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contributor authorSeiki, Ayako
contributor authorTakayabu, Yukari N.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:28:48Z
date available2017-06-09T17:28:48Z
date copyright2007/10/01
date issued2007
identifier issn0027-0644
identifier otherams-86020.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4229532
description abstractStatistical features of the relationship among westerly wind bursts (WWBs), the El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and intraseasonal variations (ISVs) were examined using 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis data (ERA-40) for the period of January 1979?August 2002. WWBs were detected over the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, but not over the Atlantic Ocean. WWB frequencies for each region were lag correlated with a sea surface temperature anomaly over the Niño-3 region. WWBs tended to occur in sequence, from the western to eastern Pacific, leading the El Niño peak by 9 months to 1 month, respectively, and after around 11 months, over the Indian Ocean. These results suggest that WWB occurrences are not random, but interactive with ENSO. Composite analysis revealed that most WWBs were associated with slowdowns of eastward-propagating convective regions like the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO), with the intensified Rossby wave response. However, seasonal and interannual variations in MJO amplitude were not correlated with WWB frequency, while a strong MJO event tended to bear WWBs. It is suggested that the strong MJO amplitude promotes favorable conditions, but it is not the only factor influencing WWB frequency. An environment common to WWB generation in all regions was the existence of background westerlies around the WWB center near the equator. It is inferred that ENSO prepares a favorable environment for the structural transformation of an MJO, that is, the intensified Rossby wave response, that results in WWB generations. The role of the background wind fields on WWB generations will be discussed in a companion paper from the perspective of energetics.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleWesterly Wind Bursts and Their Relationship with Intraseasonal Variations and ENSO. Part I: Statistics
typeJournal Paper
journal volume135
journal issue10
journal titleMonthly Weather Review
identifier doi10.1175/MWR3477.1
journal fristpage3325
journal lastpage3345
treeMonthly Weather Review:;2007:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 010
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