Weakening Trend of the Tropical Easterly Jet Stream of the Boreal Summer Monsoon Season 1950–2009

Autor:	P. V. Joseph, B. Abish, Ola M. Johannessen
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Troposphere Atmospheric Science Atmospheric circulation Anticyclone Climatology Northern Hemisphere Environmental science Tropical Easterly Jet Thermal wind Hadley cell Monsoon Atmospheric sciences
Zdroj:	Journal of Climate. 26:9408-9414
ISSN:	1520-0442 0894-8755
DOI:	10.1175/jcli-d-13-00440.1
Popis:	Recent research has reported that the tropical easterly jet stream (TEJ) of the boreal summer monsoon season is weakening. The analysis herein using 60 yr (1950–2009) of data reveals that this weakening of the TEJ is due to the decreasing trend in the upper tropospheric meridional temperature gradient over the area covered by the TEJ. During this period, the upper troposphere over the equatorial Indian Ocean has warmed due to enhanced deep moist convection associated with the rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean. At the same time, a cooling of the upper troposphere has taken place over the Northern Hemisphere subtropics including the Tibetan anticyclone. The simultaneous cooling of the subtropics and the equatorial heating has caused a decrease in the upper tropospheric meridional thermal gradient. The consequent reduction in the strength of the easterly thermal wind has resulted in the weakening of the TEJ.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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