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Ernest M. Agee 《Climatic change》1982,4(4):399-418
A diagnostic study of 80 yrs(1901–80) of surface temperatures collected at West Lafayette, Indiana, has been found to be in
tune with the global trend and that for the eastern two-thirds of the United States, namely, cold at the turn of the century,
warming up to about 1940, and then cooling to present. The study was divided into two cold periods (1901–18, 1947–80) and
a warm period (1919–46), based on the distribution of annual mean temperature. Decadal mean annual temperatures ranged from
10 °C in period I to 12.2 °C in period II, to 9.4 °C during the present cold period. Themean annual temperature for the 80 yr ranged from the coldest of 8.7 °C in 1979 to the warmest of 13.6 °C in 1939. Thedaily mean temperature for the entire 80-yr ranged from -4.7 °C on 31 January to 25.1 °C on 27 July. Thecoldest daily mean was -26.7 °C on 17 January, 1977, and thewarmest daily mean was 35 °C on 14 July, 1936. The range of values for thedaily mean maximum temperatures was -.2 °C on 31 January to 31.4 °C on 27 July. Corresponding values for thedaily mean minimum are -9.2 °C on 31 January and 18.7 °C on 27 July. The all-time extreme temperatures are -30.6 °C on 26 February, 1963 and
43.9 °C on 14 July, 1936.
Climatic variability has been considered by computing the standard deviations of a) the daily mean maximum and minimum temperature
per year, and b) the daily mean maximum and minimum temperatures for each day of the year for the 80-yr period. These results
have shown that there is more variability in the daily mean maximum per year than in the daily mean minimum, for each year
of the 80-yr period. Also the variability for both extremes has been greater in each of the two cold periods than in the warm
period. Particularly noticeable has been theincrease in the variability of the daily mean minima per year during the current cooling trend. Further, it has been determined that
the variability in the daily mean maxima and minima for each day of the year (based on the entire 80 yrs is a) two times greater
in the winter than in the summer for both extremes, and b) about the same for each in the summer, greater for daily maximum
in the spring and fall, but greater for the daily minimum during the winter. The latter result is undoubtedly related to the
effect of snow cover on daily minimum temperatures.
An examination of daily record maximum and minimum temperatures has been made to help establish climatic trends this century.
For the warm period, 175 record maxima and 68 record minima were set, compared to 213 record minima and 105 record maxima
during the recent cold period. For West Lafayette, the present climatic trend is definitely one of extreme record-breaking
cold. Evidence has also been presented to show the substantial increases in snowfall amounts in the lee regions of the Great
Lakes during the present cold period, due to the lake-induced snow squalls associated with cold air mass intrusions. The possible
impact of the cooling trend on agricultural activities has also been noted, due to a reduced growing season. 相似文献
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Jan Esper Lara Klippel Paul J. Krusic Oliver Konter Christoph C. Raible Elena Xoplaki Jrg Luterbacher Ulf Bntgen 《Climate Dynamics》2020,54(3):1367-1382
The Mediterranean has been identified as particularly vulnerable to climate change, yet a high-resolution temperature reconstruction extending back into the Medieval Warm Period is still lacking. Here we present such a record from a high-elevation site on Mt. Smolikas in northern Greece, where some of Europe’s oldest trees provide evidence of warm season temperature variability back to 730 CE. The reconstruction is derived from 192 annually resolved, latewood density series from ancient living and relict Pinus heldreichii trees calibrating at r1911–2015 = 0.73 against regional July–September (JAS) temperatures. Although the recent 1985–2014 period was the warmest 30-year interval (JAS Twrt.1961–1990 = + 0.71 °C) since the eleventh century, temperatures during the ninth to tenth centuries were even warmer, including the warmest reconstructed 30-year period from 876–905 (+ 0.78 °C). These differences between warm periods are statistically insignificant though. Several distinct cold episodes punctuate the Little Ice Age, albeit the coldest 30-year period is centered during high medieval times from 997–1026 (− 1.63 °C). Comparison with reconstructions from the Alps and Scandinavia shows that a similar cold episode occurred in central Europe but was absent at northern latitudes. The reconstructions also reveal different millennial-scale temperature trends (NEur = − 0.73 °C/1000 years, CEur = − 0.13 °C, SEur = + 0.23 °C) potentially triggered by latitudinal changes in summer insolation due to orbital forcing. These features, the opposing millennial-scale temperature trends and the medieval multi-decadal cooling recorded in Central Europe and the Mediterranean, are not well captured in state-of-the-art climate model simulations. 相似文献
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Yi-Feng Yao Subir Bera David K. Ferguson Volker Mosbrugger Khum N. Paudayal Jian-Hua Jin Cheng-Sen Li 《Climatic change》2009,92(1-2):169-189
The Early–Middle Eocene palynoflora and paleoclimate of Changchang Basin, Hainan Island, South China, is described in the present paper and is compared with that of the Middle–Late Eocene, Hunchun City, Jilin Province, North China. The nearest living relatives (NLRs) of the recovered palynotaxa suggest a subtropical evergreen or deciduous broad-leaved forest at the center of the basin but a temperate evergreen or deciduous broad-leaved forest and needle-leaved forest growing in the peripheral part of the basin. Based on the climatic preferences of the NLRs, the climate in the Changchang Basin during the Early–Middle Eocene was warm and humid subtropical with a mean annual temperature of 14.2–19.8°C, a mean temperature of the warmest month of 22.5–29.1°C, a mean temperature of the coldest month of 1.7–11.9°C, a difference of temperature between coldest and warmest months of 12.1–24.6°C, a mean annual precipitation of 784.7–1,113.3 mm, a mean maximum monthly precipitation of 141.5–268.1 mm and a mean minimum monthly precipitation of 6.9–14.1 mm. A comparison of the palynoflora and paleoclimate between the Changchang Basin and Hunchun City, suggests essentially a similar climate in South and North China during Eocene time in contrast to the oceanic tropical climate in South China and cool dry temperate climate in North China as at present. 相似文献
4.
B. Alijani 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2002,72(1-2):41-54
Summary In order to explore the spatial and temporal variations of 500 hPa flow patterns and their relationship with the climate
of Iran, monthly mean geopotential heights for the region 0° E to 70° E and 20° N to 50° N, at 5 degree resolution, were analysed.
The study period covered the winter months October to March during the period 1961–90. The monthly height of the 500 hPa level
was averaged along each meridian from 25° N to 45° N. The height of the mean monthly pressure pattern was mapped against the
study years. The results showed that the characteristics of the 500 hPa flow pattern varied over monthly and annual time scales.
Principal Component Analysis, with S-mode and Varimax rotation, was also used to reduce the gridded data to 5 (6 in October)
significant factors. The factor scores for each month were then correlated with monthly Z-scores of precipitation and temperature
anomalies over Iran. The results showed that troughs and ridges located close to Iran had more influence on the climate of
Iran. Two troughs were identified and named the Caspian and Syrian troughs.
Received April 12, 2001 Revised July 24, 2001 相似文献
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Summary Near surface climate was observed through temperature profiling from the surface to 2.47 m height in an urban vegetated park
and its surroundings in central Stockholm, Sweden. Measurements were conducted during three summer days by mobile traverses.
Air temperature differences between the built-up area and the park were in the range of 0.5–0.8 °C during the day and reached
a maximum of 2 °C at sunset. The thermal stratification of the air was mainly stable in the park and unstable in the built-up
area. Inverse air temperature profiles in the park were less stable in open than in shady areas, and close to neutral at midday.
The most unstable air was found in the north–south orientated canyons in the early afternoon. Possible heat advection from
the surroundings, and thus uncoupling between the surface and the air, was identified through temperature gradients pointing
at different directions within the 2.47 m profile. Examples at midday indicated that warm air advected as far as 150 m into
the park. 相似文献
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Summary ?During recent years, numerous studies have examined the Buenos Aires urban climate, but the relationship between large-scale
weather conditions and the Buenos Aires urban heat island (UHI) intensity has not been studied. The goal of this paper is
to apply an objective synoptic climatological method to identify homogeneous air masses or weather types affecting Buenos
Aires during winter, and to relate the results to the UHI intensity. A K-means clustering method was used to define six different
air masses considering the 03:00, 09:00, 15:00 and 21:00 LT surface observations of dry bulb temperature, dew point, cloud
cover, atmospheric pressure and wind direction and velocity at Ezeiza, the most rural meteorological station of the Buenos
Aires metropolitan area (Fig. 1). Results show that the mean UHI intensity is at its maximum (2.8 °C) a few hours before sunrise
when conditions are dominated by cold air masses associated with cold-core anticyclones, weak winds and low cloud cover. Inverse
heat islands are found during the afternoon for all air masses indicating that surface processes are not dominant at that
time. The relatively infrequent and warmest air mass is the only one that presents a mean negative urban-rural temperature
difference (−0.1 °C) during the afternoon with the smallest diurnal cycle of the UHI intensity probably due to the prevailing
high humidity and cloudy sky conditions. The paper provides an insight into the Buenos Aires urban–rural temperature difference
under a variety of winter weather types and results could be useful to improve local daily temperature forecasts for the metropolitan
area of Buenos Aires on the basis of the routine forecasts of weather types.
Received October 24, 2001; revised June 12, 2002; accepted October 10, 2002 相似文献
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Xiang-Yu Kou David K. Ferguson Jing-Xian Xu Yu-Fei Wang Cheng-Sen Li 《Climatic change》2006,77(3-4):431-448
The Eryuan palynoflora from the Late Pliocene of western Yunnan, China is described in this paper, and is compared with two contemporary palynofloras from Yangyi and Longling. The palynological data of the three locations are analyzed to reconstruct the climatic parameters of these areas at that time by using the Coexistence Approach. The Late Pliocene climatic parameters of Eryuan are estimated, i.e., the mean annual temperature ranged from 13.3 to 18.6∘C, the mean temperature of the warmest month from 24.6 to 27.5∘C, the mean temperature of the coldest month from 1.9 to 12.1∘C, the difference in temperatures of coldest and warmest month from 14.2 to 16.6∘C, the mean annual precipitation from 619.9 to 1484.3 mm, the mean maximum monthly precipitation from 143.8 to 245.6 mm, and the mean minimum monthly precipitation from 12.7 to 16.4 mm. Both paleovegetation and paleoclimate of the three localities are compared with the modern data at each location. The present study suggests a MAT decrease accompanied by a doubling of the MAP in the Longling area between the Late Pliocene and the present. This seems to be related to the uplift of Gaoligong Mountain in Longling which is now part of the eastern portion (Western Yunnan) of the Tibetan Plateau. 相似文献
8.
Climate Variability and Urbanization in Athens 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Summary The effects of urbanization on the Athens National Observatory (NOA) long records are investigated, in the present study,
examining the mean monthly maximum and minimum air temperature for the period 1925–1996, for NOA and the corresponding time
series for Aliartos (ALI), a rural station located 70 km NW of Athens. The existing small urbanization effect in NOA before
the second world war period increased after the war and up to about 1990, when the effect became stationary. The urbanization
effect in NOA referred mainly to maximum temperature and to the warmer seasons of the year. It is attributed to the extensive
building of Athens after the war around NOA site and up to the sea which increases the temperature of the sea breeze. The
effect is also attributed to the rapid increase of the population and the number of motor vehicles mainly after 1970. Moreover
the decreasing trend of precipitation during the period 1970–1990 may have contributed to the increase of maximum air temperature.
The urbanization effect on maximum temperatures of NOA amounts about 2 °C in spring, summer and less in fall, while no urbanization
effect is clear in winter.
Received March 25, 1998 Revised October 7, 1998 相似文献
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Summary Degree-days as a measure of accumulated temperature deviations from a base temperature have many practical applications in
various human related activities such as home cooling, heating, plant growth in agriculture and power generation in addition
to energy requirement. Long temperature records are necessary for their reliable estimations at given stations. In this paper,
degree-day measure has been applied to monthly temperature records for systematically changed base temperature values from
− 25 °C to + 35 °C with 5 °C increments at 255 meteorology stations in Turkey. The results are represented in the form of
spatial degree-day distribution maps, which are then related to various climatic, meteorological and topographic features
of Turkey. For instance, free surface water bodies in forms of surrounding seas, lakes and rivers insert retardation in the
expansion of heating degree-days over large regions. On the other hand, cold air penetration from polar regions in the northeastern
Turkey originating from Siberia appears at moderate base temperature heating degree-days.
Received August 20, 1998 Revised June 21, 1999 相似文献
10.
Summary The possibility of climate change in the Korean Peninsula has been examined in view of the general increase in greenhouse
gases. Analyses include changes in annual temperature and precipitation. These analyses are supplemented with our observations
regarding the apparent decrease of forest areas.
It was found that there was a 0.96 °C (0.42 °C per decade) increase in annual mean temperature between 1974 and 1997. The
increase in large cities was 1.5 °C but only 0.58 °C at rural and marine stations. The difference in the mean temperature
between large cities and rural stations was small from 1974 to 1981. However, the difference increased from 1982 to 1997.
In particular, the warming appears most significant in winter. Prior to 1982, the lowest temperatures were often −18 °C in
central Korea, and since then the lowest temperatures have been only −12∼−14 °C. Recently, the minimum January temperature
has increased at a rate of 1.5 °C per decade. It is estimated that the increase of1 °C in annual mean temperature corresponds
to about a 250 km northward shift of the subtropical zone boundary.
The analysis of data from 1906 to 1997 indicates a trend of increasing annual precipitation, an increase of 182 mm during
the 92-year peirod, with large year-to-year variations. More than half of the annual mean amount, 1,274 mm, occurred from
June to September.
Meteorological data and satellite observations suggest that changes have occurred in the characteristics of the quasi-stationary
fronts that produce summer rain. In recent years scattered local heavy showers usually occur with an inactive showery front,
in comparison with the classical steady rain for more than three weeks. For instance, local heavy rainfall, on 6 August 1998
was in the range of 123–481 mm. The scattered convective storms resulted in flooding with a heavy toll of approx. 500 people.
The northward shift of the inactive showery front over Korea, and of a convergence zone in central China, correlate with the
increase in temperature. It has been suggested that the decrease in forest areas and the change in ground cover also contribute
to the warming of the Korean Peninsula.
Received March 16, 2000 相似文献
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Summary We have examined station data from around the world to study the separate effects of the latitude (between 60° N–40° S),
elevation and distance inland, on the annual-mean screen temperature. In the first 200–400 km from some west coasts, screen
temperatures (after adjustment for elevation) rise inland, reaching a maximum called the ‘thermal-ridge temperature’ Tr. The
rise of temperature within this littoral fringe (of width F) depends mainly on the difference between the sea-surface temperature
off the west coast and the zonal mean. Further inland than such a fringe, adjusted temperatures generally decline eastwards,
approximately linearly, at a rate C. The rate is related to hemisphere and latitude.
Empirical relationships between latitude and the observed coastal sea-surface temperature, the near-shore screen temperature,
Tr, C and F for each continent are used to estimate annual mean temperatures on land. Independent estimates of this kind for
48 places, using a look-up table, differ overall by only 0.7 K from the actual long-term average annual mean temperatures.
This is less than half the error resulting from an assumption of zonal-mean temperatures. Basing estimates on coastal sea-surface
temperatures, instead of the look-up table, results in an average error of 1.0 K for the 48 places. The errors are comparable
with the standard deviation of annual mean temperatures during 30 years or so.
Received March 6, 2001 Revised July 30, 2001 相似文献
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S. H. Sajjad Babar Hussain M. Ahmed Khan Asif Raza B. Zaman Ijaz Ahmed 《Climatic change》2009,96(4):539-547
Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan. The temperature change in Karachi is studied in this research by analyzing the time
series data of mean maximum temperature (MMxT), mean minimum temperature (MMiT) and mean annual temperature (MAT) from 1947
to 2005 (59 years). Data is analyzed in three parts by running linear regression and by taking anomalies of all time periods:
(a) whole period from 1947–2005; (b) phase one 1947–1975 and (c) phase two 1976–2005. During 1947 to 2005 MMxT has increased
about 4.6°C, MMiT has no change and MAT has increased 2.25°C. During 1947–1975, MMxT increased 1.9°C, in this period there
is − 1.3°C decrease in MMiT and MAT has raised upto 0.3°C. During 1976–2005, the MMxT, MMiT and MAT increased 2.7°C, 1.2°C
and 1.95°C, respectively. The analysis shows significantly the role of extreme vulnerability of MMxT in rising the temperature
of Karachi than the MMiT. 相似文献
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Summary ?A calendar of the negative and positive phases of the North Sea – Caspian Pattern (NCP) for the period 1958–1998 was used to analyse the implication of the NCP upper level teleconnections on the regional climate of the eastern Mediterranean basin. Series of monthly mean air temperature
and monthly total rainfall from 33 stations across Greece, Turkey and Israel, for the same period, were used. For each month,
from October to April, averages of the monthly mean temperatures and the monthly rainfall totals as well as the standardized
values of both parameters were calculated separately for the negative (NCP (−)) and the positive (NCP (+)) phases of the NCP.
At all stations and in all months, temperature values were significantly higher during the NCP (−) as compared with the NCP (+). Furthermore, apart from very few exceptions, the absolute monthly mean maximum and monthly mean minimum values were
obtained during the NCP (−) and the NCP (+) phases, respectively. The maximum impact of the NCP on mean air temperature was detected in the continental Anatolian Plateau, where the mean seasonal differences are around 3.5 °C. This influence decreases westwards and southwards.
The influence on the rainfall regime is more complex. Regions exposed to the southern maritime trajectories, in Greece and
in Turkey, receive more rainfall during the NCP (−) phase, whereas in the regions exposed to the northern maritime trajectories, such as Crete in Greece, the Black Sea region in Turkey, and in all regions of Israel, there is more rainfall during the NCP (+) phase. The accumulated rainfall differences between the two phases are over 50% of the seasonal average for some stations.
A comparison of the capabilities of the NCP, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Southern Oscillation (SO) indices to differentiate between below and above normal temperatures was made. The results have placed the NCP, as the best by far of all three teleconnections in its ability to differentiate between below or above normal temperatures
and as the main teleconnection affecting the climate of the Balkans, the Anatolian Peninsula and the Middle East. These results may serve to downscale General Circulation Model (GCM) scenarios to a regional scale and provide forecasts
regarding eventual temperature and/or precipitation changes.
Received June 25, 2001; revised February 25, 2002; accepted March 3, 2002 相似文献
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Summary Spatial-temporal characteristics of temperature variations were analyzed from China daily temperature based on 486 stations
during the period 1960–2000. The method of hierarchical cluster analysis was used to divide the territory into sub-regional
areas with a coherent evolution, both annually and seasonally. Areas numbering 7–9 are chosen to describe the regional features
of air temperature in mainland China.
All regions in mainland China experienced increasing trends of annual mean temperature. The trend of increasing temperature
was about 0.2–0.3 °C/10 yr in northern China and less than 0.1 °C/10 yr in southern China. In the winter season, the increasing
trend of temperature was about 0.5–0.7 °C/10 yr in northern China and about 0.2–0.3 °C/10 yr in southern China. The increasing
trend of autumn temperature was mainly located in northwestern China and southwestern China including the Tibetan Plateau.
In spring, the rising trend of temperature was concentrated in Northeast China and North China while there was a declining
temperature trend of −0.13 °C/10 yr in the upper Yangtze River. In summer, the declining trend of temperature was only concentrated
in the mid-low valley of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers while surrounding this valley there were increasing trends in South
China, Southwest China, Northwest China, and Northeast China.
Rapid changes in temperature in various regions were detected by the multiple timescale t-test method. The year 1969 was a rapid change point from a high temperature to a low temperature along the Yangtze River
and South China. In the years 1977–1979, temperature significantly increased from a lower level to a higher level in many
places except for regions in North China and the Yangtze River. Another rapid increasing temperature trend was observed in
1987. In the years 1976–1979, a positive rapid change of summer temperature occurred in northwestern China and southwestern
China while a decreasing temperature was found between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. A rapid increase of winter
temperature was found for 1977–1979 and 1985–1986 in many places.
There were increasing events of extreme temperature in broad areas except in the north part of Northeast China and the north
part of the Xinjiang region. In winter, increasing temperature of the climate state and weakening temperature extremes are
observed in northern China. In summer, both increasing temperature of the climate state and enhancing temperature extremes
were commonly exhibited in northern China.
Present address: Linfen Meteorological Office, Linfen 041000, Shanxi Province, China. 相似文献
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Last Glacial Maximum climate of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia reconstructed from pollen and plant macrofossil data 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
P. E. Tarasov O. Peyron J. Guiot S. Brewer V. S. Volkova L. G. Bezusko N. I. Dorofeyuk E. V. Kvavadze I. M. Osipova N. K. Panova 《Climate Dynamics》1999,15(3):227-240
An improved concept of the best analogues method was used to reconstruct the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate from a set
of botanical records from the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Terrestrial pollen and macrofossil taxa were grouped into
broad classes – plant functional types (PFTs), defined by the ecological and climatic parameters used in the BIOME1 model.
PFT scores were then calibrated in terms of modern climate using 1245 surface pollen spectra from Eurasia and North America.
In contrast to individual taxa, which exhibit great variability and may not be present in the palaeoassemblages, even in suitable
climates, PFTs are more characteristic of the vegetation types. The modified method thus allows climate reconstruction at
time intervals with partial direct analogues of modern vegetation (e.g. the LGM). At 18 kBP, mean temperatures were 20–29 °C
colder than today in winter and 5–11 °C colder in summer in European Russia and Ukraine. Sites from western Georgia show negative,
but moderate temperature anomalies compared to today: 8–11 °C in January and 5–7 °C in July. LGM winters were 7–15 °C colder
and summers were 1–7 °C colder in Siberia and Mongolia. Annual precipitation sums were 50–750 mm lower than today across northern
Eurasia, suggesting a weakening of the Atlantic and Pacific influences. Reconstructed drought index shows much drier LGM conditions
in northern and mid-latitude Russia, but similar to or slightly wetter than today around the Black Sea and in Mongolia, suggesting
compensation of precipitation losses by lower-than-present evaporation.
Received: 11 May 1998 / Accepted: 25 September 1998 相似文献
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Sensitivity studies of the RegCM3 simulation of summer precipitation, temperature and local wind field in the Caribbean Region 总被引:6,自引:1,他引:6
D. Martínez-Castro R. Porfirio da Rocha A. Bezanilla-Morlot L. Alvarez-Escudero J. P. Reyes-Fernández Y. Silva-Vidal R. W. Arritt 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2006,86(1-4):5-22
Summary We present a preliminary evaluation of the performance of three different cumulus parameterization schemes in the ICTP Regional
Climate Model RegCM3 for two overlapping domains (termed “big” and “small”) and horizontal resolutions (50 and 25 km) in the
Caribbean area during the summer (July–August–September). The cumulus parameterizations were the Grell scheme with two closure
assumptions (Arakawa–Schubert and Fritsch–Chappell) and the Anthes-Kuo scheme. An additional sensitivity test was performed
by comparing two different flux parameterization schemes over the ocean (Zeng and BATS).
There is a systematic underestimation of air temperature and precipitation when compared with analyzed data over the big domain
area. Greater (∼2 °C) and smaller (∼0.9 °C) negative temperature biases are obtained in Grell–FC and Kuo convective scheme,
respectively, and intermediate values are obtained in Grell–AS. The small domain simulation produces results substantially
different, both for air temperature and precipitation. Temperature estimations are better for the small domain, while the
precipitation estimations are better for the big domain.
An additional experiment showed that by using BATS to calculate the ocean fluxes in the big domain instead of the Zeng scheme,
precipitation increases by 25% and the share of convective precipitation rose from 18% to 45% of the total, which implies
a better simulation of precipitation. These changes were attributed to an increase of near surface latent heating when using
BATS over the ocean. The use of BATS also reduces the cold bias by about 0.3–0.4 °C, associated with an increase of minimum
temperature.
The behavior of the precipitation diurnal cycle and its relation with sea breeze was investigated in the small domain experiments.
Results showed that the Grell–Arakawa–Schubert closure describes better this circulation as compared with Grell–Fritsch–Chappell
closure. 相似文献
17.
Recent trends in observed temperature and precipitation extremes in the Yangtze River basin,China 总被引:14,自引:1,他引:14
Summary The present study is an analysis of the observed extreme temperature and precipitation trends over Yangtze from 1960 to 2002
on the basis of the daily data from 108 meteorological stations. The intention is to identify whether or not the frequency
or intensity of extreme events has increased with climate warming over Yangtze River basin in the last 40 years. Both the
Mann-Kendall (MK) trend test and simple linear regression were utilized to detect monotonic trends in annual and seasonal
extremes.
Trend tests reveal that the annual and seasonal mean maximum and minimum temperature trend is characterized by a positive
trend and that the strongest trend is found in the winter mean minimum in the Yangtze. However, the observed significant trend
on the upper Yangtze reaches is less than that found on the middle and lower Yangtze reaches and for the mean maximum is much
less than that of the mean minimum. From the basin-wide point of view, significant increasing trends are observed in 1-day
extreme temperature in summer and winter minimum, but there is no significant trend for 1-day maximum temperature. Moreover,
the number of cold days ≤0 °C and ≤10 °C shows significant decrease, while the number of hot days (daily value ≥35 °C) shows
only a minor decrease. The upward trends found in the winter minimum temperature in both the mean and the extreme value provide
evidence of the warming-up of winter and of the weakening of temperature extremes in the Yangtze in last few decades.
The monsoon climate implies that precipitation amount peaks in summer as does the occurrence of heavy rainfall events. While
the trend test has revealed a significant trend in summer rainfall, no statistically significant change was observed in heavy
rain intensity. The 1-day, 3-day and 7-day extremes show only a minor increase from a basin-wide point of view. However, a
significant positive trend was found for the number of rainstorm days (daily rainfall ≥50 mm). The increase of rainstorm frequency,
rather than intensity, on the middle and lower reaches contributes most to the positive trend in summer precipitation in the
Yangtze. 相似文献
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Summary Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) is the driving force for thunderstorm development. CAPE is closely controlled
by wet bulb temperature. The lightning activity measured by a network of ten lightning flash counters widely distributed across
continental Australia was studied as a function of wet bulb temperature. At each of the stations, the monthly total of lightning
ground flashes, N, increased sharply with the increase of the monthly mean daily maximum wet bulb temperature, Tw, max. The dependence was strongest in the tropics and became less pronounced at temperate latitudes. In Darwin (latitude 12° S),
the lightning ground flash activity increased by over three orders of magnitude over a 7 °C range of Tw, max. The corresponding increases for Coffs Harbour (latitude 30° S) and for Melbourne (latitude 38° S) were about one and a half
orders of magnitude and about half an order of magnitude, respectively, each over a 10 °C range of Tw, max. Power law approximations were derived for each of the ten stations and showed that the logarithm of N was directly proportional
to the power, P, of Tw, max. The value of P showed a sharp exponential decrease with increasing latitude away from the equator. 相似文献
19.
R. R. Reddy K. Rama Gopal L. Siva Sankara Reddy K. Narasimhulu K. Raghavendra Kumar Y. Nazeer Ahammed C. V. Krishna Reddy 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2008,59(1):47-59
In the present study, an attempt has been made to examine the governing photochemical processes of surface ozone (O3) formation in rural site. For this purpose, measurements of surface ozone and selected meteorological parameters have been
made at Anantapur (14.62°N, 77.65°E, 331 m asl), a semi-arid zone in India from January 2002 to December 2003. The annual
average diurnal variation of O3 shows maximum concentration 46 ppbv at noon and minimum 25 ppbv in the morning with 1σ standard deviation. The average seasonal
variation of ozone mixing ratios are observed to be maximum (about 60 ppbv) during summer and minimum (about 22 ppbv) in the
monsoon period. The monthly daytime and nighttime average surface ozone concentration shows a maximum (55 ± 7 ppbv; 37 ± 7.3 ppbv)
in March and minimum (28 ± 3.4 ppbv; 22 ± 2.3 ppbv) in August during the study period. The monthly average high (low) O3 48.9 ± 7.7 ppbv (26.2 ± 3.5 ppbv) observed at noon in March (August) is due to the possible increase in precursor gas concentration
by anthropogenic activity and the influence of meteorological parameters. The rate of increase of surface ozone is high (1.52 ppbv/h)
in March and lower (0.40 ppbv/h) in July. The average rate of increase of O3 from midnight to midday is 1 ppbv/h. Surface temperature is highest (43–44°C) during March and April months leading to higher
photochemical production. On the other hand, relative humidity, which is higher during the rainy season, shows negative correlation
with temperature and ozone mixing ratio. It can be seen that among the two parameters are measured, correlation of surface
ozone with wind speed is better (R
2=0.84) in compare with relative humidity (R
2=0.66). 相似文献
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Summary ?Microclimatological data obtained during a field experiment in the nongrowing winter period were used to study the microclimatologically
stable night conditions of a 200 × 150 m miscanthus (Miscanthus cv. giganteus) stand and compared to open field conditions. The microclimatological pattern within the miscanthus canopy
was characterized by long-wave radiative cooling of the plant stand and by an established temperature inversion within the
canopy at calm nights. The results show that there are significant differences in air temperature and energy balance components
between the open field and the miscanthus field during calm and clear nights. In general, net radiation difference during
the cold and calm nights was relatively constant and about 20 W m−2 less negative in miscanthus (because of lower surface temperatures) than at the open field. Air temperature differences also
remained fairly constant and were up to 3 °C lower than at the open field (at the height of 1 m). Through thermal inversion
cold air accumulated in the lower parts of the canopy as shown by the vertical air temperature profiles. They showed a greater
amplitude within the diurnal cycle in the miscanthus stand than in the open field. Through the onset of wind, temperature
profiles changed rapidly and differences diminished. Vertical katabatic air drainage into the canopy layers was estimated
indirectly by using the energy balance approach. It was calculated from the significant energy balance closure gap and showed
a mean air exchange rate of up to 22 m3 m−2 h−1, related to a stand volume of 1 m2 area and 4 m height, during the mostly calm and clear nights, depending on the canopy net radiation and turbulent heat exchange
forced by slight wind spells. Quantitative uncertainties in calculated cold air drainage which are introduced by the measurement
method and certain assumptions in the calculations, were considered in a sensitivity analysis. In spite of these uncertainties
evidence of katabatic cold air flow is given.
Received July 29, 1999; revised June 11, 2001; accepted March 14, 2002 相似文献