雷暴区域追踪矢量与雷暴单体追踪矢量融合临近预报研究

雷暴追踪矢量的准确性是决定短时临近降水外推预报效果的关键。以TREC（Tracking Radar Echoes by Correlation）为代表的区域追踪和以TITAN（Thunderstorm Identifiation,Tracking,Analysis,and Nowcasting）为代表的单体追踪是追踪雷暴移动矢量的两种典型方法。TREC基于追踪格点雷达回波数据得到,能较好体现层状云降水和对流云降水系统的区域总体移动趋势;TITAN可以识别、分析雷暴的二维和三维属性,自动跟踪雷暴的移动速度和方向,形成雷暴单体移动矢量,能够更好地刻画小尺度雷暴单体的移动速度和方向。将TREC和TITAN两种移动矢量进行融合,生成新的外推移动矢量,既保留了TREC方法在刻画大尺度雷暴总体移动趋势信息方面的特长,又能充分发挥TITAN方法在刻画小尺度雷暴运动细节信息上的优势。融合试验表明,采用TREC和TITAN两种降水移动矢量融合的新技术,可以一定程度改进降水外推移动矢量场估计的准确度,提升降水落区和强度外推预报的准确度,对改善北京地区降水临近预报水平具有一定正效果。      

多普勒雷达资料在暴雨临近预报中的应用

强暴雨、台风暴雨等灾害性暴雨天气是造成洪涝灾害最主要的降水天气系统。以广州雷达和梅州雷达的拼图资料以及温州单站雷达资料为基础, 讨论了TREC方法中时间步长、网格大小及雨强阈值等参数变化对跟踪结果的影响, 并对TREC矢量场进行了平滑处理, 这在一定程度上减少了TREC矢量场中由于地物回波和回波梯度变化造成的一些明显错误的矢量, 得到较为连续的矢量场, 并将得到的矢量场用于暴雨的临近预报。个例分析及预报结果的验证表明:通过选择合适的参数, 雨强CAPPI、反射率因子CAPPI和CR 3种资料得到的TREC矢量场一致性好, 能够反映我国的强暴雨、台风暴雨等灾害性暴雨的移动方向。CR资料的外推预报结果稍差于其他两者, 3种资料预报的准确性都随着预报时间的递增而降低, 对连续时刻的TREC矢量进行拟合, 有助于提高预报准确率。TREC方法对于结构比较复杂、不易识别的台风暴雨等灾害性暴雨天气, 在预警方面具有一定应用价值。     

改进的TREC算法在奥帆赛测试期的应用

基于青岛的新一代天气雷达,计算TREC数据,并对TREC数据的质量控制进行设置,以剔出杂波引起的孤立TREC数据,根据TREC法得到的回波移动进行雷达回波移动外推。给青岛奥运会帆船赛测试赛起到了较好的保障作用,并详细分析了2006年8月26日的一次强天气过程,利用TREC法得到的回波移动产品对该过程从回波移动方向上进行了分析,并用PUP产品进行效果检验。结果表明：TREC算法对于天气过程的雷达回波移动趋势预测有较好的效果,它能大致反映出3km高度的水平流场运动方向和速度。通过分析还发现,该算法对于预报强天气过程雷达回波的移动,进行雷暴等灾害性天气预警．有一定的指导作用．     

TREC算法在人工影响天气作业指挥系统中的应用

雷达回波外推是解决人工影响天气指挥炮点作业时间选取的有效途径。文章介绍了雷达回波外推的相关性跟踪方法（TREC）,由TREC矢量得到的回波移向移速,以6 min为间隔,线性外推4次回波,根据外推回波是否落在炮点的有效射程范围内,得到回波到达炮点射程范围的时间,为炮点作业时间的选取提供参考。个例分析表明,外推回波落在炮点有效射程范围的外推时间与回波实际落在炮点的有效射程范围内时间点基本吻合。     

基于江西省雷达回波拼图的TREC方法应用及效果检验

基于江西省及周边16部新一代多普勒天气雷达拼图资料,利用交叉相关跟踪法(TREC)计算江西地区雷达回波的移动矢量(TREC风),并对求解的TREC风进行异常值更正和空洞补齐等质量控制,最后利用后向外推法对江西地区2017年6月29日09:54的雷达回波进行2 h内的外推。结果表明,TREC方法能较好地获得江西地区未来2 h内的雷达回波位置和空间结构,且在0—1 h的外推回波非常接近实况。通过对2018年6月1—9日201个天气过程0—2 h外推的TS评分统计表明,基于该方法外推的2 h内的雷达回波精度都较高(TS评分0.3),但TS评分随外推时间的增长而快速降低,当外推时间为30 min时TS评分高达0.61,外推时间增至60 min时TS评分降至0.48,外推时间延长至120 min时TS评分进一步减至0.31。     

天气雷达回波运动场估测及在降水临近预报中的应用

在常用的基于天气雷达反射率因子图像的相关方法跟踪回波运动的TREC(Tracking Radar Echo by Correla-tion)技术基础上,文中发展了一种基于差分图像(时间梯度图像)的相关方法追踪雷达回波运动(Difference Image-based Tracking Radar Echo by Correlations)技术,简称DITREC,并与TREC技术进行比较。个例分析表明,DITREC矢量场消除了TREC矢量场中由于回波型的迅速变化导致的一些无序矢量,使得DITREC矢量场的时间连续性和空间连续性好于TREC矢量场。在TREC矢量场中不存在无序矢量的地方,DITREC矢量场与TREC矢量场基本一致。分别用DITREC矢量场和700 hPa风场作为回波运动估测场外推合肥CINRAD/SA雷达反射率因子复合扫描图,得到1 h外推降水场。以地面雨量计为标准,对外推降水场进行评估,结果表明,DITREC外推小时降水优于700 hPa外推小时降水,但其精度还与所采用的Z-R关系有关。     

雷达回波外推预报的误差分析

基于天气雷达资料的外推预报是灾害天气临近预报的基础,选取4次强降水过程分析了外推预报的误差.主要分析方法包括3个步骤:(1)采用多尺度回波跟踪方法确定雷达回波的运动场;(2)采用半拉格朗日平流方案对雷达回波进行外推;(3)预报结果和观测结果进行对比.利用去相关时间方法分析了雷达回波的可预报性,利用预报技巧评分和相对绝对误差对外推预报的误差进行了定量分析.此外,还分析了外推预报的误差与尺度之间的关系,以及外推预报中的不确定因素 回波强度变化和回波运动场变化在预报误差中的相对重要性.这4次强降水过程的误差分析表明,预报误差随预报时效的变化基本上是以指数规律递减的,大尺度的降水系统对应较长的持续性,对于发展演变较快、尺度较小的风暴,其持续性较短.     

交叉相关外推算法的改进及其在对流临近预报中的应用

交叉相关外推算法是目前对流临近预报的主要算法之一。它主要是通过计算雷达回波等资料在连续时次的空间最优相关, 得到对流系统不同位置的移动矢量特征, 并基于这些获得的移动矢量对雷达回波等进行外推, 从而达到预报的目的。因为算法既考虑了回波移动矢量大小和方向的变化, 也考虑了整个回波在移动过程中的形变, 所以, 基于该算法的外推临近预报具有一定的物理意义。该文介绍了交叉相关外推预报算法的基本原理, 对算法进行了一系列的质量控制, 包括抑制地物杂波和噪声的影响、对“丢失”计算的点进行矢量补充以及对追踪的矢量进行平滑处理等多个步骤。个例对比分析表明:算法在通过质量控制和优化处理后, 追踪的回波移动矢量质量明显改善。利用优化后的算法, 对2004年夏季和2005年夏季发生在京津冀地区的4个强对流个例, 包括2次飑线过程、1次雹暴过程和1次强雷暴过程, 进行了外推临近预报试验, 并且对算法在对流临近预报中的效果做了初步的检验评估。结果表明:该算法对强对流天气过程的临近预报具有一定效果, 算法可以给出未来30 min或者60 min内雷达回波和雷暴位置以及形状的外推预报, 预报结果与实况比较接近。     

雷达反演的多尺度风场在临近预报中的应用研究

基于多尺度IVAP (MIVAP,the Multi-scale Integrating Velocity Azimuth Process)方法反演风场进行临近外推的预报方法原理可以概括为:首先采用大尺度的分析单元通过IVAP (Integrating Velocity Azimuth Process)方法得到反演风场作为引导气流,表示雷暴的系统性移动,再通过小尺度的分析单元来反演风场,作为雷暴内部移动信息的表征,最后将不同尺度的风场进行合成得到外推的运动矢量场以进行临近预报。相比传统的多尺度TREC (MTREC,the Multi-scale Tracking Radar Echoes by Correlation)方法依赖于追踪回波过去的变化,需要相邻一个或者几个时次的雷达回波来跟踪雷达回波的移动,使用MIVAP方法外推预报只需要最新时刻的雷达反射率因子和径向速度。通过个例分析和统计分析,并且与MTREC方法进行对比试验,结果表明:MIVAP方法反演风场用于临近外推预报具有可行性,MIVAP方法具有实际应用的意义;MIVAP方法得到的外推运动矢量场方向要比MTREC方法方向总体整体偏右,且外推的平均速度要比MTREC方法快;MIVAP方法在30 min以内前几个时次的预报效果略低于MTREC方法,但是30 min以后的预报评分明显优于MTREC方法,MIVAP方法的检验评分整体要优于MTREC方法。     

基于动态模板函数的线状中尺度对流系统自动识别

在中尺度对流系统(mesoscale convective systems,MCSs)自动识别、跟踪基础上,根据拟合椭圆长轴设计动态模板和得分函数,完成了雷达拼图资料上的线状MCSs自动识别。并利用不同类型中尺度天气过程对算法进行检验,分析结果表明:(1)算法能够实现对线状MCSs的自动识别,由于对流系统分裂与合并造成的回波形态"突变",得分值结果能得到较好的反映;(2)算法能够实现对线状MCSs天气的跟踪,一般情况下跟踪效果较好,在分裂或者合并发生的时刻跟踪效果较差。     

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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