夏季西太平洋副高脊线的活动特征及其可能的机制

通过对多年平均的逐日资料的分析表明 ,夏季不同区域副热带高压脊轴的垂直结构和活动特征存在明显不同 ,这与空间非均匀加热的分布密切相关。西太平洋地区副高脊轴随高度向北倾斜 ,而 1 60°E～ 1 80°地区向南倾斜 ;北太平洋中、西部副高在北进期的脊线活动均存在显著的 1 0～ 2 0 d周期低频振荡 ,东亚季风区还具有明显的准 40 d振荡周期。分析表明 :副高的季节性南北移动主要受太阳辐射的影响 ,而空间非均匀加热起着调节副高移动速率以及改变副高强度的作用 ,特别是对副高的异常活动起重要作用     

热带西太平洋对风应力的斜压响应

发展了一个线性热带西太平洋两层模式,分别为混合层和温跃层,其密度、温度各不相同.利用这一模式分析了热带西太平洋对纬圈风应力的响应,求出西边界的解,以及解析地求得热带西太平洋温跃层厚度、洋流及海温分布.结果表明,热带西太平洋物理量的变异在El Nino/La Nina事件中起着重要作用,在温跃层中海温变化的振幅明显大于混合层,这从理论上支持了近年来的观测事实.     

1979年夏季40—50天周期振荡的空间结构及其位相传播

本文根据FGGE Level Ⅲb资料详细分析了1979年夏季大范围内(30°S—30°N,30°E—150°W)40—50天周期振荡的空间分布及其传播特点。结果证实了早先关于“这些低频振荡主要表现为纬向风振荡”的究研结果,且它们向东向北传播。而季风区域850毫巴经向风的振荡周期却小于10天,这或许反映了这一地区季风扰动的活跃。在赤道,40—50天周期的纬向风的扰动系统地向东(600公里/天)和向上(0.7公里/天)传播。纬向风、位势高度和大尺度的“视热源”场之间的位相关系表明这些扰动确实不象大气中的开尔文波。与赤道地区不同,沿着15°N的纬向风的位相虽然也向东传播但不很系统。在这一纬度,纬向风的振荡在季风地区是低层显著,而西太平洋地区是在高层显著。这两个系统的相互作用导致西风或东风在阿拉伯海地区向下传播。西风(东凤)向下的位相对应着南亚和东南亚地区季风活跃(中断)的开始。     

中国东部地区降水季内变化的季节锁相

用１９５４－１９８３年５－８月的逐日降水资料分析了中国东部地区降水的气候特征，并讨论了它同东亚季风季节内变化的联系。结果发现，江淮梅雨同华南夏季风降水都具有季节锁相特征，前者呈单峰分布，后者呈双峰分布。同时，降水量的季内变化均具有２０－２５天的周期振荡特征。江淮流域降水的峰值和华南地区的第一个峰值主要受副热带季风影响，同夏季风的季节性北进和加强有关，华南地区第二个降水峰值受南海热带季风影响，与同期     

“倾斜”高空急流轴在大暴雨过程中的作用

从理论分析和实例计算两方面探讨了高空急流轴的倾斜对急流出口处右侧辐散场形成的作用，理论分析和实例计算表明，一旦高空轴流轴发生倾斜，则由于其出口处长平风场的分布不均匀势必会在“倾斜”急流轴出口处的右侧出现强的辐散场，实例计算也表明，高空急流轴倾斜以及急流出口处右侧强辐散场的出现明显早于大暴雨的产生，因此，高空急流轴走向的变化对于预暴雨的发生发展具有很好的指示意义。     

EFFECT OF THE INDIAN PENINSULA ON THE COURSE OF THE ASIAN TROPICAL SUMMER MONSOON

In terms of the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM3),the effect of the Indian Peninsulaon the course of the Asian tropical summer monsoon is simulated in this paper,and numericalexperimental results show that the Indian Peninsula plays a critical role in the establishmentprocess of the Asian tropical summer monsoon.When the CCM3 includes the Indian Peninsula,the model successfully simulates out the course of the Asian tropical summer monsoon,i.e.theSouth China Sea (SCS) summer monsoon at first bursts in middle May,while the Indian monsoonjust establishes until middle June.However when the Indian Peninsula topography is deleted in themodel,the Indian and SCS summer monsoons almost simultaneously establish in late May.Numerical results further indicate that in the former experiment the sensible heating of the IndianPeninsula warms the air above and produces evident temperature contrast between the peninsulaand its adjacent SCS and Bay of Bengal (BOB).which results in the strengthening and maintenanceof the BOB trough in the low-middle layer of the troposphere in the end of spring and early summerand thus the earliest establishment of the Asian tropical summer monsoon in the SCS in middleMay.However,the Indian summer monsoon just establishes until middle June when the strongwest wind over the Arabian Sea shifts northwards and cancels out the influence of the northwestflow behind the BOB trough.In the latter experiment the effect of Tibetan Plateau only produces avery weak BOB trough,and thus the SCS and Indian summer monsoons almost simultaneouslyestablish.     

INTERDECADAL VARIATIONS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN NORTH PACIFIC SSTA AND EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON

Identification of key SST zones is essential in predicting the weather / climate systems in East Asia. With the SST data by the U.K. Meteorological Office and 40-year geopotential height and wind fields by NCAR / NCEP, the relationship between the East Asian summer monsoon and north Pacific SSTA is studied, which reveals their interactions are of interdecadal variation. Before mid-1970's, the north Pacific SSTA acts upon the summer monsoon in East Asia through a great circle wavetrain and results in more rainfall in the summer of the northern part of China. After 1976, the SSTA weakens the wavetrain and no longer influences the precipitation in North China due to loosened links with the East Asian summer monsoon. It can be drawn that the key SST zones having potential effects on the weather / climate systems in East Asia do not stay in one particular area of the ocean but rather shift elsewhere as governed by the interdecadal variations of the air-sea interactions. It is hoped that the study would help shed light on the prediction of drought / flood spans in China.     

Sensitivity Experiments on Summer Monsoon Circulation Cell in East Asia

The East-Asian summer monsoon meridional circulation (SMMC) cell is simulated together with two vigorous rainbands in terms of a primitive-equation model including in itself a variety of diabatic heating, frictional dissipation and moist processes under the condition of mountains available. Results are comparable to observations. Also, performed are experiments with the reduction of water content, and exclusion of the cumulus convective process and mountain effect. Contrast analyses indicate that the cell is strongly sensitive to the condition of the humidity field in the atmosphere, more intensely at 120°than at 100°E, and the presence (absence) of the cumulus convection has considerable effect on the intensification(weakening) of the cell, with the mountain ranges exhibiting more influence upon the cell at 100° than 120°E. This may suggest that a great difference lies in the cause of the cell for the two meridions.     

东亚地区低频振荡的经向传播及中纬度的低频波动

本文利用1981年6—9月欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF)网格点资料分析了东亚地区低频(准40天)振荡的传播特性与结构特征,发现在120°E经度上的高空(低空)副热带地区有一个低频纬向风(经向风)经向传播的分离带(汇合带),指出中纬度低频纬向风振荡是准地转的,且高低空振荡同位相。同时揭示出:亚洲地区中纬度(35°N)高空低频纬向风的向东传播是波长为60—90个经度、移速为1.5—2.0个经度/d的中纬度低频波动东移的结果。这种低频涡旋移至东亚沿海地区常会发展,这种发展可能与急流中心附近正压不稳定能量的供给有关。