The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train
The influence of tropical precipitation variability on summertime seasonal circulation anomalies in the Euro-Atlantic sector is investigated. The dominant mode of the maximum covariance analysis (MCA) between the Euro-Atlantic circulation and tropical precipitation reveals a cyclonic anomaly over th...
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American Meteorological Society
2018
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| author | O'Reilly, C Woollings, T Zanna, L Weisheimer, A |
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| description | The influence of tropical precipitation variability on summertime seasonal circulation anomalies in the Euro-Atlantic sector is investigated. The dominant mode of the maximum covariance analysis (MCA) between the Euro-Atlantic circulation and tropical precipitation reveals a cyclonic anomaly over the extratropical North Atlantic, contributing to anomalously wet conditions over western Europe and dry conditions over eastern Europe and Scandinavia (in the positive phase). The related mode of tropical precipitation variability is associated with tropical Pacific SST anomalies and is closely linked to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The second MCA mode consists of weaker tropical precipitation anomalies but a stronger extratropical signal which reflects internal atmospheric variability. The teleconnection mechanism is tested in barotropic model simulations, which indicate that the observed link between the dominant mode of tropical precipitation and the Euro-Atlantic circulation anomalies is largely consistent with linear Rossby wave dynamics. The barotropic model response consists of a circumglobal wave-train in the extratropics that is primarily forced by divergence anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific. Both the eastward and westward group propagation of the Rossby waves are found to be important in determining the circulation response over the Euro-Atlantic sector. The mechanism was also analysed in an operational seasonal forecasting system, ECMWF’s System 4. Whilst System 4 is well able to reproduce and skillfully forecast the tropical precipitation, the extratropical circulation response is absent over the Euro-Atlantic region, which is likely related to biases in the Asian jetstream. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e88b77b5-0f69-4645-9b98-e4b88d7b4a7a2022-03-27T10:47:40ZThe impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-trainJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e88b77b5-0f69-4645-9b98-e4b88d7b4a7aSymplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Meteorological Society2018O'Reilly, CWoollings, TZanna, LWeisheimer, AThe influence of tropical precipitation variability on summertime seasonal circulation anomalies in the Euro-Atlantic sector is investigated. The dominant mode of the maximum covariance analysis (MCA) between the Euro-Atlantic circulation and tropical precipitation reveals a cyclonic anomaly over the extratropical North Atlantic, contributing to anomalously wet conditions over western Europe and dry conditions over eastern Europe and Scandinavia (in the positive phase). The related mode of tropical precipitation variability is associated with tropical Pacific SST anomalies and is closely linked to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The second MCA mode consists of weaker tropical precipitation anomalies but a stronger extratropical signal which reflects internal atmospheric variability. The teleconnection mechanism is tested in barotropic model simulations, which indicate that the observed link between the dominant mode of tropical precipitation and the Euro-Atlantic circulation anomalies is largely consistent with linear Rossby wave dynamics. The barotropic model response consists of a circumglobal wave-train in the extratropics that is primarily forced by divergence anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific. Both the eastward and westward group propagation of the Rossby waves are found to be important in determining the circulation response over the Euro-Atlantic sector. The mechanism was also analysed in an operational seasonal forecasting system, ECMWF’s System 4. Whilst System 4 is well able to reproduce and skillfully forecast the tropical precipitation, the extratropical circulation response is absent over the Euro-Atlantic region, which is likely related to biases in the Asian jetstream. |
| spellingShingle | O'Reilly, C Woollings, T Zanna, L Weisheimer, A The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title | The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title_full | The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title_fullStr | The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title_short | The impact of tropical precipitation on summertime Euro-Atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave-train |
| title_sort | impact of tropical precipitation on summertime euro atlantic circulation via a circumglobal wave train |
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