Change in Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau Projected by Weighted CMIP6 Models

Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is important to local and downstream ecosystems. Based on a weighting method considering model skill and independence, changes in the TP precipitation for near-term (2021–40), mid-term (2041–60) and long-term (2081–2100) under shared socio-economic pathways (SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSSP3-7.0, SSP5-8.5) are projected with 27 models from the latest Sixth Phase of the Couple Model Intercomparison Project. The annual mean precipitation is projected to increase by 7.4%–21.6% under five SSPs with a stronger change in the northern TP by the end of the 21st century relative to the present climatology. Changes in the TP precipitation at seasonal scales show a similar moistening trend to that of annual mean precipitation, except for the drying trend in winter precipitation along the southern edges of the TP. Weighting generally suggests a slightly stronger increase in TP precipitation with reduced model uncertainty compared to equally-weighted projections. The effect of weighting exhibits spatial and seasonal differences. Seasonally, weighting leads to a prevailing enhancement of increase in spring precipitation over the TP. Spatially, the influence of weighting is more remarkable over the northwestern TP regarding the annual, summer and autumn precipitation. Differences between weighted and original MMEs can give us more confidence in a stronger increase in precipitation over the TP, especially for the season of spring and the region of the northwestern TP, which requires additional attention in decision making.     

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CMIP6土壤湿度适用性评估

为了解第六次国际耦合模式比较计划（CMIP6）土壤湿度数据在青藏高原的适用性,利用全球陆面数据同化系统（GLDAS）Noah模型输出的土壤湿度产品,对CMIP6 Historical试验的土壤湿度数据进行评估。结果表明：在青藏高原地区,CMIP6集合平均土壤湿度总体高于Noah产品,季节变化幅度明显小于Noah产品;各模式模拟的土壤湿度差异较大,在偏差、线性相关、标准差、场相关4个维度上,表现最好的模式分别为AWI-ESM-1-1-LR、NorESM2-MM、CanESM5、TaiESM1,而EC-Earth3、EC-Earth3-Veg和GFDL-CM4在两个维度上表现突出;综合考虑4个维度,AWI-ESM-1-1-LR等10个模式在高原适用性较好。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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。     

青藏高原未来气候变化预估:CMIP5模式结果

本文使用国际耦合模式比较计划第5阶段(CMIP5)中对青藏高原气候模拟较优的气候模式, 在RCP4.5中等偏低辐射强迫情景下对青藏高原未来气候变化进行了预估研究。结果表明, 青藏高原年均地表气温在2006~2100年的线性趋势平均为0.26℃/10a, 增暖幅度与海拔高度大体成正比;相比于1986~2005年参考时段, 2090年代平均升温2.7℃, 21世纪末期增温幅度明显高于早期和中期;在早、中和末期, 年均增温分别为0.8~1.3℃、1.6~2.5℃和2.1~3.1℃;各季节也均为变暖趋势, 其中冬季增温最大。对于年均降水来说, 未来百年将小幅增加, 集合平均趋势为1.15%/10a, 2090年代较参考时段增加10.4%;在早、中和末期的变化范围分别为-1.8%至15.2%、-0.9%至17.8%和1.4%至21.3%;季节降水也呈增加趋势, 夏季增幅明显高于其余三个季节且在21世纪末期较大, 青藏高原未来年均降水增加主要来自于夏季。需要指出的是, 上述预估结果在气候模式间存在着一定的差异, 未来气候变化的不确定性范围较大, 地表气温的可信度相对较高, 而降水的则偏低。     

CMIP5全球气候模式对青藏高原地区气候模拟能力评估

青藏高原是气候变化的敏感和脆弱区,全球气候模式对于这一地区气候态的模拟能力如何尚不清楚。为此,本文使用国际耦合模式比较计划第五阶段（CMIP5）的历史模拟试验数据,评估了44 个全球气候模式对1986~2005 年青藏高原地区地表气温和降水两个基本气象要素的模拟能力。结果表明,CMIP5 模式低估了青藏高原地区年和季节平均地表气温,年均平均偏低2.3℃,秋季和冬季冷偏差相对更大;模式可较好地模拟年和季节平均地表气温分布型,但模拟的空间变率总体偏大;地形效应校正能够有效订正地表气温结果。CMIP5 模式对青藏高原地区降水模拟能力较差。尽管它们能够模拟出年均降水自西北向东南渐增的分布型,但模拟的年和季节降水量普遍偏大,年均降水平均偏多1.3 mm d-1,这主要是源于春季和夏季降水被高估。同时,模式模拟的年和季节降水空间变率也普遍大于观测值,尤其表现在春季和冬季。相比较而言,44 个模式集合平均性能总体上要优于大多数单个模式;等权重集合平均方案要优于中位数平均;对择优挑选的模式进行集合平均能够提高总体的模拟能力,其中对降水模拟的改进更为显著。     

CMIP6模式对青藏高原东坡暖季降水的模拟评估

青藏高原东坡陡峭地形区是气候模式陆地降水模拟偏差的大值区,且这一偏差长期未得到有效改善.基于17个参加国际耦合模式比较计划第六阶段(CMIP6)的全球气候模式的日降水结果,评估了当前最新一代的气候模式对青藏高原东坡地区2000—2014年暖季(5—9月)降水气候态及其季节内演变的模拟能力.结果表明:高原东坡降水正偏差存...     

Understanding the Surface Temperature Cold Bias in CMIP5 AGCMs over the Tibetan Plateau

The temperature biases of 28 CMIP5 AGCMs are evaluated over the Tibetan Plateau(TP) for the period 1979–2005. The results demonstrate that the majority of CMIP5 models underestimate annual and seasonal mean surface 2-m air temperatures(T_(as)) over the TP. In addition, the ensemble of the 28 AGCMs and half of the individual models underestimate annual mean skin temperatures(T_s) over the TP. The cold biases are larger in T_(as) than in T_s, and are larger over the western TP. By decomposing the T_s bias using the surface energy budget equation, we investigate the contributions to the cold surface temperature bias on the TP from various factors, including the surface albedo-induced bias, surface cloud radiative forcing, clear-sky shortwave radiation, clear-sky downward longwave radiation, surface sensible heat flux, latent heat flux,and heat storage. The results show a suite of physically interlinked processes contributing to the cold surface temperature bias.Strong negative surface albedo-induced bias associated with excessive snow cover and the surface heat fluxes are highly anticorrelated, and the cancelling out of these two terms leads to a relatively weak contribution to the cold bias. Smaller surface turbulent fluxes lead to colder lower-tropospheric temperature and lower water vapor content, which in turn cause negative clear-sky downward longwave radiation and cold bias. The results suggest that improvements in the parameterization of the area of snow cover, as well as the boundary layer, and hence surface turbulent fluxes, may help to reduce the cold bias over the TP in the models.     

青藏高原表面温度对温室气体增加的响应及其不确定性:基于CMIP6的研究

近几十年来,青藏高原呈现显著增暖趋势,准确预估青藏高原未来气候变化对农业、生态系统、社会经济和人类生存与发展有着重要的科学意义。本研究基于CMIP6模式中18个模式在CO₂浓度突然4倍(abrupt-4×CO₂)强迫下的实验结果,运用气候反馈响应分析方法(CFRAM),研究温室气体强迫下青藏高原增暖响应、进行归因分析并讨论其模式间差异的来源。结果表明,高原地表增暖在很大程度上是温室气体强迫和正的水汽反馈造成的,并通过反照率反馈、云反馈以及地表热存储过程进一步放大,表面感热和潜热过程抑制了升温的幅度。其中,反照率反馈是造成青藏高原变暖比全球陆面平均增暖更强烈的原因。高原增暖响应的不确定性主要由云反馈贡献,其次是反照率反馈以及水汽反馈,但被感热和潜热过程削减。     

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。     

未来百年夏季青藏高原臭氧变化趋势及可能机制

利用全大气气候通用模式(WACCM3)对政府间气候变化专门委员会排放情景特别报告中2001年到2099年A1B、A2、B1三种排放情景进行了模拟,分析了三种排放情景下青藏高原地区未来百年臭氧总量在夏季(6—8月)的变化趋势及引起该变化的可能机制。结果表明:在三种排放情景下未来百年夏季高原区臭氧总量均呈现增长趋势,其中A2情景下臭氧增长最快,B1情景下增长最慢,但相对于同纬度其他地区,高原区的臭氧总量增长较慢,即高原区臭氧谷加深。高原区高空污染物的减少以及局域Hadley环流的减弱是未来高原区臭氧总量增加的原因;而南亚高压的增强,以及与之相对应的辐散增强则可能是高原区臭氧谷继续加深的原因。     

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。     

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.     

青藏高原臭氧谷极端事件的定义及其特征

利用1979—2016年ERA-interim逐日再分析资料,定义了青藏高原臭氧谷(Ozone Valley over the Tibetan Plateau,OVTP)极端和普通强(弱)事件,并讨论了其特征。结果表明:1) OVTP极端强事件在夏秋季节多发,10月最多,频率达2. 0%; OVTP普通强事件在春夏季多发,7月最多,频率达1. 7%。OVTP极端弱事件在秋冬季多发,12月最多,频率达3. 8%; OVTP普通弱事件在冬季多发,1月最多,频率达2. 0%。2) OVTP极端强事件出现频率显著增加(0. 004%·a~(-1)),极端弱事件出现频率显著减少(-0. 015%·a~(-1))。OVTP普通事件的变化均不显著。3) OVTP极端强事件的面积和强度均在秋季最大,10月达到最大值,面积为4. 3×10~5km~2,强度为1. 5×10~5t; OVTP普通强事件的面积和强度均在夏季最大,7月达到峰值,面积为1. 7×105km~2,强度为4. 1×10~3t。OVTP极端弱事件的面积和强度在春夏较小,4月达到最小值,面积为3. 2×10~4km~2,强度为1. 1×10~2t; OVTP普通弱事件的面积和强度在春夏秋均较小,4月和10月达到极小值,4月面积为2. 5×10~4km~2,强度为68 t,10月面积为2. 2×10~4km~2,强度为97t。4) OVTP极端和普通强事件的面积(强度)均呈显著增大(增强)趋势,极端强事件的面积达2. 5×10~2km~2·a~(-1),强度达2. 5×10~2t·a~(-1),普通强事件的面积达4. 5×10~2km~2·a~(-1),强度达4. 5 t·a~(-1)。极端和普通弱事件的面积(强度)均呈显著减小(减弱)趋势,极端弱事件的面积达-1. 7×10~4km~2·a~(-1),强度达-7. 0×10~3t·a~(-1),普通弱事件的面积达-2. 3×10~3km~2·a~(-1),强度达-2. 7×102t·a~(-1)。     

Evaluation of CMIP5 Earth System Models in Reproducing Leaf Area Index and Vegetation Cover over the Tibetan Plateau

The abilities of 12 earth system models (ESMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase5 (CMIP5) to reproduce satellite-derived vegetation biological variables over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) were examined. The results show that most of the models tend to overestimate the observed leaf area index (LAI) and vegetation carbon above the ground, with the possible reasons being overestimation of photosynthesis and precipitation. The model simulations show a consistent increasing trend with observed LAI over most of the TP during the reference period of 1986-2005, while they fail to reproduce the downward trend around the headstream of the Yellow River shown in the observation due to their coarse resolutions. Three of the models: CCSM4, CESM1-BGC, and NorESM1-ME, which share the same vegetation model, show some common strengths and weaknesses in their simulations according to our analysis. The model ensemble indicates a reasonable spatial distribution but overestimated land coverage, with a significant decreasing trend (-1.48% per decade) for tree coverage and a slight increasing trend (0.58% per decade) for bare ground during the period 1950-2005. No significant sign of variation is found for grass. To quantify the relative performance of the models in representing the observed mean state, seasonal cycle, and interannual variability, a model ranking method was performed with respect to simulated LAI. INMCM4, bcc-csm-1.1m, MPI-ESM-LR, IPSL CM5A-LR, HadGEM2-ES, and CCSM4 were ranked as the best six models in reproducing vegetation dynamics among the 12 models.     

CMIP6HighResMIP对青藏高原气候模拟的评估和预估

高分辨率模式模拟被认为是研究资料相对欠缺的青藏高原地区气候变化的重要方法之一。第六次国际耦合模式比较计划(CMIP6)新增了高分辨率模式比较计划(HighResMIP),但其对青藏高原气候的模拟性能尚未系统评估。本研究分析了6对(更高、较低分辨率)CMIP6 HighResMIP模式对青藏高原当前气候的模拟能力,并集合预估了近期青藏高原气候的变化趋势。相对较粗分辨率模拟,所有(2/3)模式的更高分辨率模拟减少了平均降水(气温)的区域平均偏差。泰勒图涉及指标的综合评估显示,约1/3模式的更高分辨率对平均气温和降水模拟效果优于较低分辨率,其余模式的更高分辨率则接近或者劣于较低分辨率。集合平均结果优于单个模式,且其更高分辨率模拟效果总体优于较低分辨率。更高分辨率模式集合预估显示,相对于1995—2014年,在SSP5-8.5情景下到2021—2040年青藏高原整体呈增温趋势,东南部增温相对较弱;降水从北到南呈增加-减少-增加的变化模态;青藏高原气温将平均增加(0.81±0.91)℃,降水将平均增加(0.05±0.25) mm/d。     

Northern Hemisphere Sudden Stratospheric Warming and Its Downward Impact in Four Chinese CMIP6 Models

Using the World Meteorological Organization definition and a threshold-based classification technique,simulations of vortex displacement and split sudden stratospheric warmings(SSWs)are evaluated for four Chinese models(BCC-CSM2-MR,FGOALS-f3-L,FGOALS-g3,and NESM3)from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project(CMIP6)with the Japanese 55-year reanalysis(JRA-55)as a baseline.Compared with six or seven SSWs in a decade in JRA-55,three models underestimate the SSW frequency by~50%,while NESM3 doubles the SSW frequency.SSWs mainly appear in midwinter in JRA-55,but one-month climate drift is simulated in the models.The composite of splits is stronger than displacements in both the reanalysis and most models due to the longer pulse of positive eddy heat flux before onset of split SSWs.A wavenumber-1-like temperature anomaly pattern(cold Eurasia,warm North America)before onset of displacement SSWs is simulated,but cold anomalies are mainly confined to North America after displacement SSWs.Although the lower tropospheric temperature also displays a wavenumber-1-like pattern before split SSWs,most parts of Eurasia and North America are covered by cold anomalies after split SSWs in JRA-55.The models have different degrees of fidelity for the temperature anomaly pattern before split SSWs,but the wavenumber-2-like temperature anomaly pattern is well simulated after split SSWs.The center of the negative height anomalies in the Pacific sector before SSWs is sensitive to the SSW type in both JRA-55 and the models.A negative North Atlantic Oscillation is simulated after both types of SSWs in the models,although it is only observed for split SSWs.