台风期间的海洋观测及其新技术发展

国外近几年已经研发出两种专门用于台风期间海洋观测的新技术,并在大西洋海域得到了试应用。文章将着重介绍这两种新型的观测仪器设备及其所取得的初步观测和研究结果。     

东太平洋暖池

利用1950-2002年间的海面温度(SST)资料,研究了东太平洋暖池的形态和热状态特征,并探讨了暖池变异与恩索(ENSO)的关系。结果表明,暖池形态和热状态均有明显的季节特征和年际变化,其年际变化与ENSO循环相联系;暖池热含量、面积和南界与ENSO有着十分密切的相关关系。合成分析结果显示,在厄尔尼诺(El Nino)事件爆发的前一年,暖池热含量偏少,面积偏小,南界偏北,而在事件爆发后,暖池热含量增多,面积增大,南界南移;在拉尼娜(La Ni?a)事件期间,暖池热含量、面积和南界的演变趋势基本与El Nino事件期间的情况相反。东太平洋暖池的经向变异可能对ENSO暖(El Nino)、冷(La Nina)事件的发展有重要作用。     

利用Argo剖面浮标分析上层海洋对台风“布拉万”的响应

In situ observations from Argo profiling floats combined with satellite retrieved SST and rain rate are used to investigate an upper ocean response to Typhoon Bolaven from 20 through 29 August 2012. After the passage of Typhoon Bolaven, the deepening of mixed layer depth(MLD), and the cooling of mixed layer temperature(MLT) were observed. The changes in mixed layer salinity(MLS) showed an equivalent number of increasing and decreasing because the typhoon-induced salinity changes in the mixed layer were influenced by precipitation, evaporation, turbulent mixing and upwelling of thermocline water. The deepening of the MLD and the cooling of the MLT indicated a significant rightward bias, whereas the MLS was freshened to the left side of the typhoon track and increased on the other side. Intensive temperature and salinity profiles observed by Iridium floats make it possible to view response processes in the upper ocean after the passage of a typhoon. The cooling in the near-surface and the warming in the subsurface were observed by two Iridium floats located to the left side of the cyclonic track during the development stage of the storm, beyond the radius of maximum winds relative to the typhoon center. Water salinity increases at the base of the mixed layer and the top of the thermocline were the most obvious change observed by those two floats. On the right side of the track and near the typhoon center when the typhoon was intensified, the significant cooling from sea surface to a depth of 200×104 Pa, with the exception of the water at the top of the thermocline, was observed by the other Iridium float. Owing to the enhanced upwelling near the typhoon center, the water salinity in the near-surface increased noticeably. The heat pumping from the mixed layer into the thermocline induced by downwelling and the upwelling induced by the positive wind stress curl are the main causes for the different temperature and salinity variations on the different sides of the track. It seems that more time is required for the anomalies in the subsurface to be restored to pretyphoon conditions than for the anomalies in the mixed layer.     

HM2000型剖面浮标的主要特征及其应用

HM2000 型剖面浮标是一种新颖的国产海洋观测仪器,可以长期在海上自由漂移并连续测量 0~2 000 m 水深内的海水温、盐度剖面数据,已被国际 Argo 组织用于全球 Argo 实时海洋观测网建设和维护。 详细介绍了该型浮标的工作原理、结构、功能和主要技术指标等,并与 APEX 型浮标进行了比较分析, 表明了 HM2000 型剖面浮标具有明显的功能优势,且测量的温、盐度质量是有足够保证的,完全可以替代国外浮标用来主导建设我国的 Argo 区域海洋观测网。     

海洋上层热含量的分布特征、变化模态及观测手段综述

综述了近20年来国内外在有关西太平洋暖池热含量、热带西太平洋上层热含量与西太平洋年际变化事件(ENSO)的关系、热带太平洋上层热含量变化的主要模态以及热含量估算等方面所取得的主要研究成果。研究表明:(1)热带西太平洋暖池区是太平洋上层热含量异常变化最大的区域,上层热含量异常影响了暖池上空的环流(如南海夏季风、副热带高压系统)特征,进而影响气候;(2)赤道西太平洋温跃层以浅的热含量在ENSO发生之前有明显的积聚,其变化明显领先于赤道东太平洋SSTA的变化,领先时间可达数月之久,从而使热含量与ENSO的相关性,以及利用热含量的变异对ENSO进行更长时间的预报成为可能;(3)西太平洋上层热含量存在纬向变异和经向变异两种模态,其中纬向变异模态占主导地位,且超前经向变异模态;(4)由于海洋深层资料难以获取,各种仪器本身存在系统误差,以及采用不同的计算方法,对海洋上层热结构分布与变异的研究受到了一定的限制。随着由3000多个浮标组成的全球Argo实时海洋观测网的建成,Argo数据库每年可以提供多达10万个剖面(0～2000m层)的温、盐数据。Argo资料与其它海洋资料的结合,有助于研究全球海洋温、盐度和海流场结构及其变化规律,准确估算逐月甚至逐年的全球海洋热含量及其季节和年际变化将成为现实。