摘要
The interdecadal variability of precipitation over sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and central North China (CNC) is examined and compared in this study. Previous studies have found that the two regions have similar interdecadal dry–wet evolution in the past 100 years. The results show obvious decadal precipitation fluctuations in the two regions. In CNC, a persistent negative precipitation anomaly is detected from the early 1970s to the 2000s. In SSA, a negative precipitation anomaly is apparent since the late 1970s, while a distinct upward trend is found since the 1990s although the precipitation anomaly is still negative. Significant correlation is found between the decadal precipitation anomalies in SSA and the SST modes (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)), as well as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), while in CNC the decadal precipitation is influenced by the NAO and PDO. The EOF results show that the total explained variance of the first four EOFs in SSA is smaller than that of CNC. The fourth and third modes in SSA are significantly associated with the AMO and PDO respectively, while the first, third, and fourth modes are significantly associated with the NAO. The first mode in CNC is significantly associated with the NAO. The first mode of the precipitation anomaly in SSA fluctuates out of phase with that in CNC, while in-phase changes are apparent among the third and the fourth modes.
本文对比分析了1951–2016年华北与北非降水的年代际变化,及其与全球大尺度海温和环流型的关联性。结果发现二者呈现出相似的年代际干湿演变特征。自上世纪70年代以来,华北与北非降水均由正异常转为持续负异常。90年代以后,北非降水虽仍是负异常,但呈现出显著地增加趋势。北非降水与大西洋多年代际振荡(AMO)、太平洋年代际振荡(PDO)和北大西洋(NAO)均显著相关,华北降水与PDO和NAO显著相关。通过经验正交分解,发现华北与北非降水的第一模态均与NAO关系密切,且二者第一模态所对应的时间序列呈现反位相变化。
基金
the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The World Academy of Sciences(CAS-TWAS)for financial support
provided by the National Key R&D Program of China [grant number 2016YFA0600404]
the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number41530532]
