Sensitivity Study of the South China Sea Summer Monsoon in 1998 to Different Cumulus Parameterization Schemes

In this study, the improved high-resolution regional climate model of the China National Climate Center （RegCM_NCC） is used to examine the sensitivity of the simulated circulation and rainfall during the South China Sea summer monsoon （SCSSM） period during 1998 in an effort to compare to other cumulus param- eterization schemes. The investigation has indicated that the model is capable of simulating the seasonal march of the SCSSM and that the results were very sensitive to the choice of cumulus parameterization schemes. It seems that the Kuo cumulus parameterization scheme simulates the process of the SCSSM onset reasonably well, which can reproduce the onset timing and dramatic changes before and after the onset, especially the upper- and lower-level wind-fields. However, there are still some discrepancies between the simulations and observations. For example, the model can not completely simulate the intensity of the rainfall or the location of the western Pacific subtropical high as well as the feature of the rapid northward propagation of seasonal rain belt.     

ENSO暖冷事件下东亚冬季风的区域气候模拟

选取强El Ni(~n)o年(1997/1998年)和强La Nina年(1998/1999年)作为个例,利用中国国家气候中心水平分辨率为60 km的区域气候模式(RegCM-NCC)对东亚冬季风进行了数值模拟,结果表明:模式不仅从500 hPa东亚大槽、副热带高压、地面蒙古冷高压和850 hPa东亚风场等方面,模拟出两年冬季风系统的不同特征,而且也模拟出与ENSO事件密切联系的大气低层环流的明显差别,表明区域气候模式对ENSO暖、冷事件下东亚冬季风的差异有较好的模拟能力。数值模拟也能够再现中国南海、菲律宾群岛以东的西太平洋和孟加拉湾3个主要的冷涌区,以及在两年不同海温和环流背景下冷涌发生的频数变化。分析还表明,模拟结果能较好地反映两年冬季中国气温的空间分布特征,模拟出的冷空气过程、最冷时段出现时间与实际基本相符,模拟的主要降水带位置也与实况接近,特别是能够较好地模拟出中国南方地区1997/1998(1998/1999)年冬季异常多(少)的降水量。虽然数值模式的总体性能是较为满意的,但也发现在形势场的模拟中存在1998/1999年冬季东亚大槽模拟偏深和东亚沿海海平面气压梯度偏大等不足,需进一步加强对模式物理过程的研究。     

A Numerical Study on the Winter Monsoon and Cold Surge over East Asia

By using the improved regional climate model （RegCM_NCC）, a numerical study has been undertaken for the East Asia region over a period of 5 years （1998-2002） in an effort to evaluate the model＇s ability to reproduce the winter monsoon conditions that were observed. The results showed that the model can successfully simulate the basic characteristics of the winter monsoon circulations, including the location and intensity of the cold-surface, high-pressure system, as well as the wind patterns and the intensity of the winter monsoon. The simulated occurrence frequency and regions of the cold surge were consistent with the observations. The simulated rainfall distribution over China was consistent with the observations collected in South China. The features of the simulated moisture transport were also in good agreement with the observations that were derived from the NCEP reanalysis data, indicating that moisture transport coming from the Bay of Bengal trough plays a crucial role in supplying moisture needed for precipitation in South China. In addition, the moisture transport coming from the near-equatorial west-Pacific was also important. These two branches of moisture transport converged in South China, as a prerequisite for occurrence of the precipitation that was observed there. Heat budgets have shown that the development of a heat sink over the East Asian continent was remarkable and its thermal contrast relative to the neighboring seas was the important forcing factor for the winter monsoon activity. The simulation also indicated that the significant differences in circulation patterns and rainfalls during the winters of 1997/98 and 1998/99 were affected by cold and warm ENSO events, respectively. The above analysis demonstrated the model＇s ability to simulate the East Asian winter monsoon.     

大气运动的慢流形概论

从动力学系统的慢流形（slow manifold）的一般概念及数学描述出发，系统地论述了大气运动的慢流形的存在性和一般性质。文中侧重于讨论与大气运动的慢流形密切相关的一些重要问题，包括平衡运动或平衡流的性质以及它对惯性重力波的自发辐射（spontaneous emission）、PV反演理论和应用、与数值模式初始化问题的联系等，并对上述研究领域的研究历史和现状也进行了较为全面的综述，旨在为国内气象界相关方向的研究者提供了解该领域概貌并较快切入具体研究问题的线索。     

气候变化国家评估报告（Ⅰ）：中国气候变化的历史和未来趋势

 中国的气候变化与全球变化有相当的一致性，但也存在明显差别。在全球变暖背景下，近100 a来中国年平均地表气温明显增加，升温幅度比同期全球平均值略高。近100 a和近50 a的降水量变化趋势不明显，但1956年以来出现了微弱增加的趋势。近50 a来中国主要极端天气气候事件的频率和强度也出现了明显的变化。研究表明，中国的CO2年排放量呈不断增加趋势，温室气体正辐射强迫的总和是造成气候变暖的主要原因。对21世纪气候变化趋势做出的预测表明：未来20～100 a，中国地表气温增加明显，降水量也呈增加趋势。     

亚洲夏季风指数的重新评估与季风的长期变化

使用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料对Webster与Yang的季风指数(WYI)进行计算和修改。WYI定义为850与200 hPa的纬向风差,但通过分析150—100 hPa和200 hPa的环流场、散度场与垂直运动场,发现200 hPa层并不能真正反映亚洲季风系统上层环流的变化,尤其是其最主要的环流特征即热带东风急流的变化,其核心位于150—100 hPa。纬向风切变U850-U(150 100)的值比U850-U200的值远大得多,更能真实反映季风的强度,并且与低层辐合耦合在一起的高层辐散最大位于150 hPa,在对流层高层取150 hPa比200 hPa更能反映季风系统的耦合关系。因此,在对流层上层选择150—100 hPa重新定义季风指数(DHI)为IDH=U8*50-U(*150 100),不但可以更好地表征亚洲纬向风切变中心的强度变化,也可以代表对流层上下层季风系统的变率。分别用季风指数DHI和WYI对亚洲夏季风的长期变化进行研究,发现DHI比WYI更合适。DHI的变化表明亚洲夏季风存在明显的年代际变化及突变,20世纪70年代末之后显著减弱,这主要是由于150—100 hPa层东风的减弱,但这种东风的减弱现象在200 hPa不明显。突变后总的来说:亚洲地区高层东风减弱,表明夏季风减弱;海陆气压差和海陆温差的减小导致季风减弱;相应高空辐散和水汽输送在印度半岛、中南半岛中部、中国华北与东北地区都是减弱的,也表明夏季风减弱。最后比较NCEP/NCAR和ERA-40两种再分析资料研究亚洲夏季风的强度及其长期变化的差异,以作参考。     

Multi-year Simulations and Experimental Seasonal Predictions for Rainy Seasons in China by Using a Nested Regional Climate Model （RegCM_NCC）. Part Ⅰ： Sensitivity Study

A modified version of the NCAR/RegCM2 has been developed at the National Climate Center （NCC）, China Meteorological Administration, through a series of sensitivity experiments and multi-year simulations and hindcasts, with a special emphasis on the adequate choice of physical parameterization schemes suitable for the East Asian monsoon climate. This regional climate model is nested with the NCC/IAP （Institute of Atmospheric Physics） T63 coupled GCM to make an experimental seasonal prediction for China and East Asia. The four-year （2001 to 2004） prediction results are encouraging. This paper is the first part of a two-part paper, and it mainly describes the sensitivity study of the physical process paraxneterization represented in the model. The systematic errors produced by the different physical parameterization schemes such as the land surface processes, convective precipitation, cloud-radiation transfer process, boundary layer process and large-scale terrain features have been identified based on multi-year and extreme flooding event simulations. A number of comparative experiments has shown that the mass flux scheme （MFS） and Betts-Miller scheme （BM） for convective precipitation, the LPMI （land surface process model I） and LPMII （land surface process model Ⅱ） for the land surface process, the CCM3 radiation transfer scheme for cloud-radiation transfer processes, the TKE （turbulent kinetic energy） scheme for the boundary layer processes and the topography treatment schemes for the Tibetan Plateau are suitable for simulations and prediction of the East Asia monsoon climate in rainy seasons. Based on the above sensitivity study, a modified version of the RegCM2 （RegCM_NCC） has been set up for climate simulations and seasonal predictions.     

温室效应引起的中国区域气候变化的数值模拟Ⅰ:模式对中国气候模拟能力的检验

使用RegCM2区域气候模式单向嵌套澳大利亚CSIRO R21L9全球海-气耦合模式,进行了CO2加倍对中国区域气候变化影响的数值试验研究,分析了控制试验(1×CO2)即模式对中国当代气候的模拟情况.首先给出了全球模式控制试验在中国地区的结果,分析表明它对中国区域的地面气温和降水具有一定的模拟能力,其结果可以用来制作驱动区域气候模式的初始场和侧边界.对RegCM2 5 a时间长度控制试验积分结果的分析与检验表明,区域气候模式由于具有较高的分辨率和较完善的物理过程,它对中国区域地面气温和降水的模拟效果较全球模式有了较大提高,如它模拟的各月气温与实况的相关系数全年12个月的平均由全球模式的0.83提高到0.92,降水由0.48提高到0.65.     

1999年东亚夏季风异常活动的物理机制研究

文中从海-气相互作用的角度探讨了1999年东亚夏季风及与其相联系的雨带异常活动的物理机制。结果表明,由于1998年春季至1999年南海-热带西太平洋出现了近20 a最强的异常暧海温,该地强异常海-气相互作用的维持使得这种局地的热力强迫成为1999年东亚夏季风和降水异常的最主要外强迫机制,并使得1999年的季风活动和降水分布有别于一般的统计情形。从1998年秋到1999年,由于热带大气对南海-西太平洋暧海温所诱发的局地强加热的响应,热带西太平洋地区所出现的Gill模态的异常环流分布从冬季一直发展到夏季,并因此在海洋和大气之间形成了局地的强烈正反馈,不仅使得异常环流得以持续发展,而且也使得暖海温得以维持,成为影响1999年环流异常的最强前期信号。随着从冬到夏的季节演变,大气基本态对上述持续性异常环流的影响导致了冬、夏异常环流呈现出不同的纬向非对称,诱发了盛夏期间东亚到北美沿岸的遥相关波列。在东亚沿岸异常气旋性环流的影响下,大尺度异常东风在东亚沿岸的维持形成了极不利于季风西风在南海北部转向的条件,导致了季风在中国东部北进的异常偏弱和低纬西风转向位置的异常偏东。     

TOGA-COARE IOP时期大尺度流场的分析

根据ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥＩＯＰ时期（１９９２年１１月—１９９３年２月）包含加密观测的四维同化的高空格点资料,分析了这一时期热带太平洋风场的大尺度特征,发现５００ｈＰａ以下,在中东太平洋频繁出现大范围稳定的强西风,高层出现明显的东风;低层强西风高频出现区或爆发区逐月向东传播,在观测结束时,西风到达了中东太平洋地区;相应的正常冬季东亚－西太平洋局地哈得莱环流被破坏,热带太平洋的沃克（Ｗａｌｋｅｒ）环流明显地向东太平洋地区移动。所有这些环流的异常特征表明,ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥＩＯＰ时期正处于一次ＥｌＮｉｎｏ事件的发展时期。