Open AccessNonstationarity of the Intraseasonal Oscillations Associated with the Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon
Author(s) -
Bin Guan,
Johnny C. L. Chan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of climate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.315
H-Index - 287
eISSN - 1520-0442
pISSN - 0894-8755
DOI - 10.1175/jcli3661.1
Subject(s) - outgoing longwave radiation , climatology , environmental science , monsoon , annual cycle , atmospheric sciences , longwave , meteorology , geology , geography , convection , radiation , physics , quantum mechanics
The nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations (ISOs) associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon (WNPSM) is examined using a wavelet analysis of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR). Both the 10–20- and 30–60-day ISOs are found to display significant interannual modulations, and their relative strengths vary with time. The variation of OLR associated with a strong ISO, either 10–20- or 30–60-day, could be as large as 20 W m−2 in magnitude. Case studies showed that the mechanism for development of low OLR may differ in individual years, and that the 10–20-day ISO, the 30–60-day ISO, and the seasonal cycle may each become dominant in different years.