Boundary-layer wind structure in a landfalling tropical cyclone

In this study, a slab boundary layer model with a constant depth is used to analyze the boundary-layer wind structure in a landfalling tropical cyclone. Asymmetry is found in both the tangential and radial components of horizontal wind in the tropical cyclone boundary layer at landfall. For a steady tropical cyclone on a straight coastline at landfall, the magnitude of the radial component is greater in the offshoreflow side and the tangential component is greater over the sea, slightly offshore, therefore the greater total wind speed occurs in the offshore-flow side over the sea. The budget analysis suggests that： （1） a greater surface friction over land produces a greater inflow and the nonlinear effect advects the maximum inflow downstream, and （2） a smaller surface friction over the sea makes the decrease of the tangential wind component less than that over land. Moreover, the boundary layer wind structures in a tropical cyclone are related to the locations of the tropical cyclone relative to the coastline due to the different surface frictions. During tropical cyclone landfall, the impact of rough terrain on the cyclone increases, so the magnitude of the radial component of wind speed increases in the offshore-flow side and the tangential component outside the radius of maximum wind speed decreases gradually.     

Spatial and Temporal Features of Synoptic and Mesoscale Variability of the Baltic Sea Level

The spatial and temporal features of synoptic and mesoscale variability of the Baltic Sea level are studied using long-term hourly data. The spectral analysis revealed significant difference in the structure of the sea level spectra between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland. The maximum variance of the synoptic sea level variability is observed at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia and in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea, whereas the maximum variance of mesoscale variability is registered at the head of the Gulf of Finland and in the southwestern part of the sea. The minimum variance of synoptic sea level variability was observed in the Gulf of Bothnia in the 1950s–1960s, and the maximum was recorded at the beginning and at the end of the 20th century. The series of interdecadal variability of synoptic sea level fluctuations have a weak negative trend up to ?0.11 cm²/year in Kungsholmfrost. A significant qualitative and quantitative correlation was detected between the interannual variability of variance of mesoscale sea level variations in the Gulf of Finland (Gornyi Institut) and the Gulf of Riga (Parnu) and the interannual variability of the NAO index.     

华南热带气旋相关物理量场的线性及非线性统计分析研究

选取西太平洋海平面温度场、海平面气压场、500 hPa位势高度场作为物理因子场,并普查计算1949—2013年影响我国华南地区的热带气旋的年均频数、年均最低气压、年均最大风速作为相关物理量场。对因子场分别应用主成分分析 (PCA) 与核主成分分析 (KPCA) 算法进行主成分提取,在此基础上,对因子场的前六主成分进行功率谱估计与凝聚谱分析。最后,利用典型相关分析 (CCA) 与核典型相关分析 (KCCA) 算法对因子场与物理量场进行典型相关分析。结果表明,基于非线性的KPCA算法提取出西太平洋物理因子场前六成分的解释方差贡献率,均高于PCA算法;海温场、海压场、高度场的第一成分各自存在大概18年的周期性振荡变化,同时,在周期为2~3年的范围内,这三者的振荡频率的互相关性最强;而因子场与物理量场的非线性典型相关系数,明显高于线性典型相关系数。      

Impact of assimilating IASI radiance observations on forecasts of two tropical cyclones

The impact of assimilating Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) radiance observations on the analyses and forecasts of Hurricane Maria (2011) and Typhoon Megi (2010) is assessed using Weather Research and Forecasting Data Assimilation (WRFDA). A cloud-detection scheme (McNally and Watts 2003) was implemented in WRFDA for cloud contamination detection for radiances measured by high spectral resolution infrared sounders. For both Hurricane Maria and Typhoon Megi, IASI radiances with channels around 15-μm CO₂ band had consistent positive impact on the forecast skills for track, minimum sea level pressure, and maximum wind speed. For Typhoon Megi, the error reduction appeared to be more pronounced for track than for minimum sea level pressure and maximum wind. The sensitivity experiments with 6.7-μm H₂O band were also conducted. The 6.7-μm band also had some positive impact on the track and minimum sea level pressure. The improvement for maximum wind speed forecasts from the 6.7-μm band was evident, especially for the first 42 h. The 15-μm band consistently improved specific humidity forecast and we found improved temperature and horizontal wind forecast on most levels. Generally, assimilating the 6.7-μm band degraded forecasts, likely indicating the inefficiency of the current WRF model and/or data assimilation system for assimilating these channels. IASI radiance assimilation apparently improved depiction of dynamic and thermodynamic vortex structures.     

利用深度学习填补双偏振雷达回波遮挡

广州S波段双偏振天气雷达低仰角多方位存在遮挡,高仰角也存在部分遮挡。基于卷积神经网络等深度学习方法,构建垂直填补(vertical echo-filling,VEF)和水平填补(horizontal echo-filling,HEF)网络架构,基于两种架构,利用无遮挡区的反射率因子Z_H、差分反射率Z_DR,差传播相移率K_DP构建训练集,填补遮挡区的Z_H和Z_DR。针对仅0.5°仰角存在遮挡的区域,基于VEF架构,利用上层多个仰角、径向、距离库的三维数据,分距离段训练垂直填补模型。针对遮挡仰角较高的区域,则基于HEF架构,利用同一仰角左右相邻的多个径向、距离库的数据,分遮挡径向训练水平填补模型。根据解释方差、平均绝对偏差和相关系数3个指标和3个个例,对模型效果进行评估。结果表明:Z_H填补模型的解释方差最大为0.92,平均绝对偏差最小为1.69 dB,相关系数最高为0.96;Z_DR填补模型的解释方差最大为0.92,平均绝对偏差最小为0.12 ...     

Estimation of the monthly and annual mean maximum and mean minimum air temperature values in Greece

In this study, regression equations to estimate the monthly and annual values of the mean maximum and mean minimum air temperatures in Greece are derived. For this purpose, data from 87 meteorological stations distributed all over Greece are used. Geographical parameters, i.e., altitude, latitude, longitude, minimum distance from the sea and an index of terrain morphology, are used as independent variables. These equations explain 79?C97% of the variance of the temperature values and have standard error of estimate between 0.59 and 1.20°C. Data from 37 other meteorological stations are used to validate the accuracy of the equations. Topographic or climatic factors, which could not be introduced into the equations, are responsible for most temperature residuals >0.5°C or <?0.5°C. Moreover, some particular emphasis has been given to the values of the regression coefficient for the altitude, since it is the estimator for the mean lapse rate of air temperature.     

Steric sea level change in twentieth century historical climate simulation and IPCC-RCP8.5 scenario projection: A comparison of two versions of FGOALS model

To reveal the steric sea level change in 20th century historical climate simulations and future climate change projections under the IPCC’s Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) scenario, the results of two versions of LASG/IAP’s Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model (FGOALS) are analyzed. Both models reasonably reproduce the mean dynamic sea level features, with a spatial pattern correlation coefficient of 0.97 with the observation. Characteristics of steric sea level changes in the 20th century historical climate simulations and RCP8.5 scenario projections are investigated. The results show that, in the 20th century, negative trends covered most parts of the global ocean. Under the RCP8.5 scenario, global-averaged steric sea level exhibits a pronounced rising trend throughout the 21st century and the general rising trend appears in most parts of the global ocean. The magnitude of the changes in the 21st century is much larger than that in the 20th century. By the year 2100, the global-averaged steric sea level anomaly is 18 cm and 10 cm relative to the year 1850 in the second spectral version of FGOALS (FGOALS-s2) and the second grid-point version of FGOALS (FGOALS-g2), respectively. The separate contribution of the thermosteric and halosteric components from various ocean layers is further evaluated. In the 20th century, the steric sea level changes in FGOALS-s2 (FGOALS-g2) are largely attributed to the thermosteric (halosteric) component relative to the pre-industrial control run. In contrast, in the 21st century, the thermosteric component, mainly from the upper 1000 m, dominates the steric sea level change in both models under the RCP8.5 scenario. In addition, the steric sea level change in the marginal sea of China is attributed to the thermosteric component.     

Estimating the potential predictability of Australian surface maximum and minimum temperature

A study is made of the potential predictability of seasonal means in Australian surface maximum and minimum temperature using monthly data from December 1950 to November 2000. Because the usual assumption of stationarity cannot be applied to the observations at all stations and for all seasons, a modification to an existing methodology is proposed. Here, we show that, to a first order, monthly mean variances within a season can be modeled by a linear relationship, and inter-monthly correlations can be assumed to be stationary. The intraseasonal component of variability can then be estimated using monthly data. Removing the intraseasonal variance from the total interannual variance allows an estimate of the potential predictability to be made. Surface maximum and minimum temperature has high potential predictability over most of northern Australia in the four main seasons. However, there is high potential predictability only in some of the four seasons for the centre and south of Australia. Surface minimum temperature is generally more potentially predictable than surface maximum temperature. The spatial and temporal patterns of potential predictability are generally consistent with published patterns of hindcast skill from a statistical forecast scheme. A comparison between the intraseasonal variance of Australian surface maximum and minimum temperature estimated using the stationary variance assumption and the linear assumptions showed qualitatively and quantitatively similar patterns of distribution.     

韵律与长期天气预报

本文讨论了对长期天气预报比较重要的韵律问题,共有三部分内容:(1)分析广大台站在相关普查中发现的隔季相关现象,相关间隔自2个月到11个月不等,其中大约半年左右的比较常见,并且地理分布区域性强,大洋上最明显,指出这是韵律现象。 (2)月平均环流与海温的相似性分析表明,北半球环流与海温都存在着隔季相似性。例如,春或夏海温距平相似时,大约6个月之后又相似。而秋冬春三季大气环流的相似容易造成夏季大气环流的相似。指出这是大气环流与海洋的韵律活动的表现。 (3)讨论了两种可能的韵律形成过程,一种是北太平洋西风漂流区夏季海温通过韵律关系影响半年后的冬季海温,从而影响大气环流和天气。另一种是冬季低纬东太平洋海温与大气环流相互作用,通过韵律关系影响半年之后夏季低纬太平洋的环流,从而影响西太平洋副高及我国天气。     

Principal component analysis of satellite-observed outgoing long-wave radiation during the monsoon period (June–September) over India

Summary In this study, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been used to identify the major modes of the outgoing long-wave radiation data for the period (1979–2002) during the Indian monsoon period (June–September), using seasonal mean values over the Indian region covering 143 grid points (5° N–35° N and 70° E–95° E at 2.5° Longitude–Latitude intervals. The five principal components explain up to 98.0% of the total variance. The first principal component explains 60% of the total variance with a pronounced variation in the outgoing long-wave radiation over the region 10° N to 25° N. It appears that the major reason for the monsoon variability is the intensity and associated fluctuations in the two major semi-permanent seasonal systems. This is largely indicative of strong seasonal shift of the major area of cloudiness associated with convergence zone. The second principal component explaining 20% of the total variance exhibits higher positive component loadings along 25° N and east of 80° E. The possible reason for this could be the synoptic systems such as monsoon depression/lows over the north bay and trough/vortices off the west-coast in the Arabian sea.     

南海近海面风场变化特征及其与ENSO的相关性研究

利用1979—2017年共39 a欧洲中期天气预报中心（ECMWF）海表面10 m风场资料,采用经验正交函数方法（EOF）、小波时频特征分析等方法分析了南海近海面风场变化特征及其对ENSO的响应。结果表明：南海近海面风场第一模态海表面平均风速呈减小趋势, 呈现年代际变化,且与ENSO相关,但相关性在1990年后趋于减小;第二模态中南海北部和南部平均风速呈减小趋势,中部增大;第三模态中南海中部海表面平均风速趋于减小,北部和南部增大,第二和第三模态均表现为年际变化,且均与ENSO显著相关,近年来ENSO与第三模态的相关性逐渐增强。春季南海表面平均风速从南到北逐渐增加;夏季在越南沿岸部分海域仍有一个风速极大值中心,从该海域向四周逐渐减小,整片海域风向均是西南风;秋季由南向北依次增加;冬季南海整片海域风速都较大,越南沿岸和我国东沙群岛海域存在两个极大值中心。     

Interaction between equatorially symmetric and asymmetric tropical eastern Pacific SSTs

The third version of the extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (SST) data spanning from 1880 to 2007 was used to investigate the interaction between equatorially symmetric and asymmetric tropical eastern Pacific SSTs. Principal component analysis and wavelet spectrum analysis showed that the asymmetric SST was dominated by an amplitude-modulated annual cycle, while the symmetric SST was a mixture of amplitude-modulated annual cycle and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The symmetric and asymmetric components were significantly correlated, particularly in March and October. In March, when ENSO is usually weak, the interaction between two components is mainly due to the interaction between the amplitude-modulated annual cycles of each component. On the other hand, in October, when ENSO is dominant, the interaction between amplitude-modulated asymmetric annual cycle and ENSO becomes dominant. The interaction in March is partly explained by anomalous southeasterly winds associated with the symmetric SST pattern reducing wind speed over the southeastern Pacific, causing an intensification of the asymmetric SST component. In October, the equatorial asymmetrical development of ENSO causes a significant correlation between the symmetric and asymmetric components.     

海洋对ENSO和其他时间尺度上风应力振荡的响应

利用带通滤波方法，将FSU风应力资料分离成ENSO时间尺度上的分量及其剩余部分，将这两部分分别作用于模式海洋（2层热带太平洋区域模式），研究海洋对不同时间尺度大气变化的响应。结果表明：尺管ENSO时间尺度上的风应力分量只占风应力扰动总方差的30％左右，它却能激发出全部异常风应力强迫海洋时所产生的El Nino/La Nina现象和十分相近的SSTA变化周期与振幅。而其余占总异常风应力方差60％以上的部分强迫海洋仅能产生振幅较小的海表温度异常，在非ENSO和ENSO时间尺度上的风应力强迫下，海洋中可产生相近振幅的Kelvin波，但SSTA振幅却存在显著差别，表明海洋对大气扰动信号的频率非常敏感，这里从理论上对该现象作了解释和说明。     

Low-level jet development and the interaction of different scale physical processes

Two cases of low-level jet events and the interaction of the involved physical processes are investigated. The vertical distribution of the dominant atmospheric motions is studied, using data from a SODAR-RASS system and in situ instrumentation, at a coastal region of the Eastern Mediterranean (Messogia Plain in Attica—Greece). The first low-level jet (LLJ) case was observed during the cold period, after the passage of a cold front and could be characterized as purely synoptic. Coherent inertial motions were found to follow the frontal surface at both the wind components, with larger amplitudes at the alongfront wind component, a fact consistent with the deformation theory. The contribution of the diurnal cycle was found weak in both the components, due to the cloudiness and the small diurnal temperature range, while the synoptic scale dominated the northerly wind component. The second LLJ case represents two successive summertime large-scale jets. The absence of cloudiness and the increased solar radiation provided a favorable environment for the development of local flows which interacted with the synoptic wind field. This interaction led to a LLJ with an oscillating core and a variable depth. The diurnal cycle had a strong imprint on the wind component along the sea breeze direction (easterly), while the synoptic variations dominated the northerly wind component. Strong amplitudes of a coherent quasi 2-day variation were also found in both the cases.     

Influence of Sea Surface Temperature on the Predictability of Idealized Tropical Cyclone Intensity

The role of sea surface temperature (SST) forcing in the development and predictability of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity is examined using a large set of idealized numerical experiments in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results indicate that the onset time of rapid intensification of TC gradually decreases, and the peak intensity of TC gradually increases, with the increased magnitude of SST. The predictability limits of the maximum 10 m wind speed (MWS) and minimum sea level pressure (MSLP) are ~72 and ~84 hours, respectively. Comparisons of the analyses of variance for different simulation time confirm that the MWS and MSLP have strong signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) from 0-72 hours and a marked decrease beyond 72 hours. For the horizontal and vertical structures of wind speed, noticeable decreases in the magnitude of SNR can be seen as the simulation time increases, similar to that of the SLP or perturbation pressure. These results indicate that the SST as an external forcing signal plays an important role in TC intensity for up to 72 hours, and it is significantly weakened if the simulation time exceeds the predictability limits of TC intensity.     

The effect of Antarctic sea ice on the Southern Hemisphere atmosphere during the southern summer

This study examines the influence of Antarctic sea ice distribution on the large scale circulation of the Southern Hemisphere using a fully coupled GCM where the sea ice submodel is replaced by a climatology of observed extremes in sea ice concentration. Three 150-year simulations were completed for maximum, minimum and average sea ice concentrations and the results for the austral summer (January?CMarch) were compared using the surface temperatures forced by the sea ice distributions as a filter for creating the composite differences. The results indicate that in the austral summer the polar cell expands (contracts) under minimum (maximum) sea ice conditions with corresponding shifts in the midlatitude Ferrell cell. We suggest that this response occurs because sea ice lies in the margin between the polar and midlatitude cells. The polarity of the Southern Hemisphere Annular (SAM) mode is also influenced such that when sea ice is at a minimum (maximum) the polarity of the SAM tends to be negative (positive).     

北半球海冰强迫作用下大气可预报性研究

使用LASG/IAP GOALS耦合模式中的全球大气环流模式分量AGCMR15L9的计算结果，在其他外强迫维持气候值不变的情况下，用方差分析的方法，以外部方差与总方差之比R_e作为衡量标准，考察该模式关于海冰的季节和跨季节潜在可预报性的大小。结果发现，从总体上看，北半球海冰变化所造成的潜在可预报性较小，只有在大气低层的一些气候要素，如温度、湿度的结果中，才存在R_e＞0.5的现象。潜在可预报性结果的局地特征比较明显，高值往往发生在海冰年际变率大的区域里。与中低纬海温在中高纬地区的影响相比，不排除海冰的作用更大的可能性。另外，如果分区域看，北半球某些区域的海冰，在若干挑选出的其区域海冰面积发生大异常年份中的潜在可预报性可能会比不做挑选的总体结果要大。这说明北半球某些区域海冰在面积发生较大异常的时候，可能对同期或（及）后期环流有着比较重要的影响。     

The temperature of the sea-surface in the region of the Aegean and its relation to air temperature

Summary In this study the annual course of the air and sea-surface temperature in the Aegean sea is examined and a possibly existing relation between these two meteorological parameters is sought.To do this the monthly values of both elements for the period 1971–1975 were cross-correlated. It was found that in general the observed delay of the maximum and minimum values of the temperature of the sea was of the order of one month.With 1 Figure     

福建春雨多时空尺度变化特征

利用主成分分析和相关分析表明,近40 a来福建春雨量场的主要信息集中在前2个主分量上,可解释方差的83.8%,同时第1、第2主成分与福州、厦门春雨的相关显著性水平都超过0.01,因此,可用近百年福州、厦门3—4月降水量构造新序列代表福建春雨的前2个主分量,使分析资料延长至百年。采用连续小波分析和正交小波分析方法以及功率谱方法,研究福建春雨空间分布型的多时间尺度特征,研究结果表明：第1主分量表示的全省一致性旱涝具有显著的准4 a和24～26a的周期振荡;第2主分量表示的春雨分布南北差异主要表现为准两年和准11 a的周期振荡;春旱年南部的降水少于北部;从年代际角度看,20世纪50—60年代显著偏少,80年代显著偏多。福建目前处于春雨正常—偏少期,且南部的春旱比北部严重。     

Bi-daily variation of meteorological properties at sea level across the Pacific along 35°N

The bi-daily (or two-day) variation of meteorological properties is presented for an oceanographic cruise that sailed along 35°N from California to Japan during March and April, 1976. The data were sampled every two hours for 35 days. All the weather variables recorded quantitatively show a two-day periodicity including air temperature (dry- and wet-bulb), sea level pressure, wind velocity (both north and east components as well as speed and direction), total cloud amount and visibility. For pressure and velocity the amplitude of the bi-daily variation is larger than that of the diurnal signal in the same data set analyzed previously; for temperature and cloud amount the bi-daily and diurnal signals have comparable amplitudes. In addition one computed meteorological quantity, relative humidity, exhibits the two-day variation. Also all the oceanographic quantities, sampled once per two hours or oftener, show a two-day cycle: sea-surface temperature, swell height and direction, and sea direction. The bi-daily periodicity can be seen in the raw data but it is more clearly visible after the higher and lower frequencies are reduced by a simple filtering procedure. At 50°N, 145°W (Weather Ship Papa) air temperature, sea level pressure and wind velocity also show a two-day variation during the time of the cruise. Apparently there is no previous documentation of a bi-daily periodicity in meteorological or oceanographic quantities at sea level with which to compare these results. It is hypothesized that the atmosphere is partially adjusting its heat balance horizontally on a time-scale of two days, based on the correlation between air temperature and the north-wind velocity component, which is consistent with a net poleward heat flux all across the ocean. This suggests that the ultimate cause of the bi-daily variation is related to the heating and cooling set up by the sun.