Western North Pacific tropical cyclones suppress Maritime Continent rainfall

IF 8.5 1区地球科学 Q1 METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI:10.1038/s41612-024-00810-2

Xinyu Li, Riyu Lu, Guixing Chen, Ruidan Chen

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It is generally believed that the Maritime Continent (MC) is rarely affected by tropical cyclones (TCs) due to its equatorial location. However, this study reveals that TCs in the tropical western North Pacific can significantly suppress rainfall over the MC and its surrounding seas, based on the composite analysis. This suppression effect of TCs exists across all phases of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO). TCs greatly alleviate rainfall enhancement during the convective phases of the MJO and aggravate rainfall suppression during the suppressive phases. Particularly, TCs reduce the likelihood of extremely high rainfall in convective MJO phases from 9% to 5% and increase the likelihood of extremely low rainfall in suppressive MJO phases from 10% to 16%. The rainfall suppression is attributed to the lower-tropospheric southwesterly anomalies to the south of TCs, which result in moisture divergence over the MC. Additionally, the upper-tropospheric equatorward outflows of TCs also promote subsidence and suppress rainfall. This study introduces a new factor influencing the rainfall over the MC from a synoptic climatology perspective.

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北太平洋西部热带气旋抑制了海洋大陆的降雨量

一般认为，由于地处赤道，海洋大陆（MC）很少受到热带气旋（TC）的影响。然而，本研究通过综合分析发现，热带北太平洋西部的热带气旋可显著抑制海洋性大陆及其周边海域的降雨量。在马登-朱利安涛动（MJO）的各个阶段，热气旋都有这种抑制作用。在马德登-朱利安涛动的对流阶段，热气旋大大缓解了降雨的增强，而在压制阶段则加剧了降雨的抑制。特别是，在 MJO 对流阶段，热带气旋将出现特大暴雨的可能性从 9% 降低到 5%，而在 MJO 抑制阶段，出现特小暴雨的可能性从 10% 增加到 16%。降雨的抑制归因于TC南侧的低对流层西南气流异常，它导致了MC上空的水汽分流。此外，TC 的上对流层赤道外流也会促进下沉并抑制降雨。本研究从天气学的角度提出了影响 MC 上降雨的新因素。

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npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Earth and Planetary Sciences-Atmospheric Science

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8.80

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21 weeks

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