上海精细化格点预报业务进展与思考

针对大城市天气预报服务和精细化预报需求,借鉴美国的图形化格点预报编辑器(GFE)和中国气象局的气象信息综合分析处理系统(MICAPS),上海市气象局于2013年研究建成基于浏览器/服务器(B/S)框架的精细化格点预报系统,2014年6月正式投入业务应用。目前,精细化格点预报系统已成为上海市气象局预报业务的主要支撑平台,系统包括数值模式指导产品、格点编辑工具库和预报产品生成器等核心功能模块,制作发布短临、短期格点预报产品,以及基于订正格点场的图片和乡(镇)、重点功能区预报。主要介绍了系统设计开发和业务应用情况,并对业务应用中的相关问题进行了总结分析。     

台风及海洋气象一体化预报平台的开发与应用

台风及海洋气象一体化预报平台为面向台风和海洋气象业务的预报预警服务的支撑系统,集数据采集、转换、预报、分析、产品制作、发布等功能于一体。该平台基于人机交互气象信息处理和天气预报制作系统MICAPS4（Meteorological Information Comprehensive Analysis and Processing System Version 4）框架开发,结合台风、海洋气象新型的观测和预报数据,实现台风、海洋气象数据的集约化检索与显示、精细化格点编辑、台风和海洋气象产品制作、产品发布等功能。台风及海洋气象一体化预报平台设计基于面向服务和分层体系结构,采用组件化设计方法,涵盖数据解析、分析处理、产品制作、交互工具、配置管理等核心组件,形成可扩展的业务功能模块和二次开发接口,目前已作为中央气象台台风海洋气象预报预警业务的主要平台投入使用。     

基于MICAPS 4的精细化天气预报平台设计及应用

基于气象信息综合分析处理系统第4版(Meteorology Information Comprehensive Analysis Process System4,MICAPS 4)的精细化天气预报平台的设计与应用。从我国精细化气象格点预报业务需求出发,介绍了精细化预报系统的总体组织结构和数据流程,基于MVVM模式的总体架构设计、功能设计以及实现。平台采用高性能的分布式内存对象缓存技术,提高了系统运行效率;采用模型视图分离,将数据逻辑与用户界面剥离,增强其可扩展性,更便于省级本地化应用;开发了要素场协调性处理功能,集成了降水、温度等客观预报算法,并提供丰富的主/客观交互工具。目前,该平台已在业务中应用,为全国精细化预报业务提供了重要支撑。     

MICAPS预报业务平台现状与发展

文章介绍了气象信息综合分析处理系统(MICAPS)系统开发的过程和MICAPS未来发展计划,重点介绍了MICAPS第三版开发的基本情况、系统构架和系统中使用的关键技术和算法。MICAPS第三版采用开放式构架,基本框架负责系统主界面、地图投影、图层控制等基本功能,各种功能模块通过扩展功能模块实现,对系统二次开发提供最大限度的支持。MICAPS第三版实现了MICAPS定义的各类数据,如地面观测、高空观测、离散点数据、标量和矢量格点场、城市预报台风路径、地理信息等的显示,并增加了雷达主要PUP产品、雷达基数据、卫星GPF数据、卫星AWX格式数据、GPS水汽、闪电定位、AMDAR资料、风廓线数据等资料的显示,增强了网络资料检索、菜单资料检索、综合图检索等数据检索能力,增加雨量累加、会商支持、历史资料检索应用等实用功能。     

陕西现代气象一体化格点预报平台简介

为了满足社会精细化预报服务需求,提升陕西气象预报预测精细化水平和准确率,开发设计了陕西现代气象一体化格点预报平台。平台由格点预报基础数据环境,智能编辑系统、智能解析应用系统、预报效果评估系统、气象监测分析系统、综合总控系统等五个子系统及系统配置、系统帮助两个模块组成,为省市县三级业务单位开展精细化预报提供重要支撑。     

基于MICAPS 3核心的人影业务平台设计与开发

文章主要介绍了基于MICAPS 3.2系统框架的人工影响天气业务平台的设计与开发.首先介绍了MICAPS 3.2的主要功能、模块设计特点以及主要的系统接口情况.其次介绍了人工影响天气的工作流程、工作内容以及主要产品并指出不同类型的数据在该系统中的交互方法.最后,针对人影工作特点设计菜单和界面布局,完成系统开发设计,并展示了开发完成后人影业务主要产品的例子.     

基于MICAPS3.2的灾害性天气个例库与预报训练系统的设计与应用

采用C/S(客户端/服务器)架构,基于MICAPS3.2操作平台,开发了河北省灾害性天气个例库与预报训练系统。该系统在Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5框架和MICAPS3.2的基础程序集下以插件形式进行二次开发。本文详细介绍该系统的架构、系统集成方式以及个例数据库的设计方案,并且对其功能、应用以及开发前景做了介绍。     

主客观融合定量降水预报方法及平台实现

随着天气预报业务现代化的发展,预报员面临气象数据爆发增长、服务前端需求不断提高以及客观预报技术广泛应用带来的挑战。传统以手工绘制降水落区为主的定量降水预报(QPF)技术流程已经不能帮助预报员在更高层面体现附加值。为支撑预报员在QPF流程中的核心作用,设计和开发了主客观融合QPF平台。该平台从海量预报数据选取、多源QPF集成、QPF调整和订正、格点化处理和服务产品制作五个方面帮助预报员控制数字化预报全流程。发展了多项关键技术支持平台的智能化,包括多模式QPF数据集构建技术、多模式QPF集成技术、QPF预报场调整和订正技术以及格点场后处理技术。基于MICAPS4系统,实现了主客观融合QPF平台的主要功能,发布了"QPF Master Blender 1.0"版本,并在2017年5月投入业务应用,取得良好反馈和效果。最后,对平台的未来发展进行了展望,包括发展数值模式检验评估工具支持预报员做出最优判断,研究多尺度模式信息的融合技术等。     

基于MICAPS4的智能网格预报平台设计与实现

随着我国智能网格预报业务的开展,海量高分辨率客观数据需要便捷的分析显示及产品制作平台高效处理。该文基于MICAPS4（Meteorological Information Comprehensive Analysis and Processing System Version 4.0,人机交互气象信息处理和天气预报制作系统）设计并实现智能网格预报平台,采用MVVM（模型-视图-视图模型,model-view-viewmodel）设计模式,实现业务逻辑与视图的分离,通过对各子功能模块的划分,降低模块之间的耦合度,具有良好的可扩展性。平台实现了高分辨率网格预报数据的显示分析和产品输出,开发了基于等值线、网格、关键点等智能化预报制作工具,集成了降水时间拆分、温度极值订正等客观预报方法,开发了降水、温度、相对湿度等要素一致性处理方法,可有效帮助预报员提高工作效率,同时能够确保产品之间的一致性。平台继承MICAPS4的微内核组件服务、高性能渲染引擎和开放式插件扩展管理等优良特性,实现面向智能网格预报的业务编排、智能编辑和算法集成。目前,该平台已经实现业务应用,为全国智能网格预报业务提供重要支撑。     

基于MICAPS系统的乌江流域梯级电站水文气象服务平台开发

基于MICAPS3.1的主要功能、模块设计特点以及二次开发系统接口,在中小流域水文气象预报平台的基础上实现对平台的移植。以乌江流域为例,研发了针对乌江流域梯级电站精细化预报平台。该文重点介绍了系统的工作流程、工作内容及功能介绍,并对系统进行了功能展示。该系统在多省市气象局、水库、电站等部门正式推广应用,结果表明:该系统布局合理、移植性强、操作简单,实现了MICAPS系统与流域水文气象服务的有效融合,具有一定的使用价值和推广意义。     

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.     

Could the Recent Taal Volcano Eruption Trigger an El Ni?o and Lead to Eurasian Warming?

正The Taal Volcano in Luzon is one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the Philippines. A recent eruption occurred on 12 January 2020(Fig. 1a), and this volcano is still active with the occurrence of volcanic earthquakes. The eruption has become a deep concern worldwide, not only for its damage on local society, but also for potential hazardous consequences on the Earth's climate and environment.     

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.     

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.     

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     

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS DATA OF AIR–SEA TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE AND ITS VARIATION ACROSS SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE PAST 35 YEARS

Using the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set(ICOADS) and ERA-Interim data, spatial distributions of air-sea temperature difference(ASTD) in the South China Sea(SCS) for the past 35 years are compared,and variations of spatial and temporal distributions of ASTD in this region are addressed using empirical orthogonal function decomposition and wavelet analysis methods. The results indicate that both ICOADS and ERA-Interim data can reflect actual distribution characteristics of ASTD in the SCS, but values of ASTD from the ERA-Interim data are smaller than those of the ICOADS data in the same region. In addition, the ASTD characteristics from the ERA-Interim data are not obvious inshore. A seesaw-type, north-south distribution of ASTD is dominant in the SCS; i.e., a positive peak in the south is associated with a negative peak in the north in November, and a negative peak in the south is accompanied by a positive peak in the north during April and May. Interannual ASTD variations in summer or autumn are decreasing. There is a seesaw-type distribution of ASTD between Beibu Bay and most of the SCS in summer, and the center of large values is in the Nansha Islands area in autumn. The ASTD in the SCS has a strong quasi-3a oscillation period in all seasons, and a quasi-11 a period in winter and spring. The ASTD is positively correlated with the Nio3.4 index in summer and autumn but negatively correlated in spring and winter.     

Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height Characteristics over the Arctic Ocean Using the Aircraft and GPS Soundings

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Index to Vol.31

正AN Junling;see LI Ying et al.;(5),1221—1232AN Junling;see QU Yu et al.;(4),787-800AN Junling;see WANG Feng et al.;(6),1331-1342Ania POLOMSKA-HARLICK;see Jieshun ZHU et al.;(4),743-754Baek-Min KIM;see Seong-Joong KIM et al.;(4),863-878BAI Tao;see LI Gang et al.;(1),66-84BAO Qing;see YANG Jing et al.;(5),1147—1156BEI Naifang;