Temperature and precipitation trends in Canada during the 20th century

Abstract

Trends in Canadian temperature and precipitation during the 20th century are analyzed using recently updated and adjusted station data. Six elements, maximum, minimum and mean temperatures along with diurnal temperature range (DTR), precipitation totals and ratio of snowfall to total precipitation are investigated. Anomalies from the 1961–1990 reference period were first obtained at individual stations, and were then used to generate gridded datasets for subsequent trend analyses. Trends were computed for 1900–1998 for southern Canada (south of 60°N), and separately for 1950–1998 for the entire country, due to insufficient data in the high arctic prior to the 1950s.

From 1900–1998, the annual mean temperature has increased between 0.5 and 1.5°C in the south. The warming is greater in minimum temperature than in maximum temperature in the first half of the century, resulting in a decrease of DTR. The greatest warming occurred in the west, with statistically significant increases mostly seen during spring and summer periods. Annual precipitation has also increased from 5% to 35% in southern Canada over the same period. In general, the ratio of snowfall to total precipitation has been increasing due mostly to the increase in winter precipitation which generally falls as snow and an increase of ratio in autumn. Negative trends were identified in some southern regions during spring. From 1950–1998, the pattern of temperature change is distinct: warming in the south and west and cooling in the northeast, with similar magnitudes in both maximum and minimum temperatures. This pattern is mostly evident in winter and spring. Across Canada, precipitation has increased by 5% to 35%, with significant negative trends found in southern regions during winter. Overall, the ratio of snowfall to total precipitation has increased, with significant negative trends occurring mostly in southern Canada during spring.

Indices of abnormal climate conditions are also examined. These indices were defined as areas of Canada for 1950–1998, or southern Canada for 1900–1998, with temperature or precipitation anomalies above the 66th or below the 34th percentiles in their relevant time series. These confirmed the above findings and showed that climate has been becoming gradually wetter and warmer in southern Canada throughout the entire century, and in all of Canada during the latter half of the century.     

Long-term changes in observed temperature and precipitation series 1901–1998 from Hungary and their relations to larger scale changes

Summary ¶Trends and low frequency fluctuations relying on 14 observed temperature and precipitation series 1901–1998 from Hungarian sites are presented. The statistical significances of systematic changes are calculated by the t-test for the linear trends and the Mann-Kendall test. Characteristics of long-term fluctuations are investigated by spectrum analysis (Fisher-test), fitting optimum-ranked polynomials as well as illustrated by smoothed curves of 15-point Gauss-filter application.While the increase of mean temperature in Hungary during the 20^th century is not significant, the annual precipitation totals have substantially decreased. In the first half of the century mainly the precipitation totals in the transitional seasons decreased. By the second half of the century the seasonal structure of the precipitation trends has altered significantly: there was practically no systematic change in the transitional seasons, but winter precipitation decreased dramatically. The paper makes some comparisons with the same type climatic characteristics of the surrounding geographical regions, the temperature changes of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as discusses the relationship between winter precipitation in Hungary and the North Atlantic oscillation.A significant 50-year oscillation was found in the summer mean temperatures and the annual sums of extreme positive daily temperature anomalies in Hungary. This oscillation seems to be in tune with other processes over the Euro-Atlantic region. A cycle of 3.6 years in the annual precipitation totals was found to be significant at the 0.10 level.Received May 27, 2002; revised October 7, 2002; accepted November 4, 2002 Published online June 4, 2003     

1961—2009年辽河流域水文气象要素变化特征

依据1961—2009年辽河流域5个气象观测站点逐日降水和气温观测资料,运用非参数检验方法（Mann-Kendall法）,对辽河流域降水和气温的变化趋势进行了分析。利用2006—2010年夏季共162d降水日的铁岭站日降水量与铁岭水文站径流量资料,探讨了日降水量与径流量之间的相关关系。结果表明：辽河流域年降水量减少趋势明显,降水量偏少年份明显增加,其主要原因为占全年降水量65%的夏季降水以7.4 mm/10 a的气候趋势倾向率递减,呈现出明显的减少趋势;辽河流域的年平均气温是在波动中逐渐上升的,且升温趋势明显,春季呈明显的升温趋势,夏季略有下降,秋季变化不大,冬季是气温上升最明显的季节;日降水量与径流量存在正相关关系,且日降水量与降水第二日的径流量相关显著。     

Assessment of Erythemal UV Level in Nepal Based on Solar UV Estimates from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Nepal lies on the southern slope of Himalaya in Asia. In a width ranging between 150 and 250 km, the altitude varies greatly from about 100 m at its southern border to a maximum of 8848 min the northern part. Like the variation in altitude, climatic condition varies quite a lot. Long-term monthly mean erythemal UV daily dose values for Nepal are evaluated using Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) estimation from the time of its overpass between 1996 and 2003. The results are presented as summer and winter maps of mean UV levels in each satellite grid. The mean winter erythemal UV daily dose ranges between 2.1 and 3.6 kJ m-2 whereas summer values are found to lie between 4.6 and 9.7 kJ m-2. The altitude variation increases the UV levels by about 0.2 kJ km-1 in winter months, and 0.9 kJ km-1 in summer. A multiyear monthly average erythemal daily dose in most of the areas shows that the summer value is about three times higher than that in winter. Although year-to-year variation is not pronounced in high- and mid-elevation regions, UV levels seemed to decrease from 1997 to 2002 in the southern part of the country in the low elevation region by about 5.35%. Due to the combined effects of the altitude, low ozone concentration in the troposphere, and thin air, surface UV radiation at higher altitudes is found to be higher than in the surrounding regions.     

A method of evaluating effects of antecedent precipitation on duststorms and its application to Yuma,Arizona, 1981–1988

Precipitation causes several short- and long-term effects on wind-induced surface erodibility and subsequent dust emission. Among the principal effects considered by this paper are soil moisture, soil crusts, and vegetation. A quantitative method is developed to assess these effects using differences between the potential and the actual amounts of dust emitted from dust sources as inferred from surface meteorological measurements obtained downwind from those sources. The results of this assessment must be interpreted with caution, however, when the size and location of dust sources are unknown.Using meteorological data recorded near Yuma, Arizona at the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station (YMCAS), the method is applied to calculate the potential and actual amounts of dust emitted from upwind dust sources during the spring and fall/winter seasons between January 1, 1981 and May 31, 1988. (Spring is considered to be the period between February 1 and May 31; fall/winter, between October 1 and January 31.) Because summer precipitation is intermittent and wind patterns are localized, summer meteorological data are not used to evaluate regional correlations between precipitation and dust storms. For the period between 1981 and 1988, a correlation of -0.60 was found between fall/winter precipitation and the actual amount of dust emitted from sources upwind of YMCAS during the following spring. A particularly strong reduction in dust emission was noted during the springs of 1983 and 1984 following the start of an El Nino event in fall/winter 1982. Photographs taken at a geological and meteorological data-collection (Geomet) site, located in the natural desert 25 km southeast of YMCAS, show a correspondence between increased antecedent precipitation recorded at the site and increased vegetation. Whereas the annual precipitation totals at YMCAS and the Geomet site from the beginning of 1982 through 1984 are high, their seasonal totals, especially during the fall/winter seasons, are disparate. This fall/winter precipitation disparity may account for evidence suggesting that significant vegetation growth occurred at dust sources upwind of YMCAS by spring 1983, but that such growth did not occur at the Geomet site until fall/ winter of 1983. Spatial inhomogeneity in fall/winter precipitation probably contributed to the relatively low correlation (-0.60) between fall/winter precipitation recorded at YMCAS and the actual amount of dust emitted from upwind sources during the following spring.     

The cyclical nature of seasonal precipitation in Pomerania in the period 1951-2010

The aim of the present paper is to detect recurring fluctuations in the course of annual and seasonal total precipitation in Pomerania. The basic material consisted of monthly sums of atmospheric precipitation obtained from 11 IMGW weather stations from 1951-2010. The analysis comprised both annual and seasonal precipitation recorded in spring (March-May), summer (June-August), autumn (September-November), and winter (December-February). The results of spectral analysis obtained using module functional series revealed a significant cyclical nature of rainfall occurrence. Annual and seasonal total precipitation recorded at 11 stations representative for Pomerania that occurred in the period 1951-2010, have cycles of variable length, i.e., 10-year period for annual sums, 30-year period for autumn, and quasi 7-year period for winter sums. However, the detected cyclical elements differed depending on the station, and their lengths varied greatly depending on the season: approximately from 6 to 30 years. The greatest variability in cyclicality was recorded in summer precipitation, whereas during the calendar spring the changes in total precipitation recorded at most of the hstations in periods of the same length.     

基于MTM-SVD方法的黄河流域夏季降水年际变化及其主要影响因子分析

应用中国气象台站积雪日数资料和NCEP/NCAR再分析资料以及多锥度—奇异值分解方法 (MTM-SVD),分析了近50年来黄河流域夏季降水的时空变化及其影响因子.发现黄河流域夏季降水存在显著的2～3年周期.在准3年周期上黄河流域夏季降水对前冬青藏高原东部积雪日数有很好的响应,当前冬高原积雪日数以正 (负) 异常为主时,接下来的夏季黄河流域降水偏少 (多).这种响应存在年代际变化,在1983年之前最为明显,1983~1993年是个调整时期,1993年以后又开始明显.在准2年周期上黄河流域夏季降水对前冬西太平洋暖池SST有很好的响应,当前冬西太平洋暖池SST偏高 (低) 时,接下来的夏季黄河流域降水表现为东多 (少)西少 (多) 型.这一响应同样存在年代际变化.前冬高原积雪和西太平洋暖池SST是影响黄河流域夏季降水的重要因子.     

低频天气图方法在四川盆地夏季延伸期强降水预报中的应用

利用四川盆地2008~2013年夏季降水量资料以及500hPa风场资料,基于低频天气图方法,通过分析影响四川盆地强降水过程的500h Pa低频天气系统的活动规律,对强降水时段对应的低频风序列做经验正交分解,分析低频系统的主要空间分布型及其流场配置。统计降水时段对应的低频系统空间位置、分布及持续出现频数,划分出与预测区域降水过程密切关联的8个低频关键区,主要包括中低纬的西太平洋副热带高压及台风的主要活动区(1)、南海附近地区(2)、阿拉伯海和孟加拉湾附近地区(3),中高纬的蒙古至河套附近地区(5)和青藏高原及其以北的低频系统集中区域(6)这五个活跃关键区。计算各关键区低频系统历史周期发现低纬关键区(1、2、3)以及高原关键区(6)低频系统的周期都较短,而中高纬关键区(4、5、7、8)低频系统的周期相对较长。建立预测区域强降水过程的低频图预测模型。用此方法对2013年四川盆地延伸期强降水过程进行预报试验,发现预测6~7月上中旬的强降水过程效果较好,但对盛夏高温连晴伏旱时段(7月下旬8月)的预报能力有所下降。      

The correlation between precipitation and temperature of cold and posterior warm periods in the South of Khabarovsk Krai

The analysis of the correlation between the monthly mean temperature and total monthly precipitation of the months of cold and warm periods demonstrated an existence of several rather close correlations. Supposedly, these correlations can be used as supplementary tools for the long-range weather forecasting for the months of the warm period on the basis of the mean temperature and total precipitation of cold period months.     

The Wave Train Characteristics of Teleconnection Caused by the Thermal Anomaly of the Underlying Surface of the Tibetan Plateau. Part Ⅰ: Data Analysis

探讨了前期青藏高原下垫面热力结构异常对后期长江中下游地区降水的影响。通过资料分析揭示出长江中下游地区夏季降水异常前期冬、春季青藏高原下垫面三维热力结构强信号特征,即长江中下游夏季旱涝前期高原南部和北部各层次的地温距平呈反位相分布。从地面0cm到地下320 cm的地温距平分布为:涝年高原偏南部(30°N以南)为正,中部和北部(30°N以北)为负,旱年时相反。其中地温距平的大值区在 40 cm到160 cm层之间。同时揭示了北半球环流型对青藏高原下垫面热力异常可能产生遥响应,并形成季尺度低频波的传播,从而影响长江中下游地区后期的降水,反映了遥相关是区域性旱涝形成的一个动力机制。资料分析结果表明前期青藏高原下垫面三维热力结构异常是后期长江中下游地区降水异常的重要原因之     

1955—2014年杭州极端气温和降水指数变化特征

根据杭州市1955—2014年降水量、气温逐日资料,采用国际通用的极端天气指数和线性倾向估计、M-K检验等方法,分析了杭州市近60 a极端气温和降水的变化特征。结果表明：1）杭州市近60 a的气温呈一致升高趋势,且变化显著,表现为极端高温阈值和极端低温阈值的升高及极端高温日数的增多;极端冷事件显著减少,暖事件显著增多。2）极端降水指数中只有强降水量的增加较明显,主要贡献为夏季和冬季强降水量的增强。3）冬季平均气温、极端低温阈值、霜冻日数等极端冷事件的突变发生于20世纪80年代初中期,夏季平均气温、极端高温阈值、高温日数等极端暖事件的突变发生于20世纪末21世纪初,与全国范围内的气候增暖进程基本一致。另外,降水强度、极端降水阈值等极端降水指数的突变时间在2008年左右,即2008年后气温升高和降水强度的增加突变期叠加,尤其在夏季和冬季表现更突出,可能诱发更多的异常天气。     

海陀山冬季降水天气分型及冬奥预报应用

基于2019—2021年1月1日至3月15日北京冬奥会延庆赛区（以下简称海陀山）降水观测资料和ERA5再分析资料,对期间34次降水过程进行天气分型,并对各天气型下不同海拔的降水实况特征开展统计分析。研究结果表明：冬季海陀山降水根据天气系统及地形影响可分为偏北气流型、偏东气流型、低涡低槽型、回流低涡低槽型四种天气型。不同天气型下海陀山地形高度以下主要气流方向和强度、水汽垂直分布等条件,以及与地形相互作用使得不同海拔之间降水量、持续时间等呈现显著差异。偏北气流型受500 hPa槽后整层强偏北气流控制,形成越山气流,降水集中在高海拔地区;偏东气流型受低层偏东气流影响,降水集中在低海拔地区,以上两种天气型无天气尺度系统配合,由地形强迫作用主导,降水量不大、持续时间相对较短。低涡低槽型受高空东移低涡低槽作用,配合低层西南气流,高海拔降水量更多,同时该型也是海陀山冬季最主要的降水天气型;回流低涡低槽型受高空东移低涡低槽影响,配合降水前东风回流对低层增湿并起到冷垫作用,低海拔降水量更多,以上两种天气型均存在天气尺度系统,并叠加海陀山地形作用,降水量显著且持续时间长,会对赛事运行造成较大影响。上述特征统计结果在2022年北京冬奥会期间一次强降雪预报服务中得到验证和应用,证明上述结果可以在冬季海陀山复杂地形降水预报中发挥作用。     

Assessment of probability multimodel seasonal forecast based on the APCC model data

The probability multimodel forecast system based on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center (APCC) model data is verified. The winter and summer seasonal mean fields T ₈₅₀ and precipitation seasonal totals are estimated. To combine the models into a multimodel ensemble, the probability forecast is calculated for each of single models first, and then these forecasts are combined using the total probability formula. It is shown that the multimodel forecast is considerably more skilful than the single-model forecasts. The forecast quality is higher in the tropics compared to the mid- and high latitudes. The multimodel ensemble temperature forecasts outperform the random and climate forecasts for Northern Eurasia in the above- and below-normal categories. Precipitation forecast is less successful. For winter, the combination of single-model ensembles provides the precipitation forecast skill exceeding that of the random forecast for both Northern Eurasia and European Russia.     

奇异值分解和奇异交叉谱分析方法在华北夏季降水诊断中的应用

利用1965~2000年华北5省市及相邻省73个地面观测站逐月平均降水场及北半球500 hPa高度场、北太平洋海温场资料, 采用奇异值分解 (SVD)、奇异交叉谱 (SCSA) 分析方法, 将华北夏季降水场分别与1月北半球500 hPa高度场、冬季北太平洋海温场进行了诊断分析, 得出奇异向量分布型及相互作用的耦合周期信号。在对前4对奇异向量的分析中发现, 华北夏季降水全区域为正距平时与1月北半球500 hPa高度场PNA遥相关型关系非常密切。ENSO对华北夏季降水的影响确实存在, 但华北夏季降水全区域为正距平时与冬季北太平洋ENSO关系并不明显。同时还找出了华北降水与北半球500 hPa高度、北太平洋海温场相互作用的关键区。在华北各型降水与高度场、海温场关键区相互作用的耦合周期中, 前者以准2~7年振荡为主; 后者则周期较长, 最短周期仍为准2年振荡, 最长周期为准10~11年振荡。以上结论为进一步研究华北夏季降水短期气候预测方法, 提供了参考依据。     

Atmospheric contribution to hydrologic variations in the Arctic

Abstract

High‐latitude rawinsonde data for 18 years (1973–1990) are used to compute the atmospheric moisture flux convergence over two regions: the Arctic Ocean and the Mackenzie River drainage basin. The primary objectives are to assess the interannual variability and to compare the macroscale hydrologie regimes of the two regions. The moisture flux convergence is positive in all months over the Arctic Ocean, but is occasionally negative during summer over the Mackenzie Basin. The climatological seasonal cycle of the moisture convergence contains a late‐summer (August‐September) maximum over the Arctic Ocean but a late‐summer minimum over the Mackenzie Basin. Evaporation, deduced from the moisture inflow and independent data on precipitation, makes a much greater contribution to the atmospheric moisture budget of the Mackenzie domain, especially during summer. The respective equivalent area averages of the 18‐year annual mean moisture flux convergence, precipitation and derived evaporation are 17.3, 19.5 and 2.2 cm a^‐1 for the Arctic Ocean and 24.9, 33.6 and 8.7 cm a^‐1 for the Mackenzie domain. However, the range of interannual variations of the flux convergence is about ±50% of the annual means and more than twice the monthly means. The annual totals of the flux convergence are correlated with station‐derived precipitation over the Mackenzie domain and with yearly variations of the Mackenzie discharge. The moisture flux convergence over the Mackenzie domain suggests that station reports underestimate precipitation during the winter months by amounts equivalent to several centimetres per annum.     

不同降水天气系统自然降水特征及火箭人工增雨潜力分析

统计分析了1981~2000年20年中15种降水天气系统影响下河北地区自然降水特征,并对火箭人工增雨的潜力进行了初步分析。统计分析表明:西来槽类、高空低涡类、冷锋、切变线和副高后部等天气系统是影响河北地区的主要降水系统,其降雨量和降雨日数占到了90%以上;不同的天气系统在不同季节对降水的贡献有所不同,其中西来槽类的降雨量和降雨日数均居首位,开展人工增雨催化作业机会最多;夏季降水系统最强,云水资源最为丰富,人工增雨潜力很大,是开展火箭人工增雨催化作业的最佳季节,春秋两季增雨潜力明显比夏季小,冬季最小;倒槽、副高后部、台风低压、高空低涡类和气旋类等系统最强,日降雨量和单位面积降雨量明显比其它系统大,尤其对蓄水型火箭增雨作业十分有利。     

1951—2009年中国不同区域气温和降水量变化特征

为了研究中国不同区域气候变化特征,将全国按照气候区域划分为11个气候区,并利用1951—2009年中国194个国家基本/基准站月、年气温和降水观测资料,对全国及每个气候区平均温度及降水量的年和季节变化特征进行分析。结果表明：中国及各地区增温趋势均为极显著增加,尤其近20 a增温速度更快;而2007年成为有记录以来最暖的一年;中国冬季平均温度上升趋势最明显,春季次之,夏季几乎没有变化。中国平均年总降水量20世纪50年代最多,2000年代最少;而华北地区的年降水量减少最快;在四季降水中,中国只有夏季降水量波动略有增加,且各区域降水分布具有明显的南北差异特征。     

韵律与长期天气预报

本文讨论了对长期天气预报比较重要的韵律问题,共有三部分内容:(1)分析广大台站在相关普查中发现的隔季相关现象,相关间隔自2个月到11个月不等,其中大约半年左右的比较常见,并且地理分布区域性强,大洋上最明显,指出这是韵律现象。 (2)月平均环流与海温的相似性分析表明,北半球环流与海温都存在着隔季相似性。例如,春或夏海温距平相似时,大约6个月之后又相似。而秋冬春三季大气环流的相似容易造成夏季大气环流的相似。指出这是大气环流与海洋的韵律活动的表现。 (3)讨论了两种可能的韵律形成过程,一种是北太平洋西风漂流区夏季海温通过韵律关系影响半年后的冬季海温,从而影响大气环流和天气。另一种是冬季低纬东太平洋海温与大气环流相互作用,通过韵律关系影响半年之后夏季低纬太平洋的环流,从而影响西太平洋副高及我国天气。     

西南地区东部大官山山地降水梯度变化特征分析

基于2019年1月~2020年12月西南地区东部大官山降水观测数据,分析了降水随海拔高度的变化特征。结果表明:2019~2020年,大官山降水量总体随海拔升高而增大,多年平均梯度变化率为1.32%/100 m,最大降水高度在海拔1900 m左右。各季降水梯度变化率中,夏、秋季高,冬、春季低,夏季为3.31 mm/100 m,秋季为1.39 mm/100 m,冬季为0.50 mm/100 m,春季为0.67 mm/100 m。各月降水梯度变化率中,7月最高,达5.06 mm/100 m,1月和11月最低,分别为0.23 mm/100 m和0.29 mm/100 m。降水日数和小雨日数随高度的线性变化趋势较明显,平均上升率分别为2.86 d/100 m和2.56 d/100 m。大雨日数在海拔1900 m左右最大,暴雨日数在海拔2500 m左右最大。降水日变化表现出多峰值特征,降水量和降水强度均在06~09时达到最大,降水频率也随海拔高度升高而增大,其中,高海拔降水频率在15时左右达到最大。降水随海拔高度的变化与天气过程密切相关,持续阴雨天气过程降水量的梯度变化较为平缓,暴雨天气过程降水量随海拔的升高而升高,局地阵雨中单次过程降水量与海拔高度相关性不明显。      

Reconstruction of seasonal and semiannual precipitation totals over europe from atmospheric pressure over the North Atlantic

A statistical method of reconstruction of winter and semiannual precipitation totals at the network of weather stations in Europe is considered. The sea-level pressure field in the North Atlantic is used as a predictor for precipitation reconstruction. The stability of pressure field filtration is studied from empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) with the help of informative parameter of the pressure vector components. Results of numerical experiments are presented.