Onset of East Asian subtropical summer monsoon and rainy season in China  

作　　者：ZHU CongWen ZHOU XiuJi ZHAO Ping CHEN LongXun HE JinHai 

机构地区：[1]Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China [2]National Information Center, Chinese Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China [3]Nanjing University oflnformation Science ＆ Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2011年第12期1845-1853,共9页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40921003 and 90711003);the Program of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (Grant Nos. 2010Z003 and GYHY 200706005)

摘　　要：Here we use harmonic analyses to examine seasonal variations of China land rainfall, low-level winds, and atmospheric heating over East Asia during spring to summer and the associated subtropical summer monsoon activities. Our results indicate that the South China spring rainfall (SCSR) in March is the prophase of East Asian sub-tropical summer monsoon (EASSM), and the onset of EASSM and China summer rainy season starts in early April, characterized by the enhanced rainfall in South China and the seasonal reverse of zonal land-sea thermal contrast in sub-tropical East Asia. The EASSM onset is earlier than that of South China Sea summer monsoon, and it is active in east of 100?E and north of 20?N. Our analyses suggest that the subsequent heating appears over India-China Peninsula in March and South China in April and causes the low-level atmospheric warming and the zonal land-sea thermal contrast seasonal reverse in East Asian subtropics. The atmospheric heating over South China is the main force to drive the southwesterly winds, updrafts and strengthen the summer precipitation in South China.Here we use harmonic analyses to examine seasonal variations of China land rainfall, low-level winds, and atmospheric heating over East Asia during spring to summer and the associated subtropical summer monsoon activities. Our results indicate that the South China spring rainfall （SCSR） in March is the prophase of East Asian sub-tropical summer monsoon （EASSM）, and the onset of EASSM and China summer rainy season starts in early April, characterized by the enhanced rainfall in South China and the seasonal reverse of zonal land-sea thermal contrast in sub-tropical East Asia. The EASSM onset is earlier than that of South China Sea summer monsoon, and it is active in east of 100°E and north of 20°N. Our analyses suggest that the subsequent heating appears over India-China Peninsula in March and South China in April and causes the low-level atmospheric warming and the zonal land-sea thermal contrast seasonal reverse in East Asian subtropics. The atmospheric heating over South China is the main force to drive the southwesterly winds, updrafts and strengthen the summer precipitation in South China.

关 键 词：seasonal cycle East Asian sub-tropical summer monsoon China summer rainy season onset 

分 类 号：P532[天文地球—古生物学与地层学] P434.5[天文地球—地质学]