COTREC方法在江西地区的应用和检验

基于江西及其周边地区的雷达组合反射率拼图,将二维Boussinesq(水平无辐散)质量连续方程约束至江西地区的TREC风场,得到改善后的TREC风场(COTREC风场),并基于COTREC风矢量开展了江西地区雷达回波的外推。个例分析表明,经过二维无辐散连续方程约束后,COTREC风中的噪声和不一致得到了显著的平滑,其风速水平梯度和风向切变都显著减小。基于COTREC风外推的雷达回波在形态上也得到了明显的改善,其外推回波中由风场的噪声或不一致引起的异常失真回波明显减少。为了进一步评估TREC和COTREC方法的外推表现,对2018年7月1—31日江西地区有明显降水的287个时次的雷达回波分别进行了1 h和2 h外推。结果表明:相对于TREC方法,COTREC方法在1 h和2 h的外推时间上均能改善外推回波的精度,其外推回波与实况的相关系数和TS评分均较TREC方法高。     

变分回波跟踪算法及其在对流临近预报中的应用试验

目前业务上0—1 h对流天气临近预报仍旧以客观外推为主,采用不同外推算法,得到雷达回波以及降水的外推临近预报。以业务应用为目标,开展了变分回波跟踪算法在强对流天气临近预报中的应用研究。利用京津冀地区的8部新一代多普勒天气雷达逐6 min雷达组网拼图资料,选取2016—2018年夏季发生在京津冀地区的18个典型对流个例,开展变分回波跟踪算法和交叉相关法的0—1 h临近预报对比试验及检验评估。与传统的交叉相关法相比,变分回波跟踪算法采用变分技术求解雷达回波运动矢量场,在计算中使用两个严格的约束条件,运用迭代法进行求解,其得到的运动矢量场更为准确。结果表明,变分回波跟踪算法优于传统的交叉相关法,得到的30、60 min内雷达回波的形状、位置及强度的外推预报和实况更接近,定量检验评分更高:（1）京津冀地区4次典型对流天气过程临近预报对比试验表明,和交叉相关法相比,变分回波跟踪算法可以更好地预报出未来1 h内雷达回波的位置、形态和强度。（2）通过对18个典型对流个例定量检验,发现当雷达回波强度阈值为35和45 dBz时,无论是30或是60 min外推预报,变分回波跟踪算法的命中率（POD）和临界成功指数（CSI）都明显高于交叉相关法,且虚警率（FAR）更低;分天气类型定量检验发现,绝大多数天气类型,变分回波跟踪算法外推预报效果优于交叉相关法。      

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。     

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。     

多普勒雷达风场资料在临近预报中的应用

为了研究对流单体移动的运动学和动力学特征,本文综合应用多普勒雷达反射率因子资料和径向速度资料进行雷达回波的外推预报.采用速度方位显示方法(Velocity Azimuth Display,VAD)和交叉相关法(Tracking Radar Echoes by Correlation,TREC),分别得到设定的8个高度的水平风场,并作为回波的引导风,对相应高度的等高平面位置显示(Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicating,CAPPI)反射率因子进行外推.通过两次降水过程分析比较两种方法的外推结果,表明用这两种方法获得的未来60 min内的回波位置与回波实况较吻合;二者在某些高度上预报的评分接近.从两个个例的外推试验发现,预报效果最好的高度层与实际天气过程有关,关键是与降水回波中水平风的垂直分布有关,而不仅仅限于2.5～3.0 km高度.     

一种改进后的交叉相关法(COTREC)在降水临近预报中的应用

利用多普勒雷达资料,采用一种改进后的交叉相关法(COTREC)建立了一种降水临近预报方法。COTREC法的基本原理是对传统交叉相关法(TREC)反演的风场进行水平无辐散处理,得到COTREC风场,用新的风场外推得出的回波能够保持平滑连续的形状。但是这种方法也存在缺陷,由于采用水平无辐散限制,使得外推反演得到的风场在不同程度上受到削弱,从而外推后的回波略慢于实况观测的回波。通过引入数值预报平均风场作为TREC风场背景场,较好地解决了TREC风场受到削弱的问题,并用该方法对2007年6月23—24日强雷雨天气和2007年台风“圣帕”两次降水过程进行了预报试验,试验结果表明：采用改进后的交叉相关方法的降水临近预报与雷达实际观测比较一致,可作为台风、强对流等灾害性天气的降水临近预报方法之一。     

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．     

用相关法估测CAPPI等高面上的TREC风

使用雷达资料,运用相关法估测CAPPI(constant altitude plan position indicating,等高平面位置显示)上的TREC(tracking radar echoes by correlation)风,根据雷达在两个观测时间的数据,估算CAPPI上的水平流场,从而外推整个回波场的运动走向.经输入台风、暴雨、晴空边界层的回波个例试验,结果表明有助于短时天气预报.在TREC应用于晴空回波时,根据当地实际情况,通过适当改动相关系数的阈值可以消除杂波产生的对TREC矢量的干扰.     

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.     

基于卷积门控循环单元神经网络的临近预报方法研究

基于天气雷达资料的外推预报是灾害天气0~2 h临近预报基础,本文以业务应用为目标,应用广东省2015-2018年11部新一代多普勒雷达反射率拼图资料,研究了基于卷积门控循环单元神经网络ConvGRU的临近预报方法,采用多损失函数加权与分级加权的策略,基于ConvGRU框架建立三层自编码模型(Encoder-Decoder)的雷达回波临近预测模型,进行未来2 h逐6 min、连续20帧雷达回波图的预测,并与业务上已经应用的交叉相关法、光流法和粒子滤波法的临近预报结果对比,进行典型个例分析和长时间检验。结果表明,基于ConvGRU方法对强对流天气具有较好的预报效果,对雷达回波位置、强度和形状与实况更接近,表明深度学习方法通过对时间序列数据的学习,能较好地把握强回波区域的特征,在一定程度上能够相对比较准确地预报较强回波范围,但该方法预报雷达回波图像存在损失空间细节信息的局限,且对层状云降水的预报效果较差;ConvGRU方法的临界成功指数(CSI)和命中率(POD)评分高于传统的交叉相关法、光流法和粒子滤波法,且虚警率(FAR)评分为最小,在业务中具有广泛的应用前景。     

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.     

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.     

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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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