2013年12月浙北北部两次重度霾过程的对比分析

使用NCEP FNL资料对2013年12月浙北北部两次重度霾过程进行分析,结果发现,两次过程均与冷空气影响有关,发生前存在大范围污染物的持续积累,都是本地排放积累和周边污染传输的综合影响结果。两次过程发生的气象背景不同： 4日过程因静稳天气影响所致,污染物主要来自本地和周边（江苏中东部）的传输积累;26日过程与冷空气影响关系密切,为冷空气前锋携带大量污染物快速南下影响所致,污染物主要来源于黄淮平原远距离输入。边界层逆温有利于增强并导致重度霾发生。风廓线资料显示,边界层偏北风影响至地面时,重度霾发生。1500 m高度以下风力持续低于4级,重度霾和雾发展并持续;边界层风力增大至6级,重度霾消散。静稳天气下,污染物浓度变化与本地活动关系密切,过程中PM颗粒物共出现3个浓度高峰,而冷空气影响下,仅出现单个浓度高峰。     

温州一次重度霾天气过程分析

利用常规气象观测资料、探空站资料、环保部门提供的AQI监测数据,对2015年1月26—27日温州地区重度霾天气过程进行了综合分析。结果表明:此次重度霾过程影响时间之长,影响之严重,在温州霾气象记录中是十分罕见的;高空3层西北气流控制,风速较小,静稳天气,地面冷空气扩散南下,将浙北方污染物推至浙南,重度霾天气是由北方污染物输入和本地污染物叠加,地面存在弱辐合,近地面又存在逆温层不利于水汽和污染物在垂直方向扩散,利于大气颗粒污染物在浙南温州地区堆积,使得霾污染天气稳定维持;此后,冷空气主体南下,风速加大,气象扩散条件转好,污染物扩散至海上或福建,霾渐消散。     

2016—2017年冬季华北地区一次重污染过程的气象条件分析

以华北地区为研究区域,利用地面监测数据、高空观测资料、NCEP FNL资料及HYSPLIT后向轨迹模式,对2016年12月26日至2017年1月9日该地区的雾霾天气过程进行综合分析。结果表明,雾霾期间高空以纬向环流为主,冷空气势力偏弱,主要受高压、弱高压或均压场控制,有利于华北地区静稳天气形成。同时,雾霾期间边界层平均高度约600~900 m,污染物浓度与边界层高度呈负相关,且污染物浓度变化较边界层高度变化存在滞后现象。逆温层的长期存在,不利于污染物垂直扩散,能见度一直维持在5 km以下。后向轨迹集合模拟与聚类分析表明,以北京地区为核心的华北地区雾霾天气期间,外来污染物中,80%来自西北方气团,20%来自河北西南地区气团。     

河北中南部连续12 d重霾污染天气过程特征及影响因素分析

2013年12月14—25日,河北中南部地区发生了一次长达12 d的重霾污染天气过程。本文通过对同期气象条件、流场、污染物特征进行分析,探讨了这次过程的成因。此次污染过程与霾密切相关,具有持续时间长、范围广及强度大的特点;在静稳的大尺度气象条件和近地面大气层结下,污染物沿近地面风场的弱辐合区迅速积累,是重覆污染天气形成的关键;此次重霾污染天气过程中有两次弱冷空气活动,两次冷空气影响层次有所不同但影响时间均较短,不能彻底改变静稳大气层结,对污染物的扩散能力有限,重霾污染天气得以长时间持续。     

2019年湖南一次重污染天气过程成因分析

2019年12月12—17日,湖南省出现了一次首要污染物为PM2.5的持续时间长、影响范围大的重污染过程。本文综合应用湖南省环境监测站发布的AQI、逐小时主要污染物浓度和各类气象观测数据资料等,选取长沙为代表站,深入探究本次重污染天气过程气象条件、边界层演变特征等,并探讨污染物的来源和外来源气团移动路径。结果表明:此过程为输入叠加本地的复合型污染,污染积累阶段的弱冷空气打通了污染传输通道,有利于北方污染物南下,污染爆发阶段主要是本地静稳天气叠加上游外来源造成,污染清除阶段湖南地区地面主要是受较强冷空气影响,风力加大,污染物迅速稀释扩散,近地面逆温的存在是此次污染持续并爆发的重要条件。后向轨迹表明,此次重污染天气过程是外来源和本地源共同叠加的结果。     

达州市2016年元旦期间持续重污染天气气象条件分析

利用空气质量监测资料、高空和地面气象观测资料、NCEP再分析资料,对达州市2016年元旦节期间重污染天气过程特征及气象条件进行分析。结果表明:达州市此次重污染天气过程为长时间无冷空气活动,无降雨,大气污染物不断积聚形成。AQI日变化受污染源排放情况影响更大,早上低,白天逐渐增加,天黑后达到峰值。大气污染物的积累一般发生大气稳定度为中性或以上。AQI与08时和17时混合层厚度负相关,但日平均混合层厚度与AQI没有通过相关性检验。重污染时近地面有逆温层且逆温层较厚。AQI与逐日最高气温、日平均风速和日最大风速正相关,降雨对大气污染物稀释作用明显,特别是降雨持续时间长,雨量大效果更为显著。AQI逐时变化与温度正相关,与风速负相关。      

常州地区一次持续性霾天气过程分析

利用常规气象观测资料和NCEP再分析资料对2013年12月1—8日常州地区一次持续性严重霾天气过程进行了综合分析。结果表明:常州地区此次持续性霾天气过程中高纬地区高层环流较平直,低层为弱西南暖湿气流,冷空气势力较弱;2013年11月30日常州地区位于地面"L"型高压顶部,偏西风对常州上游地区污染物的输送和12月1日清晨出现的逆温层,导致扩散条件较差是此次霾过程爆发的主要原因;持续的地面均压场控制和频繁出现的逆温层为霾提供了维持机制,12月9日的强冷空气造成了此次霾过程消散。持续性霾天气过程期间,温度露点差减小,相对湿度增大,风力减小,多为偏西偏南风,且近地面多为弱的上升运动,为霾的维持提供了稳定的层结和充足的水汽。常州地区此次霾天气过程的主要污染物为颗粒物(PM2.5、PM10),部分SO_2、NO_2及O_3等污染物通过协同转化作用生成颗粒物,导致霾粒子浓度剧增是此次霾过程爆发的重要内因;后向轨迹模式的模拟结果也表明常州上游地区污染物的输送对此次霾过程亦有贡献。     

达州市2016年元旦期间持续重污染天气气象条件分析

利用空气质量监测资料、高空和地面气象观测资料、NCEP再分析资料,对达州市2016年元旦节期间重污染天气过程特征及气象条件进行分析。结果表明:达州市此次重污染天气过程为长时间无冷空气活动,无降雨,大气污染物不断积聚形成。AQI日变化受污染源排放情况影响更大,早上低,白天逐渐增加,天黑后达到峰值。大气污染物的积累一般发生大气稳定度为中性或以上。AQI与08时和17时混合层厚度负相关,但日平均混合层厚度与AQI没有通过相关性检验。重污染时近地面有逆温层且逆温层较厚。AQI与逐日最高气温、日平均风速和日最大风速正相关,降雨对大气污染物稀释作用明显,特别是降雨持续时间长,雨量大效果更为显著。AQI逐时变化与温度正相关,与风速负相关。     

2018年常州一次罕见持续性雾-霾天气分析

利用常规气象观测资料、探空资料、污染物浓度及AQI资料、NCEP再分析资料等,对2018年11月24日至12月3日夜间常州持续11 d的强浓雾和严重霾天气过程进行了分析。结果表明：（1）此次雾-霾过程持续时间长、范围广、强度大、污染重。（2）中纬度地区高层持续纬向环流控制、中低层暖脊稳定存在,地面持续受均压场或弱倒槽顶部、弱冷锋前部影响,是这次持续性雾-霾过程的重要天气条件。（3）边界层内弱辐散、负涡度及弱的下沉气流是此次雾-霾天气得以长时间维持、发展的动力因子。近地层长时间水汽饱和且维持小风速利于雾-霾的长时间维持。（4）近地面高强度的贴地逆温长时间维持和持续较低的混合层高度是此次雾-霾形成、发展和长时间维持的重要热力条件。雾比霾的平均混合层高度明显偏低且霾等级越高混合层高度越低,混合层高度的变化先于能见度变化,对雾-霾临近预警有较好的指导作用。（5）弱冷空气渗透、风速适当增加、混合层高度的先期快速下降、负净辐射曝辐量绝对值的明显增大是雾爆发性增强的主要原因。     

重庆主城区一次重度霾天气过程分析

利用NCEP再分析资料、L波段雷达探空资料、常规气象资料及自动气象站资料和空气污染资料,对2005年12月25-28日重庆主城区一次重度霾天气过程进行了分析.结果表明:此次重度霾天气过程发生在一定天气背景下,500 hPa青藏高原南侧南支槽槽区宽广,槽前西南气流较为强盛,850 hPa重庆地区持续处于均压场控制,气压梯度小,水平风速弱,且影响重庆地区的冷空气活动少、强度弱,有利于重度霾的形成和维持;低层风速较小、中低层逆温层的持续存在、气温较低也是此次重度霾形成和维持的重要条件;在未达到饱和的情况下,适当增加湿度有利于霾的加强,霾天气过程中,气溶胶粒子的吸湿增长会使能见度更加恶化.     

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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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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