INDIAN OCEAN SST VARIATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON FRONTS AND ENSO

摘要

Our study suggests that the Indian Ocean significantly affects the tropical systems during summer. The IWTP mode and Indian summer monsoon rainfall are in-phase. Thus, the springtime Indian Ocean SSTA is very important in tropical climate systems, because the warm Indian Ocean SST significantly controls Indian summer monsoon rainfall, East Asian summer monsoon fronts, and the behavior of tropical Pacific Ocean SSTA.