RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TROPICAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITIES AND LOW FREQUENCY WAVE－MEAN FLOW INTERACTIONS

Based on ECMWF objective analysis data, and with use of Batterworth bandpass-filtered skill and diagnostic analysis method, the interaction characteristics of low frequency wave and mean flow in midlatitudes during the winter years of 1983 / 1984 and 1986 / 1987 have been studied in this paper. The main results point out the important role of the tropical convective activity on the above mentioned interaction process.