北太平洋SST涛动与华北夏季降水异常

本文给出了热带地区大气边界层顶的垂直速度,并以此对积云对流加热进行了参数化。用垂直二层楼式讨论了在积云对流加热作用下赤道波的线性稳定性性质。结果表明,在加热强度因子η=O(1)的情况下,由波动自身在大气低层的辐散辐合进行参数化的积云对流加热仅仅引起波动的频率修正,它对波动的不稳定增长率没有贡献;而由边界层旋转抽吸进行参数化的积云对流加热可直接引起波动的不稳定增长。当η>0.5时,由边界层旋转抽吸进行参数化的积云对流加热便使赤道波出现不稳定增长;重力型波动均存在有限波长的最大增长率;Rossby型波动的不稳定增长率远较重力型波动大。此外,由边界层旋转抽吸进行参数化的积云对流加热也会引起波动的频率修正。在此修正下,Kelvin波成为频散波.     

热带对流层大气低频振荡机制的初步研究

本文从赤道β平面近似下的线性化扰动方程组出发,基于第二类条件不稳定(CISK)理论,研究了热带对流层大气准40天低频振荡的动力机制。研究发现,当对流层中、上层存在较大的对流凝结加热时可激发出纬向波数为1、周期为40天左右的不稳定Kelvin波,它以每天8到11个经度的相速缓慢向东移动。由此指出,观测到的热带对流层大气30—50天的低频振荡可能正是这种由对流凝结加热所驱动的缓慢东移的Kelvin波的具体表现。这可对热带对流层大气30—50天低频振荡现象的动力机制给以初步的物理解释。      

热带大气能量频散波射线的低频动力学特征

首先在非零频波条件下采用有、无辐散两类数学模型 ,讨论热带大气低频波传播动力特征 ,研究结果表明 ,非零频的波频率参数是热带大气低频振荡源能量频散波路径及其波振幅的关键影响因子 ,且热带地区低频振荡的经向传播与其伴随着的强对流云团有显著相关 ,并与热带低纬 β因子等相关。文中还进一步揭示了低纬大气低频振荡经向传播伴随的积云对流现象及向高中纬传播机理 ,描述了 WKB近似方法数学模型及其波射线方程解模态对大气低频动力特性及其水汽分布垂直结构、不稳定层结等因子的响应特征。     

赤道地区向西传播的40天周期低频波

本文用滤波和EOF位相合成技术对1981年7—12月份赤道地区出现的向西传播的40天周期低频波进行了分析。结果认为东太平洋地区从南半球到北半球的越赤道40天周期温度波是产生这种西传波的主要原因。这种波动主要产生于两个源地:一个是赤道150°E附近的对流层下层;另一个是110°W的赤道对流层上层。这两处产生的低频波性质不一样,前者与对流密切相关。通过计算整层积分的非绝热加热Q_1和水汽汇Q_2,结果表明Q_1加热中心在东太平洋也有越赤道传播。在150°E以西Q_2加热中心是向西北传播的,与低频波方向一致,Q_1的传播特征不明显,这说明西太平洋地区的热带对流可能有这种周期振荡。     

云辐射效应对一次高原低涡过程影响的数值模拟研究

利用NCEP-FNL再分析资料、FY-2G卫星相当黑体亮温TBB数据,通过WRF(V3.8.1)模式对2015年8月5—7日的一次高原低涡过程进行了4组模拟试验,研究了云辐射效应对高原低涡过程的影响。结果表明,云辐射效应主要通过改变云区的辐射分布影响大气稳定度,从而影响高原低涡的发展和结构。在低涡生成阶段,白天云辐射加热抑制低涡南侧的对流,从而有利于水汽和动量向低涡源地输送;夜间云顶长波冷却促进涡区的对流活动,有利于低涡的发展。低涡成熟阶段中,涡心及其周围区域夜间辐射冷却的水平和垂直分布利于涡心下沉、外围上升的垂直运动分布,并与云辐射效应构成正反馈过程,有利于涡眼结构的形成。在低涡快速东移阶段中,云辐射加热和冷却的昼夜变化调节着低涡的强度和东移速度,而当低涡东移出高原后,这种作用则变得不显著。     

对流凝结加热的垂直分布与低纬大气的30～60天低频振荡

运用一个包含Wave-CISK机制的斜压半地转8层模式和本征函数展开方法，研究了三种不同的对流凝结加热廓线对低纬大气的30—60天低频振荡的影响。研究表明，不同的加热廓线分布时30～60天低频振荡具有不同的相速和周期，并且低频振荡特征相速的量级都是o(10m／s)，由Wave-CISK机制激发的低频CISK—Kelvin波和CISK—Rossby波都是稳定的。同时，还进一步揭示了不同加热廓线对低纬大气30～60天低频振荡垂直结构的影响。     

Wave-CISK、蒸发-风反馈和低频振荡

本文利用一个包含有Wave-CISK和蒸发-风反馈机制的斜压半地转模式来讨论低纬大气运动,其中引入了反映CISK机制的无量纲对流凝结加热参数η和反映蒸发-风反馈机制的无量纲参数α_0,求得了η=0情况下的解析解及η≠0情况下的一级近似解,对η≠0情况下向东传播的类似于低频振荡的波动进行了讨论,从理论上指出了蒸发及非均匀加热对低频振荡的维持所起的重要作用.     

SVD揭示的东亚地区低频振荡强度与中国夏季降水的联系

利用1978—2007年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、中国160站月平均降水资料,采用SVD方法分析了东亚地区低频振荡强度与中国夏季降水异常的联系。结果表明:东亚地区低频振荡强度年际变化与中国夏季降水异常分布密切相关,其前3个模态分别对应的降水型:江淮型、华南型及长江中下游型。根据前3个模态分别定义低频振荡强度指数,选定异常年份对相关要素进行合成差值分析发现:“江淮型”高低指数年西太平洋海域的低频环流、对流、热源呈现南北向的反位相分布特征,江淮流域位于异常较强的两个相反性质的低频气团系统之间的气流交汇带;而东亚副热带地区东西向系统波动对“华南型”降水有重要作用,华南地区的局地对流加热对降水异常的发生影响显著;“长江中下游”降水型不仅受西太平洋海区低频环流、热源的影响,热带中太平洋的对流活动与长江中下游地区降水也有重要联系。      

Wave-CISK、蒸发-风反馈和低频振荡

本文利用一个包含有Wave-CISK和蒸发-风反馈机制的斜压半地转模式来讨论低纬大气运动,其中引入了反映CISK机制的无量纲对流凝结加热参数η和反映蒸发-风反馈机制的无量纲参数α_0,求得了η=0情况下的解析解及η≠0情况下的一级近似解,对η≠0情况下向东传播的类似于低频振荡的波动进行了讨论,从理论上指出了蒸发及非均匀加热对低频振荡的维持所起的重要作用.     

MJO活动轨迹对贵州区域强降水过程延伸期预报的影响分析北大核心

通过对贵州省主汛期季节内振荡(Intra-Seasonal Oscillation,ISO)活跃年进行低频对流场和降水的合成分析,确定了影响贵州主汛期ISO和降水的热带印度洋(Indian Ocean,IO)低频对流关键区和南海(South China Sea,SCS)低频对流关键区,并利用MJO活动轨迹对贵州区域强降水过程开展了延伸期预报试验。将贵州省主汛期ISO位相划分为发展、峰值、减弱、抑制、谷值和恢复6个位相,发现贵州主汛期ISO活跃年的降水与本地区低频对流具有较好的对应关系,即在峰值位相时低频对流最强、降水正异常强度最强;在谷值位相时低频对流最弱、降水负异常强度最强。同时,热带和副热带低频对流场在贵州主汛期ISO波动的第1、4位相、第2、5位相及第3、6位相均呈反位相特征。在热带印度洋低频对流发展、并东传的过程中,有两条传播路径分别激发了孟加拉湾西南季风ISO活跃和南海热带季风ISO活跃共同影响贵州主汛期降水;在贵州主汛期有3个低频对流活跃期,IO关键区和SCS关键区ISO都有3次提前的低频对流加强。基于上述研究,分析MJO活动轨迹对贵州主汛期区域强降水过程的影响,发现热带印度洋MJO活动中心强度在贵州区域强降水过程发生前15 d~前3 d具有较好的持续性预报信号,提前9 d时正相关性最好。与延伸期预报业务规定的预报时段(未来11~30 d)相结合,通过确定贵州典型区域强降水过程发生前(提前量为10 d)至过程结束时段的MJO活动轨迹在历年中的最相似时段,发现MJO活动中心轨迹和强度对贵州区域强降水过程的趋势预报具有较好的指示意义。     

喷雾降温外场试验结果的初步分析

利用重庆市2011年盛夏高温天气,开展了喷雾降温改善局部小气候的外场试验。试验结果表明:高温天气下,在广场上进行喷雾具有明显降温、改善人体舒适度的效果。降温幅度上午小,下午大。喷雾降温效果存在明显的垂直梯度变化,地表温度降幅最大,1.5 m气温次之,2.2 m气温降幅最小。喷雾工艺条件对降温效果有明显影响,喷头型号不同,地表温度的降幅差别较大,但各高度层降温效果差别不大。喷雾"喷-停"循环时间的长短与喷雾区域温度的变化有明显联系,喷的时间越长,喷雾区域温度降低的幅度就越大。环境风场状况对喷雾降温效果也有明显影响。本试验中,受试验场地周围环境影响,偏东风比偏西风条件下的降温效果好,喷雾降温效果总体随风速的增大而有所降低。     

Regional dependence of microphysical and radiative effects of ice clouds on vertical structures of tropical tropospheric temperature

Regional dependence of microphysical and radiative effects of ice clouds on vertical structure of tropical tropospheric temperature is examined by analyzing thermodynamic budgets over clear sky, raining stratiform, convective, and non-raining stratiform regions with three two-dimensional sensitivity equilibrium cloud-resolving model simulation data. The decrease in the mean tropospheric cooling caused by radiative effects of ice clouds results from the decreases in local atmospheric cooling over clear sky regions around 12?C16?km through the decrease in heat divergence and below 7.5?km through the decrease in radiative cooling and over non-raining stratiform regions around 6?C13?km through the increase in latent heat. The increase in the mean tropospheric cooling caused by microphysical effects of ice clouds results from the increases in local atmospheric cooling over clear sky regions through the decrease in heat convergence below 4?km the increase in radiative cooling around 4?C8?km and over non-raining stratiform regions through the increase in radiative cooling around 7?C10?km. The raining regions do not show any significant thermal changes due to the cancellation between heat convergence and latent heat.     

Effects of Doubled Carbon Dioxide on Rainfall Responses to Radiative Processes of Water Clouds

The effects of doubled carbon dioxide on rainfall responses to radiative processes of water clouds are investigated in this study.Two groups of two-dimensional cloud-resolving model sensitivity experiments with regard to pre-summer heavy rainfall around the summer solstice and tropical rainfall around the winter solstice are conducted and their five-day averages over the model domain are analyzed.In the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds,doubled carbon dioxide changes pre-summer rainfall from the decrease associated with the enhanced atmospheric cooling to the increase associated with the enhanced infrared cooling as a result of the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds.Doubled carbon dioxide leads to the reduction in tropical rainfall,caused by the removal of radiative effects of water clouds through the suppressed infrared cooling.In the absence of radiative effects of ice clouds,doubled carbon dioxide changes pre-summer rainfall from the increase associated with the strengthened atmospheric warming to the decrease associated with the weakened release of latent heat caused by the elimination of radiative effects of water clouds.The exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds increases tropical rainfall through the strengthened infrared cooling,which is insensitive to the change in carbon dioxide.     

Effects of Doubled Carbon Dioxide on Rainfall Responses to Radiative Processes of Water Clouds

The effects of doubled carbon dioxide on rainfall responses to radiative processes of water clouds are investigated in this study. The two groups of two-dimensional cloud-resolving model sensitivity experiments in pre-summer heavy rainfall around the summer solstice and tropical rainfall around the winter solstice are conducted and their averages over 5 days and model domain are analyzed. In the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds, doubled carbon dioxide changes pre-summer rainfall from the decrease associated with the enhanced atmospheric cooling to the increase associated with the enhanced infrared cooling as a result of the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds. Doubled carbon dioxide leads to the reduction in tropical rainfall caused by the removal of radiative effects of water clouds through the suppressed infrared cooling. In the absence of radiative effects of ice clouds, doubled carbon dioxide changes pre-summer rainfall from the increase associated with the increased atmospheric warming to the decrease associated with the weakened release of latent heat caused by the elimination of radiative effects of water clouds. The exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds increases tropical rainfall through the strengthened infrared cooling, which is insensitive to the change in carbon dioxide.     

RADIATIVE COOLING AND BROADBAND PHENOMENON IN LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES

In this paper, we analyze the effects of radiative cooling on the pure baroclinic low-frequency waves under the approximation of equatorial β-plane and semi-geostrophic condition. The results show that radiative cooling does not, exclusively, provide the damping effects on the development of low-frequency waves.Under the delicate radiative-convective equilibrium, radiative effects will alter the phase speed and wave period,and bring about the broadband of phase velocity and wave period by adjusting the vertical profiles of diabaticheating. When the intensity of diabatic heating is moderate and appropriate, it is conductive to the development and sustaining of the low-frequency waves and their broadband phenomena, not the larger, the better. The radiative cooling cannot be neglected in order to reach the moderate and appropriate intensity of diabatic heating.     

Influences of external forcing changes on the summer cooling trend over East Asia

Observations indicate a surface cooling trend during the East Asian summer in recent decades, against a background of global warming. This cooling trend is re-examined using station data from 1951 to 2007, and atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations are performed to investigate the possible influence of changes in external forcing. The numerical experiments are designed to investigate the effects of four types of external forcing: greenhouse gases (GHGs), Total Solar Irradiance (TSI), ozone, and the direct effects of aerosols. Results indicate that external forcing contributes to the cooling trend over East Asia. Furthermore, GHGs, and to a lesser degree the direct effects of aerosols, are the main contributors to the cooling trend. The possible linkages between the external forcings and the cooling trend are discussed.     

Effects of sea surface temperature, radiation, cloud microphysics, and diurnal variations on vertical structures of tropical tropospheric temperature: a two-dimensional equilibrium cloud-resolving modeling study

The effects of sea surface temperature (SST), radiation, cloud microphysics, and diurnal variations on the vertical structure of tropical tropospheric temperature are investigated by analyzing 10 two-dimensional equilibrium cloud-resolving model simulation data. The increase of SST, exclusion of diurnal variation of SST, and inclusion of diurnal variation of solar zenith angle, radiative effects of ice clouds, and ice microphysics could lead to tropical tropospheric warming and increase of tropopause height. The increase of SST and the suppression of its diurnal variation enhance the warming in the lower and upper troposphere, respectively, through increasing latent heat and decreasing IR cooling. The inclusion of diurnal variation of solar zenith angle increases the tropospheric warming through increasing solar heating. The inclusion of cloud radiative effects increases tropospheric warming through suppressing IR cooling in the mid and lower troposphere and enhancing solar heating in the upper troposphere. The inclusion of ice microphysics barely increases warming in the mid and lower troposphere because the warming from ice radiative effects is nearly offset by the cooling from ice microphysical effects, whereas it causes the large warming enhancement in the upper troposphere due to the dominance of ice radiative effects. The tropopause height is increased mainly through the large enhancement of IR cooling.     

Radiative and Evaporative Cooling in the Entrainment Zone of Stratocumulus – the Role of Longwave Radiative Cooling Above Cloud Top

A mixing fraction determines the relative amount of above-cloud-top air that has been mixed into a cloudy air parcel. A method, based on the use of mixing fractions, to calculate the cooling effects due to mixing, longwave radiation and phase changes at cloud top is derived and discussed. We compute cooling effects for the whole range of mixing fraction for two observed cases of the stratocumulus-topped marine boundary layer. In both cases the total radiative cooling effect is found to be the most dominant contributor to the negative buoyancy excess found at cloud top. The largest radiative cooling rates are found for clear-air parcels immediately adjacent to cloud top rather than inside the cloud. With the help of a simple longwave radiation model, we show this to be caused by clear-air radiative cooling due to the temperature inversion at cloud top. Further we show that flux profiles in the entrainment zone can be computed from data obtained from a horizontal level run that is half the time in cloud and half the time out of cloud.     

Simulation of the Effect of Water-vapor Increase on Temperature in the Stratosphere

To analyze the mechanism by which water vapor increase leads to cooling in the stratosphere, the effects of water-vapor increases on temperature in the stratosphere were simulated using the two-dimensional, interactive chemical dynamical radiative model (SOCRATES) of NCAR. The results indicate that increases in stratospheric water vapor lead to stratospheric cooling, with the extent of cooling increasing with height, and that cooling in the middle stratosphere is stronger in Arctic regions. Analysis of the radiation process showed that infrared radiative cooling by water vapor is a pivotal factor in middle-lower stratospheric cooling. However, in the upper stratosphere (above 45 km), infrared radiation is not a factor in cooling; there, cooling is caused by the decreased solar radiative heating rate resulting from ozone decrease due to increased stratospheric water vapor. Dynamical cooling is important in the middle-upper stratosphere, and dynamical feedback to temperature change is more distinct in the Northern Hemisphere middle-high latitudes than in other regions and signiffcantly affects temperature and ozone in winter over Arctic regions. Increasing stratospheric water vapor will strengthen ozone depletion through the chemical process. However, ozone will increase in the middle stratosphere. The change in ozone due to increasing water vapor has an important effect on the stratospheric temperature change.     

Stratospheric Ozone-induced Cloud Radiative Effects on Antarctic Sea Ice

Recent studies demonstrate that the Antarctic Ozone Hole has important influences on Antarctic sea ice.While most of these works have focused on effects associated with atmospheric and oceanic dynamic processes caused by stratospheric ozone changes,here we show that stratospheric ozone-induced cloud radiative effects also play important roles in causing changes in Antarctic sea ice.Our simulations demonstrate that the recovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole causes decreases in clouds over Southern Hemisphere(SH)high latitudes and increases in clouds over the SH extratropics.The decrease in clouds leads to a reduction in downward infrared radiation,especially in austral autumn.This results in cooling of the Southern Ocean surface and increasing Antarctic sea ice.Surface cooling also involves ice-albedo feedback.Increasing sea ice reflects solar radiation and causes further cooling and more increases in Antarctic sea ice.