Abstract
Understanding the variabilities of East Asian summer rainfall (EASR) and Western North Pacific summer rainfall (WNPSR) is essential because they play a key role to control the energy and water supply. Monsoon index is generally defined by seasonal mean, but it is not appropriate for considering various timescale characteristics. Because it includes the influence of not only the interannual but also longer timescales. Thus, the several timescale variances in the indices and background fields should be isolated as each variability to focus on their own features. Here, the present study defines the EASR and WNPSR indices to explore potential factors that may trigger the enhanced rainfall for the period 1979–2016. Interannual variation is shown to be dominant in both indices, while decadal variation is more significant in WNPSR than EASR. Each index is decomposed to obtain a signal on interannual and decadal timescales with 1–7 and 8–15 years. The interannual components in both indices perform opposite each other in atmospheric and oceanic fields and have a negative relationship with high covariance. Both location of subtropical jet and thermal condition over the Indian Ocean contribute to interannual EASR and WNPSR as factors. In contrast, related fields upon both decadal indices represent distinguished patterns. The EASR is modulated by Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) and interdecadal oscillation patterns in the decadal timescale. However, the WNPSR is controlled by the tri-polar SSTA over the North Atlantic. Consequently, the decadal and interannual variabilities show differing mechanisms to adjust rainfall during monsoon events.
Highlights
The monsoon features a remarkable seasonal wind reversal in the large-scale circulation system, driven by differential heating on a continent and ocean
Because variabilities in East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) and Western North Pacific summer monsoon (WNPSM) are controlled by combined influences from several factors in different timescales, it is necessary to examine the factor in the extracted periods
To investigate the influence of East Asian summer rainfall index (EASRI) and Western North Pacific summer rainfall index (WNPSRI) on surface temperature and atmospheric circulation anomalies during boreal summer, we describe the linear regressed distributions against these monsoon indices
Summary
The monsoon features a remarkable seasonal wind reversal in the large-scale circulation system, driven by differential heating on a continent and ocean. The EASM and WNPSM include variabilities over a variety of timescales, such as intraseasonal, interannual, decadal, and interdecadal timescale (Lau 1992; Ding and Chan 2005; Ha et al 2012; Huang et al 2013). Understanding the interannual variability of EASM and WNPSM will be beneficial for water management plans of damaged countries. This study involves a decomposition analysis of variabilities to isolate the dominant periods It explores and compares the spatial rainfall distribution for each monsoon on each timescale to connect with the phenomenon having the same periodicity.
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