ECMWF集合预报统计量产品在重庆降水预报中的检验与分析

利用ECMWF集合预报降水资料和重庆市自动站降水资料,运用晴雨、TS评分、预报偏差等检验方法对重庆地区2014—2016年ECMWF集合预报降水产品在短期时效的预报性能进行检验分析。结果表明:最小值的晴雨预报准确率最高。对于TS评分检验,小雨量级可优先参考最小值、10%分位数和融合产品,中雨量级参考平均数和概率匹配平均,大雨和暴雨量级分别参考75%分位数和90%分位数。对于预报偏差检验,小雨量级可优先参考最小值、Mode,中雨量级参考融合产品、中位数,大雨量级参考控制预报、融合产品,暴雨量级参考90%分位数。对于百分位值预报产品和概率预报产品,小雨量级可参考5%～10%分位数和80%～90%概率预报产品,中雨量级可参考45%～55%分位数和40%概率预报产品,大雨量级可参考70%～80%分位数和20%概率预报产品,暴雨量级可参考90%～95%分位数和10%概率预报产品。     

ECMWF集合预报产品在重庆暴雨预报中的检验与应用北大核心

利用重庆地区34个国家气象站降水资料和ECMWF集合预报降水资料,系统检验和评估了集合预报统计量产品及后处理技术产品对2014—2016年5—9月重庆暴雨的预报性能。结果表明:集合统计量产品中最大值、90%分位数、融合产品、概率匹配平均、75%分位数对暴雨预报有一定参考性,其中90%分位数和融合产品对暴雨落区预报较好,最大值对暴雨强度预报有一定指示意义,但表现为明显的湿偏差。集合预报后处理技术产品的暴雨TS评分较控制预报和集合平均有明显提高,其中概率预报、最优百分位、融合—概率匹配、频率匹配法的暴雨TS评分超过最大值,对暴雨强度预报具有较好的指导意义,其预报偏差均表现为湿偏差,融合—概率匹配和频率匹配法对暴雨落区预报较好,概率匹配—融合对降低暴雨空报率较好。     

ECMWF集合预报统计量在江西降水预报中的检验分析

利用江西省93个国家气象观测站降水量资料,对2014年ECMWF集合预报降水统计量进行逐6 h和24 h晴雨检验、降水分级检验及区域性暴雨检验。结果表明:1)10%、25%、Mode、融合、最小值在晴雨预报准确率方面较控制预报更有参考价值。2)对于全年降水分级检验,10%、25%、Mode、融合、最小值这5个统计量在小雨的预报方面较控制预报更有参考价值;中位数、概率对中雨的ETS评分要略高于控制预报;90%、75%、概率对大雨预报比控制预报好。对于暴雨预报,最大值、90%、融合比控制预报好;融合、最大值对大暴雨落区的指示意义不大,但对大暴雨量级降水的可能性可以供预报员参考。3)对于区域性暴雨预报,90%、融合、最大值的预报技巧比控制预报高,最大值虽然空报较严重,但对降水量级有一定的指示意义。集合预报各统计量对于强降水过程爆发或发展阶段的预报效果不如降水过程成熟期或末期好。     

集合预报产品在江苏省暴雨预报中的应用评估

利用2011—2015年6—8月TIGGE(THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble)数据集中欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF,以下简称EC)的集合降水预报数据和江苏省70个基本站逐日24 h(20时至次日20时)降水数据,通过大量暴雨样本系统检验和评估了EC集合预报及多种后处理释用产品对江苏暴雨的预报能力。结果表明:作为集合预报的初级产品,集合平均对暴雨的预报存在明显的漏报率,TS预报评分尚不及EC确定性预报;集合预报不同成员间对暴雨的预报技巧差异大,其最优成员组合的预报能力显著优于EC确定性预报,表明集合预报具有较大的应用潜力;在多种集合预报后处理释用技术中,最大值、最优百分位、降水偏差订正频率匹配法、概率预报、集合异常预报法和杜-周排序法(最大值法)的平均TS评分均较高,超过10%,其次90%分位数、融合、融合-概率匹配和杜-周排序法(集合平均或中位值法)的预报效果也均优于EC确定性预报。集合中位值、概率匹配方法对江苏暴雨的预报评分低于集合平均预报,在暴雨预报上的参考价值相对较低。该评估结果进一步加深了对各集合预报产品区域暴雨预报能力的认识,为预报员更直接快速地选取有效的集合预报产品提供参考。     

概率匹配平均法在山东强降水预报中的应用

基于WRF集合预报系统开发了概率匹配平均降水产品,选取了山东省2014—2016年共13次强降水过程,检验评估了概率匹配平均法在山东省强降水预报中的综合表现。结果表明：对于不同的强降水过程,各预报产品的预报能力差异较大,尤其是对暴雨以上量级降水的预报存在较大偏差;概率匹配平均相对集合平均,对大雨以上量级降水预报有明显改善,较WRF确定性预报产品也有一定提高,对强降水预报具有一定指示意义;该方法的改进主要体现在对不同量级降水的调整上,尤其是强降水的落区,相对集合平均增大了强降水的范围和强度,但对整个区域的总降水量预报没有很好的改进作用。     

清江流域降水的多模式BMA概率预报试验

基于TIGGE资料中的ECMWF、UKMO、JMA、CMA四套模式的2016年6月1至7月31日逐日降水集合预报资料,结合清江流域10个国家基准站观测数据,建立了流域贝叶斯模型平均(BMA)概率预报模型,开展流域多模式集合BMA技术的概率预报试验与评估。结果表明,在清江流域多模式集合的BMA模型最佳滑动训练期长度为40 d,BMA模型预报比原始集合预报有更高预报技巧,比四个原始集合预报MAE平均值减少近11%左右,而对于CRPS除了CMA中心无订正效果外,较其他三个模式平均值提高近15%左右。多模式集合BMA技术能预报降水全概率PDF曲线和大于某个降水量级的概率,同时能给出确定性降水预报,对于极端强降水(大暴雨一特大暴雨量级),BMA 75～90百分位数预报效果较好,对于强降水(暴雨量级),BMA 50～75百分位数预报效果较好,对于一般性降水(小雨一大雨量级),BMA确定性预报结果或50百分位数预报效果较好。     

暴雨集合预报-观测概率匹配订正法在四川盆地的应用研究

利用2008—2011年6—8月中国气象局T213全球集合预报24—240 h降水预报资料和四川盆地观测降水资料,提出四川盆地暴雨集合预报-观测概率匹配订正法。该方法将集合预报降水累积概率分布与观测降水累积概率分布进行概率匹配,对降水量为50 mm的集合预报平均值进行订正,获得暴雨预报订正值(A Calibrated Heavy Rainfall forecast value),累积降水概率分布拟合函数采用Gamma函数。选取2013年6月28日—7月10日进行独立样本暴雨预报试验,分析四川盆地暴雨预报订正值分布特征和订正前后降水检验评分变化,讨论该方法存在的若干局限性。结果显示:T213集合预报对四川盆地降水预报存在预报量较观测量级小、模式预报时效越长降水预报越弱等系统性偏差,暴雨集合预报-观测概率匹配订正值普遍小于50 mm,且随预报时效延长而逐渐减小,有效地订正了T213暴雨集合预报系统性误差;暴雨集合预报-观测概率匹配订正法对"有或无暴雨"二分类暴雨预报改善较明显,ETs评分获得提高,且漏报率和空报率有所降低。     

基于频率匹配法的江西省ECMWF降水预报订正研究

利用2016—2019年ECMWF（European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts）降水预报资料和江西省93个国家气象站降水资料,基于频率匹配法进行降水偏差订正,采用4种方法统计降水频率对降水预报进行订正试验（不分区试验）,根据江西省汛期暴雨气候特征对汛期降水进行分区订正试验,并对典型强降水个例进行分析。结果表明: 频率匹配法降低了模式预报小雨的空报率和大雨、暴雨的漏报率,预报技巧改进明显。在4种降水频率统计方法中,准对称滑动平均法效果最好。分区试验对强降水的订正效果优于不分区试验,该试验对模式预报正技巧暴雨过程的订正能力大于无技巧过程。对于模式预报效果差（TS=0）、一般（0 < TS < 0.2）、好（TS≥0.2）的暴雨过程,分区试验改善的概率分别为40.8%、89.1%和65.3%。频率匹配分区订正后强降水面积更加接近实况,但强降水落区不能得到明显的改善。订正方法对模式预报强降水形态、位置与实况较接近的过程,效果较好。     

面向台风暴雨的集合预报成员优选订正技术研究及应用试验

本文以2013—2015年主要登陆台风暴雨过程为研究对象,利用ECMWF降水和台风路径集合预报以及中央气象台实时业务台风中心定位资料,在统计分析的基础上,提出一种业务上可用的针对单模式集合预报的台风降水实时订正技术(简称集合成员优选技术)。结果表明,在登陆台风暴雨过程预报中,集合成员优选技术对改进集合统计量降水产品有明显的帮助,并较ECMWF确定性预报产品有一定优势;该方法对改进短期时效预报产品的效果优于中期时效预报,对大暴雨评分的改进高于暴雨和大雨评分。另外,本文基于概率匹配平均(Probability Matching average,PM)和融合(FUSE)产品的计算原理,提出融合匹配平均(Fuse Matching average,FM)产品,结果表明,对36 h时效预报,优选10~15个成员的PM产品TS(Threat Scores)评分可达最优,大暴雨评分较确定性预报提高近10%;对60和84 h时效预报,FM产品大暴雨评分较确定性预报提高超过20%。     

陕西省2014年汛期ECMWF集合预报降水产品评估检验

利用陕西省100个台站降水实况资料和欧洲中心集合预报10种降水产品,对2014年6—9月欧洲中心集合预报10种降水产品在陕西的预报效果进行了客观分级检验以及时空分布演变综合评估,结果表明:绝大多数产品的Ts评分随降水量级增大明显下降,随预报时效延长有小幅下降;模式对陕南各量级降水预报效果优于陕北、关中,多数情况下90%分位数Ts评分最优;所有降水量产品小雨预报偏差最大,空报明显,随着降水量级增大,空报逐渐减少,漏报增加,陕南预报偏差比陕北、关中大;90%分位数、控制预报、概率匹配产品、融合产品能基本反映出实况降水的落区情况,对大降水过程的演变趋势可以做出较为准确的预报;综合而言,控制预报、融合产品、概率匹配产品无论在Ts评分还是预报偏差上表现均较好,稳定性高,用户可以根据不同关注点,在应用时选取不同的产品进行参考。     

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.     

Could the Recent Taal Volcano Eruption Trigger an El Ni?o and Lead to Eurasian Warming?

正The Taal Volcano in Luzon is one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the Philippines. A recent eruption occurred on 12 January 2020(Fig. 1a), and this volcano is still active with the occurrence of volcanic earthquakes. The eruption has become a deep concern worldwide, not only for its damage on local society, but also for potential hazardous consequences on the Earth's climate and environment.     

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.     

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.     

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     

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS DATA OF AIR–SEA TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE AND ITS VARIATION ACROSS SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE PAST 35 YEARS

Using the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set(ICOADS) and ERA-Interim data, spatial distributions of air-sea temperature difference(ASTD) in the South China Sea(SCS) for the past 35 years are compared,and variations of spatial and temporal distributions of ASTD in this region are addressed using empirical orthogonal function decomposition and wavelet analysis methods. The results indicate that both ICOADS and ERA-Interim data can reflect actual distribution characteristics of ASTD in the SCS, but values of ASTD from the ERA-Interim data are smaller than those of the ICOADS data in the same region. In addition, the ASTD characteristics from the ERA-Interim data are not obvious inshore. A seesaw-type, north-south distribution of ASTD is dominant in the SCS; i.e., a positive peak in the south is associated with a negative peak in the north in November, and a negative peak in the south is accompanied by a positive peak in the north during April and May. Interannual ASTD variations in summer or autumn are decreasing. There is a seesaw-type distribution of ASTD between Beibu Bay and most of the SCS in summer, and the center of large values is in the Nansha Islands area in autumn. The ASTD in the SCS has a strong quasi-3a oscillation period in all seasons, and a quasi-11 a period in winter and spring. The ASTD is positively correlated with the Nio3.4 index in summer and autumn but negatively correlated in spring and winter.     

Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height Characteristics over the Arctic Ocean Using the Aircraft and GPS Soundings

正ERRATUM to: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 4(2011), 124-130 On page 126 of the printed edition (Issue 2, Volume 4), Fig. 2 was a wrong figure because the contact author made mistake giving the wrong one. The corrected edition has been updated on our website. The editorial office is sincerely sorry for any     

Index to Vol.31

正AN Junling;see LI Ying et al.;(5),1221—1232AN Junling;see QU Yu et al.;(4),787-800AN Junling;see WANG Feng et al.;(6),1331-1342Ania POLOMSKA-HARLICK;see Jieshun ZHU et al.;(4),743-754Baek-Min KIM;see Seong-Joong KIM et al.;(4),863-878BAI Tao;see LI Gang et al.;(1),66-84BAO Qing;see YANG Jing et al.;(5),1147—1156BEI Naifang;