一个北极区域冰海耦合模式的设置与应用

介绍了一个北极区域冰-海耦合数值模式的设置与应用。海洋模式基于MIT海洋环流数值模式,海冰动力学过程由Hibler的粘-塑模型发展而来。海冰的热力过程基于Winton提出的三层热力学模型。给出了耦合模式的基本框架,重点介绍了区域冰-海耦合系统中较为重要的程序包,如正交网格生成技术,中尺度涡的参数化,冰-海耦合及开边界处理等。以NCEP再分析资料为大气强迫场,模拟研究了北极夏季海冰范围异常的变化特征(1992—2007),模拟得到的海冰面积变化趋势与SSM/I观测资料进行了对比,两者相关系数达到0.88,模式基本反映了海冰的年际变化特征。以2007年为例,对比分析了9月份海冰密集度分布特征,模式结果得到的海冰范围略大于观测,但基本反映了2007年夏季海冰范围的衰减形态。     

基于北极多源卫星数据的海冰厚度时空变化对比与评估

海冰厚度作为海冰的重要变量之一,相较于海冰密集度、海冰漂移速度、海冰范围等,数据时空完整性仍然不足。当前获取北极海冰厚度的主要手段为卫星遥感,除之前的CryoSat-2、SMOS等卫星,2018年11月又新增了ICESat-2卫星。目前,针对北极多源卫星海冰厚度的时空变化差异性对比以及数据精度评估的工作较少,因此,本研究通过选取最近的完整两年(2019—2020年)内的ICESat-2、CryoSat-2以及CS2SMOS(CryoSat-2和SMOS融合产品)海冰厚度数据进行对比分析,量化其时空差异。结果显示,整体上CryoSat-2卫星数据的平均海冰厚度最大, ICESat-2其次, CS2SMOS最小。三种卫星数据间的差异具有明显的时空变化特征,在海冰厚度高值区ICESat-2数据的厚度最大, CryoSat-2与CS2SMOS数据的厚度相近,而在海冰边缘区CryoSat-2数据的厚度最大, CS2SMOS最小。从区域来看,不同卫星数据反演的海冰厚度在东西伯利亚海和波弗特海区域差异较小,在巴伦支海区域差异较大。在此基础上,利用研究时段内的“冰桥行动”实地观测数据对多源卫星数据进行...     

基于遥感数据的北极西北航道海冰变化以及通航情况研究

使用不莱梅大学AMSR-E(Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS)和AMSR2(Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2)日尺度海冰密集度数据,计算了2002—2018年加拿大北极群岛7—9月的平均海冰面积,研究了9月份平均海冰密集度变化特征;结合商船破冰能力确定海冰密集度阈值,选取西北航道关键区域,统计了西北航道的通航窗口,探讨了西北航道在实际商业通航方面的可能性。研究发现,在过去17年加拿大北极群岛的7—9月海冰面积整体呈下降趋势但有明显波动性, 9月份的海冰分布年际变化复杂,差异较大;在西北航道可通航的年份中,可通航的开始日期一般在8月份,结束日期在9月底至10月初,南路可通航时间最短14天,最长达到80天。总的来说,西北航道可通航年份和时间缺乏规律性。     

ERA40中北半球高纬地区冬季气候变化和冰-气相互作用特征分析

利用欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF)再分析资料(ERA40)分析了最近几十年冬季北半球高纬地区的气候变化和冰-气相互作用特征。在全球增暖背景下,冬季北半球高纬地区增温幅度更大,但温度变化明显具有区域性特点。20世纪70年代末期开始,格陵兰海、巴伦支海及欧亚大陆大部分区域和北美大陆部分区域在增暖,而拉布拉多海、格陵兰和白令海峡区域却变冷。与此对应,中央北极区及气候冰岛低压中心海平面气压在降低,而再往南区域海平面气压在升高。从20世纪70年代开始,格陵兰海和巴伦支海给大气的感热通量和潜热通量增多,这说明由于气温增加,使得海冰密集度减小,海冰对海气感热通量和潜热通量交换的隔离层作用减小,通量交换大大增加。而在挪威海非海冰区,由于气温增加,海气温差减小,海洋给大气的感热通量和潜热通量减少。在拉布拉多海,由于气温降低,海气温差增大,使得海洋给大气的感热通量和潜热通量增加,有利于拉布拉多海海冰的增多。海平面气压、海冰密集度及表面感热通量和潜热通量之和对大气表面温度 EOF 展开第一模时间系数的线性回归结果均与各自的EOF 展开第一模空间分布特征接近。     

全球季风区的定义与变化及其影响因素

从全球尺度对季风进行研究,以标准化风场季节变率(δ)和季风降水指数(MPI)这2种主要的全球季风定义方法为基础,计算出1964—2013年全球季风区平均分布,讨论了这2种结果的差异,并根据2种定义计算了全球季风指数和季风区面积时间序列,分析季风强度和季风面积的变化及相互关系。同时利用Ni■o-3.4 SST(Sea Surface Temperature)指数、南方涛动指数、太阳黑子指数以及海冰数据,使用相关分析、场分析等方法,初步探讨全球季风变化的影响因素。结果表明:(1)标准化风场季节变率定义下的季风区包含了全球大部分的季风区,主要有热带季风区、副热带季风区和温寒带季风区。季风降水定义的季风区基本覆盖了典型季风区,主要分布在热带和副热带地区;(2)在全球尺度上,季风强度和季风面积具有显著年际变化特征,且在1978—2013年间,全球季风强度呈减弱趋势,全球季风面积趋势则相反;(3)全球季风强度变化与Ni■o-3.4 SST指数和太阳黑子指数以及喀拉海、巴伦支海海域的海冰密集程度存在正向变化关系,与格陵兰海、楚科奇海海域的海冰密集程度呈负向变化关系。     

白令海峡入流水影响下的楚科奇海海冰面积时空变化特征

利用美国国家冰雪中心的Bootstrap海冰密集度卫星遥感资料分析1991—2015年楚科奇海海冰覆盖面积的时空变化特征,并探讨白令海峡入流水对海冰面积变化的作用机制。楚科奇海海冰覆盖面积月距平以0.7%×a~(–1)的速度减小,从2002年开始维持负距平特征。白令海峡入流水的热通量及其在楚科奇海的环流路径显著影响楚科奇海海冰的时空变化。海冰面积变化与入流水热通量具有高相关性(R=–0.86),夏季(5—8月)两者的相关性更加显著,热通量增加对海冰面积显著减小起关键作用。楚科奇海海冰分布减小的区域与白令海峡入流水环流特征和分布关系密切, 5—7月海冰分布在入流水三条主要流动路径上(海渃德海谷、中央通道、巴罗海谷)的季节特征和年际变化最为显著。海冰面积及分布对入流水的响应均有1—2月的滞后。     

北冰洋入海径流变化状况及其与近岸海冰关系

北极入海径流是北冰洋最主要的淡水来源之一,也是影响北极变化的重要因素。利用Dai和Trenberth发布的1979—2010年全球河流流量和陆地径流数据集、全球径流数据中心(GRDC)数据集和美国国家冰雪中心数据集,以入海口位置划分研究区域为楚科奇海区、东西伯利亚海区、拉普捷夫海区和喀拉海区;以流量特征,选取注入北冰洋的前12条大河中的6条主要河流为代表,采用Mann-Kendall趋势分析方法,检测了不同海区入海径流在不同季节的变化特征及趋势,并对其与边缘海区海冰覆盖面积的关系进行分析。结果表明:所有河流的季节特征明显且一致,径流量集中在4—11月, 6月前后的洪峰流量远大于春季和秋季的径流量,且叶尼塞河和勒拿河洪峰时期的流量是其他河流的3—4倍。径流季节变化明显,在全球变暖的影响下,径流总体呈现显著增长趋势,春季径流量增加最为明显,其中东西伯利亚海域入海径流增长最快。楚科奇海春季径流量与融化开始时间显著相关,径流量每增加5.9 km3·a–1,海冰融化时间提前一天。东西伯利亚海夏季径流量与融化开始时间(8月)显著相关,径流量每增加30.7km3·a–1,海冰融化时间提前一天。东西伯利亚海8月最大日径流量与当月冰情显著相关,最大日径流量发生时间平均提前于海冰低谷发生时间8天。不考虑其他因素的情况下,最大日径流量每增加15.7km3·a–1,海冰低谷距平降低1%,表明其促进融冰期海冰的融化,导致冰情减轻。东西伯利亚海秋季径流的增大加速了结冰后期海冰的冻结。     

北极海冰密度变化分析及其对海冰厚度估算的影响

海冰密度是海冰和气候模型的重要物理变量,也是利用卫星测高数据估算海冰厚度的关键参数。目前各国北极科学考察虽开展了海冰物理观测,但对近期北极海冰密度现场观测资料的综合分析和挖掘应用不足。在此背景下,收集了近15年来北极海冰密度现场观测资料,分析北极海冰密度的变化特征;对海冰密度实测数据进行克里金插值,将插值结果输入静力平衡方程模型计算海冰厚度,探讨海冰密度对海冰厚度卫星测高反演的影响。结果表明, 2000—2015年北极海冰密度变化范围为750—950 kg·m–3,1—9月海冰密度总体上随月份变化呈减小的趋势;6—9月北极海冰密度随着纬度的增加而减少(75°N—90°N);通过对比分析表明,相较于使用海冰密度固定值参与估算海冰厚度,采用经现场观测数据空间插值后的海冰密度估算海冰厚度的结果更为准确。北极海冰密度现场观测资料的整理分析可为海冰与气候变化等进一步研究提供参考。     

气候系统模式对于北极海冰模拟分析

利用全球耦合模式对比计划第五阶段(CMIP5)模拟试验的结果,并与观测资料对比分析,评估了CMIP5模式对北极海冰的模拟效果。结果表明:多数模式可以较好地模拟出北极海冰的空间分布以及季节变化特征。1979—2005年北极海冰迅速减少,所有模式均模拟出北极海冰减少的趋势,但减少趋势大小与观测差别较大。在全球变化的背景下,全球地表气温升高1℃,北极海冰的面积减少1.02×106km2,而在模式中减少的北极海冰面积在0.62×106—1.68×106km2之间,说明模式对于北极海冰的模拟仍然存在很多不确定性。     

南北极海冰变化及其影响因素的对比分析

海冰是海洋-大气交互系统的重要组成部分,与全球气候系统间存在灵敏的响应和反馈机制。本文选用欧洲空间局发布的1992—2008年海冰密集度数据分析了南北极海冰在时间和空间上的变化规律与趋势,并结合由美国环境预报中心(National Centers for Environmental Prediction,NCEP)和美国大气研究中心(National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR)联合制作的NCEP/NCAR气温数据和ENSO指数探讨了南北极海冰变化的影响因素。结果表明,北极海冰面积呈明显的减少趋势,其中夏季海冰最小月的减少更快。北冰洋中央海盆区、巴伦支海、喀拉海、巴芬湾和拉布拉多海的减少最明显。南极海冰面积呈微弱增加趋势,罗斯海、太平洋扇区和大西洋扇区的海冰增加。北极海冰面积与气温有显著的滞后1个月的负相关关系(P0.01)。北极升温显著,北冰洋中央海盆区、喀拉海、巴伦支海、巴芬湾和楚科奇海升温趋势最大,海冰减少很明显。南极在南大西洋、南太平洋呈降温趋势,海冰增加。北极海冰减少与39个月之后ONI的下降、40个月之后SOI的上升密切相关;南极海冰增加与7个月之后ONI的下降、6个月之后SOI的上升存在很好的响应关系。南北极海冰变化与三次ENSO的强暖与强冷事件有很好的对应关系。     

北半球夏季中高纬度大气阻塞对北极海冰变化的影响

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析逐日500 h Pa高度场资料,对北半球夏季中高纬度大气阻塞特征进行统计分析,发现大气阻塞活动频率高的地区主要集中在白令海峡区域、鄂霍次克海区域、欧亚大陆区域及格陵兰区域。而通过NSIDC提供的卫星观测资料发现近30年夏季海冰容易减少的区域正好对应阻塞活动北部的高纬度地区。分别通过对以上4个区域有阻塞发生相对没有阻塞发生时的500 h Pa位势高度场、地面温度场、850 h Pa经向瞬变热通量输送和平流输送等异常变化场进行对比分析,结果发现夏季中高纬度阻塞频率的增加对海冰的减少有显著影响,主要体现在阻塞的发生发展可通过增加高纬度地面温度、对极地的热量输送和暖平流输送来加快海冰的融化。这种阻塞引起的热力作用在鄂霍次克海和欧亚大陆区域效果更为显著。     

Coordinated changes of sea ice over the Beaufort and Chukchi seas: regional and seasonal perspectives

One outstanding feature of the recent Arctic climate is the contrast of the changes of sea ice concentration and thickness between the Beaufort Sea and the Chukchi Sea. Since the Arctic Oscillation (AO) plays a critical role in driving Arctic sea ice changes and the Beaufort and Chukchi seas have been hypothesized as a region in which sea ice anomalies originate, we employed a coupled sea ice-ocean model and carried out simulations forced by the AO signal to examine sea ice changes in these regions, focusing on seasonality. With the AO phase transition from negative to positive, anticyclonic windstress weakens broadly in both winter and summer; however, the surface air temperature response shows remarkable seasonal dependence. Positive temperature anomalies spread over the entire domain in winter, while negative anomalies occur in the shelf seas in summer, although positive anomalies remain in the deep-water portion. The simulated sea ice concentration resembles the observed concentration. The strong seasonality of sea ice concentration changes suggests that accumulation of sea ice concentration in the Beaufort Sea and reduction in the Chukchi Sea are mainly produced in summer. Changes of ice thickness are robust through the seasonal cycle. Generally, sea ice dynamics play a critical role in creating the anomalous sea ice pattern and sea ice thermodynamics partially compensate the dynamically-driven changes. However, considerable seasonal differences occur.     

海冰流变学方案对比模拟试验

利用美国麻省理工学院开发的数值模式MITgcm设计了区域冰·洋耦合数值模拟试验,开展了海冰动力学过程中两种流变学方案(黏性-塑性流变学和弹性-黏性-塑性流变学)的对比研究.结果表明,两种方案模拟的海冰内部应力张量分量σ<,11>和σ<,22>总体分布形式相近.冬季,大值区主要位于加拿大北极群岛和格陵兰岛北侧以及格陵兰岛...     

2010年夏季北极冰情变化及大气环流场演变

利用美国冰雪中心(NSIDC)资料分析2010年夏季中国第4次北极科学考察期间北极海冰的冰情变化,并通过NCEP再分析资料对同时期的大气环流演变进行分析,发现6月与8月环流形势为偶极子正异常,加速了海冰的融化,其中2010年6月的海冰覆盖范围达到有历史记录以来的6月最低值;7月为低压控制,减缓了海冰覆盖范围的进一步减少...     

北极航道相关海域科学考察研究进展

我国从1999年开始已实施了四次北极科学考察,对白令海、楚科奇海、波弗特海、加拿大海盆和马卡若夫海盆进行了广泛的考察。全球变化导致的北冰洋夏季海冰覆盖面积不断减少,导致冰期以来北极东北航道和西北航道的首次同时开通。北极航道集中在陆架海域,不仅是海冰变化最为显著的海域,同时也是陆地－北冰洋相互作用最为显著的区域,对北冰洋区域气候、生态系统和生物多样性、以及经济和当地土著居民生活等具有重大影响。本文对北极航道关键海域近年来国际相关科学考察进行了总结,对科学考察背后的各国北极策略进行分析,并从科学需求的角度对我国在今后北极科学考察中针对北极航道相关海域应开展的科学考察与研究提出了相关建议。     

Contribution of a pathway through the Arctic Ocean to the recent reduction in the ice cover

The sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has been reducing and hit the low record in the summer of 2007.The anomaly was extremely large in the Pacific sector. The sea level height in the Bering Sea vs.the Greenland Sea has been analyzed and compared with the current meter data through the Bering Strait.A recent peak existed as a consequence of atmospheric circulation and is considered to contribute to inflow of the Pacific Water into the Arctic Basin.The timing of the Pacific Water inflow matched with the sea ice reduction in the Pacific sector and suggests a significant increase in heat flux.This component should be included in the model prediction for answering the question when the Arctic sea ice becomes a seasonal ice cover.     

A comparison of climate changes between Arctic and China in the last 600 years

A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, ice cores, and historical documents provide a view of China and Arctic environmental changes in the last 600 years. Many of these changes have also been identified in sedimentary and geochemical signatures in deep-sea sediment cores from the North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and Greenland and ice cores from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, confirming the linkage of environmental changes of different time scales between the Arctic and China. It is shown that the changes of precipitation, temperature and sea ice cover in Arctic were correlated with climate changes in China. This paper also developed a comparative research on the climate changes between Arctic and China both during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and the instrumental observation period. Cycles and trend of temperature variations during LIA and temperature and precipitation during the instrumental observation period are performed. We found some similarities and differences of environmental changes between Arctic and China.     

近600年来北极与中国气候变化的对比

A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, ice cores, and historical documents provide a view of China and Arctic environmental changes in the last 600 years. Many of these changes have also been identified in sedimentary and geochemical signatures in deep-sea sediment cores from the North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and Greenland and ice cores from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, confirming the linkage of environmental changes of different time scales between the Arctic and China. It is shown that the changes of precipitation, temperature and sea ice cover in Arctic were correlated with climate changes in China. This paper also developed a comparative research on the climate changes between Arctic and China both during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and the instrumental observation period. Cycles and trend of temperature variations during LIA and temperature and precipitation during the instrumental observation period are performed. We found some similarities and differences of environmental changes between Arctic and China.     

Changes in the global cryosphere and their impacts: A review and new perspective

As one of the five components of Earth's climatic system, the cryosphere has been undergoing rapid shrinking due to global warming. Studies on the formation, evolution, distribution and dynamics of cryospheric components and their interactions with the human system are of increasing importance to society. In recent decades, the mass loss of glaciers, including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, has accelerated. The extent of sea ice and snow cover has been shrinking, and permafrost has been degrading. The main sustainable development goals in cryospheric regions have been impacted. The shrinking of the cryosphere results in sea-level rise, which is currently affecting, or is soon expected to affect, 17 coastal megacities and some small island countries. In East Asia, South Asia and North America, climate anomalies are closely related to the extent of Arctic sea ice and snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere. Increasing freshwater melting from the ice sheets and sea ice may be one reason for the slowdown in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the Arctic and Southern Oceans. The foundations of ports and infrastructure in the circum-Arctic permafrost regions suffer from the consequences of permafrost degradation. In high plateaus and mountainous regions, the cryosphere's shrinking has led to fluctuations in river runoff, caused water shortages and increased flooding risks in certain areas. These changes in cryospheric components have shown significant heterogeneity at different temporal and spatial scales. Our results suggest that the quantitative evaluation of future changes in the cryosphere still needs to be improved by enhancing existing observations and model simulations. Theoretical and methodological innovations are required to strengthen social economies' resilience to the impact of cryospheric change.     

Holocene climate and environmental history of East Greenland inferred from lake sediments

Prediction of future Arctic climate and environmental changes, as well as associated ice-sheet behavior, requires placing present-day warming and reduced ice extent into a long-term context. Here we present a record of Holocene climate and glacier fluctuations inferred from the paleolimnology of small lakes near Istorvet ice cap in East Greenland. Calibrated radiocarbon dates of organic remains indicate deglaciation of the region before ~10,500 years BP, after which time the ice cap receded rapidly to a position similar to or less extensive than present, and lake sediments shifted from glacio-lacustrine clay to relatively organic-rich gyttja. The lack of glacio-lacustrine sediments throughout most of the record suggests that the ice cap was similar to or smaller than present throughout most of the Holocene. This restricted ice extent suggests that climate was similar to or warmer than present, in keeping with other records from Greenland that indicate a warm early and middle Holocene. Middle Holocene magnetic susceptibility oscillations, with a ~200-year frequency in one of the lakes, may relate to solar influence on local catchment processes. Following thousands of years of restricted extent, Istorvet ice cap advanced to within 365 m of its late Holocene limit at ~AD 1150. Variability in the timing of glacial and climate fluctuations, as well as of sediment organic content changes among East Greenland lacustrine records, may be a consequence of local factors, such as elevation, continentality, water depth, turbidity, and seabirds, and highlights the need for a detailed spatial array of datasets to address questions about Holocene climate change.