Artículo
Revisiting the zonally asymmetric extratropical circulation of the Southern Hemisphere spring using complex empirical orthogonal functions
Fecha de publicación:
04/2023
Editorial:
Springer
Revista:
Climate Dynamics
ISSN:
0930-7575
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Inglés
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Resumen
The large-scale extratropical circulation in the Southern Hemisphere is much more zonally symmetric than that of the Northern Hemisphere, but its zonal departures, albeit highly relevant for regional impacts, have been less studied. In this study we analyse the joint variability of the zonally asymmetric springtime stratospheric and tropospheric circulation using Complex Empirical Orthogonal Functions (cEOF) to characterise planetary waves of varying amplitude and phase. The leading cEOF represents variability of a zonal wave 1 in the stratosphere that correlates slightly with the Symmetric Southern Annular Mode (S-SAM). The second cEOF (cEOF2) is an alternative representation of the Pacific-South American modes. One phase of this cEOF is also very highly correlated with the Asymmetric SAM (A-SAM) in the troposphere. Springs with an active ENSO tend to lock the cEOF2 to a specific phase, but have no consistent impact on its magnitude. Furthermore, we find indications that the location of Pacific Sea Surface Temperature anomalies affect the phase of the cEOF2. As a result, the methodology proposed in this study provides a deeper understanding of the zonally asymmetric springtime extratropical SH circulation.
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Articulos de CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL MAR Y LA ATMOSFERA
Articulos de CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL MAR Y LA ATMOSFERA
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Campitelli, Elio Cumelén; Díaz, Leandro Baltasar; Vera, Carolina Susana; Revisiting the zonally asymmetric extratropical circulation of the Southern Hemisphere spring using complex empirical orthogonal functions; Springer; Climate Dynamics; 61; 7-8; 4-2023; 3989-4009
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