前的工作中，这些研究人员表明，NAA 急流全年都会受到与 ENSO 相关的赤道太平洋条件的调节。 ENSO 和 NAA 急流之间的这种遥相关似乎是由静止正压罗斯比波介导的。该项目将检验这样的假设：ENSO 与地中海遥相关是 ENSO 引起的 NAA 急流变化的结果。观测和模型层次结构将用于研究 ENSO-NAA 急流遥相关的动态，并确定地中海地区降水在多大程度上受到 ENSO 调制的 NAA 急流变化的控制。这项研究的更广泛影响和社会相关性在于气候，特别是地中海地区降水和变率的经济、社会和流行病学重要性。