The northern boundary of the Asian summer monsoon and division of westerlies and monsoon regimes over the Tibetan Plateau in present-day  

作　　者：Lingxin HUANG Jie CHEN Kun YANG Yujie YANG Wei HUANG Xu ZHANG Fahu CHEN 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems(Ministry of Education),College of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China [2]Group of Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation(ALPHA),State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Environment and Resources(TPESER),Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research(ITPCAS),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),Beijing 100101,China [3]College of Atmospheric Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China [4]Department of Earth System Science,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling,Institute for Global Change Studies,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China [5]National Tibetan Plateau Data Center,State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System,Environment and Resources(TPESER),Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research(ITPCAS),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),Beijing 100101,China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2023年第4期882-893,共12页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0601-02)。

摘　　要：Precipitation patterns and their variations over the Tibetan Plateau(TP) are mainly dominated by the Asian summer monsoon, westerlies, and their interactions. The exact extent of the Asian summer monsoon’s influence, however, remains undetermined. Referencing the climatological northern boundary index of the East Asian summer monsoon, we demonstrate that the 300 mm precipitation isoline from May to September can be utilized as an indicator of the northern boundary of the Asian summer monsoon over the TP, allowing for an analysis of the spatial distribution characteristics of the climatological and interannual northern boundary. Our results indicate that the climatological northern boundary of the Asian summer monsoon over the TP lies along the eastern Qilian Mountains-Tanggula Mountains-Qiangtang Plateau-Gangdise Mountains-Western Himalayas during 2001–2020. This position corresponds well with the position of the convergence of westerly(westerlies) and southerly wind(monsoon) in the lower troposphere, representing the interface between dry and wet regions in the rainy season over the TP. There is a significant positive correlation between changes in the zonal/meridional water vapor budget and variations in precipitation to the north/south of the climatological northern boundary, respectively. Additionally, a close relationship exists between the interannual fluctuation range of the northern boundary and the distribution of vegetation across the TP. Compared to the northern boundary of the summer monsoon defined by meteorological criteria, which is established based on 5-day(pentad)mean precipitation(exceeding 4 mm day^(-1)), our climatological northern boundary offers a more objective portrayal of the region that experiences persistent influence from the summer monsoon. These indicate that climatological northern boundary has a clear significance for natural geographical distribution such as the westerlies-monsoon circulation, ecology, and climate. Based on the interannual fluctuation range of the northern bo

关 键 词：Tibetan Plateau Asian summer monsoon Climatological northern boundary index Westerlies domain Monsoon domain 

分 类 号：P425.42[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]