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Storm-Track Response to SST Fronts in the Northwestern Pacific Region in an AGCM
| Title: | Storm-Track Response to SST Fronts in the Northwestern Pacific Region in an AGCM |
| Authors: | Kuwano-Yoshida, Akira Browse this author | | Minobe, Shoshiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | North Pacific Ocean | | Sea surface temperature | | Storm tracks | | Atmosphere-ocean interaction | | Climate models |
| Issue Date: | 1-Feb-2017 |
| Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Climate |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 1081 |
| End Page: | 1102 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0331.1 |
| Abstract: | The storm-track response to sea surface temperature (SST) fronts in the northwestern Pacific region is investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model with a 50-km horizontal resolution. The following two experiments are conducted: one with 0.25 degrees daily SST data (CNTL) and the other with smoothed SSTs over an area covering SST fronts associated with the Kuroshio, the Kuroshio Extension, the Oyashio, and the subpolar front (SMTHK). The storm track estimated from the local deepening rate of surface pressure (LDR) exhibits a prominent peak in this region in CNTL in January, whereas the storm-track peak weakens and moves eastward in SMTHK. Storm-track differences between CNTL and SMTHK are only found in explosive deepening events with LDR larger than 1 hPa h(-1). A diagnostic equation of LDR suggests that latent heat release associated with large-scale condensation contributes to the storm-track enhancement. The SST fronts also affect the large-scale atmospheric circulation over the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The jet stream in the upper troposphere tends to meander northward, which is associated with positive sea level pressure (SLP) anomalies in CNTL, whereas the jet stream flows zonally in SMTHK. A composite analysis for the northwestern Pacific SLP anomaly suggests that frequent explosive cyclone development in the northwestern Pacific in CNTL causes downstream positive SLP anomalies over the Gulf of Alaska. Cyclones in SMTHK developing over the northeastern Pacific enhance the moisture flux along the west coast of North America, increasing precipitation in that region. |
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| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/66936 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 見延 庄士郎
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