基于改进EMD算法和BP神经网络的SST预测研究

海洋表面温度(Sea Surface Temperature,SST)具有非平稳、非线性的特征,直接将处理平稳数据序列的方法应用到非平稳非线性特征明显的序列上显然是不合适的,预测的误差将会很大。为了提高预测精度,更好地解决非平稳非线性序列预测的问题,本文以东北部太平洋(40°N~50°N、150°W~135°W)区域的月平均海洋表面距平温度为例,首先分别应用集合经验模态分解(EEMD)和互补集合经验模态分解(CEEMD)方法将SST分解为不同尺度的一系列模态分量(IMF),再运用BP(Back Propagation)神经网络模型对每一个模态分量进行分析预测,最后将各IMF预测结果进行重构得到SST的预测值。数值试验的结果表明,CEEMD分解精度比EEMD分解精度高,CEEMD提高了基于BP神经网络的预测精度。系列试验统计分析说明应用这种方法对SST的1年预测是有效的。     

基于集合经验模态分解和傅里叶分析的风场预测试验

采用集合经验模态分解(EEMD)和滑动傅里叶分析方法,建立了非线性气候序列的统计预测模型。针对气候要素距平场,对EOF分解得到的各模态时间系数进行EEMD分解,对得到的各IMF分量构建滑动傅里叶(Fourier)分析预报模型,提取出控制当前复杂气候信号的主要傅里叶频谱组合作为IMF分量的主要成分,即确定当前信号的主要波内频率,再将各个IMF分量和剩余项预测结果重构得到各模态时间序列的预测结果,最终通过时空重构得到预测场。将上述思想方法应用于新疆地区风场的预测试验,并采用距平相关系数(ACC),预报技巧(SS)和同号率(R)进行评估,结果表明对于区域性的风速预报,基于上述思想的算法模型能够较好地把握当前气候信号的主要变化频率,较为理想地预测了气候要素时间系数,对新疆地区风速变化的形态分布有较好的估计,使其预报时效在40侯以内均拥有一定的预报技巧,平均SS在0.5以上,36侯以内平均ACC达到0.4以上。     

基于幅频分离的气候时间序列预测试验

从气候波动的瞬时频率与瞬时振幅出发,结合最小二乘支持向量机技术,提出了基于幅频分离技术的气候时间序列预测方法,并对南京地区降水距平进行了30候的预测试验。结果表明,幅频分离预测法能够对所有模态的振幅和高频模态的瞬时频率进行较好的预测,而预测的瞬时频率累积误差会对模态分量的预测距平相关性产生敏感影响,该新方法能够显著提高气候序列高频模态的预测效果。对于气候序列的低频模态分量,集合经验模态分解的边界效应会对瞬时频率的求解产生较大误差,使得序列边界区的幅角计算不准确,导致对低频模态的最终预测效果不理想。对气候序列的高频分量采用幅频分离并进行最小二乘支持向量机预测,而对其低频分量仅采用最小二乘支持向量机进行直接预测,可同时提高高、低频分量的预测效果,并最终提高整个气候序列的预测准确性。该分频预测方法可以使南京降水预测的30候距平相关保持在0.4以上。     

A skillful method for precipitation prediction over eastern China

降水作为全球水循环的重要组成,与人们的生产生活密切相关.有效的降水预测对于防灾减灾,以及经济的可持续发展至关重要.然而,由于影响降水过程的复杂性,当前降水预测还存在诸多挑战.针对我国东部夏季降水,我们提出年际增量结合经验正交分解的新统计预测方法.首先计算降水年际增量的主模态,然后针对主模态时间序列构建预测模型,用预测的...     

几种统计预测方法对1998年南京降水的跨季节预测试验及分析

对1998年南京降水分别设计并开展了求和自回归滑动平均（Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average,ARIMA）模型预测、经验模态分解（Empirical Mode Decomposition,EMD）预测和基于Hilbert变换（HilbertTransformation,HT）的幅频分离预测等3种跨季节统计预测试验。结果表明：ARIMA模型预测结果存在明显的系统性误差且对夏季的降水突变现象预测困难;EMD分解预测的结果虽在降水演变趋势上有明显提高,但仍未能预测出夏季的强降水突变现象,究其原因可能是对高频分量预测效果不好所致;而基于Hilbert变换的幅频分离预测方法能够对各模态分量的瞬时频率和瞬时振幅实施隔离预测,消除两者的相互影响,显著改善高频模态的预测效果,使得最终预测结果最为理想,不仅具有最高的趋势相关性和最小的偏差,而且还较好地预测出了夏季两次强降水过程。不仅如此,在对2003年的降水预测验证中,基于Hilbert变换的幅频分离预测方法同样具有最好的预测效果,表明该方法预测效果较为稳定,为改进跨季节短期气候统计预测技术提供了一个新思路。     

广西夏季降水的多时间尺度特征及影响因子

利用1951—2011年广西夏季降水站点资料和NCEP/NACR等多种再分析资料,通过相关分析、经验模态分解、统计检验分析了广西夏季降水的多时间尺度特征及其影响因子,利用多元线性回归方法对夏季降水进行拟合和预测试验。结果显示:广西夏季降水具有多时间尺度特征,不同时间尺度对应着环流因子不同时间尺度的分量;在准2年尺度上,主要影响因子为季风槽、低空急流、高空急流、贝加尔湖高度场、南印度洋东部海温。利用对广西夏季降水影响显著的环流因子本征模态函数分量和多元线性回归方法拟合夏季降水,相关系数为0.73,表明广西夏季降水是环流因子多时间尺度共同作用的结果。利用前期冬季南印度洋东部海温异常本征模态函数作为前兆因子预报广西夏季降水,6个独立样本检验显示预测与实况趋势一致,该工作可供利用多时间尺度信息进行区域气候预测参考。     

EMD在广西季节降水预报中的应用

气候系统是一种耗散的、具有多个不稳定源的非线性、非平稳系统。该文利用支持向量机(SVM)算法在处理非线性问题中的优越性和经验模态分解(EMD)算法在处理非平稳信号中的优势,采用将EMD与SVM相结合的短期气候预测方法,并应用到广西季节降水预报中。选取广西88个气象观测站1957—2005年6—8月逐年降水量的距平百分率序列作为试验数据,通过EMD算法将标准化处理后的距平百分率序列分解成多个本征模态函数(IMF)分量和一个趋势分量,在分解中针对EMD算法存在的端点极值问题选择两种方法分别进行处理,对比得出极值延拓法效果更好。对每个分量构建不同的SVM模型进行预测,并通过重构形成最后的预测结果。试验中采用不经EMD处理的反向传播(BP)神经网络和SVM算法进行对比验证,结果表明:相对于直接预测方法,该文提出的方案均方误差最小,能够较为准确地反映出降水序列未来几年的变化趋势,具有更高的预测精度和较好的推广前景。     

江苏省近50 a夏季降水变化及其与ENSO的关系

利用中国气象局2 400余个台站观测资料制作的数据集CN05.1中的降水资料、美国国家大气海洋局气候预测中心(NOAA/CPC)扩展重建的海表温度资料(ERSST v4)及美国国家环境预报中心(NCEP)和美国国家大气研究中心(NCAR)联合制作的逐日再分析资料NECP-1中的500 hPa位势高度场资料、850 hPa风场资料及海平面气压场资料,采用经验正交函数分解、功率谱分析等方法,探讨了近50 a江苏省夏季降水变化特征及其与ENSO的关系。结果表明:(1)江苏夏季降水呈现出两种典型的空间分布模态,第一模态呈现了全省降水一致变化的空间分布格局;第二模态反映了江苏省降水南北反向变化的特征。(2)两种降水模态对应的时间序列具有不同的周期。第一模态对应的时间序列存在明显的年际振荡(主周期为4～5 a);而第二模态则存在显著的年代际振荡(主周期为16 a)。(3)El Niňo事件次年江苏省夏季降水整体增多;La Niňa年江苏省夏季降水呈现南涝北旱的空间格局。     

基于小波分析的组合随机模型及其在径流预测中的应用

提出了一种随机组合预测模型利用Mallat算法对水文时间序列进行多尺度分解,得到对应尺度下的概貌(低频)分量和细节(高频)分量;分别对概貌分量和细节分量建立随机模型进行预测,预测结果的叠加即为原水文变量的预测.将该模型用于黄河三门峡站年径流预测中,并与传统预测模型进行了对比分析,结果表明,建立的组合模型充分利用了现有信息,预测精度高.     

集合经验模态分解下中国新疆降水变化趋势的区域特征

降水是中国西北干旱区水资源的重要组成部分,利用合理方法有效认识降水的区域变化规律对指导农业发展尤为重要。基于新疆16个国际交换站1961-2012年降水距平时间序列,利用集合经验模态分解(EEMD)方法,分析了新疆降水变化趋势的多尺度特征,并对其空间差异进行了初步探讨。近50多年来,新疆降水量整体上呈现出非线性的显著增多趋势,且其变化存在明显的年际尺度(3年和6年准周期)和年代际尺度(10年和31年准周期);各周期分量方差贡献率显示年际变化在新疆降水变化中占据主导地位,重构的降水年际变化趋势能精细刻画原始降水序列在研究时期内的波动状况;降水年代际变化揭示了新疆降水在1985年前后气候模态有了显著转换,由原来降水以负相位为主的气候模态转向正相位显著的气候模态;此外,降水变化趋势和转折时间均具有明显的区域差异。EEMD方法有助于加深人们对新疆降水多尺度变化特征的认识,是一种适用于非线性、非平稳信号分析的有效方法。     

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.