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Why is the mid-tropospheric North Atlantic subtropical high much stronger than the North Pacific subtropical high in boreal summer?
In: Climate Dynamics, Jg. 59 (2022-09-01), Heft 5/6, S. 1883-1895
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Evidence clearly shows that the mid-tropospheric North Atlantic subtropical high (NASH) is much stronger than the North Pacific subtropical high (NPSH) in summer, but the mechanism is unknown. To understand the mechanism for such zonal difference between the two systems, we perform a series of sensitivity simulations using a community atmosphere model (CAM) and a linear baroclinic model (LBM). The CAM results indicate that the zonal variation of tropical sea-surface temperatures (SSTs), followed by Tibetan Plateau (TP), play leading roles in the formation of these mid-level subtropical high differences through modulating precipitation-related heating sources. The impacts of such heat sources are then investigated using the LBM. The tropical SST variation-related convective heating over the northeastern equatorial Pacific acts to enhance the NASH via exciting an eastward-propagating wave pattern resembling the Pacific-North American teleconnection; the TP-induced large-scale latent heating can also cause the NASH-NPSH difference by exciting a circumglobal teleconnection (CGT)-like wave pattern with westward-propagating part and eastward-propagating part along the westerly jet stream. Thus, their combined effect makes the NASH much stronger than the NPSH in the mid troposphere during summertime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Why is the mid-tropospheric North Atlantic subtropical high much stronger than the North Pacific subtropical high in boreal summer?
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Chen, Hongli ; Xu, Haiming ; Ma, Jing ; Deng, Jiechun |
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Zeitschrift: | Climate Dynamics, Jg. 59 (2022-09-01), Heft 5/6, S. 1883-1895 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0930-7575 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00382-021-06074-3 |
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