"碧利斯"(2006)台风低压暴雨数值模拟试验

利用NECP 1°×1°的6h分析资料,采用中尺度数值预报模式WRF对2006年7月16~19日“碧利斯”(2006)台风低压引发的暴雨天气过程进行了数值模拟。结果表明,WRF模式对这次暴雨过程的雨带位置和走向均有较好的模拟,对这次暴雨过程中尺度天气系统的发生、发展及加强均在模拟结果中有所显现。     

一次梅雨锋暴雨过程的中尺度对比模拟分析

使用新一代细网格WRF中尺度数值模式和MM5（V3）模式，对2003年7月4～6日发生在江淮流域的一次梅雨锋暴雨过程进行了数值模拟对比分析。结果表明：WRF和MM5都能较好的模拟这次暴雨过程雨带的分布和走向，而WRF能更好的模拟降水中心的位置和雨量；与暴雨过程相联系的低空急流和涡度场等分布特征的模拟，WRF模式亦优于MM5模式。此外，在云贵高原东麓山地，与WRF模式相比，MM5模式在低层模拟出虚假的低压环流，这可能与两模式所采用的垂直坐标差异有关。对WRF的模拟结果分析发现，700hPa湿位涡异常区与暴雨发生区对应很好。     

WRF和MM5模式对辽宁暴雨模拟的对比分析

用近年开发的新一代中尺度预报模式WRF(Weather Research Forecast)和已被广泛应用的MM5模式分别模拟研究了2002年8月3~4日发生在辽宁的一次区域性暴雨过程。模拟结果显示WRF模式能够比较成功地反映出导致暴雨发生的高低空环流背景和暴雨的分布状况;WRF和MM5模拟结果的对比分析表明:由于WRF的动力框架具有一定的优越性使得模式结果得到改善,在前处理和所选物理过程相同的情况下,WRF模式对能够代表本次暴雨过程中中尺度天气系统的高度场、风场、散度场、水汽通量场以及垂直速度场等物理量的模拟效果要好于MM5。高空形势场的影响使WRF模拟的降水落区和强度更接近实况。     

一次典型东北冷涡暴雨的数值模拟及诊断分析

利用中尺度数值模式WRF,模拟了黑龙江省2004年8月28～29日出现的暴雨过程,并对此次过程进行诊断分析。结果表明。WRF中尺度模式能够较好的模拟冷涡暴雨天气,并从暴雨形成的辐合辐散、水汽、垂直速度等物理量诊断分析此次暴雨过程的演变及物理特征。     

98.7湖北特大暴雨的天气分析与降水模拟

1998年7月20～23日，湖北省南部发生了一次持续性特大暴雨过程，采用双向嵌套的非静力中尺度数值模式(MM5)对这次强暴雨过程进行初步模拟试验。结果表明，粗、细网格均能较好地模拟出雨带的走向和变动以及武汉地区的暴雨中心，尤其是嵌套域(细网格)模拟的降水强度比粗网格有明显改进，和实际观测结果更接近；另外，对引发这次特大暴雨的对流层低层的中尺度系统也能够很好地模拟出来。     

一次高空槽降水过程的数值模拟分析

2009年8月18日夜间到19日凌晨,陕西及山西发生了一次暴雨过程,对这次暴雨过程的环流形势进行了分析,结果表明:这次暴雨过程对应有高空浅槽和低空涡旋,低空环流基本为经向型,暴雨过程发生在低空涡旋附近。利用WRF中尺度非静力模式对这次暴雨过程进行了模拟。通过模式输出的高分辨率资料进行了广义位温及动力学涡度矢量(VDV)的诊断分析。主要结果有:山西附近暴雨对应有明显的中尺度涡旋和中尺度强风速中心,模拟的3 km高度三个方向的VDV分量中,x和z方向分量的负值区与降水区域对应,而y方向分量的正值区与降水区域对应。z方向分量虽然量级较大,但用来对暴雨落区的诊断并不十分完美。VDV水平方向两个分量均为垂直     

西藏林芝地区一次暴雨过程的中尺度模拟与分析

利用常规观测资料、FY-2E卫星观测的TBB资料,对2015年8月19日发生在林芝地区的一次暴雨过程进行天气分析,并利用中尺度数值模式WRF的模拟结果分析此次暴雨过程中尺度系统的结构特征。结果表明,此次暴雨过程发生在高原低涡切变的环流形势下,伴随辐合线发展的线状对流系统是此次暴雨发生的主要原因。WRF模式可较好地模拟出暴雨过程的环流形势和降水的落区、量级。西南风引导的暖湿气流为暴雨的发生、发展提供充沛的水汽条件;对中尺度结构的分析表明,低层辐合、高层辐散的结构以及在降水区存在的正涡度伴随强烈的上升运动为此次暴雨过程提供了有利的动力条件,假相当位温的分布能够为暴雨提供有利的热力条件,垂直螺旋度低层正中心的配置反映出大气的不稳定分布,有利于中尺度对流系统的发展与维持。     

"98.5"华南前汛期暴雨的非静力数值模拟和中尺度系统分析

为了对华南暴雨进行深入的数值模拟研究,在对1998年5月23～24日(简称“98．5”)华南暴雨进行天气分析的基础上,利用非静力中尺度数值模式MM5对该次暴雨过程进行了数值模拟。数值模拟结果和客观分析结果的比较表明,模拟结果可以再现造成暴雨的大、中尺度环流条件。造成此次暴雨的中尺度系统具有暖心高湿结构,高空辐散,低空辐合及对应的强上升运动和气旋性涡柱是造成这次暴雨的动力学机制,低空偏南气流对这次暴雨的产生和发展起着重要的作用。模拟的降水中心与观测的较接近,位置略偏南、偏西,雨量略小,但降水时段和雨区模拟较好。降水发生在喇叭口等有利地形;高低分辨率的地形资料对本次降水的模拟结果影响不大。     

用WRF与MM5模拟1998年三次暴雨过程的对比分析

使用NCAR和NOAA的新一代中尺度模式WRF(WeatherResearchandForecast)和UCAR/PSU的MM5 (v3)模式 ,对 1998年发生在中国的三次强降水过程 ,即 5月的 1次华南暴雨过程 ,7月初的 1次淮河流域暴雨过程和 7月下旬的 1次长江流域暴雨过程进行了数值模拟。模拟结果表明 ,WRF模式能够成功模拟这几次不同性质的降水过程 ;与MM5对比 ,WRF更好地模拟了引起这几次降水过程中的主要天气系统的位置和移动过程 ,从而使WRF模拟的降水落区好于MM5。但在这几次过程中WRF模拟的降水都较MM 5为小 ,也小于实况值 ,分析可见 ,WRF模拟的垂直速度明显小于MM5的模拟结果 ,这可能是导致模拟的降水偏小的原因之一。     

中国暴雨中尺度系统发生与发展的诊断分析和数值模拟(Ⅱ)数值模拟

通过改进的MM4中尺度数值模式，对我国三次典型大暴雨过程的模拟，来探讨暴雨中尺度系统发生与发展的问题。主要结果指出:气旋性涡柱在不稳定暖湿气柱内生成和发展，以及与整个涡柱共存的上升运动的持续加强，对暴雨中尺度系统的发展具有重要的作用；地面热通量，凝结潜热释放对暴雨中尺度系统的发展有决定性的作用；各种不同的物理过程和参数化、青藏高原的构形造成的外强迫影响，以及模式空间分辨率等，对暴雨中尺度系统结构与演变以及降雨量的模拟结果均有重要的作用。     

CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS OF CLIMATIC EXTREMES IN CHINA DURING 1959–2014

The spatial and temporal variations of daily maximum temperature(Tmax), daily minimum temperature(Tmin), daily maximum precipitation(Pmax) and daily maximum wind speed(WSmax) were examined in China using Mann-Kendall test and linear regression method. The results indicated that for China as a whole, Tmax, Tmin and Pmax had significant increasing trends at rates of 0.15℃ per decade, 0.45℃ per decade and 0.58 mm per decade,respectively, while WSmax had decreased significantly at 1.18 m·s~(-1) per decade during 1959—2014. In all regions of China, Tmin increased and WSmax decreased significantly. Spatially, Tmax increased significantly at most of the stations in South China(SC), northwestern North China(NC), northeastern Northeast China(NEC), eastern Northwest China(NWC) and eastern Southwest China(SWC), and the increasing trends were significant in NC, SC, NWC and SWC on the regional average. Tmin increased significantly at most of the stations in China, with notable increase in NEC, northern and southeastern NC and northwestern and eastern NWC. Pmax showed no significant trend at most of the stations in China, and on the regional average it decreased significantly in NC but increased in SC, NWC and the mid-lower Yangtze River valley(YR). WSmax decreased significantly at the vast majority of stations in China, with remarkable decrease in northern NC, northern and central YR, central and southern SC and in parts of central NEC and western NWC. With global climate change and rapidly economic development, China has become more vulnerable to climatic extremes and meteorological disasters, so more strategies of mitigation and/or adaptation of climatic extremes,such as environmentally-friendly and low-cost energy production systems and the enhancement of engineering defense measures are necessary for government and social publics.     

LOW-FREQUENCY CIRCULATION AND EXTENDED-RANGE FORECAST IN CONNECTION WITH AUTUMN EXTREME HEAVY RAINFALL PROCESS IN HAINAN

Observed daily precipitation data from the National Meteorological Observatory in Hainan province and daily data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis-2 dataset from 1981 to 2014 are used to analyze the relationship between Hainan extreme heavy rainfall processes in autumn (referred to as EHRPs) and 10–30 d low-frequency circulation. Based on the key low-frequency signals and the NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) model forecasting products, a dynamical-statistical method is established for the extended-range forecast of EHRPs. The results suggest that EHRPs have a close relationship with the 10–30 d low-frequency oscillation of 850 hPa zonal wind over Hainan Island and to its north, and that they basically occur during the trough phase of the low-frequency oscillation of zonal wind. The latitudinal propagation of the low-frequency wave train in the middle-high latitudes and the meridional propagation of the low-frequency wave train along the coast of East Asia contribute to the ‘north high (cold), south low (warm)’ pattern near Hainan Island, which results in the zonal wind over Hainan Island and to its north reaching its trough, consequently leading to EHRPs. Considering the link between low-frequency circulation and EHRPs, a low-frequency wave train index (LWTI) is defined and adopted to forecast EHRPs by using NCEP CFSv2 forecasting products. EHRPs are predicted to occur during peak phases of LWTI with value larger than 1 for three or more consecutive forecast days. Hindcast experiments for EHRPs in 2015–2016 indicate that EHRPs can be predicted 8–24 d in advance, with an average period of validity of 16.7 d.     

AN ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN THE BEIJING–TIANJIN–HEBEI REGION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

Based on the measurements obtained at 64 national meteorological stations in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region between 1970 and 2013, the potential evapotranspiration (ET0) in this region was estimated using the Penman–Monteith equation and its sensitivity to maximum temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), wind speed (Vw), net radiation (Rn) and water vapor pressure (Pwv) was analyzed, respectively. The results are shown as follows. (1) The climatic elements in the BTH region underwent significant changes in the study period. Vw and Rn decreased significantly, whereas Tmin, Tmax and Pwv increased considerably. (2) In the BTH region, ET0 also exhibited a significant decreasing trend, and the sensitivity of ET0 to the climatic elements exhibited seasonal characteristics. Of all the climatic elements, ET0 was most sensitive to Pwv in the fall and winter and Rn in the spring and summer. On the annual scale, ET0 was most sensitive to Pwv, followed by Rn, Vw, Tmax and Tmin. In addition, the sensitivity coefficient of ET0 with respect to Pwv had a negative value for all the areas, indicating that increases in Pwv can prevent ET0 from increasing. (3) The sensitivity of ET0 to Tmin and Tmax was significantly lower than its sensitivity to other climatic elements. However, increases in temperature can lead to changes in Pwv and Rn. The temperature should be considered the key intrinsic climatic element that has caused the "evaporation paradox" phenomenon in the BTH region.     

ANALYSIS OF “BIMODAL PATTERN” STORM ACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

Storms that occur at the Bay of Bengal (BoB) are of a bimodal pattern, which is different from that of the other sea areas. By using the NCEP, SST and JTWC data, the causes of the bimodal pattern storm activity of the BoB are diagnosed and analyzed in this paper. The result shows that the seasonal variation of general atmosphere circulation in East Asia has a regulating and controlling impact on the BoB storm activity, and the “bimodal period” of the storm activity corresponds exactly to the seasonal conversion period of atmospheric circulation. The minor wind speed of shear spring and autumn contributed to the storm, which was a crucial factor for the generation and occurrence of the “bimodal pattern” storm activity in the BoB. The analysis on sea surface temperature (SST) shows that the SSTs of all the year around in the BoB area meet the conditions required for the generation of tropical cyclones (TCs). However, the SSTs in the central area of the bay are higher than that of the surrounding areas in spring and autumn, which facilitates the occurrence of a “two-peak” storm activity pattern. The genesis potential index (GPI) quantifies and reflects the environmental conditions for the generation of the BoB storms. For GPI, the intense low-level vortex disturbance in the troposphere and high-humidity atmosphere are the sufficient conditions for storms, while large maximum wind velocity of the ground vortex radius and small vertical wind shear are the necessary conditions of storms.     

Revisiting the Concentration Observations and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Ammonia

正While China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan on particulate matter since 2013 has reduced sulfate significantly, aerosol ammonium nitrate remains high in East China. As the high nitrate abundances are strongly linked with ammonia, reducing ammonia emissions is becoming increasingly important to improve the air quality of China. Although satellite data provide evidence of substantial increases in atmospheric ammonia concentrations over major agricultural regions, long-term surface observation of ammonia concentrations are sparse. In addition, there is still no consensus on     

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A Brief Introduction to Marine Meteorological Science Experiment Base at Bohe Town,Maoming City,Guangdong Province

<正>With the support of specialized funds for national science institutions,the Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology,China Meteorological Administration set up in October 2008 an experiment base for marine meteorology and a number of observation systems for the coastal boundary layer,air-sea flux,marine environmental elements,and basic meteorological elements at Bohe town,Maoming city,Guangdong province,in the northern part of the South China Sea.     

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