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China monsoon rainfall prediction and Pacific surface-subsurface sea temperature anomalies
February 03, 2009The Monsoon and Environment Research Group of Peking University submitted a report to Chinese Science Bulletin, recently, showed that regional summer monsoon rainfall in China can be predicted by 1-2 seasons ahead by using the signals of the sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) and the subsurface temperature anomaly (STA) in the central equatorial Pacific (CEP). Several new facts have been revealed as follows.
(1) The strongest center of SSTA along the equatorial Pacific has migrated westward from the eastern equatorial Pacific (EEP, NINO3 region) to the CEP (NINO3.4 or NINO4 region) in the last half century. Regular inter-annual oscillations or variation frequency of SSTA in the equatorial Pacific are modulated by intensive La Niña events for about decadal interval. The winter phase-lock feature for warming events is commonly found at different intervals but warming places are also modulated by intensive La Niña events. The positive SSTA along the equatorial zone results from exposing positive STA which appears about 3 months earlier than SSTA. This is a precursory signal for indicating the future warming or cooling event in the equatorial Pacific.
(2) The subtropical summer monsoon rainfall in China has had a long-term rising trend for the last two decades. The long-term increasing trend is still continued in the central China (Huaihe) region but a deducing trend has been observed since 1998 in southern regions. A typical biennial oscillation of summer rainfall anomaly has been found in central China and biennial oscillation of SSTA has also been observed in the CEP since the early 21st century.
(3) Since the beginning of the 21st century, three warm events in winter occurring in the CEP have been accompanied with more summer rainfall in central China and less summer rainfall in southern China. The warm SSTA indicated that the winter phase-lock SSTA had a determined relationship with the summer rainfall anomalies in central China and southern China respectively. This relationship shows that the more summer rainfall in central China follows the winter-spring warm water in the CEP while the more summer rainfall in southern China may follow the winter-spring cool water in recent years. A cold water event was observed in 2008 so that the more summer rainfall has been successfully predicted in southern China.
Science in China Press
(3) Since the beginning of the 21st century, three warm events in winter occurring in the CEP have been accompanied with more summer rainfall in central China and less summer rainfall in southern China. The warm SSTA indicated that the winter phase-lock SSTA had a determined relationship with the summer rainfall anomalies in central China and southern China respectively. This relationship shows that the more summer rainfall in central China follows the winter-spring warm water in the CEP while the more summer rainfall in southern China may follow the winter-spring cool water in recent years. A cold water event was observed in 2008 so that the more summer rainfall has been successfully predicted in southern China.
Science in China Press
Monsoon Current Events and Monsoon News RSSNew insight into predicting cholera epidemics in the Bengal Delta
Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer. Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But in Bangladesh the epidemics occur twice a year - in the spring and again in the fall.
Climate change threatens rice production
Once-in-a-lifetime floods in the Philippines, India's delayed monsoon, and extensive drought in Australia are taking their toll on this year's rice crops, demonstrating the vulnerability of rice to extreme weather.
Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, scientists report
You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science.
Sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon
The windswept deserts of northern China might seem an odd destination for studying the heavy monsoon rains that routinely drench the more tropical regions of Southeast Asia.
Ancient China's sand dunes reveal unexpected dryness during heavy monsoon rains
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Texas A&M researcher shows possible link between 1918 El Niño and flu pandemic
Research conducted at Texas A&M University casts doubts on the notion that El Niño has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the relationship between El Niño and a severe flu pandemic 91 years ago.
Scientists uncover solar cycle, stratosphere and ocean connections
Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research appearing this week in the journal Science.
Connections among solar cycle, stratosphere and ocean discovered
Subtle connections between the 11-year-solar cycle, the stratosphere and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research results appearing this week in the journal Science.
Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry
If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.
World's largest aerosol sensing network has leafy origins
Twenty years ago, Brent Holben was part of a NASA team studying vegetation from space. In an unlikely career twist, his research morphed into the study of a critical, if overlooked, subplot in the story of climate change.
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