热带气旋奇异向量在GRAPES全球集合预报中的初步应用

基于副热带奇异向量的初值扰动方法已应用于GRAPES （Global and Regional Assimilation PrEdiction System）全球集合预报系统,但存在热带气旋预报路径离散度不足的问题。通过分析发现,热带气旋附近区域初值扰动结构不合理导致预报集合不能较好地估计热带气旋预报的不确定性,是路径集合离散度不足的可能原因之一。通过建立热带气旋奇异向量求解方案,将热带气旋奇异向量和副热带奇异向量共同线性组合生成初值扰动,以弥补热带气旋区域初值扰动结构不合理这一缺陷,进而改进热带气旋集合预报效果。利用GRAPES全球奇异向量计算方案,以台风中心10个经纬度区域为目标区构建热带气旋奇异向量求解方案,针对台风“榕树”个例进行集合预报试验,并开展批量试验,利用中国中央气象台最优台风路径和中国国家气象信息中心的降水观测资料进行检验,对比分析热带气旋奇异向量结构特征和初值扰动特征,评估热带气旋奇异向量对热带气旋路径集合预报和中国区域24 h累计降水概率预报技巧的影响。结果表明,热带气旋奇异向量具有局地化特征,使用热带气旋奇异向量之后,热带气旋路径离散度增加,路径集合平均预报误差和离散度的关系得到改善,路径集合平均预报误差有所减小,集合成员更好地描述了热带气旋路径的预报不确定性;中国台风降水的小雨、中雨、大雨、暴雨各量级24 h累计降水概率预报技巧均有一定提高。总之,当在初值扰动的生成中考虑热带气旋奇异向量后,可改进热带气旋初值扰动结果,并有助于改善热带气旋路径集合预报效果。      

GRAPES区域集合预报尺度混合初始扰动构造的新方案

集合预报初始扰动能否准确反映预报误差的结构特征是决定区域集合预报质量的关键因素之一。本文针对GRAPES区域数值预报模式,发展设计了一种基于资料同化思想的混合尺度初始扰动构造新方案。该方案以全球大尺度信息为背景场,区域模式预报作为观测资料,借助GRAPES三维变分同化系统,将高质量的全球大尺度信息与区域模式预报中质量较高的中小尺度信息有效融合,构造混合尺度区域集合预报初始扰动,并通过个例试验和批量试验,比较分析了新方案和原区域集合预报的性能。试验结果表明,基于资料同化构造的初始扰动能够有效融合全球大尺度信息和中小尺度天气系统的信息,其降水概率预报更具参考价值。总体上看,区域集合预报混合初始扰动新方案能够较好地改进区域集合预报质量,尤其是对高度场和温度场效果更为显著,但对风场的集合预报性能影响略小。     

基于GRAPES_Meso的集合预报扰动方案设计与比较

基于GRAPES_Meso区域集合预报系统,设计了三种集合预报扰动方案,即多初值、多初值多物理、多初值多物理多边值,并针对三种方案进行了连续一个月的批量试验,重点分析了2008年7月23日江淮暴雨过程.结果表明,对于降水预报,三种集合扰动方案均相对于控制预报均有所改善,多初值多物理与多初值多物理多边值方案对小雨、中雨预报改进效果显著,对暴雨预报略有改进;多初值方案仅能产生有限的集合离散度且难以增长,引入物理参数方案扰动及边界条件扰动能显著提高集合离散度,改善各物理量场的预报效果;通过比较,多初值多物理多边值为最优方案.该批量试验表明,模式物理过程及边界条件是影响GRAPES _Meso区域集合预报不确定性的不可忽视因素.     

ETKF初值扰动方法中真实观测及扰动调节因子研究

目前国家气象中心业务GRAPES区域集合预报系统中集合变换卡尔曼滤波（ETKF）方法采用的是模拟观测信息，为进一步完善ETKF方法，拟对ETKF初值扰动通过引入真实探空观测资料，使扰动场能够代表真实观测的不确定信息，改善区域集合预报技巧。真实观测资料的引入会使得每日的观测数目和分布发生变化，这对ETKF方法而言可能会引起扰动振幅的不稳定，因此在引入真实观测资料的基础上设计了新的扰动振幅调节因子，通过格点空间中离散度和均方根误差关系来对初值扰动振幅进行自适应调整。从初值扰动结构、概率预报技巧以及降水预报效果等方面对比分析了基于模拟观测、真实观测以及真实观测结合新型调节因子的ETKF方案的差异，结果表明:真实探空资料能够有效应用于GRAPES区域集合预报系统中，真实观测资料与模拟观测资料相比较为稀疏，可以获得更大量级的初值扰动振幅；真实观测资料有助于提高区域集合的离散度，但对集合预报准确度以及概率预报结果的提高有限，对于降水预报效果提高也有限；新型的扰动振幅调节因子可以有效获得稳定的初值扰动振幅，并保持ETKF扰动结构，真实观测资料与扰动振幅自适应调节因子相结合，可以有效提高区域集合的概率预报结果，并有效提高降水预报效果。     

GRAPES区域集合预报系统应用研究

为发展GRAPES(Global and Regional Assimilation and Prediction System)区域集合预报系统(GRAPES Regional Ensemble Prediction System,GRAPES-REPS),采用集合变换卡尔曼滤波(ETKF)初值扰动方法以及多物理过程组合的模式扰动方法,基于业务区域模式GRAPES_MesoV3.3.2.4构建了区域集合预报系统,进行了连续40 d的批量试验,重点分析了ETKF初值扰动的结构及其演变特征,并通过概率预报检验方法对GRAPES-REPS进行了集合预报系统性能检验和降水预报检验,分析了该系统对强降水个例的预报效果。试验结果表明,GRAPES-REPS能产生较合理的集合预报初值扰动,扰动结构随流型依赖并对观测有较好的响应,且扰动成员相互正交。扰动总能量分析表明集合扰动能够随预报时效保持合理增长状态。集合预报检验表明集合预报结果优于控制预报,集合成员间在72 h预报时效内能保持合理的集合离散度。将该区域集合预报系统与业务上基于WRF模式的区域集合预报系统WRF-REPS进行了降水预报对比,表明GRAPES-REPS的降水预报能力表现要优于业务WRF-REPS。强降水个例分析表明集合预报能较好预报出强降水中心,预报效果明显优于控制预报。     

异物理模态法物理量差异对集合预报的影响

利用异物理模态法的数学计算方案,选择积分12h的500hPa水汽通量散度(湿位涡)预报离差构造初值扰动的归一化初值扰动模态,进而构造扰动初值,对一次川东北大暴雨个例进行集合预报试验,从扰动初值水平结构、集合预报平均、大于50mm降水量概率、降水离散度、区域预报离差、Talagrand分布、Brier评分、集合预报系统对控制预报的逐时方差演变等多个方面对两种物理量处理方法所得结果进行对比分析,认为两种处理方法所得结果总体上非常相似,不存在显著差异。两种处理方法产生的扰动初值差异并没有引起大尺度环流明显差异,但对中尺度动力场、热力场产生了一定影响。就Brier评分、雨带位置而言,水汽通量散度处理方法略优于湿位涡处理方法,而强降水区范围而言则是湿位涡处理方法略占优。另外,区域预报离差显示,湿位涡处理方法的集合预报系统发散度要大一些。      

AREM模式两种初值扰动方案的集合降水预报试验及检验

基于我国科学家自主开发的AREM区域中尺度模式,考虑模式初值的不确定性,初步建立起11个成员37 km分辨率覆盖全国大部地区的短期集合预报系统。采用两套初值扰动试验方案(降尺度方案和BGM方案)分别进行了批量试验,试验结果表明:(1)通过对集合预报离散度和概率预报的检验,表明采用区域模式自身孵化循环产生的初始扰动明显优于直接使用全球集合预报提供的初始扰动。(2)无论采用哪种初值扰动方案,基于集合预报方法的集合平均预报、概率预报等均优于单一的确定性预报和业务预报。(3)离散度与集合平均预报误差的面平均有较好的对应关系;离散度与预报误差的空间相关系数平均为40%～45%。(4)目前集合预报系统离散度与预报误差相比偏小,其部分原因在于没有考虑模式物理过程的不确定性,这将在下一步的工作中逐步改进。     

WRF模式不同集合预报方案对一次大范围暴雨过程的模拟研究

应用WRF V3.6模式,对陕、晋、冀、鲁4省2013年7月12—13日的一次大范围暴雨过程,从初值、侧边界和物理过程扰动出发进行了集合预报研究。结果表明:(1)物理过程扰动对此次降水的影响最大,初值扰动在积分初期影响较大,而后逐渐减弱,而侧边界扰动随着时间积分向模拟区域中心传播并逐步增大;(2)物理过程扰动、初值扰动的集合预报分别对小雨和大雨及以上量级降水预报最优,而侧边界扰动的集合预报对中雨和暴雨及以上量级的降水预报最优;(3)从集合预报的离散度分析得出,物理过程扰动的集合预报最优,其次是侧边界扰动,初值扰动最差;(4)同时考虑3种不确定性的集合预报,总体上好于单个因子扰动的集合预报,使模式的降水预报效果得到显著改善。     

GRAPES全球/区域集合预报系统10年发展回顾及展望

较系统地概述了中国气象局全球/区域集合预报系统及描述模式初值和模式自身不确定性的集合预报扰动技术发展历程,回顾了GRAPES(Global/Regional Assimilation Pr Ediction System)全球集合预报的奇异向量初值扰动方法、GRAPES区域集合预报的集合变换卡尔曼滤波初值扰动方法和多尺度混合初值扰动方法、GRAPES全球/区域集合预报模式不确定性的随机物理过程倾向项扰动方法和动能后向散射随机补偿方法等研究成果,介绍了GRAPES全球/区域集合预报业务系统构建参数设置和预报性能,最后分析了GRAPES全球/区域集合预报中存在的问题,展望了未来发展方向。     

中尺度暴雨集合预报系统研发中的初值扰动试验

针对2006年5月24～25日一次暴雨过程, 通过一系列初值扰动试验探讨实际业务中建立集合预报系统的方法。运用45 km的WRF模式构建一个11个成员的集合预报系统来比较分析不同的扰动方案、 扰动的空间结构和扰动振幅对集合预报的影响, 结果表明： （1）初值扰动的空间结构对暴雨集合预报的离散度影响很关键, 而扰动振幅的影响却居次要地位。具有动力学结构的孵化扰动明显优于随机扰动。（2）集合预报比单一控制预报提供了更有价值的预报信息。例如在该个例控制预报中漏报的湖北监利强降水中心, 在集合预报中有20%的概率, 并且实况被包含在集合预报的预报范围之中。集合平均预报也明显优于控制预报\.例如矫正了在控制预报中明显虚报的鄂东北的大暴雨中心, 且集合平均预报的暴雨中心落在实际观测暴雨中心的附近。（3）集合离散度较好地反映了实际降水过程的可预报性。例如应用孵化扰动, 其离散度的空间结构同降水预报误差的空间分布大致对应。     

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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