Simulation of summer precipitation diurnal cycles over the Tibetan Plateau at the gray-zone grid spacing for cumulus parameterization

Climate Dynamics - The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is often referred to as the “water tower of Asia” or the “Third Pole”. It remains a challenge for most global and regional models...     

Spatial Interpolation of Daily Precipitation in China: 1951--2005

Climate research relies heavily on good quality instrumental data; for modeling efforts gridded data are needed. So far, relatively little effort has been made to create gridded climate data for China. This is especially true for high-resolution daily data. This work, focuses on identifying an accurate method to produce gridded daily precipitation in China based on the observed data at 753 stations for the period 1951--2005. Five interpolation methods, including ordinary nearest neighbor, local polynomial, radial basis function, inverse distance weighting, and ordinary kriging, have been used and compared. Cross-validation shows that the ordinary kriging based on seasonal semi-variograms gives the best performance, closely followed by the inverse distance weighting with a power of 2. Finally the ordinary kriging is chosen to interpolate the station data to a 18 km×18 km grid system covering the whole country. Precipitation for each 0.5o×0.5o latitude-longitude block is then obtained by averaging the values at the grid nodes within the block. Owing to the higher station density in the eastern part of the country, the interpolation errors are much smaller than those in the west (west of 100oE). Excluding 145 stations in the western region, the daily, monthly, and annual relative mean absolute errors of the interpolation for the remaining 608 stations are 74%, 29%, and 16%, respectively. The interpolated daily precipitation has been made available on the internet for the scientific community.     

Spatial Interpolation of Daily Precipitation in China:1951-2005

Climate research relies heavily on good quality instrumental data; for modeling efforts gridded data are needed. So far, relatively little effort has been made to create gridded climate data for China. This is especially true for high-resolution daily data. This work, focuses on identifying an accurate method to produce gridded daily precipitation in China based on the observed data at 753 stations for the period 1951-2005. Five interpolation methods, including ordinary nearest neighbor, local polynomial, r...     

The Influence of Large-Scale Circulation on the Summer Hydrological Cycle in the Haihe River Basin of China

In this study, we focus on changes in three important components of the hydrological-cycle in the Haihe River basin (HRB) during 1957-2005: precipitation (Prep), actual evaportranspiration (ETa), and pan evaporation (PE)-a measure of potential evaporation. The changes in these components have been evaluated in relation to changes in the East Asian summer monsoon. Summer Prep for the whole basin has decreased significantly during 1957-2005. Recent weakening of the convergence of the integrated water vapor flux, in combination with a change from cyclonic-like large-scale circulation conditions to anti-cyclonic-like conditions, led to the decrease in the summer Prep in the HRB. ETa is positively correlated with Prep on the interannual timescale. On longer timescales, however, ETa is less dependent on Prep or the large-scale circulation. We found negative trends in ETa when the ERA40 reanalysis data were used, but positive trends in ETa when the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data were used. PE declined during the period 1957-2001. The declining of PE could be explained by a combination of declining solar radiation and declining surface wind. However, the declining solar radiation may itself be related to the weakening winds, due to weaker dispersion of pollution. If so, the downward trend of PE may be mainly caused by weakening winds.     

The Influence of Large-Scale Circulation on the SummerHydrological Cycle in the Haihe River Basin of China

In this study,we focus on changes in three important components of the hydrological-cycle in the Haihe River basin (HRB) during 1957-2005:precipitation (Prep),actual evaportranspiration (ETa),and pan evaporation (PE)- a measure of potential evaporation.The changes in these components have been evaluated in relation to changes in the East Asian summer monsoon.Summer Prep for the whole basin has decreased significantly during 1957-2005.Recent weakening of the convergence of the integrated water vapor flux,in combination with a change from cyclonic-like large-scale circulation conditions to anti-cyclonic-like conditions,led to the decrease in the summer Prep in the HRB.ETa is positively correlated with Prep on the interannual timescalc.On longer timescales,however,ETa is less dependent on Prep or the large-scale circulation.We found negative trends in ETa when the ERA40 reanalysis data were used,but positive trends in ETa when the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data were used.PE declined during the period 1957 2001.The declining of PE could be explained by a combination of declining solar radiation and declining surface wind.Howevcr,the declining solar radiation may itself be related to the weakening winds,due to weaker dispersion of pollution.If so,the downward trend of PE may be mainly caused by weakening winds.     

渤海西部海域新生代构造与演化及对油气聚集的控制

渤海西部处于渤海湾盆地黄骅坳陷中北区,东与渤中坳陷衔接,周临多个新生代富(含)烃洼陷,该区具有较大的油气勘探潜力。本文利用区内现有的大量勘探资料对其基本构造特征、演化史及其对油气聚集的控制作用进行了详细的研究与探讨。认为研究区整体构造格架受近东西向、北东向、北西向3组基底断裂控制,近东西向和北西向断层控制古近纪断陷及区内整体构造格局,而北东向与北西向断层在新近纪发生较强烈的走滑活动; 研究区新生代经历了多阶段演化过程,同时又整体表现出具隆拗过渡、整体隆升的演化背景; 复杂多阶段的演化过程使得区内油气多层位复式成藏; 另外,新近纪晚期构造活跃使得区内油气多在新近系浅层晚期成藏,并沿北西向与北东向断层优势成藏展布。     

昌宁-孟连结合带东部泥盆系—石炭系南段组研究新进展及其对特提斯洋演化的启示

原—古特提斯洋之间的构造转换方式一直是国际国内研究的热点与难点。南段组是昌宁-孟连结合带东侧地层重要组成部分,其沉积时代、沉积环境和与特提斯演化的关系均存在争议,制约了对昌宁-孟连结合带乃至东特提斯洋演化特征的认识和理解。本文对南段组变质砂岩样品开展了岩石学、岩相学、元素地球化学以及碎屑锆石U-Pb年代学研究工作,结果表明其为泥盆纪—石炭纪被动大陆边缘的浅海沉积,物源来自成熟的大陆。南段组碎屑锆石年龄谱可识别出560Ma、950Ma和1130Ma三个明显的年龄峰值,与来自澳大利亚北缘的拉萨地体上古生界碎屑锆石年龄谱可以对比。南段组物源特征具有亲冈瓦纳大陆属性,但不能据此限定所在地体泥盆—石炭纪古地理位置。保山地块东缘泥盆系曼信组碎屑锆石年龄谱可识别出440Ma和950Ma两个年龄峰值,与南段组存在显著区别。本文新获得昌宁-孟连特提斯洋两侧泥盆纪碎屑锆石年龄谱特征,为原特提斯洋与古特提斯洋之间为连续演化提供了新的沉积学证据。