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Nonstationarity of the Intraseasonal Oscillations Associated with the Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon

Bin Guan Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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15 Feb 2006
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3661.1
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622–629
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Abstract

The nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations (ISOs) associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon (WNPSM) is examined using a wavelet analysis of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR). Both the 10–20- and 30–60-day ISOs are found to display significant interannual modulations, and their relative strengths vary with time. The variation of OLR associated with a strong ISO, either 10–20- or 30–60-day, could be as large as 20 W m−2 in magnitude. Case studies showed that the mechanism for development of low OLR may differ in individual years, and that the 10–20-day ISO, the 30–60-day ISO, and the seasonal cycle may each become dominant in different years.

* Current affiliation: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland

Corresponding author address: Prof. Johnny Chan, Dept. of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Email: Johnny.Chan@cityu.edu.hk

Abstract

The nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations (ISOs) associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon (WNPSM) is examined using a wavelet analysis of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR). Both the 10–20- and 30–60-day ISOs are found to display significant interannual modulations, and their relative strengths vary with time. The variation of OLR associated with a strong ISO, either 10–20- or 30–60-day, could be as large as 20 W m−2 in magnitude. Case studies showed that the mechanism for development of low OLR may differ in individual years, and that the 10–20-day ISO, the 30–60-day ISO, and the seasonal cycle may each become dominant in different years.

* Current affiliation: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland

Corresponding author address: Prof. Johnny Chan, Dept. of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Email: Johnny.Chan@cityu.edu.hk

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