摘要
TheabruptchangesofzonalcirculationintheTibetanPlateau(TP)regionandtheirlikelycausesarederivedfromNationalCentersforEnvironmentalPredictionandtheNationalCenterforAtmosphericResearchreanalysisdata.ThezonalcirculationovertheTPabruptlychangedinsummer(31stpentad)andwinter(59thpentad).Theswitchfromsummertowintercirculationischaracterizedbyasuddennorthwardshiftofthewesterliesandthezero-velocitycurveanddisappearanceofthewesterlyjet.Thewinter-summerswitchischaracterizedbythereversepattern.Therefore,thecirculationconversionbetweensummerandwintercanbejudgedfromthepositionofthezero-velocitycurve.Curveslocatednorthof20°NindicatesummercirculationovertheTPandviceversa.TheabruptchangeofzonalcirculationismainlycausedbythethermodynamiceffectoftheTP.InJune,thiseffectcausesahugemonsooncirculationcellextendingfromtheTPtolowlatitudes.Consequently,thewesterliesjumptothenorthaseasterliesdevelop.Thisprocess,whichisenhancedbythestrongnortherlyinCoriolis,establishesthesummercirculation.InOctober,theHadleycellrecursasthethermaleffectsoftheTPdiminish,thewesterliesrushsouthward,andthewintercirculationisestablished.
出版日期
2016年01月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
