双线偏振雷达差分反射率因子系统误差订正

差分反射率因子ZDR易受雷达系统自身的影响而产生明显偏差,这种偏差是不随空间积累而改变的.为了保证雷达资料及其产品的质量,根据中国气象科学研究院灾害天气国家重点实验室车载C波段双线偏振多普勒雷达(C-band Polarimetric Doppler Radar on Wheel,CPDRW)的外场试验,对观测的ZDR进行了分析,并以垂直扫描数据的订正结果为参考,重点讨论了以体扫模式最高仰角下的小雨和干雪这两种自然目标物为订正对象得到的订正结果.结果表明,高仰角体扫资料的这两种自然目标物都能较好地订正ZDR的系统误差.但相较于小雨,干雪的订正效果更加稳定,是进行ZDR系统误差订正的最优气象目标物,而利用高仰角体扫资料的干雪粒子进行ZDR系统误差订正也就成为垂直扫描订正法的最佳替代方法.     

基于交叉〖CDF*2〗平行法的双偏振雷达差分反射率硬件定标

双偏振天气雷达具有改善测雨精度及识别降水粒子相态的能力,但其系统自身有可能会对差分反射率因子（ZDR）的测量精度产生明显的偏差,从而降低气象产品的可靠度。美国利用升级为双偏振的WSR 88D进行了大量试验,认为需要校正传输信号在发射和接收通道路径上引起的差异。本文根据其试验报告,以我国研制的车载C波段双偏振多普勒雷达作为试验平台,对比分析后得出产生ZDR系统误差的主要来源为：发射通路、接收通路与天线支路。因此,使用交叉与平行法消除测试信号及设备产生的差异影响,对3部分路径重要节点进行测量并计算出水平、垂直两通道的相对偏差值,进而订正ZDR。其中,天线支路偏差值长期稳定,可相应减少测量次数;发射、接收通路的偏差值会随设备运行产生随机变化,需定期进行测量。以体扫模式最高仰角下的干雪为自然目标物的方法来验证定标的效果,结果表明此方法可较好地订正ZDR的系统误差,为今后偏振雷达业务应用提供了一套消除ZDR系统误差的有效方法。     

广州CINRAD/SA雷达双偏振升级及数据质量分析

介绍广州CINRAD/SA雷达双偏振升级改造后的主要性能指标,并以观测到的一次层状云降水过程为例,分析了降水强度ZH与差分反射率ZDR、差分相移率KDP的一致性,信噪比SNR与差分反射率ZDR、相关系数CC的关系以及ZDR系统偏差的稳定性,结果表明:弱降水的ZDR和KDP接近于0,随着ZH的增加均呈上升趋势;SNR<15 d B时,ZDR和CC受噪声影响很大,存在明显误差,业务中建议将SNR>15 d B作为双偏振产品的可用阈值;ZDR的系统偏差随时间变化保持稳定,变化幅度<0.2d B;KDP在CC<0.9时没有被计算和显示。     

广州S波段双偏振雷达数据质量初步分析

广东省已经通过新布设或对CINRAD\SA雷达的升级改造完成5部S波段双偏振雷达的业务运行。受目前双偏振雷达技术水平限制,双偏振雷达偏振量很不稳定,因此偏振雷达资料使用前需要对数据可用性、偏振量的系统偏差等进行初步分析,以保证偏振雷达后续产品的可靠性。使用广州S波段双偏振雷达稳定运行后的2016年7—8月连续观测资料,分析了噪声对零滞后相关系数ρ_HV(0)及差分反射率因子Z_DR的影响和订正效果。结果表明:当SNR小于20.0 dB时,偏振参量ρ_HV(0)和Z_DR的稳定性变差,数据不可用;噪声订正后,数据可用的SNR阈值减小为17.0 dB。进一步分析了经过噪声订正后的Z_DR和Z_H之间的关系,并与雨滴谱反演结果及理论值进行对比。结果表明:广州雷达Z_DR较雨滴谱反演值和理论值均偏小,Z_DR观测值存在系统偏差。结合广州的气候特征,对偏振量系统误差估计的微雨滴法的指数进行了调整,基于此方法分析了Z_DR、初始相位Φ_DP (0)的系统误差随方位角的变化。结果表明:Z_DR系统误差随方位角在-0.29~0.22 dB之间波动,剔除遮挡后的平均偏差为-0.09 dB,与实测Z_DR值和雨滴谱反演值及理论值对比偏小的结论一致,但偏差大小有区别;同时,Φ_DP (0)随方位角有4 °左右的波动。分析还发现Z_DR、Φ_DP (0)系统误差有随时间波动的特征。最后挑选个例对Z_DR进行噪声和系统误差订正后发现,订正后的Z_DR得到改善。这些初步分析和结果对S波段双偏振雷达数据的使用有一定的参考意义。      

C波段偏振雷达几种系统误差标定方法对比分析

通过介绍几种标定C波段偏振雷达差分反射率因子ZDR和水平反射率因子ZH系统误差常用方法的原理,利用两部相同型号的可移式C波段双线偏振雷达(POLC)在云南、安徽等地的观测数据,对这些方法进行了检验和对比分析。结果表明,ZDR的标定方法中,太阳法由于偏振雷达水平与垂直方向两个接收机在较弱的信号下很难保持一致性,目前实际应用比较困难;垂直指向法要求雷达天线必须达到90°仰角,机械上有所制约;仰角法要求探测到非常均匀的雨区,在时间与空间上极难满足;地物引起的ZDR变化,在统计上无任何规律可循,因此,地物法也基本上可以排除应用于实际;干雪的ZDR并不完全等于0 dB,并且需要知道0℃层的高度,0℃层以上满足信噪比(signal to noise ratio,SNR)条件的数据较少,并且水凝物相态难以确定为干雪,因而干雪法有着一定的局限性;微雨滴法理论清晰、结论可信,不需要专门的扫描方式,能够从正常的体扫观测中得到大量的满足SNR、ZH等阈值条件的数据,提供较为准确的ZDR系统误差估计,因此,微雨滴法是一种利用气象目标进行ZDR系统误差估计较好的方法。进一步分析ZH标定的自约束法的结果表明,自约束法能够大致地验证偏振雷达ZH标定是否正确,但是,其用于ZH标定时,对偏振参量数据质量要求较高,并且约束关系的系数也有待进一步验证。     

天气雷达间一致性评估算法影响因子分析及改进

基于基数据的雷达间一致性评估的基本方法,分析了雷达高差、地形遮挡、噪声、充塞、时空重叠率、衰减等对一致性评估算法的结果质量的影响,并采取了相应的改进措施：使用雷达的波束遮挡比例数据进行遮挡订正或直接剔除存在遮挡的重叠点;对信噪比较低、充塞不充分及存在异常的重叠点予以剔除;增加了时间、空间重叠率因子,分析了不同阈值时间、空间重叠率对评估结果的影响。改进措施对一致性评估结果中的偏差均值、标准偏差的质量均有了一定的提高。使用改进后的算法对岳阳站雷达系统偏差和苏皖地区雷达回波一致性做了评估。结果表明：岳阳站在维护前后与周边雷达的偏差值有明显的降低,并回到正常水平,标准偏差值也略有降低;苏皖地区雷达间偏差均值大部分在2 dB以内,雷达间偏差均值所组成的矢量三角形闭合度较好,标准偏差在2.9~3.3 dB,相关系数在0.40~0.55。     

X波段双偏振雷达垂直指向法标定的应用

垂直指向法标定是双偏振雷达的差分反射率因子ZDR标定有效方法的一种,可以订正ZDR测量误差,提高雷达数据的质量。本文基于双发双收模式的X波段双线偏振天气雷达系统,通过分析雷达硬件系统和垂直指向法标定的数据,诊断了观测数值的一些质量问题,初步判断是方位旋转关节损坏而导致ZDR的数值在某一固定区域上出现较大偏差。更换新的方位旋转关节后,对比处理问题前后的垂直指向标定数据证明能有效解决此问题。最后,经过多次试验分析表明,当垂直指向法标定在回波强度为25.5~30.5dB之间的中等范围稳定的层状云降水情况下使用时,其标定的数据能有效订正系统ZDR偏移量。     

基于高分辨率高程数据统计分析新一代天气雷达组网的地形遮挡影响

新一代天气雷达由于受到地形限制产生波束遮挡导致波束能量衰减,从而造成雷达探测回波强度偏弱、雷达定量估测降水结果失真,因此对于雷达波束遮挡情况的统计和分析是一项重要的基础研究工作。利用SRTM （Shuttle Radar Topography Mission）数字高程数据对中国目前业务运行的212部新一代天气雷达波束遮挡情况进行模拟计算分析。计算结果包括雷达单站遮蔽角、VCP21模式0.5°、1.5°、2.4°、3.4°、4.3°仰角波束遮挡率、混合扫描及分区混合扫描波束遮挡率、雷达单站探测范围覆盖情况;计算并绘制全国天气雷达组网遮挡率拼图,统计全国天气雷达组网遮挡情况;利用2019年8月广东省11部天气雷达基数据对比验证单站及组网遮挡计算结果。结果表明雷达组网探测面积覆盖率超过70%,整体覆盖效果较好,遮挡计算结果与实际数据对比验证结果高度一致,对雷达数据订正、降水估测等产品具有正贡献。      

基于数字高程的波束遮挡订正及在雷达定量估测降水中应用

地形的起伏使雷达波束受到严重的遮挡,使回波数据质量受到很大干扰。本文使用SRTM任务的DEM数据和谷歌公司的DEM数据分别计算了位于北京南郊的S波段雷达低仰角的波束遮挡率,建立了部分遮挡区域的回波反射率订正关系,并在2018年5月19日北京一次大范围层状云降水过程中,对波束遮挡订正前后的雷达定量估测雨量与地面3个雨量计观测结果进行了定性与定量化对比分析。结果表明:①波束遮挡订正有助于改善反射率因子的空间连续性。波束遮挡订正后的仰角0.5°的反射率与1.5°的反射率之间的差值整体呈现缩小特征,符合层状云降水垂直廓线特点。②09:00—11:00,相比波束遮挡订正前的雷达定量估测雨量(QPE),波束订正后的QPE准确性得到改善,使用分级标准误差与归一化平均偏差评价波束遮挡订正前后QPE与雨量计实测值之间的误差,波束订正后的反射率估测雨量与雨量计实测雨量一致性更好。     

基于SRTM数据的波束遮挡能量耗损率计算方法和效果分析

地形对波束遮挡是影响雷达观测资料质量的重要误差源之一。基于SRTM数据的雷达波束遮挡能量耗损率方法是根据雷达站地理位置及其周围一定范围内的地形信息,计算出探测目标时波束能量的耗损百分比。可以用于对雷达波束能量遮挡进行定量订正,提高雷达基数据质量控制精度。本文详细介绍了波束遮挡能量耗损率计算原理和方法,并利用晴空回波特点分析了波束遮挡对雷达回波强度的影响;提出雷达回波概率特征方法,通过建立北京CINRAD/SA雷达样本数据集,统计得到不同仰角层的概率空间分布,并与波束遮挡能量耗损率进行对比分析。结果表明:雷达波束遮挡能量耗损率与实际雷达回波资料统计的概率空间分布有很好的一致性。      

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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