| Title | A Gill-Matsuno-type mechanism explains the tropical Atlantic influence on African and Indian monsoon rainfall |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Kucharski, F., Bracco A., Yoo J.H., Tompkins A.M., Feudale L., Ruti P., and Dell'Aquila Alessandro |
| Journal | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society |
| Volume | 135 |
| Pagination | 569-579 |
| ISSN | 00359009 |
| Keywords | African monsoon, air-sea interaction, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (Tropical), atmosphere-ocean system, atmospheric general circulation model, Atmospheric general circulation models, Atmospheric temperature, Climate variability, climate variation, Climatology, Indian monsoon, Indian monsoon rainfall, monsoon, Monsoon circulations, Nonlinear interactions, Ocean model, Oceanography, Physical mechanism, precipitation (climatology), Quadrupoles, Rain, rainfall, Reproducibilities, sea surface temperature, Sea surface temperatures, Significant impacts, SST anomalies, Submarine geophysics, Surface chemistry, teleconnection, Teleconnection mechanisms, Teleconnections, Tropical atlantic, Tropics |
| Abstract | Recent studies using coupled atmosphere-ocean models have shown that the tropical Atlantic has a significant impact on the Indian monsoon. In this article, the observational basis for this teleconnection is examined and the physical mechanism responsible for bridging sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Atlantic and precipitation over India is investigated with idealized atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments in which constant SST anomalies are prescribed and 'switched on' in the tropical Atlantic region. A simple Gill-Matsuno-type quadrupole response is proposed to explain the teleconnection between the tropical Atlantic and the Indian basin, with an enforcement of the eastward response likely due to nonlinear interactions with the mean monsoon circulation. The simplicity of this mechanism suggests the reproducibility of this result with a broad range of AGCMs. © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society. |
| Notes | cited By 62 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-69549122849&doi=10.1002%2fqj.406&partnerID=40&md5=bb00ba39deaf4e97edbc5790487a1637 |
| DOI | 10.1002/qj.406 |
| Citation Key | Kucharski2009569 |
