Future Changes in Seasonality of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Subtropical Highs

Song, Fengfei; Leung, L. Ruby; Lu, Jian; Dong, Lu

doi:10.1029/2018GL079940

Title: Future Changes in Seasonality of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Subtropical Highs

Journal Article · Fri Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079940· OSTI ID:1489286

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Abstract The subtropical highs have a zonal mean and a zonally asymmetric component related to the Hadley cell and land‐sea contrast, respectively. Based on 37 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 models, relative roles of the Hadley cell and land‐sea contrast in future changes of the North Pacific and North Atlantic subtropical highs (NPSH and NASH) are evaluated. Both the NPSH and NASH are significantly enhanced during boreal spring (April–June) but not in summer (July–September). Although the zonally asymmetric component contributes to more than half of the enhancement during spring, the zonal mean component is responsible for the interseasonal contrast of the responses of the NPSH and NASH between spring and summer. The seasonally dependent Hadley cell changes are due to changes in tropical precipitation related to sea surface temperature (SST) warming, while enhanced land‐sea contrast has comparable effects on the NPSH and NASH during both spring and summer, with important implications to U.S. regional precipitation.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; DE‐AC05‐76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1489286

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1481824

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-136261

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 21; ISSN 0094-8276

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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