Impact of assimilating FY-3C MWHS2 data in the RMAPS-ST forecast system on its rainfall forecasts

中层水汽初值的误差是数值预报,尤其是短期预报不确定性的重要来源.星载微波湿度计资料能很好地弥补常规资料的不足,同化微波湿度计资料对改善对流层中高层的水汽初始场精度有着重要意义.本研究基于新一代快速更新多尺度资料分析和预报系统短期数值预报系统(RMAPS-ST),选取2019年6月4-6日中国华中地区降水过程开展了 FY-3C MWHS2资料同化对于此次降水预报的影响评估.研究开展了4组试验:冷启动试验,控制试验,同化FY-3C MWHS试验,同时同化常规观测和FY-3C MWHS试验.结果表明:经质量控制及偏差订正之后FY-3C MWHS2各通道O-B明显趋于正态分布,同化FY-3C MWHS资料后,对此次降水过程降水落区和强度的预报均优于控制试验和冷启动试验,同时对于环境场的预报也有改善.     

FY-3A MWHS资料偏差订正方法研究

作为中国新一代极轨气象卫星,风云三号A星(FY-3A)大气垂直探测资料在区域数值天气预报中的同化应用至关重要。为实现FY-3A大气湿度垂直探测仪(MWHS)资料的直接同化应用,重点研究MWHS资料偏差订正问题。根据MWHS资料特征,在参考欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF)原全球TIROS大气垂直探测仪(TOVS)资料偏差订正方案的基础上,建立适用于FY-3A卫星MWHS辐射率资料的偏差订正方案,分析该方案的订正效果。(1) 扫描偏差具有星下点对称性,各通道不同纬度带和扫描角的扫描偏差存在差异,通道1~5的扫描偏差绝对值范围分别为0~1.13 K、0~6.4 K、0~0.76 K、0~0.84 K和0~2.1 K。(2) 偏差订正方法有效,订正后的通道2~4观测残差概率分布呈现均值为0的高斯分布,且通道1和5观测残差更接近均值为0的高斯分布。(3) 偏差订正后观测残差标准差均有所降低,表明偏差订正能够提高MWHS资料对分析场的调整。试验证明FY-3A MWHS资料具有较高的数据质量以及同化应用的潜力;建立的偏差订正方案可为FY-3A MWHS资料直接同化提供条件。      

MWHS/FY-3资料同化在四川盆地暴雨预报中的应用研究

为了研究同化风云三号B星(FY-3B)和C星(FY-3C)的微波湿度计(MWHS及MWHS-2)观测资料在四川暴雨数值预报中的影响,本文基于Weather Research and Forecasting Model(WRF)及其三维变分同化系统Weather Research Forecast Variatinal Data Assimilation System(WRFDA),实现了对MWHS/FY-3B和MWHS-2/FY-3C观测资料的直接同化。针对2018年7月的一次四川盆地区域性暴雨过程的同化试验结果表明:同化风云三号系列卫星的微波湿度计观测资料对试验开始时刻均有改善,对相对湿度和矢量风场等物理量场有一定的正向调整作用,尤其是同化MWHS-2/FY-3C资料对风场的调整较为明显。同化试验对龙门山北部降水有较明显的改善作用,改善了降水的分布与落区,其中同化MWHS/FY-3B对盆地中部到东北部的降水量级的预报更接近实况,雨区更为连续。同化试验证明了同化风云三号系列卫星的微波湿度计观测资料对于四川盆地暴雨数值预报有一定的业务应用价值。      

FY-3气象卫星降水探测能力分析与展望

降水是全球能量/水循环中的重要过程。本文着重分析 FY-3 气象卫星降水探测能力,展望风云卫星后续规划中降水探测技术的发展前景。分析表明,以 FY-3 降水星为主星,与其他 FY-3 极轨卫星组成的 FY-3 气象卫星降水探测体系,在设计层面上,从载荷类型、数量、通道设置等方面均优于由美国发起并已在轨运行的全球降水测量(Global Precipitation Measurement,GPM)计划核心星的设计性能。FY-3 降水星设计装载 Ka / Ku 双频降水测量雷达,卫星轨道设计覆盖南北纬 50°范围内的中低纬地区,对影响我国区域的台风暴雨等强对流天气系统结构具有三维探测能力。FY-3 气象卫星星座的降水探测能力为气象防灾减灾提供了基础支撑。     

FY-3B/MWHS性能参数在轨实时监测

2010年11月5日发射的风云三号B星 (FY-3B) 是我国第2代极轨气象卫星的第2颗星。其上装载的微波湿度计 (MWHS) 在183 GHz水汽吸收线设计了3个大气探测通道,在大气窗区150 GHz设置了双极化通道。该文主要对FY-3B微波湿度计系统进行介绍,分析其在轨5年的性能,对仪器在轨关键性能参数进行了长时间序列分析,结果表明:仪器各通道灵敏度均优于0.4 K,其中通道1,2,4,5的灵敏度优于0.3 K,定标精度稳定在0.3~0.55 K,未出现恶化现象, 同类型在轨载荷星下点处匹配数据交叉比对,相关系数优于96%。分析表明,该仪器在轨性能和数据质量均优于FY-3A微波湿度计。同时,利用微波湿度计实测数据,着重分析2015年6—7月若干台风的生成、演化、增强和消亡的整个过程,并对台风区域强降雨监测进行分析。     

“风云三号卫星产品在新疆荒漠化监测评价中的应用”项目

立项背景 2008年5月27日,FY-3A星成功发射。风云三号（FY-3）卫星是我国第二代极轨气象卫星,其第一颗星FY-3A搭载了可见光红外扫描辐射计、中分辨率光涪成像仪、微波成像仪等11个有效载荷,可以对全球天气和环境实现全天候、三维、定量、多光谱遥感。与上一代极轨气象卫星相比,FY-3A新增了10个有效载荷,     

冰雹云卫星早期识别与自动预警

利用陕西、山东、贵州和新疆等地近十年日间降雹记录和对应的极轨卫星数据,采用卫星云微物理反演技术,定量分析冰雹云微物理特征,比较不同地区间差异,并利用FY-4A静止卫星定量分析一次冰雹过程云微物理特征演变,探讨冰雹云卫星识别预警应用潜力。结果表明:（1）陕西、山东等地冰雹云微物理特征具有一致性,卫星早期识别指标为:晶化温度（T_g）较冷,均值为?33°C;全部冰晶化时T_g对应的云粒子有效半径r_e（表征为r_eg）未饱和（<40 μm）,均值36.9 μm,且r_eg 越小冰雹云越强;云顶呈现r_e随高度减小带。（2）各地冰雹云早期识别指标在数值上存在一定差异,实际应用时应针对各地进行相应调整。（3）在静止卫星上,冰雹云微物理特征与极轨卫星相一致,将早期识别指标应用于FY-4A静止卫星,跟踪云团发展演变,实现自动预警。（4）经过4次降雹过程中应用,FY-4A卫星自动预警与实况吻合22次,漏报2次,自动预警平均提前约2小时。FY-4A卫星自动预警对及时有效组织实施人工防雹作业具有重要现实意义。     

中国首颗降水测量卫星(风云三号G星)的探测能力概述与展望

2023年4月16日09时36分(北京时)中国首颗降水测量卫星—风云三号G星(FY-3G)成功发射,本文在介绍风云三号降水星技术特征的基础上,着重分析FY-3G降水探测能力及在暴雨监测中的应用前景。结果表明：卫星轨道高度407 km、倾角50°,装载了Ka/Ku双频降水测量雷达、微波和光学成像仪的FY-3G卫星,可对影响中国大部分地区的台风、暴雨、强对流等灾害性天气系统三维结构进行探测。FY-3G在设计层面上,降水探测能力与目前美国第二代全球降水测量计划(GPM)核心星(GPMCO)相当,在载荷类型、数量、通道设置等方面优于GPMCO卫星。FY-3G业务运行后将与风云三号上午、下午和黎明星等其他极轨气象卫星以及风云高轨静止卫星组成风云降水探测星座体系,提升风云卫星星座的降水总体探测能力,为气象防灾减灾提供更强的基础支撑。     

静止和极轨卫星陆表温度产品的改进方法

针对天气、气候和生态环境监测对较高空间分辨率静止气象卫星陆表温度及全天候极轨卫星陆表温度的需求,分别发展静止气象卫星陆表温度空间降尺度和极轨气象卫星陆表温度云下重构算法,并对其进行改进处理。其中,静止气象卫星陆表温度空间降尺度模型充分利用静止气象卫星高时频和多光谱观测的优势,基于同一卫星同一遥感器所观测的陆表温度和相关通道亮度温度的日变化特征建立非线性统计回归模型,同时考虑下垫面类型的影响,方法应用于我国静止气象卫星风云四号A星(Fengyun-4A,FY-4A)先进的静止轨道辐射成像仪(advanced geosynchronous radiation imager,AGRI)陆表温度的降尺度,结果表明,所发展的降尺度模型不仅可以将FY-4AAGRI的陆表温度由4 km降尺度到2 km,而且可以较好保持降尺度前陆表温度精度,降尺度前后陆表温度均方根误差最大为1.35 K。极轨气象卫星陆表温度云下重构则发展了DINEOF模型,并基于土地利用数据(Land-Use,LU)进行结果的二次订正,实现极轨气象卫星陆表温度的全天候获取,方法应用于极轨气象卫星FY-3D中等分辨率光谱成像仪(med...     

不同降水卫星数据反演降水量精度评价——以雅鲁藏布江流域为例

利用多种定量指标和分类指标,评估PERSIANN-CDR(Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Netw orks-Climate Data Record)和TRM M 3B42 V7 (Tropical Rainfall M easuring M ission 3B42 V7)两种降水卫星产品在雅鲁藏布江流域的反演精度,并首次在雅鲁藏布江流域使用降水量体积分类指标对卫星数据的适用性进行评价。结果表明:(1)降水卫星数据的偏差主要表现在微量和重度降水的偏差上,两种降水卫星数据总是高估了弱降水,低估了强降水,PERSIANN降水卫星要比TRM M降水卫星对降水数据偏离程度小;(2) PERSIANN-CDR降水卫星数据与地面实测数据的相关系数为0. 663,偏差为0. 845,TRMM 3B42 V7降水卫星数据与地面实测数据的相关系数为0. 666,偏差为0. 579。只考虑定量指标的评价体系,两个降水卫星数据的精度差异相对较小;(3) PERSIANN-CDR卫星数据在各站点的各分类指标数值范围均比TRMM 3B42 V7卫星数据的指标数值范围大,PERSIANN-CDR卫星数据对降水事件和降水量的反演精度要高于TRMM 3B42 V7卫星数据。考虑降水量分类指标的评价指标体系比单纯使用传统定量指标评价降水卫星数据更能有效地反映出降水卫星对资料稀缺的高寒地区地面降水特征的捕捉能力。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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     

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A Brief Introduction to Marine Meteorological Science Experiment Base at Bohe Town,Maoming City,Guangdong Province

<正>With the support of specialized funds for national science institutions,the Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology,China Meteorological Administration set up in October 2008 an experiment base for marine meteorology and a number of observation systems for the coastal boundary layer,air-sea flux,marine environmental elements,and basic meteorological elements at Bohe town,Maoming city,Guangdong province,in the northern part of the South China Sea.     

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