Thermal radiative fluxes through inhomogeneous cloud fields: a sensitivity study using a new stochastic cloud generator

We analyze the effects of flat and bumpy top, fractional and internally inhomogeneous cloud layers on large area-averaged thermal radiative fluxes. Inhomogeneous clouds are generated by a new stochastic model: the tree-driven mass accumulation process (tdMAP). This model is able to provide stratocumulus and cumulus cloud fields with properties close to those observed in real clouds. A sensitivity study of cloud parameters is done by analyzing differences between 3D fluxes simulated by the spherical harmonic discrete ordinate method and three “standard” models likely to be used in general circulation models: plane-parallel homogeneous cloud model (PPH), PPH with fractional cloud coverage model (FCPPH) and independent pixel approximation model (IPA). We show that thermal fluxes are strong functions of fractional cloud coverage, mean optical depth, mean geometrical thickness and cloud base altitude. Fluctuations of “in-cloud” horizontal variability in optical depth and cloud-top bumps have negligible effects in the whole. We also showed that PPH, FCPPH and IPA models are not suitable to compute thermal fluxes of flat top fractional inhomogeneous cloud layer, except for completely overcast cloud. This implies that horizontal transport of photon at thermal wavelengths is important when cloudy cells are separated by optically thin regions.     

大陆性积云不同发展阶段宏观和微观物理特性的飞机观测研究

2014年7月3日,山西省人工降雨防雹办公室在该省忻州地区开展了国内首次大陆性积云飞机穿云探测。本文利用机载云物理探测资料,分析研究了不同发展阶段的积云宏、微观物理特性,主要结论有:（1）初生发展阶段的积云水平尺度约为8.2 km×5.5 km（经向×纬向,下同）,云厚约2 km;云中以小云粒子为主,云滴凝结增长;水平方向上,云液水含量（LWC）和粒子浓度（N_c）的最大值均位于云体中心位置;垂直方向上,云水分布相对均匀,但随着高度增加,云粒子浓度变小,粒子尺度增大;粒子谱符合伽马分布,峰值量级为102 cm-3 μm-1,谱宽在100 μm以下。（2）成熟阶段的积云水平尺度约为4.6 km×10 km,云厚约4 km;云内可以观测到积冰和雨线;小云粒子浓度随高度增加起伏变化,3600 m、4100 m和4900 m高度处存在峰值;大云粒子浓度随高度先增加后减小,最大值出现云底以上1.6 km高度,云底以上1.3 km高度附近有降水粒子形成;粒子谱呈多峰分布,暖区符合伽马分布,冷区为伽马分布和M-P分布相结合,且随着高度的增加拓宽,4400 m高度以下的谱宽小于200 μm。（3）消散阶段积云尺度约为11 km×5.6 km,云厚约2 km,云下有降水粒子存在。     

降水条件下的云雷达与微波辐射计反演液态水含量对比分析

为了发展云雷达与微波辐射计联合反演液态水含量的方法, 利用2019年4—9月中国气象科学研究院在广东龙门开展的综合观测试验中的双波段云雷达和微波辐射计数据, 首先检验了在降水条件下微波辐射计天顶观测和斜路径观测两种探测模式反演温度(T)、相对湿度(RH)、液态水含量(LWC)和液态水路径(LWP)的合理性, 然后分析了两种探测设备反演LWC和LWP的差别。得到以下结论: (1)微波辐射计在斜路径观测模式下反演的产品受降水影响较小, 其反演结果明显优于天顶观测模式; (2)两种探测设备反演的LWP相关性较好且随时间变化较为一致, 但云雷达反演LWP与平均回波强度有明显相关, 随着雷达回波强度的增大, 云雷达与微波辐射计反演的LWP之比越大; (3)两种探测设备反演的LWC相关性较差且存在明显偏差, 在不考虑融化层的情况下单波段云雷达反演LWC与微波辐射计随高度变化趋势相近, 双波段云雷达反演LWC与微波辐射计反演结果在1 km及其以上区间存在明显差异。      

华北地区一次气溶胶与浅积云微物理特性的飞机观测研究

2014年8月15日,山西省人工降雨防雹办公室在山西忻州开展了气溶胶和浅积云的飞机观测,本文利用机载云物理资料,详细分析了华北地区气溶胶、云凝结核（CCN）和浅积云微物理特性及其相互影响。主要结论有:（1）此次过程的边界层高度约为3600 m,不同层结情况下,0.1～3 μm尺度范围内的气溶胶粒子浓度N_a、有效直径D_a和CCN数浓度的垂直廓线明显不同,近地面N_a可达2500 cm?3。（2）CCN的主要来源为积聚模态、爱根模态或者核模态的气溶胶颗粒,0.2%过饱和度下,气溶胶活化率（AR）在各高度层的结果变化不大;0.4%过饱和度下,AR随着高度增加而降低。（3）后向轨迹模式分析表明,2 km以下的气溶胶主要来自于当地城市排放,由细颗粒污染物组成;2 km以上的气溶胶主要来源于中国西北和蒙古地区的沙漠,由亚微米沙尘组成,溶解度相对较低,可作为潜在的冰核。（4）本文细致分析了两块相邻浅积云（Cu-1和Cu-2）的云物理特性。Cu-1云底高度约4500 m,云厚约600 m,云体松散,夹卷较多;云中液态含水量（LWC）基本保持在0.5 g m?3,云粒子浓度N_c平均值为278.3 cm?3,云滴有效直径D_c整体在15 μm以内;毛毛雨滴粒子浓度最大值为0.002 cm?3,云中几乎无降水粒子;粒子谱宽随着高度增加而增大,主要集中在30 μm以内。Cu-2云底高度约3900 m,云厚约1200 m,云体密实;云中过冷水丰沛,LWC有多个超过1 g m?3的区域,云顶附近出现冰晶,云中粒子从凝结增长状态直接进入到混合相态;积云内部粒子水平分布不均,同一高度N_c相差较大,最大可达1240 cm?3。D_c随着高度增加而增大;粒子谱宽随着高度增加而拓展,最大可达1100 μm,谱型由单峰向多峰转变;降水粒子和冰晶图像大多为霰粒子、针状和板状。     

湖南秋季积层混合云系飞机人工增雨作业方法

统计分析2007—2016年秋季湖南省长沙市地面气象观测资料、湖南省飞机人工增雨作业资料, 得到湖南省秋季积层混合云系的降水分布情况、一般结构特征和相应的飞机增雨作业方法。使用多普勒天气雷达、GRAPES_CAMS数值模式和中小尺度气象站网等资料对典型作业天气过程进行云降水物理和数值模拟分析, 采用成对对流云和基于TREC算法的回波跟踪等方法进行作业效果评估。归纳得到湖南省秋季积层混合云系人工增雨作业条件判别的12个宏微观指标, 探讨在使用运7飞机、碘化银烟条作业装备条件下, 开展飞机增雨作业的最佳催化时机、部位和剂量。针对积层混合云系中的降水性层状云系、积云对流泡, 飞机增雨适宜作业的区域、播撒高度和催化剂量:在过冷高层云的-15~-5℃层, 播撒达到30 L-1的人工冰晶浓度; 在过冷积云的-15~-7℃层, 静力催化使冰晶浓度达到30 L-1或动力催化达到100 L-1。这些方法在实践中取得了较好的人工增雨作业效果。     

Cloud Classification and Distribution of Cloud Types in Beijing Using Ka-Band Radar Data

A cloud clustering and classification algorithm is developed for a ground-based Ka-band radar system in the vertically pointing mode. Cloud profiles are grouped based on the combination of a time–height clustering method and the k-means clustering method. The cloud classification algorithm, developed using a fuzzy logic method, uses nine physical parameters to classify clouds into nine types: cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus,cumulus or cumulonimbus. The performance of the clustering and classification algorithm is presented by comparison with all-sky images taken from January to June 2014. Overall, 92% of the cloud profiles are clustered successfully and the agreement in classification between the radar system and the all-sky imager is 87%. The distribution of cloud types in Beijing from January 2014 to December 2017 is studied based on the clustering and classification algorithm. The statistics show that cirrostratus clouds have the highest occurrence frequency(24%) among the nine cloud types. High-level clouds have the maximum occurrence frequency and low-level clouds the minimum occurrence frequency.     

Aircraft Measurements of Cloud–Aerosol Interaction over East Inner Mongolia

To investigate the potential effects of aerosols on the microphysical properties of warm clouds, airborne observational data collected from 2009 to 2011 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China, were statistically analyzed in this study. The results demonstrated that the vertical distribution of the aerosol number concentration(N_a) was similar to that of the clean rural continent. The average aerosol effective diameter(D_e) was maintained at approximately 0.4 μm at all levels. The data obtained during cloud penetrations showed that there was a progressive increase in the cloud droplet concentration(N_c) and liquid water content(LWC) from outside to inside the clouds, while the Nawas negatively related to the Ncand LWC at the same height. The fluctuation of the N_a, Ncand LWC during cloud penetration was more obvious under polluted conditions(Type 1) than under clean conditions(Type 2). Moreover, the wet scavenging of cloud droplets had a significant impact on the accumulation mode of aerosols, especially on particles with diameters less than 0.4 μm. The minimum wet scavenging coefficient within the cloud was close to 0.02 under Type 1 conditions, while it increased to 0.1 under Type 2 conditions,which proved that the cloud wet scavenging effect under Type 1 conditions was stronger than that under Type 2 conditions.Additionally, cloud droplet spectra under Type 1 conditions were narrower, and their horizontal distributions were more homogeneous than those under Type 2 conditions.     

Some physical aspects of summer monsoon clouds—comparison of cloud model results with observations

The physical characteristics of the summer monsoon clouds were investigated. The results of a simple cloud mod-el were compared with the aircraft cloud physical observations collected during the summer monsoon seasons of 1973,1974,1976 and 1981 in the Deccan Plateau region.The model predicted profiles of cloud liquid water content (LWC) are in agreement with the observed profiles. There is reasonable agreement between the model predicted cloud vertical thickness and observed rainfall.The observed cloud-drop spectra were found to be narrow and the concentration of drops with diameter >20μm is either low or absent on many occasions. In such clouds the rain-formation cannot take place under natural atmos-pheric conditions due to the absence of collision-coalescence process. A comparison of the model predicted and ob-served rainfall suggested that the precipitation efficiency in cumulus clouds of small vertical thickness could be as low as 20 per cent.The clouds forming in the Deccan Plateau region during the summer monsoon are, by and large, cumulus and strato-cumulus type. The vertical thickness of the cumulus clouds is in the range of 1.0-2.0 km. The LWC is found to be more in the region between 1.6-1.9 km A. S. L., which corresponds to the level at almost 3 / 4 th of the total verti-cal thickness of the cloud and thereafter the LWC sharply decreased. Nearly 98 per cent of the tops of the low clouds in the region are below freezing level and the most frequent range of occurrence of these cloud-tops is in the range of 2.0-3.0 km A. S. L.. The dominant physical mechanism of rain-formation in these summer monsoon clouds it the col-lision-coalescence process.     

Evaluation of radiative parameterizations using an explicit cloud microphysical model

Based on the simulations with a 3-D large-eddy simulation model of marine cloud-topped boundary layer that includes explicit cloud physics formulation, we have evaluated the effect of spatial inhomogeneities in cloud macro- and microstructure on the performance of parameterizations of optical depth commonly used in large-scale models. We have shown that an accurate parameterization of the grid average optical depth alone is not sufficient for correct determination of cloud transmittance to solar radiation due to the non-linear dependence between these two variables.The problem can be solved by introducing the “equivalent” value of optical depth that differs from the ordinarily defined mean optical depth by a factor α_t, that depends on the degree of cloud inhomogeneity and ranges from about 2 in the cumulus case to about 1.3 in the stratiform case.The accuracy of cloud optical depth parameterizations commonly employed in largescale models has been evaluated using the data from the explicit microphysical model as a benchmark for comparison. It has been shown that in the cumulus cloud case the parameterized expressions can err by as much as 100%. The error is smaller for more uniform stratiform clouds, where the error for some parameterizations varied in the 10–40% range. The best results are given by parameterizations that account for vertical stratification of parameters on which they are based. However, the error given by a particular parameterization varies and is different at cloud and surface levels. The results show the limitations of the existing simplified parameterizations and illustrate the scope and complexity of the cloud radiation parameterization problem.     

Ground-based remote sensing of LWC in cloud and rainfall by a combined dual-wavelength radar-radiometer system

This paper describes the retrieval procedure of liquid water content (LWC) in cloud or rainfall distri-bution by a combination of microwave radiometry and radar and its numerical simulation. The per-formance of a combined dual-wavelength (35.0& 9.375 GHz) radar-radiometer system for the remote sensing of cloud LWC and rainfall is given. During the two summers of 1980 and 1981, the preliminary obser-vations of different clouds and storms by the combined system and combined radar-radiometric cloud and rain parameter retrievals are carried out. Research results show that by the use of the combined radar-radiometric method, improvement are obtained in accuracy of rms LWC and rainfall over the pure radio-metric technique or the radar alone.     

降水性层状云微物理结构个例分析

对2000年4月14日河南省一次降水性层状云系进行了飞机探测。利用探测所取得的微物理资料，配合同期的天气、卫星、雷达等资料对云的微物理特征进行了分析，讨论了云中液态水含量、云粒子平均直径和粒子谱等的水平和垂直微物理结构特征。     

毫米波云雷达功率谱密度数据的检验和 在弱降水滴谱反演中的应用研究

本文首先利用数值模拟的方法,分析了利用毫米波云雷达功率谱密度反演雨滴谱时,降水粒子米散射效应、空气湍流、空气上升速度等对雨滴谱和液态水含量等参数反演的影响;建立了功率谱密度处理及其直接反演雨滴谱、液态水含量、降水强度和空气上升速度的方法;并利用2012年7月在云南腾冲观测的二次弱降水数据,采用毫米波雷达和Ku波段微降水雷达观测的回波强度、径向速度垂直廓线以及780 m高度上的功率谱密度对比的方法,以及毫米波云雷达观测的780 m高度上功率谱密度、回波强度与地面雨滴谱计算得到的这些量的对比方法,分析了毫米波雷达数据的可靠性;并将780 m高度上毫米波雷达反演的雨滴谱与地面雨滴谱数据进行了对比,分析了毫米波雷达反演的雨滴谱的准确性;分析了毫米波雷达回波强度偏弱的原因,讨论了该高度以下降水对毫米波雷达衰减的影响。结果表明:空气湍流对弱降水微物理参数反演影响不大,而空气上升速度和米散射效应均对反演结果有一定影响;毫米波雷达观测到的径向速度和功率谱密度与微降水雷达比较一致,回波强度的垂直廓线的形状与微降水雷达也比较一致,但毫米波雷达观测的回波强度偏弱;与雨滴谱计算值相比,毫米波雷达观测的低层的回波强度也偏弱,天线上的积水是造成毫米波雷达回波强度变弱的主要原因。毫米波雷达观测的低层的功率谱密度与地面雨滴谱观测的数据形状比较一致,但有一定的位移。毫米波雷达反演的雨滴谱与地面观测的谱型和粒子大小也比较一致。这些结果初步验证了毫米波雷达观测的功率谱密度及其反演方法的可靠性。     

三维雷达反射率资料用于层状云和对流云的识别研究

基于层状云和对流云的雷达反射率分布的三维形态特征，提出了识别层状云和对流云的6个候选识别参数，它们分别是:组合反射率及其水平梯度，反射率因子等于35 dBZ的回波顶高及其水平梯度、垂直累积液态水含量及其密度。通过分析候选识别参数分布图和选取的反射率垂直剖面图，用人机交互方式挑选“真实的”层状云和对流云区，统计这6个候选识别参数分布的概率密度特征；最后确定把分布概率密度更集中的组合反射率水平梯度、35 dBZ的回波顶高的水平梯度和垂直累积液态水含量密度作为识别参数，利用模糊逻辑法进行层状云和对流云的识别。用三个个例进行了识别试验，并把用模糊逻辑法识别的结果与用改进的巅峰值法识别的结果进行了比较，结果表明:用模糊逻辑法和改进的巅峰值法都能合理地识别大部分层状云和对流云；由于改进的巅峰值法只考虑了反射率分布的二维形态特征，它容易把对流核的外围识别成层状云，把厚实的层状云识别成对流云，而考虑了反射率分布的三维形态特征的模糊逻辑法在这两个方面有很大改善。     

双偏振雷达对一次水凝物相态演变过程的分析

联合利用3 GHz双偏振雷达RHI探测数据和温度廓线数据, 建立了云粒子相态反演的模糊逻辑算法, 算法采用Beta型成员函数, 成员变量包括:水平反射率因子、线性退偏比、差分反射率及温度0℃,-40℃对应高度, 反演出的相态包括毛毛雨、雨、低密度干冰晶、高密度干冰晶、湿冰晶、干霰、湿霰、小冰雹、大冰雹、雨夹雪和液态云滴等11种, 并利用雷达的连续探测数据对一次层状云降水过程中水凝物相态的演变情况进行了分析, 得到如下结果:初始阶段层状云相态呈现分层结构, 从上至下依次为高密度干冰晶、湿冰晶和液态云滴; 初始阶段云体中的回波大值区核心区域为大的冰相粒子, 其余部分为液态粒子; 在初始到成熟阶段演变中, 回波大值区上部液态粒子逐步向冰相转化; 消散阶段云中零度层亮带逐步消失, 零度层以上云粒子结构呈现高密度干冰晶包裹湿冰晶的情况。关键词:双偏振雷达; 模糊逻辑; 水凝物相态反演; 层状云降水过程; 水凝物相态演变     

机载W波段雷达衰减订正方法的不同云型模拟对比研究

为了探讨适用于机载W波段(94 GHz,3.2 mm)测云雷达的衰减订正算法,根据大气和云的毫米波衰减理论,模拟在5种典型参数情况下的非降水云雷达回波强度,基于回波强度Z与云衰减系数k_c之间的关系,使用解析法等5种衰减订正算法进行回波订正试验,寻求最优k_c-Z关系系数,同时研究改变云液态水含量和云滴数密度(使典型云变成为非典型云)对订正效果的影响。结果表明,W波段k_c-Z关系系数a=5.096 5和b=0.491 9适用的云型接近于典型层积云,而逐库类法订正效果优于解析法和迭代法。在使用最佳k_c-Z关系系数情况下,5种订正算法对典型云的订正效果都较好,即使云厚增加到典型云厚度的2倍,订正误差仍小于5%。对于改变云液态水含量、云滴数密度、云厚度而表示的非典型云,虽然逐库法订正结果略优于逐库近似2法和逐库近似1法,但效果相近,在云不太厚时订正误差均小于10%。如果用“φ≤10%或20%”来评价其适用范围更广些,优于解析法和迭代法。但逐库类法对云液态水含量较敏感,导致“可订正厚度”减小、误差增大。因此,要尽量做好云型和云液态水含量的估算。      

A new model of tropical waves incorporating momentum mixing by cumulus convection

A comparison is made between the magnitudes of observed large-scale weather waves over the tropical Pacific and the magnitudes of the corresponding waves, predicted by wave-CISK theories, which are driven by the observed amount of latent heating (i.e., precipitation). The theoretical wave fields of meridional velocity, vorticity, and temperature rate are shown to exceed the observed quantities by an order of magnitude. An attempt is made to simulate the observed balance between the diabatic heating and adiabatic cooling within the context of the inviscid theories. For a broad class of heating profiles, geometries and basic states, it is found that this compensation without temperature change cannot be satisfactorily modelled, regardless of the vertical shape of the heating, when the vertical wavelength of the disturbance exceeds about 6 km.Scale analysis demonstrates that an important dynamical term has been neglected in the inviscid models, viz., the vertical transport of horizontal momentum by cumulus clouds. When this process is included in the wave model, velocities, relative vorticity, and the time rate of temperature change are all comparable to the observed values. The general behavior of a system where both forcing and cumulus “friction” are proportional to each other has not been previously examined. We find the behavior of such a system to have several novel features. For example, we find that for a wide range of precipitation amplitudes (from 1/4 to 4 times the precipitation amplitudes of waves in the western Pacific) we get essentially constant amplitudes for wind. The implications of this and other features for various aspects of tropical wave modelling are discussed.     

一次西风槽过程过冷云水分布特征观测研究

过冷云水生消演变规律是云物理学和人工影响天气的重要研究领域。根据Hobbs 1974年提出的假定,利用飞机、卫星、雷达和雨量计等观测资料,对2012年9月21日河北一次西风槽天气过程进行观测研究,分析其过冷云水分布特征及演变规律。结果表明,槽前云系过冷水区宽厚并且过冷水含量较高,云滴浓度和均立方根直径较大并且均匀,冷云区厚而且没有分层,没有暖云配合;近槽云系中冷云区小粒子浓度降低但云滴直径增大,冷云区夹有干层,云系变厚出现暖云配合,冷暖云液态水含量较高,冷暖云区大粒子和降水粒子浓度和尺度增大,中尺度云团移动较快;槽后云系中云滴浓度最大,但云滴均立方根直径明显减小,过冷水区出现的高度下降、厚度很薄、过冷水含量较低,冷、暖云之间有干层,暖云对应的大粒子浓度和降水粒子浓度非常大,地面降水主要由暖云过程产生;云水(过冷水)含量峰值常出现在云内逆温层的上方;利用云粒子测量系统(PMS)资料分析过冷云水生消演变特征与卫星和雷达资料具有较高的一致性。     

一次冷锋云系的宏微观物理特征分析

利用常规气象资料、自动站资料、卫星云图、CINRAD-SA多普勒天气雷达资料以及NCEP再分析资料,结合飞行探测数据,对影响2011年4月17日河北抚宁县森林大火的一次冷锋云系进行分析.结果表明:1)宏观分析,过程降水的水汽仅来自冷锋自身所携带的微弱水汽,水汽辐合值较小,不利降水;2)微观分析,冷锋层状云系在水平和垂直方向上存在较薄的过冷水云区,小粒子数浓度大于20 cm^-3的云区占一定比例.飞机催化作业后,雷达回波强度增强,CAS(云气溶胶粒子探头)探测的小粒子数浓度、云含水量及粒子平均直径均有明显变化,说明该次冷锋云系有一定的增雨潜力.     

Microphysical and optical features of polluted cooling tower clouds

In November 1993 an airborne field study was performed in order to investigate the microphysical and radiative properties of cooling tower water clouds initiated by water vapour emissions and polluted by the exhaust from coal-fired power plants. The number-median diameter of the droplet size distributions of these artificial clouds was in the range of 13 μm. The concentration of smaller droplets (diameters d_D < 10 μm) increased with height and horizontal distance from the cooling towers. Close to the cooling towers, bimodal spectra were found with a second mode at 19 μm. The liquid water content (LWC) ranged between 2 and 5 g/m³ and effective droplet radii (R_e) between 6 and 9 μm were measured. LWC and R_e decreased with altitude, whereas the droplet concentration (N_D) remained approximately constant (about 2000 cm⁻³ ). An enrichment of interstitial aerosol particles with particle diameters (d_p) smaller 0.2 μm compared to the power plant plume in the vicinity of the clouds was observed. Particle activation for d_m > 0.3 μm. was evident, especially in cooling tower clouds further apart and separated from their sources. Furthermore, radiation measurements were performed, which revealed differences in the vertical profiles of downwelling solar and UV radiation flux densities inside the clouds.The effective droplet radius R_e was parameterized in terms of LWC and N_D using equations known from literature. The close agreement between measured and parameterized Re indicates a similar coupling of R_e, LWC and N_D as in natural clouds.By means of Mie calculations, volume scattering coefficients and asymmetry factors are derived for both the cloud droplets and the aerosol particles. For the cloud droplets, the optical parameters were described by parameterizations from the literature. The results show, that the link between radiative and microphysical properties of natural clouds is not changed by the extreme pollution of the artificial clouds.