| FENG Junqiao,HU Dunxin,YU Lejiang. 2014. How does the Indian Ocean subtropical dipole trigger the tropical Indian Ocean dipole via the Mascarene high？. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 33(1):64－76 |
| How does the Indian Ocean subtropical dipole trigger the tropical Indian Ocean dipole via the Mascarene high？ |
| How does the Indian Ocean subtropical dipole trigger the tropical Indian Ocean dipole via the Mascarene high？ |
| Received:June 13, 2012 Revised:December 24, 2013 |
| DOI：10.1007/s13131-014-0425-6 |
| Key words:Indian Ocean dipole Indian Ocean subtropical dipole Mascarene high |
| 中文关键词: Indian Ocean dipole Indian Ocean subtropical dipole Mascarene high |
| 基金项目:The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41106016 and 41330963; the National Basic Research Program(973 Program) of China under contract No. 2012CB417403. |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | FENG Junqiao | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Wave, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China | fengjunqiao@qdio.ac.cn | | HU Dunxin | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Wave, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China | | | YU Lejiang | Applied Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China | |
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| Abstract: |
| The variation in the Indian Ocean is investigated using Hadley center sea surface temperature (SST) data during the period 1958-2010. All the first empirical orthogonal function (EOF) modes of the SST anomalies (SSTA) in different domains represent the basin-wide warming and are closely related to the Pacific El Niño- Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. Further examination suggests that the impact of ENSO on the tropical Indian Ocean is stronger than that on the southern Indian Ocean. The second EOF modes in different domains show different features. It shows a clear east-west SSTA dipole pattern in the tropical Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean dipole, IOD), and a southwest-northeast SSTA dipole in the southern Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean subtropical dipole, IOSD). It is further revealed that the IOSD is also themain structure of the second EOF mode on the whole basin-scale, in which the IOD pattern does not appear. A correlation analysis indicates that an IOSD event observed during the austral summer is highly correlated to the IOD event peaking about 9 months later. One of the possible physical mechanisms underlying this highly significant statistical relationship is proposed. The IOSD and the IOD can occur in sequence with the help of the Mascarene high. The SSTA in the southwestern Indian Ocean persists for several seasons after themature phase of the IOSD event, likely due to the positive wind-evaporation-SST feed back mechanism. The Mascarene high will be weakened or intensified by this SSTA, which can affect the atmosphere in the tropical region by teleconnection. The pressure gradient between the Mascarene high and themonsoon trough in the tropical Indian Ocean increases (decreases). Hence, an anticyclone (cyclone) circulation appears over the Arabian Sea-India continent. The easterly or westerly anomalies appear in the equatorial Indian Ocean, inducing the onset stage of the IOD. This study shows that the SSTA associated with the IOSD can lead to the onset of IOD with the aid of atmosphere circulation and also explains why some IOD events in the tropical tend to be followed by IOSD in the southern Indian Ocean. |
| 中文摘要: |
| The variation in the Indian Ocean is investigated using Hadley center sea surface temperature (SST) data during the period 1958-2010. All the first empirical orthogonal function (EOF) modes of the SST anomalies (SSTA) in different domains represent the basin-wide warming and are closely related to the Pacific El Niño- Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. Further examination suggests that the impact of ENSO on the tropical Indian Ocean is stronger than that on the southern Indian Ocean. The second EOF modes in different domains show different features. It shows a clear east-west SSTA dipole pattern in the tropical Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean dipole, IOD), and a southwest-northeast SSTA dipole in the southern Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean subtropical dipole, IOSD). It is further revealed that the IOSD is also themain structure of the second EOF mode on the whole basin-scale, in which the IOD pattern does not appear. A correlation analysis indicates that an IOSD event observed during the austral summer is highly correlated to the IOD event peaking about 9 months later. One of the possible physical mechanisms underlying this highly significant statistical relationship is proposed. The IOSD and the IOD can occur in sequence with the help of the Mascarene high. The SSTA in the southwestern Indian Ocean persists for several seasons after themature phase of the IOSD event, likely due to the positive wind-evaporation-SST feed back mechanism. The Mascarene high will be weakened or intensified by this SSTA, which can affect the atmosphere in the tropical region by teleconnection. The pressure gradient between the Mascarene high and themonsoon trough in the tropical Indian Ocean increases (decreases). Hence, an anticyclone (cyclone) circulation appears over the Arabian Sea-India continent. The easterly or westerly anomalies appear in the equatorial Indian Ocean, inducing the onset stage of the IOD. This study shows that the SSTA associated with the IOSD can lead to the onset of IOD with the aid of atmosphere circulation and also explains why some IOD events in the tropical tend to be followed by IOSD in the southern Indian Ocean. |
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