双热带气旋相互作用的机制分析及数值研究 II:数值模拟

在本文第Ⅰ部分关于双热带气旋相互作用物卵机制分析的基础上,利用正压原始方程模式对,平面上无大尺度环境流场情况下双热带气旋的相互作用进行了数值模拟研究,重点考察了双热带气旋水平流场相互作用的次级环流机制,文[1]中所提出的双热带气旋相互作用的临界距离效应概念在模式中得到了验证.同时通过模拟还发现,双热带气旋的联合强度越强、中心间距越小,则互旋越快;对于相互吸引的双热带气旋而言,合并后范围有所扩大,强度有一定的加强,并且较强的两个热带气旋比一强一弱的两个热带气旋维持的时间要长、较难于合并.这些结果与实际双热带气旋相互作用的观测事实极为一致.     

双热带气旋相互作用的机制分析及数值研究(一)——物理机制的分析

本文对正压情况下双热带气旋的相互作用进行了机制分析.通过对两个理想涡旋间非线性涡度平流过程的分析,揭示了双涡气旋性互旋及其中心间距变化的涡度平流机制.分析表明,一个涡旋的切向风场对另一涡旋涡度场的平流相互作用可造成两者气旋性互旋;而一个涡旋的切向风场与另一涡旋涡度梯度间的相互作用所引起的次级环流可造成双涡中心间距的增大或减小(定义为排斥或吸引),由此提出了双涡相互作用的临界距离效应概念.对几类常用的理想热带气旋及合成热带气旋的分析证实,双热带气旋的相互作用存在这种临界距离效应,且临界距离平均在6—7个纬距     

正压无辐散模式中双涡的相互作用

本文在无环境流场的情况下,利用正压无辐散模式对双涡的相互作用以及β效应的影响进行了数值模拟研究。一系列的试验结果表明:双涡的相对运动对双涡间的初始距离及双涡的相对强度是十分敏感的,双涡间的非线性涡度平流可导致两个系统的气旋隆互旋;同时可造成两个系统的相互吸引和合并或相互排斥,吸引或排斥的临界距离取决于双涡的结构及相对强度:"合并"的快慢取决于双涡的联合强度,联合强度越强越难于"合并"β效应对双涡的相互作用具有显著的影响。它可以改变双涡相互吸引或排斥的性质,还可以使两个相互吸引的同等强度的涡旋"合并"后较平直地向西北方向漂移,而使两个不同强度的涡旋"合并"后的运动表现为β漂移和陀螺运动的叠加。      

双热带气旋合并过程涡旋强度与吸引效应相关特征数值模拟

利用中尺度模式HWRF(Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast System)模拟双热带气旋"狮子山"(2010)与"南川"(2010)涡旋合并过程,并通过强度敏感性试验揭示两涡旋强度对合并过程的影响。分析表明:在两者的合并过程中,"狮子山"涡旋强度明显大于"南川";"狮子山"涡旋对"南川"涡旋具有更大的"吸引"效应,两者西侧呈相对强的能量、水汽"连体"通道。HWRF能够较好的模拟出双热带气旋"狮子山"与"南川"的强度、移动路径,尤其是两涡旋的合并过程。进一步分析控制试验双热带气旋水平与垂直结构揭示出两涡旋"互旋"过程中,"弱涡旋"并入"强涡旋"相互影响特征。有关"狮子山"与"南川"强度的敏感试验亦表明,两者各自涡旋强度"合并方向"具有关键影响。在敏感性试验中,改变涡旋强度后两者路径亦存在"互旋"现象,但与控制试验两涡旋"合并方向"相反,即敏感性试验热带气旋"狮子山"涡旋削弱,而"南川"涡旋强度相对增强,导致原涡旋西侧水汽、能量输送连体通道明显削弱,同时由于"南川"涡旋的强度强于"狮子山",两者东侧水汽、能量输送通道亦加强,导致"南川"涡旋对"狮子山"的涡旋存在"吸引"效应。"狮子山"涡旋残留云带一部分合并入"南川",一部分则随西南气流进入台风"圆规"。     

双热带气旋相互作用研究动态

对两个相同或不同尺度热带气旋性涡旋相互作用的研究成果进行了分析和探讨,认为数值模拟和大气动力学理论分析的研究是进一步认识双热带气旋性涡旋相互作用的物理机制,提高预报双热带气旋性涡旋相互作用引发热带气旋异常路径业务能力的有效途径;继续这一领域的研究工作是非常必要的。     

热带气旋强度变化研究进展

自20世纪90年代后期以来,热带气旋强度变化研究越来越受到人们的重视,随着研究的不断深入,热带气旋强度变化研究取得了可喜的进展,文中总结近年来热带气旋强度变化的主要研究成果,主要包括(1)热带气旋的发生、发展和最大可能强度的研究;(2)行星涡度梯度、环境均匀流、环境流场垂直切变以及热带气旋外流与环境流的相互作用对热带气旋强度的影响及物理机制;(3)热带气旋结构与强度的变化关系,着重总结环境流场导致的非对称结构变化而引起的热带气旋强度变化以及对涡旋倾斜发展理论验证,分析了涡旋Rossby波的最新研究;(4)海洋热状况变化以及海洋飞沫对热带气旋强度的影响研究成果。分析指出,今后进一步开展用现代化卫星探测资料研究热带气旋强度变化外,还应加强热带气旋外流与环境流场的相互作用,海-气交界面的参数化问题,热带气旋结构变化与TC强度变化关系以及这种关系的物理本质的研究,通过深入研究,认识热带气旋强度变化的物理机制,提高热带气旋强度变化的预报能力。     

多个热带气旋相互作用对南海热带气旋异常路径影响的数值模拟研究

本文利用数值预报式来研究可能造成南海热带气旋异常路径的一个因子，即多个热带气旋之间的相互作用。这里所说的热带气旋相互作用不是指通常所说的两个热带气旋很靠近时的相互吸引（排斥）或旋转这一类涡旋间的直接相互作用，而是指相隔远距离的热带气旋门，通过改变环境流场而造成的间接影响。所选的例子是位于南海的9009号热带气旋（Tasha）。与它同时存在的热带气旋中9008（Steve）与9010（Vernon）。先作了这次多个活动的数值预报试验，以判断模式的预报能力，然后通过有控制地改变9008与9010号热带气旋的参数，来考察这两个热带气旋活动对9009号热带气旋的路径的影响，并对这种影响的机理作一定的诊断分析。     

高空槽对9711号台风变性加强影响的数值研究

9711号台风Winnie是一个在中国大陆长久维持(2-3 d)并产生强降水的热带气旋(TC),在其深入内陆过程中变性加强为一个温带气旋.用MM5V3对不同强度高空槽影响下Winnie的变性加强过程进行了数值研究.结果表明:(1)Winnie变性加强过程表现为强锋面侵入台风内部、冷空气包裹台风中心、一个温带气旋在近地层锋面上强烈发展的过程;(2)Winnie在陆上的变性加强与西风带高空槽的强度密切相关.TC与不同强度高空槽相互作用过程中,较深槽携带较强冷平流、正涡度平流以及较强的槽前高空辐散,从而有利于TC的维持和变性发展.数值试验中,高空槽越强,Winnie变性加强越明显,温带气旋的发展越快;(3)模拟结果的位涡分析表明, Winnie的温带变性发展与对流层高层正位涡下传、低层锋区和TC低压环流三者之间的相互作用有关.     

登陆热带气旋研究的进展

随着大气探测技术的发展 ,登陆热带气旋研究已经成为热带气旋研究中一个新的领域。新的探测技术能初步揭示出热带气旋登陆过程中发生的多种改变。近年来 ,国内外科学家实施了一系列外场科学试验 (Fieldscientificexperi ments) ,对登陆热带气旋进行探测和研究 ,旨在提高预报的准确率。登陆热带气旋研究内容包括 :海岸和内陆山脉地形影响 ,结构和强度变化 ,登陆热带气旋的暴雨强度和分布 ,大风强度和分布 ,风暴潮强度和范围 ,登陆热带气旋在陆上的维持机制 ,陆地涡旋的路径和入海加强 ,边界层结构 ,陆面过程和能量交换 ,变性过程等。研究采用外场科学试验与数值模拟相结合的方法。模拟或预报模式中使用同化资料尤其是卫星同化资料来构造初值场 ,取得较好结果。登陆热带气旋的研究目前正在展开 ,并取得了一些重要结果。研究表明 ,潜热释放和斜压位能释放是近海或登陆热带气旋加强或维持的两种主要能源。这两种能量可分别从水汽输送和热带气旋与中纬度环流的相互作用中获得。另外 ,陆面饱和湿地或水面的潜热输送、热带气旋与中尺度涡旋或热带云团的合并以及高空流出气流强辐散也对其加强和维持有利。世界气象组织的热带气象研究计划 (TMRP)正在组织对这一领域的总结和下一步的研究计划。这项研究将对预报和     

双热带气旋相互作用研究综述

在对西北太平洋上双热带气旋(TC)相互作用统计基础上,探讨了2个大尺度气旋性涡旋间的相互作用对TC路径、降水强度和落区的影响,结果表明:①双TC相互作用现象集中在7—10月,与TC生成的高发期一致;②双TC相互作用主要受到双TC的结构与强度、中心距离、地理位置和环境场的影响。③双TC相互作用常使TC出现异常路径,强度变为一强一弱,以及远距离TC降水。     

双涡藤原效应的数值模拟研究

本文利用正压无辐散模式在无环境基本气流的情况下对双涡的藤原效应及其“合并”后涡旋移动路径的特征进行了数值模拟研究。结果表明,只有当双涡间的距离小于某一临界距离时才会出现藤原效应,这一临界距离决定于涡旋的结构及双涡的相对强度;双涡的“合并”过程实际上是其中一个涡旋减弱消失而另一涡旋维持的过程;在考虑β效应的情形下,两个同等强度的涡旋“合并”后表现为较平直的向西北的β飘移,而两个不同强度的涡旋“合并”后表现为陀螺运动和β飘移的叠加。这些结果与实际大气中双台风相互作用的许多现象极为相似。     

双热带气旋相互作用的研究

采用无基本气流的无辐散正压模式模拟了双热带气旋的运动。应用非对称理论研究了双热带气旋的相互作用。双热带气旋中的每个热带气旋主要由通过其中心的非对称气流（即通风气流）作用而移动。这股非对称气流是由其自身的线性和非线性效应产生的非对称涡旋与其配对热带气旋形成的非对称涡旋相叠加而引起的。     

热带内外地区环流季内变化的相互作用特征──Ⅱ．数值试验研究

在本研究第Ｉ部分工作的基础上，本文建立了一个二层非线性动力学谱模式，并对它实施了一组数值试验，进而从数值试验角度探讨了季内低频域中的环流、热带对流以及低频波流之间的相互作用特征。模式大气结果进一步证实了我们在本研究第三部分中提出的结论：热带地区低频热力作用对于热带内外地区环流间的相互影响起重要的衔接作用。     

西北太平洋双热带气旋相互作用统计分类及其特征分析

采用中国气象局与上海台风研究所提供的1949-2007年西北太平洋热带气旋最佳路径资料,统计分析了西北太平洋上的双(多)热带气旋相互作用现象.针对统计出的双热带气旋样本,根据相互作用两气旋的单独移动路径和它们相互作用的路径特征,归纳得到7种相互作用类型( A～G),并用聚类分析方法拟合得到每种类型的平均回归路径.分析讨...     

Impact of atmospheric and oceanic conditions on the frequency and genesis location of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific in 2004 and 2010

This study examines the impact of atmospheric and oceanic conditions during May–August of 2004 and 2010 on the frequency and genesis location of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific. Using the WRF model, four numerical experiments were carried out based on different atmospheric conditions and SST forcing. The numerical experiments indicated that changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions greatly affect tropical cyclone activity, and the roles of atmospheric conditions are slightly greater than oceanic conditions. Specifically, the total number of tropical cyclones was found to be mostly affected by atmospheric conditions, while the distribution of tropical cyclone genesis locations was mainly related to oceanic conditions, especially the distribution of SST. In 2010, a warmer SST occurred west of 140°E, with a colder SST east of 140°E. On the one hand, the easterly flow was enhanced through the effect of the increase in the zonal SST gradient.The strengthened easterly flow led to an anomalous boundary layer divergence over the region to the east of 140°E, which suppressed the formation of tropical cyclones over this region. On the other hand, the colder SST over the region to the east of 140°E led to a colder low-level air temperature, which resulted in decreased CAPE and static instability energy. The decrease in thermodynamic energy restricted the generation of tropical cyclones over the same region.     

A numerical study of the interaction between two simultaneous storms: Goni and Morakot in September 2009

Significant anomalous tracks were observed when the severe tropical storm Goni(0907) and typhoon Morakot(0908) in September 2009 were evaluated in short distances.The relationship between the two is regarded as a case of binary interaction.Based on an MM5 model(fifth-generation mesoscale model of Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research),in this study a series of sensitivity experiments were designed to determine the binary interaction between them.The sensitivity of the storm characteristics to the binary interaction was demonstrated through modeling experiments with different TC intensities and sizes based on the bogus vortices initialization.Furthermore,the contributions of large-scale environmental flow and the effects of interaction between the motions of the cyclones were distinguished by numerical experiments using only one of the TC vortices.Results from these experiments show that Morakot(0908) had a greater impact on the motion of Goni(0907),whereas Goni(0907) had a relatively limited impact on Morakot(0908).At the upper level,the northeasterly jet flow in the third quadrant of Morakot(0908) enhanced the upper-level divergence of Goni(0907) and had an important role in maintaining and increasing Goni’s(0907) intensity.And at the lower level,Morakot(0908),with strong convergence and ascending airflow,made a stable transport channel of southwesterly warm and wet flow,thus supporting the lower-level water vapor convergence of Goni(0907).Goni(0907),which was located upriver of the southwesterly flow,intercepted part of the water vapor transportation in the southwesterly flow,causing the water vapor convergence to strengthen while the water vapor convergence of Morakot(0908) weakened.     

Predictability of tropical cyclone events on intraseasonal timescales with the ECMWF monthly forecast model

The objective of this study is to provide evidence of predictability on intraseasonal time scales (10–30 days) for western North Pacific tropical cyclone formation and subsequent tracks using the 51-member ECMWF 32-day forecasts made once a week from 5 June through 25 December 2008. Ensemble storms are defined by grouping ensemble member vortices whose positions are within a specified separation distance that is equal to 180 n mi at the initial forecast time t and increases linearly to 420 n mi at Day 14 and then is constant. The 12-h track segments are calculated with a Weighted-Mean Vector Motion technique in which the weighting factor is inversely proportional to the distance from the endpoint of the previous 12-h motion vector. Seventy-six percent of the ensemble storms had five or fewer member vortices. On average, the ensemble storms begin 2.5 days before the first entry of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) best-track file, tend to translate too slowly in the deep tropics, and persist for longer periods over land. A strict objective matching technique with the JTWC storms is combined with a second subjective procedure that is then applied to identify nearby ensemble storms that would indicate a greater likelihood of a tropical cyclone developing in that region with that track orientation. The ensemble storms identified in the ECMWF 32-day forecasts provided guidance on intraseasonal timescales of the formations and tracks of the three strongest typhoons and two other typhoons, but not for two early season typhoons and the late season Dolphin. Four strong tropical storms were predicted consistently over Week-1 through Week-4, as was one weak tropical storm. Two other weak tropical storms, three tropical cyclones that developed from precursor baroclinic systems, and three other tropical depressions were not predicted on intraseasonal timescales. At least for the strongest tropical cyclones during the peak season, the ECMWF 32-day ensemble provides guidance of formation and tracks on 10–30 day timescales.     

Advances in research and forecasting of tropical cyclones from 1963–2013

A review of progress over the past 50 years in observing and forecasting of tropical cyclones is presented. Tremendous progress has been made in track forecasting in the past 20 years with the improvement in numerical model guidance and the use of consensus forecasting, and this has contributed to a number of warning centers now issuing five-day track forecasts that are as accurate as three-day forecasts of a decade ago. Techniques are now available to specify the track forecast uncertainty for assessing the risk of a tropical cyclone. With the advent of five-day forecasts, a focus on improved understanding of formation has led to two field experiments. A recent advance has been in extended-range (5–30 days) forecasts of tropical cyclone events (formations and tracks) in the western North Pacific from the ECMWF 32-day ensemble predictions. This advance is a contribution to a goal of seamless forecasting from one day to a season for tropical cyclones. Little progress has been made in intensity forecasting, although the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project in the United States and recent field experiments may offer some future advances. Some advances in forecasting tropical cyclone impacts such as storm surge, surface waves, and precipitation have been achieved. Future opportunities for continued advances are possible such that improved warnings can lead to reductions in losses of lives and minimizing damages from tropical cyclones.     

“狮子山”奇异路径及业务预报着眼点的初步分析

利用热带气旋业务资料、数值模式分析场等产品从大气环流、双台风作用角度简要分析了1006号强热带风暴“狮子山”奇异路径的形成原因,结果表明同时存在的热带气旋“南川”和“圆规”所产生的双台风作用对“狮子山”路径有重要影响,并针对业务中的预报着眼点进行了分析和讨论.