Relationship between the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon and the structure of the Asian subtropical anticyclone

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 845-859

  Mao, Jiangyu ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 4344598889     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.845     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Chan, J.C.L., Y. Wang and J. Xu, 2000: Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics associated with he onset of the 1998 South China Sea Summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 78, 367-380.
2. Chang, C.P. and G.T. Chen, 1995: Tropical circulations associated with southwest monsoon onset and westerly surges over the South China Sea. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3254-3267.
3. Dai, N., A. Xie and Y. Zhang, 2000: Interannual and interdecadal variations of summer monsoon activities over the South China Sea. Climatic and Environmental Research, 5, 363-374 (in Chinese with English abstract).
4. Ding, Y. and Z. Liu, 2001: Onset and the evolution of the summer monsoon over the South China Sea during SCSMEX field experiment in 1998. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79-1B, 255-276.
5. Fong, S.K. and A.Y. Wang, 2001: Climatological Atlas for the Asian Summer Monsoon. Macau Foundation, Macau, 318pp.
6. He, J., Y. Ding, H. Gao and H. Xu, 2001: Determination of the onset dates of the summer monsoon over the south China sea and monsoon indices. China Meteorological Press, Beijing, 123pp (in Chinese).
7. Hoskin, B.J. 1996: On the exstence and strength of the summer subtropical anticyclones. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1287-1292.
8. Hsu, H.H., C.T. Terng and C.T. Chen, 1999: Evolution of large scale circulation and heating during the first transition of the Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 12, 793-810.
9. Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Wollen, Y. Zhu, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K.C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, A. Leetmaa, R. Reynolds, R. Jenne and D. Joseph, 1996: The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437-471.
10. Lau, K.M. and S. Yang, 1997: Climatology and Interannual variability of the Southeast Asian summer monsoon. Adu. Atmos. Sci., 14, 141-162.
11. Lau, K.M., H.T. Wu and S. Yang, 1998: Hydrologic processes associated with the first transition of the Asian summer monsoon: A pilot satellite study. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 1871-1882.
12. X. Li and M.T. Wu, 2002: Evolution of the large scale circulation, cloud structure and regional water cycle associated with the South China Sea monsoon during May-June, 1998. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1129-1147.
13. Li, C. and M. Yanai, 1996: The onset and interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon in relation to land-sea thermal contrast. J. Climate, 9, 358-375.
14. Li, J.P. and J.F. Chou, 1998: The dynamics of the break of subtropical anticyclone belt-Geostrophic effect. Chinese Science Bulletin, 43, 434-437 (in Chinese).
15. Li, J.P. and Q.C. Zeng, 2000: Significance of the normalized seasonality of wind field and its rationality for characterizing the monsoon. Science in China (ser. D), 43, 646-653.
16. Liu, Y.M., G.X. Wu, H. Liu and P. Liu, 2001: Condensation heating of the Asian summer monsoon and the subtropical anticyclone in the Eastern Hemisphere. Clim. Dyn., 17, 327-338.
17. Li, J.C.L. Chan, J.Y. Mao and G.X. Wu, 2002: The role of Bay of Bengal convection in the onset of the 1998 South China Sea summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2731-2744.
18. Mao, J.Y., 2001: Variations in the configuration of the subtropical anticyclone during seasonal transition and mechanism of the Asian monsoon onset. Ph.D. Thesis, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 139pp (in Chinese with English abstract).
19. Mao, J.Y., G.X. Wu and Y.M. Liu, 2002: Study on modal variation of the subtropical high and its mechanism during seasonal transition. Part I. Climatological features of subtropical high structure. Acta. Meteor. Sin., 60, 400-408 (in Chinese with English abstract).
20. Rodwell, M.R. and B.J. Hoskins, 2001: Subtropical anticyclones and summer monsoons. J. Climate, 14, 3192-3211.
21. So, C.H. and J.C.L. Chan, 1997: An observational study on the onset of the summer monsoon over South China around Hong Kong. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 75, 43-57.
22. Tao, S.Y. and L.X. Chen, 1987: A review of recent research on the East Asian summer monsoon in China. Monsoon Meteorology, C.P. Chang and T.N. Krishnamurti, Eds., Oxford University Press, 60-92.
23. Ueda, H. and T. Yasunari, 1998: Role of warming over the Tibetan Plateau in early onset of the summer monsoon over the Bay of Bengal and South China Sea. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 1-12.
24. Webster, P.J., V.O. Magana, T.N. Palmer, J. Shukla, R.A. Tomas, M. Yanai and T. Yasunari, 1998: Monsoons: Processes, predictability, and prospects for prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 14451-14510.
25. Webster, P.J. and S.Yang, 1992: Monsoon and ENSO: Selectively interactive systems. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 118, 877-926.
26. Wu, G.X. and Y.S. Zhang, 1998: Tibetan Plateau forcing and the monsoon onset over South Asia and the South China Sea. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 913-927.
27. Wu, R. and B. Wang, 2000: Interannual variability of summer monsoon onset over the western North Pacific and the underlying process. J. Climate, 13, 2483-2501.
28. Xie, A., Y. Chung, X. Liu and Q. Ye, 1998: The interannual variations of the summer monsoon onset over the South China Sea. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 59, 201-213.
29. Xu, J. and J.C.L. Chan, 2001: First transition of the Asian summer monsoon in 1998 and the effect of the Tibet-tropical ocean thermal contrast. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 79, 241-253.
30. Zhang, Y.S., T. Li, B. Wang and G.X. Wu, 2002: Onset of the summer monsoon over the Indochina Peninsula: Climatology and interannual variations. J. Climate, 15, 3206-3221.