与北极涛动或北半球环状模相关的纬向对称的正规模态

作为一个全球气候变率的重要模态,北极涛动或北半球环状模态(AO/NAM)一般由北半球海平面气压变率的EOF1来表示。但是通常认为EOF1仅有统计学意义而并不能够表明它是否是一种实际的物理模态。另一方面,现有的波-流相互作用理论也仅能给出纬向风的纬向平均状况,而不能够保证沿着某一纬圈的变化,所以它并不意味着一个具有半球尺度的纬向对称的相干结构能够组织起来。因此AO/NAM的形成机制仍然是一个具有争议的问题。文章提出纬向对称的或环状的正规模态与基本气候态附近的线性(进而非线性)动力学之间有着最直接的联系,因而可能在AO/NAM动力学的理解中扮演重要角色。为了深入探讨AO/NAM的动力学本质,使用p-坐标球面原始方程计算了冬季北半球及全球气候基本态附近的线性动力系统纬向对称的正规模态,发现在半球尺度上的纬向对称正规模态具有AO/NAM的经向偶极子及垂直方向近似正压的空间结构特征。而这些纬向对称正规模的时间变化尺度取决于与其他非纬向对称正规模间的相互作用。从而说明了AO/NAM可能是半球尺度上纬向对称正规模态的动力学行为的反映。     

北极涛动的纬向对称结构

运用NCEP／NCAR再分析月资料,分季节研究了北极涛动的纬向结构,以及与之相对应的纬向平均纬向风和经圈环流异常的空间结构特征,并初步探讨了北极涛动的维持机制。结果表明,北极涛动在水平方向上主要呈纬向对称的环形模态,且这种结构在冬季北极涛动的活跃期表现更为显著;而夏季纬向对称型随季节风带的北移和极涡的减弱,其节点也相应向极地移动。与北极涛动纬向对称型相联系的纬向平均纬向风在冬季表现为明显的偶极型,向上延伸到平流层;而夏季这种形态明显减弱,并只限于对流层中。与冬、夏季北极涛动纬向对称型相对应的平均经圈环流异常均表现为增强的费雷尔环流和哈得来环流,这种形势有利于北极涛动形成正反馈机制,使之得以长期维持。     

夏季北半球环状模态及其周期分析

对NCEWNCAR再分析资料中的北半球夏季（6—8月）海平面气压（sea level pressure,SLP）场进行EOF分解,其主要模态之一为夏季北半球环状模态（Northern Hemisphere annularmode,NAM）,体现出大气的纬向对称结构,SLP异常场在北极和中高纬地区呈现反相变化分布。通过经验模态分解和希尔伯特变换可知,夏季的环状模态具有准2a和准6a的年际周期,同时还具有准11a和准21a的年代际周期,其年际周期信号占主要部分。     

夏季亚洲对流层中上层温度年际变率的预测水平评估及其在我国东部降水预测中的应用

夏季亚洲对流层温度异常与中国东部夏季降水紧密相关并可能作为降水的有效预报因子。基于欧盟ENSEMBLES计划的季节预测试验耦合模式每年5月1日开始的回报试验，分析了其对1960～2005年夏季亚洲对流层中上层温度（以200～500 hPa厚度替代，简称对流层温度）年际变率的预测结果，发现模式集合平均对夏季亚洲对流层温度年际变率具有较高的预报技巧，可以合理回报其前两个EOF（Empirical Orthogonal Function）主导模态（EOF1、EOF2），只是未能回报出EOF2高纬度的温度异常，模式集合平均预测的第一模态主成分（PC1）和第二模态主成分（PC2）与再分析资料的时间相关系数分别达到0.63和0.77。再分析资料中前两个EOF模态分别由ENSO（El Ni?o–Southern Oscillation）发展年印度夏季降水异常所激发的丝绸之路遥相关波列和ENSO衰减年西北太平洋夏季降水异常对应的太平洋—日本遥相关波列导致。ENSEMBLES计划可以合理预测出相应的海温异常及遥相关波列，进而合理预测出前两个EOF模态。对流层温度PC1和PC2分别表征了欧亚大陆与周围海洋之间的纬向和经向热力对比异常，模式对由PC1的预报技巧远高于前人定义的纬向热力对比的东亚夏季风指数，对前人定义的经向热力对比指数的预测技巧与PC2相当。将PC1和前人定义的经向热力对比指数作为预报因子，建立了中国夏季降水的动力—统计降尺度预测模型，交叉检验的结果表明该预报模型显著提高了东北和长江流域上游夏季降水的预报技巧。本文提出的亚洲对流层温度年际变率的EOF1及PC1，既能较好表征纬向热力对比与中国东部夏季降水显著相关，又能被模式合理预测，可以作为我国中高纬度地区，特别是东北地区降水的重要预测因子之一。     

北半球夏季中低纬地区的平均垂直环流与大气中冷热源分布的关系

本文应用中央气象局出版的“北半球高空气候图集”中的风场资料,计算了45°N以南、北半球范围、7月份850 mb—100 mb各标准等压面层上的平均垂直运动。分析了不同区域经向和纬向垂直环流的特点,并将它与大气中冷热源进行对照。指出:夏季北半球低纬度平均是个Hadley环流,其北是个道环流。形成这种环流形势的主要贡献地区在两个大洋上,这主要与低纬度大气是个热源、共北是个冷源的分布有关。另外,由纬向环流看到,夏季北半球中低纬主要上升运动区和下沉运动区各有两个,这两对上升气流区和下沉气流区构成了夏季北半球中低纬地区垂直环流的大形势。此外,本文还指出夏季青藏高原上空的上升气流向四周流出后所影响的地理区域。     

MPI-ESM-LR模式中RCP8.5情景下春季北极海冰突变对东亚夏季降水的影响

利用MPI-ESM-LR模式RCP8.5情景下海冰浓度、降水、海表面温度、500 hPa位势高度和850 hPa风场等数据,对比分析了一次北极海冰突变前后春季海冰与东亚夏季降水关系的差异,并探究其可能成因。结果表明:1)北极海冰突变导致北极海冰浓度(Sea Ice Concentration,SIC)和ENSO对东亚夏季降水的影响均发生变化。突变前SIC和ENSO共同影响降水年际变化;突变后ENSO主导降水EOF的第一模态,SIC主导降水EOF的第二模态;2)北极海冰突变前,ENSO和SIC通过500 hPa经向波列,影响整个东亚地区的850 hPa风场,最终导致三极子型降水模态。突变后,ENSO通过500 hPa经向波列,影响华南地区的850 hPa风场,导致降水的偶极子空间模态,从而主导降水EOF的第一模态;同时SIC通过东亚地区500 hPa纬向波列,影响北方850 hPa风场,最终主导降水EOF的第二模态。3)北极海冰突变后,ENSO和SIC对东亚夏季降水的影响存在区域差异。北极海冰突变前,ENSO和SIC共同影响南北方降水;北极海冰突变后,SIC主要影响北方降水,ENSO主要影响南方降水。     

广东沿海强东北季风的概率预报方法

用1979～1999年共21年资料分析了全球越赤道气流的空间分布,并初步讨论了东半球低层主要通道越赤道气流强度的年际变化特征。结果表明,全球越赤道气流分布存在明显的空间不对称性,即通道分布的高低层不对称性和沿纬圈不对称。低层通道窄而多,高层通道宽而少;东半球低层通道数目远较西半球多,且强度更强。无论高、低层,夏季越赤道气流总和都强于冬季。这也反映了南北半球空气质量交换的时空分布的不对称性,即空气质量的交换主要集中在夏季和东半球。 东半球低层越赤道气流的年际变化主要受TBO(2～3年周期)和ENSO(4～7年周期)的周期振荡影响,尤其是北半球夏季85 oE弱的越赤道气流年份基本上都与ENSO年相对应。这说明85 oE越赤道气流的强弱不仅决定于南北半球环流,还与热带纬向环流有关。而冬季105 oE越赤道气流的强弱不仅受TBO的影响,同时还受ENSO的影响。东半球各不同通道越赤道气流的年际变化特征必将对亚洲季风及降水有重要影响。     

夏季东亚季风区500hPa月环流异常及其与我国降水关系的向量EOF分析

利用NCEP／NCAR1980－1997年夏季月平均风场及同时期我国160个测站月平均降水资料，讨论了运用向量经验正交展开（EOF）方法得到的流场月距平主要模态的时空变化特征。分析了主要模态与中国夏季降水（雨型）的相关分布，指出EOF1及EOF2模态与中国夏季降水最主要分布型式有很好的对应关系。用小波变换方法对主要模态的时间系数进行了分析，揭示了各模态的多时间尺度性质，发现3－6年周期振荡是主要的。     

Principal Modes of Summertime Zonal-Mean Flow and Their Connections with the AO and ENSO

The NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data have been employed to diagnose variations of the zonal mean flow in boreal summer. Two leading EOF modes are found to dominate the spatial and temporal changes of the summertime zonal mean winds in the troposphere. EOF1 shows the distribution of zonal-mean flow anomalies with higher variance in the North Polar Region, whereas the EOF2 shows the distribution of zonal-mean flow anomalies with higher variance in tropical and extra-tropical regions. The EOF1 and EOF2 have respectively the periodicities similar to those of AO and ENSO. Significant lag correlations have been found between EOF1 and ENSO, and between EOF2 and AO, in the seasons including spring, autumn, and winter. However, no significant correlations have been found between EOF1 in summer and ENSO in any other seasons, and between EOF2 in summer and AO in other seasons, no matter how big the lag that represents number of seasons has been set. These results suggest that the principal modes of summertime zonal mean flow could be statistically separated from each other. Hence, EOF1 and EOF2 are physically related to the AO and ENSO respectively. A theory called quasi-geostrophic non-acceleration theorem has been used to partly explain the possible mechanisms of the maintenance of the two principal modes. The composite differences of the divergence of Eliassen-Palm flux （E-P flux） between positive and negative years as obtained from the time series of EOF1 and EOF2 display the distributions that contribute to the zonal mean wind anomalies represented by EOF1 and EOF2, respectively. The planetary other than the synoptic waves dominate the behaviors of the E-P fluxes, suggesting the crucial role of the planetary waves in the maintenance of the zonal mean flow anomalies. The residual circulation as well as the friction, which cancel the divergence of the E-P flux, also play an important role in some places. These results are very helpful for our better understanding how the anomalous zonal mean flows maintain and how the ENSO and AO influence the global climate variations.     

冬季青藏高原上游西风模态与中国降水及NAO的关联

利用ERA40再分析资料和中国区域站点降水观测资料分析了冬季北大西洋至青藏高原上游地区上空西风变率的EOF主要模态(简称高原上游西风模态),并考察了这些模态与中国区域降水及北大西洋涛动(NAO)之间的联系。研究结果表明,冬季高原上游最主要的两种西风模态(EOF1和EOF2)都和北大西洋涛动(NAO)显著相关,却与中国冬季降水的关系明显不同:EOF1对应着整体位置偏北、南侧活动中心偏东的NAO型,并与高原西南侧及长江中下游地区冬季降水存在显著正相关;而EOF2对应着整体位置偏南,南侧活动中心位置偏西的NAO空间型,与中国冬季降水却没有显著的相关关系。进一步研究指出,在偏强的EOF1中,低纬异常西风带可向东伸展到位于亚欧大陆中南部的高原上游,造成高原西南侧中下层气流的爬升运动增强,导致高原西南侧降水异常偏多,同时,该西风异常可绕过高原形成异常西南风,与异常偏高的西太平洋副热带高压南侧湿润的东南风异常汇合于长江中下游地区,产生异常辐合上升运动,从而引起长江中下游地区冬季降水增强,反之亦然;而EOF2较EOF1位置偏东、偏南,低纬纬向风东伸较弱,对中国冬季降水影响不明显。这表明冬季高原上游西风异常分布的形态对下游中国区域降水的影响至关重要,而西风EOF1模态是NAO通过上下游效应影响中国冬季降水的一个重要媒介。     

PRINCIPAL MODES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC SSTA IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND THEIR RELATIONS TO ENSO AND SAM

The relationships of variations of sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) in the South Pacific with ENSO and Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode (SAM) are examined in the present article by employing the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis from 1951 to 2006. Two principal modes of South Pacific SSTA are obtained using the EOF (Empirical Orthogonal Function) analysis for austral winter (June, July and August). Our results suggest that EOF1 is closely related with ENSO and EOF2 links to SAM. The EOF1 varies largely on an interannual and EOF2 on a decadal scale. The time series of coefficients of EOF1 is highly correlated simultaneously with Nino3 index. However, the time series of coefficients of EOF2 is significantly correlated with the March-April-May mean SAM index. Both the EOF1 and EOF2 are found in significant correlation to summer precipitation over China. With higher-than-normal SSTs in the eastern South Pacific and simultaneously lower SSTs in the western South Pacific in June-July-August, the summertime rainfall is found to be less than normal in northern China. As displayed in EOF2 of SSTA, in years with lower-than-normal SSTs in mid-latitude southern and equatorial eastern Pacific and higher-than-normal SSTs in the equatorial middle Pacific in March-April-May, the summer precipitation in August tends to be more than normal in regions south of Yangtze River.     

PRELIMINARY STUDY ON STRUCTURE OF WINTERTIME TYPHOON NANMADOL IN 2004

Using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, the structure of a wintertime typhoon named Nanmadol that landed on Taiwan 4 December, 2004 has been examined in this paper, it is found that Nanmadol looks similar in structure and time evolution to summer typhoons; the central part of it is warm and humid, and the convergence is observed in the lower troposphere while there is divergence in the upper troposphere. The differences between wintertime and summertime typhoons are found. The southwest stream flow in the lower troposphere and cyclonic disturbance in the upper troposphere seem significantly weaker in Nanmadol than in summertime typhoons. The EOF analysis performed for sea level pressure (SLP) of Nanmadol shows that about 90% of the total variance of temporal changes in typhoon circulation can be explained by two leading EOF modes of EOF1 and EOF2. EOF1 shows the structure and intensity variations of Nanmadol while EOF2 shows the changes in environmental SLP distributions that influences the moving direction of Nanmadol.     

北半球大气环流的纬向对称模态

运用自然正交分解方法（EOF）提取了北半球冬季热带外地区标准化纬向平均纬向风场的前两个模态。第1模态（方差贡献为34%）表现为中高纬带的西风（东风）异常和中纬带的东风（西风）异常,与之相联系的海平面气压场的异常表现为极区与中高纬度地区海平面气压场的反位相变化,即北极涛动（AO）;第2模态（方差贡献为21%）表现为中纬带的西风（东风）异常和中低纬带的东风（西风）异常,与之相联系的海平面气压场的异常表现为副极地地区与副热带地区海平面气压场的反位相变化,即副热带涛动STO（sub-tropical oscillation）。副热带涛动的水平结构表现出较强的纬向对称性,垂直方向上表现出相当正压性;与副热带涛动正位相相联系的纬向平均温度场表现为中高纬度地区负异常和副热带地区正异常,而且费雷尔环流加强南移。副热带涛动不仅在冬季有所表现,而且在整个冬半年（11月—翌年4月）都有所表现,但在夏半年则不存在。     

Recent advances in studies of the interaction between the East Asian winter and summer monsoons and ENSO cycle

Recent advances in studies on the interaction between the East Asian monsoon and the ENSO cycle are reviewed in this paper. Through the recent studies, not only have the responding features and processes of the East Asian winter and summer monsoon circulation anomalies and summer rainfall anomalies in East Asia to the ENSO cycle during its different stages been understood further, but also have the thermal and dynamic effects of the tropical western Pacific on the ENSO cycle been deeply analyzed from the observational facts and dynamic theories. The results of observational and theoretical studies showed that the dynamical effect of the atmospheric circulation and zonal wind anomalies in the lower troposphere over the tropical western Pacific on the ENSO cycle may be through the excitation of the equatorial oceanic Kelvin wave and Rossby waves in the equatorial Pacific. These studies demonstrated further that the ENSO cycle originates from the tropical western Pacific. Moreover, these recent studies also showed that the atmospheric circulation and zonal wind anomalies over the tropical western Pacific not only result from the air-sea interaction over the tropical western Pacific, but are also greatly influenced by the East Asian winter and summer monsoons. Additionally, the scientific problems in the interaction between the Asian monsoon and the ENSO cycle which should be studied further in the near future are also pointed out in this paper.     

北半球定常波输送西风动量的气候态及其年变化

利用高分辨率的再分析资料ERA40，分析了纬向平均状态下北半球不同尺度的定常波对西风动量沿经向输送的气候态及其年变化。结果表明，对流层中定常波对西风动量输送最强的区域位于中纬度对流层的中上层，定常波在该区域长年向北输送纬向动量，且输送中心随季节有南北移动和强弱变化。此外，在高纬度地区的对流层中上层以及赤道对流层顶附近还有两个相对较弱的输送中心。前者对西风动量的输送长年向南，其垂直范围从对流层低层一直伸展到平流层下层，中心位置相对固定，强度有明显的季节变化。后者位置也相对固定，但输送方向随季节改变。平流层中定常波对西风动量的输送主要位于中高纬度的平流层中上层，定常波在该区域长年向北输送西风动量，中心位置非常稳定，而强度则随季节变化明显。行星尺度定常波的输送作用与总波动的输送作用非常一致，并在很大程度上决定了波动对动量输送强度的季节变化。天气尺度定常波和10波以上的短波的输送作用主要集中在中纬度对流层的中高层。前者与行星尺度定常波共同决定了该区域内的输送强度，并主导了输送中心的南北移动；后者的作用很小，除夏季外均可以忽略。作者给出的不同尺度定常波对西风动量输送的气候态分布不但可以作为日后研究其年际变化的基础，而且还可以为大气环流模式对大气环流模拟能力的评估提供重要的参考。     

Modulation of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave Activity in the Tropical Pacific by ENSO

The influence of El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the convectively coupled Kelvin waves over the tropical Pacific is investigated by comparing the Kelvin wave activity in the eastern Pacific (EP) El Nio, central Pacific (CP) El Nio, and La Nia years, respectively, to 30-yr (1982-2011) mean statistics. The convectively coupled Kelvin waves in this study are represented by the two leading modes of empirical orthogonal function (EOF) of 2-25-day band-pass filtered daily outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), with the estimated zonal wavenumber of 3 or 4, period of 8 days, and eastward propagating speed of 17 ms-1 . The most significant impact of ENSO on the Kelvin wave activity is the intensification of the Kelvin waves during the EP El Nios. The impact of La Nia on the reduction of the Kelvin wave intensity is relatively weaker, reflecting the nonlinearity of tropical deep convection and the associated Kelvin waves in response to ENSO sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies. The impact of the CP El Nio on the Kelvin waves is less significant due to relatively weaker SST anomalies and smaller spatial coverage. ENSO may also alter the frequency, wavelength, and phase speed of the Kelvin waves. This study demonstrates that low-frequency ENSO SST anomalies modulate high-frequency tropical disturbances, an example of weather-climate linkage.     

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。     

20世纪90年代末东亚冬季风年代际变化特征及其内动力成因

为纪念陶诗言先生对东亚冬季风研究的杰出贡献,本文利用我国测站、NCEP/NCAR和ERA-40/ERA-Interim再分析资料分析了我国冬季气温和东亚冬季风在20世纪90年代末所发生的年代际跃变特征及其内动力成因。分析结果表明:从20世纪90年代末之后,我国冬季气温和东亚冬季风发生了明显的年代际跃变。从1999年之后,随着东亚冬季风从偏弱变偏强,我国冬季气温变化从全国一致变化型变成南北振荡型（即北冷南暖型）,并由于从1999年之后我国北方冬季气温从偏高变成偏低,故冬季低温雪暴冰冻灾害频繁发生,同时,我国冬季气温和东亚冬季风年际变化在此时期从以往3～4 a周期年际变化变成2～8 a周期;并且,结果还表明了东亚冬季风此次年代际变化是由于西伯利亚高压和阿留申低压的加强所致。本文还从北极涛动（AO）和北半球准定常行星波活动的动力理论进一步讨论了此次东亚冬季风年代际跃变的内动力成因及其机理,结果表明:从20世纪90年代末之后,北半球冬季准定常行星波在高纬地区沿极地波导传播到平流层加强,而沿低纬波导传播到副热带对流层上层减弱,这造成了行星波E-P通量在高纬度地区对流层和平流层辐合加强,而在副热带地区对流层中、上层辐散加强,因而导致了北半球高纬度地区从对流层到平流层纬向平均纬向流和欧亚上空极锋急流减弱,而副热带急流加强,这造成了AO减弱和东亚冬季风加强。