GBPP—100型地面雨滴谱仪测量的可靠性

用ＧＢＰＰ－１００型地面雨滴谱仪与吸水纸斑点法进行同步观测，对比分析ＧＢＰＰ－１００型地面雨滴谱仪测量的可靠性。结果表明：（１）两种方法测量雨滴谱所得资料除平均直径、均立方根直径相似性稍差外，其它特征量的线性相关显著性水平均为０．００５；（２）两种方法所得雨滴谱资料除平均直径、均立方根直径、降水强度稍有差异外，其它特征量均无显著差异。     

一次北上台风降水微结构演变特征

本文利用ＧＢＰＰ－１００型地面雨滴仪在沈阳夏季测得的一次台风过程降水资料，分析了台风雨滴谱的谱型、微结构参量及其演变特征。     

GBPP-100地面雨滴谱仪外场实用可行性研究

利用１９９３年４—６月共４次南京降雨过程中取到的ＧＢＰＰ－１００资料与滤纸斑点法所取资料，通过对应资料的雨滴谱基本参量的计算分析，研究ＧＢＰＰ－１００用于外场观测的可行性。结果表明：在瞬时雨强度变化缓慢且雨强小于１６０ｍｍ·ｈ－１的阵性降水和非阵性降水过程中，ＧＢＰＰ－１００完全可代替滤纸斑点法用于外场观测，对雨强变化迅速阵性降水ＧＢＰＰ－１００与滤纸斑点法取样结果差异较大，其原因还有待进一步研究。     

基于激光雨滴谱仪的一次降水云滴谱特征分析

利用2012年4月30日湖北省发生的一次降水过程中收集到的地面雨滴谱资料,对不同站点对流性降水和层云性降水雨滴谱特征进行分析,并将激光雨滴谱所测降水与自动站雨量计降水进行对比分析。研究表明:不同类型降水粒子平均体积直径、优势直径、中数体积直径差异显著;对流性降水粒子谱为单峰型分布,层状云降水粒子谱为双峰型分布特征;激光雨滴谱仪和自动站雨量计观测到的小时降水量变化趋势基本一致,定量分析发现,激光雨滴谱仪测值相对与雨量计测值存在系统性偏低的情况,且雨强越大,测量偏差越大。      

哈尔滨地区层状云降水微物理特征

利用GBPP－100型地面雨滴谱仪在哈尔滨地区所获得的春夏季降水雨滴谱资料，分析了哈尔滨地区层状云降水的雨滴谱分布、微物理参量及其起伏特征。     

基于地面雨滴谱资料分析层状云和对流云降水的特征

根据由声雨滴谱仪器测量得到的雨滴谱资料,结合降水云的结构来将降水云系划分成为对流云降水云系和层状云降水云系.分析这两种降水云系中的稳定雨滴谱特征,包括雨滴谱的各种特征直径(平均直径Dm、众数直径Dd、平均体积直径Dv、优势直径Dp、中数直径Dna和中数体积直径Dn)、峰值结构和Z-R关系等.通过对这些量的分析,进一步分析划分降水云系的判据.     

湖南省雨滴谱仪与常规降水观测对比分析

湖南省97个国家气象站自2017年开始陆续安装了雨滴谱仪,2018年1月1日起进行平行观测。为分析评估其探测降水量的准确性,选取湖南省12个国家站2018年雨滴谱仪观测资料和自动站翻斗雨量计小时降水资料,从总体观测误差、不同降水量级下观测误差和累积降水量观测误差3个方面进行对比分析,结果表明：（1）雨滴谱仪小时降水量和翻斗雨量计小时降水量存在显著的相关性,R2平均为0.94,其中南岳站R2最低为0.90,浏阳站R2最高为0.98,12个站的小时降水量绝对偏差均值为0.34mm;（2）当小时降水量Rh<1.0mm时,各站雨滴谱仪降水量较翻斗雨量计降水量平均偏大0.05mm,且平均差值绝对值均在0.2mm以下;当1.0mm≤Rh<2.6mm时,大部分站点雨滴谱降水量均大于或与翻斗雨量计降水量相当;当2.6mm≤Rh<5.0mm时,株洲和南岳站雨滴谱降水量较翻斗雨量计降水量明显偏小,武冈和娄底站雨滴谱仪降水量则明显偏高;当5.0mm≤Rh<8.0mm时,除株洲和南岳站外,其它各站雨滴谱降水量均大于或与翻斗雨量计降水量相当;当8.0mm≤Rh<16.0mm 时,除株洲和南岳站雨滴谱仪降水量偏小外,其他各站雨滴谱仪降水量均较翻斗雨量计降水量偏大;当Rh≥16.0mm时,雨滴谱仪降水量偏差明显变大,平均偏差绝对值达到3.570mm;（3）雨滴谱仪累计降水量和翻斗雨量计累计降水量变化趋势基本一致,除汨罗和南岳站外,雨滴谱仪累计降水量常表现为偏多。通过分析可见,湖南省雨滴谱仪雨量观测有较好可靠性,可为强降水监测预警、人工影响天气及降水数据订正等提供数据支撑。     

广东东莞不同类型云的雨滴谱和降水特征

利用设置在东莞站的Parsivel激光降水粒子谱测量系统于2010年获取的观测资料,对数据有效性进行验证并开展15次降水的特征参量分析。层状云降水（S）、积层混合云降水（M）、积雨云降水（C）各选取两次典型过程,对各种特征参量之间的相关性和雨滴谱特征进行细致分析,结果表明：平均粒子直径、平均雨强、平均雨水含量、过程最大立方根直径、过程最大雨强的分布规律明显,基本遵循“C>M>S”的规律;同种类型降水的雨滴谱型非常接近,层状云存在单峰谱,混合云和积状云是明显的双峰谱或多峰谱; M、C型降水的大雨滴明显多于S型降水;雨水含量与雨强的相关性最好,雷达反射率因子与雨强的相关性次之;层状云降水主要为1 mm以下小粒子,积状云和积层混合云降水雨滴谱宽较大,1 mm以上大粒子数浓度较大。     

利用Ka波段毫米波雷达功率谱反演云降水大气垂直速度和雨滴谱分布研究

利用中国气象科学研究院2016年华南云降水试验中Ka波段毫米波雷达探测一次层状云降水过程,开展了云内大气垂直速度和雨滴谱的反演研究,并与地面激光雨滴谱仪和微降水雷达的测量雨滴谱结果进行对比分析。首先,采用小粒子示踪法从功率谱密度中反演大气垂直速度以得到静止空气条件下的功率谱密度,进而利用粒子下落末速度-粒子直径关系反演出雨滴谱,最后进行标准化的Gamma分布拟合。研究表明:(1)云降水从零度层到地面1 km,主要由下沉气流主导,近地面大气浮游粒子和直流干扰造成的晴空杂波会影响雷达的功率谱分布;受动态范围限制,回波强度过饱和现象会影响近地面大气垂直速度的反演结果;(2)毫米波雷达CR、微雨雷达MRR和地面雨滴谱仪测量回波强度存在一定差异,MRR相较于CR与地面雨滴谱仪测量偏差较小;在稳定降水时CR和MRR功率谱密度对比较为一致;(3) CR和MRR反演雨滴谱对比实验中,雨滴谱反演对大气垂直速度十分敏感,大气垂直速度的变化,会使CR反演雨滴谱随着高度增加数浓度量级变大、粒子平均半径变小。CR反演的雨滴谱与M RR反演结果基本一致,验证了CR功率谱反演雨滴谱方法的可靠性;(4) CR与地面雨滴谱仪雨滴谱拟合参数的对比表明,CR大气垂直反演的雨滴谱与地面雨滴谱相比粒子平均直径Dm较小,数浓度则较为一致。     

南京青奥会开幕式期间人工减雨作业对雨滴谱的影响分析

本文利用南京青奥会开幕式期间的OTT雨滴谱仪观测资料、探空数据和地面降雨及雷达等资料,结合火箭减雨作业的时间和地点,通过人工减雨作业对雨滴谱的影响分析来评估开幕式期间人工减雨作业的效果。首先以奥体中心为目标区域,利用探空数据分析火箭减雨作业的最佳高度和作业点与奥体中心的最佳距离,所得结果与实际作业情况一致。然后,利用实测雨滴谱拟合滴谱廓线,计算雨滴粒子平均直径、中数直径等特征直径,对比南京站点人工减雨作业前后时刻的雨滴谱变化;再拟合各时刻的雨滴粒子总数浓度、雨滴谱谱型参数γ(反映雨滴粒子尺度分布),将人工减雨作业后同时段内的南京站点与芜湖站点的雨滴谱作比较分析。结果发现人工减雨作业后,南京站点的雨滴谱较作业前谱宽变窄,直径小于1 mm的小滴粒子占比增加,大于1 mm的大滴粒子减少,雨滴粒子各特征直径均小于作业前;同时段内南京站点雨滴粒子总数浓度、质量加权平均直径在减雨作业影响时段内均小于芜湖站点,而谱型参数γ总体大于芜湖,且随时间变化趋势与芜湖站点相反。这些特征表明人工减雨作业明显改变了雨滴谱分布,有效减小了雨滴群中的大粒子,从而抑制了降雨的发展,起到减雨效果。     

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.     

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     

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.     

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