南疆夏季降水异常的环流和青藏高原地表潜热通量特征分析

利用1980—2004年NCEP/DOE新再分析月平均资料及我国225个测站1980—2004年月降水量资料,通过诊断分析,研究了南疆夏季降水异常的环流和高原地表潜热通量特征。结果表明:南疆夏季降水偏少年,南亚高压西部偏强,西风急流位置偏北,500 hPa中高纬环流经向度减弱,伊朗高压偏北、偏东,西太平洋副热带高压偏西、偏南;降水偏多年则相反。南疆夏季降水偏少年,高原北部和南疆地区为下沉的垂直环流距平,Ferrell环流增强;降水偏多年则相反。南疆夏季降水偏少年和偏多年的前期冬春季开始孟加拉湾、青藏高原和南疆地区地表潜热通量具有相反的变化,南疆夏季降水与高原北部地表潜热通量呈显著正相关,与南部地表潜热通量呈反相关关系。     

安康伏旱期降水预报

安康地区7月下旬至8月中旬易受青藏高压和西太平洋副热带高压的共同影响,造成降水量极大差异。多雨年31d雨量可达289mm,少雨年仅7mm,且40％的年份出现伏旱。根据1954～1998年500hPa青藏高原和西太平洋副热带高度场和本站地温、综合时间剖面图图型,分析得出伏旱期降水趋势和预报指标。据历史资料分析,我区伏旱期（7月下旬至8月中旬）降水与冬季（12～2月）高原地区（30～40°N、80～100°E）500hPa高度距平累积值ZH和副热带高压面积指数ZS有较为满意的相关关系。将高原区ZH正负和副高强弱分成5级。另外,还发现本站7、8两月20cm地温…     

西太平洋副热带高压的强度和位置与亚洲地表温度之关系

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料中的500hPa高度场资料和NCAR地温资料,分析了6～8月西太平洋副热带高压的面积指数、西伸的经度和脊线的纬度等与亚洲地表温度之关系.结果表明,夏季西太平洋副热带高压的强度及位置,与亚洲某些区域的地表温度有明显的关系.关系最密切的是(100～110°E35～45°N)附近,位于我国内蒙古西南部、甘肃和宁夏自治区一带以及蒙古人民共和国的南部.另外青藏高原、南亚地区的地表温度与西太平洋副高也有较好的相关.文中对此做了详细分析和讨论.     

青藏高原热力异常与华北汛期降水关系的研究

利用1980～1994年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,以及我国336个测站1956～1994年月降水量资料,通过诊断分析和数值实验,研究了夏季高原上热力异常与华北汛期降水的关系.结果表明:华北汛期干旱年,青藏高压及西太平洋副热带高压偏南、偏东,华北汛期降水偏多年则相反;华北汛期旱年时,高原上升、高原东侧邻近地区下沉的垂直环流明显加强,而降水偏多年时,垂直环流减弱,华北地区为上升气流控制;夏季高原为热源和水汽汇区,它们的异常对华北地区降水有很大影响,当热源和水汽汇增强(减弱)时,华北地区降水偏少(偏多).数值试验表明,高原上潜热加热异常引起青藏高压、西太平洋副热带高压、亚洲季风以及欧亚中高纬地区环流的变化,进而影响到华北地区的降水.     

西太平洋副热带高压异常与中国长江中下游夏季降水关系研究综述

综述了西太平洋副热带高压对长江中下游夏季降水异常的影响。在回顾西太平洋副热带高压强度、位置等特征及其异常成因的基础上,总结了近年来气象学者关于西太平洋副热带高压对中国长江中下游夏季降水异常的影响和机理等方面的研究成果：西太平洋副热带高压异常不仅受动力因素的影响还受热力的因素的影响;西太平洋副热带高压的强度存在3-4 a、10-13 a的震荡周期,在1978年前后发生气候突变,脊线位置由正距平为主转为负距平为主,而强度正好相反,这样的变化显著影响了中国长江中下游地区的降水;西太平洋副热带高压的位置、形状和强度是长江中下游地区旱涝的决定条件之一;利用西太平洋副热带高压来对长江中下游降水进行预测,主要有4种方法。提出了当前存在的问题和需要进一步研究的方向。     

近50年东北冷涡异常特征及其与前汛期华南降水的关系分析

利用中国气象局国家气象信息中心提供的1951～2004年中国160站华南前汛期 (5～6月) 月平均降水、气温资料、欧洲中心提供的ERA-40再分析资料和Reynolds海温资料, 对东北冷涡与华南前汛期降水进行了统计分析, 定义了一个前汛期东北冷涡强度指数 (NECVI), 并研究了前汛期东北冷涡异常年同期东亚季风、西太平洋副高、对流层低层的垂直运动异常特征和前期全球海表温度 (SST) 的先兆信号, 结果表明: 前汛期东北冷涡强度与华南降水存在显著的正相关, 东北冷涡强年, 前期东亚冬季风偏弱, 同期东亚夏季风异常爆发提前且偏强, 西太平洋副高位置偏南, 华南地区低层上升运动发展, 降水偏多; 东北冷涡偏弱年, 前期东亚冬季风偏弱, 同期东亚夏季风爆发推迟且偏弱, 西太平洋副高位置偏北, 华南地区低层下沉运动发展, 降水偏少; 前汛期东北冷涡与前期中国近海海温存在显著的负相关关系, 前汛期东北冷涡异常强年, 前期对应着La Nia的成熟阶段或发展阶段, 而前汛期东北冷涡异常弱年则对应着El Nio的成熟阶段或发展阶段.     

贵州多雨、少雨年高度距平场环流特征分析

为了解贵州夏季降水异常与同期高、中、低层环流系统的异常有何关系，在1958-1997年贵州夏季降水中选出6个多、少雨年，与同期环流距平场进行合成分析，结果表明：在多、少雨年环境距平场具有明显不同的特征。贵州多雨年南亚高压较常年偏弱，西太平洋副热带高压较常年偏南偏强。在贵州少雨年，南压高压呈西弱东强的特征，西太平洋副热带高压较常年偏北偏强。     

2006年川渝地区夏季干旱的成因分析

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析月平均资料、全国160站降水资料、向外长波辐射OLR（outgoinglongwave radiation）资料和所计算的热源资料,分析了2006年夏季东亚大气环流的异常特征,并研究了热力异常与川渝地区夏季降水的关系。结果表明,2006年夏季由南向北的水汽输送较常年偏弱;西太洋副热带高压较常年异常偏强,脊线位置明显偏北,川渝地区受高压系统影响盛行下沉气流,中高纬环流场则表现为乌拉尔山地区和东北亚区域无明显阻塞高压形势,冷空气活动比常年弱;南亚高压比常年偏北偏强,持续控制川渝地区;2006年夏季青藏高原热源偏弱,热带西太平洋暖池区热源偏强,是引起西太平洋副热带高压偏北偏强的重要原因之一。川渝地区夏季降水与西太平洋副热带高压的异常变化有密切关系,川渝地区夏季干旱年,西太平洋副热带高压偏北,并且引起西太平洋副热带高压偏北的原因与2006年类似。     

贵州夏季降水异常的环流特征分析

利用美国NCEP/NCAR月平均高度及风场再分析资料和中国月平均降水资料,分析了贵州多、少雨年夏季环流的平均距平场特征.结果表明:贵州多、少雨年夏季环流具有明显的不同特征.多雨年南亚高压偏弱,西太平洋副热带高压较常年偏强,脊线明显偏南偏西,且影响贵州的印度西南季风、西太平洋副热带季风较常年也偏强,影响贵州的中、东路冷空气强.少雨年西太平洋副热带高压明显偏强,脊线较常年明显偏北,其它环流特征与多雨年相反.     

陕西8月降水时空分布特征及成因

基于1961~2013年陕西月降水观测资料和NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,采用EOF和REOF方法分析了陕西8月降水的区域气候特征,并用合成分析方法讨论了陕西8月一致多雨和少雨年的大气环流特征。结果表明:陕西8月降水的EOF分析前3个特征向量场较好地反映了降水区域分布特征,而REOF分析则显示了陕西8月降水区域差异特征。陕西8月一致多雨年南亚高压范围偏大、强度偏强,西太平副热带高压强度偏强、位置偏北偏西,欧亚中高纬度西风带乌拉尔山长波脊偏强,青藏高原低值系统活跃,印缅槽偏深;一致少雨年我国北方大部主要受大陆带状高压控制,相应的对流层低层高原东侧为偏北风距平,这支偏北风距平减弱了偏南风的水汽向北输送。     

春季青藏高原感热对中国东部夏季降水的影响和预测作用

利用1980-2012年青藏高原中、东部71个站点观测资料、全中国756站的月降水资料、哈得来中心提供的HadISST v1.1海温资料以及ERA-Interim再分析资料,综合青藏高原的感热加热以及全球海温,研究了春季青藏高原感热对中国东部夏季降水的影响,并建立预报方程,探讨了青藏高原春季感热对中国降水的预报作用。结果表明,青藏高原春季感热与中国东部降水关系密切,青藏高原春季感热异常增强伴随着长江流域中下游同期降水增多,后期夏季长江流域整流域降水也持续偏多,华南东部降水偏少。春季青藏高原感热的增强与环北半球中高纬度的罗斯贝波列密切相关,扰动在北太平洋形成的反气旋环流向西南方向延伸至西北太平洋,为长江流域输送大量的水汽,有利于降水的发生。夏季,伴随着前期青藏高原感热的增强,南亚高压位置偏东,西北太平洋副热带高压（西太副高）位置偏西偏南,西太副高北侧为气旋式环流异常。在西太副高的控制下,华南东部降水减少;西太副高西侧的偏南气流为长江流域带来大量水汽,并与来自北部气旋式环流异常西侧的偏北风发生辐合,降水增多。青藏高原春季感热异常是华南和长江流域夏季降水异常的重要前兆信号。加入青藏高原春季感热后,利用海温预报的华南、长江流域夏季降水量与观测值的相关系数有所提高,预报方程对区域降水的解释方差提高约15%。      

西藏高原汛期降水类型的研究

利用西藏高原２６个测站２６年（１９７３￣１９９８年）汛期（５￣９月）降水量资料,采用主成分分析和旋转主成分分析方法,对高原汛期降水空间分布型进行了分析。结果表明,主成分分解得到的降水空间分布形式较为集中,前３个特征向量场的分布型具有十分明确的物理意义,可表示降水场部方差的６３．１４％。旋转主成分分解生前６个载荷向量的累积方差贡献达７６．６７％,可较好反映西藏高原汛期降水６个异常敏感区：东南部、东北     

CHARACTERISTICS OF SEASONAL VARIATION OF RAINFALL OVER THE TIBETAN PLATEAU DURING SUMMER 1998 AND ITS IMPACT ON EAST ASIAN WEATHER

The seasonal variation of rainy season over the Tibetan Plateau in summer 1998 is analyzed byusing daily observational rainfall data for Lhasa from 1955 to 1996,and rainfall data at 70 stationsfrom January to August of 1998 over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and adjacent regions,as well asTBB data from May to August of 1998.The onset date of rainy season for Lhasa is climatologically6 June.Among the analyzed years,the earliest onset date is 6 May,while the latest may delay to2 July.The obvious inter-decadal variation can be found in the series of onset date.The onset dateof summer 1998 over middle TP (onset date of Lhasa) is 24 June,which is relatively later than thenormal case.The onset for rainy season of 1998 started over southeast and northeast parts of TP and thenpropagated westward and northward.The convection over east and west parts of TP shows thatthere is a quasi 12-15 day oscillation.In June,the convection over middle and lower reaches ofYangtze River is formed by the westward propagation of convection over subtropical westernPacific.while in July.it is formed by the eastward propagation of convection over TP.Besides,it is also found that there exists good negative and obvious advance and lagcorrelation between the convection over the middle and western TP and that over the subtropicalwestern Pacific and southern China.Therefore it can be inferred that a feedback zonal circulationwith a quasi two-three week oscillation exists between the ascending region of TP and descendingregion of subtropical western Pacific,i.e.the convection over TP may affect the subtropical highover western Pacific and vice versa.     

CHARACTERISTICS OF SEASONAL VARIATION OF RAINFALL OVER THE TIBETAN PLATEAU DURING SUMMER 1998 AND ITS IMPACT ON EAST ASIAN WEATHER*

The seasonal variation of rainy season over the Tibetan Plateau in summer 1998 is analyzed by using daily observational rainfall data for Lhasa from 1955 to 1996,and rainfall data at 70 stations from January to August of 1998 over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and adjacent regions,as well as TBB data from May to August of 1998.The onset date of rainy season for Lhasa is climatologically 6 June.Among the analyzed years,the earliest onset date is 6 May,while the latest may delay to 2 July.The obvious inter-decadal variation can be found in the series of onset date.The onset date of summer 1998 over middle TP (onset date of Lhasa) is 24 June,which is relatively later than the normal case.The onset for rainy season of 1998 started over southeast and northeast parts of TP and then propagated westward and northward.The convection over east and west parts of TP shows that there is a quasi 12-15 day oscillation.In June,the convection over middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River is formed by the westward propagation of convection over subtropical western Pacific.while in July.it is formed by the eastward propagation of convection over TP.Besides,it is also found that there exists good negative and obvious advance and lag correlation between the convection over the middle and western TP and that over the subtropical western Pacific and southern China.Therefore it can be inferred that a feedback zonal circulation with a quasi two-three week oscillation exists between the ascending region of TP and descending region of subtropical western Pacific,i.e.the convection over TP may affect the subtropical high over western Pacific and vice versa.     

Simulation and Projection of Changes in Rainy Season Precipitation over China Using the WRF Model

The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is used in a regional climate model configuration to simulate past precipitation climate of China during the rainy season (May-September) of 1981-2000, and to investigate potential future (2041-2060 and 2081-2100) changes in precipitation over China relative to the reference period 1981-2000. WRF is run with initial conditions from a coupled general circulation model, i.e., the high-resolution version of MIROC (Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate). WRF reproduces the observed distribution of rainy season precipitation in 1981-2000 and its interannual variations better than MIROC. MIROC projects increases in rainy season precipitation over most parts of China and decreases of more than 25 mm over parts of Taiwan and central Tibet by the mid-21st century. WRF projects decreases in rainfall over southern Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China, and northwestern part of Northeast China, and increases in rainfall by more than 100 mm along the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and over the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during 2041-2060. MIROC projects further increases in rainfall over most of China by the end of the 21st century, although simulated rainfall decreases by more than 25 mm over parts of Taiwan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and central Tibet. WRF projects increased rainfall of more than 100 mm along the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and over the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and decreased rainfall over Southwest China, and southern Tibetan Plateau by the end of the 21st century.     

Asian summer monsoon anomalies induced by aerosol direct forcing: the role of the Tibetan Plateau

In this paper we present results of a numerical study using the NASA finite-volume GCM to elucidate a plausible mechanism for aerosol impact on the Asian summer monsoon involving interaction with physical processes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). During the pre-monsoon season of March–April, dusts from the deserts of western China, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and the Middle East are transported into and stacked up against the northern and southern slopes of the TP. The absorption of solar radiation by dust heats up the elevated surface air over the slopes. On the southern slopes, the atmospheric heating is reinforced by black carbon from local emission. The heated air rises via dry convection, creating a positive temperature anomaly in the mid-to-upper troposphere over the TP relative to the region to the south. In May through early June in a manner akin to an “elevated heat pump”, the rising hot air forced by the increasing heating in the upper troposphere, draws in warm and moist air over the Indian subcontinent, setting the stage for the onset of the South Asia summer monsoon. Our results suggest that increased dust loading coupled with black carbon emission from local sources in northern India during late spring may lead to an advance of the rainy periods and subsequently an intensification of the Indian summer monsoon. The enhanced rainfall over India is associated with the development of an aerosol-induced large-scale sea level pressure anomaly pattern, which causes the East Asia (Mei-yu) rain belt to shift northwestward, suppressing rainfall over East Asia and the adjacent oceanic regions.     

华北地区的降水特征及趋势估计

华北地区位于干旱和半干旱地区。气候降水是该区水资源的主要来源之一,也是影响该区水资源周期性变化的主要因素之一。华北及其北、中、南三个分区的年降水距平曲线变化趋势３具有相似性,而且此四个地区连续出现正距平的年数不超过４年,华北及其北、中部连续出现负距平的年数不超过５年,南部不超过６年,华北、黄淮和东北地区东部与印度次大陆大地区夏季降水距平之间存在正相关关系,同时又与澳洲大部分地区冬季降水距平有负相关     

华北汛期的起讫及其气候学分析

基于对汛期的理解和认识, 利用Samel等人设计的半客观统计分析方法、Mann-Kendall突变分析、滑动t检验等方法, 通过分析和研究1957—2006年华北台站的日降水资料, 确定了华北汛期起讫的日期。结果表明:华北汛期始于6月30日, 止于8月18日, 持续期为50d。华北汛期的起讫日期、持续天数以及空汛发生的频次, 具有鲜明的地域特征:冀北山地汛期开始最早, 结束较迟, 持续天数较长, 空汛发生频次最少; 黄土高原汛期开始较迟, 其北部汛期结束最迟, 持续期也最长, 发生空汛的频次也比较多; 黄河下游地区汛期开始比较早, 结束最早, 汛期最短, 发生无大汛的频次较大; 河北平原地区, 汛期开始最迟, 结束较迟, 汛期较长, 发生无大汛的频次最多。与华北汛期开始和结束日相对应的东亚大气环流特征是:当西太平洋西部上空500hPa存在正的位势高度距平, 华北上空存在负的位势高度距平, 同时地面为“东高西低”的异常海平面气压场配置时, 异常偏南风到达30°N, 华北汛期开始; 当华北上空500hPa为较小的位势高度正距平, 日本海为位势高度正距平, 而地面上, 我国大陆和西太平洋之间为“西高东低”的异常海平面气压场配置时, 异常偏北风控制我国东部地区, 华北汛期结束。     

The relation of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau to rainfall in China during the boreal summer

The relationship between vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and summer (June–August) rainfall in China is investigated using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from the Earth Resources Observation System and observed rainfall data from surface 616 stations in China for the period 1982–2001. The leading mode of empirical orthogonal functions analysis for summer rainfall variability in China shows a negative anomaly in the area from the Yangtze River valley to the Yellow River valley (YYR) and most of western China, and positive anomalies in southern China and North China. This mode is significantly correlated with summer NDVI around the southern TP. This finding indicates that vegetation around the southern TP has a positive correlation with summer rainfall in southern China and North China, but a negative correlation with summer rainfall in YYR and western China. We investigate the physical process by which vegetation change affects summer rainfall in China. Increased vegetation around the southern TP is associated with a descending motion anomaly on the TP and the neighboring area to the east, resulting in reduced surface heating and a lower Bowen ratio, accompanied by weaker divergence in the upper troposphere and convergence in the lower troposphere on the TP. In turn, these changes result in the weakening of and a westward shift in the southern Asian High in the upper troposphere and thereby the weakening of and an eastward withdrawal in the western Pacific subtropical high. These features result in weak circulation in the East Asian summer monsoon. Consequently, enhanced summer rainfall occurs in southern China and North China, but reduced rainfall in YYR.