南海低空越赤道气流流型的初步研究

本文通过1979—1981年6—8月850百帕的90—150°E、35°S—35°N逐日流场进行分型,得出南、北半球有利和不利于越赤道气流的各种流型,并对其转换作了统计分析。      

西太平洋夏季赤道反气旋形成过程的探讨

夏季(主要是1979年)的资料分析表明,当北半球西太平洋地区有一个或几个低压系统形成并在其南侧10°N附近出现大片热带西风时,即使南半球没有寒潮爆发,赤道附近偏东风没有加强,也会使低压南侧0°—10°N地区(-Δu/Δy)出现很大的负值,有利于赤道缓冲带或赤道反气旋的发生发展。相反,当北半球热带及副热带地区受高压影响时,赤道两侧都盛行偏东气流,赤道附近(-Δu/Δy)值很小,此时即使南半球有寒潮爆发,也不会形成赤道缓冲带和赤道反气旋。     

高空纬向风准3.5年振荡特征

本文利用1968—1985年NMC客观分析700和200 hPa月平均纬向风，对其准3.5年振荡（SO）作了研究。发现其主要活动于180°—150°W南北太平洋及25°—35°N纬带上。其传播特征为赤道上向东、副热带基本向西而中纬向东；50°—90°E间经向传播不明显，而太平洋上向北。CEOF分析表明，其方差主要集中于第1，2分量。对其演变及与东太平洋赤道海温的SO分量间关系也作了研究。     

北太平洋海温与江淮流域汛期流量的关系研究

利用自然正交函数分解法,对北太平洋海温与江淮流域汛期流量的关系进行了研究。结果表明,赤道东人平洋（10°S-10°N、180°-80°W）和西北太平洋（35°—45°N、150°E-140°W及30°N、170°-140°W）的海温变化与江淮流域汛期流量关系密切。当赤道东太平洋海温升高时,江淮流域汛期流量减少,反之则增加。依据这两个关键区的典型场时间系数所建立的流域预报模型,试报效果较为理想,除汉口8月流量预报误差为-10．7％外,其他要素流量预报误差均在±5％左右。     

30—50天振荡动能演变及维持机制的诊断分析

本文采用带通滤波的方法,选取赤道附近(5°S—5°N,80—120°E)和中纬度区域(40—BO°N,140—180°E)的平均量作为研究对象,分析动能平衡方程各项的时间演变特征、季节平均的垂直分布特征以及各作用项与动能变化的可能联系。指出30—50天振荡动能的维持主要与平流作用和平均气流的正压相互作用有关,但其输送在赤道和中纬度地区恰好是反方向的。赤道地区是振荡的源,振荡从基本流中获得能量,同时通过平流作用向外输送,振荡动能对各项作用的响应为5—7天;中纬度地区是振荡的汇,向基本流中输送能量,动能变化对各项作用的响应为2—3天。      

热带OLR异常准二年周期的初步研究

本文用带通滤波、单点相关和EOF研究了热带(40°N—40°S)OLR异常准二年周期的水平结构。指出其空间模态具有纬向偶极结构,它同热带行星波数2相联系。印尼—赤道中太平洋偶极型的准二年周期变化同赤道QBO有一定关系。后延相关和交叉谱分析揭示出赤道低纬OLR异常准二年周期在东非—赤道中太平洋(30°E—150°W)为驻波振荡,而在赤道东太平洋—赤道大西洋巴西海岸(140—40°W)则为向西传播。      

关于ENSO本质的进一步研究

基于ENSO是热带太平洋海气相互作用产物的科学观点,一系列的分析研究表明:赤道太平洋次表层海温异常(SOTA)有明显的年际变化(循环),并且与ENSO发生密切相关;ENSO的真正源区在赤道西太平洋暖池,赤道西太平洋暖池正(负)SOTA沿赤道温跃层东传到东太平洋,导致El Nino(La Nina)的爆发;在暖池正(负)SOTA沿赤道温跃层东传的同时,将有负(正)SOTA沿10°N和10°S两个纬度带向西传播,从而构成SOTA的循环;热带太平洋SOTA年际循环的驱动者主要是由异常东亚季风所引起的赤道西太平洋纬向风的异常.进而,可以提出关于ENSO本质的一种新理论,即ENSO实质上主要是由异常东亚季风引起的赤道西太平洋异常纬向风所驱动的热带太平洋次表层海温距平的年际循环.       

赤道反气旋的合成结构和涡度收支

本文通过普查1979—1983年7—9月在10°S—15°N、90°E—140°E范围内的赤道反气旋活动情况,从中选出15个强度和范围较接近的赤道反气旋进行综合分析,得到它们的平均三维结构特征。结果表明,赤道反气旋是一个暖性的中低层系统。反气旋环流与涡度、散度及垂直运动有较好的配合。在赤道反气旋的低层,环流中心为负涡度区和辐散区,并与下沉运动区相对应,四周为正涡度和辐合区,以及上升运动区。高层正好相反。加热场与垂直运动场有较好的对应关系,中心区是干绝热下沉增温区。对涡度收支的计算表明,中低层有负涡度积累,上层有正涡度积累,局地涡度变化主要决定于散度项、平流项和垂直输送项。      

东亚夏季风建立过程中的大气能量变化

本文利用1980、1981年4—6月资料,分析了0°—25°N、95°—120°E区域中的大气能量变化。发现在东亚夏季风建立过程中,该区域中能量水平收支和分布均发生了明显的变化,并能较好地反映出东亚夏季风的建立早晚和强弱差异。对总能量各项的计算结果表明:潜热能是东亚夏季风建立过程中的一个重要影响因子。 文章还初步研究了东亚夏季风建立前期,中低纬环流之间相互作用的动力学表现。指出90°—125°E之间,前期越过35°N向南输送的涡动动量对东亚夏季风建立具有触发作用。      

东亚夏季风活动与东亚高空西风急流位置北跳关系的研究

利用美国NCEP/NCAR再分析资料(1980～1999年)探讨了东亚夏季风活动的两个重要事件,即南海夏季风爆发和江淮流域梅雨起始,与东亚高空西风急流位置北跳的关系.系统的分析研究表明,东亚高空西风急流在由冬向夏的转变过程中一般存在着两次向北突跳现象,并与东亚夏季风活动有密切关系.第一次东亚高空急流的北跳(由25～28°N跳到30°N以北)平均发生在5月8日左右,比南海夏季风爆发日期(平均为5月15日)早7天左右;高空急流位置的北跳是中高纬度大气环流系统减弱北退的表现,它为热带环流和系统的向北推进提供了条件,从而有利于南海夏季风的爆发.第二次东亚高空急流的北跳(由32°N左右北跳到35°N以北)平均发生在6月7日左右,先于江淮流域梅雨起始时间(平均在6月18日左右)10天左右,它是梅雨起始的前期征兆.高空西风急流的两次北跳分别与亚洲大陆南部地区对流层中上层(500～200 hPa)经向温度梯度的两次逆转(反向)有关,在由冬到夏的季节转换中,由于大陆加热较快,导致对流层中上层大气在5～25°N间的经向温度梯度发生反向(逆转),通过地转适应使流场向气压场(温度场)调整,从而高空急流位置北跳.数据分析还发现,东亚高空急流位置的第一次北跳有时也受到南半球副热带高空急流位置北移和加强的影响.     

1998 SCSMEX期间亚洲30－60天低频振荡特征的分析

对１９９８年 ５－８月南海季风试验（ＳＣＳＭＥＸ）期间东亚地区 ８５０ ｈＰａ中低纬环流指数、东亚季风指数和长江中下游降水进行了Ｍｏｒｌｅｔ 小波分析,结果表明在此期间这些要素均有明显的３０－６０天周期低频振荡。在此基础上对 ５－８月每隔 ５天的 ８５０ ｈＰａ低频流场进行分析,结果表明：（１）１００°－１５０°Ｅ间东亚从中国东中部大陆经南海和西太平洋的南北半球中明显的存在一个以３０－６０天低频荡为特征的东亚季风低频环流系统,东亚季风活动主要受东亚季风系统中低频活动影响;（２）５月第５候南海热带季风爆发、６月中旬长江中下游人梅及产生大暴雨以及７月中旬以后的该地区大暴雨均与低频气旋带在该地区活动有关,而８月长江上游大暴雨则与低频反气旋伸人到大陆有关;（３）ＳＣＳＭＥＸ期间东亚低频振荡系统的源地有二个,即南海赤道和北半球中太平洋中高纬。南海低频系统向北传播,而中高纬低频系统自东北向西南传播为主。长江中下游６、７月二次大暴雨均与上述二个低频气旋系统自热带向北和中高纬向西南传播并于长江中下游汇合有关;（４）５－８月间东亚季风系统中有二次低频气旋带和二次低频反气旋带活动,这些低频环流系统的活动与印度季风低频环流系统活动并无明     

The Characteristics of Cold Air Outbreaks over the Eastern Highlands of Kenya

Summary Climatological statistics of extreme temperature events over Kenya are established from the analysis of daily and monthly maximum temperatures for a representative station (Nairobi Dagoretti Corner) over the period 1956–1997. The months of June to August were shown to be the coldest with a mean monthly maximum temperature of less than 22 °C. Seasonal (June to August) mean maximum temperature was 21.5 °C. Using this seasonal mean temperature for the period 1967–1997 delineated 1968 as the coldest year in this series and 1983 as the warmest year. Spectral analysis of the seasonal data, for both the coldest and the warmest years, revealed that the major periods were the quasi-biweekly (10 days) and the Intraseasonal Oscillations (23 days). Secondary peaks occurred at periods of 4–6 and 2.5–3.5 days. A temperature threshold of 16.7 °C during July was used to define cold air outbreaks over Nairobi. This threshold temperature of 16.7 °C was obtained from the mean July maximum temperature (20.9 °C) minus two standard deviations. Notable trends include a decrease in the frequency of station-days, between 1956 and 1997, with temperatures less than 16.7 °C during July. Surface pressure patterns indicate that the origin of the cold air is near latitude 25° S and to the east of mainland South Africa. The cold air near 25° S is advected northwards ahead of the surface pressure ridge. Received July 19, 1999 Revised January 11, 2000     

Diapycnal heat flux and mixed layer heat budget within the Atlantic Cold Tongue

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the eastern tropical Atlantic are crucial for climate variability within the tropical belt. Despite this importance, state-of-the-art climate models show a large SST warm bias in this region. Knowledge about the seasonal mixed layer (ML) heat budget is a prerequisite for understanding SST mean state and its variability. Within this study all contributions to the seasonal ML heat budget are estimated at four locations within the Atlantic cold tongue (ACT) that are representative for the western (0°N, 23°W), central (0°N, 10°W) and eastern (0°N, 0°E) equatorial as well as the southern (10°S, 10°W) ACT. To estimate the contribution of the diapycnal heat flux due to turbulence an extensive data set of microstructure observations collected during ten research cruises between 2005 and 2012 is analyzed. The results for the equatorial ACT indicate that with the inclusion of the diapycnal heat flux the seasonal ML heat budget is balanced. Within the equatorial region, the diapycnal heat flux is essential for the development of the ACT. It dominates over all other cooling terms in the central and eastern equatorial ACT, while it is of similar size as the zonal advection in the western equatorial ACT. In contrast, the SST evolution in the southern ACT region can be explained entirely by air-sea heat fluxes.     

Influence of the South Atlantic convergence zone and SouthAtlantic Sea surface temperature on interannual summerrainfall variability in Southeastern South America

Summary  In subtropical Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil, precipitation is most abundant during summer but its interannual variability is large. At this time a zone of low-level convergence, upper-level divergence, and intense convection is developed to the north of this area. This feature is known as the South Atlantic convergence zone (SACZ) and seems to be related to the interannual variability of summer rainfall to its south. The aim of this work is to document this relationship. Reduced (increased) precipitation in southern Brazil, most of Uruguay and northeastern Argentina is associated with a strong (weak) SACZ and a northward (southward) displacement of it, while increased (reduced) rainfall occurs further south in subtropical Argentina. Also, warm (cold) SST in the region 20° S–40° S and west of 30° W is likely accompanied by a southward (northward) shift of the SACZ. Aside of this relation with the SACZ that affect on the precipitation field of Southeastern South America, the proximate Atlantic Ocean SST seems to force the precipitation over this region by other mechanisms as well. The result of this additional SST forcing is to enhance the signal of the SACZ in northeastern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil and to oppose the SACZ effect in southern subtropical Argentina. Received July 24, 1999 Revised July 5, 2000     

Mean structure of the tropical tropopause and its variability over the Indian longitude sector

The mean spatiotemporal variations in tropopause parameters over the tropics (±35°, in latitude) in the Indian monsoon region are examined using the upper air data for an extended period obtained from radiosonde and Radio Occultation measurements. In general, the altitude of cold point tropopause (CPT) is a minimum near the equator and increases with latitude on either side. While CPT over the entire southern tropical latitudes and northern equatorial region is cooler (higher) during boreal winter and warmer (lower) during boreal summer, the annual pattern of CPT-temperature reverses in the northern hemispheric off-equatorial region. The temperature of lapse rate tropopause (LRT) is always negatively correlated with its altitude. While the annual variation of LRT-temperature in tropics is always positively correlated with CPT-temperature, the annual variation of LRT-altitude differs mainly in the off-equatorial regions. While the altitude of the convective tropopause is positively correlated with CPT-altitude over the latitude region 20°S–5°N, they are negatively correlated at the north of 10°N. In general, the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) is very thin (~3 km) near the equator and its thickness increases with latitude on either side of the equator to reach a peak value (of ~6 km) around ±30°. A pronounced decrease in TTL-thickness observed over the northern off-equatorial region during the ASM period can be attributed to the manifestation of very deep convection over the land near the Head Bay-of-Bengal region. The TTL-lapse-rate (γ_TTL) is large in the equatorial region and decreases with increase in latitude. While γ_TTL in the northern hemispheric off-equatorial region is low during winter, it increases and becomes comparable to that over equatorial region during the ASM period. The annual variations in CPT parameters as well as the TTL- thickness are significantly modulated by quasi-biennial oscillation and the El Niño Southern Oscillation.     

2014年8月西北太平洋和南海无TC生成之原因分析

利用常规气象观测资料、NCEP/NCAR 1°×1°的月平均再分析资料、NOAA卫星观测的OLR资料和中国气象局台风年鉴资料,对2014年8月西北太平洋和南海无TC生成的原因进行了诊断分析,结果表明：极地冷空气南侵,造成8月上中旬副热带高压偏东偏南,下旬冷空气减弱,副热带高压偏西偏南,致使副热带高压南侧偏东信风与赤道西风的汇合区位置异常偏南;马斯克林高压偏弱,导致索马里急流和东印度洋越赤道气流也弱,印度半岛中低层季风低压或季风槽极其不活跃。澳大利亚高压路径偏东或偏西和势力偏弱,则南海南部越赤道气流亦弱。8月上中旬台风主要源地的海表温度明显偏低,不能酿成低层高温高湿的大气;月内西北太平洋和南海大气的对流活动很弱,层结较稳定、风速垂直切变大,均不利于TC发生发展。在南海到菲律宾以东洋面低层为弱的正涡度区和负散度区,有辐合上升运动,但垂直速度很小,不能满足TC尺度的环流发生和发展;南亚高压和副高南侧东风扰动造成对流层高层为弱上升区,不能形成高空辐散机制,不利于上升气流维持和加强。故此,8月在异常偏南的ITCZ中生成的4个热带扰动最终均未能发展成台风。     

Reinterpreting the thermocline feedback in the western-central equatorial Pacific and its relationship with the ENSO modulation

Vertical stratification changes at low frequency over the last decades are the largest in the western-central Pacific and have the potential to modify the balance between ENSO feedback processes. Here we show evidence of an increase in thermocline feedback in the western-central equatorial Pacific over the last 50 years, and in particular after the climate shift of 1976. It is demonstrated that the thermocline feedback becomes more effective due to the increased stratification in the vicinity of the mean thermocline. This leads to an increase in vertical advection variability twice as large as the increase resulting from the stronger ENSO amplitude (positive asymmetry) in the eastern Pacific that connects to the thermocline in the western-central Pacific through the basin-scale ‘tilt’ mode. Although the zonal advective feedback is dominant over the western-central equatorial Pacific, the more effective thermocline feedback allows for counteracting its warming (cooling) effect during warm (cold) events, leading to the reduced covariability between SST and thermocline depth anomalies in the NINO4 (160°E–150°W; 5°S–5°N) region after the 1976 climate shift. This counter-intuitive relationship between thermocline feedback strength as derived from the linear relationship between SST and thermocline fluctuations and stratification changes is also investigated in a long-term general circulation coupled model simulation. It is suggested that an increase in ENSO amplitude may lead to the decoupling between eastern and central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies through its effect on stratification and thermocline feedback in the central-western Pacific.     

The Indian summer monsoon drought of 2002 and its linkage with tropical convective activity over northwest Pacific

The Indian subcontinent witnessed a severe monsoon drought in 2002, which largely resulted from a major rainfall deficiency in the month of July. While moderate El Nino conditions prevailed during this period, the atmospheric convective activity was anomalously enhanced over northwest and north-central Pacific in the 10–20°N latitude belt; and heavy rainfall occurred over this region in association with a series of northward moving tropical cyclones. Similar out-of-phase rainfall variations over the Indian region and the northwest (NW) Pacific have been observed during other instances of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The dynamical linkage corresponding to this out-of-phase rainfall variability is explored in this study by conducting a set of numerical experiments using an atmospheric general circulation model. The results from the model simulations lend credence to the role of the tropical Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in forcing the out-of-phase precipitation variability over the NW Pacific and the Indian monsoon region. It is seen that the ENSO induced circulation response reveals an anomalous pattern comprising of alternating highs and lows which extend meridionally from the equatorial region into the sub-tropic and mid-latitude regions of west-central Pacific. This meridional pattern is associated with an anomalous cyclonic circulation over NW Pacific, which is found to favor enhanced tropical cyclonic activity and intensified convection over the region. In turn, the intensified convection over NW Pacific induces subsidence and rainfall deficiency over the Indian landmass through anomalous east-west circulation in the 10–20°N latitude belt. Based on the present findings, it is suggested that the convective activity over NW Pacific is an important component in mediating the ENSO-monsoon teleconnection dynamics.