caa a22 4500 605471401 CHVBK 20210128100333.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00382-014-2455-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00382-014-2455-3 The influence of shelf-sea fronts on winter monsoon over East China Sea [Elektronische Daten] [L.-Y. Oey, M.-C. Chang, S.-M. Huang, Y.-C. Lin, M.-A. Lee] Strong sea surface temperature fronts in open seas are known to affect the atmosphere. Shelf-sea fronts in winter have comparable strengths, yet their impacts on winds have not been studied. In January of 2012, a persistent, narrow band of cloud stretching 600-1,000km was observed along the front of East China Sea (ECS). Numerical and analytical models show that the cloud was formed atop a recirculating cell induced by the front and, more generally, that β-plumes of low and high pressures emanate and spread far from fronts. Consistent with the theory, observations show that in ECS at inter-annual time scales, strong fronts co-vary with on-shelf convergent wind, strong northeasterly monsoon, and alongshelf alignment of clouds with low clouds near the coast and higher clouds offshore. Our results suggest that shelf-sea fronts are potentially an important dynamic determinant of climate variability of East Asia. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Winter winds and climate nationallicence SST fronts nationallicence East Asian winter monsoon nationallicence Shelf-sea fronts nationallicence Air-sea coupling nationallicence Hadley cell nationallicence Oey L.-Y National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut Chang M.-C National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut Huang S.-M National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut Lin Y.-C National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut Lee M.-A National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan aut Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 2047-2068 0930-7575 45:7-8<2047 2015 45 382 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2455-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2455-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oey L.-Y National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chang M.-C National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang S.-M National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Y.-C National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee M.-A National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 2047-2068 0930-7575 45:7-8<2047 2015 45 382