Open AccessTwo typical modes in the variabilities of wintertime North Pacific basin‐scale oceanic fronts and associated atmospheric eddy‐driven jet
Author(s) -
Wang Liying,
Yang XiuQun,
Yang Dejian,
Xie Qian,
Fang Jiabei,
Sun Xuguang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.766
Subject(s) - baroclinity , climatology , geology , middle latitudes , ocean gyre , anticyclone , anomaly (physics) , atmospheric circulation , sea surface temperature , forcing (mathematics) , pacific decadal oscillation , jet (fluid) , atmospheric sciences , subtropics , physics , condensed matter physics , fishery , biology , thermodynamics
Schematic diagram of two typical modes in the variabilities of wintertime North Pacific basin‐scale oceanic fronts and associated atmospheric eddy‐driven jet: (a) the enhanced westerly jet mode corresponding to an enhanced STFZ and an southward shifted SAFZ, caused by the PDO‐like SST anomaly, and (b) the northward shifted westerly jet mode corresponding to an enhanced SAFZ and an northward shifted STFZ, caused by the NPGO‐like SST anomaly. Note that the climatological westerly jet is shaded.