对流云人工增雨效果检验技术方法及应用

对流云降水时空变差较大,利用WoodleyRosenfeld提出的建立在雷达资料基础上的移动目标单元法对对流云增雨作业进行效果评估。利用塘沽、北京及秦皇岛3部雷达资料,对其进行插值处理,确定移动目标单元识别和跟踪方法,然后在移动目标单元中确定催化单元和对比单元,记录每个单元的物理参量,利用Z-R关系反演降水量,对物理参量和反演降水量做统计分析,定量计算增雨效果的同时提供人工增雨的物理证据。应用该方法对2011年7月24日对流云人工增雨作业效果进行评估,结果表明:催化剂进入云中后使得最大回波强度增强,回波顶高增加,从物理角度证明了催化对增加降水起到了一定作用。利用降雨率对增雨作业进行定量效果分析,结果表明该次作业相对增雨7.69%,显著度检验值0.043,增雨效果较为显著。     

江西省对流云火箭增雨作业个例分析

利用基于日雨量和小时雨量资料的区域历史回归分析方法和基于雷达探测的作业云体单元和对比云体单元的时间序列对比分析方法对江西省两次对流云火箭增雨作业个例进行综合分析,结果表明:两次增雨作业的区域历史回归分析结果均为正效果,且均通过显著性水平检验,但使用日雨量资料和小时雨量资料分析得到的增雨效果差异较大,原因可能是两种雨量资料的时空分布差异较大,火箭作业期间两种雨量资料包含的时间长度不一致;利用雷达探测资料,基于相似理论找出与作业云体单元最相似的对比云体单元,对比分析作业云体单元和对比云体单元在作业前后雷达探测的5个物理量的时间序列变化发现,两次增雨作业中,作业云体单元的5个雷达探测物理量相对于对比云体单元出现了明显的正偏离现象,其中作业云体单元回波体积增加趋势最为突出,增雨效果的物理证据明显。两次对流云火箭增雨作业的雨量区域历史回归分析的正效果与雷达探测的作业云体单元和对比云体单元作业前后时间序列变化的正偏离现象互为印证,较好地展示了对流云火箭作业的增雨效果。     

一类三阶微分方程组边值问题特殊正解的存在性

采用地面降水资料、多普勒雷达数据、探空资料等,利用自主开发的系统软件对实测资料进行增雨效果统计检验,通过目标区作业前后雷达参量的演变或目标区与对比区的回波参量的差异,来完整的分析2010年8月11日海南西部多点作业情况的催化效果。物理统计分析结果显示,催化一般在作业后半小时内起到效果并达到最强,目标区的最大强度、强回波区面积、液态水含量、回波顶高的增大率大于对比区的值,催化作业确实延长了目标云的寿命。     

多普勒雷达数据在海南省人工增雨效果评估中的应用

采用地面降水资料、多普勒雷达数据、探空资料等,利用自主开发的系统软件对实测资料进行增雨效果统计检验,通过目标区作业前后雷达参量的演变或目标区与对比区的回波参量的差异,来完整的分析2010年8月11日海南西部多点作业情况的催化效果。物理统计分析结果显示,催化一般在作业后半小时内起到效果并达到最强,目标区的最大强度、强回波区面积、液态水含量、回波顶高的增大率大于对比区的值,催化作业确实延长了目标云的寿命。     

依据雷达回波自动选取对比云进行人工增雨效果检验的方法

针对对流云人工增雨作业效果的物理检验,提出了一种根据雷达回波参量自动选取对比云并进行效果分析的方法。以多普勒雷达的数据产品为基础,在作业时存在的所有对流单体中,通过比较它们与目标云的生成时间和空间位置,并应用相似离度法判别从其初始生成到作业时的回波参量及其变化特征的相似程度,自动找出对比云,最后给出在整个生命期内目标云的回波参量随时间的变化情况,以及目标云和对比云回波参量在同一时刻和同一发展时期的比较结果。依据该方法,研制了对流云人工增雨雷达效果分析软件。试验证明:该方法实用性较强,能够快速识别出对比云,在一定程度上消除人为判别的误差,提高对流云人工增雨作业效果分析的科学性。     

一次聊城地面人工增雨作业效果分析

利用多普勒雷达图像作业前后的变化,分析地面人工增雨作业的物理响应。运用山东省气象科学研究所建立的地面人工增雨作业效果检验系统,采用活动区域对比方法,对一次聊城市莘县高炮、火箭增雨作业进行了检验。结果表明：该次作业相对增雨量17．16％,影响区面积622．92km^2,总增雨量940609．2m^2。     

地面人工增雨随机试验方法的探讨

为了解决地面火箭人工增雨随机试验中不同移向的目标云催化后不能完全覆盖目标区的问题,提出以雷达回波移向轴线确定火箭人工增雨目标区和对比区的方法,该方法放宽了对作业目标云移动方向的要求。为得到更多的试验样本,在满足试验条件的情况下,对较长时间的降雨过程以150min为间隔取样,有利于增加随机试验的样本数,减小试验周期,便于进行作业效果的统计检验。     

火箭增雨效果雷达回波分析

利用2004年6月12日甘肃省永登县雷达观测对流云的加密资料,选取了2次相似对流云过程分别作为目标云和对比云,探讨了目标云作业前后较对比云雷达回波有关参数的显著变化,并结合地面雨量点观测资料对地面人工增雨作业效果进行了初步分析,结果表明:目标云在降水、生命期特征、回波垂直特征参数变化方面,表现出作业前后较对比云存在明显差异,目标云作业40 m in后地面产生0.6 mm降水,而对比云则从新生发展到减弱消散阶段经历较短的时间(30 m in),地面并无降水产生,从而推断本次人工增雨达到了一定的预计效果。     

抗旱型火箭人工增雨效果检验方法初步研究

为了在人工增雨作业中及时进行效果评估，利用2005年江淮地区人工增雨试验基地的资料，采用区域雨量对比分析、地面增雨效果的回归分析和增雨效果的物理检验方法，对2005年6月9日、8月3日两次人工增雨的效果进行了分析。结果表明：两次增雨作业都取得了较好的正效果；相对增雨在120％～140％。     

对流云人工增雨雷达效果分析软件的应用

根据雷达回波参量自动选取对比云并进行效果分析的方法,研制了对流云人工增雨雷达效果分析软件.在此基础上,对2008年湖北省12次对流云增雨试验进行了效果检验:发现其中10个个例催化效果良好,具体表现为增雨作业催化后,目标云的物理参数发生了比较明显的变化,回波强度、回波顶高、液态含水量、强回波面积等均增大,约半小时内达到峰值,而相应的对比云回波参量增长幅度比目标云小,或者没有继续发展,大部分对比云的生命史比目标云短.最后,通过综合分析,提出基层作业站点适宜开展人工增雨的催化指标,在实际应用中取得了良好的效果.     

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS DATA OF AIR–SEA TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE AND ITS VARIATION ACROSS SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE PAST 35 YEARS

Using the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set(ICOADS) and ERA-Interim data, spatial distributions of air-sea temperature difference(ASTD) in the South China Sea(SCS) for the past 35 years are compared,and variations of spatial and temporal distributions of ASTD in this region are addressed using empirical orthogonal function decomposition and wavelet analysis methods. The results indicate that both ICOADS and ERA-Interim data can reflect actual distribution characteristics of ASTD in the SCS, but values of ASTD from the ERA-Interim data are smaller than those of the ICOADS data in the same region. In addition, the ASTD characteristics from the ERA-Interim data are not obvious inshore. A seesaw-type, north-south distribution of ASTD is dominant in the SCS; i.e., a positive peak in the south is associated with a negative peak in the north in November, and a negative peak in the south is accompanied by a positive peak in the north during April and May. Interannual ASTD variations in summer or autumn are decreasing. There is a seesaw-type distribution of ASTD between Beibu Bay and most of the SCS in summer, and the center of large values is in the Nansha Islands area in autumn. The ASTD in the SCS has a strong quasi-3a oscillation period in all seasons, and a quasi-11 a period in winter and spring. The ASTD is positively correlated with the Nio3.4 index in summer and autumn but negatively correlated in spring and winter.     

CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS OF CLIMATIC EXTREMES IN CHINA DURING 1959–2014

The spatial and temporal variations of daily maximum temperature(Tmax), daily minimum temperature(Tmin), daily maximum precipitation(Pmax) and daily maximum wind speed(WSmax) were examined in China using Mann-Kendall test and linear regression method. The results indicated that for China as a whole, Tmax, Tmin and Pmax had significant increasing trends at rates of 0.15℃ per decade, 0.45℃ per decade and 0.58 mm per decade,respectively, while WSmax had decreased significantly at 1.18 m·s~(-1) per decade during 1959—2014. In all regions of China, Tmin increased and WSmax decreased significantly. Spatially, Tmax increased significantly at most of the stations in South China(SC), northwestern North China(NC), northeastern Northeast China(NEC), eastern Northwest China(NWC) and eastern Southwest China(SWC), and the increasing trends were significant in NC, SC, NWC and SWC on the regional average. Tmin increased significantly at most of the stations in China, with notable increase in NEC, northern and southeastern NC and northwestern and eastern NWC. Pmax showed no significant trend at most of the stations in China, and on the regional average it decreased significantly in NC but increased in SC, NWC and the mid-lower Yangtze River valley(YR). WSmax decreased significantly at the vast majority of stations in China, with remarkable decrease in northern NC, northern and central YR, central and southern SC and in parts of central NEC and western NWC. With global climate change and rapidly economic development, China has become more vulnerable to climatic extremes and meteorological disasters, so more strategies of mitigation and/or adaptation of climatic extremes,such as environmentally-friendly and low-cost energy production systems and the enhancement of engineering defense measures are necessary for government and social publics.     

IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATION ON THE IMMIGRATION OF NILAPARVATA LUGENS(STL) IN HUNAN AND JIANGXI PROVINCES

Various features of the atmospheric environment affect the number of migratory insects, besides their initial population. However, little is known about the impact of atmospheric low-frequency oscillation(10 to 90 days) on insect migration. A case study was conducted to ascertain the influence of low-frequency atmospheric oscillation on the immigration of brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens(Stl), in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. The results showed the following:(1) The number of immigrating N. lugens from April to June of 2007 through 2016 mainly exhibited a periodic oscillation of 10 to 20 days.(2) The 10-20 d low-frequency number of immigrating N. lugens was significantly correlated with a low-frequency wind field and a geopotential height field at 850 h Pa.(3) During the peak phase of immigration, southwest or south winds served as a driving force and carried N. lugens populations northward, and when in the back of the trough and the front of the ridge, the downward airflow created a favorable condition for N. lugens to land in the study area. In conclusion, the northward migration of N. lugens was influenced by a low-frequency atmospheric circulation based on the analysis of dynamics. This study was the first research connecting atmospheric low-frequency oscillation to insect migration.     

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC CONDITIONS BEFORE THE OCCURRENCE OF TWO TYPES OF EL NIO EVENTS

The atmospheric and oceanic conditions before the onset of EP El Ni?o and CP El Ni?o in nearly 30 years are compared and analyzed by using 850 hPa wind, 20℃ isotherm depth, sea surface temperature and the Wheeler and Hendon index. The results are as follows: In the western equatorial Pacific, the occurrence of the anomalously strong westerly winds of the EP El Ni?o is earlier than that of the CP El Ni?o. Its intensity is far stronger than that of the CP El Ni?o. Two months before the El Ni?o, the anomaly westerly winds of the EP El Ni?o have extended to the eastern Pacific region, while the westerly wind anomaly of the CP El Ni?o can only extend to the west of the dateline three months before the El Ni?o and later stay there. Unlike the EP El Ni?o, the CP El Ni?o is always associated with easterly wind anomaly in the eastern equatorial Pacific before its onset. The thermocline depth anomaly of the EP El Ni?o can significantly move eastward and deepen. In addition, we also find that the evolution of thermocline is ahead of the development of the sea surface temperature for the EP El Ni?o. The strong MJO activity of the EP El Ni?o in the western and central Pacific is earlier than that of the CP El Ni?o. Measured by the standard deviation of the zonal wind square, the intensity of MJO activity of the EP El Ni?o is significantly greater than that of the CP El Ni?o before the onset of El Ni?o.     

ANALYSIS OF “BIMODAL PATTERN” STORM ACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

Storms that occur at the Bay of Bengal (BoB) are of a bimodal pattern, which is different from that of the other sea areas. By using the NCEP, SST and JTWC data, the causes of the bimodal pattern storm activity of the BoB are diagnosed and analyzed in this paper. The result shows that the seasonal variation of general atmosphere circulation in East Asia has a regulating and controlling impact on the BoB storm activity, and the “bimodal period” of the storm activity corresponds exactly to the seasonal conversion period of atmospheric circulation. The minor wind speed of shear spring and autumn contributed to the storm, which was a crucial factor for the generation and occurrence of the “bimodal pattern” storm activity in the BoB. The analysis on sea surface temperature (SST) shows that the SSTs of all the year around in the BoB area meet the conditions required for the generation of tropical cyclones (TCs). However, the SSTs in the central area of the bay are higher than that of the surrounding areas in spring and autumn, which facilitates the occurrence of a “two-peak” storm activity pattern. The genesis potential index (GPI) quantifies and reflects the environmental conditions for the generation of the BoB storms. For GPI, the intense low-level vortex disturbance in the troposphere and high-humidity atmosphere are the sufficient conditions for storms, while large maximum wind velocity of the ground vortex radius and small vertical wind shear are the necessary conditions of storms.     

LOW-FREQUENCY CIRCULATION AND EXTENDED-RANGE FORECAST IN CONNECTION WITH AUTUMN EXTREME HEAVY RAINFALL PROCESS IN HAINAN

Observed daily precipitation data from the National Meteorological Observatory in Hainan province and daily data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis-2 dataset from 1981 to 2014 are used to analyze the relationship between Hainan extreme heavy rainfall processes in autumn (referred to as EHRPs) and 10–30 d low-frequency circulation. Based on the key low-frequency signals and the NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) model forecasting products, a dynamical-statistical method is established for the extended-range forecast of EHRPs. The results suggest that EHRPs have a close relationship with the 10–30 d low-frequency oscillation of 850 hPa zonal wind over Hainan Island and to its north, and that they basically occur during the trough phase of the low-frequency oscillation of zonal wind. The latitudinal propagation of the low-frequency wave train in the middle-high latitudes and the meridional propagation of the low-frequency wave train along the coast of East Asia contribute to the ‘north high (cold), south low (warm)’ pattern near Hainan Island, which results in the zonal wind over Hainan Island and to its north reaching its trough, consequently leading to EHRPs. Considering the link between low-frequency circulation and EHRPs, a low-frequency wave train index (LWTI) is defined and adopted to forecast EHRPs by using NCEP CFSv2 forecasting products. EHRPs are predicted to occur during peak phases of LWTI with value larger than 1 for three or more consecutive forecast days. Hindcast experiments for EHRPs in 2015–2016 indicate that EHRPs can be predicted 8–24 d in advance, with an average period of validity of 16.7 d.     

AN ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN THE BEIJING–TIANJIN–HEBEI REGION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

Based on the measurements obtained at 64 national meteorological stations in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region between 1970 and 2013, the potential evapotranspiration (ET0) in this region was estimated using the Penman–Monteith equation and its sensitivity to maximum temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), wind speed (Vw), net radiation (Rn) and water vapor pressure (Pwv) was analyzed, respectively. The results are shown as follows. (1) The climatic elements in the BTH region underwent significant changes in the study period. Vw and Rn decreased significantly, whereas Tmin, Tmax and Pwv increased considerably. (2) In the BTH region, ET0 also exhibited a significant decreasing trend, and the sensitivity of ET0 to the climatic elements exhibited seasonal characteristics. Of all the climatic elements, ET0 was most sensitive to Pwv in the fall and winter and Rn in the spring and summer. On the annual scale, ET0 was most sensitive to Pwv, followed by Rn, Vw, Tmax and Tmin. In addition, the sensitivity coefficient of ET0 with respect to Pwv had a negative value for all the areas, indicating that increases in Pwv can prevent ET0 from increasing. (3) The sensitivity of ET0 to Tmin and Tmax was significantly lower than its sensitivity to other climatic elements. However, increases in temperature can lead to changes in Pwv and Rn. The temperature should be considered the key intrinsic climatic element that has caused the "evaporation paradox" phenomenon in the BTH region.     

Could the Recent Taal Volcano Eruption Trigger an El Ni?o and Lead to Eurasian Warming?

正The Taal Volcano in Luzon is one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the Philippines. A recent eruption occurred on 12 January 2020(Fig. 1a), and this volcano is still active with the occurrence of volcanic earthquakes. The eruption has become a deep concern worldwide, not only for its damage on local society, but also for potential hazardous consequences on the Earth's climate and environment.     

VARIABILITY OF INTER-ANNUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE AND HUAXI REGION’S AUTUMN PRECIPITATION

The moving-window correlation analysis was applied to investigate the relationship between autumn Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events and the synchronous autumn precipitation in Huaxi region, based on the daily precipitation, sea surface temperature (SST) and atmospheric circulation data from 1960 to 2012. The correlation curves of IOD and the early modulation of Huaxi region’s autumn precipitation indicated a mutational site appeared in the 1970s. During 1960 to 1979, when the IOD was in positive phase in autumn, the circulations changed from a “W” shape to an ”M” shape at 500 hPa in Asia middle-high latitude region. Cold flux got into the Sichuan province with Northwest flow, the positive anomaly of the water vapor flux transported from Western Pacific to Huaxi region strengthened, caused precipitation increase in east Huaxi region. During 1980 to 1999, when the IOD in autumn was positive phase, the atmospheric circulation presented a “W” shape at 500 hPa, the positive anomaly of the water vapor flux transported from Bay of Bengal to Huaxi region strengthened, caused precipitation ascend in west Huaxi region. In summary, the Indian Ocean changed from cold phase to warm phase since the 1970s, caused the instability of the inter-annual relationship between the IOD and the autumn rainfall in Huaxi region.     

Revisiting the Concentration Observations and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Ammonia

正While China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan on particulate matter since 2013 has reduced sulfate significantly, aerosol ammonium nitrate remains high in East China. As the high nitrate abundances are strongly linked with ammonia, reducing ammonia emissions is becoming increasingly important to improve the air quality of China. Although satellite data provide evidence of substantial increases in atmospheric ammonia concentrations over major agricultural regions, long-term surface observation of ammonia concentrations are sparse. In addition, there is still no consensus on