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The Continuum of Wintertime Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chang, Chueh-Hsin Johnson, Nathaniel C. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | AbstractThis study uses the method of self-organizing maps (SOMs) to categorize the June–August atmospheric teleconnections in the 500-hPa geopotential height field of the Southern Hemisphere (SH) extratropics. This approach yields 12 SOM patterns that provide a discretized representation of the continuum of SH teleconnection patterns from 1979 to 2012. These 12 patterns are large in spatial scale, exhibiting a mix of annular mode characteristics and wave trains of zonal wavenumber varying from 2 to 4. All patterns vary with intrinsic time scales of about 5–10 days, but some patterns exhibit quasi-oscillatory behavior over a period of 20–30 days, whereas still others exhibit statistically significant enhanced and suppressed frequencies up to about four weeks in association with the Madden–Julian oscillation. Two patterns are significantly influenced by El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on interannual time scales. All 12 patterns have strong influences on surface air temperature and sea ice concentration. |
| Starting Page | 9507 |
| Ending Page | 9529 |
| Page Count | 23 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00739.1 |
| Volume Number | 28 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rcec.sinica.edu.tw/~shingchang/Shing_Nat_SH_teleconnection_2014_MS_revision2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
