%0 Journal Article %1 Zheng2018Contrasting %A Zheng, Jian %A Liu, Qinyu %A Chen, Zesheng %D 2018 %J Theoretical and Applied Climatology %K monsoon circulation dynamics eastasianmonsoon casestudy ENSO %R 10.1007/s00704-018-2525-2 %T Contrasting the impacts of the 1997–1998 and 2015–2016 extreme El Niño events on the East Asian winter atmospheric circulation %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2525-2 %X This study investigates how the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) modulated the influence of the 1997–1998 and 2015–2016 El Niño events on the East Asian winter atmospheric circulation. Due to the extreme IOD in the fall of 1997, the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) displayed higher sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the western basin than in the eastern basin during the following winter. As a result, the Walker circulation weakened in the TIO and tropical Pacific, leading to a zonal rainfall dipole in the Indo-Western Pacific (IWP), which triggered a wave train pattern over East Asia with positive geopotential height anomalies in the upper-level troposphere over northeastern China and Japan during the winter of 1997–1998. In contrast, there was no IOD in the fall of 2015, and the winter rainfall anomaly in the western TIO was weak that year. The geopotential height anomalies were negative around northeastern China and the Sea of Japan—the opposite of those during the winter of 1997–1998. Comparing the historical El Niño events with the high IOD index and low IOD index indicates that the IOD is a crucial contributor to the dipole rainfall in the IWP and, thus, the circulation anomalies in East Asia.

@article{Zheng2018Contrasting, abstract = {This study investigates how the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) modulated the influence of the 1997–1998 and 2015–2016 El Ni\~{n}o events on the East Asian winter atmospheric circulation. Due to the extreme IOD in the fall of 1997, the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) displayed higher sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the western basin than in the eastern basin during the following winter. As a result, the Walker circulation weakened in the TIO and tropical Pacific, leading to a zonal rainfall dipole in the Indo-Western Pacific (IWP), which triggered a wave train pattern over East Asia with positive geopotential height anomalies in the upper-level troposphere over northeastern China and Japan during the winter of 1997–1998. In contrast, there was no IOD in the fall of 2015, and the winter rainfall anomaly in the western TIO was weak that year. The geopotential height anomalies were negative around northeastern China and the Sea of Japan—the opposite of those during the winter of 1997–1998. Comparing the historical El Ni\~{n}o events with the high IOD index and low IOD index indicates that the IOD is a crucial contributor to the dipole rainfall in the IWP and, thus, the circulation anomalies in East Asia.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Zheng, Jian and Liu, Qinyu and Chen, Zesheng}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b30c1e0d1216ce934dd14a1f3bf13d55/pbett}, citeulike-article-id = {14597364}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2525-2}, day = 31, doi = {10.1007/s00704-018-2525-2}, interhash = {079b8dc98f1eacd7bbc209e08bb778c0}, intrahash = {b30c1e0d1216ce934dd14a1f3bf13d55}, issn = {0177-798X}, journal = {Theoretical and Applied Climatology}, keywords = {monsoon circulation dynamics eastasianmonsoon casestudy ENSO}, month = may, posted-at = {2018-05-31 16:42:19}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2020-04-15T09:29:49.000+0200}, title = {Contrasting the impacts of the 1997–1998 and 2015–2016 extreme El Ni\~{n}o events on the East Asian winter atmospheric circulation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2525-2}, year = 2018 }