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Using the data of 500 hPa geopotential height from 1951 to 1995, SST roughly in the same period and OLR data from 1974 to 1994, the relation between the anomalies of subtropical high (STH for short) and the tropical circulations including the Asian monsoon as well as the convective activity are studied. In order to study the physical process of the air-sea interaction related to STH anomaly, the correlation of STH with SST at various sea areas, lagged and simultaneous, has been calculated.
Comparing the difference of OLR, wind fields, vertical circulations and SST anomalies in the strong and weak STH, we investigate the characteristics of global circulations and the SST distributions related to the anomalous STH at the western Pacific both in winter and summer. Much attention has been paid to the study of the air-sea interaction and the relationship between the East Asian monsoon and the STH in the western Pacific. A special vertical circulation, related to the STH anomalies is found, which connects the monsoon current to the west and the vertical flow influenced by the SST anomaly in the tropical eastern Pacific.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 49635170 and the “ China-Japan cooperation Program of Asian Monsoon”.
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Shuqing, S., Ming, Y. Subtropical high anomalies over the western pacific and its relations to the asian monsoon and sst anomaly. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 16, 559–568 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-999-0031-2
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