青藏高原臭氧低谷的加深及其可能的影响

通过分析 TOMS(1 979～ 1 992 )资料发现 :(1 )青藏高原的臭氧不仅存在递减趋势 ,而且是一个递减的强中心 ,这个递减的强中心是同纬度地区 3个递减中心之一 ;(2 )夏季青藏高原臭氧低谷有加深的趋势 ,其递减率最大值为 - 0 .336% /a;加深区域为 2 9～ 33°N,78～ 94°E。另外 ,分析 SAGE 资料的结果表明 :青藏高原臭氧递减的强中心的形成是由于其平流层下部臭氧异常减少造成的。根据研究结果的趋势估测 :从 1 992年到 2 0 0 0年 ,夏季青藏高原紫外辐射增加大约为 1 .3%～ 2 .3% ,可能引起白内障发病率上升大约 0 .8%～ 1 .4% ,皮肤癌上升大约 3.2 %～ 5.4%。     

青藏高原和北美夏季臭氧谷垂直结构和形成机制的比较

利用MLS卫星资料和ERA-Interim再分析资料,比较了青藏高原和北美夏季臭氧谷的垂直结构和形成机制。结果如下:青藏高原夏季臭氧谷在垂直方向上存在两个低值中心,一个中心位于对流层顶附近,强度约为-15 DU,形成原因主要为水平幅散,另一个中心位于上平流层,强度约为-1 DU,形成原因可能为光化学反应参与的氯自由基的催化损耗。北美夏季臭氧谷仅存在一个低值中心,位于对流层顶附近,该中心强度约为-5 DU,其形成的主要原因是水平辐散。     

青藏高原平流层臭氧和气溶胶的变化趋势研究

通过分析SAGEⅡ资料,发现青藏高原平流层臭氧存在递减趋势,15—50 km臭氧的变化对臭氧总量变化贡献最大,其中25—50 km和15—25 km两层的贡献大致相当。通过青藏高原和中国东部地区平流层臭氧变化的对比,清楚地看出:两地臭氧总量变化的差异主要是由于在15—25 km臭氧变化不同所致。5—7月臭氧变化趋势的情况与年平均的变化类似,两地臭氧变化的差异主要在平流层低层,即15—25 km。青藏高原平流层气溶胶面密度的时间变化序列显示:大的火山喷发对青藏高原平流层气溶胶具有重要影响,其影响可持续6年左右。从1997年至今,青藏高原18—25 km气溶胶面密度增加,最大的增长出现在23 km,每年大约增长4%—5%。而在16—17 km气溶胶的面密度出现减少趋势。与此同时,在37 km以下,青藏高原的温度出现递减的趋势,而且其递减速度比中国东部地区快;在37—50 km,温度出现增加的趋势,青藏高原的增温也比中国东部地区快。青藏高原平流层低层气溶胶的增加和温度的降低都将增强该区域非均相反应的作用。     

青藏高原气温变化趋势与同纬度带其他地区的差异以及臭氧的可能作用

利用台站探空观测资料和卫星观测资料,分析了1979—2002年青藏高原上空温度的变化趋势。结果表明：高原地区上空平流层低层和对流层上层的温度与对流层中低层具有反相变化趋势。平流层低层和对流层上层降温,温度出现降低趋势,降温幅度无论是年平均还是季节平均都比全球平均降温幅度更大。高原上空对流层中低层增温,温度显示出增加的趋势,并且比同纬度中国东部非高原地区有更强的增温趋势。对1979—2002年卫星臭氧资料的分析表明,青藏高原上空臭氧总量在每个季节都呈现出明显的下降趋势,并且比同纬度带其他地区下降得更快。由于青藏高原上空臭氧有更大幅度的减少,造成高原平流层对太阳紫外辐射吸收比其他地区更少,使进入对流层的辐射更多,从而导致高原上空平流层低层和对流层上层降温比其他地区更强,而对流层中低层增温更大。因此,高原上空比其他地区更大幅度的臭氧总量减少可能是造成青藏高原上空与同纬度其他地区温度变化趋势差异的一个重要原因。     

青藏高原臭氧的ENSO

通过对臭氧卫星观测资料及大气环流资料的分析,研究了青藏高原上空臭氧年际变化中的ENSO信号,并与同纬度无山区及赤道地区进行比较.研究指出:在ElNino年(南方涛动指数为负),青藏高原臭氧总量偏大,在LaNina年(南方涛动指数为正),青藏高原臭氧总量偏小.同时讨论了与ENSO事件有关的大气环流物质输送.     

青藏高原臭氧的ENSO

通过对臭氧卫星观测资料及大气环流资料的分析，研究了青藏高原上空臭氧年际变化中的 ＥＮＳＯ信号，并与同纬度无山区及赤道地区进行比较。研究指出：在 Ｅ１ Ｎｉｎｏ年（ＳＯＩ指数为负）青藏高原臭氧总量增加，在 Ｌａ Ｎｉｎａ年（ＳＯＩ指数为正）青藏高原臭氧总量减小。本文同时讨论了与ＥＮＳＯ事件有关的大气环流物质输送。     

青藏高原夏季臭氧低谷形成的机理-臭氧输送和化学过程

利用三维化学输送模式(OSLO CTM2)模拟青藏高原夏季臭氧低谷。结果表明：在青藏高原夏季臭氧低谷的形成和变化过程中，动力输送过程起着最主要作用，化学过程部分补偿了输送过程引起的臭氧减少。在动力输送过程中，水平输送在5月份是造成臭氧减少的主要原因，可在6月和7月成为使臭氧增加；垂直平流的作用不断增强，在6月和7月成为臭氧减少的主要因素；对流输送的作用在7月份大幅增加，其引起的臭氧减少可以与净的变化相比，其作用也不可忽视。气相的化学过程引起的臭氧增加的量值有时超过了臭氧的净变化的大小，因此它也起着重要作用。     

青藏高原大气臭氧研究

总结了国内外有关青藏高原大气臭氧方面开展的研究工作，并简要地介绍了1996－1999年利用NILUV观测仪器在拉萨地区进行臭氧和紫外辐射观测的初步结论。     

夏季青藏高原北部对流层臭氧垂直分布的观测研究

对流层臭氧垂直分布变化对气候环境有重要的影响,然而观测数据一直较为稀缺。利用2016年7月下旬—8月青海省格尔木市对流层臭氧探空观测资料开展夏季青藏高原北部对流层臭氧垂直分布变化特征及其形成机制的大气背景研究。结果表明,在大气背景的转换下对流层臭氧垂直分布整体上呈现高（低）臭氧与低（高）水汽和高（低）位势涡度的对应。除7月25—27日高空低压槽过境导致的平流层向下输送使对流层臭氧浓度升高明显外,阻塞暖高压反气旋和源自青藏高原主体地区的强对流天气过境也对对流层臭氧分布有影响:阻塞暖高压在观测点东北部形成后导致7月31日至8月8日格尔木对流层连续出现罕见东风,但对流层臭氧浓度仅在8月2日因东北—西南方向反气旋切变而出现较高值,其中6 km高度以下则因为东风输送而出现高臭氧、高比湿的污染性气团;强对流天气过境影响使得8月12—14日10 km高度以上出现臭氧最低值和比湿最高值。与西宁历史夏季（1996年7—8月初）臭氧探空测值比较,格尔木对流层臭氧浓度8月偏低,该特征与季风影响青藏高原纬度最高地区所在月份一致。与林芝（2014年7月）、那曲（2011年7月末—8月中旬）和拉萨（1998年8月）历史夏季臭氧探空测值比较发现,纬度效应对青藏高原地区对流层臭氧浓度有影响。      

江苏春季霜冻气候变化特征及其未来可能变化趋势

在利用江苏省35站1961-2008年气象观测资料分析春霜冻发生时空演变特征的基础上,利用“WCRP”的耦合模式比较计划一阶段3的多模式未来气候数据,分析了未来不同气候变化情景下江苏省春霜冻变化趋势。结果表明：近48a来,江苏省终霜冻期显著提早、春霜冻日数明显减少;终霜冻期和春霜冻日数均在20世纪90年代后期发生气候突变。在未来全球气候变化背景下,江苏的终霜冻期将进一步明显提前,其中在中排放情景下（A1B）,2020s终霜冻期将比1961-1999平均终霜冻期提前4．6～9．6d,至2060s将提前14．6～17．7d;在高排放情景下（A2）,2020s将提前7．3～11．3d,至2060s将提前12．8～16．5d;在低排放情景下（B1）,2020s将提前5．3～10．2d,至2060s将提前9．4～14．2d。     

Evaluating the Ozone Valley over the Tibetan Plateau in CMIP6 Models

Total column ozone (TCO) over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is lower than that over other regions at the same latitude, particularly in summer. This feature is known as the “TP ozone valley”. This study evaluates long-term changes in TCO and the ozone valley over the TP from 1984 to 2100 using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). The TP ozone valley consists of two low centers, one is located in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS), and the other is in the middle and upper stratosphere. Overall, the CMIP6 models simulate the low ozone center in the UTLS well and capture the spatial characteristics and seasonal cycle of the TP ozone valley, with spatial correlation coefficients between the modeled TCO and the Multi Sensor Reanalysis version 2 (MSR2) TCO observations greater than 0.8 for all CMIP6 models. Further analysis reveals that models which use fully coupled and online stratospheric chemistry schemes simulate the anticorrelation between the 150 hPa geopotential height and zonal anomaly of TCO over the TP better than models without interactive chemistry schemes. This suggests that coupled chemical-radiative-dynamical processes play a key role in the simulation of the TP ozone valley. Most CMIP6 models underestimate the low center in the middle and upper stratosphere when compared with the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) observations. However, the bias in the middle and upper stratospheric ozone simulations has a marginal effect on the simulation of the TP ozone valley. Most CMIP6 models predict the TP ozone valley in summer will deepen in the future.     

Study on Ozone Change over the Tibetan Plateau

This paper reviewed the main results with respect to the discovery of low center of total column ozone (TCO) over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) in summer, and its formation mechanism. Some important advances are summarized as follows: The fact is discovered that there is a TCO low center over the TP in summer, and the features of the background circulation over the TP are analyzed; it is confirmed that the TP is a pathway of mass exchange between the troposphere and stratosphere, and it influences the TCO low center over the TP in summer; models reproduce the TCO low center over the TP in summer, and the formation mechanism is explored; in addition, the analyses and diagnoses of the observation data indicate that not only there is the TCO low center over the TP in summer, but also TCO decrease trend over the TP is one of the strong centers of TCO decrease trend in the same latitude; finally, the model predicts the future TCO change over the TP.     

1998年青藏高原臭氧低值中心异常及其背景环流场的分析

采用TOMS和SAGE II臭氧卫星观测资料,对1998年青藏高原臭氧低值中心异常变化的过程和垂直结构进行了分析。为了探讨1998年这个低值中心出现异常的原因,利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,通过1998年高原附近上空位势场和位温的变化,分析了1998年臭氧低值中心异常期间高原上空对流层上层到平流层下层的流场和垂直运动的变化特征。结果表明,1998年11月,青藏高原上空对流顶比正常年份高,无论是对流层上层还是平流层下层,上升运动都比正常年份强。同时高原上空南亚高压也比正常年份强,于是使得1998年高原上空的强臭氧低值中心一直维持到11月。     

青藏高原臭氧低值中心的变化与我国气候的关系

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、GPCP降水资料以及我国160个台站的降水资料, 研究了青藏高原臭氧低值中心偏强年和偏弱年的气候差异。结果表明，5～7月平均的青藏高原臭氧总量变化与我国当年夏季、冬季以及第二年春季的气温和降水等有明显的相关关系:在臭氧低值中心偏强年夏季, 中国绝大部分地区地面气温比多年平均偏高, 长江以南地区降水偏多, 长江以北大部分地区降水偏少, 尤其是长江中下游和黄河中下游之间的地面降水偏少特别明显。在臭氧低值中心偏强年冬季和次年春季, 中国大部分地区冬季风比多年平均弱, 使得绝大部分地区地面气温偏高。臭氧低值中心偏弱年的情况基本上与偏强年相反。因此, 青藏高原上空臭氧低值中心的变化在气候预测中是一个值得重视的因子。     

Air Temperature Changes over the Tibetan Plateau and Other Regions in the Same Latitudes and the Role of Ozone Depletion

Using radiosonde and satellite observations, we investigated the trends of air temperature changes over the Tibetan Plateau （TP） in comparison with those over other regions in the same latitudes from 1979 to 2002. It is shown that Over the TP, the trends of air temperature changes in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere were out of phase with those in the lower to middle troposphere. Air temperature decreased and a decreasing trend appeared in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere. The amplitude of the annual or seasonal mean temperature decreases over the TP was larger than that over the whole globe. In the lower to middle troposphere over the TP, temperature increased, and the increasing trend was stronger than that over the non-plateau regions in the same latitudes in the eastern part of China. Meanwhile, an analysis of the satellite observed ozone data in the same period of 1979-2002 shows that over the TP, the total ozone amount declined in all seasons, and the ozone depleted the most compared with the situations in other regions in the same latitudes. It is proposed that the difference between the ozone depletion over the TP and that over other regions in the same latitudes may lead to the difference in air temperature changes. Because of the aggravated depletion of ozone over the TP, less （more） ultraviolet radiation was absorbed in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere （lower to middle troposphere） over the TP, which favored a stronger cooling in the upper troposphere to lower stratosphere, and an intenser heating in the lower to middle troposphere over the TP. Therefore, the comparatively more depletion of ozone over the TP is possibly a reason for the difference between the air temperature changes over the TP and those over other regions in the same latitudes.     

Dynamic Effects of the South Asian High on the Ozone Valley over the Tibetan Plateau

In this study, the TOMS/SBUV (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer/Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer) data and SAGE (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment) II data were employed to calculate the monthly total zonal ozone deviations over the Tibetan Plateau and the 150?C50-hPa zonal ozone variations. The results show that there is a significant correlation between the two, with a correlation coefficient of 0.977. From 150 to 50 hPa, the ozone valley over the Tibetan Plateau (OVTP) becomes the strongest based on the SAGE II data, and the South Asian high (SAH) is the most active according to the 40-yr reanalysis data of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ERA40), so a correlation between the SAH and the OVTP may exist. The WACCM3 (Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model version 3) simulation results show that both SAH and OVTP could still present within 150?C50 hPa with reduced strength even when the height of the Tibetan Plateau was cut down to 1500 m. It is also shown that the seasonal variation of SAH would result in a matched seasonal variation of the OVTP, which suggests a meaningful effect of SAH on the OVTP. Meanwhile, it is found that the atmospheric circulation would impose different effects on the OVTP, depending on the SAH??s evolution stages and movement directions. At 150?C50 hPa, as the SAH approaches the plateau, the SAH zonal (meridional) transport would make the OVTP deeper (shallower), while the vertical transport of ozone produces a deeper (shallower) OVTP at the lower (higher) level; the combined dynamic effects lead to a weakened OVTP. When the SAH stabilizes over the plateau, the zonal (meridional) transport results in a shallower (deeper) OVTP while the vertical transport would create a deeper (shallower) OVTP at the middle (bottom and top) levels; the combined dynamic effects produce a deeper OVTP. As the SAH retreats from the plateau, the OVTP becomes deeper (shallower) under the zonal (meridional) effect or shallower under the vertical effect; the combined dynamic effects contribute to a deeper (shallower) OVTP at the middle (bottom and top) levels. The SAH would have a weak effect on the OVTP over the plateau when positioned over the tropical Pacific.     

Formation of the Summertime Ozone Valley over the Tibetan Plateau: The Asian Summer Monsoon and Air Column Variations

The summertime ozone valley over the Tibetan Plateau is formed by two influences,the Asian summer monsoon(ASM) and air column variations.Total ozone over the Tibetan Plateau in summer was ～33 Dobson units(DU) lower than zonal mean values over the ocean at the same latitudes during the study period 2005-2009.Satellite observations of ozone profiles show that ozone concentrations over the ASM region have lower values in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere(UTLS) than over the non-ASM region.This is caused by frequent convective transport of low-ozone air from the lower troposphere to the UTLS region combined with trapping by the South Asian High.This offset contributes to a ～20-DU deficit in the ozone column over the ASM region.In addition,along the same latitude,total ozone changes identically with variations of the terrain height,showing a high correlation with terrain heights over the ASM region,which includes both the Tibetan and Iranian plateaus.This is confirmed by the fact that the Tibetan and Iranian plateaus have very similar vertical distributions of ozone in the UTLS,but they have different terrain heights and different total-column ozone levels.These two factors(lower UTLS ozone and higher terrain height) imply 40 DU in the lower-ozone column,but the Tibetan Plateau ozone column is only ～33 DU lower than that over the non-ASM region.This fact suggests that the lower troposphere has higher ozone concentrations over the ASM region than elsewhere at the same latitude,contributing ～7 DU of total ozone,which is consistent with ozonesonde and satellite observations.