土壤温湿异常对短期气候影响的数值模拟试验

本文介绍了用IAP气候模式进行关于土壤温度异常和土壤湿度异常的敏感性试验研究,异常区域都取在中国范围内。其中关于土壤温度异常的影响,我们进行了初值异常和固定异常两种试验,而对土壤湿度异常的影响则进行了初始异常的试验。结果表明,土壤温度的初始异常一天以后基本消失,而固定的土壤温度异常和土壤湿度的初始异常对短期(一个月左右)气候有明显影响。土壤温度的影响主要在异常区内及其南部相邻区域,土壤湿度异常的影响则可以以长波波列形式向外传播到很远距离处。     

土壤干旱化对短期气候影响的数值模拟

用加进了奥勒冈州立大学陆面模式(OSULSM)的美国PSU／NCAR第五代中尺度模式(MM5)进行了减少土壤含水量对短期气候影响的模拟试验,目的在于探讨我国北方干旱化对短期气候的影响。试验结果表明,对整个模拟区域月降水总量没有明显的影响,但对不同地区有明显的影响。对月降水量较大地区的影响表现为使月降水量有一定程度的减少,而对月降水量中等以下地区的影响则相反,使月降水量略有增加。分析结果表明,其原因是土壤含水量减少会造成地面潜热通量减少、感热通量增加和陆面温度增高,最后生成一个浅薄的偏差热低压。这个偏差热低压在对流层低层有偏差辐合上升气流与之相配合,在对流层中层以上则与偏差辐散下沉气流相伴。这对于浅薄的降水系统的发展是有利的,但对于强大而深厚的降水系统的发展则不利。     

地气耦合非定常距平模式的准业务预报试验

本文用地气耦合非定常距平模式对1988年1—12月北半球100 hPa、500 hPa、海平面气压和地面温度的月距平场进行了为期一年的逐月30天预报准业务试验。结果表明，模式对月距平场距平符号的趋势预报以100 hPa效果最好，海平面气压较差；模式对500 hPa、地面温度的月距平场预报优于持续性预报，表明该模式对距平场形势有一定的预报能力。试验结果还表明，模式预报在中低纬优于中高纬；但对不同层次、不同月份的预报效果不够稳定，而且对低值系统预报能力较差。模式的一个突出问题是预报场空间过份平滑，尚须作进一步试验、改进。     

北半球增暖对我国气侯的影响

本文在分析100多年来北半球平均气温长期变化基本特征的基础上,讨论了北半球气温变化对我国气候变化的影响。结果表明,我国大范围气温距平与北半球平均气温有显著的正相关,长江中下游和华北平原的温度距平值平均为北半球平均气温距平的1.4-1.6倍。还表明,我国降水距平分布与北半球气温变化也有一定的联系。在北半球平均气温偏高和偏低年份,欧亚地区500hPa环流特征的差异是显著的。这表明,我国大范围气候距平与北半球平均气温距平的统计相关是有一定的物理基础的。     

亚洲—太平洋地区冬季海平面气压异常偶极模与我国冬季气候异常的关系

利用全球月平均海平面气压资料和各标准等压面的位势场、风场,以及我国160站的降水和温度资料,研究了亚洲—太平洋（20°N~70°N,40°E~120°W）地区（简称亚太地区）冬季（12~2月）海平面气压异常偶极型振荡（偶极模）的时间变化特征,以及该异常偶极模与我国冬季气候异常的关系。结果表明：近半个世纪以来,亚太地区冬季海平面气压场异常以经向型（ME）偶极模负异常和纬向型（ZO）偶极模正异常为主,其中又以ZO正异常发生的频数较高。对应ME模,其各空间层的高度场异常形势和高度场与MEI（经向型指数）的相关系数分布形势十分类似;对应ZO模则主要表现为与阿留申地区高相关中心的一致性特征,说明阿留申低压的变化对其起着重要作用。ME模与我国冬季东部的降水异常和气温异常关系密切,ZO模仅对东北地区的降水异常有影响,因为ZO模的异常对我国上空大气环流异常的影响相对较小;这一结果同我们传统上在冬季比较关注纬向气压差的变化（即ZO模）有些相左,提示我们在冬季更要关注ME模的情况。大气环流形势的分析表明, MEI正异常时,即西伯利亚—蒙古冷高压的北半部气压异常偏高,副热带西北太平洋地区气压偏低时,利于东亚大槽的加深加强,东亚冬季风因而也会偏强;但是由于此时我国东部主要为下沉气流控制,暖湿气流难于源源不断地输送到我国境内,从而造成此时冬季我国东部尤其是长江中下游地区降水偏少。反之,当MEI负位相时,大气环流异常利于造成我国东部大范围的冬季降水。     

POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE TO SHORT-TERM CLIMATE ANOMALIES IN EAST ASIA VIA SNOW COVER ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU

Snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has been shown to be essential for the East Asian summer monsoon. In this paper, we demonstrate that tropical cyclone (TC) 04B (1999) in the northern Indian Ocean, which made landfall during the autumn of 1999, may have contributed to climate anomalies over East Asia during the following spring and summer by increasing snow cover on the TP. Observations indicate that snow cover on the TP increased markedly after TC 04B (1999) made landfall in October of 1999. Sensitivity experiments, in which the TC was removed from a numerical model simulation of the initial field, verified that TC 04B (1999) affected the distribution as well as increased the amount of snow on the TP. In addition, the short-term numerical modeling of the climate over the region showed that the positive snow cover anomaly induced negative surface temperature, negative sensible heat flux, positive latent heat flux, and positive soil temperature anomalies over the central and southern TP during the following spring and summer. These climate anomalies over the TP were associated with positive (negative) summer precipitation anomalies over the Yangtze River valley (along the southeastern coast of China).     

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE HEATING EFFECTS OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC

A zonal domain primitive equation modeling system(ZDMS)is used to study the effects of theinitial heating anomalies over the Tibetan Plateau and the western Pacific on the East Asian and theChinese summer climate,the relative importance and the mechanisms are discussed.Results showthat in spite of the different locations of the heating anomalies the influences of the two anomalyareas are much similar to each other when the scaling of the two areas is the same.The two areasof heating anomalies have their own affecting domains in which one is more important than the oth-er.In the western Pacific the heating anomaly over the western Pacific is more evident and in theTibetan Plateau area the heating anomaly over the Tibetan Plateau is more obvious.For the eastpart of China the effects of the two heating anomalies both exist and almost have the equal impor-tance.The initial anomaly of the sea surface temperature(SST)over the western Pacific can bekept during the entire time integration while in the Tibetan Plateau it can not be maintained.     

Different Configurations of Interannual Variability of the Western North Pacific Subtropical High and East Asian Westerly Jet in Summer

This study investigates the circulation and precipitation anomalies associated with different configurations of the western North Pacific subtropical high(WNPSH) and the East Asian westerly jet(EAJ) in summer on interannual timescales. The in-phase configuration of the WNPSH and EAJ is characterized by the westward(eastward) extension of the WNPSH and the southward(northward) shift of the EAJ, which is consistent with the general correspondence between their variations. The out-of-phase configuration includes the residual cases. We find that the in-phase configuration manifests itself as a typical meridional teleconnection. For instance, there is an anticyclonic(cyclonic) anomaly over the tropical western North Pacific and a cyclonic(anticyclonic) anomaly over the mid-latitudes of East Asia in the lower troposphere. These circulation anomalies are more conducive to rainfall anomalies over the Yangtze River basin and south Japan than are the individual WNPSH or EAJ. By contrast, for the out-of-phase configuration, the mid-latitude cyclonic(anticyclonic) anomaly is absent, and the lower-tropospheric circulation anomalies feature an anticyclonic(cyclonic)anomaly with a large meridional extension. Correspondingly, significant rainfall anomalies move northward to North China and the northern Korean Peninsula. Further results indicate that the out-of-phase configuration is associated with the developing phase of ENSO, with strong and significant sea surface temperature(SST) anomalies in the tropical central and eastern Pacific which occur simultaneously during summer and persist into the following winter. This is sharply different from the in-phase configuration, for which the tropical SSTs are not a necessity.     

Warm and cold events in the southeast Atlantic/southwest Indian Ocean region and potential impacts on circulation and rainfall over southern Africa

Summary An important pattern of interannual variability in the southern African region is one where sea surface temperature (SST) in neighbouring waters, particularly in the Agulhas Current, its retroflection region and outflow across the southern midlatitudes of the Indian Ocean, is anomalously warm or cool. Evidence exists of significant rainfall anomalies over large parts of southern Africa during these warm or cool SST events. Here, a general circulation model is used to study the response of the atmosphere in the region to an idealised representation of these SST anomalies. The induced atmospheric circulation and precipitation anomalies over the adjacent southern African landmass on intraseasonal through to interannual time scales are investigated.A nonlinear response to the SST anomalies is found in that the changes to the model atmosphere when warm SST forcing is used are not the reverse (in either pattern or magnitude) to that when cold SST forcing is imposed. For the warm SST anomaly, it is found that the atmospheric response is favourable for enhancement of the original SST anomaly on scales up to, and including, annual. However, as the scale becomes interannual (i.e., 15–21 months after imposition of the anomaly), the model response suggests that damping of the original SST anomaly becomes likely. However, no such coherent timescale dependent response is found when the cold SST anomaly is impose. It is suggested that the relationship of the SST anomaly to the background seasonal climatology may help explain this fundamental difference in the response.Examination of the circulation and rainfall patterns under warm SST forcing indicates that there are significant anomalies over large parts of southern Africa on all scales from intraseasonal through to interannual. On the south coast, rainfall anomalies result from enhanced evaporation of moisture off the SST anomaly. Over the interior, changer in the convergence of moist air streams together with suggestions of a shift in the Walker circulations between southern Africa and the bordering tropical South Atlantic and Indian Oceans appear to be associated with the rainfall anomalies. Similar mechanisms of rainfall perturbation are found when the cold SST anomaly is imposed; however, there is a significant response only on intra-annual to interannual scales. In all cases, the magnitude of the rainfall anomalies accumulated over a 90 day season were of the order of 90–180 mm, and therefore represent a significant fraction of the annual total of many areas. These model results re-inforce previous observational work suggesting that SST anomalies south of Africa, particularly in the retroflection region of the Agulhas Current, are linked with significant rainfall anomalies over the adjacent subcontinent.With 12 Figures     

土壤热异常对地表能量平衡影响初探

将来自土壤深部的热通量引入off line的陆面过程模式 (NCAR—LSM ) ,通过长达 2a的数值试验对比分析了它对各层次土壤温度和地表能量平衡的影响。　　在土壤底部引入 5W /m2 的热通量使底层土壤显著升温 ,但升温随着接近表层而迅速衰减。积分 3个月后 ,由地下进入地表的热流量增幅可达 1W/m2 以上 ,并持续增大到 5W /m2 ,地表最大升温约 0 .5K ,同时地表感热、蒸发潜热及长波辐射通量均有 1W /m2 左右的正异常 ;若将土壤热传导系数放大一个量级以加速热量交换 ,则地表升温提高到 1K以上 ,长波辐射增加 3W /m2 以上 ,超过了气溶胶全球平均的辐射效应。结果表明 :一定量值的土壤热异常对地表能量平衡和短期气候变化 (10 -1～ 10 1a)有着不可忽略的影响。同时 ,深入的资料分析、完善的陆面过程模式以及它与大气模式的耦合试验也是亟待进行的相关工作。