Impact of Long-range Desert Dust Transport on Hydrometeor Formation over Coastal East Asia

Model simulations and hydrological reanalysis data for 2007 are applied to investigate the impact of long-range desert dust transport on hydrometeor formation over coastal East Asia.Results are analyzed from Hong Kong and Shanghai,which are two representative coastal cities of East Asia.Long-range desert dust transport impacts mainly spring and summer clouds and precipitation over coastal East Asia.In spring,clouds and precipitation come mainly from large-scale condensation and are impacted mainly by dust from the Gobi,Sahara,and Thar deserts.These desert dusts can participate in the precipitation within and below the clouds.At lower latitudes,the dust particles act mainly as water nuclei.At higher latitudes,they act as both water nuclei and ice nuclei.The effect of Gobi,Sahara,and Thar dust on large-scale clouds and precipitation becomes stronger at higher latitudes.In summer,clouds and precipitation over coastal East Asia come mainly from convection and are impacted mainly by dust from the Taklamakan,Arabian,and Karakum-Kavir deserts.Most Taklamakan dust particles can participate in precipitation within convective clouds as ice nuclei,while Arabian and Karakum-Kavir dust particles participate only as water nuclei in precipitation below the clouds.The effect of Taklamakan dust on convective clouds and precipitation becomes stronger at lower latitudes.Of all the desert dusts,that from the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts has the relatively largest impact.Gobi dust impacts climate change in coastal East Asia by affecting spring water clouds at higher latitudes.     

Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Mineral Dust on the Tropospheric Chemistry of East Asia

An investigation of the influence of mineral dust ontrace gas cycles in the troposphere is carried out inthis study. A 3D regional scale atmospheric chemistrymodel (STEM-III) which includes aerosol processes isused for the numerical simulations for May 1987.Heterogeneous interactions between gaseous species(SO₂, N₂O₅, HNO₃, HO₂andH₂O₂) and the dust particles are considered.Emissions of dust behind convective cold fronts aremodeled. The transport and distribution of mineraldust predicted from the model is compared withsatellite measurements (aerosol index from TOMS). Themodel is shown to capture the synoptic variability inthe observed aerosol index. Calculations show twomajor dust events in May 1987, during which thedust levels close to the source reach more than500 g/m³. The transport of dust is mostlyrestricted towards the north, with the net continentaloutflow of 6 Tg for the entire month. Results showthat the presence of mineral aerosol can greatlyimpact sulfate and nitrate distributions. Averagedover the month of May, the presence of dust isestimated to increase particulate sulfate and nitratelevels in east Asia by 40%. Furthermore, the sulfateand nitrate on the dust particles are predicted to beassociated with the coarse mode (3–5 m particlediameter), consistent with observations over Japan.The influence of mineral dust on the photochemicaloxidant cycle is also investigated. For the entiremonth, a5–10% decrease in boundary layer ozone ispredicted by the model closer to regions of higherdust levels. The ratio of nitric acid to NO_x overmarine regions is reduced by a factor between 1 and 2in the boundary layer to more than 2 in the freetroposphere as a result of aerosol processes.     

2004 年春季一次较强沙尘暴的实时预报与特征分析

首先对2004年春季最强的一次沙尘天气过程进行了简要分析,然后利用业务化的集成沙尘数值预报系统对其进行了数值预报试验,并在检验了预测结果的可用性的基础上,进一步分析了沙尘浓度、起沙量等模式输出结果的特征。结果表明:该预测系统对沙尘天气的起沙和输送过程预报能力较好;对沙尘天气的发生、发展和消亡过程有预报意义。这次过程的沙尘源地主要是蒙古国南部和中蒙边境沙地,包括毛乌素沙地、腾格里沙漠和浑善达克沙地;起沙和输送过程中各种粒子的贡献随着沙尘天气发生区域的不同而不同,这次过程中起沙量贡献主要是粒径为2~22μm的粒子,在大气中长时间长距离输送的粒子主要是粒径小于11μm的粒子。     

沙尘辐射效应对天气和沙尘输送影响的数值模拟

现有的沙尘气溶胶数值预报模式大多是单向模式, 即只考虑气象场对沙尘气溶胶的输送作用, 而忽略沙尘气溶胶的辐射效应对气象场的反馈作用。本文利用一个考虑了沙尘气溶胶短波辐射效应的天气－沙尘双向模式, 对南疆盆地一次冷空气东侵而引起的沙尘天气进行数值模拟。通过比较考虑与不考虑辐射效应的两组试验, 分析了在沙尘暴－强浮尘过程中沙尘辐射效应对气象要素和沙尘输送的影响, 结果表明: 沙尘辐射效应的考虑明显改进后期强浮尘天气过程中海平面气压变化、地面气温日变化和气温垂直变化的预报; 前期沙尘暴过程沙尘辐射效应引起中低层主导风增大, 但同时使起沙量降低及沉降量减少; 沙尘辐射效应与地形的共同作用使沙尘的沉降量比起沙量减少的更显著, 从而使盆地内浮尘天气维持。     

Dust storm ensemble forecast experiments in East Asia

The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF), as a unified approach to both data assimilation and ensemble forecasting problems, is used to investigate the performance of dust storm ensemble forecasting targeting a dust episode in the East Asia during 23–30 May 2007. The errors in the input wind field, dust emission intensity, and dry deposition velocity are among important model uncertainties and are considered in the model error perturbations. These model errors are not assumed to have zero-means. The model error me...     

地形对2011年9月华西致灾暴雨强迫作用的数值模拟研究

运用GRAPES_Meso模式对2011年9月16-18日发生在陕西、四川的连续特大致洪暴雨过程进行数值模拟.通过对比3套敏感性试验结果,揭示了气流与地形相互作用对本次致灾暴雨的影响,结果如下:(1)16-18日在台风和蒙古高压共同影响下,850 hPa在黄、渤海形成偏东水汽通道,使大量水汽经华北平原输送至华西地区,气流被秦岭分割为南北两支,北支在秦岭北侧受到迎风坡阻挡,形成强迫抬升和水汽辐合中心;南支暖湿气流从东部灌入汉中平原,受到“喇叭口”地形挤压而辐合上升.(2)平原与高大山脉的交错相间地形导致条带状正负垂直运动带产生,在垂直方向上形成强烈的抽吸作用,加之该地区16-18日丰沛的水汽交汇,从而引发大范围强降水.(3)海拔高度与地表起伏度均对降雨有较大影响,在同样海拔情况下,地表起伏度越大,就越容易产生暴雨.     

我国和东亚地区硫化物跨边界输送态势研究

本文利用污染物三维欧拉长距离输送实用模式,较详细地模拟了我国和东亚地区硫化物跨地区、跨边界输送态势,分析了东亚地区硫化物输送通量随高度、季节变化的分布特点,讨论了不同地区边界上硫化物的跨边界输送通量及流的收支平衡,并给出了我国和周边国家和地区之间硫化物的相互输送量。结果表明,我国向外输送的硫化物占周边国家和地区总硫沉降的比例并不大,各地区硫沉降的主要来源是自身排放;硫化物长距离输送中硫酸根的输送占重要地位,各地区硫酸根沉降中的外来比例较大。我们初步总结出一个东亚地区硫化物输送的概念模式：在低层,夏季主要自西南向东北输送,冬季长江以北自北向南输送,长江以南由西南向北输送,并在长江中下游地区形成一个较强的硫化物辐合带,在高层,无论冬夏均由西向东输送,并随高空带变化,中层为二者的过渡,春秋季的情形界于冬夏之间,偏向冬季。     

一次引发华北和北京沙尘(暴)天气起沙机制的数值模拟研究

在对气象背景场进行诊断分析的基础上,集中对一次沙尘(暴)天气的起沙机制进行了数值模拟.具体做法是先将澳大利亚新南威尔士大学(UNSW)邵亚平博士发展的具有清晰物理概念的起沙数值模式(非参数化方案),与PSU/NCAR的中尺度气象预报模式MM5进行耦合.使用该模式系统,根据陆面状况和大气条件,定量模拟出沙尘(暴)起沙的过程.对2000年4月6～7日发生在华北和北京的一次沙尘暴过程的数值试验结果表明,该模式对沙尘天气的起沙过程有较好的模拟能力.     

东亚地区春季硫氧化物浓度分布及其收支研究

利用一个耦合的区域化学输送模式系统,模拟了2001年3~4月间东亚区域二氧化硫(SO2)和硫酸盐(SO42-)气溶胶浓度的时空分布,并分析了它们的来源、输送、转化和沉降过程在浓度形成中的作用。为了检验模拟结果的合理性,侧重分析了4月9~12日SO2的输送和转化过程。在这一期间,SO2浓度观测资料显示,日本的观测站Happo、Oki和Hedo周围及日本海部分海域先后经历了一次SO2浓度高值。模拟结果表明,日本东京附近的三宅岛火山喷发严重影响了日本列岛和周边海域SO2和SO42-气溶胶的分布,是引起观测站周围及日本海部分海域SO2浓度高值的主要原因。3月1日至4月31日间的硫收支分析显示,气相与液相化学过程在SO2的氧化过程中具有同等的重要性,模拟区域排放的硫氧化物中有约42%(其中约25%为SO2)被输送到模拟区域以外,约57%(约35%为湿沉降)沉积在模拟区域内。     

用月平均和逐时气象场对东亚夏季SOx远距离输送的数值实验

本文用日本山梨大学片谷教孝等人建立的３维欧拉型污染物远距离输送模式,分别输入１９８８年６月月平均和逐时气象资料（风场、气压场、密度场、降水等）,对夏季东亚地区ＳＯｘ的远距离输送进行了数值模拟。所有实验均积分１个月,对ＳＯ２、ＳＯ２－４的地面浓度及沉降量进行了分析,实验结果表明：如果仅仅考虑ＳＯ２的远距离输送模拟,可以月平均场气象资料代替模式中需要的逐时场气象资料;而将逐时场的风、降水资料和月平均场的气压、密度资料共同使用则与输入逐时场气象资料对ＳＯ２及ＳＯ２－４模拟结果完全相当。由于实验中只使用了１９８８年６月的资料,故下一步的研究应对不同年、季的气象资料及不同污染物的远距离输送模拟进行比较,从而考察月平均场气象资料在污染物远距离输送的模拟中能否完全或部分代替逐时场气象资料。     

Uncertainty in Dust Budget over East Asia Simulated by WRF/Chem with Six Different Dust Emission Schemes

In this study, the dependence of dust budgets on dust emission schemes is investigated through the simulation of dust storm events, which occurred during 14–25 March 2002, over East Asia, by the Weather Research and Forecasting with Chemistry（WRF/Chem） model coupled with six dust emission schemes. Generally, this model can reasonably reproduce the spatial distribution of surface dust concentration; however, the simulated total dust budget differs significantly with different emission schemes. Moreover, uncertainties in the simulated dust budget vary among regions. It is suggested that the dust emission scheme affects the regional dust budget directly through its impact on the total emitted dust amount; however, the inflow and outflow of dust aerosols simulated by different schemes within a region also depend on the geographical location of the dust emission region. Furthermore, the size distribution of dust particles for a specific dust emission scheme has proven to be important for dust budget calculation due to the dependence of dust deposition amount on dust size distribution.     

An Overview of the Studies on Black Carbon and Mineral Dust Deposition in Snow and Ice Cores in East Asia

Black carbon （BC） is the most eff ective insoluble light-absorbing particulate （ILAP）, which can strongly absorb solar radiation at visible wavelengths. Once BC is deposited in snow via dry or wet process, even a small amount of BC could signifi cantly decrease snow albedo, enhance absorption of solar radiation, accelerate snow melting, and cause climate feedback. BC is considered the second most important component next to CO2 in terms of global warming. Similarly, mineral dust （MD） is another type of ILAP. So far, little attention has been paid to quantitative measurements of BC and MD deposition on snow surface in the midlatitudes of East Asia, especially over northern China. In this paper, we focus on reviewing several experiments performed for collecting and measuring scavenging BC and MD in the high Asian glaciers over the mountain range （such as the Himalayas） and in seasonal snow over northern China. Results from the surveyed literature indicate that the absorption of ILAP in seasonal snow is dominated by MD in the Qilian Mountains and by local soil dust in the Inner Mongolian region close to dust sources. The detection of BC in snow and ice cores using modern techniques has a large bias and uncertainty when the snow sample is mixed with MD. Evidence also indicates that the reduction of snow albedo by BC and MD perturbations can signifi cantly increase the net surface solar radiation, cause surface air temperature to rise, reduce snow accumulation, and accelerate snow melting.     

未来东亚地区硫化物沉降及输送的预测

采用东亚未来二氧化硫排放量的预测资料,利用东亚硫化物输送模式拟了未来１５年东亚各地区的硫化物沉降量、相互输送量的变化趋势力其对土壤的影响。结果表明,未来１５年东亚各地区的硫化物沉降量将日益增多,一些地区硫化物沉降量大大超出了土壤对酸沉降的承受能力,对周边地区硫化物的输送量也将进一步加大,形势相当严峻。     

地形对沙尘暴的影响及敏感试验研究

在初步探讨地形影响沙尘扬升、传输、沉降等动力过程可能机制的基础上,利用沙尘数值预报模式对一次强沙尘暴过程进行了模拟研究,结果表明:沙尘暴形成阶段沙尘主要来源于阿尔泰—萨彦岭及以东地区,这部分沙尘主要向东扩展,该区域地形对其强度具有重要影响;内蒙古中西部、甘肃、宁夏等地的起沙主要在沙尘暴持续阶段产生影响,之后主要向南输送,青藏高原东侧地形绕流对其强度具有影响。地形影响可以使沙尘的扩展分为两种不同的方式,当上下游地形落差较小时形成整体推进式传输,此时沙尘位于对流层低层,没有上下沙尘层的分离;当上下游地形落差较大时形成分离式传输,沙尘位于对流层中层且在传输过程中沉降很弱,同时与地面附近的沙尘层分离。源于蒙古国、内蒙古等地的沙尘往往产生整体推进式传输;而产生于青藏高原的沙尘常形成分离式传输。     

东亚地区春季二氧化硫的输送与转化过程研究I.模式及其验证

结合新近评估的东亚地区污染源资料,作者利用一个耦合的区域化学输送模式系统以探讨东亚地区春季期间气象过程、气相与液相化学过程、非均相化学过程、气溶胶过程和干湿沉降过程对二氧化硫输送及转化过程的影响,并研究二氧化硫和硫酸盐气溶胶的空间分布及变化特征.模拟的二氧化硫和硫酸盐气溶胶的浓度值与2001年春季飞机和地面获取的观测值进行了比较.比较结果显示,模拟值与观测值具有很好的一致性,模式系统很好地反映了二氧化硫和硫酸盐气溶胶的分布特征和变化规律,再现了许多观测到的重要特征,为进一步分析模拟结果奠定了基础.     

An Abrupt Change in Tropospheric Temperature Gradient and Moisture Transport Over East Asia in the Late 1990s

ABSTRACT

Previous studies have shown that the recent summer climate (precipitation in particular) over East Asia is varying significantly. Here we extend the study to April, May, and June (AMJ) or the seasonal transition period associated with the onset of the summer monsoon. It is found that the average 1000–400?hPa AMJ tropospheric temperature (TT) experienced a sudden change at the end of the twentieth century. The change has a dipolar modal structure, with one pole over countries in Central Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.) and the other over the Tibetan Plateau. The difference in the TT between the centres of the two poles (?TT), which characterizes the zonal gradient of the TT over Asia, has seen a significant reduction since 1999. The causal relations of ?TT with the local circulation, outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), surface shortwave flux (SSWF), precipitation, etc. have been investigated using a newly developed rigorous causality analysis, which unambiguously reveals a one-way causality from ?TT to each of OLR, SSWF, and precipitation.     

1998年“4.18”强沙尘暴分析及数值模拟

对1998年4月18－19日发生在新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙古等地的一次强沙尘暴天气过程从天气事实、天气学成因等方面进行了分析和诊断，然后利用非静力MM5模式对这次沙尘暴天气进行了数值模拟。结果表明，西西伯利亚强冷空气迅速东移，在新疆西部上空形成强锋区，对应的地面冷锋东移至前期增暖显著的新疆、内蒙古、甘肃、宁夏等地形成了本次大风、强沙尘暴天气。用非静力MM5模式较好地模拟出了此次强沙尘暴天气过程的地面强风系统、高空锋区的发生发展。     

中国北方沙尘天气气象场的数值模拟

利用PSU/NCAR的非静力中尺度气象预报模式MM5对北方地区气象场进行模拟,通过对2001年3月21日发生并影响北京地区的沙尘过程的数值实验表明,该模式能够较好地模拟和预测北方沙尘天气的时空演变特征。低值系统以及其低层辐合、高层辐散的垂直结构,可以产生很强的上升气流,形成地面起沙和沙尘上扬,而强风是沙尘输送的动力条件。利用轨迹模式对空气质点轨迹进行了模拟研究,可以较好地反映沙尘的发生源区和输送路径,与卫星监测和天气系统分析是一致的。并编写软件用于演示气象场的动态效果。     

沙尘气溶胶对云和降水影响的模拟研究

采用二维分档云模式,对比背景大气气溶胶分布,讨论了扬沙和沙尘暴天气条件下矿物气溶胶对云微物理结构、光学特性以及降水形成的影响.结果表明:扬沙和沙尘暴天气增加大气中大核和巨核的浓度,促进云中水汽的活化,使降水提前出现,暖云和冷云降水量均大幅增加,但可忽略巨核增加对云光学厚度和反照率的作用;当矿物沙尘粒子同时作为有效的云凝结核和冰核参与云的发展时,冰核浓度增加使水成物有效半径减小,抑制了暖云和冷云降水,云内存留的大量冰晶增强云的光学厚度和反照率.     

沙尘暴天气数值预报系统及其预报效果检验

沙尘暴天气数值预报系统包括区域大气模式、陆面过程模式、风沙模式(包括风蚀、输送和沉降模式)和地理信息系统。用该系统对2002年3月20日和4月7日2次沙尘天气进行了预报试验,利用地面观测资料和卫星观测资料对模式输出的主要沙尘天气预报产品进行了对比分析。分析结果认为,沙尘暴天气数值预报系统对沙通量、尘通量和垂直积分质量有很好的预报能力,但仍需改进陆面参数和沙尘气溶胶的初始值。