一个新的东亚冬季风强度指数及其强弱变化之大气环流场差异

文章提出了一个新的东亚冬季风强度指数,并以此为依据从1948～1999年中挑选出两组强弱冬季风年份,通过合成分析对大气环流场和海表温度场在强弱东亚冬季风年的差异进行了对比分析。结果表明:东亚冬季风强度变化不单纯受局地气候系统影响,而与北半球半球尺度上的大气环流异常紧密相连。相对于弱的情形,强东亚冬季风年份中国大陆中东部及其东部大部分海域在整个对流层盛行偏北风距平、乌拉尔阻高显著加强、欧洲大陆西部维持一个深厚的气旋性异常环流系统、西风带环流偏弱、200hPa层南亚高压偏弱;中国大陆、北极地区、蒙古国大部分地区、欧洲大陆西北部表面温度降低;我国大陆与北太平洋海平面气压差加大;东亚大槽加强。研究还揭示,强东亚冬季风年份对应于北大西洋涛动弱指数,北大西洋和北太平洋海温状况对同期东亚冬季风强弱有着显著的影响     

北极涛动对青藏高原冬季变暖的影响

基于青藏高原地区1960-2010年高分辨率(0.5°×0.5°)的逐日地面气温格点资料以及 1960-2010年NCEP/NCAR全球月平均海平面气压场、高度场、风场的再分析格点资料(2.5°×2.5°), 通过计算青藏高原(74.75°~104.25° E, 26.75°~40.25° N)冬季地面温度平均值经标准化处理后得到的区域冬季气温强度指数, 分析了冬季北极涛动(AO)、西伯利亚高压与同期青藏高原地面气温的特征和关系. 结果表明: AO为负(正)相位时, 中高纬西风气流偏弱(强), 有(不)利于极地冷空气向南输送, 西伯利亚地区源地冬季风偏强(弱), 青藏高原冬季气温指数减小(增大), 地面气温偏低(高). 对AO作M-K突变分析, 发现其突变年份为1975年, 通过对突变年份前后高度场和风场作差值场分析, 结果显示: 冬季AO处于高指数时期, 500 hPa上, 欧洲东部槽变浅, 青藏高原北部的高压脊减弱, 环流呈纬向发展, 青藏高原上盛行偏南风, 气温偏高, 青藏高原地区为暖冬期; 200 hPa 上, 青藏高原东部的槽明显加深, 使得青藏高原地区对流层顶至平流层底的环流趋势以经向发展为主, 该区域主要受到偏北的急流控制, 易导致降温.     

Influence of circulation parameters on the AOD variations over the Bay of Bengal during ICARB

MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) level-3 aerosol data, NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) reanalysis winds and QuikSCAT ocean surface winds were made use of to examine the role of atmospheric circulation in governing aerosol variations over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) during the first phase of the ICARB (Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget) campaign (March 18–April 12, 2006). An inter-comparison between MODIS level-3 aerosol optical depth (AOD) data and ship-borne MICROTOPS measurements showed good agreement with correlation 0.92 (p < 0.0001) and a mean MODIS underestimation by 0.01. During the study period, the AOD over BoB showed high values in the northern/north western regions, which reduced towards the central and southern BoB. The wind patterns in lower atmospheric layers (> 850 hPa) indicated that direct transport of aerosols from central India was inhibited by the presence of a high pressure and a divergence over BoB in the lower altitudes. On the other hand, in the upper atmospheric levels, winds from central and northern India stretched south eastwards and converged over BoB with a negative vorticity indicative of a downdraft. These wind patterns pointed to the possibility of aerosol transport from central India to BoB by upper level winds. This mechanism was further confirmed by the significant correlations that AOD variations over BoB showed with aerosol flux convergence and flux vorticity at upper atmospheric levels (600–500 hPa). AOD in central and southern BoB away from continental influences displayed an exponential dependence on the QuikSCAT measured ocean surface wind speed. This study shows that particles transported from central and northern India by upper atmospheric circulations as well as the marine aerosols generated by ocean surface winds contributed to the AOD over the BoB during the first phase of ICARB.     

河套干旱地区夏季边界层结构特征观测分析

利用2013年夏季7月爱尔达K/LLX802J型机动式边界层风廓线雷达获取的三维风场资料和银川站高空气象探测资料,对河套干旱地区夏季边界层日变化特征进行了分析.结果表明:爱尔达K/LLX802J型机动式风廓线雷达能较好的反映并分辨出夏季河套干旱地区边界层内大气湍流和风场的演变过程.夏季7月河套干旱地区边界层高度白天平均为2127.2 m,夜间平均为1760.7 m,白天边界层高度比夜间平均高366.5 m.河套干旱区夏季地表非绝热加热对边界层的影响主要集中在800 m以下,800~2000 m高度边界层则主要受昼夜交替和大尺度天气系统的影响.夏季7月河套干旱地区边界层风速在300 m以下随高度增加而增大,离地500 m以下边界层易在北京时间07:00-11:00和18:00-21:00时段发生风速切变;300 m以下边界层白天盛行西南偏南风、夜间盛行南风,300~2000 m高度边界层白天和夜间均盛行东南风;离地300 m以下边界层易在夜间21:00-23:00时出现风向切变.夏季7月白天河套干旱地区边界层大气垂直速度在300 m高度以下随高度增加而增大,由0.3 m·s^-1增大到0.6 m·s^-1,夜间边界层大气垂直速度在200 m高度以下随高度增大而增大;300 m高度以上边界层大气垂直速度无论昼夜随高度变化均较小.     

黄河、长江源区降水变化的水汽输送和环流特征

利用黄河、长江源区气象站的降水资料和NCEP/NCAR再分析气候资料,分析了黄河、长江源区降水的年际变化,对黄河、长江源区典型多雨年与少雨年的500 hPa位势高度和风场、600 hPa流场、大气水汽含量和水汽输送进行了合成和对比分析.结果表明:黄河和长江源区的降水在近50 a的长期变化趋势都不明显,但在最近10 a黄河源区的降水有明显的减少趋势.而长江源区的降水则有明显的增加趋势;江河源区在多雨与少雨年有明显的环流差异特征,在多/少雨年,500 hPa蒙古低压减弱/加强,西风风速减弱/增强,600 hPa高原辐合线偏北/南,江河源区大气水汽含量增加/减少,西南季风的偏南水汽输送增加/减少.使得江河源区有较多/少的水汽来源,从而降水增多/减少;黄河和长江源区有相似的多雨与少雨年环流差异特征,只是差异程度不同,长江源区多雨与少雨年环流特征差异的强度不及黄河源区.     

四川盆地古近纪古风向恢复与大气环流样式重建

四川盆地白垩纪—古近纪发育了大量沙漠沉积,是恢复古风向与重建大气环流样式的宝贵证据.通过对四川盆地古近纪柳嘉组大型风成沙丘前积层倾向的系统测量,参照当时的古纬度、古方位及大气环流模式,恢复了四川盆地古近纪的古风向,重建了当时的大气环流样式.结果表明,四川盆地古近纪盛行西风,受西风带控制.结合前人的研究成果可以得出,四川盆地白垩纪早期由东北信风带控制,晚期由西风带控制,古近纪早期则继承了白垩纪晚期的大气环流样式,仍由西风带控制,其大气环流样式的转换大约发生在晚白垩世中期,至少在古近纪柳嘉组沉积时期,东亚季风尚未建立,四川盆地仍为行星环流控制.     

塔里木河流域干湿变化与大气环流关系

基于塔里木河流域39个气象站1961—2010年逐日观测数据和NCEP/NCAR再分析数据,采用标准化降水蒸散指数（Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index,SPEI）,分析了该流域近50年来干湿时空变化特征及典型干湿月份和突变前后的大气环流特征。对SPEI序列进行的趋势检验和突变分析表明,近50年来,塔里木河流域显著变湿并在1986年发生显著突变,SPEI上升趋势显著的站点较多的月份主要集中在暖季（5~10月）。对突变前后不同等级干湿事件频率变化的统计结果表明,突变后,极端干旱事件发生频率略有增加,但轻度和中度干旱事件发生频率有所减少,而不同等级的湿事件发生频率则一致地表现为增加。对典型干湿月份和突变前后对应的北半球500hPa位势高度场和风场变化的合成分析表明,暖季典型干湿月份环流系统配置存在明显差异,增加的水汽和弱不稳定大气层结构是该区域1986年后暖季变湿的原因之一。     

Weichselian Late Pleniglacial surface winds over northwest and central Europe: a model–data comparison

Reconstructions of the Weichselian Late Pleniglacial wind direction in northwest and central Europe are reviewed and compared with palaeoclimate simulations performed with an atmospheric general circulation model. These reconstructions are based on proxy data containing information on former wind directions, such as relic dune forms, sediments and wind‐polished rock surfaces. The objective is to investigate whether: (1) the proxy information is internally consistent; and (2) in agreement with the model simulations. We find a general consensus in the proxy‐based reconstructions, indicating a dominant westerly to northwesterly wind in winter during the Late Pleniglacial. The model results indicate over the study area an atmospheric circulation in winter that is dominated by southwesterly to west‐northwesterly winds, which are stronger than the southwesterly winds in the present‐day climate. The main driving factors behind the anomalous atmospheric circulation in the Late Pleniglacial are the Laurentide Ice Sheet and a colder North Atlantic Ocean with a relatively extensive sea‐ice cover, leading to an eastward relocation of the Icelandic Low and an enhanced pressure gradient over northwest Europe. The minor difference in Late Pleniglacial wind direction between the reconstructions and model can be explained by a combination of uncertainties in the proxy data and the relatively low spatial resolution of the applied climate model. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Evaluation of the impact of oceanic heat transport in the North Atlantic and Barents sea on the Northern Hemispheric climate

In this work, we evaluate the impact of terminated oceanic heat flux in the North Atlantic and Barents Sea on the Northern Hemisphere climate in January by numerical experiments with a coupled model of atmospheric general circulation and a thermodynamic model of the upper mixed layer of the ocean. We analyze the variations in the atmospheric circulation and near-surface temperature. We found that the termi-nation of the oceanic heat flux leads to a depression in atmospheric centers of action in the Northern Hemi-sphere (by 3?C5 hPa) and a significant cooling over the continents with the strongest temperature decrease down to ?10°C in northwestern Eurasia.     

新疆大～暴雪气候特征及其水汽分析

应用新疆北部和天山山区50个气象站1961-2002年11月1日至翌年4月15日经过整编的逐日降水量资料,通过统计和诊断分析,揭示了新疆牧区大～暴雪过程的时、空分布特征和年际变化,初步分析了2000-2001年冬季特大雪灾的成因,并选取典型个例分析了新疆暴雪的水汽来源和特征.结果表明:1)有4个大～暴雪过程高频区,即阿勒泰地区、塔城盆地、伊犁河谷、乌苏到木垒的天山北坡一带及天山中部的中山带;前3个区域大～暴雪过程前冬达50%以上,其次为春季和隆冬;天山北坡前冬和春季相当,约为43%左右;2)阿勒泰地区、伊犁河谷和天山北坡大～暴雪过程呈显著的线性增多趋势,增长率分别为0.3次·(10a)^-1、0.7次·(10a)^-1和0.5次·(10a)^-1;3)大～暴雪过程异常偏少和偏少年在20世纪80年代以前,异常偏多和偏多年在20世纪80年代以后,主要在90年代以后;4)由于环流持续3个月的异常,冷空气活动频繁,多次降雪过程导致2000-2001年冬季特大雪灾.冬季降雪水汽由大气环流决定,北方冷空气、中纬西风和较低纬度的西南风带来的水汽均可以影响新疆,700hPa与850hPa的水汽输送相当,500hPa的西方和南方水汽输送也不可忽视.     

Rainfall over Oman and its teleconnection with El Niño Southern Oscillation

The Sultanate of Oman is located in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula and covers the larger part of the southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula in both arid and semi-arid environments except for the southern part which is swept by the monsoon affecting the Arabian Sea during the period from June to September. The summer rainfall over Oman shows year-to-year variability, and this is caused by oceanic and atmospheric influences. In the present study, we tried to explore the influence of El Niño on the rainfall over Oman using different data sets. The empirical orthogonal function (EOF) technique employed to the zonal wind at 850 hPa for the 30-year period shows that the second and third modes of EOF are showing high variability over the Oman regions. The corresponding PCs were subjected to FFT analysis, and it showed a peak about 5–6 years. In addition to this, the zonal wind over the Oman regions is correlated with the global zonal wind and found a significant correlation (1 % significant level). It has already been proved that the wind and rainfall during summer monsoon is in phase. Moreover, the spectral analysis of rainfall at Masirah station and the Niño3.4 index show the similar mode of variability indicating a direct relationship. The correlation between rainfall and the Niño3.4 index is also showing a positive significant value, and therefore, it can be concluded that the El Niño in the Pacific favours rainfall over the Oman region.     

Relative role of sea surface temperature and snow on Indian summer monsoon seasonal simulation using a GCM

Indian summer monsoon is a global scale phenomenon controlled by different land, ocean, and atmospheric parameters. Sea surface temperature (SST) and snow are two of the major parameters, which may alter the spatial and temporal patterns of circulation and rainfall during Indian summer monsoon. In the current paper, we study the monsoon variability using long integrations (20 years) of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) Spectral model at T80L18 resolution with observed and climatological SST and snow. Study shows response of IITD GCM in simulating the Indian summer monsoon rainfall and circulation relative to the snow and SST as boundary conditions. The model’s response to SST and snow is examined by conducting four types of experiments by varying observed and climatological values of snow and SST. This paper discusses the seasonal total rainfall for country as a whole and 850 and 200 hPa wind for the period of 20 years starting from 1985 to 2004. The model has been integrated in the ensemble mode with five different initial conditions from the last week of April and first week of May. The model is able to capture the climatological patterns of seasonal total rainfall and averaged wind at lower and upper levels. Observed snow in the presence of climatological SST as a boundary condition shows much impact on rainfall and circulation than observed SST in the presence of climatological snow. Model performance is good in simulating the normal and excess monsoon conditions; it shows poor skill in capturing deficit monsoon years.     

Change in future tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific under global warming scenario

Differences in atmospheric and oceanic environments which affect the tropical cyclone (TC) activity between the late twenty-first century (2071?C2100, A1B) and the late twentieth century (1971?C2000, 20C3M) are analyzed using multi-model ensemble from 15 general circulation models. Six factors (vertical wind shear, 700?hPa relative humidity, 850?hPa relative vorticity, outgoing longwave radiation, precipitation, and sea surface temperature) related to TC genesis predicts that more TCs in the future will occur than in the present. The result of maximum potential intensity analysis shows the frequency of occurrence and influence of stronger TCs will increase over the western North Pacific in the future. Anomalous northerly in the mid-latitudes of East Asia due to the strengthening of west-high and east-low pressure system pattern in the future plays an important role in blocking TC from moving toward mid-latitudes of East Asia. The multiple linear regression model (MLRM) developed using six predictors (independent variables) analyzed from NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data predicts that total TC genesis frequency during July to October (JASO), which predicted using data of 20C3M, will have more (2?C3) TCs than in the present.     

沈阳降雪含水比变化特征及其大气影响因子

降雪含水比是新增积雪深度与融化后等量液体深度的比值, 是冬季雪深预报中的一个重要参数, 一般使用经验值10进行积雪深度换算. 利用1981-2012年沈阳站降水量、积雪深度、气温和风速等观测资料及1999-2012年NCEP再分析资料(1°×1°), 分析了沈阳站32 a降雪含水比的变化特征和大气影响因子. 结果表明: 沈阳站降雪含水比的平均值为11.4, 主要集中在6~12区间变化, 小于4和大于20的极值发生概率相对较低, 极值都出现在12月份, 11月和3月均值接近10, 而其他月份在12左右. 小雪的降雪含水比均值最大为13.3, 其它为10点多. 500 hPa上温度和550 hPa上的风速是沈阳站降水含水比的高空大气影响因子.     

Equatorial modes observed in atmospheric variables

Wavenumber-frequency spectral analysis of different atmospheric variables has been carried out using 25 years of data. The area considered is the tropical belt 25°S–25°N. A combined FFT-wavelet analysis method has been used for this purpose. Variables considered are outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR), 850 hPa divergence, zonal and meridional winds at 850, 500 and 200 hPa levels, sea level pressure and 850 hPa geopotential height. It is shown that the spectra of different variables have some common properties, but each variable also has few features different from the rest. While Kelvin mode is prominent in OLR and zonal winds, it is not clearly observed in pressure and geopotential height fields; the latter two have a dominant wavenumber zero mode not seen in other variables except in meridional wind at 200 hPa and 850 hPa divergences. Different dominant modes in the tropics show significant variations on sub-seasonal time scales.     

欧亚和我国东北冬春季积雪对东北夏季气温的影响

根据我国东北及邻近地区123个气象站的逐日气温和积雪深度资料,欧亚大陆积雪面积以及NCEP/NCAR全球再分析月平均500hPa高度场资料,通过相关、合成分析等方法,研究了东北夏季气温异常对欧亚和我国东北冬春季积雪的响应,并从大气环流的角度出发分析了欧亚和我国东北冬春季积雪对东北夏季气温异常形成的影响机制.结果表明:东北地区夏季气温与欧亚大陆春季积雪面积以及东北冬季累积雪深的异常存在明显的关系.欧亚春季积雪面积的扩大与维持有利于8月我国东北上空500hPa位势高度的偏低,环流上表现出西欧与我国东北地区槽加深,泰梅尔阻塞高压加强的特征.由于欧亚中高纬上空的环流经向度加大,槽后脊前的西北气流加强,诱导冷空气南下,从而造成东北全区8月气温一致偏低;东北冬季累积雪深减少则有利于6月东北全区、7月东北西南部上空的位势高度偏低(负距平),造成相关区域气温偏低.研究结果对于提高东北夏季气温的短期气候预测水平具有重要意义.     

大尺度大气环流变化及其对北半球冬季温度的影响

近半个世纪来的全球温度的变化表现出有很大的空间尺度和显著的线性趋势 ,许多研究强调温室效应对全球气候变暖的影响。文中的研究表明大尺度的大气环流的变化对北半球冬季温度有很重要的影响。最近一些学者侧重北大西洋涛动 (NAO)和北太平洋涛动 (NPO)的作用 ,而NAO和NPO都是行星尺度大气环流在区域的特殊表现形式。全球西风环流系统可能具有根本性的作用。当西风环流处于高指数时期时 ,则温度偏高 ;当处于低指数时期时 ,则温度偏低。西风强度及NAO和NPO能解释近 50年来北半球冬季温度变化方差的 2 7 2 %。     

阿克苏河洪水类型及其形成的500hPa环流特征

利用阿克苏河两条支流和干流的月径流量以及年最大洪峰流量资料,分析了阿克苏河的洪水特征.阿克苏河西支托什干河主汛期在5~8月,北支库玛拉克河与阿克苏河干流的主汛期在7~8月,库玛拉克河的洪水对阿克苏河干流洪水作用更大.托什干河洪水以融雪型、融雪叠加暴雨型两种类型为主,库玛拉克河洪水以融雪(冰)型、融雪(冰)叠加冰湖溃坝型为主,阿克苏河干流洪水以混合型最多见,其次是融雪(冰)型.年最大流量排名前15位的洪水中,阿克苏河两条支流与干流在1987年以后分别出现了7~9a,在此基础上分析归纳了三类形成阿克苏河流域主要洪水的500hPa环流模型.阿克苏河流域主汛期形成混合型洪水的500hPa环流特征为:新疆高压脊稳定在天山山区中部及以东地区,5880gpm等高线北界稳定在天山上空或天山以北,西部边界在帕米尔高原以东的南疆盆地上空,中亚地区为副热带低槽活动区,环流形势相对稳定.主汛期形成融雪(冰)型洪水的500hPa环流特征为:新疆高压脊向北发展且稳定维持3d以上,5880gpm等高线北界稳定在天山以北,西部边界在帕米尔高原以西.春季形成融雪型洪水的500hPa环流特征为:帕米尔高原及西天山受新疆高压脊控制,稳定维持3d以上,高压脊内5840gpm等高线北边界维持在40°N以北.     

Upper and lower tropospheric energetics of standing and transient eddies in wave number domain during summer monsoon of 1991

Kinetic energy exchange equations (Saltzman 1957) in wave number domain are partitioned into standing, transient and standing-transient components following Murakami (1978, 1981). These components are computed for the 1991 summer monsoon using dailyu andv grid point data at 2.5° latitude-longitude interval between the equator and 40°N at 200 hPa and 850 hPa levels for the period June through August. The data are obtained from NCMRWF, New Delhi. The study shows that at 200 hPa wave number 1 over Region 3 (30°N to 40°N), wave number 2 over Region 2 (15°N to 30°N) and wave number 3 over Region 1 (equator to 15°N) dominate the spectrum of transport of momentum and wave to zonal mean flow interaction. Wave number 1 over Region 1 and Region 3 and wave number 2 over Region 2 are the major sources of kinetic energy to other waves via wave-to-wave interaction. At 850 hPa wave number 1 over Region 3 has maximum contribution in the spectrum of transport of momentum and kinetic energy and more than 90% of its contribution is from the standing component. This indicates that standing wave number 1 over Region 3 plays a very important role in the dynamics of monsoon circulation of the lower troposphere. The study further shows that although the circulation patterns at 200 hPa and 850 hPa levels are opposite in character, a number of energy processes exhibit a similar character at these levels. For example, (i) transport of momentum by most of the waves is northward, (ii) small scale eddies intensify northward, (iii) eddies are sources of kinetic energy to zonal mean flow over Region 1 and (iv) standing eddies are sources of kinetic energy to transient eddies. Besides the above similarities some contrasting energy processes are also observed. Over Region 2 and Region 3 standing and transient eddies are sources of kinetic energy to zonal mean flow at 200 hPa, while at 850 hPa the direction of exchange of kinetic energy is opposite i.e. zonal mean flow is a source of kinetic energy to standing as well as transient eddies. L(n) interaction indicates that at 200 hPa waves over R2 maintain waves over R1, while at 850 hPa waves over R1 maintain waves over R2. It has been found that the north-south gradient of zonal mean of zonal wind is the deciding factor of wave to zonal mean flow interaction.     

中全新世时期我国西南风气候季节演变的数值模拟结果分析

利用CCSM3海洋-大气耦合模式模拟结果,探讨了中全新世（6kaBP.）我国东部西南风气候的季节演变规律。结果表明,6kaBP.我国东部南风最早于1月出现在 20°～25°N区域,此后逐渐增强,到秋季转为北风。随着南风强度从春季到夏季的强化,南风同时向北和向南扩展。我国东部西风于1月出现在 23°～34°N,之后也逐渐加强,并于 6～8月发生北跳,9月开始转为东风。这些特征与当今西南风爆发进程相类似,不过也存在一些显著差异,尤其是在夏季。与当今气候相比,6kaBP.强南风建立时间偏晚,夏季我国东部西南风强度偏强,南风向北扩展更明显。这与6kaBP.东亚大陆和西太平洋之间更大的热力差异以及西南涡和西太平副热带高压的加强有关。研究还表明6kaBP.西南风异常可进一步导致我国东部夏季降水增加和雨带偏北。