次天气尺度与中尺度正、斜压模演变揭示的武汉暴雨过程

利用滤波原理提取出大气流场中的次天气尺度和中尺度信息，再把大尺度和中尺度水平风场分别分解为正压分量（垂直平均）和斜压分量（扰动）流场。对1998年7月21～22日发生在武汉附近的强暴雨过程进行了次天气尺度与中尺度流场正、斜压分量演变特征的分析。结果表明：次天气尺度与中尺度流场正压分量的演变与此次强暴雨的酝酿、发展和消亡具有内在的联系；次天气尺度与中尺度流场高层200hPa斜压分量很强，低层850hPa正压分量很强；次天气尺度与中尺度流场斜压性占主导地位，随着暴雨的发展，中尺度流场的正压性减弱而斜压性进一步增强，而次天气尺度流场的正压性增强而斜压性减弱。以上结论对于揭示中尺度暴雨过程发生发展的本质有一定的意义。     

阻塞过程中正斜压涡度拟能相互转换机制的重要性

使用正斜压涡度拟能方程对一次乌拉尔山阻塞过程的研究表明，虽然正、斜压涡度拟能向阻塞区内的净输送、阻塞区域内正斜压涡度拟能的净生成以及β效应是阻塞环流建立、维持和崩溃的基本能源，但正斜压涡度拟能相互转换机制则是阻塞过程得以形成的根本原因。如果没有正斜压涡度拟能相互转化机制，则阻塞环流不但不能形成，反而使大气的斜压性不断增强，正压性不断减弱。     

阻塞过程的正、斜压涡度拟能场诊断研究

应用正、斜压涡度拟能方程，对1998年6月3～11日发生在鄂霍次克海的一次阻塞环流进行诊断。结果表明:阻塞区内总涡度拟能和正压涡度拟能具有显著的变化，它清楚地揭示了阻塞过程中酝酿、维持和崩溃阶段中的不同特征，而正、斜压动能所显示的阻塞过程的变化特征则不明显。正、斜压涡度拟能场相互转换及阻塞区内外正、斜压涡度拟能场的净通量机制是鄂霍次克海阻塞环流建立和维持的两项主要因子。其过程是:首先通过斜压涡度拟能净通量机制，使斜压涡度拟能增长；又通过正斜压涡度拟能场的转换机制将增长的斜压涡度拟能转为正压涡度拟能；与此同时，通过正压涡度拟能净通量机制使正压涡度拟能增长。这两种不同的机制相互结合，从而使正压涡度拟能增长和维持，形成阻塞环流。而斜压涡度拟能增长甚微。     

全国各省市气象科技期刊文摘

1 阻塞过程中正斜压涡度拟能相互转换机制的重要性 《山东气象》2002年第3期 朱乾根 南京气象学院 210044 摘要 使用正斜压涡度拟能方程对一次乌拉尔山阻塞过程的研究表明,虽然正、斜压涡度拟能向阻塞区内的净输送、阻塞区域内正斜压涡度拟能的净生成以及β效应是阻塞环流建立、维持和崩溃的基本能源,但正斜压涡度拟能相互转换机制则是阻塞过程得以形成的根本原因。如果没有正料压涡度拟能相互转化机制,则阻塞环流不但不能形成,反而使大气的斜压性不断增强,正压性不断减弱。     

鄂霍茨克海阻高发展过程的正斜压涡度和涡度拟能的演变特征

用正斜压分解法，对1998年发生在鄂霍茨克海的阻高进行涡度和涡度拟以分析，结果发现：在阻高的不同阶段，正压涡度和正压涡度拟能远大于斜压涡度和斜压涡度拟能且在不同的阶段有着不同的演变过程；在阻塞的酝酿阶段正压和斜压涡度和涡度拟能不稳定增长，且向西南传播；在维持阶段，正压和斜压涡度和涡度拟能的增长达到最大值，阻塞形势建立并维持在阻塞区域内；在消亡阶段，正压涡度和涡度拟能与斜压涡度拟能则呈现出不稳定减少，向东南传播，阻塞崩溃，然后又增长。     

鄂霍茨克海阻高发展过程的正斜压涡度和涡度拟能的演变特征

用正斜压分解法,对1998年发生在鄂霍茨克海的阻高进行涡度和涡度拟能分析,结果发现在阻高的不同阶段,正压涡度和正压涡度拟能远大于斜压涡度和斜压涡度拟能且在不同的阶段有着不同的演变过程;在阻塞的酝酿阶段正压和斜压涡度和涡度拟能不稳定增长,且向西南传播;在维持阶段,正压和斜压涡度和涡度拟能的增长达到最大值,阻塞形势建立并维持在阻塞区域内;在消亡阶段,正压涡度和涡度拟能与斜压涡度和涡度拟能则呈现出不稳定减少,向东南传播,阻塞崩溃,然后又增长.     

正、斜压涡度拟能相互作用对乌拉尔阻塞过程的影响

研究表明,正压涡度拟能的增强和减弱是乌拉尔山上空阻塞过程的重要特征,正压涡度拟能增强的主要机制是斜压涡度拟能向正压涡度拟能的转换,而斜压涡度拟能的来源则是阻塞区外斜压涡度拟能向阻塞区的净输送和阻塞区内斜压涡度拟能的净生成。正压涡度拟能减弱的主要机制足耗散机制和β效应。因此。阻塞过程是正、斜压涡度拟能相互作用的结果。纬向斜压风对斜压涡度的输送在阻塞的维持和崩溃中具有重要的作用,经向斜压风对斜压涡度的输送在阻塞环流的建立中具有重要的作用,经向正压风对正压涡度拟能的净输送和斜压风对涡度拟能的净输送也具有重要贡献。     

大气环流的正斜压流型特征与季风类型

利用 NCEP/NCAR的 1 982～ 1 994年全球 1 2层等压面上的风场资料 ,计算了大气流场的正压分量 (即质量加权垂直平均 )和斜压分量 (即各层实际风与正压分量的差值 ) ,分析了全球冬夏季正斜压流场的分布特征 ,并从地面风场的正斜压流型角度对全球季风进行了分类。指出 :斜压流场和正压流场的季节变化都可以产生冬夏季盛行风向的反转 ,因而都能够产生季风。斜压流场反映了大气中不均匀加热 (主要是海陆热力差异 )所驱动的热力环流 ,而正压流场则主要代表动力作用所产生的环流 ,这对认识季风的性质很有意义。进一步分析表明 :亚洲热带地区、非洲、南美等典型季风区属斜压流型季风区 ,南、北半球太平洋中部的副热带地区也为季风区 ,但属正压流型季风区 ,而东亚副热带地区则属正斜压流型共同组成的混合流型季风区。     

两层海洋对风场气候异常响应的解析解及其讨论

利用一个β通道线性化两层正压准平衡海洋模型,解析求解了两层海洋流场对时变风场(风场异常)的响应,得到了时变风场强迫下该海洋流场响应的斜压模态,而该模型中的正压模态则因其与实际情况不符,应弃之.在海洋上层该斜压模态中,西边界附近的海洋流场响应表现为一对由气旋性曲率和反气旋性曲率组成的涡旋偶;在时刻t=0和t=T/2(T为风场变化周期),β通道中线上分别有西风异常和东风异常最大,故响应表现为东向流和西向流;而在β通道的南北侧边界上响应表现为逆流;此时响应变化较缓慢,但强度大.在时刻t=T/4和t=3 T/4,虽无大气风场异常强迫,但因海洋运动的惯性,响应仍不为0;此时,响应变化较剧烈,但强度小,且.其流向也发生反转,这时上述涡旋偶也表现得最清晰.存海洋下层,海洋流场响应的强度和时间变化与上层相似,但流向却相反,而这体现了响应的斜压性.该海洋流场响应的频率与时变风场异常的频率相同,但存在位相差.因模型中采用了无辐散近似,故响应的性质为准平衡涡旋波,当风应力强迫和瑞利摩擦不太大时,即为海洋Rossby波.对该流场响应的振幅做了估计,发现风应力越大,β通道半宽越大,耗散越小,风应力变化的频率越低,则该响应就越大;在其他因子相同时,低频的风应力异常比高频的能激发出更大的海洋流场响应.得到的斜压模态的解析解与中纬度北太平洋在日本本州岛以东、以南的实际海洋上层流场异常相像,故其在一定程度上能够反映中纬度北太平洋海洋上层流场对实际风应力异常的响应情况;且其较我们以前得到的结果要优,适用性也更广,而这有助于揭示该响应的性质和机理.     

中亚低压东移的动力学分析

本文根据热成风适应原理,分析了中亚低压的东移问题。结果表明,温度场扰动的斜压发展与流场扰动的正压发展的两种热成风平流过程,对于东移低压和不东移低压的作用是完全不同的。     

Effect of Baroclinicity on Vortex Axisymmetrization. Part Ⅰ:Barotropic Basic Vortex

The barotropic and baroclinic disturbances axisymmetrized by the barotropic basic vortex are examined in an idealized modeling framework consisting of two layers. Using a Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approach, the radial propagation of a baroclinic disturbance is shown to be slower than a barotropic disturbance, resulting in a slower linear axisymmetrization for baroclinic disturbances. The slower-propagating baroclinic waves also cause more baroclinic asymmetric kinetic energy to be transferred directly to the barotropic symmetric vortex than from barotropic disturbances, resulting in a faster axisymmetrization process in the nonlinear baroclinic wave case than in the nonlinear barotropic wave case.     

Effect of Baroclinicity on Vortex Axisymmetrization.Part Ⅰ：Barotropic Basic Vortex

The barotropic and baroclinic disturbances axisymmetrized by the barotropic basic vortex are examined in an idealized modeling framework consisting of two layers.Using a Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approach,the radial propagation of a baroclinic disturbance is shown to be slower than a barotropic disturbance,resulting in a slower linear axisymmetrization for baroclinic disturbances.The slower-propagating baroclinic waves also cause more baroclinic asymmetric kinetic energy to be transferred directly to the barotropic symmetric vortex than from barotropic disturbances,resulting in a faster axisymmetrization process in the nonlinear baroclinic wave case than in the nonlinear barotropic wave case.     

BAROTROPIC AND BAROCLINIC PATTERNS OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS RELATED TO MONSOON TYPES*

In the context of 1982-1994 NCEP/NCAR wind at 12-level isobaric surfaces on a global basis calculation is made of the barotropic(mass-weighed vertical mean) and baroclinic components(difference between the actual wind at each level and barotropic component) of atmospheric flow fields,followed by dealing with the distribution features of barotropic and baroelinie patterns globally in winter and summer,alongside with the classification of global monsoons according to the surface barotropic/baroclinic patterns.Evidence suggests that the seasonal variation of both components will lead to the reversal of a prevailing wind between winter and summer,thus causing a related monsoon:the baroclinie flow pattern is indicative of a thermal circulation driven by atmospheric inhomogeneous heating chiefly from land-sea thermal contrast whilst the barotropic counterpart represents the result mainly from dynamic effects,which is helpful to the understanding of monsoon nature.And further study shows that the classical monsoon regions in tropical Asia,Africa and South America fall into a baroclinic category,those in the bi-hemispheric subtropical Pacific into a barotropic type and the East Asian subtropical monsoon generated underthe joint action of both the patterns falls into a mixed category.     

东亚季风区的季风类型

从地面流场正、斜压分量的冬夏季节转换的特征 ,对东亚至西太平洋季风区季风的性质进行了分析研究。结果表明 :这一地区的季风可分为 3种类型 :南海、华南沿海和低纬西太平洋主要为斜压流型季风区 ;华北北部、东北地区沿海主要为正压流型季风区 ;我国东部沿海和长江流域以及 2 7°N附近的西太平洋地区为正斜压流型共同形成的混合型季风区。     

Charney's Model—the Renowned Prototype of Baroclinic Instability—Is Barotropically Unstable As Well

The Charney model is reexamined using a new mathematical tool, the multiscale window transform(MWT), and the MWT-based localized multiscale energetics analysis developed by Liang and Robinson to deal with realistic geophysical fluid flow processes. Traditionally, though this model has been taken as a prototype of baroclinic instability, it actually undergoes a mixed one. While baroclinic instability explains the bottom-trapped feature of the perturbation, the second extreme center in the perturbation field can only be explained by a new barotropic instability when the Charney–Green number γ 1, which takes place throughout the fluid column, and is maximized at a height where its baroclinic counterpart stops functioning.The giving way of the baroclinic instability to a barotropic one at this height corresponds well to the rectification of the tilting found on the maps of perturbation velocity and pressure. Also established in this study is the relative importance of barotropic instability to baroclinic instability in terms of γ. When γ 1, barotropic instability is negligible and hence the system can be viewed as purely baroclinic; when γ 1, however, barotropic and baroclinic instabilities are of the same order;in fact, barotropic instability can be even stronger. The implication of these results has been discussed in linking them to real atmospheric processes.     

时变涡动输送和阻高形成──1980年夏中国的持续异常天气

１９８０年６至８月发生在中国的持续时间长、强度大的南方低温洪涝及北方高温干旱天气与中高纬地区阻塞高压在东北亚持续发展维持有关。本文研究了时变天气系统的输送过程在强迫阻高形成中的作用。结果表明，源于欧洲强斜压带上的天气尺度扰动在东传过程中出现动能转化。这种转化满足双向法则：在向小尺度系统转化的同时，还向时间平均西风急流及大尺度的阻塞系统输送能量。位涡分析也表明，天气尺度系统维持着急流轴南侧的反气旋式平均位涡和北侧的气旋式平均位涡，并在急流分流区下游激发出高纬强烈的反气旋性涡度增长和相应的正变高。研究表明，这种波流相互作用激发阻高增长的过程比著名的１９７６年夏西欧阻高的发展还强烈得多。因此，在研究中国北方的持续异常天气形势时，除了注意热带、副热带系统的动态外，还必须注意欧洲及西亚地区强斜压带的发展及其上天气尺度系统的传播和输送特征。     

Influence of bottom topography roughness on the jet and inertial recirculation of a mid-latitude gyre

Several numerical experiments are conducted to examine the influence of mesoscale, bottom topography roughness on the inertial circulation of a wind-driven, mid-latitude ocean gyre. The ocean model is based on the quasi-geostrophic formulation, and is eddy-resolving as it features high vertical and horizontal resolutions (six layers and a 10 km grid). An antisymmetrical double-gyre wind stress curl forces the baroclinic modes and generates a strong surface jet. In the case of a flat bottom, inertia and inverse energy cascade force the barotropic mode, and the resulting circulation features strong, barotropic, inertial gyres. The sea-floor roughness inhibits the inertial circulation in the deep layers; the barotropic component of the flow is then forced by eddy-topography interactions, and its energy concentrates at the scales of the topography. As a result, the baroclinicity of the flow is intesified: the barotropic mode is reduced with regard to the baroclinic modes, and the bottom flow (constrained by the mesoscale sea-floor roughness) is decoupled from the surface flow (forced by the gyre-scale wind). Rectified, mesoscale bottom circulation induces an interfacial form stress at the thermocline, which enhances horizontal shear instability and opposes the eastward penetration of the jet. The mean jet is consequently shortened, but the instantaneous jet remains very turbulent, with meanders of large meridional extent. The sea-floor roughness modifies the energy pathways, and the eddies have an even more important role in the establishment of the mean circulation: below the thermocline, rectification processes are dominant, and eddies transfer energy toward permanent mesoscale circulations strongly correlated with topography, whereas above the thermocline mean flow and eddy generation are influenced by the mean bottom circulation through interfacial stress. The topography modifies the vorticity of the barotropic and highest baroclinic modes. Vorticity accumulates at the small topographic scales, and the vorticity content of the highest modes, which is very weak in the flat-bottom case, increases significantly. Few changes occur in surface-intensified modes. In the deep layers of the model, the inverse correlation between relative vorticity and topography at small scales ensures the homogenization of the potential vorticity, which mainly retains the largest scales of the bottom flow and the scale of β.