Role of the Boundary Layer Moisture Asymmetry in Causing the Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

被引:258
作者
Hsu, Pang-Chi [1 ]
Li, Tim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hawaii Manoa, IPRC, SOEST, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; WESTERN PACIFIC; HEAT FLUXES; TRIMODAL CHARACTERISTICS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT; VERTICAL STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; INDIAN-OCEAN; WATER-VAPOR;
D O I
10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00310.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The moisture budget associated with the eastward-propagating Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) was diagnosed using 1979-2001 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) data. A marked zonal asymmetry of the moisture relative to the MJO convection appears in the planetary boundary layer (PBL, below 700 hPa), creating a potentially more unstable stratification to the east of the MJO convection and favoring the eastward propagation of MJO. The PBL-integrated moisture budget diagnosis indicates that the vertical advection of moisture dominates the low-level moistening ahead of the convection. A further diagnosis indicates that the leading term in the vertical moisture advection is the advection of the background moisture by the MJO ascending flow associated with PBL convergence. The cause of the zonally asymmetric PBL convergence is further examined. It is found that heating-induced free-atmospheric wave dynamics account for 75%-90% of the total PBL convergence, while the warm SST anomaly induced by air-sea interaction contributes 10%-25% of the total PBL convergence. The horizontal moisture advection also plays a role in contributing to the PBL moistening ahead of the MJO convection. The leading term in the moisture advection is the advection across the background moisture gradient by the MJO flow. In the western Indian Ocean, Maritime Continent, and western Pacific, the meridional moisture advection by the MJO northerly flow dominates, while in the eastern Indian Ocean the zonal moisture advection is greater. The contribution of the moisture advection by synoptic eddies is in general small; it has a negative effect over the tropical Indian Ocean and western Pacific and becomes positive in the Maritime Continent region.
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页码:4914 / 4931
页数:18
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