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DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0031.1 |
The Australian Northwest Cloudband: Climatology, Mechanisms, and Association with Precipitation | |
Reid, Kimberley J.1,2; Simmonds, Ian1; Vincent, Claire L.1,2; King, Andrew D.1,2 | |
2019-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
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ISSN | 0894-8755 |
EISSN | 1520-0442 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 32期号:20页码:6665-6684 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | Australian northwest cloudbands (NWCBs) are continental-scale bands of continuous cloud that stretch from northwest to southeast Australia. In earlier studies, where the characteristics of NWCBs and their relationship with precipitation were identified from satellite imagery, there was considerable uncertainty in the results due to limited quality and availability of data. The present study identifies NWCBs from 31 years of satellite data using a pattern-matching algorithm. This new climatology is the longest record based entirely on observations. Our findings include a strong annual cycle in NWCB frequency, with a summer maximum and winter minimum, and a statistically significant increase in annual NWCB days over the period 1984-2014. Physical mechanisms responsible for NWCB occurrences are explored to determine whether there is a fundamental difference between summer and winter NWCBs as hypothesized in earlier studies. Composite analyses are used to reveal that a key difference between these is their genesis mechanisms. Whereas summer NWCBs are triggered by cyclonic disturbances, winter NWCBs tend to form when meridional sea surface temperature gradients trigger baroclinic instability. It was also found that while precipitation is enhanced over parts of Australia during a cloudband day, it is reduced in other regions. During a cloudband day, precipitation extremes are more likely over northwest, central, and southeast Australia, while the probability of extreme precipitation decreases in northeast and southwest Australia. Additionally, cold fronts and NWCBs can interact, leading to enhanced rainfall over Australia. |
英文关键词 | Australia Synoptic climatology Precipitation Algorithms Satellite observations |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000484914900001 |
WOS关键词 | TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL CLOUDBANDS ; RAINFALL VARIABILITY ; WINTER RAINFALL ; TEMPERATURES ; CIRCULATION ; PERFORMANCE ; REANALYSES ; ANOMALIES ; DRIVERS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/187437 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Melbourne, Sch Earth Sci, Parkville, Vic, Australia; 2.Australian Res Council Ctr Excellence Climate Ext, Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Reid, Kimberley J.,Simmonds, Ian,Vincent, Claire L.,et al. The Australian Northwest Cloudband: Climatology, Mechanisms, and Association with Precipitation[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2019,32(20):6665-6684. |
APA | Reid, Kimberley J.,Simmonds, Ian,Vincent, Claire L.,&King, Andrew D..(2019).The Australian Northwest Cloudband: Climatology, Mechanisms, and Association with Precipitation.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,32(20),6665-6684. |
MLA | Reid, Kimberley J.,et al."The Australian Northwest Cloudband: Climatology, Mechanisms, and Association with Precipitation".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 32.20(2019):6665-6684. |
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