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| Variation of Air-Sea Heat Fluxes over the Western Pacific Warm Pool Area and Its Relationship with the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset |
| ZUO Tao,CHEN Jin-Nian,WANG Hong-Na |
| 1. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao 266071, China; 3. Graduate University of the Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;1. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao 266071, China; 4. Institute of Tropical and Oceanic Meteorology China Meteorological Admi;1. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao 266071, China |
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Abstract Based on oceanic and atmospheric parameters retrieved by satellite remote sensing using a neural network method, air-sea heat fluxes over the western Pacific warm pool area were calculated with the advanced the advanced Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment 3.0 (COARE3.0) bulk algorithm method. Then, the average annual and interannual characteristics of these fluxes were analyzed. The relationship between the fluxes and the South China Sea (SCS) summer monsoon onset is highlighted. The results indicate that these fluxes have clear temporal and spatial characteristics. The sensible heat flux is at its maximum in the Kuroshio area, while the latent heat flux is at its maximum in the North Equatorial Current and Kuroshio area. The distribution of average annual air-sea heat fluxes shows that both sensible and latent heat fluxes are maximized in winter and minimized in summer. The air-sea heat fluxes have obvious interannual variations. Correlation analysis indicates a close lag-correlation between air-sea heat fluxes in the western Pacific warm pool area and at the SCS summer monsoon onset. The lag-correlation can therefore predict the SCS summer monsoon onset, providing a reference for the study of precipitation related to the monsoon.
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Received: 07 December 2011
Revised: 27 December 2011
Accepted: 10 February 2012
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