多普勒雷达的速度图像特征及其在一次降雪过程中的应用

该文首先介绍了大面积降水的多普勒天气雷达径向速度PPI图像识别技术, 包括:①冷暖平流与大尺度辐合辐散运动叠加的图像特征; ②由零线的朝向和正负速度面积、径向速度值的大小判断风向风速辐合辐散的图像特征, 然后介绍了利用EVAD技术由雷达基数据定量计算大气平均散度和平均垂直速度的方法, 最后应用图像识别技术和EVAD方法对石家庄2004年冬季的一次大面积降雪过程进行了详细分析, 发现:此次大面积降雪过程有明显的辐合辐散图像特征, 径向速度值小, 辐合辐散弱, 始终存在暖平流。另外, 降雪强度和散度、垂直速度关系密切:辐合层厚度加大, 辐散抬高, 则降雪加强; 辐合、辐散层高度降低, 则降雪减弱。同时, 由EVAD技术定量计算的散度和相同时刻由径向速度图像产品定性分析的辐合、辐散基本一致。     

一次大到暴雪天气的多普勒雷达产品综合分析

利用常规资料和大同多普勒雷达产品,对2009年11月9日一10日发生在大同地区的大到暴雪天气过程进行综合分析。结果表明：地面回流和高低空急流是产生强降雪的主要原因;较大降雪回波与连续性降雨回波存在相同特点;利用大面积降水的多普勒天气雷达径向速度PPI图像识别技术,定性分析此次降雪的冷暖平流与大尺度辐合辐散运动叠加的图像特征和由零线的朝向和正负速度面积、径向速度值的大小判断风向风速辐合辐散的图像特征,与根据零速度线的弯曲程度以及一定距离圈上零速度点与雷达中心连线的夹角推导出的定量计算大气辐合辐散值的算法计算出的大气平均散度值相比较,表明两种方法具有很好的一致性,可以在实际工作中对辐合、辐散快速判断。由重新处理雷达原始资料求得每半小时的雷达风廓线资料,可以清楚地展示强降雪的风场的垂直结构及其变化特点,直观地反映出降水过程中的风场变化特征。     

大同市一次暴雪天气过程多普勒雷达速度特征

利用高空、地面环流形势图、欧洲数值预报产品和大同地区C波段单多普勒雷达产品中的反射率因子、径向速度和VWP产品,对2009年 11月9-10日发生在大同地区的大到暴雪天气过程进行综合分析。结果表明：地面回流和高低空急流是产生强降雪的主要原因;较大降雪回波与连续性降雨回波存在相同特点;利用大面积降水的多普勒雷达PPI径向速度零线的朝向、正负速度面积和径向速度值的大小定性判断辐合辐散图像特征与根据零速度线的弯曲程度、一定距离圈上零速度点与雷达中心连线夹角计算出的辐散值相比较,表明两种方法具有很好的一致性,可以在实际工作中对辐合、辐散快速判断。由重新处理雷达原始资料求得每30 min的雷达风廓线资料,可以清楚地展示强降雪的风场的垂直结构及其变化特点,直观地反映出降水过程中的风场变化特征。     

大同市一次暴雪天气过程多普勒雷达速度特征

利用高空、地面环流形势图、欧洲数值预报产品和大同地区C波段单多普勒雷达产品中的反射率因子、径向速度和VWP产品,对2009年11月9—10日发生在大同地区的暴雪天气过程进行综合分析。结果表明：地面回流和高低空急流是产生强降雪的主要原因;较大降雪回波与连续性降雨回波存在相同特点。利用大面积降水的多普勒雷达PPI径向速度零线的朝向、正负速度面积和径向速度值的大小定性判断辐合辐散图像特征与根据零速度线的弯曲程度、一定距离圈上零速度点与雷达中心连线夹角计算出的辐散值相比较,表明两种方法具有较好的一致性,可以在实际工作中对辐合、辐散快速判断。由重新处理的雷达原始资料求得每30 min的雷达风廓线资料,可以清楚地展示强降雪风场的垂直结构及其变化,直观地反映降水过程中的风场变化特征。     

用雷达反演资料诊断江苏地区一次暴雨过程

对2010年7月12日发生在江苏中部地区一次暴雨天气过程产生的原因、多普勒雷达图像产品特征及由雷达数据反演的物理量场进行了诊断分析和定量评估,得出如下结论:雷达径向速度图像特征变化反映了风场辐合辐散特征的变化,有助于了解雨势增减情况。多普勒雷达径向速度提取的散度数据与NCEP散度数据整体趋势上是一致的,但辐合辐散中心区位置及强度存在差别,雷达反演散度强度较NCEP大4~5倍,天气过程变化期间两者散度在垂直高度场的配置调整均能反映降水动力场变化;400hPa及以下高度反演的平均散度更可信;对于雨强小于等于16mm/h的降水天气过程效果更好。由雷达基数据定量计算得到的平均散度特征和垂直速度随时间和高度的变化,能较好的反映出强降水过程的动力学特性;雷电频次与强降水出现时次有一定相关性,约有1~2h提前量,雷电发生随时间演变与雷达回波强度时空分布较为吻合,云底动能施力参量一定程度可以描述闪电增长情况,较降雨量约有40min左右的提前量,有一定预警能力。     

多普勒雷达速度图像识别及散度提取方法研究

大尺度风场往往是冷暖平流与大尺度辐合辐散运动相结合的结果,因此将大尺度风场的多普勒雷达速度特征提炼成以下4种类型:(1)暖平流与辐合迭加;(2)冷平流与辐合迭加;(3)暖平流与辐散迭加;(4)冷平流与辐散迭加。不同类型的风场引起零速度线不同的弯曲特征,对判断大尺度风场的辐合辐散有着指示作用。根据零速度线的弯曲程度以及一定距离圈上零速度点与雷达中心连线的夹角等,首先推导出定量计算大气辐合辐散值的算法,然后提出利用逐个调整法识别零速度点的方法。根据该算法,结合零速度点的识别技术,提出了图像识别原理与方法步骤。据此,能够从多普勒雷达基数据中提取出大气平均散度,得到大尺度天气系统不同高度的散度值,并进一步提出了散度平面位置显示(divergence PPI)的概念。通过实例,根据散度PPI与速度PPI的对比,分析了图像识别的效果,并将图像识别法提取的散度值与EVAD技术提取的散度值进行了对比分析。     

一次阵风锋的观测实例和分析

针对2007年3月2日-4日出现在黄土高原干旱地区的一次大范围较强降雨过程,利用常规气象观测资料和多普勒雷达监测资料进行了分析,发现：这次降雨为积层混合云降水,在强度PPI上具有回波范围大,分布较均匀、连续,边缘不规则等连续性降雨回波特征;VIL的变化与降水发生有明显的正相关,对降水过程的发生有一定的指示意义;多普勒径向速度的PPI图像中各个圈层正、负速度值的大小和同一风速值所对应的面积大小可以判断各个高度层风向、风速的辐合辐散;由零速度线的走向可以定性判断辐合辐散与冷暖平流,进而推断降水的生消。通过对此次降水个例的分析,探讨了春季强降雨过程的雷达图像特征,为干旱区春季大面积降水预报积累经验、提供一定的参考依据。     

一次暴雨的湿位涡分析及EVAD技术应用

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料和实测资料对2004年6月24-25日的一次江苏暴雨过程进行了分析,并且根据湿位涡守恒原理和倾斜涡度发展理论,对这次暴雨过程中的湿位涡进行了诊断分析,结果表明:此次暴雨由中尺度低涡、切变线直接触发产生;西南低空急流的稳定维持为这次暴雨的发生提供了重要的水汽条件;当负湿位涡向上的扰动高度增加、强度增强,高低空正负湿位涡区配合较好时常会出现强降水.另外,利用EVAD技术由多普勒雷达基数据定量计算了这次过程的平均散度场,通过分析其演变情况,发现:低层散度场由辐散逐渐向辐合过渡、高层散度场由辐合逐渐向辐散过渡时,预示着强降水将要发生,如果出现相反的变化趋势,则降水减弱或停止;低层由辐散向辐合、高层由辐合向辐散的转折出现时间早于强降水出现的时间,对强降水产生有预示作用,对预报员准确作出短时临近预报预警具有重要实际应用价值.     

多普勒雷达对华北春季强降水过程的动力学诊断

主要应用多普勒雷达基数据资料,结合天气图实况物理量场,对2004年4月25日出现在华北区域的一次大范围较强降雨过程进行了分析。应用MGS法改进的EVAD技术,计算出垂直高度层的平均散度和平均垂直速度,初步分析了此次降水过程的动力学特征。发现由雷达数据计算出的散度和垂直速度与天气图吻合得非常好,而且降水的雨强和雷达探测范围内各高度层的辐合、辐散有比较密切的关系,这为预报降雨生消以及有效地实施人工增雨作业提供了一定的理论依据。     

暴雨的多普勒天气雷达速度辐合风场特征

多普勒天气雷达探测大范围强降水时,其多普勒速度回波特征既不同于单纯的暖(冷)平流的特征(S或反S形)也不同于纯粹的大尺度辐合(散)运动特征(弓状), 而是暖(冷)平流和辐合(散) 两种运动相结合的风场(称之为复合风场)所产生的多普勒速度特征.应用天津塘沽新一代天气雷达资料,并结合自动气象站资料和改进的EVAD 技术,分析2005年8月16日发生在海河流域的一次大范围、长时间的强降雨天气过程的多普勒天气雷达资料.结果表明:(1)当低层出现暖平流和辐合运动相结合的复合风场特征时,即多普勒天气雷达速度场产品表现为自雷达中心开始,在同一距离圈上,一侧的零速度线弯向正速度区的顺转程度明显大于另一侧的零速度线弯向负速度区的顺转程度,即负速度区面积大于正速度区的面积时,降水就增强或维持.(2)当低层出现暖平流和辐散运动相结合的复合风场特征时,对应降水减弱或停止.这种对雷达速度场的辐合辐散分析将对大范围强降水的形成、发展、维持和消散具有很好的临近预报指示作用.     

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.     

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     

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.     

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