The ozone over the Tibetan Plateau(TP)plays an important role in protecting the local ecology by absorbing ultraviolet solar rays.The El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO),recognized as the strongest interannual climate ...The ozone over the Tibetan Plateau(TP)plays an important role in protecting the local ecology by absorbing ultraviolet solar rays.The El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO),recognized as the strongest interannual climate phenomenon globally,can create ozone variations over the TP.Based on the historical experimental simulation results of two Community Earth System Models(i.e.CESM2-WACCM and CESM2-WACCM-FV2)that include the coupling process of stratospheric chemistry-radiation-dynamics,this study analyzes the impact of ENSO on the wintertime total ozone column(TCO)over the TP,as well as its physical processes,from 1979 to 2014.When compared to observations,the results show that the two models can basically simulate the spatial distribution of the climate state and standard deviation of the TP TCO.In the two models,CESM2-WACCM performs better.During the winter when the ENSO signal is strongest,its warm phase,El Nino,cools the tropospheric temperature over the TP by modifying the atmospheric circulation,which induces a decrease in the tropopause height.Such decreases in the tropopause height are responsible for the TP TCO increase.The cool phase La Nina is responsible for a TCO decrease over the TP,in a manner resembling the El Nino but with the opposite signal.Our results are consistent with previous observational analysis,and the relevant research provides valuable scientific insights for evaluating and improving the Earth System Model that incorporates the coupling process of stratospheric chemistry-radiation-dynamics.展开更多
Southwest China(SWC)is one of the major grain-producing areas in China,and the surface air temperature(SAT)during autumn has a substantial influence on grain production and planting.It is therefore important to unders...Southwest China(SWC)is one of the major grain-producing areas in China,and the surface air temperature(SAT)during autumn has a substantial influence on grain production and planting.It is therefore important to understand temporal changes in the SAT over SWC(SWC-SAT).Our analysis of observational and reanalysis datasets shows that the autumn SWC-SAT exhibits significant multidecadal variability.A significantly strong positive correlation also exists between the autumn SWC-SAT and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation(AMO)time series(correlation coefficient of 0.85).These results suggest that the AMO is a remote driver of multidecadal variability in the autumn SWC-SAT.Further analyses show that the North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies(SSTA)associated with the AMO modulate the multidecadal variability of the autumn SWC-SAT through triggering the Africa-Asia multidecadal teleconnection(AAMT)pattern.Specifically,the AAMT corresponds to geopotential height anomalies over SWC,which adjust the local thickness of the air column and thereby induce multidecadal variability of the autumn SWC-SAT.This potential mechanism,derived from observational and reanalysis datasets,was verified by using a linear barotropic model and the Community Atmosphere Model version 4.Our results from combining observations and numerical modeling simulations indicate that the North Atlantic SSTA may act as a key pacemaker for the multidecadal SAT variability over SWC.展开更多
基金jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant Nos.U2442210,42175042,42275059)the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(grant Nos.2024NSFTD0017,2023NSFSC0246)the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0103)。
文摘The ozone over the Tibetan Plateau(TP)plays an important role in protecting the local ecology by absorbing ultraviolet solar rays.The El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO),recognized as the strongest interannual climate phenomenon globally,can create ozone variations over the TP.Based on the historical experimental simulation results of two Community Earth System Models(i.e.CESM2-WACCM and CESM2-WACCM-FV2)that include the coupling process of stratospheric chemistry-radiation-dynamics,this study analyzes the impact of ENSO on the wintertime total ozone column(TCO)over the TP,as well as its physical processes,from 1979 to 2014.When compared to observations,the results show that the two models can basically simulate the spatial distribution of the climate state and standard deviation of the TP TCO.In the two models,CESM2-WACCM performs better.During the winter when the ENSO signal is strongest,its warm phase,El Nino,cools the tropospheric temperature over the TP by modifying the atmospheric circulation,which induces a decrease in the tropopause height.Such decreases in the tropopause height are responsible for the TP TCO increase.The cool phase La Nina is responsible for a TCO decrease over the TP,in a manner resembling the El Nino but with the opposite signal.Our results are consistent with previous observational analysis,and the relevant research provides valuable scientific insights for evaluating and improving the Earth System Model that incorporates the coupling process of stratospheric chemistry-radiation-dynamics.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U2442210,42175042,and 42275059)the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(Grant No.2024NSFTD0017)+1 种基金the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(Grant No.2019QZKK0103)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(Grant No.cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0698).
文摘Southwest China(SWC)is one of the major grain-producing areas in China,and the surface air temperature(SAT)during autumn has a substantial influence on grain production and planting.It is therefore important to understand temporal changes in the SAT over SWC(SWC-SAT).Our analysis of observational and reanalysis datasets shows that the autumn SWC-SAT exhibits significant multidecadal variability.A significantly strong positive correlation also exists between the autumn SWC-SAT and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation(AMO)time series(correlation coefficient of 0.85).These results suggest that the AMO is a remote driver of multidecadal variability in the autumn SWC-SAT.Further analyses show that the North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies(SSTA)associated with the AMO modulate the multidecadal variability of the autumn SWC-SAT through triggering the Africa-Asia multidecadal teleconnection(AAMT)pattern.Specifically,the AAMT corresponds to geopotential height anomalies over SWC,which adjust the local thickness of the air column and thereby induce multidecadal variability of the autumn SWC-SAT.This potential mechanism,derived from observational and reanalysis datasets,was verified by using a linear barotropic model and the Community Atmosphere Model version 4.Our results from combining observations and numerical modeling simulations indicate that the North Atlantic SSTA may act as a key pacemaker for the multidecadal SAT variability over SWC.
