Publication Date:
2018-07-28
Description:
Atmosphere, Vol. 9, Pages 292: A Mechanism of the Interdecadal Changes of the Global Low-Frequency Oscillation Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos9080292 Authors: Ruowen Yang Quanliang Chen Yuyun Liu Lin Wang Based on the National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis dataset from 1948 to 2009, this study reveals that global low-frequency oscillation features two major temporal bands. One is a quasi-60-day period known as the intraseasonal oscillation (ISO), and the other is a quasi-15-day period known as the quasi-biweekly oscillation (QBWO). After the mid-1970s, both the ISO and QBWO become intensified and more active, and these changes are equivalently barotropic. The primitive barotropic equations are adopted to study the involved mechanism. It reveals that the e-folding time of the least stable modes of both the ISO and QWBO becomes shorter if the model is solved under the atmospheric basic state after the mid-1970s than if solved under the basic state before the mid-1970s. This result suggests that the atmospheric basic flow after the mid-1970s facilitates a more rapid growth of the ISO and QBWO, and thereby an intensification of the low-frequency oscillations at the two bands.
Electronic ISSN:
2073-4433
Topics:
Geosciences
