复杂山区上空垂直速度场和热力对流活动的理想数值模拟

利用英国气象局高分辨率的边界层数值模式BLASIUS,针对中国西北一个复杂山区进行了一系列的理想数值模拟,分析了在不同天气条件下山区上空的垂直速度场分布和对流特征以及地形对热力对流活动的影响,同时讨论了与地形有关的对流触发机制。模式结果表明,复杂山区的垂直运动在稳定层结和风速较大的情况下较易预测,而在中性层结下,山区上空的垂直运动分布随机性强。在Froude数小于0.5的条件下,气流往往被山峰阻塞而在迎风坡造成地形强迫和辐合性抬升,从而易在迎风坡触发深对流活动;在背风坡则由于迎风坡的绕流重新辐合而造成垂直运动。绕流的辐合是触发深对流活动的另一重要因子。在大风或Froude数较大的条件下,地形重力波容易在山地下游被激发。地形重力波与对流活动的相互影响在模式中清楚可见。在适当的条件下,重力波除了可以与对流活动相耦合从而使气团上升到更高的高度外,重力波的走向很可能会影响到深对流系统的传播路径。研究还发现稳定度对相邻两条对流线之间的距离长短也有影响。稳定度较小时,相邻两条对流线之间的平均宽度趋向变大而单个对流线的强度也相应变大。定量化的结论和理论升华值得进一步的数值模拟研究。     

Orographic effects on a conditionally unstable flow over an idealized three-dimensional mesoscale mountain

Summary Idealized numerical simulations using the Weather and Research Forecast (WRF) model indicate that three flow regimes, based on the moist Froude number, can be identified for a conditionally unstable, rotational, horizontally homogeneous, uniformly stratified flow over an idealized, three-dimensional, mesoscale mountain stretched spanwise to the impinging flow: (I) a quasi-stationary upslope convective system and an upstream-propagating convective system, (II) a quasi-stationary upslope convective system, and (III) a stationary upslope convective system and a quasi-stationary downstream convective system. Several major differences from a similar type of flow with no rotation over a two-dimensional mountain range are found. One important finding is that relatively strong mean flow produces a quasi-stationary mesoscale convective system (MCS) and maximum rainfall on the windward slope (upslope rain), instead of on the mountain peak or over the lee side.We found that the Coriolis force helps produce heavy upslope rainfall by making transition from flow-around the eastern part of the upslope to flow-over the western part of the upslope (transits to a higher flow regime) by deflecting the incident southerly flow to become east–southeasterly barrier winds. We found that the addition of the western flank of the arc-shaped mountain helps slow down the barrier wind from east and causes the maximum rainfall to move east of the windward slope. A lower-Froude number flow tends to produce a rainfall maximum near the concave region.Several other important facts can also be found in this study. The ratio of the maximum grid scale rainfall to the sub-grid scale rainfall increases when the moist Froude number increases. When the CAPE decreases, it is found that the upstream moist flow tends to shift to a higher Froude-number regime. Therefore, the Froude number cannot solely be used to define a moist flow regime when different CAPEs are considered. In another word, other parameters, such as CAPE, might play an important role in determining moist flow regimes.     

大地形背风波的转槽实验研究

文中利用转槽在相似定律及动力无量纲数的控制下,对旋转层结流越过大地形产生的背风波做了一系列的实验.实验及分析结果表明,无量纲数中Froude数是最重要的参数,发现在层结适当时背风波同旋涡结构在山的下风方同时出现.在无旋转情况下,在Froude数适当时仍然存在着明显的背风波,但旋转的作用能增加背风波的波动幅度,特别是起着引发下坡流的作用.文中最后还讨论了背风波在季风区内对低层涡旋发展的驱动作用及有待进一步研究的问题.     

Mountain effect on the motion in the atmosphere's boundary layer

An analysis of 3 years' (1967–70) radiosonde wind data on the windward (Salt Lake City, Utah) and lee (Denver, Colorado) sides of mountains indicates that at these two stations: (1) the distributions of the kinetic energy of the mean and turbulent motions are similar above the mountain top; (2) below the mountain top, on the windward side, mountains tend to divert the component of the mean motion normal to the mountains to that parallel to the mountains; (3) the meridional eddy transport of westerly momentum is affected by the presence of the mountains to a higher level to the lee of the mountains than upwind of them; (4) the production of turbulent energy is higher below the mountain top in the vicinity of mountains than it is for the zonal average; (5) high frequencies of the motion show a more pronounced contribution in the meridional motion in the windward side, but in the zonal motion in the lee of the mountains; (6) disturbances of 1–2 day periods can be maintained deep into the valley, whereas disturbances of longer periods reduce their amplitudes rapidly with decreasing height from the mountain top; (7) the cospectra of the wind velocities show that the southward/northward transport of westerly momentum results from a southward/northward contribution from most frequencies. The main contributions come from eddies with periods longer than two days.     

Interaction of Orographic Disturbance with Front

1.IntroductionTheimportanceoforographiceffectsonfrontwasrecognizedintheearly20thcentury.Butforthecomplexityofthisproblem,theinvestigationoforographiceffectsonfrontfromdynamicalviewpointisnottakenuntilthe1980s.Bannon(1983)derivedanalyticalsolutionsforthequasi--geostrophicfrontforcedbyahorizontalwinddeformationfieldthatmovesoveratwo--dimensionalmountainridge.Thesolutionsshowthatasacoldfrontapproachestheridge,itweakens,relativetotheflat--bottomsolution,andthefrontstrengthensasitmovesdowntothelees…     

Flow visualization experiments on stably stratified flow over ridges and valleys

Summary Flow visualization experiments on stably stratified flow over ridges and valleys formed by a pair of ridges were conducted in a large towing tank filled with stratified salt water. The ambient flow was normal to the axis of the ridges. Three experimental parameters were varied during the study: the steepness of the ridges, the separation distance between the ridges and the Froude number. The flow field in the valley was strongly influenced by flow separation from the lee side of the upstream ridge. For the gentle and intermediate ridges with maximum slopes of 13° and 27°, this separation was controlled by the lee waves when their wavelength was less than or equal to the width of the ridge. The flow field in the valley was similar to that downstream of a single ridge. For the steep ridge with a maximum slope of 40°, separation from the lee side of the upstream ridge and the flow field in the valley were influenced significantly by the presence of the downstream ridge.With 13 FiguresOn assignment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.     

Response of the Kuroshio Current to Eddies in the Luzon Strait

The impact of eddies on the Kuroshio Current in the Luzon Strait (LS) area is investigated by using the sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) satellite observation data and the sea surface height (SSH) assimilation data. The influence of the eddies on the mean current depends upon the type of eddies and their relative position. The mean current is enhanced (weakened) as the cyclonic (anticyclonic) eddy becomes slightly far from it, whereas it is weakened (enhanced) as the cyclonic (anticyclonic) eddy moves near or within the position of the mean current; this is explained as the eddy-induced meridional velocity and geostrophic flow relationship. The anticyclonic (cyclonic) eddy can increase (decrease) the mean meridional flow due to superimposition of the eddy-induced meridional flow when the eddy is within the region of the mean current. However, when the eddy is slightly far from the mean current region, the anticyclonic (cyclonic) eddy tends to decrease (increase) the zonal gradient of the SSH, which thus results in weakening (strengthening) of the mean current in the LS region.     

Indications of topographically-induced eddies in stratified flow during a severe air pollution event

During the last week of June 1978, Melbourne experienced a prolonged period of stagnation over the city, resulting in high levels of air pollutants. Internal Froude numbers through the period ranged from approximately 0.1 to 0.3, indicating that flow in the area should be strongly stratified. Wind patterns determined using data from thirteen anemographs within and immediately adjacent to the city revealed a pattern of eddies across the city each afternoon in a cavity in the lee of upstream topography. That pattern evolved with time, and changed between days as the controlling meteorological conditions altered. The available mean sea level pressure data from the region for the same times indicated perturbations in that field which were consistent with the observed wind patterns.The eddy patterns were replaced at the surface overnight by katabatic winds as cooling took place and a ground-based inversion became reestablished. However, mean sea level pressure data and the anemograph records suggest that the eddy pattern may have continued overnight, aloft.Considerable recycling of air occurred, both within individual circulations and by wind reversal between daytime and nocturnal regimes. This aided the persistence of high pollutant concentrations.     

Application of theE-ε turbulence closure model to separated atmospheric surface-layer flows

Neutrally buoyant atmospheric surface-layer flow over a thin vertical wall has been studied using a turbulence closure scheme designed specifically to address flow problems containing high shears. The turbulent flow model consists of a general solution of the time averaged, steady state, twodimensional Navier-Stokes equations, where theE- turbulence model has been used to close the system of equations. Model output compares favorably with measurements made in both a full-scale field study and in an atmospheric wind tunnel. In the simulation of flow over a solid wall, two recirculation eddies are produced. The smallest eddy is located windward of the wall with a separation point located atx/h=–0.8, and the largest is located in the lee of the wall atx/h=5.8. Immediately downwind of the wall top, the turbulent kinetic energy, the energy dissipation rate, and the momentum flux all reach a local maximum. These peak values generally maintain their height positionz/h=1.0, but decrease progressively downwind. The turbulent viscosity is strongly modified under the influence of the wall, with a local maximum forming in the lee of the wall top, and a local minimum forming at a heightz/h=2.0 above the lee recirculation eddy. The surface momentum flux reduction due to the presence of the wall begins atx/h=–10.0. Minimum zero fluxes occur at the surface separation points, and a local peak in momentum flux is produced at the centers of each recirculation eddy. Downwind of the wall, the modeled surface flux reaches an equilibrium at roughlyx/h=30.0.     

浙江天目山背风坡对流触发个例的对比分析

针对夏季副热带高压背景下浙北天目山附近的强对流天气个例,利用中尺度实况资料,分析了天目山对触发对流的作用。结果表明:浙江省夏季位于副热带高压边缘时,低层处于西南背景风时,在低Froude数条件下,气流经过黄山、天目山后在背风侧形成一段辐合线,在有利的热力条件配合下,容易触发对流。山地的热力强迫作用使地形上空新生了很多积云,积云分布基本与地形一致。同时,天目山背风侧出现一条积云线,其形成的原因是天目山背风侧辐合线的辐合抬升作用。背风侧辐合线尺度有几十千米,方向随环境风向转变。对流触发的位置位于这条辐合线上靠近山地的一端。这可能是由于山地热力强迫作用产生的积云移到辐合线上继续发展产生对流云,即山地的动力和热力作用共同触发了对流。     

钟形地形动力抬升和重力波传播与地形云和降水形成关系研究

地形云和降水过程在区域水循环、水资源、生态环境及气候变化中具有十分重要的作用。本文利用中尺度数值模式WRF 数值模拟试验,以及通过引入表示大气层流速度、层结稳定度和地形特征的关系参数——湿Froude 数(F_w),研究了北京2009 年5 月1 日湿条件不稳定大气层结下,地形云和降水形成过程与地形动力抬升和地形重力波传播之间的关系及形成机理。研究表明,在地形最大高度2 km、半宽10 km 的条件下,层流速度从2.5 m/s 逐步增加到25 m/s 时,对应的湿F_w 数从0.19 增加到1.81。当F_w≤1 时,地形的阻挡起主要作用,由地形抬升形成的地形云主要产生在迎风坡一侧。地形重力波主要产生在迎风坡,并向上游传播,先形成层状云,最后演变为准稳定浅对流波状云。最大降水主要发生在紧靠山顶的迎风坡一侧,但当F_w 很小时,地形云不产生降水。当F_w>1 时,地形抬升形成的云主要发生在山顶附近,而地形重力波主要形成在背风坡,并向下游方向传播,形成准稳定波状云。最大降水主要产生在紧靠山顶的背风坡一侧。另外,在弱湿条件不稳定大气层流下,地形降水主要由地形动力抬升造成的暖云微物理过程产生,地形重力波形成的波状云几乎不产生降水。     

Observations of Boundary-Layer Wind-Tunnel Flow over Isolated Ridges of Varying Steepness and Roughness

Boundary-layer wind-tunnel flow is measured over isolated ridges of varyingsteepness and roughness. The steepness/roughness parameter space is chosento produce flows that range from fully attached to strongly separated. Measurementsshow that maximum speedup at the hill crest is significantly lower than predictedby linear theory and that recovery in the lee of the hill is much slower for stronglyseparated flow over steep terrain. The measurements also show that behaviour ofthe mean and turbulent components of the flow on the downwind side of the ridgeis fundamentally different between separated and non-separated flows. This suggeststhe dominance of much increased turbulence time and length scales in the lee of thehill in association with a production mechanism that scales with the hill length ratherthan the proximity to the surface as on the windward side of the hill crest.     

山地上冰雹云的数值试验研究

建立了一个适用于复杂地形的冰雹云模式。模式是二维、弹性、非静力、采用地形跟随价值、包含双变参数冰相微物理过程参数化。使用实测的初值条件和环境场进行试验。对理论对称型山地的不同初始位温扰动作模拟。结果表明,当初始位温扰动在迎风坡和山顶时冰雹云发展较弱,而当初始位温扰动在背风坡和平原时冰雹云发展较强。当初始位温扰动在背风坡时冰雹云的降雹量约为当初始位温扰动在迎风坡时冰雹云降雹量的６倍。山地上冰雹云的发     

过山气流对烟气干扰的水槽模拟实验研究

地处丘陵山区的湖南省某电厂,由于受到复杂的山区气流场和气象条件的控制,电厂烟囱排出的烟气,受过山气流大涡旋运动流场的影啊,严重的污染大片农田及危害人体健康。本文通过利用分层流盐水槽所进行该电厂地形条件的模拟实验。详细的介绍了实验方法以及在中性与稳定层结条件下的流场特性和由于不同流场条件所造成烟气的运动规律。对不同的排烟高度所得到的不同烟气下沉距离进行了比较。从而提出了减少排烟污染的合理烟囱高度和位置。经与现场实测的结果对比,取得了相当一致的结果。     

Numerical modeling studies of lee mesolows,mesovortices and mesocyclones with application to the formation of Taiwan mesolows

Summary Numerical experiments are performed for inviscid flow past an idealized topography to investigate the formation and development of lee mesolows, mesovortices and mesocyclones. For a nonrotating, low-Froude number flow over a bell-shaped moutain, a pair of mesovortices form on the lee slope move downstream and weaken at later times. The advection speed of the lee vortices is found to be about two-thirds of the basic wind velocity, which is due to the existence of a reversed pressure gradient just upstream of the vortices. The lee vortices do not concur with the upstream stagnation point in time, but rather form at a later time. It is found that a pair of lee vortices form for a flow withFr=0.66, but take a longer time to form than in lower-Froude number flows. Since the lee vortices are formed rather progressively, their formation may be explained by the baroclinically-induced vorticity tilting as the mountain waves become more and more nonlinear.A stationary mesohigh and mesolow pressure couplet forms across the mountain and is produced in both high and low-Froude number flows. The results of the high Froude number simulations agree well with the classical results predicted by linear, hydrostatic mountain wave theory. It is found that the lee mesolow is not necessarily colocated with the lee vortices. The mesolow is formed by the downslope wind associated with the orographically forced gravity waves through adiabatic warming. The earth's rotation acts to strengthen (weaken) the cyclonic (anticyclonic) vortex and shifts the lee mesolow to the right for an observer facing downstream. The cyclonic vortex then develops into a mesocyclone with the addition of planetary vorticity at later times. For a flow over a steeper mountain, the disturbance is stronger even though the Froude number is kept the same.For a southwesterly flow past the real topography of Taiwan, there is no stagnation point or lee vortices formed because the impinging angle of the flow is small. A major mesoscale low forms to the southeast of the Central Mountain Range (CMR), while a mesohigh forms upstream. For a westerly flow past Taiwan, a stagnation point forms upstream of the mountain and a pair of vortices form on the lee and move downstream at later times. The cyclonic vortex then develops into a mesocyclone. A mesolow also forms to the southeast of Taiwan. For a northeasterly flow past Taiwan, the mesolow forms to the northwest of the mountain. Similar to flows over idealized topographies, the Taiwan mesolow is formed by the downslope wind associated with mountain waves through adiabatic warming. A conceptual model of the Taiwan southeast mesolow and mesocyclone is proposed.With 16 Figures     

Blocking in periodic valleys

Results are presented from a study of blocked flow (practically stagnant or recirculating light winds) in periodic valleys in thermally stably stratified ambient conditions. Inviscid and turbulent diffusion cases were modelled numerically to clarify the effects of turbulence on the blocking. The reflection of gravity waves from the top boundary of the hydrostatic model atmosphere was avoided by employing the radiation condition given by Klemp and Durran (1983). The dissipative numerical results are compared with new laboratory experiments which utilized the technique of Baines and Hoinka (1985) to simulate a semi-infinitely deep region.A criterion for the occurrence of blocked flow cannot be defined for the inviscid case except when the Froude number, Fr, based on the peak-to-trough ridge amplitude is less than about 0.4: then blocking is clearly identifiable before wave-breaking occurs. Breaking of waves is evident for Fr as large as 0.75, in agreement with analytical results given by Lilly and Klemp (1979).At small Froude number (Fr 0.5) in the dissipative flow simulations, blocked flow (stagnation) is present in the valleys, but a lee rotor (complete stagnation) is not evident. For order unity Froude numbers, blocking is a wave phenomenon, resulting from wave steepening and overturning or turbulent mixing. A finite thickness is brought to rest or participates in a recirculating flow when it first appears. A strong upward flow appears ahead of the rotor in the valleys, and the downslope wind over the windward side of the valleys is strengthened. Thus the present study shows that conditions for the onset of a rotor, and of stagnant flow, in periodic valleys are different.When blocked flow exists, the amplitudes of gravity waves in the upper layer are only 15% (Fr = 0.3) to 80% (Fr = 1.5) of those given by linear theory; this is supported by observations.     

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACE WIND. PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE IN PLATEAU OF MONGOLIA*

After analyzing the mean pressure, dominant wind and temperature data of 40 observation stations in Mongolia from 1961 to 1990, we reach some conclusions as below: (a) The warm advection in the free atmosphere hardly reaches the ground in the west in winter. Because of thermodynamic differences of various meso- and micro-topography, there are "multi-centers" in the pressure field, and the dominant wind field is "disordered": the temperatures on the convexi-concave orography and sun-shady slope are different significantly. There is cold advection in the east side,which can reaches the ground and the air pressure field is a "unity". The wind field is dominated by the west wind. The temperature differences of various slope directions are small, and become smaller with height. (b) In summer, the upper control flow (planetary west wind) becomes weaker, and the orographic air pressure centers in the east develop. Over the windward side of the mountain high pressure prevails, and over the lee side low pressure does. These areas become deserts for dryness and lack of rainfall. Air temperature in summer can be expressed by latitude,longitude and elevation.     

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACE WIND. PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE IN PLATEAU OF MONGOLIA

After analyzing the mean pressure, dominant wind and temperature data of 40 observation sta-tions in Mongolia from 1961 to 1990, we reach some conclusions as below: (a) The warm advec-tion in the free atmosphere hardly reaches the ground in the west in winter. Because of thermody-namic differences of various meso- and micro-topography, there are "multi-centers" in the pressurefield, and the dominant wind field is "disordered": the temperatures on the convexi-concave orog-raphy and sun-shady slope are different significantly. There is cold advection in the east side,which can reaches the ground and the air pressure field is a "unity". The wind field is dominated bythe west wind. The temperature differences of various slope directions are small, and becomesmaller with height. (b) In summer, the upper control flow (planetary west wind) becomes weak-er, and the orographic air pressure centers in the east develop. Over the windward side of themountain high pressure prevails, and over the lee side low pressure does. These areas becomedeserts for dryness and lack of rainfall. Air temperature in summer can be expressed by latitude,longitude and elevation.     

Observational Study of Surface Wind along a Sloping Surface over Mountainous Terrain during Winter

The 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Pyeongchang, Korea, during February and March. We examined the near surface winds and wind gusts along the sloping surface at two outdoor venues in Pyeongchang during February and March using surface wind data. The outdoor venues are located in a complex, mountainous terrain, and hence the near-surface winds form intricate patterns due to the interplay between large-scale and locally forced winds. During February and March, the dominant wind at the ridge level is westerly; however, a significant wind direction change is observed along the sloping surface at the venues. The winds on the sloping surface are also influenced by thermal forcing,showing increased upslope flow during daytime. When neutral air flows over the hill, the windward and leeward flows show a significantly different behavior. A higher correlation of the wind speed between upper-and lower-level stations is shown in the windward region compared with the leeward region. The strong synoptic wind, small width of the ridge, and steep leeward ridge slope angle provide favorable conditions for flow separation at the leeward foot of the ridge. The gust factor increases with decreasing surface elevation and is larger during daytime than nighttime. A significantly large gust factor is also observed in the leeward region.