Numerical simulations of an advection fog event over Shanghai Pudong International Airport with the WRF model

A series of numerical simulations is conducted to understand the formation, evolution, and dissipation of an advection fog event over Shanghai Pudong International Airport (ZSPD) with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Using the current operational settings at the Meteorological Center of East China Air Traffic Management Bureau, the WRF model successfully predicts the fog event at ZSPD. Additional numerical experiments are performed to examine the physical processes associated with the fog event. The results indicate that prediction of this particular fog event is sensitive to microphysical schemes for the time of fog dissipation but not for the time of fog onset. The simulated timing of the arrival and dissipation of the fog, as well as the cloud distribution, is substantially sensitive to the planetary boundary layer and radiation (both longwave and shortwave) processes. Moreover, varying forecast lead times also produces different simulation results for the fog event regarding its onset and duration, suggesting a trade-off between more accurate initial conditions and a proper forecast lead time that allows model physical processes to spin up adequately during the fog simulation. The overall outcomes from this study imply that the complexity of physical processes and their interactions within the WRF model during fog evolution and dissipation is a key area of future research.     

南京冬季浓雾的演变特征及爆发性增强研究

2007年12月18—19日,南京地区出现了一次持续20h的浓雾过程,其中能见度低于50m的强浓雾几乎占到整个雾过程的1／3。利用同期在南京市北郊的外场观测数据,结合NCEP再分析资料,分析了该次雾的演变过程、微物理结构及边界层特征,探讨了地面雾爆发性增强的成因。结果表明：本次雾在西南平流的增湿作用下触发生成;日出后,平流输送和地表蒸发提供了充足水汽来源,贴地层逆温因高空下沉增温而向上抬升且稳定存在,因此大雾得以维持;整个雾过程中雾滴数浓度、平均直径、含水量随时间的变化趋势基本一致,平均谱曲线均呈指数下降分布,雾滴集中在小滴端;两次地面雾爆发性增强均发生在夜间,其特征为各微物理参量明显增大,滴谱上抬拓宽;爆发性增强的原因是地表气温陡降、贴地层逆温增强及可充当雾滴凝结核的气溶胶大粒子数增多。     

一次区域暖雾的特征分析及数值模拟

2004年12月17～19日在我国中东部的大部分地区出现了大雾天气,对这次大雾天气过程进行了综合探测,探测仪器包括粒子测量系统、能见度仪、雾滴谱取样仪以及常规气象观测等。作者分析了部分观测结果并结合区域尺度数值模式,揭示了区域雾的一些基本特征,研究了雾形成和发展机制。结果表明,这是一次典型的辐射雾过程,雾的覆盖范围大,水平分布很不均匀。雾先从地面生成,然后不断向高处扩展,没有出现雾的爆发性增长现象。近地面逆温层的存在、充沛的水汽供应和微风条件有利于雾的形成和维持,太阳短波辐射增温和地面长波辐射降温是雾形成和消散的主要因素。     

一次深厚浓雾过程的边界层特征和生消物理机制

2007年12月13-14日,南京出现一次厚度达600 m、持续近14 h的浓雾过程,其中强浓雾阶段维持4 h.通过系留气球边界层探测系统、涡动协方差测量系统、雾滴尺度分布和自动气象站等外场试验资料分析了此次深厚浓雾过程的边界层结构特征和生消物理机制.结果表明,此次雾过程首先由地面辐射冷却形成贴地雾层,而后因低空平流冷却形成低云.在发展阶段,伴随低云不断下伸,贴地雾层不断抬升.在贴地雾层受到地面弱冷空气平流降温影响下,雾中微物理过程迅速发展,雾滴数密度、含水量、平均直径、最大直径等微物理参数在15 min内跃增,雾体爆发性升高,最终导致地面雾和低云上下贯通形成深厚雾层,地面能见度骤降至15 m以下.雾体爆发性增强时,地面垂直动量通量和向下长波辐射通量密度增大,净辐射趋于零.整个雾过程中,由于贴地层持续弱冷平流降温和上层雾阻碍了下层雾的辐射降温,二者的共同作用使贴地强逆温结构始终维持.     

一次高压型海雾中的液态含水量演变特征

2008年3月16—17日在粤西电白出现了一次在高压天气系统控制下的海雾过程。利用这次海雾的综合观测数据,分析了这一高压型海雾的液态含水量演变特征,讨论了液态含水量与雾滴平均直径和数密度以及气温、风速、湍流交换等的关系。结果显示:(1)海雾有发展-消散-再发展的准周期性变化特征;(2)海雾过程中的雾滴数有显著的变化,而雾滴平均直径的变化较小;雾滴数变化对海雾的发展、消散起主要作用;(3)在海雾生成和发展阶段,空气的冷却机制起主要作用;而在海雾的维持阶段冷却机制的作用并不明显;(4)在雾的生成阶段,弱湍流交换有利于雾的生成;而在雾的发展和维持阶段,湍流交换减弱,液态水增长,反之液态水减少。湍流交换的强、弱与海雾发展-消散-再发展的周期性变化有密切关系。     

北京地区一次平流雾过程的分析和数值模拟

2007年2月21日北京地区发生了一次严重的平流雾, 对广大群众的出行和交通影响甚大, 属高影响天气事件。该文利用首都机场地面观测、北京市自动气象站观测以及NCEP分析场等资料对该过程进行分析, 同时利用MM5模式对该过程进行数值模拟研究。分析表明:造成北京地区此次平流雾的主要天气形势是弱低压辐合型。平流雾发生前, 北京地区没有明显冷空气侵入, 大气层结相对稳定, 地面观测到中尺度辐合线, 其南侧的东南气流向北京地区输送了水汽, 为夜间雾的形成提供了良好的基础条件。模拟结果表明:模拟的雾区范围及其移动基本与实况吻合, 显示了中尺度模式预报平流雾的潜在能力。进一步分析表明:雾区的边缘具有明显的水平温度梯度; 在贴地面层东南气流被雾区阻挡偏向西, 在雾区前沿辐合; 雾区的逆温区前沿930 hPa以下存在一个明显的垂直热力环流, 雾区下沉, 雾区前沿上升。     

On the Influence of a Simple Microphysics Parametrization on Radiation Fog Modelling: A Case Study During ParisFog

A detailed numerical simulation of a radiation fog event with a single column model is presented, which takes into account recent developments in microphysical parametrizations. One-dimensional simulations are performed using the computational fluid dynamics model Code_Saturne and the results are compared to a very detailed in situ dataset collected during the ParisFog campaign, which took place near Paris, France, during the winter 2006–2007. Special attention is given to the detailed and complete diurnal simulations and to the role of microphysics in the fog life cycle. The comparison between the simulated and the observed visibility, in the single-column model case study, shows that the evolution of radiation fog is correctly simulated. Sensitivity simulations show that fog development and dissipation are sensitive to the droplet-size distribution through sedimentation/deposition processes but the aerosol number concentration in the coarse mode has a low impact on the time of fog formation.     

一次华南海雾过程的观测分析

针对华南粤西沿海出现的一次海雾过程,采用现场观测试验获取的数据,结合NCEP再分析数据,分析了此次南海北部海雾的大尺度环流背景、边界层结构以及雾的微物理特征.分析结果表明:这一海雾过程发生在春季西南低涡发展南下的天气背景下,大气底层有明显暖湿气流输送、而高层层结稳定;在西南低涡特殊的天气背景下,白天雾层较浅薄,夜间雾层向上发展;雾的微物理结构与雾层的发展有密切关系,在雾的初始阶段大水滴明显较多,而在雾层向上发展、垂直混合阶段,雾滴有明显的蒸发现象,雾滴具有局地特征.     

Numerical Experiment Research of a Marine Fog Event in the Pearl River Estuary Region

A marine fog event that occurred near the Pearl River Estuary region on 26 March 2002 was investigated with the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University/National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5). The results of numerical experiment are very consistent with the surface observations, especially in the processes of marine fog formation and evolution. Besides, a series of sensitivity numerical experiments were performed by varying the distribution of landuse type and the turbulence exchange process. It is shown that the marine fog forms along the coastal line. Tests have indicated that when the distribution of landuse type is modified, the regions where the marine fog can intrude into are obviously different. The turbulence process in the model is important for fog formation and evolution. If the influence of turbulence process is ignored in numerical simulation experiment, the simulated maximum of the cloud liquid water content and the height of fog top will be decreased greatly.     

Microphysical Structure and Evolution of a Four-Day Persistent Fog Event in Nanjing in December 2006

A persistent thick fog event occurred in Nanjing during 24-27 December 2006,and the bad visibility below 50 m lasted for more than 40 h.Microphysical characters and evolution of the fog event have been analyzed based on the continually observed data of drop-size distribution,number concentration,liquid water content(LWC),etc.,by an FM-100 fog particle spectrometer,as well as routine observations by an auto-weather station and a ZQZ-DN visibility meter during the fog episode.The results were compared with...     

On the Evolution and Structure of a Radiation Fog Event in Nanjing

An extremely dense radiation fog event during 10-11 December 2007 was studied to understand its macro-micro-physics in relation to dynamic and thermodynamic structures of the boundary layer, as well as its structural evolution in conjunction with the air-surface exchange of heat and water vapor. The findings are as follows. The extreme radiation fog process was divisible into formation, development, mature, and dissipation phases, depending on microstructure and visibility. This fog event was marked by rapid evolution that occurred after sunrise, when enhanced surface evaporation and cold air intrusion led to a three order of magnitude increase in liquid water content (LWC) in just 20 minutes. The maximum droplet diameter (MDD) increased four-fold during the same period. The fog structure was two-layered, with the top of both the surface-layer and upper-layer components characterized by strong temperature and humidity inversions, and low-level jets existed in the boundary layer above each fog layer. Turbulence intensity, turbulent kinetic energy, and friction velocity differed remarkably from phase to phase: these features increased gradually before the fog formation and decreased during the development phase; during the mature and dissipation phases these characteristics increased and then decreased again. In the development and mature stages, the mean kinetic energy of the lower-level winds decreased pronouncedly, both in the horizontal and vertical directions.     

A Heavy Sea Fog Event over the Yellow Sea in March 2005： Analysis and Numerical Modeling

In this paper, a heavy sea fog episode that occurred over the Yellow Sea on 9 March 2005 is investigated. The sea fog patch, with a spatial scale of several hundred kilometers at its mature stage, reduced visibility along the Shandong Peninsula coast to 100 m or much less at some sites. Satellite images, surface observations and soundings at islands and coasts, and analyses from the Japan Meteorology Agency （JMA） axe used to describe and analyze this event. The analysis indicates that this sea fog can be categorized as advection cooling fog. The main features of this sea fog including fog area and its movement axe reasonably reproduced by the Fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University/National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model （MM5）. Model results suggest that the formation and evolution of this event can be outlined as： （1） southerly warm/moist advection of low-level air resulted in a strong sea-surface-based inversion with a thickness of about 600 m; （2） when the inversion moved from the warmer East Sea to the colder Yellow Sea, a thermal internal boundary layer （TIBL） gradually formed at the base of the inversion while the sea fog grew in response to cooling and moistening by turbulence mixing; （3） the sea fog developed as the TIBL moved northward and （4） strong northerly cold and dry wind destroyed the TIBL and dissipated the sea fog. The principal findings of this study axe that sea fog forms in response to relatively persistent southerly waxm/moist wind and a cold sea surface, and that turbulence mixing by wind shear is the primary mechanism for the cooling and moistening the marine layer. In addition, the study of sensitivity experiments indicates that deterministic numerical modeling offers a promising approach to the prediction of sea fog over the Yellow Sea but it may be more efficient to consider ensemble numerical modeling because of the extreme sensitivity to model input.     

2009年春季一次黄海海雾的观测分析及数值模拟

利用5种观测资料和RAMS（regional atmospheric modeling system）模式对2009年5月2_5日发生在黄海海域的一次海雾过程进行了观测分析和数值模拟研究。结果表明：1）所取个例的整个生命过程受同一高压系统影响,该高压在海雾过程后期的形变促使海雾消散,这在以往的黄海海雾中较为罕见。2）黄海北部形似“7”的雾区形态的出现和演化与1～3℃气海温差的变化吻合,气海温差对海雾形成和演变的重要作用得到再次验证。3）RAMS模式具有一定的海雾数值模拟能力,得到的雾顶高度分布与卫星云图所显示的雾区形态吻合良好。     

2018年2月琼州海峡持续性海雾过程的数值模拟分析

2018年2月春节期间琼州海峡发生持续性大雾天气,造成大量船舶停航。本文结合葵花8号卫星反演海雾产品、琼州海峡沿岸站点能见度观测数据及美国国家环境预报中心NCEP（National Centers for Environmental Prediction） 提供的FNL（Final Analysis）客观分析资料,对2018年2月18～20日的大雾过程进行了天气学成因分析,并进一步利用CMA-MESO（Global and Regional Assimilation and Prediction System）高分辨率数值模式从边界层方案、模式垂直分层以及海雾能见度算法三个方面进行敏感性试验,以找出模拟效果更好的模式设置方案。研究结果表明:大雾期间华南近海海温较常年平均偏低,受地面冷高压南下补充的弱冷空气影响,偏东暖湿气流流经冷海面并快速凝结。而数值模拟对比试验显示,采用YSU（Yonsei University）边界层方案、边界层垂直层次加密及美国国家海洋大气局预报系统实验室（FSL/NOAA）的海雾诊断方案（简称FSL）对改进能见度预报效果显著:YSU边界层方案比MRF（Medium Range Forecast Model）边界层方案对该次大雾过程的分布范围和最低能见度出现的时间模拟效果更优;模式低层分层加密可更好体现出低能见度的演变过程;通过能见度算法与实况对比,基于模式预报性能较好的湿度和温度预报而来的FSL算法,其能见度预报与站点实况最为接近。     

THE IMPACT OF MOUNTAIN TO BASIN WINDS ON THE DIURNAL VARIATION IN FOG OVER THE SICHUAN BASIN, CHINA

There is an increased demand for the accurate prediction of fog events in the Sichuan Basin (SCB) using numerical methods. A dense fog event that occurred over the SCB on 22 December 2016 was investigated. The results show that this dense fog event was influenced by the southwest of a low pressure with a weak horizontal pressure gradient and high relative humidity. This fog event showed typical diurnal variations. The fog began to form at 1800 UTC on 21 December 2016 (0200 local standard time on 22 December 2016) and dissipated at 0600 UTC on 22 December 2016 (1400 local standard time on 22 December 2016). The Weather Research and Forecasting model was able to partially reproduce the main features of this fog event and the diurnal variation in the local mountain to basin winds. The simulated horizontal visibility and liquid water content were used to characterize the fog. The mountain to basin winds had an important role in the diurnal variation of the fog event. The positive feedback mechanism between the fog and mountain to basin winds was good for the formation and maintain of the fog during the night. During the day, the mountain to basin wind displayed a transition from downslope flows to upslope flows. Water vapor evaporated easily from the warm, strong upslope winds, which resulted in the dissipation of fog during the day. The topography surrounding the SCB favored the lifting and condensation of air parcels in the lower troposphere as a result of the low height of the lifting condensation level.     

华北平原一次持续性大雾过程的动力和热力特征

利用台站加密观测资料和NCEP/NCAR再分析资料对2004年11月29日—12月3日华北平原一次罕见的持续性大雾天气过程进行了研究, 通过对本次过程动力和热力特征的深入分析, 揭示了其成因和维持机制。结果表明:对流层中低层暖性高压脊及地面变性冷高压的稳定维持为持续性大雾过程提供了良好的背景条件; 地表净辐射引起的近地层冷却是大雾的触发和加强机制; 中低空下沉气流的存在有助于近地层的弱风条件和稳定层结的建立; 低层暖平流的输入和边界层的浅层抬升有利于大雾的长时间维持; 伴随负温度平流南下的偏北风的爆发是使大雾消散的动力因子。     

基于BJ-RUCv2.0预报系统对大雾形成和发展关键条件的数值分析

为了弄清北京地区持续性雾-霾天气过程的演变规律、揭示大雾形成和发展的关键条件,利用常规气象观测资料、高速路自动气象站观测资料和大气成分观测资料分析了2013年1月26~31日雾-霾天气过程的演变特征和有利于大雾形成和发展的天气形势。在此基础上,采用先进的北京快速循环同化中尺度数值预报系统（BJ-RUC v2.0）开展数值模拟,分析大雾形成的水汽、动力和热力条件,得出:模式对1月30日夜间至31日前半夜的雾区模拟较好,但对28日夜间至29日白天（大雾天气伴严重大气污染）雾区的模拟偏差较大。发现近地层的持续性东南风使950 hPa以下湿度增大是大雾形成的关键条件。上层（975~800 hPa）的明显暖平流导致逆温层的加强和维持,使大气层结稳定度增强,是大雾天气发展和维持的重要条件。另外,近地层950 hPa以下为风场辐合、其上层为风场辐散的结构有利于雾的进一步发展。     

一次平流雾的形成和传播特征研究

2013年3月18-19日,江苏出现了一次罕见的平流雾过程,雾区先在长江北岸形成,继而向苏北传播。本文对这次平流雾的形成机理及特征进行了分析,并对雾区的传播机制进行了研究。结果表明:此次平流雾的形成主要受冷空气控制后暖湿平流的影响,冷锋过境后的影响是平流雾形成的基础,东海变性冷高压北抬是其形成的必要条件;地面东南风和低空东南水汽输送共同推动雾区向北传播;长江、洪泽湖、高邮湖等水域对平流雾增强起着重要作用;强浓雾呈渐进式发展,爆发性增强不明显以及云雾共存结构等是本次平流雾的主要特征。本论文的研究结果对平流雾的预报具有重要的实用价值。     

珠江口附近春季一次海雾的观测分析及三维数值模拟

为了探讨南海春季海雾的成因及数值模式的预报能力,利用边界层观测资料对2006年3月21—22日珠江口附近春季一次海雾的形成和发展过程进行了分析,然后用WRF中尺度模式对该次海雾过程进行了三维数值模拟。观测表明,该次海雾属于北方冷空气南下到达南海,然后减弱消失,南海北部受到偏南暖湿气流影响后迅速增暖,冷海面与近海面的暖湿空气相互作用而形成的一次平流冷却雾。模拟结果显示,模式模拟的这次海雾形成时间和发展演变过程与观测非常相近,模拟的海雾空间变化、边界层大气层结变化、地面感热通量变化以及海雾形成原因与观测事实均比较吻合,数值模式对这次海雾过程表现出了较高的模拟能力。这次海雾的形成和发展主要与冷的下垫面、暖湿空气的影响和近地面稳定的大气层结有关。     

An observational and modeling study of a sea fog event over the Yellow Sea on 1 August 2003

A dense sea fog episode that occurred near the coastal city of Qingdao in the Shandong Peninsula of China on 1 August 2003 is investigated by using all of the available observational data and high-resolution modeling results from the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). This fog event reduced the horizontal visibility to be less than 60 m in some locations and caused several traffic accidents locally. In this paper, all of the available observational data, including visible satellite imagery of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-9 and MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), objectively reanalyzed Final Analysis (FNL) data issued by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), sounding data at the Qingdao and Dalian stations, and the latest 4.4 version of the RAMS model, were employed to study this sea fog case. We begin with the analyses of the environmental conditions of the sea fog event, including the large-scale conditions, the difference between T _2m (air temperature at 2 m altitude) and sea surface temperature (SST), and the atmospheric sounding profiles of the two stations. The characteristics of this sea fog event was documented by using visible satellite imagery of GOES-9 and MODIS. In order to better understand the fog formation mechanism, a high-resolution RAMS model of dimensions 4 km × 4 km was designed, which was initialized and validated by FNL data. A 54-h modeling period that started from 18 UTC 31 July 2003 reproduced the main characteristics of this sea fog event. The simulated lower visibility area agreed well with the sea fog area identified from the satellite imagery. It is shown that advection cooling effect plays a significant role in the fog formation.