Impact of African orography and the Indian summer monsoon on the low-level Somali jet

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 983-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Chakraborty ◽  
Ravi S. Nanjundiah ◽  
J. Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Somali Jet

scholarly journals Local Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction in Indian Summer Monsoon Multi-Decadal Variability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhruba Jyoti Goswami ◽  
Ashok Karumuri ◽  
Bhupendranath Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Decadal Variability ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Tropical Indian Ocean ◽  
Bjerknes Feedback ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Increasing Trend

Abstract The significant multi-decadal mode (MDM) of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) during the past two millennia provides a basis for decadal predictability of the ISMR and has a strong association with the North-Atlantic variability with the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO) as a potential external driver. It is also known that the annual cycles and interannual variability of ISMR and sea surface temperatures (SST) over the tropical Indian Ocean (IO) are strongly coupled. However, the role of local air-sea interactions in maintaining or modifying the ISMR MDM remains unknown. A related puzzle we identify is that the IO SST has an increasing trend during two opposite phases of the ISMR MDM, namely during an increasing phase of ISMR (1901 to 1957) as well as a decreasing phase of ISMR (1958-2007). Here, using a twentieth-century reanalysis (20CR), we examine the role of air-sea interactions in maintaining two opposite phases of the ISMR MDM and unravel that the Bjerknes feedback is at the heart of maintaining the ISMR MDM but cannot explain the increasing trend of SST in the tropical IO during the opposite phases. Large-scale low-level vorticity influence on SST and net heat flux changes through circulation and cloudiness changes associated with the two phases of the ISMR MDM together contribute to the SST trends. The decreasing trend of low-level wind convergence during the period between 1958 and 2007 is a determining factor for the decreasing trend of ISMR in the backdrop of an increasing trend of atmospheric moisture content. Consistent with the lead of the AMO with respect to ISMR by about a decade, the AMO drives the transition from one phase of ISMR MDM to another by changing its phase first and setting up low-level equatorial zonal winds conducive for the transition.

The role of surface air temperature over the east Asia on the early and late Indian Summer Monsoon Onset over Kerala

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devanil Choudhury ◽  
Debashis Nath ◽  
Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Surface Air Temperature ◽  
Monsoon Onset ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Summer Monsoon Onset

<p>We investigated the physical mechanism for late Indian Summer Monsoon onset over Kerala<br>(MOK). 14 early and 9 late onset years are selected based on the criteria when the onset is 5 days or<br>more prior and after normal onset date (i.e 1 st June according to India Meteorological Department)<br>respectively. Then, we perform composite analyses of mean May monthly and daily evolution during<br>early and late onset years to examine the differences in monsoon circulation features prior to the MOK.<br>We find that advection of Surface Air Temperature (SAT) from the northern to the southern China and<br>the eastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an important role to modulate the MOK processes. In the late<br>onset years, more low-level jet (LLJ) from the Bay of Bengal (BOB) divert towards the east Asia before<br>the onset, which is due to an extension of the low sea level pressure and high SAT over the east Asia<br>(eastern TP, east-central China). This strengthens the low-level convergence and upper level divergence<br>over the eastern TP and southern China. As a result, a significant amount of moisture from the BOB<br>is transported towards the eastern TP and southern China. Thereby, a comparatively weaker LLJ and<br>deficit low-level moisture supply over the eastern BOB maintain the key roles in modulating the MOK<br>processes.</p>

scholarly journals Influence of the Pacific–Japan Pattern on Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 3943-3958 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Srinivas ◽  
Jasti S. Chowdary ◽  
Yu Kosaka ◽  
C. Gnanaseelan ◽  
Anant Parekh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Rossby Waves ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Easterly Wind ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study discusses the impact of the Pacific–Japan (PJ) pattern on Indian summer monsoon (ISM) rainfall and its possible physical linkages through coupled and uncoupled pathways. Empirical orthogonal function analysis of 850-hPa relative vorticity over the western North Pacific (WNP) is used to extract the PJ pattern as the leading mode of circulation variability. The partial correlation analysis of the leading principal component reveals that the positive PJ pattern, which features anticyclonic and cyclonic low-level circulation anomalies over the tropical WNP and around Japan respectively, enhances the rainfall over the southern and northern parts of India. The northwestward propagating Rossby waves, in response to intensified convection over the Maritime Continent reinforced by low-level convergence in the southern flank of westward extended tropical WNP anticyclone, increase rainfall over southern peninsular India. Meanwhile, the anomalous moisture transport from the warm Bay of Bengal due to anomalous southerlies at the western edge of the low-level anticyclone extending from the tropical WNP helps to enhance the rainfall over northern India. The atmospheric general circulation model forced with climatological sea surface temperature confirms this atmospheric pathway through the westward propagating Rossby waves. Furthermore, the north Indian Ocean (NIO) warming induced by easterly wind anomalies along the southern periphery of the tropical WNP–NIO anticyclone enhances local convection, which in turn feeds back to the WNP convection anomalies. This coupled nature via interbasin feedback between the PJ pattern and NIO is confirmed using coupled model sensitivity experiments. These results are important in identifying new sources of ISM variability/predictability on the interannual time scale.

scholarly journals Local Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction in Indian Summer Monsoon Multi-Decadal Variability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhruba Jyoti Goswami ◽  
Ashok Karumuri ◽  
Bhupendranath Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Decadal Variability ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Tropical Indian Ocean ◽  
Bjerknes Feedback ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Increasing Trend

Abstract The significant multi-decadal mode (MDM) of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) during the past two millennia provides a basis for decadal predictability of the ISMR, and has strong association with the north-Atlantic variability with the Atlantic multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO) as a potential external driver. It is also known that the annual cycles and inter-annual variability of ISMR and sea surface temperatures (SST) over the tropical Indian Ocean (IO) are strongly coupled. However, the role of local air-sea interactions in maintaining or modifying the ISMR MDM remains unknown. A related puzzle we identify is that the IO SST has an increasing trend during two opposite phases of the ISMR MDM, namely during an increasing phase of ISMR (1901 to 1957) as well as a decreasing phase of ISMR (1958-2007). Here, using a twentieth century reanalysis (20CR), we examine the role of air-sea interactions in maintaining two opposite phases of the ISMR MDM and unravels that the Bjerknes feedback is at the heart of maintaining the ISMR MDM but cannot explain the increasing trend of SST in the tropical IO during the opposite phases. Large-scale low-level vorticity influence on SST and net heat flux changes through circulation and cloudiness changes associated with the two phases of the ISMR MDM together explain the SST trends. The decreasing trend of low-level wind convergence during the period between 1958 and 2007 is a determining factor for the decreasing trend of ISMR in the backdrop of an increasing trend of atmospheric moisture content. Our analysis points towards the transition from one phase to the other to be driven by external drivers like the AMO through modulation of the large-scale circulation.

Historical and projected low-frequency variability in the Somali Jet and Indian Summer Monsoon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shipra Jain ◽  
Saroj K. Mishra ◽  
Abhishek Anand ◽  
Popat Salunke ◽  
John T. Fasullo
Keyword(s):  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Indian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Somali Jet
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document