200hPa非地转风和非均匀层结与梅雨暴雨的关系

本文通过1991年梅雨后期，7月1—13日200hPa非地转场分析得出，梅雨期200hPa非地转风主要由积云对流动量转换形成。其次是风速平流，并通过数值试验得以证明。非地转风形成的高层辐散，可进一步使暴雨增强与维持。另外梅雨期非均匀层结对非地转风及暴雨也有较大的影响。     

广州前汛期暴雨各层天气系统特征分析

本文对广州前汛期暴雨的地面、850hPa、500hPa、200hPa系统特征进行了分析，给出了各层系统配置图，为日常预报业务提供分析依据。     

韶关市近50年强降水频数统计及周期分析

利用韶关市近50年降水资料,对逐日降水量R24（20～20时）≥50．0mm的强降水次数进行统计分析,结果表明韶关暴雨及以上强降水主要集中在多水期的3～7月,其中5、6月份为最多,这与韶关的自然季节降水特点是相吻合的;从50年代至90年代,各年代大暴雨和暴雨分别呈现出偏少．正常-正常-偏少-偏多和偏多～正常-偏少～偏少～偏多的演变趋势;R24≥50．0mm的强降水总次数及历年5、6月份R24≥50．0mm的强降水次数存在周期变化。     

DEVEX-disdrometer evaluation experiment: Basic results and implications for hydrologic studies

Increasing our understanding of the small scale variability of drop size distributions (DSD), and therefore of several bulk characteristics of rainfall processes, has major implications for our interpretation of the remote sensing based estimates of precipitation and its uncertainty. During the spring and summer of 2002 the authors conducted the DEVEX experiment (disdrometer evaluation experiment) to compare measurements of natural rain made with three different types of disdrometers collocated at the Iowa City Municipal Airport in Iowa City, Iowa in the Midwestern United States. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the instruments rather than analysis of the hydrometeorological aspects of the observed events. The comparison demonstrates discrepancies between instruments. The authors discuss the systematic and random effects in terms of rainfall quantities, drop size distribution properties, and the observed drop size vs. velocity relationships. Since the instruments were collocated, the effects of the natural variability of rain are reduced some with time integration, isolating the instrumental differences. The authors discuss the status of DSD measurement technologies and the implications for a range of hydrologic applications from remote sensing of rainfall to atmospheric deposition to soil erosion and sediment transport in the environment. The data set collected during the DEVEX experiment is made available to the research community.     

STUDY ON THE CAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN 200506 （HR200506） IN GUANGDONG

A continuous heavy rain visited Guangdong province during June 18-25, 2005 (named Heavy Rain 200506, HR200506) and had resulted in enormous economic loss. The ageostropic Q vectors, θse,meridional circulation, computed from the NCEP reanalysis, and TBB are used to study the rainfall processes. The results indicated that a convective system moved northwards from the South China Sea (SCS)and stayed in Guangdong for several days, which was a direct cause of HR200506. The process is a result of the activity of the South China Sea summer monsoon. There were two rainbands of HR200506 in Guangdong. One laid in the north of Guangdong that produced frontal rainfall; another situated on the south of Guangdong which produced monsoon rainfall.     

Correcting superconducting gravity time-series using rainfall modelling at the Vienna and Membach stations and application to Earth tide analysis

We demonstrate the possibility to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of superconducting gravity time-series by correcting for local hydrological effects. Short-term atmospheric events associated with heavy rain induce step-like gravity signals that deteriorate the frequency spectrum estimates. Based on 4D modeling constrained by high temporal resolution rain gauge data, rainfall admittances for the Vienna and Membach superconducting gravity stations are calculated. This allows routine correction for Newtonian rain water effects, which reduces the standard deviation of residuals after tidal parameter adjustment by 10%. It also improves the correction of steps of instrumental origin when they coincide with step-like water mass signals.     

Photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in rainwater

Significant photodegradation of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in rainwater was observed after exposure to simulated sunlight. Fluorescence excitation emission spectra (EEMS) of precipitation revealed the presence of four major peaks all of which degraded upon photolysis with the greatest loss in the region characteristic of marine CDOM. Photobleaching of absorbance also occurred in the wavelength region between 250 and 375 nm with the greatest loss of absorbance in the upper end of the UV-A region near 275 nm. There was a strong positive correlation between absorbance loss and total integrated fluorescence loss suggesting these optical properties and the degree to which they are photobleached in rainwater are directly related. The quantum yield of CDOM photodegradation in rainwater decreased dramatically with increasing wavelength and decreasing energy of incoming radiation with the average quantum yield at 325 nm approximately an order of magnitude greater than at 460 nm. The similarity of photolytic response between rainwater and Cape Fear estuarine CDOM indicates that some fraction of the compounds that make up rainwater CDOM may be derived from surface sources and/or that the processes that produce or modify humic-like substances in the atmosphere result in similar types of compounds as non-atmospheric processes.     

The characteristics of rain electricity in Nigeria. I — Magnitudes and variations

The characteristics of rain and point charges based on routine measurements extending over four rainy seasons are presented. An average rain current density of (1.0±0.1)×10^–10 A m^–2 and charge per unit volume of rain water of (0.43±0.02)×10^–4 C m^–3 for the locality are obtained, which are compared with data obtained elsewhere by other workers. The point-discharge current measurements lead to a revised estimate of (0.86±0.08)×10^–9 A m^–2 for the average point discharge current below storm clouds.     

An equilibrium cloud-resolving modeling study of diurnal variation of tropical rainfall

The diurnal variation of tropical rainfall is examined through the analysis of an equilibrium cloud-resolving model experiment. Model domain mean rain rate is defined as a product of rain intensity and fractional rainfall coverage. The diurnal variation of the mean rain rate is associated with that of fractional rainfall coverage because the diurnal variation of rain intensity is significantly weakened through the decrease in rainfall in early morning hours. The decrease in rainfall corresponds to the reduction in secondary circulations through the barotropic conversion from the perturbation kinetic energy to the mean kinetic energy under the imposed negative vertical gradient of westerly winds. The fractional rainfall coverage shows the diurnal signal with the maximum in the early morning hours primarily due to nocturnal infrared radiative cooling.     

基于降水目标的主雨带识别及预报误差空间检验

利用2014—2018年4—6月福建省及周边地区实测降水量和ECMWF模式降水量预报产品资料,采用目标识别方法,设定降水量阈值α,选取合适的特征尺度D₀和邻近度阈值β,分别识别实况降水场的主雨带和预报降水场的所有雨带,并选取匹配度阈值进行目标配对,确定与实况降水场主雨带最匹配的预报降水场主雨带。改进SAL空间检验方法,将模式主雨带预报误差用主雨带的强度（指降水极值和降水量阈值）、位置（指重心点位置）、形态（指主轴、次轴特征长度和轴向角度）属性的预报误差来表示。结果表明：预报主雨带的降水极值比实况小,但降水量阈值比实况大;预报主雨带的重心点位置与实况相比,4月偏西、偏南,5月、6月偏西、偏北,预报主雨带的重心位置多是滞后于实况,位于实况主雨带的上游;主雨带大都呈窄长带状分布,预报主雨带比实况更窄长,且预报时效越长越窄长。预报主雨带轴向角度比实况略小,总体均呈东偏北走向。以上分析结果可为模式主雨带预报误差的订正提供依据。