Title :
Impacts of Land Surface and Sea Surface Temperatures on the Onset Date of South China Sea Summer Monsoon
Author :
Peng, Liu ; Yongfu, Qian
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Meteorol. Disaster, Nanjing Univ. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Nanjing
Abstract :
The present study analyzes differences in spatial and temporal variations of surface temperature between early and late onset years of the South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM). It is found that when land surface temperature north of 40degN is lower (higher) and the sea surface temperature over the South China Sea-western North Pacific(SCS-WNP) is higher (lower) in winter, the onset of the SCSSM begins earlier (later) and that when land surface temperature north of 40degN is higher (lower) and sea surface temperature over the SCS-WNP is lower (higher) in spring, the onset of the SCSSM occurs earlier (later). The reason why the anomalies of land surface temperature north of 40degN can influence the atmospheric circulation is investigated by analysis of the wind and temperature fields.
Keywords :
land surface temperature; ocean temperature; land surface temperatures; sea surface temperatures; south China sea; summer monsoon; Educational technology; Geoscience and remote sensing; Heating; Laboratories; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Ocean temperature; Sea surface; Temperature sensors; Thermal factors; South China Sea Summer monsoon; surface temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Training, 2008. and 2008 International Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ETT and GRS 2008. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3563-0
DOI :
10.1109/ETTandGRS.2008.130