The global energy cycle of stationary and transient atmospheric waves: Results from ECMWF analyses

Summary The role of stationary (monthly mean) and transient (departure from monthly mean) waves within the atmospheric energy cycle is examined using global analyses from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for the period 1980–1987. Only January and July averages are considered.It is confirmed that planetary stationary waves are basically baroclinic. Their contribution to the globally averaged energy cycle of the atmosphere is comparable to that of the transient waves. In January they contribute about 40% to the baroclinic conversion (CA) from zonal mean to eddy available potential energy. Local values for the northern hemisphere even show a predominant role of the stationary wave conversions over those originating from transient waves. Part of the available potential energy of stationary waves (A _SE) is converted to kinetic energy by warm air rising and cold air sinking. Nonlinear energy conversion, which can be interpreted as destruction of stationary temperature waves by transients, is the second sink forA _SE. The order of magnitude of these two processes is similar.Barotropic nonlinear conversions, though negligible in the global average, reveal large conversion rates between the mean positions of the polar and the subtropical jets. Their orientation is suggestive of a tendency to increase stationary wave kinetic energyK _SE at its local minimum between the jets at the expense of the synoptic scale transients.While all terms of the energy cycle related to stationary waves reveal a predominance of the planetary scale (zonal wave numbers 1–3) transient waves are governed by synoptic scale waves (zonal wave numbers 4–9) only with respect to the baroclinic and barotropic conversions: a significant amount of transient wave energy (50% for the global average ofA _TE) is due to planetary scale waves.With 15 Figures     

汉江流域盛夏暴雨与天气尺度瞬变波EP通量的可能联系

利用1980—2015年ERA-5全球再分析资料,对汉中地区典型暴雨发生前纬向风场变化及天气尺度瞬变波活动(Eliassen-Palm通量特征)进行分析。结果表明:瞬变波Eliassen-Palm(EP)通量特征分析为汉江流域暴雨潜势预报提供一个有利的参考指标;暴雨发生前,33°N附近200 h Pa有纬向风减速中心,对应200 hPa为EP通量辐散区,这种垂直分布模型是暴雨前期的有利形势,随着纬向风减速趋势加快,EP通量辐散区扩展并加强,有利于暴雨的发生;与8月相比,7月暴雨强度更强,暴雨范围更广,纬向风变化更明显,200 hPa的EP通量辐散更强。若简单地将盛夏暴雨整体进行研究,会影响对不同月份瞬变波活动及大气环流变化趋势的诊断,造成诊断偏差且难以准确反映瞬变波与暴雨的联系。因此在讨论盛夏季天气尺度瞬变波与对流层环流的相互作用时,应按月份讨论。     

Medium-range oscillations in the summer tropical easterlies at 200 hPa

By the use of space-time spectral analysis and band-pass filter, some of the features of the medium-range Oscillations in the summer tropical easterlies (10oS-20o) at 200 hPa are investigated based on a two-year (1980 and 1982) wind (u, v) data set for the period from May to September. Space-time power spectral analysis shows that the total energy of the westward moving waves was the largest and that of the standing waves and eastward moving waves was relatively small in the 200 hPa easterlies; the total energy of the eastward moving waves was at minimum at 10oN. Three kind of the medium-range oscillations with about 50 day, 25 day and quasi-biweekly periods were found in the easterlies, which all show a remarkable interannual variation and latitudinal differences in these two years. The wave energy of zonal wind is mainly associated with the planetary waves (1-3), which all may make important contributions to the 50 day and 25 day oscillations in different years or different latitudes. The quasi-biweekly oscillation is mainly related to the synoptic waves (4-6). In equatorial region, the 50 day oscillation was dominant with a eastward phase propagation in 1982 while the dominant oscillation in 1980 was of 25day period with a westward phase propagations in 1980. Both of them are of the mode of zonal wavenumber 1. Strong westward 50 day oscillation was found in 10oN-20oN in these two years. Regular propagations of the meridional wind 50 day oscillation were also found in the easterlies.The 50 day and 25 day oscillation of zonal wind all demonstrate southward phase propagation over the region of the South Asia monsoon and northward phase propagation near interational date line, where are the climatic mean position of the tropical upper-tropospheric easterly jet and the tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT), respectively.     

深厚和浅薄球面大气中的斜压行星波

本文在包括对流层—平流层—中间层(0—80公里)的半球及全球大气模式中,求解特征值及特征函数问题,得到夏季及冬季纬向平均基流中发展型行星波及天气尺度波的增长率、相速度及空间结构。结果指出,在冬季环流中存在三种不同结构及相速的发展型波动:1.行星尺度的准稳定Green波(波数1—2),其振幅在平流层中上部达到极大;2.深厚而准稳定的Char-ney波(波数3—4),其振幅在对流层中达到极大;3.天气尺度的移动性Charney波,这是一些波数5—9的对流层波动。在夏季环流中存在两种发展型波动:中间层内自东向西移动的波动1—4及对流层中自西向东移的天气尺度波动。这些发展型波动的结构、移速及出现层次与实际大气中的瞬变波有相当好的对应,由此推论,深厚球面大气基本流的动力不稳定可能是激发这些波动的重要机制。此外,深厚模型与浅薄模型的对比分析指出,以行星波为对象的数值模式必须包括对流层和平流层,简单的对流层模式会严重歪曲行星波的结构与移速。     

海陆风环流在天津2009年9月26日局地暴雨过程中的作用

利用常规天气资料、地面加密自动站资料、天津中尺度模式产品资料以及卫星云图和多普勒雷达等资料,对2009年9月26日出现在天津地区的局地暴雨过程进行天气学、动力学诊断分析和中尺度分析.结果表明,本次暴雨的天气尺度主要的影响系统是500 hPa高空槽,中尺度系统是由海陆风环流形成的地面中尺度辐合线.降水前天津市具有较好的热力不稳定条件,较好的能量储备,有利的动力条件,一定量级的水汽辐合,边界层的东风将渤海的水汽输送至天津市,是本次过程的主要水汽来源.天气尺度的积云对流与海风锋的碰撞触发不稳定能量的释放,引发第一阶段的强降水,边界层东风急流再度加强所产生的抬升效应引发第二阶段的降水.中尺度切变线通过提供带状辐合上升运动起着胚胎和组织积云对流的作用,使得降水回波和对流云团沿中尺度切变线发展、加强和移动,产生了明显的列车效应,导致了这场历史罕见的秋季局部暴雨过程,也充分凸显出海陆风环流对本次暴雨的重要作用.     

IAP9L AGCM中大气季节内振荡的时空特征

根据IAP9LAGCM10年积分850hPa纬向风的逐日输出结果,应用Morlet小波分析方法,研究了该模式中的大气季节内振荡(MJO),结果表明该模式能抓住热带MJO的基本时空特征,模式中MJO的显著周期为36天;另外还分析了16～64天重构信号的时间经度剖面图,发现该MJO为东传,这与实际较一致;最后用EOF方法分析了模式大气中850hPa5天平均速度势,揭示出该MJO在全球表现为行星尺度1波和2波的特征。     

对流层及平流层低层全球动能的季节性急变

利用１９８０－１９８８年ＥＣＭＷＦ的资料，分析对流层５００ｈＰａ，３００ｈＰａ和平流层低层１００ｈＰａ全球范围的纬向平均动能和涡动动能的季节过渡，比较不同层次不同纬度带动能模态的季节性急变，得到如下结论：（１）北半球热带与温带各层次的ＫＺ都有季节性急变，发生在３－４月和１０月附近，而南半球仅在热带有急变。（２）北半球热带地区ＫＺ在６月还有一次季节性急变，出现有１００ｈＰａ和５００ｈＰａ．（３）１０     

1979年7月热带地区的动能平衡

应用欧洲中期预报中心的FGGEⅢ-b个客观分析资料计算了1979年7月热带大气的动能平衡。热带环流系统的动能主要集中在定常涡旋部分。对流层下层,105°E和150°E为两半球间瞬变涡旋的通道。对流层上层,瞬变涡旋的通道和洋中槽相联系,位于150°E和30°W附近。 索马里急流是对流层下层制造动能的主要环流系统。对流层上层,南亚东风急流入口区制造动能,出口区破坏动能,其动能收支与中纬度西风急流相似。 非洲-阿拉伯海季风区和孟加拉湾—南海季风区的动能平衡很不相同。动能的垂直输送可能在季风环流中很重要。     

热带夏季风场与对流场季节内振荡传播模比较

利用1979-2007年卫星观测日平均OLR资料以及NCEP/DOE第2套再分析资料中的风场资料,采用有限区域波一频分析、合成分析等方法,分析对比对流层高、低层风场与对流场所表征的热带北半球夏季季节内振荡(BSISO)各种传播模态谱分布气候特征及其年际异常。结果表明:各要素反映的BSISO各种模态的气候特征及其年际变化存在一定差异,总体而言对流层低层风(850hPa纬向风或经向风)与对流比较一致。850hPa经向风(纬向风)所反映的纬向(经向)传播BSISO谱分布气候特征与对流情况最相似。在ENSO发展年,850hPa经向风反映的赤道东传波加强趋势与对流较为一致;850hPa纬向风、经向风反映的北传波变化趋势都与对流相似。在ENSO衰减年,850hPa纬向风(经向风)反映的赤道东传波(赤道外西传波)减弱趋势与对流较为一致;对流以及850hPa经向风、200hPa纬向风和200hPa经向风4种要素都能体现南海及周边地区北传波明显减弱这一特征。对流和850hPa纬向风所反映的北传波与印度洋偶极子模态之间关系一致。     

乌鲁木齐暴雪天气的环流配置及中尺度系统特征*

利用1980-2018年ERA-5全球再分析资料，对汉江流域汉中地区典型暴雨发生前纬向风场变化及天气尺度瞬变波活动(Eliassen-Palm通量特征)进行分析。结果表明：瞬变波EP通量特征分析为汉江流域暴雨潜势预报提供一个有利的参考指标；暴雨发生前，33°N附近200hPa附近有纬向风减速中心，对应200hPa为EP通量辐散区，这种垂直分布模型是暴雨前期有利形势，随着纬向风减速趋势加强，EP通量辐散区扩展并加强，有利于暴雨的发生；7月较之8月，暴雨强度更强、暴雨范围更广、纬向风变化更明显、200hPa以上EP通量辐散更强。若简单地将盛夏暴雨整体进行研究，会影响对不同月份瞬变波活动及大气环流变化趋势的诊断，造成诊断偏差且难以准确反映瞬变波与暴雨的联系。因此在讨论盛夏季天气尺度瞬变波与对流层环流的相互作用时，应针对不同月份分开进行讨论。     

Southern hemisphere energy fluxes from analyses with special respect to the Weddell Sea region (antarctica)

Summary Meridional eddy transports of sensible heat and zonal momentum caused by transient and stationary waves are computed from Australian operational analyses. The southward sensible heat flux by transient waves is largest in the midlatitudes, where cyclones are responsible for the heat exchange. The flux decreases towards the Weddell Sea. The transport by stationary waves reaches remarkable values locally in the tropics and off the Antarctic coasts. The transport of zonal momentum is mostly accomplished by transient eddies. Zonal averages, horizontal distributions and fluxes along single latitudes are shown.With 12 Figures     

热带月平均风场谱结构的傅立叶分析Ⅰ——气候风场分析

用风场傅立叶分析方案,分析了NCEP/NCAR再分析资料的热带(30°S~30°N)850、200 hPa气候风场V8 50、V2 00的谱结构,讨论热带风场定常波的成因,以弥补热带气候风场此类分析工作的空白。研究结果表明,(1)有低维、低阶特征,|m|=0,4-、0,3-波对月8 50、2 00的累积模方拟合率年均达90%、98%。(2)纬向平均分量0最重要,它对8 50、2 00的单波拟合率ρ0年均达52%、85%。850 hPa0主要由北、南半球的两支信风带构成,冬半球强、夏半球弱,轴线位置与所在半球Hadley环流中心对应;200 hPa0由强的外热带西风带和弱的内热带东风带构成。0的季节变化850 hPa层明显强于200 hPa,北半球明显强于南半球。(3)风场定常波的最大波分量全年两层均为|1|*,它对850*、200*的拟合率ρ|*1|年均达39%、55%;ρ|1|*作年双周振荡,北半球夏、冬季达极大,秋、春季达极小。次大波分量在北半球冬、夏季时同为3、2波,过渡季节也以3、2波为主(10—12月850*4波是例外)。(4)1、7月射出长波辐射定常波OLR*最大、次大波与同期V*相同,1月为1、3波,7月为1、2波;OLR*重要波分量上的极值区与*相应波分量散度场的垂直配置符合动力学原理。(5)7月青藏高原及以东以南的广阔区域,*的主要分量|1|*、|2|*同为下层辐合、上层辐散,1OLR*、2OLR*同为负值,是同纬度上最有利于降水和潜热释放的气候区。     

CFSv2 prediction skill of stratospheric temperature anomalies

This study evaluates the prediction skill of stratospheric temperature anomalies by the Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) reforecasts for the 12-year period from January 1, 1999 to December 2010. The goal is to explore if the CFSv2 forecasts for the stratosphere would remain skillful beyond the inherent tropospheric predictability time scale of at most 2 weeks. The anomaly correlation between observations and forecasts for temperature field at 50 hPa (T50) in winter seasons remains above 0.3 over the polar stratosphere out to a lead time of 28 days whereas its counterpart in the troposphere at 500 hPa drops more quickly and falls below the 0.3 level after 12 days. We further show that the CFSv2 has a high prediction skill in the stratosphere both in an absolute sense and in terms of gain over persistence except in the equatorial region where the skill would mainly come from persistence of the quasi-biennial oscillation signal. We present evidence showing that the CFSv2 forecasts can capture both timing and amplitude of wave activities in the extratropical stratosphere at a lead time longer than 30 days. Based on the mass circulation theory, we conjecture that as long as the westward tilting of planetary waves in the stratosphere and their overall amplitude can be captured, the CFSv2 forecasts is still very skillful in predicting zonal mean anomalies even though it cannot predict the exact locations of planetary waves and their spatial scales. This explains why the CFSv2 has a high skill for the first EOF mode of T50, the intraseasonal variability of the annular mode while its skill degrades rapidly for higher EOF modes associated with stationary waves. This also explains why the CFSv2’s skill closely follows the seasonality and its interannual variability of the meridional mass circulation and stratosphere polar vortex. In particular, the CFSv2 is capable of predicting mid-winter polar stratosphere warming events in the Northern Hemisphere and the timing of the final polar stratosphere warming in spring in both hemispheres 3–4 weeks in advance.     

多要素表征的东亚季风区准双周振荡特征

为评估不同要素对东亚季风区准双周振荡的表征能力,对大气向外长波辐射（OLR）、500 hPa位势涡度、850 hPa相对涡度、850 hPa风场和750 hPa比湿等要素的准双周振荡特征进行对比,发现各要素均能很好反映东亚季风区明显的准双周振荡时空特征。OLR及500 hPa位势涡度、850 hPa相对涡度、850 hPa纬向风表征的准双周振荡呈明显的西北向传播特征,500 hPa位势涡度、850 hPa相对涡度、850 hPa纬向风北传更强,北传速度更快。850 hPa经向风的准双周振荡呈明显西移特征,北传弱,北传速度最慢。而750 hPa比湿准双周振荡呈东南向传播。不同要素准双周振荡的强度略有差异,其中750 hPa比湿与其他要素的差异大。总体而言,750 hPa比湿不能较好地表现出东亚季风区准双周振荡活动特征,而其余要素能很好地表征东亚季风区大气准双周振荡,其中500 hPa位势涡度和850 hPa相对涡度准双周振荡特征一致性高。     

Modulating synoptic scale convective activity and boundary layer dissipation in the IPESD models of the Madden–Julian oscillation

A self-contained derivation of the IPESD models [Majda, A.J., Klein, R., 2003. Systematic multi-scale models for the tropics. J. Atmos. Sci. 60, 393–408] governing synoptic and planetary scale tropical flows is provided. This derivation demonstrates the analytic tractability of the model and the effect of zonally and meridionally tilted synoptic scale heating on the forcing of planetary scale flows through upscale momentum and temperature fluxes. Exploiting the analytic tractability of the models, different aspects of the planetary scale forcing are traced to meridional and vertical tilts in the synoptic scale heating profile. Variants of the archetypal IPESD models for the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) presented in Majda and Biello [Majda, A.J., Biello, J.A., 2004. A multi-scale model for tropical intraseasonal oscillations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101, 4736–4741; Biello, J.A., Majda, A.J., 2005. A new multi-scale model for the Madden–Julian oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 1694–1721] are studied. In addition to vertically tilted synoptic scale heating, the models discussed herein incorporate upscale zonal momentum flux due to meridional flux convergence arising from meridionally tilted heating. The effect of a boundary layer momentum drag at the base of the free troposphere is also systematically incorporated into the IPESD models. Both meridional tilts and lower boundary layer drag are shown to meridionally confine the MJO westerly wind burst and drive a planetary scale barotropic flow. Meridionally tilted heating can also greatly strengthen the wind burst at the base of the troposphere and modify its vertical profile. The competing effects of meridionally tilted, and off-equatorial heating can also significantly weaken the MJO winds. Appendices are provided which discuss generalizations and a solution algorithm for the IPESD models.     

江淮地区夏季高温事件与北极冷异常的动力联系

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,通过合成分析和相关分析,研究了2010年、2013年及2016年夏季江淮地区高温事件发生时,大气环流异常的主要特征及其与北极冷异常的可能联系。结果表明:这3年江淮地区夏季高温事件发生频次明显偏高,期间江淮地区500 hPa位势高度为正异常,对流层中低层平均温度为暖异常,整个对流层和平流层纬向风减弱;而北极500 hPa高度为负异常,对流层中低层平均温度异常偏冷,纬向风明显加强。因此,江淮地区高温事件与对流层纬向风存在密切联系,在东亚中低纬度地区呈负相关,而在北极呈正相关。东亚中低纬度地区对流层西风减弱抑制对流活动,地面吸收太阳短波辐射增加,进而有利于高温事件发生。     

Role of Triad Kinetic Energy Interactions for Maintenance of Upper Tropospheric Low Frequency Waves during Summer Monsoon 1988

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大气再分析资料中潜在可预报性的特征及其差异

利用1957年9月—2002年8月ECMWF和NCEP/NCAR月平均再分析资料,分别讨论了冬季和夏季SLP(sea level pressure,海平面气压)、500hPa高度、200hPa纬向风和850hPa经向风年际变率的潜在可预报性特征。结果表明:热带地区的潜在可预报性较高,尤其是赤道中东太平洋地区,而中高纬地区的潜在可预报性则较低。比较两套资料潜在可预报性的异同后发现:南半球的差异均明显大于北半球,特别是南极地区;低层变量的差异均大于中高层变量;东亚大陆在冬、夏季均具有一定的潜在可预报性;冬季各变量均表现出东亚冬季风具有较高的年际变率潜在可预报性,且两套资料的差异较小;500hPa位势高度表现的东亚夏季风潜在可预报性在两套资料中较一致,而低层变量(SLP和850hPa经向风)表现的东亚夏季风年际变率潜在可预报性在两套资料中存在较大差异。     

北方麦收期间连阴雨天气环流特征

利用1980-2004年5月下旬至6月中旬北方麦收区30个代表站降水实况资料，连阴雨期间亚欧范围500hPa逐日形势图和500hPa高度平均图等，分析总结了近25年来北方麦收期间连阴雨的天气气候和环流形势特征；对北方麦收期间出现的连阴雨天气过程与环流形势和影响系统的关系进行初步探讨，确定连阴雨天气的概念模型。分析表明，阻塞高压形势且贝加尔湖附近伴有冷涡是造成连阴雨天气最主要的环流特征；在500hPa地转风υ场上，麦收区多处于南北风交界处；长连阴雨期间，850hPa东亚地区中低纬度盛行南风为主要特征。