黑潮延伸体的变化及和北太平洋风暴轴的关系.pdfVIP

黑潮延伸体的变化以及其与北太平洋风暴轴的关系 The Variability of Kuroshio Extension and its Connection with Storm Track in North Pacific Abstract the variability of the Kuroshio extension (KE) jet is investigated by 18 years of sea surface height (SSH) data from satellite altimeters. It is found that the KE jet can exhibit a decadal transition between widened (double) and narrowed (single) jets. Such a jet variability is a result of the interaction among the low-frequency wave (low-frequency SSH dipole mode referred to as a KE dipole mode hereafter), high-frequency eddies and mean flow, which is closely related to the phase and strength of the KE dipole mode forced by the eddy forcing due to the nonlinear highfrequency eddy interaction in the KE region. Moreover, the large-scale air-sea interaction also have an impact on the variability of Kuroshio Extension. Thus, the relationship between the mesoscale eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Kuroshio Extension (KE) region and North Pacific atmospheric storm track is investigated by introducing the EKE area index and using the regression analysis. It is found that the stronger North Pacific storm track is associated with intensified Kuroshio Extension mesoscale eddy activity. The North Pacific storm track shifts northward (southward) as the maximum EKE core in the KE region is shifted to the north (south). However, there is an opposite variation between the EKE and North Pacific storm track in zonal position. Moreover, it is shown