TY - JOUR
T1 - Inconsecutive "sandwich structure" pattern for high temperature warm water in the western Pacific warm pool
AU - Huang, Fei
AU - Zhang, Lei
AU - Fan, Ting Ting
AU - Wang, Bin
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - An inconsecutive high frequency distribution with a "sandwich structure" pattern for high temperature warm water warmer than 29°C in the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) was found using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sea surface temperature (SST) data, a relatively high resolution data for space. This phenomenon only shows up in boreal summer (June to September), and becomes obvious when WPWP SST is higher than 29°C. As observed, East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) impinges on Philippine Islands in July, which has an important impact on the formation and maintenance of the "sandwich structure". Winds affect the distribution of SST in two ways: one by increasing the local latent heat flux and the other by transporting cold water towards the southeast of Philippine Islands.
AB - An inconsecutive high frequency distribution with a "sandwich structure" pattern for high temperature warm water warmer than 29°C in the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) was found using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sea surface temperature (SST) data, a relatively high resolution data for space. This phenomenon only shows up in boreal summer (June to September), and becomes obvious when WPWP SST is higher than 29°C. As observed, East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) impinges on Philippine Islands in July, which has an important impact on the formation and maintenance of the "sandwich structure". Winds affect the distribution of SST in two ways: one by increasing the local latent heat flux and the other by transporting cold water towards the southeast of Philippine Islands.
KW - EASM
KW - High temperature warm water
KW - Inconsecutive frequency distribution
KW - Warm pool
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84862941756
U2 - 10.3969/j.issn.1006-8775.2012.01.005
DO - 10.3969/j.issn.1006-8775.2012.01.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862941756
SN - 1006-8775
VL - 18
SP - 45
EP - 53
JO - Journal of Tropical Meteorology
JF - Journal of Tropical Meteorology
IS - 1
ER -