Mean and extreme characteristics of Moscow climate at the end of the 20th century

Characteristics are presented of climate in Moscow, as obtained from instrumental observations since 1879 at the stations of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy and of Moscow State University’s Meteorological Observatory. Changes in meteorological elements are estimated for the period 1961–1990 along with tendencies of their changes during the 20th century and the first half of the 21st century.     

The WMO Field Intercomparison of Rain Intensity Gauges

The first Field Intercomparison of Rainfall Intensity (RI) gauges was organised by WMO (the World Meteorological Organisation) from October 2007 to April 2009 in Vigna di Valle, Rome (Italy). The campaign is held at the Centre of Meteorological Experimentations (ReSMA) of the Italian Meteorological Service. A group of 30 previously selected rain gauges based on different measuring principles are involved in the Intercomparison. Installation of the instruments in the field was preceded by the laboratory calibration of all submitted catching-type rain gauges at the University of Genoa. Additional meteorological sensors (ancillary information) and the observations and measurements performed by the Global Climate Observing System/Global Atmosphere Watch (GCOS/GAW) meteorological station of Vigna di Valle were analyzed as metadata. All catching-type gauges were tested after installation using a portable calibration device specifically developed at the University of Genoa, simulating an ordinary calibration inspection in the field.This paper is dedicated to the summary of preliminary results of the Intercomparison measurements. It offers a view on the main achievements expected from the Intercomparison in evaluating the performance of the instruments in field conditions. Comparison of several rain gauges demonstrated the possibility to evaluate the performance of RI gauges at one-minute resolution in time, as recommended by the WMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (WMO-CIMO). Results indicate that synchronised tipping-bucket rain gauges (TBR), using internal correction algorithms, and weighing gauges (WG) with improved dynamic stability and short step response are the most accurate gauges for one-minute RI measurements, since providing the lowest measurement uncertainty with respect to the assumed working reference.     

部分地面要素历史基础气象资料质量检测

为深入了解地面基础气象资料中存在的问题,进一步提高资料质量,综合利用国家级和省级气象资料部门存储的1951—2009年2474个国家级地面气象站观测的气温、气压、水汽压、相对湿度、风向、风速、降水量7种要素信息化基础数据,检测并分析了数据中存在的问题。结果显示:国家级和省级气象部门存储的资料中均存在大量与实际观测数据不符的信息化问题,包括资料的替代问题、要素数据类似缺测问题以及数据录入错误等;还存在国家级和省级气象部门保存的基准基本站资料不一致现象,包括资料序列长短不同、对外服务时提供自动还是人工观测数据不一致、更正不同步造成的数据不同等。该文针对上述资料问题给出了详细的检测方法及检测结果。为了确保数据的正确性,有必要在此次数据质量检测经验的基础上,对所有历史月报数据文件中的所有要素观测值进行彻底检测与更正。     

天气现象仪自动化观测资料对比分析

介绍2011年12月至2012年6月在北京市观象台、庐山气象局对目前一些天气现象仪所进行的对比观测试验的过程和结果分析。参与此次为期7个月的对比观测试验仪器有3种类型,每种类型配备3套,分别由3家厂商提供。试验采用人工目测辅助摄像作为参考标准,测试了这些天气现象仪对各种不同天气现象观测的准确性。结果表明:各仪器观测降水现象的数据准确性均大于90%,能够满足业务需求。区分降水强度时,各仪器的降水捕获率在70%以上(雨强大于0.01mm/h);微量降水(雨强小于0.01mm/h)和混合型降水,各仪器降水捕获率相对较低。仪器观测视程障碍现象的数据准确性均大于80%,能够满足业务需求。其他现象由于样本数量相对较少,需要更多进一步试验,并改进算法。     

Comprehensive Marine Observing Experiment Based on High-Altitude Large Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(South China Sea Experiment2020 of the “Petrel Project”)

In collaboration with 12 other institutions, the Meteorological Observation Center of the China Meteorological Administration undertook a comprehensive marine observation experiment in the South China Sea using the Yilong-10 high-altitude large unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV). The Yilong-10 UAV carried a self-developed dropsonde system and a millimeter-wave cloud radar system. In addition, a solar-powered unmanned surface vessel and two drifting buoys were used. The experiment was further supported by an intelligent, reciprocating horizontal drifting radiosonde system that was deployed from the Sansha Meteorological Observing Station, with the intent of producing a stereoscopic observation over the South China Sea. Comprehensive three-dimensional observations were collected using the system from 31 July to2 August, 2020. This information was used to investigate the formation and development processes of Typhoon Sinlaku(2020). The data contain measurements of 21 oceanic and meteorological parameters acquired by the five devices, along with video footage from the UAV. The data proved very helpful in determining the actual location and intensity of Typhoon Sinlaku(2020). The experiment demonstrates the feasibility of using a high-altitude, large UAV to fill in the gaps between operational meteorological observations of marine areas and typhoons near China, and marks a milestone for the use of such data for analyzing the structure and impact of a typhoon in the South China Sea. It also demonstrates the potential for establishing operational UAV meteorological observing systems in the future, and the assimilation of such data into numerical weather prediction models.     

The Moravian missionaries at the Labrador coast and their centuries-long contribution to instrumental meteorological observations

The history of instrumental meteorological observations in Labrador/Nunatsiavut, Canada, began in August 1771 when the Unitas Fratrum, also known as the “Moravian Brethren”, established a mission among the Inuit on the Labrador coast. The Brethren named this place “Nain” after a city mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible. The missionaries included learned men, trained in the natural sciences, and in October of that same year they began to undertake instrumental meteorological observations. These observations have been continued, in one form or another, to the present day. As will be shown in this paper, the year 1771 thus marks the beginning of a long time series of meteorological observations from Labrador. The authors of this paper are currently researching the climatic history of the Labrador/Nunatsiavut region by tracing the meteorological observations of the Moravian missionaries to be found in scientific publications of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As will be demonstrated, the records of these observations in Labrador go through several stages; from being almost completely forgotten, to being published and republished in the main international meteorological journals. In this latter context, it may be said that the channels for the distribution of this knowledge are still being charted; this process involves tracking contacts between the Moravian Church and their sympathisers, as well as between the Church and contemporary scientists. This paper seeks to elucidate knowledge of these old records by placing them in the context of the research field of historical climatology and, at the same time, to honour the Moravian missionary observers for their valuable contribution to knowledge of past variations in climate.     

积温效应在电力日峰谷负荷中的应用及检验

从电力气象服务需求出发,利用2001—2010年5—9月河北省南电网逐日电力日峰负荷、日谷负荷与对应时间的气象资料,探讨晴热天气和闷热天气对电力日峰负荷、日谷负荷的影响特征。分析发现持续3 d以上的闷热天气相对晴热天气使电力日峰负荷、日谷负荷增长更显著;日最高气温32℃是引起河北省南电网日峰负荷增长的初始气温敏感点,35℃为强气温敏感点,38℃为极强气温敏感点,日最低气温25℃为引起日谷负荷增加的敏感气温临界点;建立了引入积温热累积效应的日峰负荷、日谷负荷多元回归气象预测模型,经2011—2013年应用检验,日峰负荷、日谷负荷预测平均相对误差分别为4.8%和3.5%,提高了预测准确率,对电力调度具有参考价值。     

Characteristics of Arctic synoptic activity, 1952–1989

Summary Synoptic activity for the Arctic is examined for the period 1952–1989 using the National Meteorological Center sea level pressure data set. Winter cyclone activity is most common near Iceland, between Svalbard and Scandinavia, the Norwegian and Kara seas, Baffin Bay and the eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago; the strongest systems are found in the Iceland and Norwegian seas. Mean cyclone tracks, prepared for 1975–1989, confirm that winter cyclones most frequently enter the Arctic from the Norwegian and Barents seas. Winter anticyclones are most frequent and strongest over Siberia and Alaska/Yukon, with additional frequency maxima of weaker systems found over the central Arctic Ocean and Greenland.During summer, cyclonic activity remains common in the same regions as observed for winter, but increases over Siberia, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Central Aretic, related to cyclogenesis over northern parts of Eurasia and North America. Eurasian cyclones tend to enter the Aretic Ocean from the Laptev Sea eastward to the Chukchi Sea, augmenting the influx of systems from the Norwegian and Barents seas. The Siberian and Alaska/Yukon anticyclone centers disappear, with anticyclone maxima forming over the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Beaufort seas, and southeastward across Canada. Summer cyclones and anticyclones exhibit little regional variability in mean central pressure, and are typically 5–10 mb weaker than their winter counterparts.North of 65°N, cyclone and anticyclone activity peaks curing summer, and is at a minimum during winter. Trends in cyclone and anticyclone activity north of 65°N are examined through least squares regression. Since 1952, significant positive trends are found for cyclone numbers during winter, spring and summer, and for anticyclone numbers during spring, summer and autumn.With 11 Figures     

全国综合气象信息共享系统的设计与实现

为满足对海量气象数据管理和服务的需求,国家气象信息中心设计开发了全国综合气象信息共享系统 (CIMISS)。该文描述了系统基本设计思路、功能结构、基础平台体系结构、信息流程,阐述了系统为用户提供的基础数据使用环境。系统由数据收集与分发系统、数据加工处理系统、数据存储管理系统、数据共享服务系统、业务监控系统5个业务子系统组成,承担数据收集、加工处理、存储管理、共享服务和业务监控任务。系统设计和开发采用了一系列现代信息技术,包括基于消息和文件共享的平台内信息交换、气象数据标准化分类、数据处理作业调度和算法的动态扩展、元数据的设计和应用、公共配置信息管理、全流程业务监视和调度控制、面向服务的多维度数据存储策略、全局数据访问视图和统一访问接口设计等。该系统为我国国家级和省级气象业务提供了统一规范的气象数据使用环境。     

中央气象台决策气象服务智能移动终端的设计与实现

中央气象台决策气象服务智能移动终端(简称为“决策服务App”)是在发展智慧气象的大背景下,针对桌面应用、网站等传统天气预报业务系统存在时效性、移动性不足的问题,利用最新的移动互联技术,面向决策服务领导和一线决策服务人员设计研发的手机应用程序。在研发过程中实现了基于WebGIS和OpenGL ES技术的渲染引擎、基于大数据分析技术的用户行为统计,以及高安全性等多项关键技术。在此基础上实现了包括基于精细化智能网格的城市天气预报、决策服务产品、实况监测及其统计查询,以及预警预报在内的主要功能。决策服务App在日常天气预报业务、国家重大会议与活动,以及特大灾害的气象保障服务中提升了中央气象台和各级台站的精细化分析和决策服务水平。     

AMDAR资料在天气预报中的应用

使用国内的AMDAR资料对几次重大天气过程进行了动力和热力学分析研究。结果表明：飞机在航站上起降时探测的高时空分辨率的AMDAR资料与其它资料结合能够较连续地监视机场附近气象要素的时空变化特征，进而捕捉到一些常规观测资料难于发现的引发冰雹等强对流天气的中尺度天气系统。该资料对稳定性天气大雾的定点分析和预报，较之常规观测资料有更好的业务使用价值。该资料不仅可为制作定点的临近和短时预报提供精细的预报依据，而且可在一定程度上增强对灾害性天气的认知和预见性。     

激光云高仪试验数据对比分析

文章介绍了2014年6-10月在北京市观象台和长沙气象局开展的激光云高仪的对比观测试验和结果。参与此次为期3个多月试验的仪器来自4个厂家、共5种型号的15台仪器参加了对比试验,试验采用了HY-CL51型激光云高仪与CYY-2B型激光云高仪的测量结果作为标准云高,人工观测结果辅助判断,提出了云高标准值的确定方法和云高有效观测样本的选取方法,测试了不同型号激光云高仪的各项性能。结果表明:不同型号的激光云高仪均存在漏判和误判现象,雾、霾天气对仪器的漏判和误判会造成较大的影响,部分型号的仪器样本准确率整体较高,各项性能指标能够达到业务要求。     

典型气象年生成方法及原始气象数据质量分析

准确分析建筑热环境性能及其能耗需要代表当地平均气候状况的逐时典型气象年数据。根据我国现有的4次定时气象数据,选取建筑气候标准(GB50178-93)的7个气候区的代表城市,运用美国Sandia典型气象年方法,产生了代表城市的建筑能耗模拟分析用标准气象年数据。着重论述了针对原始气象数据的缺测情况,在生成典型气象年时的数据处理过程和质量控制原则,为建立和完善我国建筑节能用标准气象数据库提供了前期的理论分析基础。     

烟台港风暴潮灾害及其预报

作者综合２０多年烟台港水文和气象资料，着重从气象与海洋的结合上探索了风暴潮的生成机制和一般特征，并应用１９８０－１９９２年的实测水文资料及数值天气预报资料，在天气形势分型的基础上，进行分类，选取因子，建立风暴潮客观，定量，自动化预报系统，投入烟台海洋气象台业务使用，有一定实用性。     

海陀山冬奥气象综合观测平台及研究进展

气象保障是历届冬季奥林匹克运动会（冬奥会）成功举办的最重要条件之一。延庆赛区（位于延庆海陀山区）地形复杂、山高坡陡、垂直落差大,因而观测难度大、气象数据稀少,成为影响赛区精细化预报的核心因素,对冬奥气象服务提出了严峻挑战。为此,北京市气象局组织开展了冬奥海陀山综合气象观测,针对该区复杂地形和多尺度气象影响系统构建了包含中、小、微尺度的三维立体实时综合观测平台,观测要素涵盖了三维风场、温湿度场、云和能见度、近地面湍流与辐射等。综合观测将提高对复杂山区高影响天气特征和机理的认知,为改进和提高预报模式提供数据支撑。文中系统介绍了海陀山冬奥气象综合观测平台的科学目标、观测布局、观测内容以及观测平台在降雪过程中的初步应用,最后阐述了基于该观测进一步开展的研究计划。     

Haze trends over the capital cities of 31 provinces in China, 1981–2005

This paper presents the patterns and trends of haze over 31 provincial capitals in China between 1980 and 2005. The haze measurements were based on human visual range observations at 31 synoptic meteorological stations operated by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). The high haze regions were found in largely populated cities such as Chongqing, Beijing, and Shenyang, while the low haze regions were located in the cities with small populations such as Lhasa, Kunming, and Guiyang in southwestern China and Haikou in southern China. The haziness of the 12 cities shows a significantly (95%) decreasing trend, while that of the 13 cities shows a significantly increasing trend over the 25-year study period. The increases are evident in the eastern and southwestern cities in China. It has also been found that there is a decreasing haze trend in winter but an increasing trend in summer for many cities. Nonetheless, the causality for the reduction of aerosol emissions has not been established. This report is the first survey and preliminary analysis done on haze patterns and trends from 1980 to 2005 over the capital cities of 31 provinces in Mainland China.     

论大气边界层的局地相似性

本文利用日本气象厅研究所在筑波市213m气象塔1983年观测的湍流资料验证了大气边界层的局地相似性,求出了相似性函数的经验常数.进一步建立了局地湍流统计量同近地面层和边界层顶湍流通量之间的关系.     

地面自动站观测资料三级质量控制业务系统的研制

随着我国气象台站地面自动气象观测系统的逐步布设，地面自动站观测资料质量控制系统的研制亦成为业务急需。2004年开始，研制由台站，到省级、国家级资料部门的地面自动站观测资料三级质量控制业务系统。各级质量控制系统融合了自动控制技术和交互式应用技术，允许在必要时对疑误资料进行详细的人工分析、判断与修正。文章介绍了整个质量控制系统的业务流程设置、质量控制技术以及质量控制信息。