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DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0547.1 |
Physical Factors Influencing Regional Precipitation Variability Attributed Using an Airmass Trajectory Method | |
de Leeuw, Johannes1; Methven, John1; Blackburn, Michael2 | |
2017-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
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ISSN | 0894-8755 |
EISSN | 1520-0442 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 30期号:18 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | A novel Lagrangian framework is developed to attribute monthly precipitation variability to physical processes. Precipitation variability is partitioned into a combination of five factors: airmass origin location, origin surface temperature variation, ascent intensity, mass fraction of ascending air, and the number of "wet'' analysis times per month [>1 mm(6 h)(-1)]. Precipitation in a target region is linked to "origin'' locations of air masses where the water vapor mixing ratio was last set by boundary layer moistening and is a maximumalong back trajectories. Applying the technique to the England and Wales region, the factors together account for 83%-89% of the observed summer precipitation variability. The dominant contributor is the number of wet analyses, which is shown to be associated with cyclone statistics. The wettest summer months are mainly associated with anomalous cyclone duration rather than the number of cyclones. In addition, surface temperature and saturation humidity at the origin locations are found to be below their climatological averages (1979-2013). Therefore, the direct thermodynamic effect of anomalous surface temperature on marine boundary layer humidity acts to reduce monthly precipitation anomalies. The decadal precipitation change between phases of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation is approximately 20% of the interannual variability between summer months. Changes in cyclone statistics have an effect 6 times larger than the direct thermodynamic factor in both monthly and decadal precipitation variability. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000408613400015 |
WOS关键词 | EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS ; WALES PRECIPITATION ; MOISTURE SOURCES ; AUGUST 2002 ; CLIMATE ; TEMPERATURE ; MODEL ; CONSTRAINTS ; PERFORMANCE ; PROJECTIONS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/20685 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading, Berks, England; 2.Univ Reading, Natl Ctr Atmospher Sci, Reading, Berks, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | de Leeuw, Johannes,Methven, John,Blackburn, Michael. Physical Factors Influencing Regional Precipitation Variability Attributed Using an Airmass Trajectory Method[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2017,30(18). |
APA | de Leeuw, Johannes,Methven, John,&Blackburn, Michael.(2017).Physical Factors Influencing Regional Precipitation Variability Attributed Using an Airmass Trajectory Method.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,30(18). |
MLA | de Leeuw, Johannes,et al."Physical Factors Influencing Regional Precipitation Variability Attributed Using an Airmass Trajectory Method".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30.18(2017). |
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