2000—2007年登陆台风中闪电活动与降水特征

利用TRMM卫星LIS, PR和TMI资料,对2000—2007年41个登陆我国的台风中闪电活动和降水特征进行分析。结果表明:台风中的闪电活动整体较弱,相对而言,外雨带中的闪电活动最强,其次是眼壁,内雨带最弱,而眼壁的闪电密度最大。闪电活动沿台风径向有两个明显的高值区,主峰出现在距台风眼375 km的外雨带,次峰出现在距台风眼55 km的眼壁和内雨带相交的边界附近。台风中对流云降水面积远小于层云降水面积,其中外雨带中的对流云降水面积最大,其次是眼壁,内雨带最小;但对流降水对总降水量的贡献与层云相当。眼壁和内雨带中的对流云和层云的降水回波平均高度都小于外雨带。分析表明:TMI观测到的85.5 GHz极化修正亮温 (T_PC85.5) 越低,闪电发生概率越大,外雨带具有最低的T_PC85.5。有、无闪电发生区域的平均6 km高度雷达反射率因子和T_PC85.5差异明显。台风区域内,闪电活动位置对应的平均6 km雷达回波强度普遍大于20 dBZ,而无闪电发生位置普遍低于30 dBZ。     

1996年第8号台风中尺度结构的数值研究

用非静力平衡的中尺度模式ＭＭ５模拟研究了从１９９６年７月３１日０８时至８月１日２０时３６小时内９６０８号台风的移动路径、中尺度热力动力学结构及云和降水物理结构及其变化。这段时间覆盖了９６０８号台风在台湾和福建省福清市登陆全过程。结果表明：该模式比较成功地模拟预报了这次台风登陆过程,模拟了登陆前后台风中心附近的一些重要中尺度结构和发展演变特征。模拟预报的台风路径与实况接近,预报的８月１日０８时（积分２４小时）台风环流中心位于２小时后台风登陆点福建省福清市附近的海面上。台风中心附近低层呈气旋式辐合、高层呈气旋式辐散。台风眼壁具有由低层辐合形成的强上升气流,台风眼中心为下沉气流。台风中心周围动力结构表现出明显的不对称特征。台风眼壁的雨水分布呈现由中尺度雨团构成的环形雨带结构。台风在台湾滞留期间,台风中心由于低层云的发展使得卫星云图上原先清晰可见的台风眼变得模糊不清。高分辨的模式预报表明,在对流层中层具有强上升气流和云雨水集中的眼壁比台风眼中心更为暖湿。     

台风“梅花”(1109)双眼墙生消过程的卫星资料分析

利用CIMSS/MIMIC微波、AMSU微波、静止红外、TRMM卫星资料,详细地叙述了“梅花”台风三次双眼墙生消的演变过程,定量分析了这三次过程之间及其与以往研究的异同点,包括双眼墙的生消周期、空间尺度、结构、强度以及所伴随的台风强度变化,在此基础上提出了双眼墙生消的演变模型。结果表明:(1) 螺旋云带型态演变是双眼墙生消过程的外在表现形式:随着台风眼墙与螺旋云带的脱离,螺旋云带自身首尾相连,在原台风眼墙的外围形成另一圈闭合环流,即双眼墙结构形成。外眼墙环流在加强加宽后向内收缩,内眼墙环流减弱并消失,只剩一单圈环流,或外眼墙环流演变为螺旋云带,则双眼墙结构消失;(2) 双眼墙结构持续的时间可以由几小时至数天,这可能与内、外眼墙直径无关,而与台风环流特别是外眼墙结构有关。当外眼墙环流对称化后,内、外眼墙将在数小时内完成眼璧置换过程;(3) 在一个成熟的双眼墙台风中,外眼墙对流发展高度较内眼墙高,内外眼墙之间是类似台风眼的下沉气流控制区;(4) 基于ADT的台风业务定强,可能不能正确地描述双眼墙台风强度的变化特征,而AMSU-A所反映的台风暖心强度,能较好说明双眼墙生消过程中台风强度的剧烈变化。      

0814号强台风“黑格比”风场相干结构统计和演化特征研究

为了探究台风风场相干结构统计特性以及在台风不同空间结构部位的演化规律,采用小波系数谱分析(Spavelet Analysis)方法对0814号强台风“黑格比”风速场的湍流相干结构统计特征及演化特性进行了系统分析。研究结果表明：对于0814号强台风“黑格比”过程,顺风向脉动风速与横风向脉动风速的相干结构呈现出多尺度分布特征;顺风向、横风向和竖向风速分量的相干结构主周期均值分别为70.2 s、50.3 s、22.8 s,主尺度均值分别为54.4 s、38.9 s、18.2 s,三个方向相干结构的周期尺度比均值分别为1.28、1.27、1.29;台风“黑格比”风场水平向空间部位中,前外环流区(FOV)的顺风向、横风向和竖向的相干结构主尺度均值分别为68.8 s、41.7 s、14.4 s;前眼壁区(FEW)的三个方向脉动风速的相干结构主尺度均值分别为69.9 s、32.5 s、19.5 s;风眼区三个方向脉动风速的相干结构主尺度分别为83.5 s、50.3 s、15.3 s;后眼壁区(BEW)其值为55.1 s、42.3 s、11.2 s;后外环流区(BOV)三个方向脉动风速相干结构的主尺度分别为53.6 s、39.1 s、10.9 s;整体上表现为前外环流区(FOV)和前眼壁区(FEW)相干结构主尺度大于后眼壁区(BEW)和后外环流区(BOV),风眼区相干结构主尺度则为最大。     

多平台热带气旋表面风场资料在台风结构分析中的应用

本文利用2007-2014年美国海洋和大气管理局的多平台热带气旋表面风场资料(Multiplatform Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Analysis,MTCSWA)对西北太平洋和南海区域内共210个编号热带气旋进行了统计分析。结果表明,MTCSWA资料中的最大风速(V_(MAX))相较最佳路径强度偏弱10%~15%,对于较弱的台风存在一定的高估。最大风速半径(R_(MAX))与台风强度之间存在一定的线性关系且在不同区域具有不同的分布特征。由于R_(MAX)与台风的强度有关,对于强度达到强热带风暴以上级别的各个海区内台风其结构差异不明显,而对于强度较弱的台风(强热带风暴以下)其最大风速半径具有一定的区域分布差异。对台风各级风圈半径的分析结果显示:7级风圈半径通常是东部大于西部,而10和12级风区半径没有这种现象。利用MTCSWA的内核区高分辨率对1215号超强台风布拉万分析发现,在其内外眼墙置换过程中,内外眼墙之间的距离(R_2-R_1)逐渐减小,内眼墙的风速(V_1)逐渐减小,而外眼墙的风速(V_2)逐渐增加,且在此过程中伴随有台风强度的短暂波动。最后结合MTCSWA资料和数值预报讨论了一种台风结构参数的客观估计方法,其检验结果表明该方法对R_(MAX)和各级风圈半径均有一定的估计能力。     

利用浮标站观测资料分析台风“贝碧嘉”过境时风浪变化特征

利用北部湾海域一个大型气象浮标站获取的台风"贝碧嘉"过程实测数据,分析了该台风过境时风浪变化特征。分析结果表明:台风的风速时程变化曲线呈"M"形双峰分布,台风眼壁区风速最大,前眼壁区风速大于后眼壁区,前眼壁区和后眼壁区最大风速分别为22.6m/s和20.8m/s;台风眼区气压和风速最小,波高和波周期最大,其中眼区最大风速为2.7m/s,最大波高为5.4m,最大波周期为5.5s;波高最大值出现时间滞后风速最大值40min;台风眼区以外的波高与风速正相关;在台风从浮标站南侧经过期间,风向和波向均沿着顺时针方向旋转,其中风向和波向10min最大旋转角度分别为50°和150°;风向与波向不在同一个方向,两者之间的夹角平均为171°。     

强台风“海葵”(1211)近海急剧增强的数值研究

近海台风强度急剧增强是预报中的难点。使用新一代中尺度WRF模式对台风“海葵”(1211)近海强度急剧增强过程进行数值模拟,并对数值模拟结果展开分析,研究引起台风强度突变的可能机理及相应结构变化。模拟结果表明,台风“海葵”的急剧增强与低层水汽输入的突然增加以及有利的高、低层辐散、辐合流场配置密切相关,且在“海葵”台风强度迅速增强的前6 h其高低层辐合、辐散流场呈现同时增强。台风结构变化的分析表明,在台风急剧增强时段台风结构趋于对称化,且低层眼壁范围小,高层眼壁范围向外扩展。伴随着台风强度增强,径向风速和切向风速也处在增大过程中,特别是台风急剧增强阶段,径向风速和切向风速增大更明显。另外,暖心强度逐渐加强,且暖心范围明显扩大并向低层扩展。同时随着台风强度的增强,垂直上升运动也逐渐增强。台风的这些结构变化都有利于其强度的维持和发展。      

Numerical Simulation of Effect of Sea Spray on Typhoon ＇Morakot＇ Structure

将海洋飞沫参数化引入到高分辨率、非静力中尺度模式中,并对0908号台风＂Morakot＂进行了数值模拟,研究了海洋飞沫对台风＂Morakot＂结构和强度的影响。结果表明：（1）不论是否考虑海洋飞沫作用,模式均能较好地模拟出台风＂Morakot＂的移动路径,说明海洋飞沫对其移动路径影响不大;（2）引入海洋飞沫参数化后,台风眼墙区域的切向风速、径向风速、垂直速度、涡度、云水混合比、雨水混合比等物理量均增强,表明飞沫对台风结构变化的影响明显;（3）海洋飞沫对台风＂Morakot＂演变的直接影响是在对流层低层,低层风速明显增大,大风速区的影响尤为显著;（4）飞沫的蒸发使台风范围内的潜热和感热通量明显增强,尤其是潜热通量,其大值区对应着台风中心附近的最大风速区。由于水汽和热量输送的增强,使台风眼壁附近的云水量与雨水量增多,因此降水强度明显增加。     

海洋飞沫对台风“Morakot”结构影响的数值模拟研究

将海洋飞沫参数化引入到高分辨率、非静力中尺度模式中,并对0908号台风"Morakot"进行了数值模拟,研究了海洋飞沫对台风"Morakot"结构和强度的影响。结果表明:(1)不论是否考虑海洋飞沫作用,模式均能较好地模拟出台风"Morakot"的移动路径,说明海洋飞沫对其移动路径影响不大;(2)引入海洋飞沫参数化后,台风眼墙区域的切向风速、径向风速、垂直速度、涡度、云水混合比、雨水混合比等物理量均增强,表明飞沫对台风结构变化的影响明显;(3)海洋飞沫对台风"Morakot"演变的直接影响是在对流层低层,低层风速明显增大,大风速区的影响尤为显著;(4)飞沫的蒸发使台风范围内的潜热和感热通量明显增强,尤其是潜热通量,其大值区对应着台风中心附近的最大风速区。由于水汽和热量输送的增强,使台风眼壁附近的云水量与雨水量增多,因此降水强度明显增加。     

登陆台风启德近地层强风特性观测研究

根据Airda3000Q型边界层风廓线雷达获取的台风启德(1213)强风观测数据,分析了强风条件下的近地层风廓线特征,发现以下观测事实:台风中心经过前后风速呈现尖耸的"M"形双峰变化,台风眼壁强风区风速最大,台风眼区经过前后100m高度极大10min平均风速分别为35.7、35.4m/s,眼区经过时出现最小风速为16.2m/s;而风廓线幂指数α则呈现比较平缓的"M"形双峰变化,风廓线幂指数α出现极大值的时间比风速出现极大值的时间分别提前约1h和延后3.5h,台风眼区经过时风廓线幂指数α接近最小,甚至出现负值;台风影响期间,风的垂直变化主要发生在200m以下的低空,风的垂直变化率有波动,最大值出现在台风眼壁强风区和台风中心过境后的外围大风区。     

Typhoon Winnie （1997） with a Very Large Eye： High Resolution Numerical Simulation

Typhoon Winnie (1997) was one of the hurricanes that had extremely large eyewall ever recorded with a diameter of eyewall reaching 370 km. Using the Penn State University/National Center for Atmospheric Research mesoscale model MM5 with 3-km grid horizontal spacing on the finest nested mesh, Winnie was successfully simulated in terms of track, intensity, eye and concentric eyewalls. The dynamic and thermal structures of concentric eyewalls were studied based on the model output. It was found that the concentric eyewalls and their surrounding wind fields were asymmetric in observation as well as in simulation. Winnie's outer eyewall was associated with a maximum wind ring, a warm moist ring, and a high vorticity ring. The inner eyewall was associated with a secondary maximum wind ring and a warm moist ring. Upward motion dominated the whole layer of inner eyewall and the area above 2-km altitude of the outer eyewall. Downward motion was found inside the eye and the moat. Radial inflow happened in the boundary layer of the outer eyewall and the moat, but radial outflow dominated the middle and upper levels of the outer eyewall.     

SATELLITE-BASED ANALYSIS ON THE CONCENTRIC EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES OF SUPER TYPHOON MUIFA (1109)

Multisatellite data is used to analyze the characteristics of three eyewall replacement cycles (ERCs) during the lifetime of Typhoon Muifa (1109). Spiral rainbands evolutions, concentric eyewall (CE) structure modes, CE durations, and intensity changes are discussed in detail. In addition, an ERC evolution model of Typhoon Muifa is given. There are four main findings. (1) The outer spiral rainband joins end to end to form the outer eyewall after it disconnects from the original (inner) eyewall. The inner eyewall weakens as the outer eyewall becomes axisymmetric and is intensified. The contraction of the outer eyewall causes the inner eyewall to dissipate rapidly. Finally, the ERC ends with an annular eyewall or spiral rainbands. (2) Although the CE duration times of Typhoon Muifa’s three ERCs covered a large range, the CE structures were all maintained for approximately 5 h from the formation of the axisymmetric outer eyewall to the end of the cycle. (3) There is no obvious precipitation reflectivity in the eye or moat region for the subsidence flow. The convection within the two eyewalls is organized as a radially outward slope with increasing height. (4) Typhoon intensity estimation results based on ADT may not explain the intensity variations associated with ERC correctly, while the typhoon’s warm core data retrieved from AMSU-A works well.     

Simulated Sensitivity of the Tropical Cyclone Eyewall Replacement Cycle to the Ambient Temperature Profile

In this study, the impacts of the environmental temperature profile on the tropical cyclone eyewall replacement cycle are examined using idealized numerical simulations. It is found that the environmental thermal condition can greatly affect the formation and structure of a secondary eyewall and the intensity change during the eyewall replacement cycle. Simulation with a warmer thermal profile produces a larger moat and a prolonged eyewall replacement cycle. It is revealed that the enhanced static stability greatly suppresses convection, and thus causes slow secondary eyewall formation. The possible processes influencing the decay of inner eyewall convection are investigated. It is revealed that the demise of the inner eyewall is related to a choking effect associated with outer eyewall convection, the radial distribution of moist entropy fluxes within the moat region, the enhanced static stability in the inner-core region, and the interaction between the inner and outer eyewalls due to the barotropic instability. This study motivates further research into how environmental conditions influence tropical cyclone dynamics and thermodynamics.     

台风利奇马(1909)双眼墙特征及长时间维持机制

利用CIMSS微波卫星产品和多普勒天气雷达资料,分析超强台风利奇马(1909)的长时间双眼墙特征,并采用集合卡尔曼滤波方法同化雷达径向风资料,诊断利奇马双眼墙的三维结构演变特征.结果 表明:在双眼墙演变过程初期,受强垂直风切变和中高层干空气入侵的影响,外眼墙对流减弱,呈非对称特征.Sawyer-Eliassen方程诊断...     

Formation and Replacement Mechanism of the Concentric Eyewall of Super Typhoon Muifa (1109)

Based on high-fidelity numerical simulation by using the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model, we analyzed the formation and replacement mechanism of the concentric eyewall of Super Typhoon Muifa (1109) from the aspects of the potential vorticity (PV), dynamic/ thermodynamic structure change, sea surface flux, and water vapor content. Observational data and sensitivity tests were also adopted to verify the results. We found that: (1) The abnormal increase of the PV in the rain zone is mainly due to the condensation latent heat. Sufficient water vapor conditions are beneficial to the formation of the outer eyewall structure, and when the environmental water vapor content is larger, the intensity of the outer eyewall becomes greater. (2) After the formation of the typhoon’s outer eyewall, in the area where the outer eyewall is located, the increase of inertial stability contributes to the decrease of the intensity of the inner eyewall. When the intensity of the outer eyewall is larger, the divergence and subsidence motion in the upper layer of the outer eyewall has a greater weakening effect on the intensity of the inner eyewall. (3) The increase of potential temperature of the outer eyewall is mainly due to the condensation latent heat release and the warming of dry air subsidence motion in the moat area. (4) The increase of sea surface heat flux can prolong the concentric eyewall replacement process.     

Elucidating the characteristics of eyewalls and rainbands associated with a severe typhoon influenced by Taiwan��s high orography using Doppler radar analysis

Radar observations of the strong Typhoon Bilis (2000) are unique for investigating the effect of Taiwan high orography on the mesoscale structures of storm system in the vicinity of southeastern Taiwan. Typhoon Bilis was the first tropical storm, which possessed the double eyewall feature observed by Doppler radar over the Taiwan area. The inner eyewall exhibited an approximately circular shape with a diameter of 20?km. Convections associated with the storm were cyclonically and radially outward propagated, with the linear aspect in the right flank of the system and counterclockwise and spiral migration in the left flank, maintaining the development of the outer eyewall. The low-level maximum Doppler winds in the left and right flanks relative to the typhoon movement were comparable, owing to a prominent confluence in the left flank. The prominent confluent zone was constructed by two wind fields, the northwesterly from the inner circulation of the typhoon and the outer circulation in the streamline analysis. The replacement of maximum wind between the inner and outer eyewalls, extending from low levels to middle levels in the left flank of the storm, was a clear model for the examination of the significance of the orographic effect on a severe typhoon. A conceptual model for a case of super typhoon under the influence of Taiwan high terrain was constructed.     

强台风Chanchu（0601）的数值研究：转向前后内核结构和强度变化

使用FY卫星TBB资料和新一代非静力中尺度模式WRF分析南海强台风Chanchu(0601)"急翘"转向前后内核结构和强度变化过程。结果表明:转向后内核结构非对称特征明显。WRF数值模式较好地模拟出Chanchu强度和异常路径变化过程,再现了内核结构演变:转向前,垂直切变较弱,有利于快速加强,内核结构较为对称;转向后,垂直切变明显增大,强回波位于垂直切变下风方向的左侧,显示为内核非对称结构。使用傅立叶变换方法分解模拟结果中的雷达回波,发现眼壁和内螺旋雨带的2波非对称沿方位角移速与涡旋罗斯贝波(VRWs)的理论波速一致,Chanchu快速加强过程中断和强度维持的可能原因为:眼壁传播的VRWs受到外螺旋雨带的扰动以及涡旋倾斜加剧引起眼壁非对称性加强导致"急翘"时眼壁破裂,此后眼区和眼壁区水平混合过程加强,850 hPa眼区相当位温明显增加,抑制高层相对暖干空气和低层相对冷湿空气相互交换,使得随眼壁内侧下沉气流向下输送的暖干空气减少,低层增温作用减弱,快速加强过程中断;VRWs径向内传导致高值涡度由眼壁内侧向眼心传播,引起最大风速半径(RMW)内侧切向风速增大,RMW随时间向眼心延伸,眼壁进一步收缩,一定程度上抵消了垂直切变加大的负面影响,Chanchu维持强度。     

大涡技术对模拟台风眼墙替换过程的影响

眼墙替换是影响台风强度和内核结构的一种重要过程。本研究在高分辨率的数值理想试验中加入大涡模拟技术,对比分析大涡模拟对眼墙替换过程的影响。结果表明:大涡模拟的加入使得模拟台风的强度和边界层入流增强。整个眼墙替换过程共用时约20～22 h,但大涡模拟试验中外眼墙形成更迅速,同时强度和上升运动偏弱。外眼墙完全取代内眼墙之后的台风强度超过替换过程之前的强度。此外,使用大涡技术可以更好地模拟出眼墙替换过程中内外眼墙之间的moat区下沉运动,结构特征与前人观测中所发现的结构特征一致。因此,在台风数值研究中引入大涡模拟技术,有助于更好地模拟眼墙替换过程中的台风结构特征和变化。     

台风“桑美”（0608）登陆前后降水结构的时空演变特征

利用雷达－雨量计联合测量降水技术得到的1小时雨量分布资料, 分析了台风“桑美”登陆前后距台风中心111 km以内的降水结构及其时空演变特征, 尤其是登陆前双眼墙循环过程中, 降水结构的变化特征。研究发现: 在登陆前“桑美”经历了双眼墙循环过程, 在此期间, 其内、外眼墙和雨带降水均以强降水为主, 内、外眼墙平均降水率均随时间增强, 而外眼墙增长幅度更大, 且平均降水率始终大于内眼墙, 但并没有伴随外眼半径减小的过程。而雨带平均降水率随时间变化很小, 略有下降。在登陆后,“桑美”内核和外围区仍是以强降水为主, 登陆前三小时左右内核区平均降水率有一个迅速增长的趋势, 登陆后随着台风强度的减弱, 其平均降水率迅速下降。“桑美”降水的空间分布特征显示, 其登陆前后降水结构有明显的非对称性, 在登陆前内、外眼墙和雨带最大降水均出现在台风移动路径的右侧, 且雨带的最大降水率始终位于内、外眼墙的右方; 登陆后, 内核区和外围降水更多地出现在移动路径的后方, 而不是登陆前的右侧。     

Vertical structure and microphysical characteristics of Typhoon Kompasu (2010) at landfall

The vertical structure and microphysics of Typhoon Kompasu that caused a lot of damage associated with strong winds and heavy rainfall over the Seoul metropolitan area on 1～2 September 2010 were examined primarily from wind profiler measurements. Four different periods that represent a stratiform, outer rainband, inner rainband, and eyewall region during passage of Typhoon Kompasu from 1200 to 2300 UTC 1 September were selected based on bright band intensities and vertical profiles of radar reflectivities and Doppler velocities. The bright band signatures observed in all of these periods indicated that the structure of Kompasu was basically stratiform in a weakening phase. Maximum rainfall rates up to 50 mm hr^?1 at the surface and mean wind speeds greater than 30 m s^?1 in the 2–4 km layer were observed in the eyewall region. Unlike the other regions that showed nearly zero vertical air motions or weak downdrafts below a melting layer, a mean updraft of ～1 m s^?1 was analyzed only in the eyewall region, which suggests that the updrafts may have enhanced drop growth that led to increasing surface rainfall rates. For each region, the vertical mean characteristics of rainfall parameters retrieved from wind profiler spectra below the melting layer were also examined. The rain properties between the inner and outer rainband were similar although they were apart with a distance of more than 100 km (> 2 hrs in time). The averaged mass-weighted mean diameters within the rainbands were larger than those in the stratiform and eyewall regions. A weaker bright band in the eyewall region suggests the presence of a relatively larger number of rimed particles associated with the updrafts around the melting layer. A stronger bright band was present in the rainbands, which indicates more active aggregation right above the melting layer.