Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode

A new air–sea coupled variability of the sea surface temperature anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean was observed and named as the tropical Indian Ocean tripole (IOT) in terms of its unique tripole pattern in recent studies, which peaks in boreal summer. This study found that the interannual va...

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Main Authors: Ning Meng, Yang Yang, Bin Zuo, Yazhou Zhang, Jianping Li, Zhaolu Hou, Ting Liu, Haili Wang
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add60b
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description A new air–sea coupled variability of the sea surface temperature anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean was observed and named as the tropical Indian Ocean tripole (IOT) in terms of its unique tripole pattern in recent studies, which peaks in boreal summer. This study found that the interannual variations of the warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula during boreal summer can be affected by the IOT. When the positive IOT events occur, two cross-equatorial airflows are induced over the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean, reinforcing the anomalous warm-humid westerly wind over the northern Indian Ocean. The water vapor convergence is strengthened and the anomalous middle-lower level negative geopotential height is formed over the Indochina Peninsula, leading to the local enhanced ascending motion and surplus precipitation, strongly supported by both observations and numerical simulation. These circulation anomalies favor the reduction of the local surface temperatures through increasing the cloud cover and hindering the downward solar radiation, further declining the warm extremes days. Improving to understand the warm extreme variations over the Indochina Peninsula and its impact factors is of great significance for local industrial development, agricultural production and human health.
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spelling doaj-art-7afe1fdda4dd4bb3b2fc5af6a3f7c36d2025-08-20T03:47:36ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262025-01-0120606403010.1088/1748-9326/add60bSummertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole modeNing Meng0Yang Yang1Bin Zuo2Yazhou Zhang3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-8684Jianping Li4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0625-1575Zhaolu Hou5Ting Liu6Haili Wang7State Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (POL)/Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES)/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Academy of the Future Ocean/College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (POL)/Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES)/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Academy of the Future Ocean/College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaDalian Naval Academy , Dalian, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (POL)/Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES)/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Academy of the Future Ocean/College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (POL)/Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES)/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Academy of the Future Ocean/College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, People’s Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory , Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (POL)/Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System (FDOMES)/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography/Academy of the Future Ocean/College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China , Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources , Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) , Zhuhai, People’s Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences) , Guangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaA new air–sea coupled variability of the sea surface temperature anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean was observed and named as the tropical Indian Ocean tripole (IOT) in terms of its unique tripole pattern in recent studies, which peaks in boreal summer. This study found that the interannual variations of the warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula during boreal summer can be affected by the IOT. When the positive IOT events occur, two cross-equatorial airflows are induced over the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean, reinforcing the anomalous warm-humid westerly wind over the northern Indian Ocean. The water vapor convergence is strengthened and the anomalous middle-lower level negative geopotential height is formed over the Indochina Peninsula, leading to the local enhanced ascending motion and surplus precipitation, strongly supported by both observations and numerical simulation. These circulation anomalies favor the reduction of the local surface temperatures through increasing the cloud cover and hindering the downward solar radiation, further declining the warm extremes days. Improving to understand the warm extreme variations over the Indochina Peninsula and its impact factors is of great significance for local industrial development, agricultural production and human health.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add60btropical Indian Ocean tripoleIndochina Peninsulawarm extremes
spellingShingle Ning Meng
Yang Yang
Bin Zuo
Yazhou Zhang
Jianping Li
Zhaolu Hou
Ting Liu
Haili Wang
Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
Environmental Research Letters
tropical Indian Ocean tripole
Indochina Peninsula
warm extremes
title Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
title_full Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
title_fullStr Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
title_full_unstemmed Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
title_short Summertime warm extremes over the Indochina Peninsula linked to the tropical Indian Ocean tripole mode
title_sort summertime warm extremes over the indochina peninsula linked to the tropical indian ocean tripole mode
topic tropical Indian Ocean tripole
Indochina Peninsula
warm extremes
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add60b
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