诱发渤海风暴潮的黄河气旋动力学诊断和机制分析

利用数字化6.7μm卫星水汽图像、NCEP/NCAR 1°×1°再分析资料,以及干侵入和位涡理论,对2007年3月3～5日诱发渤海罕见风暴潮过程的黄河气旋进行了天气动力学诊断和机制分析。结果表明,这次风暴潮是在欧亚中高纬度环流调整、高纬不稳定低槽东移发展及东亚大槽重建的过程中发生的,强烈发展的黄河气旋产生强偏北大风,导...     

引发黑龙江省暴雪爆发性气旋个例动力分析

利用气象站综合观测资料和NCEP FNL的1°×1°再分析资料,分析了2013年11月25日黑龙江省大暴雪的环流特征和气旋爆发性增长过程;在此基础上,对涡度平流、高低空急流的分布特征和垂直结构及湿位涡的正压项和斜压项对气旋爆发性增长的贡献进行了深入细致的研究,探索此次爆发性气旋发展的动力学机制.结果表明:此次黑龙江省暴雪过程地面气旋中心位于槽前最大正涡度平流区下方,正涡度平流使等压面降低,地面减压,气旋获得发展.地面气旋始终位于南支高空急流核左前方和北支高空急流核右后方,两支高空急流的动力作用均引起强辐散.高、低空急流耦合的区域,使高层强辐散和低层强辐合叠置,加强了气旋中心附近的上升运动,从而使气旋和降雪的强度得到加强.气旋在强斜压大气中获得爆发性增长,气旋的爆发与湿位涡的分布和演变关系密切,高层正湿位涡下传,使低层湿位涡增大,气旋获得发展;当高层ξmpv1线趋于准水平状态时,正湿位涡下传造成低层湿位涡发展结束,气旋发展停止并逐渐减弱.大气湿斜压性增加可引起垂直涡度的显著增加,促使气旋爆发性增长,垂直涡度的变化滞后于湿斜压性的变化.     

梅雨期一次黄淮气旋发展的干侵入特征分析

利用水汽图像、等熵气流、θse等物理量，对2003年梅雨期的一次黄淮气旋发展过程进行了分析，试图揭示干侵入在黄淮气旋发展中的作用。分析结果表明：与干侵入相联系的水汽图像暗区的移动、发展变化与黄淮气旋的发展、加强、减弱对应关系较好。水汽图像暗区前部依气旋的发展加强、维持、减弱而主要出现在黄淮气旋西侧、南侧和东侧。分析垂直环流表明，干侵入来自对流层中上层，与水汽图像暗区有较好的对应关系，在气旋发展强盛期下沉气流区自西向东、自南向北推进。高空动量下传促使地面气旋发展，从而使中、低层大气变得非常干燥。335K等熵面上的流场特征、等熵面陡峭处与水汽图像暗区的对应关系较好。θse的垂直剖面能反映干侵入特征。等熵面在垂直方向的折叠可使对流层中下层出现潜在对流不稳定区。θse=335K位温舌能较好地反映天气系统的三维结构和干侵入特征。自高层向下传递、加强的位涡变化能反映干侵入的动力特征。     

黄河气旋暴雨过程发展演变成因分析

2016年7月19-21日华北地区出现了一次影响范围广、累积雨量大、持续时间长、局地雨强大的极端强降水过程,强度仅次于1963年8月8-9日极端降水事件,河北多地及北京的降水总量和持续时间超过2012年"7·21"特大暴雨。本文利用地面自动气象站、气象卫星以及NCEP再分析等资料对导致此次特大暴雨的环流配置尤其是黄河气旋的发生发展等特征进行分析。结果发现,深厚的华北低涡、与低涡相联系的西风槽、副热带高压以及低涡诱发的黄河气旋是此次暴雨的直接影响系统。副高的阻挡使得气旋移动缓慢,且移动过程中两次呈现逆时针旋转路径。地面气旋中心总是沿中低层暖平流和其下游高低层正涡度平流之差较大的区域移动。同时,由于降水产生的凝结潜热释放和上升运动产生的正反馈作用,引导气旋向上升运动强的地方移动。强降水造成的潜热反馈对低层位涡增长起了重要的作用,有利于地面黄河气旋系统生成。同时,高空高位涡沿等熵面下传与低空系统耦合,并与地面气旋上空的暖平流成正反馈作用,进而导致地面黄河气旋迅速发展。卫星水汽图像水汽暗区的干带具有高位涡特征,将其与高层位涡场结合分析,有助于在水汽图像上对高空动力特征的发展演变进行判断,为温带气旋的监测提供参考。     

一次爆发性气旋引发东北地区暴雨成因分析

利用2016年5月2—4日NCEP的FNL 1°×1°再分析资料和GDAS的1°×1°再分析资料、地面观测资料,运用天气学分析、等熵位涡、物理量诊断和水汽来源追踪等方法,从大尺度环流背景、水汽源地和输送、动力和热力机制、等熵位涡等方面对2016年春季一次地面气旋爆发性发展导致的东北地区暴雨天气过程进行了分析。结果表明:位于40°N附近的黄淮气旋北上加强发展,2日14时至3日14时中心气压下降24 hPa,超过爆发性气旋的定义标准。500 hPa高空槽快速加强发展为闭合低涡,低空切变线加强发展为低空低涡,其东部形成明显的低空急流,为暴雨区提供水汽和热量,为东北地区典型的暖式切变降水。等熵位涡自320 K高层向305 K低层输送下传,并逐步向南向东移动,高空正位涡的下传促使地面气旋快速发展,上升运动加强,有利于暴雨的出现。比湿在6 g·kg^(-1)以上对东北地区春末夏初暴雨预报有一定的参考意义。水汽主要来源于东海、黄海及西北太平洋。暴雨区与850 hPa水汽通量散度的负值区、700 hPa垂直速度和850 hPa绝对涡度大值区较为一致,强降水区与850 hPa相当位温密集带和暖区锋生区相对应,降水位于能量锋区以及偏暖区一侧。     

干侵入对陕西“2008.07.21”暴雨过程的影响分析

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,分析了2008年7月21日发生在陕西西南部一次暴雨过程的大尺度环流背景和水汽条件,运用相对湿度、风矢量、湿位涡和垂直涡度等多种物理量场,研究了该暴雨过程中干侵入的机制和特征,以及对暴雨发生、发展和维持的影响.结果表明,此次强降水过程是在高空槽和低空气旋的有利形势下产生的.水汽主要来源于孟加拉湾,持续的高层辐散、低层辐合的环流配置保证了低层源源不断的水汽辐合并抬升凝结,有利于转化为降水.受高空低槽发展东移的影响,干侵入在垂直层次上表现为由对流层中高层向低层的注入,水平方向上主要表现为由西向东的侵入,其中在103°E以西地区存在较强的下沉运动是干侵入的载体.应用湿位涡与倾斜涡度发展理论分析表明,当对流层中高层具有高值位涡的干空气侵入到低层时,由于湿位涡守恒特性,引起倾斜涡度发展,进而导致低层垂直涡度的急剧发展,有利于上升运动将水汽向上层输送,冷暖空气相遇,产生此次暴雨过程.     

2016年湖南两次寒潮事件等熵位涡分析

利用NCEP/NCAR全球2.5°×2.5°逐日和FNL1°×1°逐6h再分析资料,对2016年冬末春初湖南出现的两次寒潮过程进行等熵位涡诊断分析。结果表明:(1)中高纬度的高位涡区可以用来追踪影响湖南寒潮过程中强冷空气的来源和水平移动,西伯利亚冷高压陡增和与湖南地面气温的急剧下降预示着湖南寒潮天气爆发;(2)两次寒潮爆发过程中均伴随有中高纬度高位涡区向南传播的特征,且高位涡主体移动路径与地面冷空气南下路径一致,此外也表现出高位涡强烈向下伸展的特征;(3)等熵面上的高位涡中心与气旋性环流相对应,位涡中心区的变化可看出高空横槽的发展变化,而高位涡中心向南向下的传播导致强的下沉运动促进地面冷高压迅速发展,导致寒潮爆发。     

河西走廊一次强沙尘暴过程的干侵入分析

使用NCEP(1°×1°)每天4次的再分析资料对2006年4月9~10日发生在甘肃省河西走廊的一次强沙尘暴天气进行了诊断分析。结果表明:这次强沙尘暴天气有明显的干侵入特征,对流层中高层高位势涡度,干空气在西北气流引导下,沿等熵面入侵到边界层;干侵入使对流层低层产生高位涡扰动、锋面气旋环流加强、低空急流形成、边界层辐合增强,从而引发了这次强沙尘暴天气。     

中国江南-华南地区一次强飑线天气过程位涡诊断分析

应用FY-4A卫星红外和水汽云图资料,结合NCEP分析场资料以及地面自动气象站变压、变温、大风及降水资料,计算等熵面位涡,分析2018年3月4日中国江南—华南地区强飑线过程的发生发展机制及持续性大风产生的主要原因。结果表明：对流单体触发于低层辐合系统,由于雷暴下沉气流与其前方的低层暖湿西南气流形成地面辐合线,并且移入地区的水汽、静力不稳定及垂直风切变条件对强对流风暴的发展均十分有利,使得导致极端对流大风的强对流风暴持续发展。极端大风主要分布在飑线中弓形结构的顶端,落区与亮温梯度和变压梯度相对应,导致变压风增大;飑线的移动与引导气流方向一致,系统走向和低层西南急流接近于垂直,系统移速加快,动量下传效应增强,均是导致极端地面大风的成因。位涡分布表明高位涡的侵入和呈弓形分布的低位涡区的形成具有一定关联,干侵入区与等熵面上高位涡区有着较好的对应,飑线后部的暗区正是干侵入的前沿,高层高位涡的下传是飑线系统持续发展的成因。     

干侵入对一次东北冷涡过程的作用分析

以2006年7月20~24日一次东北冷涡过程为研究对象,利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、FY-2C卫星资料及常规气象观测资料,通过卫星水汽图像和大气动力场相结合的方法揭示东北冷涡过程中干侵入的特征及其对冷涡发生、发展的作用机制。结果表明,此次东北冷涡过程中干侵入特征明显,卫星水汽图像上的干侵入暗区与对流层高层的下沉运动、高值位涡、高空急流以及干冷区相对应;因干冷空气叠加在暖湿气流之上,在低层冷涡中心上空出现了对流不稳定层结,为冷涡的增强创造了有利的条件;同时,沿冷涡中心的经向垂直剖面中,高空急流入口区北侧产生的下沉运动对对流层高层低湿、高位涡的干冷空气起动力下传的作用;500 hPa绝对涡度的演变与同时刻水汽图像上干侵入区的走向、范围、强度变化相一致,由于干侵入使得冷涡中心绝对涡度增大,冷涡加强发展,因此干侵入是激发冷涡发生、发展的动力条件之一;而等熵面上各要素场的演变也能够反映出干侵入的活动特征及其对冷涡的作用。     

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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As we will soon celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Meteorological Society （CMS）,Acta Meteorologica Sinica （AMS）,which was originally named as Bulletin of the Chinese Meteorological Society,has gone through 89 years of development and excitement since her first issue in July 1925.According to archived documents （CMS Editorial Committee,1925）,AMS was founded to report the research findings of Chinese meteorologists,record their recommendations for improving meteorological services,and share their common meteorological interests in order to promote the growth of AMS such that more members could be inspired to conduct atmospheric research and meteorological knowledge would be better disseminated to and benefit the general public.By upholding and carrying forward this purpose,AMS has published many highly valuable scientific papers.Some could be treated as classical articles,which have produced important influences on both domestic and international meteorological communities and the related fields.