Impact of dust aerosol on glacial-interglacial climate

The temperature anomaly and dust concentrations recorded from central Antarctic ice core records display a strong negative correlation. The dust concentration recorded from an ice core in central Antarctica is 50-70 times higher during glacial periods than interglacial periods. This study investigated the impact of dust aerosol on glacial-interglacial climate, using a zonal energy balance model and dust concentration data from an Antarctica ice core. Two important effects of dust, the direct radiative effect and dust-albedo feedback, were considered. On the one hand, the direct radiative effect of dust significantly cooled the climate during the glacial period, with cooling during the last glacial maximum being as much as 2.05℃ in Antarctica. On the other hand, dust deposition onto the ice decreased the surface albedo over Antarctica, leading to increased absorption of solar radiation, inducing a positive feedback that warmed the region by as much as about 0.9℃ during the glacial period. However, cooling by the direct dust effect was found to be the controlling effect for the glacial climate and may be the major influence on the strong negative correlation between temperature and dust concentration during glacial periods.     

秋季北极海冰对中国冬季气温的影响

利用海冰资料、中国地面气候资料、环流特征量资料及NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,研究了秋季北极海冰变化对中国冬季平均气温、日气温变率以及异常低温天气的影响。分析结果表明,秋季北极海冰异常偏多年中国冬季常为暖冬;异常偏少年中国冬季常为冷冬,且异常低温天气出现频率更高,常发生低温灾害事件。秋季北极海冰通过影响后期的北半球极涡、东亚冬季风和西伯利亚高压进而影响中国冬季的平均气温,且通过影响冬季异常强西伯利亚高压的出现频次,影响中国冬季异常低温天气的发生频次。合成分析结果表明,秋季北极海冰异常偏少年的冬季,中国以北亚欧大陆高纬度的偏北风较强,且中国及其以北的中高纬度地区空气异常偏冷,导致极地和高纬度的冷空气易向南爆发,造成中国冬季气温偏低,异常低温天气频发。     

位涡源汇和位涡环流及其天气气候意义

在扼要回顾地表位涡研究进展的基础上,本文介绍了复杂地形下的位涡及位涡制造的计算及近年来关于位涡源汇和位涡环流(PVC)的研究进展,侧重介绍青藏高原表层位涡的特殊性及其对天气气候的重要影响。阐明对于绝热和无摩擦大气运动,由于位涡本身的结构重组(位涡重构)可以引起垂直涡度的发展,在夏季可以激发高原涡形成,冬季使青藏高原东部成为重要的表面涡源。基于导得的包括非绝热加热作用的、与等熵面的位移相联系的垂直运动(ω_ID)方程,进一步阐明青藏高原制造的正位涡沿西风气流东传会引起下游地区低空气旋性涡度、偏南风、和上升运动发展,导致位涡平流随高度增加,激发极端天气气候事件发生发展。指出青藏高原地表加热和云底的潜热释放的日变化显著地影响着地表层位涡的日变化,导致青藏高原的低涡降水系统多在午后至夜间发生发展。证明与传统的青藏高原感热加热指数相比,青藏高原地表层位涡指数能够更好地刻画关于降水的季节变化,与亚洲夏季风降水相关更密切。本文还简单介绍了PVC的概念。指出由于区域边界面的PVC的辐散辐合的变化直接与区域位涡的变化相关联,为保持北半球位涡总量的相对稳定,跨赤道面上的PVC变化与地表...