A Case Study of Mass Transport during the East-West Oscillation of the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone

Figure 1

Daily maps of geopotential height (GPH, thick contour) and horizontal wind field (vectors) at 100 hPa on (a) Aug 3, (b) Aug 5, (c) Aug 7, (d) Aug 9, (e) Aug 10, and (f) Aug 14, 2016. The GPH contours are 16.70 km, 16.80 km, and 16.85 km. The five-pointed star indicates maximum of GPH in the Asian summer monsoon region (10–40°N, 30–150°E).

(a) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 3, 2016

(b) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 5, 2016

(c) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 7, 2016

(d) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 9, 2016

(e) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 10, 2016

(f) 100 hPa GPH [km] and wind field [m/s] on Aug 14, 2016