平均经圈环流质量流函数两种计算方案的比较

质量流函数(Φ)是直观、定量描述纬向平均经圈环流的物理量。用相同格点网、相同资料(1958-1998年NCEP／NCAR再分析资料)比较了迭代方案、叠加方案求得Φ在描述平均经圈环流气候态、强El Nino年异常态以及Hadley环流双层结构时的异同。比较表明，二者计算结果间不存在明显差异；但叠加方案只用v资料，计算也简单。     

低纬平均经圈环流异常与海表温度异常关系的诊断分析

利用NCEP/NCAR的40年大气再分析资料中的月平均经向风速及垂直速度，计算了纬向平均经圈环流的质量流函数，分析了纬向平均的海表温度和纬向平均的经圈环流的气候态及异常态特征，结果表明，（1）南、北半球Hadley环流圈的共同上升支偏于赤道附近的夏半球一侧，与[SST↑-]极大值位置相对应；强下沉支位于冬半球一侧；（2）El Nino事件中低纬[SST]′是异常经圈环流产生的重要外强迫源，但其影响程度受基本气流和[SST↑-]及[SST]′的季节变化和年际差异的影响甚大。     

全球平均经圈环流的基本特征及其与臭氧关系研究

本文利用1957年9月到2002年8月,共540个月的ERA-40的经向风和臭氧质量混合比月平均资料,分析研究了平均经圈环流(MMC)和Hadley环流强弱特征变化及其与臭氧变化的关系.分析指出:(1)平均经圈环流与臭氧分布在垂直方向上有很好的对应和相关关系,平均经圈环流是形成臭氧水平、垂直的气候平均态分布,季节变化,年代际变化的重要因素;(2)垂直方向上北半球臭氧浓度的变化比南半球的变化更明显;(3)典型相关分析表明平均经圈环流与臭氧浓度变化在不同的高度和纬度上有不同的相关关系,臭氧与Hadley和Ferrel环流存在密切的相关关系,特别是Hadley环流,这表明Hadley环流在全球大气臭氧的变化中起重要作用.     

青藏高原热力作用对初夏经圈环流的影响

本文利用1979年6月逐日的实测风资料,用间接推算法计算了90°E经圈剖面上的平均加热场,进而利用平均经圈环流诊断方程计算了不均匀的非绝热加热所驱动的平均经圈环流,并与转盘模拟实验、大气环流数值试验以及自然正交函数分解的结果进行了比较。本文指出1979年6用高原中部平均经圈环流以及逐日经圈环流作自然正交函数分解所得到的第二特征向量场,主要是由于不均匀的非绝热加热强迫形成的,从而显示了青藏高原热力作用对于初夏经圈环流的巨大影响。同时,本文还揭露了六月份北半球大气环流季节转换期间经围环流演变的特征。     

垂直低分辨率GCM模式大气平均经圈环流的诊断

以ＩＡＰ２－Ｌ ＧＣＭ为例，给出垂直低分辨率ＧＣＭ模式大气平均经圈环流质量流函数的一个计算方案，结果表明，模式大气的Ｈａｄｌｅｙ环流季节变化与实际大气相一致。Ｅｌ Ｎｉｎｏ年模式大气平均经圈环流中可分离出一个与Ｅｌ Ｎｉｎｏ型ＳＳＴ异常关系密切的异常经圈环流，它导致平均Ｈａｄｌｅｙ环流向北半球盛夏型转变的滞后。     

夏季东亚副热带经圈环流特征及其对长江流域降水的影响

利用NCEP/NCAR 1979-2009年月平均风场资料,用质量流函数来定义东亚副热带的经圈环流指数,分析夏季(6-8月)东亚副热带经圈环流特征.结果表明,夏季东亚地区受反Hadlev环流影响,表现出与全球平均经圈环流不同的特征,用指数表征的东亚副热带经圈环流强度存在明显的年际和年代际变化.另外,利用相关性及水汽通量...     

Hadley环流强度与我国中东部气温的相关分析

利用NCEP／NCAR再分析月平均风场资料和国家气候中心提供的中国160个气象站的月平均气温资料,用质量流函数计算方法描述平均经圈环流,用环流中心值大小表征其强度,分析Hadley环流强度1951--2010年的趋势变化及其与我国中东部气温的关系。结果表明：1）质量流函数能很好地表征平均经圈环流的特征,且环流中心值大小能形象地反映环流强度。2）近60a来,冬季北半球Hadley环流强度呈线性增强的趋势;夏季南半球Hadley环流在20世纪80年代初发生了由减弱趋势转变为显著增强趋势的年代际转折。3）我国中东部大部分地区气温的年代际变化能很好地被Hadley环流强度变化所解释,二者基本呈正相关关系,但显著相关区域随季节变化有所不同。     

Hadley环流强度与中国东部气温的相关分析

利用NCEP / NCAR再分析月平均风场资料和国家气候中心提供的中国160个气象站的月平均气温资料,选用质量流函数计算方法描述平均经圈环流,用环流中心值大小表征其强度,分析1951-2010年Hadley环流强度趋势变化及其与中国东部气温的关系。结果表明：质量流函数能较好地表征平均经圈环流特征,且环流中心值大小能形象地反映环流强度。近60 a来,冬季北半球Hadley环流强度呈线性增强的趋势;夏季南半球Hadley环流强度在20世纪80年代初发生了由减弱趋势转变为显著增强趋势的年代际转折。中国东部大部分地区气温的年代际变化能很好地被Hadley环流强度变化解释,二者呈正相关关系,但显著相关区域随季节变化有所不同。     

Hadley环流强度与我国中东部气温的相关分析

利用NCEP / NCAR再分析月平均风场资料和国家气候中心提供的中国160个气象站的月平均气温资料,用质量流函数计算方法描述平均经圈环流,用环流中心值大小表征其强度,分析Hadley环流强度1951-2010年的趋势变化及其与我国中东部气温的关系。结果表明：1）质量流函数能很好地表征平均经圈环流的特征,且环流中心值大小能形象地反映环流强度。2）近60 a来,冬季北半球Hadley环流强度呈线性增强的趋势;夏季南半球Hadley环流在20世纪80年代初发生了由减弱趋势转变为显著增强趋势的年代际转折。3）我国中东部大部分地区气温的年代际变化能很好地被Hadley环流强度变化所解释,二者基本呈正相关关系,但显著相关区域随季节变化有所不同。     

轴对称加热条件下圆盘实验中波的转变过程的初步分析

对于一控制在中心降冷、边缘加热的旋转圆盘内的流体,增加或减少其温差,可引起流体中波数的转变。本文对四波向三波及三波向四波的转变过程作了较详细的分析,发现在四波向三波转变时,平均经圈环流和西风强度均发生迅速的变化。维持四波时,平均经圈环流为靠近热源处下沉和靠近冷源处上升的反环流。当转变过程发生时,经圈环流转变成正环流,转换完成后则恢复成反环流。在经圈环流变化的同时,西风强度也发生由弱变强而后再由强变弱的转变。三波向四波转变时,经圈环流及西风强度没有上述变化,只有强度的不同。 根据热量输送的计算结果,波数不同,它所产生的热量的涡动输送也不一样,三波时热量的涡动输送较强,四波时热量的涡动输送较弱。最后,我们联系热量输送的特点对上述结果进行了初步的讨论。     

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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