Effects of collision-induced breakup on drop size distributions in steady state rainshafts

New equations and techniques for dealing with drop breakups are developed and applied to the modelling of the evolution of raindrop spectra in rainshafts. Breakup experiments byMcTaggart-Cowan andList (1975) served as data base.No matter what the original size distribution, the spectrum evolution will always lead to a Marshall-Palmer type equilibrium di tributionN=N ₀e^–D, with =constant andN ₀ proportional to the rainfall rateR. (D stands for raindrop diameter.) ForR29 mm h^–1 and an original Marshall-Palmer distribution, the required fall height to reach equilibrium is 2 km.The equilibrium distributions are characterized by linear relationships betweenR, the radar reflectivity factorZ, the liquid water content LWC and theN ₀ of the Marshall-Palmer distribution. Possible explanations for the discrepancy with observations are given.The fact that the all-water processes cannot produce drops withD2.5 mm (as confirmed by observations) leads to the conclusion that observed large raindrops withD5 mm represent melted hailstones and have not yet reached an equilibrium distribution. These latter conclusions were reached within the original assumption of videspread, steady state precipitation.     

新一代机载PMS粒子测量系统及应用

详细介绍新一代机载PMS粒子测量系统的组成结构、软件系统、各部分的工作原理及功能,并介绍该系统在人工影响天气中的应用情况.该系统具有自动化程度高、实时性和适用性强、运行稳定的特点,是进行人工增雨等外场试验和研究的重要手段.     

中山市"9·16"特大暴雨分析

本文用各种气象观测资料对2002年9月16日发生在中山的特大暴雨进行了分析.结果表明,这次暴雨发生的主要原因是地面低压环流系统受到西风槽、切变线和低层弱冷空气侵入的影响而在中山附近加强引起的,同时这次特大暴雨降水具有明显的中尺度特征.     

用GPROF算法反演降水强度和水凝物垂直结构

对NASA应用于TMI的业务降水反演算法(GPROF算法)作了简单分析，并对采用该算法反演的2002年夏季我国湖南常德地区的暴雨结构和2001年7月上旬袭击中国香港地区的尤特台风结构进行了分析。对常德暴雨个例，用地面雷达数据作为实况资料进行了真实性检验。检验结果表明:该算法的整体反演效果较好，可较好地反演常德地区的地面雨强及降水结构，雨区的反演精度与降水性质有关。对尤特台风个例，将反演结果与测雨雷达的反演产品进行了定性比较，结果表明:二者反映的降水结构基本一致；GPROF算法反演的潜热垂直结构也较好地反映了台风的热力结构。最后对算法可能的改进方向进行了讨论。     

Rainwater composition over a rural area with special emphasis on the size distribution of insoluble particulate matter

The rainwater composition in the vicinity of Mainz, FRG, has been investigated with special emphasis on insoluble constituents. The number size distribution was determined in the range from 0.1 m up to 100 m radius. For particles with r>0.5 m radius the shape of the size distribution of insoluble particles in rain follows the shape of the average urban and rural aerosol. In this particular size range no major size selective removal processes could be seen. For r<0.5 m the number size distribution tends to flatten compared to the average aerosol. This might be the indication of a size selective removal process (Greenfield Gap).     

Assessing desertification

It is widely recognized that desertification is a serious threat to arid and semiarid environments—which cover 40% of the global land surface and are populated by approximately 1 billion humans. Given the potential relevance of this problem, it is surprising that there is no consensus on the proper way to assess the desertification status of a piece of land. During the last 70 years, conflicting definitions have produced both different assessment methodologies and divergent estimates. Contrary to conceptual issues on desertification, assessment methodologies have not been reviewed comprehensively. Here, we critically review the most common methodologies to assess desertification, and describe their principal consequences on scientific and social arenas.We show that desertification assessment has shifted from simple appraisals of the interannual movement of desert boundaries to complex multivariate field surveys, to practical methodologies based on indicators of ecosystem functioning, such as rain use efficiency. Although often regarded as an evidence of stagnation and failure, these methodologies reflect the progress that desertification ecology has experienced. Future challenges for properly assessing desertification are (1) the lack of reference situations against which actual desertification could be compared, and (2) the difficulties that appear when desertification operates through structural rather than functional ecosystem changes.The coexistence of conflicting definitions and divergent estimates negatively affects societal perception, leading to scepticism and, ultimately, to a delay of eventual solutions. Societies must recognize the progress desertification ecology has made, leave behind concepts that no longer represent current knowledge, grasp the opportunity to better assess the extent and intensity of the problem, and, for the time being, realize that assessing desertification is an unsolved issue.     

Rainfall interception in three contrasting lowland rain forest types in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Rainfall interception was quantified and modeled for a Lowland Evergreen Rain Forest (LERF) and two Heath Forests (HF) of contrasting stature during a one-year period at a remote site in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Throughfall was measured using a roving gauge approach using 18–20 gauges per forest type. Throughfall was 82.8% of incident rainfall in the LERF vs. 89.1% in tall HF and 76.7% in stunted HF. Corresponding stemflow fractions were 0.8%, 1.3% and 2.0% of rainfall, respectively. Interception losses derived for the LERF (16.4%) and the tall HF (9.6%) were close to findings obtained for similar forest types elsewhere but the high interception loss for the stunted HF (21.3%) was unexpected. On the basis of canopy structural characteristics and wet canopy evaporation modeling it is concluded that throughfall in the stunted HF was underestimated and that the specific nature of the HF required a more intensive sampling arrangement. Throughfall sampling schemes in tropical forests, associated errors and hydrological implications are discussed.     

Tectonically induced climate and its control on the distribution of depositional systems in a continental foreland basin, Cloverly and Lakota Formations (Lower Cretaceous) of Wyoming, U.S.A.

Continental sediments of the Cloverly and Lakota Formations (Lower Cretaceous) in Wyoming are subdivided into three depositional systems: perennial to intermittent alluvial, intermittent to ephemeral alluvial, and playa. Chert-bearing sandstones, conglomerates, carbonaceous mudrocks, blocky mudrocks, and skeletal limestones were deposited by perennial to intermittent alluvial systems. Carbonaceous mudrocks contain abundant wood fragments, cuticle and cortical debris, and other vascular plant remains representing deposition in oxbow lakes, abandoned channels, and on floodplains under humid to seasonal conditions. Intraformational conglomerates, sandstones, bioturbated and blocky mudrocks with caliche nodules, and bioturbated limestones characterize deposition in intermittent to ephemeral alluvial systems. Bioturbated limestones are encased in bioturbated mudrocks with abundant pseudo-slickensides. The presence of caliche nodules in some of the blocky to bioturbated mudrocks is consistent with supersaturation and precipitation of calcium carbonate from groundwater under semi-arid conditions. Caliche nodules, pseudo-slickensides, and carbonate-rich floodplain sediments are interpreted to have been deposited by intermittent to ephemeral alluvial systems under seasonal to semi-arid climatic conditions. Laminated mudrocks, siltstones, vuggy carbonates, bedded to nodular evaporites, pebbly mudrocks, and diamictites were deposited in evaporative alkaline lakes or playas. Pebbly mudrocks and diamictites are interpreted to represent deposition from channelized and unchannelized hyperconcentrated flows on a playa, resulting from intense rain events within the basin.The areal abundance and distribution of these depositional systems change systematically across the overfilled portion of the Early Cretaceous Cordilleran foreland basin in Wyoming. The lower part (A-interval) of the Cloverly and Lakota Formations is characterized by deposits of perennial to intermittent rivers that existed 300 to 1000 km east of the Sevier fold-and-thrust belt. Proximal to the Sevier fold-and-thrust belt, the A-interval of the Cloverly Formation and upper Ephraim Formation of the Gannett Group are typified by deposits of intermittent to ephemeral rivers and their associated floodplains. In the middle part (B-interval) of the Cloverly Formation, intermittent to ephemeral alluvial systems expand to 600 km into the basin. The upper part (C-interval) of the Cloverly Formation is characterized by playa deposits in the Bighorn and Wind River Basins and intermittent to ephemeral alluvial deposits along the front of the ancestral Sevier Mountains. Deposits of perennial to intermittent alluvial systems in the C-interval of the Cloverly and Lakota Formations are restricted to the Black Hills region, almost 900 km to the east of the Sevier Mountains. The change in the areal distribution of depositional systems through time within this continental foreland basin may be attributed to the development of a rain shadow associated with the uplift of the Sevier Mountains in the Early Cretaceous.     

甘肃省冬, 春季人工增雨雪作业条件分析

从冬、春季人工增雨雪的工作需要出发,分析了与冬、春季降水关系密切的部分气象要素多年变化特征,统计了有利于甘肃冬、春季人工增雨雪的4种环流型、云系与降水的关系,并根据它们与冬、春季降水的关系,分析了有利于人工增雨雪作业的天气气候背景。     

廊坊市非常规水资源开发利用潜力分析

廊坊市是全国严重缺水的地区之一,水资源的短缺已成为廊坊市国民经济持续快速健康发展的“瓶颈”,为了解决水资源的供需矛盾,对廊坊市的微咸水、雨水、再生水等水资源的开发利用进行调查,对非常规水资源开发利用潜力进行分析,提出非常规水资源的开发利用措施,对缓解廊坊市水资源供需矛盾提供建设性建议。