长江三角洲城市群对夏季日降水特征影响的模拟研究

利用耦合了单层城市冠层模型UCM的中尺度模式WRF,探讨了长江三角洲地区城市化对夏季日降水特征的影响。结果表明,WRF模式能较好地再现长三角地区2003—2007年夏季降水的空间分布,比较成功地模拟出了降水中心的位置及强度。城市化使得长三角地区夏季降水日数减少了1～5 d,这种降水日数的减少主要是由于城市化使小雨日数减少引起。城市化增强了长三角大部分地区的日降水强度。进一步对长三角地区4个典型城市群宁镇扬、苏锡常、上海和杭州湾城市群进行了夏季降水日变化分析,得出城市化对降水日变化的影响存在一定的区域差异。对于长三角整个大城市群,城市化对降水量、降水强度日峰值出现时刻以及降水强度日峰值大小无明显影响,而使得降水量日峰值减少。城市化使得苏锡常地区降水量日峰值略有增加,宁镇扬和上海地区降水量日峰值都减小,而杭州湾城市群区降水量日峰值出现时刻延后。城市化使得4个典型城市群降水强度日变化曲线形态发生改变,使得上海地区降水强度日峰值出现时刻延后,使得杭州湾城市群区夜雨增强。     

长江三角洲城市群对夏季日降水特征

利用耦合了单层城市冠层模型UCM的中尺度模式WRF,探讨了长江三角洲地区城市化对夏季日降水特征的影响。结果表明,WRF模式能较好地再现长三角地区2003—2007年夏季降水的空间分布, 比较成功地模拟出了降水中心的位置及强度。城市化使得长三角地区夏季降水日数减少了1～5 d,这种降水日数的减少主要是由于城市化使小雨日数减少引起。城市化增强了长三角大部分地区的日降水强度。进一步对长三角地区4个典型城市群宁镇扬、苏锡常、上海和杭州湾城市群进行了夏季降水日变化分析,得出城市化对降水日变化的影响存在一定的区域差异。对于长三角整个大城市群,城市化对降水量、降水强度日峰值出现时刻以及降水强度日峰值大小无明显影响,而使得降水量日峰值减少。城市化使得苏锡常地区降水量日峰值略有增加,宁镇扬和上海地区降水量日峰值都减小,而杭州湾城市群区降水量日峰值出现时刻延后。城市化使得4个典型城市群降水强度日变化曲线形态发生改变,使得上海地区降水强度日峰值出现时刻延后,使得杭州湾城市群区夜雨增强。     

中国不同纬度城市群对夏季短期高温天气影响的模拟研究

本文利用中尺度WRF v3.2模式,通过改变中国东部京津冀、长三角、珠三角3个典型城市群下垫面类型,对大规模城市化效应进行模拟研究,探究不同纬度(不同背景环流场)不同规模的城市群发展对短期夏季高温天气的影响及可能机制,结果表明:大规模城市化后,城市扩展区近地层(地表2 m)气温均出现显著升高,城市化率越高,城市扩展面积越大,中心升温值越显著,最大升温超过了1.8℃,在不同背景风场的作用下,升温范围都向下风区扩展,长三角地区城市扩展造成的升温比京津冀强,又强于珠三角地区;城市化改变城区湿度状况,使城区出现显著干岛,湿度响应具有显著的局地性,温湿空间分布有很好的对应关系,城区整体呈现出"干暖"趋势;城市化改变地表能量平衡,使感热通量增加潜热通量减少;调整降水分布,使主城区降水较少。     

基于卫星探测资料的珠江三角洲城市群对降水影响的观测研究

利用卫星观测TRMM降水以及QuikSCAT风场资料, 对珠江三角洲地区及临近区域降水的分布特征进行了探讨, 结果表明: (1) 同一纬度相比, 珠江三角洲城市群所处的区域降水明显多于其周边地区, 表明了城市化可能会使所处区域的降水增加; (2) 珠江三角洲城市群所处区域降水的增加存在明显的季节变化特征, 在前汛期城市所处区域的降水增多较其它季节明显; (3) 珠江三角洲城市化对降水的影响与风场的分布密切关联, 降水增多的区域通常位于城市群所在之处及其下风方向的邻近地区; (4) 珠江三角洲城市化使城市群所处区域的降水时次减少, 而降水强度则加强; (5) 珠江三角洲城市群的天气、 气候效应只对对流性降水产生影响, 而层状降水的分布则与城市群的位置没有明显关联。     

中国东部不同区域城市群下垫面变化气候效应的模拟研究

本文利用法国动力气象实验室发展的大气环流模式(LMDZ)对珠江三角洲(简称珠三角)、长江三角洲(简称长三角)和北京市、天津市、河北省区域(简称京津冀)城市群下垫面变化的东亚气候进行模拟试验, 以探讨不同区域城市群下垫面变化带来的夏季气候效应及其可能机制, 结果表明:珠三角、长三角和京津冀城市群下垫面类型改变后, 地表潜热蒸发显著减少, 为了平衡地面能量收支, 地面温度升高, 进而感热通量、地表有效长波辐射增强, 地表通过升温对能量进行再分配和再平衡, 且下垫面改变引起的温度、地表能量变化基本集中于城市群下垫面变化区域, 温度响应具有显著的局地性;对比不同区域城市化温度响应的强弱, 发现各区域地表气温变化和能量变化存在较好的对应关系, 长三角、珠三角城市群的总能量变化远高于京津冀城市群, 其局地增温也是京津冀城市群的一倍以上;局地温度增加, 虽有利于低层形成热低压, 出现明显上升运动, 但蒸发减弱使局地水汽明显减少, 最终导致降水减少, 表明水汽条件改变是降水减少的主要因素。同时由于中国东部高层呈现南正北负的异常变化, 西太平洋副高加强西伸, 使降水减少区域并没有集中在局地, 特别是东部城市带试验中, 出现了东部地区大范围的降水偏少。     

长江三角洲城市带降水特征的卫星资料分析

利用TRMM卫星降水资料,结合MODIS卫星反演下垫面类型资料、USGS地形资料、NCEP再分析资料,对长江三角洲地区的降水分布特征进行了分析。结果表明：(1)长江三角洲城市群所在区域与邻近平原地区相比有明显的降水增幅,表明城市化很可能是该区域降水增加的一个重要因子;(2)太湖地区存在着明显的降水低值中心,表明大型水体...     

中国东部不同区域城市化对降水变化影响的对比研究

城市化气候效应已经成为区域气候变化中不可忽略的人为因子。根据人口总量、人口密度和MODIS LC三种不同的分类方法划分了城市站和乡村站,利用逐日降水资料探讨了我国东部长江三角洲、珠江三角洲及京津唐等三大城市群的发展对降水变化特征的可能影响,主要得到以下结论:不同区域城市化发展对降水变化的影响存在差异;1960—2009年间,长三角和珠三角城市群城市化均有使降水变化趋势增加的作用,而京津唐城市群城市化作用不明显。不同城市化发展阶段对降水变化影响也存在差异;城市化发展慢速期(1960—1979年),城乡间降水变化趋势差异不明显,城、乡间降水变化趋势差异对城、乡站分类方法很敏感;而城市化发展快速期(1980—2009年),三大城市群的城市化发展都有使降水增加的作用,且不受城、乡站分类方法的影响。      

长江三角洲城市群对夏季降水影响机制的模拟研究

利用耦合了单层城市冠层模型UCM的中尺度模式WRF,对长江三角洲城市群夏季城市化效应进行了5 a(2003—2007年)高分辨数值模拟,并作了长江三角洲地区有无城市的对比试验。结果表明,城市化使得长三角城市群及其邻近地区,夏季近地层水汽混合比呈明显减少趋势,而850~700 h Pa层的水汽混合比有所增大。通过对比有与无城市各等级降水日所对应的2 m水汽混合比,得出小雨降水日对应的2 m水汽混合比差异与总降水日对应的差异最为接近。通过分析环流场、散度场和垂直速度场发现,水汽混合比的垂直变化是由于城市群的存在使得近地层辐合、850~700 h Pa层辐散的配置增强,以及在城市群上空增强了的垂直上升运动,从而增强城区对流活动,水汽的垂直输送也更为活跃,由此可能导致对流性降水的增加。     

城市化进程对北京地区降水的影响分析

用北京20个基本气象站1978—2009年的日降水观测资料以及北京地区水文总站遍布全市的82个雨量站资料,讨论了北京地区降水分布的特征及其城市效应的影响。得到如下结论：（1）北京地区降水量的贡献以中雨以上降水为主。30多年来各级降水除了中雨趋势不明显以外,其他都呈现减小趋势。北京地区降雨量的减少,主要是由于大雨以上量级雨量减少所造成的。（2）近30 a来整个区域降水日数呈减少趋势：西部、西北部及北部山区降水日数较多,越靠近城区降水日数越少。（3）当大尺度降水系统较弱或者局地性强降水系统时,城市效应明显,即相对于区域平均而言,城区及下风方局地降雨增加;而大尺度天气系统较强时,城市效应基本被掩盖。（4）从强降水分布看,1980s以后随着城市化进城加快,短时强降雨局地性特征明显,降雨分布不均,降雨中心的面积和强度明显缩小。这种分布可以在城市热岛分布特征上得到一些合理的解释。     

中国三大城市带城市化气候效应的检测与对比

利用国家基本、基准站1951—2009的逐日气候数据和1986—2008的城市人口资料,建立了一种新的城市化指标,分析了京津冀城市带、长江三角洲城市带和珠江三角洲城市带中典型城市及区域整体的城市化特征,对三个城市群区的城市气候特征和气候效应进行了比较。结果表明：城市化使典型城市的平均气温和最低气温显著升高,城市化气候效应特征可以分为“冷季型”、“暖季型”和“过渡季节型”三种类型。长三角地区的城市化气候效应最强,京津冀次之,珠三角最弱。长三角地区与京津冀地区城市化气候效应的共同点为平均气温和夜间气温升高,春、秋两季增温显著;不同点是长三角夏季强于冬季,最高气温明显升高,京津冀冬季强于夏季,最高气温无明显变化。城市化对降水的影响在三个城市群区有着不同的特点,主要体现在极端强降水事件上。     

NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF AN EXTREME RAINSTORM OVER THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION ON 7 MAY 2017 BASED ON WRF-ENKF

An ensemble Kalman filter based on the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF-EnKF) is used to explore the effectiveness of the assimilation of surface observation data in an extreme local rainstorm over the Pearl River Delta region on 7 May 2017. Before the occurrence of rainstorm, the signals of weather forecasts in this case are too weak to be predicted by numerical weather model, but the surface temperature over the urban area are high. The results of this study show that the wind field, temperature, and water vapor are obviously adjusted by assimilating surface data of 10-m wind, 2-m temperature, and 2-m water vapor mixing ratio at 2300 BST 6 May, especially below the height of 2 km. The southerly wind over the Pearl River Delta region is enhanced, and the convergence of wind over the northern Guangzhou city is also enhanced. Additionally, temperature, water vapor mixing ratio and pseudoequivalent potential temperature are obviously increased over the urban region, providing favorable conditions for the occurrence of heavy precipitation. After assimilation, the predictions of 12-h rainfall amount, temperature, and relative humidity are significantly improved, and the rainfall intensity and distribution in this case can be successfully reproduced. Moreover, sensitivity tests suggest that the assimilation of 2-m temperature is the key to predict this extreme rainfall and just assimilating data of surface wind or water vapor is not workable, implying that urban heat island effect may be an important factor in this extreme rainstorm.     

IMPACT OF URBANIZATION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF EASTERN CHINA ON PRECIPITATION AND ITS UNCERTAINTY

Climate effect caused by urbanization has been an indispensable anthropogenic factor in the research on regional climate change. Based on daily precipitation data, possible effects of precipitation on the development of three city groups in eastern China are discussed. With three classification methods (TP, PD and MODIS land cover), urban and rural stations are identified. The main findings are as follows. Climate effects caused by urbanization are different from place to place. In 1960 to 2009, the urbanization brought more precipitation to the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta city groups but had no obvious effect on the precipitation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan city group. The difference of precipitation is slight between urban and suburban areas during slow period of the urbanization from 1960 to 1979. It is more evident in the rapid period (1980 to 2009) that urbanization has positive effects on precipitation in every city group. The difference of precipitation between urban and rural stations is sensitive to the ways of distinguishing rural from urban area, which may cause uncertainties in 1960 to 1979, while it is very different in 1980 to 2009 in which urbanization favors more precipitation in all city groups and their differences in precipitation are not sensitive to the division methods.     

Changes of atmospheric water vapor budget in the Pearl River basin and possible implications for hydrological cycle

In this study, we thoroughly analyzed abrupt behaviors, trends, and periodicity properties of water vapor flux and moisture budget entering and exiting the four edges of the Pearl River basin based on the NCAR/NCEP reanalysis dataset by using the continuous wavelet transform and the simple two-phase linear regression technique. Possible implications for hydrological cycle and water resource management of these changes are also discussed. The results indicate that: (1) the water vapor propagating through the four edges of the Pearl River basin is decreasing, and it is particularly true for the changes of the water vapor flux exiting from the north edge of the study river basin. The transition point from increase to decrease occurs in the early 1960s; (2) The wavelet transform spectra indicate that the monthly water vapor flux through the north edge decreases and this decrease is mainly reflected by intermittent distribution of the wavelet power spectra after early 1980s. The periodicity properties of the water vapor flux through the north edge imply that the northward propagation of water vapor flux decreases after the 1980s; (3) close relations between water vapor flux, precipitation and streamflow implies that the altered hydrological cycle in the Pearl River basin is mainly manifested by seasonal shifts of water vapor flux after early 1960s. One of the direct consequences of these changes of water vapor flux is the seasonal transition of wet and dry conditions across the Pearl River basin. Regional responses of hydrological cycle to climate variation/change could be different from one river basin to another. Hydrological responses of the Pearl River basin to the global warming are mainly demonstrated by seasonal shifts of precipitation changes: winter comes to be wetter and summer tends to be dryer. The finding of the seasonal transition of precipitation in the Pearl River basin is of great scientific and practical merits in basin scale water resource management in the Pearl River basin under the changing climate and global warming in particular.     

Impacts of Urbanization on the Precipitation Characteristics in Guangdong Province,China

With the development of urbanization, whether precipitation characteristics in Guangdong Province, China, from 1981 to 2015 have changed are investigated using rain gauge data from 76 stations. These characteristics include annual precipitation, rainfall frequency, intense rainfall(defined as hourly precipitation ≥ 20 mm), light precipitation(defined as hourly precipitation ≤ 2.5 mm), and extreme rainfall(defined as hourly rainfall exceeding the 99.9 th percentile of the hourly rainfall distribution). During these 35 years, the annual precipitation shows an increasing trend in the urban areas.While rainfall frequency and light precipitation have a decreasing trend, intense rainfall frequency shows an increasing trend. The heavy and extreme rainfall frequency both exhibit an increasing trend in the Pearl River Delta region, where urbanization is the most significant. These trends in both the warm seasons(May-October) and during the pre-flood season(April-June) appear to be more significant. On the contrary, the annual precipitation amount in rural areas has a decreasing trend. Although the heavy and extreme precipitation also show an increasing trend, it is not as strong and significant as that in the urban areas. During periods in which a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the South China Coast, the rainfall in urban areas has been consistently more than that in surrounding areas. The precipitation in the urban areas and to their west is higher after 1995, when the urbanization accelerated. These results suggest that urbanization has a significant impact on the precipitation characteristics of Guangdong Province.     

珠三角北部一次暖区强降水过程中的地形作用

基于ERA5再分析资料、广东省风廓线雷达、雷达拼图产品和实况观测数据, 分析了2020年6月7日夜间-8日珠三角(珠江三角洲)北部暖区强降水过程中主雨带与南岭南部地形走势一致的原因, 阐释地形对此次强降水的触发和维持作用。结果表明: (1)此次过程发生在典型的暖区暴雨环流特征的背景下, 主要影响系统为对流层中层弱短波槽扰动、低空急流和边界层急流脉冲等; (2)雷达回波表现为团状结构, 多以对流单体形态生消, 伴随明显的"列车效应"现象, 但3个不同发展阶段内回波的持续时间、强度, 以及触发地、传播和移动方向等均存在差异; (3)由于边界层西南(偏南)风增强和地形作用, 新的对流单体在珠江口附近和珠三角西北侧被触发, 同时由于南岭南侧地形对边界层暖湿气流的阻挡和拦截等作用, 使得气流在珠三角北部形成明显的辐合抬升, 造成该区域内对流单体移速减慢和汇聚, 增强了降水强度; (4)强降水长时间的持续与海陆热力差异、冷池和边界层暖湿气流增强等引起的地面露点锋和中尺度辐合线有关。露点锋为强降水的发展和维持提供了热力不稳定条件, 地面辐合线加强了对流层底层气流的辐合抬升, 进一步增强了强降水区的降水强度。研究结果有助于认识珠三角北部暖区强降水过程中地形的重要作用, 为今后该区域防灾减灾提供气象理论支撑。      

西北太平洋夏季风对中国长江流域夏季降水的影响

利用1979～2005年NCEP/NCAR的环流场再分析资料和降水资料, 通过对季风期降水、 大气环流、 水汽输送及低频振荡等方面的分析, 分别从时间和空间上分析了西北太平洋夏季风与中国长江流域夏季降水的联系。结果表明:(1) 西北太平洋夏季风与中国长江流域夏季降水存在显著的负相关关系, 在西北太平洋夏季风强盛时, 副热带高压异常偏北, 其西侧的偏南气流异常偏弱, 使得我国长江流域形成低层异常环流及水汽输送的辐散区, 从而造成长江流域夏季降水偏少; 而在西北太平洋夏季风减弱的年份, 西太平洋副高异常偏南偏西, 在长江流域以南地区形成异常偏强的偏南风水汽输送, 使得长江流域成为南、 北距平风的汇合区, 其上空对流活动异常活跃, 非常有利于长江流域的降水。 (2) 东亚局地Hadley垂直环流在强、 弱季风年也显著不同, 在强季风年里, Hadley局地环流异常偏弱, 长江流域上空出现的下沉运动距平, 使得该地区降水减弱, 而弱季风年则正好相反。 (3) 西北太平洋夏季风存在显著的气候平均的大气季节内振荡 (CISO), 在西北太平洋夏季风减弱时期, 长江流域降水同时受到源自热带西北太平洋西传CISO和源自热带印度洋东传CISO的共同影响, 可能造成了某种锁相关系, 从而造成降水偏多; 而在强季风年里长江流域只受由西太平洋西传的CISO的影响, 不容易激发降水。     

基于CMORPH资料的长三角城市化对降水分布特征影响的观测研究

利用CMORPH卫星降水资料和NCEP风场资料,综合分析了长江三角洲地区南京、杭州、上海、苏州等主要城市的降水分布特征,结果表明:长三角城市效应主要表现在对夏半年降水强度空间分布的影响,具体表现为在700 hPa平均引导气流控制下,城市中心和下风向地区的夏半年降水强度比上风向地区增加5%～15%,最大值通常位于城市中心下游20～70 km。冬半年主要城市周围的降水量、降水时间和降水强度的空间变化都比较小,城市效应对降水分布特征没有明显的影响。长三角城市因地理位置的差异,不同城市降水的下游效应存在差别。夏半年南京、杭州、无锡、苏州、常州等城市的下风向地区比上风向地区降水强度明显增加,城市效应显著。上海和宁波受到海洋影响明显,夏半年低层海风侵入范围较广,夏季降水强度的高值中心偏向海风的下游方位,可能是受到海风环流和城市热岛环流的共同影响。距离上风城市较近的镇江等城市,降水强度的分布受到上风城市降水强度下游效应的影响。     

APPLICATION EXPERIMENT OF ASSIMILATING RADAR-RETRIEVED WATER VAPOR IN SHORT-RANGE FORECAST OF RAINFALL IN THE ANNUALLY FIRST RAINY SEASON OVER SOUTH CHINA

A scheme of assimilating radar-retrieved water vapor is adopted to improve the quality of NWP initial field for improvement of the accuracy of short-range precipitation prediction. To reveal the impact of the assimilation of radar-retrieved water vapor on short-term precipitation forecast, three parallel experiments, cold start, hot start and hot start plus the assimilation of radar-retrieved water vapor, are designed to simulate the 31 days of May, 2013 with a fine numerical model for South China. Furthermore, a case of heavy rain that occurred from 8—9 May 2013 over the region from the southwest of Guangdong province to Pearl River Delta is analyzed in detail. Results show that the cold start experiment is not conducive to precipitation 12 hours ahead; the hot start experiment is able to reproduce well the first 6 hours of precipitation, but badly for subsequent prediction; the experiment of assimilating radar-retrieved water vapor is not only able to simulate well the precipitation 6 hours ahead, but also able to correctly predict the evolution of rain bands from 6 to 12 hours in advance.