Seasonal Prediction of Summer Precipitation over East Africa Using NUIST-CFS1.0

East Africa is particularly vulnerable to precipitation variability, as the livelihood of much of the population depends on rainfed agriculture. Seasonal forecasts of the precipitation anomalies, when skillful, can therefore improve implementation of coping mechanisms with respect to food security and water management. This study assesses the performance of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Climate Forecast System version 1.0(NUISTCFS1.0) on forecasting June–September(JJAS) seasonal precipitation anomalies over East Africa. The skill in predicting the JJAS mean precipitation initiated from 1 May for the period of 1982–2019 is evaluated using both deterministic and probabilistic verification metrics on grid cell and over six distinct clusters. The results show that NUIST-CFS1.0 captures the spatial pattern of observed seasonal precipitation climatology, albeit with dry and wet biases in a few parts of the region. The model has positive skill across a majority of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, whereas it doesn’t exceed the skill of climatological forecasts in parts of Sudan and southeastern Ethiopia. Positive forecast skill is found over regions where the model shows better performance in reproducing teleconnections related to oceanic SST. The prediction performance of NUIST-CFS1.0 is found to be on a level that is potentially useful over a majority of East Africa.     

NCC_CGCM产品对长江中下游夏季降水预报的释用

通过对1983—2002年国家气候中心NCC_CGCM季节预报模式的2月初始场的5个预测场 (500 hPa高度场,200 hPa经向风、纬向风场,850 hPa经向风、纬向风场) 与NCEP实况场的相关检验,指出模式预测与实况有一定差距,但也存在预报效果好的区域,其中预报效果最好的是200 hPa和850 hPa纬向风场,正相关达到95%信度的点数最多;500 hPa高度场正相关达到95%信度的点数最少;利用模式预报效果好的区域的预测值,对2003—2007年长江中下游区域夏季降水指数进行释用,预报准确率达到80%;对比模式在该地区的降水预报以及仅用模式高度场的解释预报发现,用挑选有用信息后的预报效果更好。该方法在全国其他14个区夏季降水的释用中,江南区和内蒙古区预报准确率也可达到80%。     

全球和区域气候模式对中国东部夏季降水季节演变模拟的比较

本文利用全球海气耦合模式(MIRO3.2_hires)和区域气候模式(RegCM3)的模拟结果,分析了东亚地区夏季降水和大气环流的季节演变特征,并与NCEP/DOE再分析资料和降水观测资料进行了对比分析.结果表明,全球和区域气候模式都能反映出中国东部地区夏季平均环流场和降水场气候态分布的基本特征,但全球模式模拟的雨带范...     

Seasonal Prediction of the Global Precipitation Annual Modes with the Grid-Point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG

A right annual cycle is of critical importance for a model to improve its seasonal prediction skill. This work assesses the performance of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG （GAMIL） in retrospective prediction of the global precipitation annual modes for the 1980 2004 period. The annual modes are gauged by a three-parameter metrics： the long-term annual mean and two major modes of annual cycle （AC）, namely, a solstitial mode and an equinoctial asymmetric mode. The results demonstrate that the GAMIL one-month lead prediction is basically able to capture the major patterns of the long-term annual mean as well as the first AC mode （the solstitial monsoon mode）. The GAMIL has deficiencies in reproducing the second AC mode （the equinoctial asymmetric mode）. The magnitude of the GAMIL prediction tends to be greater than the observed precipitation, especially in the sea areas including the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal （BOB）, and the western North Pacific （WNP）. These biases may be due to underestimation of the convective activity predicted in the tropics, especially over the western Pacific warm pool （WPWP） and its neighboring areas. It is suggested that a more accurate parameterization of convection in the tropics, especially in the Maritime Continent, the WPWP and its neighboring areas, may be critical for reproducing the more realistic annual modes, since the enhancement of convective activity over the WPWP and its vicinity can induce suppressed convection over the WNP, the BOB, and the South Indian Ocean where the GAMIL produces falsely vigorous convections. More efforts are needed to improve the simulation not only in monsoon seasons but also in transitional seasons when the second AC mode takes place. Selection of the one-tier or coupled atmosphere-ocean system may also reduce the systematic error of the GAMIL prediction. These results offer some references for improvement of the GAMIL seasonal prediction skill.     

近45a长江中下游地区夏季降水的区域特征

利用旋转经验正交函数(Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function,REOF)展开方法,分析了长江中下游地区六省一市1960—2004年78站夏季(6—8月)降水场,并将降水场分为5个主要区域,在此基础上揭示了长江中下游5个区域夏季降水的时间演变特征。5个区域夏季降水序列的Mann-Kendall突变检验表明,各区代表站中只有衢州和南通发生了突变,且突变时间不同;5个区域夏季降水长期变化呈现增加趋势,Ⅰ区和Ⅴ区表现出较强的增加趋势,Ⅲ区次之,Ⅱ区和Ⅳ区较弱;5个区域夏季降水的周期振荡差异明显。     

东亚夏季风指数分类与长江中游地区夏季降水的关系

选取适当的亚洲夏季风指数并对它们进行分类,结合1979-2020年长江中游地区夏季降水资料,分析了夏季风异常年份长江中游地区夏季大气环流和降水的特征。主要得出以下结论：（1）两类夏季风指数都与长江中游地区夏季降水呈负相关关系,并且第二类夏季风指数与长江中游地区夏季降水的相关关系更加显著,因此选取第二类夏季风指数来反映长江中游地区夏季降水特征。（2）长江中游地区的降水具有低频振荡特征,在第二类夏季风指数高值年和低值年,振荡的主周期都是32-64天。（3）第二类夏季风指数高值年和低值年的降水差异主要取决于西太平副高的强度和偏南季风的水汽输送。     

Statistically Downscaled Summer Rainfall over the Middle-Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River

The summer rainfall over the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River valley (YRSR) has been estimated with a multi-linear regression model using principal atmospheric modes derived from a 500 hPa geopotential height and a 700 hPa zonal vapor flux over the domain of East Asia and the West Pacific.The model was developed using data from 1958 92 and validated with an independent prediction from 1993 2008.The independent prediction was efficient in predicting the YRSR with a correlation coefficient of 0.72 and a relative root mean square error of 18%.The downscaling model was applied to two general circulation models (GCMs) of Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Model (FGOALS) and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory coupled climate model version 2.1 (GFDL-CM2.1) to project rainfall for present and future climate under B1 and A1B emission scenarios.The downscaled results pro-vided a closer representation of the observation compared to the raw models in the present climate.In addition,compared to the inconsistent prediction directly from dif-ferent GCMs,the downscaled results provided a consistent projection for this half-century,which indicated a clear increase in the YRSR.Under the B1 emission scenario,the rainfall could increase by an average of 11.9% until 2011 25 and 17.2% until 2036 50 from the current state;under the A1B emission scenario,rainfall could increase by an average of 15.5% until 2011 25 and 25.3% until 2036 50 from the current state.Moreover,the increased rate was faster in the following decade (2011 25) than the latter of this half-century (2036 50) under both emissions.     

Assessing the Seasonal Predictability of Summer Precipitation over the Huaihe River Basin with Multiple APCC Models

Seasonal rainfall predictability over the Huaihe River basin is evaluated in this paper on the basis of 23-year(1981-2003) retrospective forecasts by 10 climate models from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) Climate Center(APCC) multi-model ensemble(MME) prediction system.It is found that the summer rainfall variance in this basin is largely internal,which leads to lower rainfall predictability for most individual climate models.By dividing the 10 models into three categories according to their sea surface temperature(SST) boundary conditions including observed,predicted,and persistent SSTs,the MME deterministic predictive skill of summer rainfall over Huaihe River basin is investigated.It is shown that the MME is effective for increasing the current seasonal forecast skill.Further analysis shows that the MME averaged over predicted SST models has the highest rainfall prediction skill,which is closely related to model’s capability in reproducing the observed dominant modes of the summer rainfall anomalies in Huaihe River basin.This result can be further ascribed to the fact that the predicted SST MME is the most effective model ensemble for capturing the relationship between the summer rainfall anomalies over Huaihe River basin and the SST anomalies(SSTAs) in equatorial oceans.     

长江中下游汛期降水优化多因子组合客观定量化预测研究

针对长江中下游区域汛期降水模式预报误差,利用历史资料的有用信息订正模式预报误差.根据国家气候中心预测室提供的74项环流特征量和美国国家海洋和大气管理局发布的40项气候指数,确定降水预报误差场的相似年份,利用相似年的降水误差场对模式结果进行相似误差订正,有别于传统的模式系统误差订正.研究发现,相似误差订正效果明显优于系统...     

北京地区夏季多模式降水预报的降尺度集成应用

以2008—2010年5—9月日本、德国、T639数值预报模式降水产品为基础,采取反距离插值的统计降尺度分析方法,将数值预报模式降水格点数据插值到北京西北、东北、西南、东南区域的延庆、密云、房山、观象台4个典型代表站点上;再结合统计分析,将夏季产生降水的天气系统分为西来槽、东北低涡、蒙古低涡、其他系统4种类型,采用预报准确率定级方法对各家模式配以不等权权重系数,从而建立北京地区夏季多模式集成降水预报模型,并用独立的样本对预报模型进行了业务试运行检验,检验结果表明:所建模型对降水预报的改进效果较好,优于单个数值模式降水预报。该模型的建立和应用方法为其他区域本地释用数值模式降水预报产品提供了一定的客观参考。     

中国西南夏季降水预测的统计降尺度建模分析

利用BP-CCA方法并结合当前国际先进气候预测模式结果,探讨了如何建立对西南夏季降水具有较高预测技巧的统计降尺度模型及其可预报性来源。结果表明,将热带区域海表温度作为预测因子的降尺度模型的预测能力优于亚洲区域和热带区域500 h Pa位势高度作为预测因子的模型。对模型可预报性来源的分析表明,热带区域海表温度作为预测因子的降尺度模型的预测能力年与年之间的差异主要受热带海表温度EOF第二模态的影响。该模态表现为在热带东南印度洋及西太平洋区域有正载荷值,而在热带中东太平洋区域有负载荷中心,其与影响西南夏季降水的菲律宾和海洋大陆西部对流有较好的相关,并且ECMWF和NCEP业务气候预测模式对其有较好的预测能力。     

我国汛期季度降水预报得分和预报技巧

利用1951—2008年我国160站夏季降水资料分析了季度降水预报的气候得分,又用1978年以来我国历年汛期业务降水预报结果检验了其预报能力和技巧。多年来,我国业务汛期降水季度预报有一定的预报技巧,但也有些年份预报能力较低。预报能力高或有技巧的年份是江淮地区降水少的年份,但对长江中下游降水多的年份,预报能力较低。我国汛期降水预报能力要建立在区域年代际信号和年际早期信号叠加的基础上。年代际信号是在划定我国为不同区域的基础上,把握区域年代际降水变化的规律。年际早期信号实际上是要跟踪降水年际振荡与大气下垫面强迫季节早期信号的关系。     

Dynamic downscaling of summer precipitation prediction over China in 1998 using WRF and CCSM4

To study the prediction of the anomalous precipitation and general circulation for the summer(June–July–August) of1998, the Community Climate System Model Version 4.0(CCSM4.0) integrations were used to drive version 3.2 of the Weather Research and Forecasting(WRF3.2) regional climate model to produce hindcasts at 60 km resolution. The results showed that the WRF model produced improved summer precipitation simulations. The systematic errors in the east of the Tibetan Plateau were removed, while in North China and Northeast China the systematic errors still existed. The improvements in summer precipitation interannual increment prediction also had regional characteristics. There was a marked improvement over the south of the Yangtze River basin and South China, but no obvious improvement over North China and Northeast China. Further analysis showed that the improvement was present not only for the seasonal mean precipitation, but also on a sub-seasonal timescale. The two occurrences of the Mei-yu rainfall agreed better with the observations in the WRF model,but were not resolved in CCSM. These improvements resulted from both the higher resolution and better topography of the WRF model.     

宁夏夏季降水概念模型及预测模型

在相关普查及分析各因子物理意义的基础上，建立了宁夏夏季降水的概念模型和预测模型，结果表明：夏季500hPa高度场上欧亚中高纬地区为乌山脊、巴尔喀什湖至贝加尔湖地区为槽，赤道东太平洋海温低，印度低压弱，以及西太平洋副热带高压脊线位置偏北时，宁夏夏季易多雨，反之易少雨。     

Impacts of Cumulus Convective Parameterization Schemes on Summer Monsoon Precipitation Simulation over China

By using the Betts-Miller-Janjic, Grell-Devenyi, and Kain-Fritsch cumulus convective parameterization schemes in theWeather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, long time simulations from 2000 to 2009 are conducted to investigate the impacts of different cumulus convective parameterization schemes on summer monsoon precipitation simulation over China. The results show that all the schemes have the capability to reasonably reproduce the spatial and temporal distributions of summer monsoon precipitation and the corresponding background circulation. The observed north-south shift of monsoon rain belt is also well simulated by the three schemes. Detailed comparison indicates that the Grell-Devenyi scheme gives a better performance than the others. Deficiency in simulated water vapor transport is one possible reason for the precipitation simulation bias.     

淮河流域夏季降水异常与若干气候因子的关系

基于旋转经验正交函数分解 (REOF) 方法探讨淮河流域1961—2010年夏季降水与厄尔尼诺/南方涛动 (ENSO)、北大西洋涛动 (NAO)、印度洋偶极子 (IOD)、太平洋年代际振荡 (PDO) 之间的关系,并进一步分析各气候因子不同位相单独以及联合对淮河流域夏季降水的影响。结果表明:淮河流域夏季降水与ENSO,PDO,NAO,IOD等气候因子具有较稳定的相关性,其中,PDO和IOD是影响淮河流域夏季降水的关键因子,且PDO与夏季降水呈显著负相关关系;各气候因子的冷暖位相单独及联合对淮河流域夏季降水的影响不同,PDO的冷期以及NAO,IOD冷位相使流域北部的夏季降水量呈显著增加趋势,PDO分别联合ENSO,NAO和IOD的冷、暖位相对流域北部地区和淮河上游地区的夏季降水影响显著。     

The Relationship between the Interdecadal Variation of Summer Precipitation and Its Interannual Variability over the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Valley

The intensity of summer precipitation interannual variability is strongest over the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Valley(MLYRV). The variability is larger than 1.5 mm d–1 and up to 35%–40% of the climatological mean summer precipitation. The relationship between the interdecadal change in the intensity of summer precipitation and its interannual variability over this area is investigated, by analyzing five gauged and re-constructed precipitation datasets. The relationship is found to be very weak over the MLYRV, with a correlation coefficient of only approximately 0.10. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation influences the western North Pacific subtropical high, which is responsible for the interdecadal change in summer precipitation over the MLYRV. However, the precipitation interannual variability is closely related to the ENSO events in the preceding winter due to its impact on the meridional displacement of the East Asian westerly jet. Different physical mechanisms cause different interdecadal variation in the intensity of summer precipitation and its interannual variability, and thus result in a poor relationship.     

区域气候自忆模式中记忆系数的某些特征及汛期降水预报分析

根据制作中国汛期降水业务预报的需要, 调整了区域气候自忆预测模式的边界条件及计算格式并进行了数值试验; 讨论了模式中记忆系数的线性趋势及周期变化等特征; 对1988~1997年中国汛期降水分布预报试验和1998年实际预报结果进行了分析, 结果表明, 自忆模式对汛期降水年际预报具有一定的能力.     

北半球夏季环流的简化模式季节预报试验

本文在对地气耦合非定常距平模式做了一些改进的基础上，进行了北半球夏季（6～8月）环流的季节预报试验。 对1982～1989年 6～8 月预报结果分析表明:预报效果优于持续性预报；但模式预报存在着明显的系统误差；距平中心向低纬度的漂移严重。用3种不同方法做了消除系统误差的试验，比较了它们的优劣。此外，针对距平模式预报的是月平均距平量这一特点，提出了两种集合预报方案:一种是用滑动的平均量做出多个5月份初始场；另一种是采用不同长度的时段平均，替代5月份初始场；用上述两种方案做了1987年6～8月的集合预报试验，结果表明优于或接近于非集合的单个预报的结果。     

基于时空统计降尺度的淮河流域夏季分月降水概率预测

针对淮河流域水资源短缺、洪涝、干旱并存的问题,基于国家气候中心第二代季节气候模式的集合回报数据集(1991—2014年),建立时空相结合的统计降尺度模型,提前1—3个月预测该流域夏季分月降水,应用ROC(relative operating characteristics)评分评估比较了不同集合预测方案的预测技巧。交叉检验结果表明,样本数取18、20、22、28时,集合预测方案对3、4、5月三个起报时次预测的夏季各月降水技巧预测均高于模式预测技巧。2015—2017年的独立样本检验进一步表明该统计降尺度模型能够明显降低3月、5月起报的6月和8月的降水预测偏差。认为可尝试将该降尺度方法应用于淮河流域夏季降水预测及进一步的流域水文预测。