Formation and Characteristics of Coastal Internal Boundary Layers During Onshore Flows

The development and characteristics of coastal internal boundary layers were investigated in 28 tests. These were made at all seasons and in both gradient and sea-breeze flows but only during mid-day periods. Measurements of turbulence and temperature were taken from a light aircraft which flew traverses across Long Island at successive altitudes parallel to the wind direction. These were used to locate the boundary between modified and unmodified air as a function of height and distance from the coast. The same measurements plus tower measurements of wind, turbulence and temperature, pilot balloon soundings and measurements of land and water surface temperatures by a remote sensing IR thermometer were used to quantify the characteristics of the modified and unmodified air. The boundary layer slope was steep close to the land-water interface and became shallower with downwind distance. Growth of the boundary layer was initially slower with stable lapse rates upwind than with neutral or unstable conditions over the water. An equilibrium height was found in many tests except under conditions of free convection when the internal boundary layer merged into the mixed layer inland and with sea-breeze conditions. The equilibrium height depended on downwind conditions and was greater with low wind speeds and strong land surface heating than with stronger winds and small land-water temperature differences. Current theoretical models are not adequate to predict the height of the boundary layer at the altitudes and distances studied but reasonably good predictions were given by an empirical model developed earlier. Wind speed in the modified air averaged about 70% of that at the coast but turbulence levels were several times higher both near the surface and aloft. These findings have important implications for diffusion from coastal sites.     

Formation and characteristics of coastal internal boundary layers during onshore flows

The development and characteristics of coastal internal boundary layers were investigated in 28 tests. These were made at all seasons and in both gradient and sea-breeze flows but only during mid-day periods. Measurements of turbulence and temperature were taken from a light aircraft which flew traverses across Long Island at successive altitudes parallel to the wind direction. These were used to locate the boundary between modified and unmodified air as a function of height and distance from the coast. The same measurements plus tower measurements of wind, turbulence and temperature, pilot balloon soundings and measurements of land and water surface temperatures by a remote sensing IR thermometer were used to quantify the characteristics of the modified and unmodified air. The boundary layer slope was steep close to the land-water interface and became shallower with downwind distance. Growth of the boundary layer was initially slower with stable lapse rates upwind than with neutral or unstable conditions over the water. An equilibrium height was found in many tests except under conditions of free convection when the internal boundary layer merged into the mixed layer inland and with sea-breeze conditions. The equilibrium height depended on downwind conditions and was greater with low wind speeds and strong land surface heating than with stronger winds and small land-water temperature differences. Current theoretical models are not adequate to predict the height of the boundary layer at the altitudes and distances studied but reasonably good predictions were given by an empirical model developed earlier. Wind speed in the modified air averaged about 70% of that at the coast but turbulence levels were several times higher both near the surface and aloft. These findings have important implications for diffusion from coastal sites.     

A solar eclipse seen from the High Arctic during the period of midnight sun: effects on the local meteorology

The solar eclipse on 1 August 2008 was studied on Svalbard (93% totality), an archipelago in the High Arctic, where midnight sun had been present for several months. Simultaneous observations over land and over a large fjord showed that the eclipse triggered downslope winds in the valleys surrounding the fjord, thereby creating low-level clouds over the water. These clouds were later advected in over land and created a fog that lasted for 3 days, grounding all air traffic to and from Svalbard. The atmospheric response was otherwise much slower and weaker over water than over land. Over land, the wind speed decreased, the atmospheric stability changed from unstable to stable and the air temperature sank by 0.3–1.5°C, while over the fjord no clear minima in these parameters could be found.     

Influences of Tidal Fronts on Coastal Winds Over an Inland Sea

A regional numerical model of the atmosphere was applied to an inland sea, the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, to study the influence of sea-surface temperature (SST) variations, accompanied by a tidal front, on the coastal winds in summer when tidal fronts fully develop. After confirmation of the model performance, two sensitivity simulations, which used spatially uniform SST with the highest and lowest values over the study area, were performed. The control and sensitivity simulations show that the mean wind speeds were apparently reduced by the low SST and the SST gradient accompanying the tidal front. The comparison of the terms in the momentum equations in control and sensitivity simulations indicates that the change of the perturbation pressure gradient force with the SST gradient is the most important factor in the modification of near-surface winds with SST variations. When the air flows across a tidal front, the air cools over the low SST area and warms over the high SST area. Consequently, the surface perturbation pressure increases over the low SST area and decreases over the high SST area. This adjustment in surface perturbation pressure produces an additional pressure gradient force with direction from the low SST area to the high SST area that decelerates the surface wind in the area upwind of the tidal front and accelerates the surface wind downwind of the tidal front.     

General motors sulfate dispersion experiment

The mean wind field and the wind fluctuations observed near a controlled, heavily traveled level roadway were investigated. The mean wind field was studied in terms of velocity defects relative to the ambient mean wind. The wind fluctuations were studied in terms of energy spectra, velocity cross-spectra, excesses of velocity variances and cross-covariances over their ambient values. Two-point cross-spectra and correlations were also used to study the propagation of wind fluctuations. The influence of traffic on the ambient wind field extended vertically up to at least 4.5m above ground, and horizontally to at least 30 m downwind of the road. The vertical extension was more gradual at high cross-road winds than at low cross-road winds. The wind tended to move up as it approached the road and down as it left the road, except when the cross-road wind was low, where the downward motion was reduced or reversed. This is likely due to the buoyancy effect of the heated exhaust. The traffic effects propagated outward at about 1 m s^-1. Thus at cross-road winds of less than 1 ms^-1, the influence of traffic could be observed upwind of the road. When intense shear existed between the local wind field and an opposing traffic direction, large turbulent energy production resulted, generating large eddies, in additions to the high frequency (> 0.1 Hz) eddies generated by vehicular motions in the absence of intense shear. The large eddies also increased the mixing volume, so that when the ambient wind opposed the traffic direction on the upwind lanes, the pollutant concentration upwind of the road could be higher than that downwind. While the cross-covariance excesses generally agreed with the gradient transport assumption, disagreements also existed, which may not be surprising in view of the participation of large eddies in the momentum transport.     

渤海西岸一次极端大风的特征和成因分析

利用NCEP-FNL资料、FY-4卫星红外云图资料、雷达资料和自动站资料,对2021年4月15日渤海西岸由大尺度冷空气和中尺度对流系统共同作用形成的极端大风进行特征和成因分析。结果表明：(1)FY-4卫星红外云图云顶亮温表现出指状特征,雷达反射率因子表现为两个弱回波带在渤海西岸合并加强为一条带状回波,随着系统东移由带状回波演变为弓状回波。(2)上冷下暖的不稳定层结为锋面触发对流提供有利环境条件,在径向速度图上出现较大范围速度模糊和中层径向辐合。(3)此次大风过程具有雷暴大风和冷空气大风混合的大风特征,大风成因是由大尺度冷空气产生的动量下传、大尺度变压风、梯度风以及中尺度雷暴冷池出流共同导致的。     

莱州湾西北与山东半岛北部强海效应降雪个例分析

利用常规资料、NCEP再分析资料和加密自动站资料对2011年12月8日莱州湾西岸一次强海效应降雪过程进行了诊断分析。结果表明:此地的海效应降雪与山东半岛北部的海效应降雪都是在适宜的背景场、有利的海气温差及较强的低空冷平流等基本条件下发生的。但是具体到风场配置、海气温差强度、水汽分布及动力、热力条件等方面存在着差异。在这次过程中,900 hPa以上为西北风,以下维持持续的东北风,是造成此次强海效应降雪的主要原因。这种风场结构与半岛北部的高、低空均要求西北风不同。结合物理量场的诊断分析认为,莱州湾西岸的海效应降雪与山东半岛北部的同属于浅对流降雪。本次过程中900 hPa以下存在上升运动、水汽辐合中心、不稳定层结和大的海气温差,近地层的切变线触发了不稳定能量的释放。强降雪区出现在1000 hPa相当位温暖舌的区域,暖舌的位置与山东半岛北部发生强海效应降雪时的不同,前者在莱州湾,后者在半岛北部沿海。从云图上看,冷流低云在海面上表现为一条条顺气流方向的云线,云的个体呈细胞状,接近陆地时,由于海陆下垫面的差异使得云层加厚,云的走向发生偏转,降雪加大。     

2013年北京地区一次强对流冰雹天气过程分析

2013年6月11日08时至6月12日08时,北京地区出现了一次强对流天气过程,部分站点出现冰雹、短时强降水等灾害性天气。本文详细分析此次过程的大尺度天气环流背景、物理量场、北京S波段新一代天气雷达基本反射率因子、径向速度、一小时累积雨量等产品和海淀风廓线探测数据、5分钟加密自动站数据,得出如下结论：(1)本次过程主要是对流层中层温度槽落后于高度槽,系统斜压性较强,发展较好。(2)源于东部沿海的暖湿空气持续输送,为后续强对流天气提供了充沛的水汽和不稳定能量。(3)本站不稳定能量的积聚为对流性天气的形成发展提供了良好的触发维持条件。(4)怀柔汤河口降雹之前,多普勒天气雷达速度图上反映出明显的中气旋特征;反射率因子图存在钩状回波,相应的垂直剖面具有回波悬垂、三体散射等特征。(5)南风分量明显加大,有利于水汽的输送,中尺度切变线的存在有利于气流辐合,强回波稳定少动,产生短时强降水。     

Stratified airflow over one or two hills

Methods for calculating, interpolating and idealising air flow in complex terrain are reviewed. Then the general structure of stratified airflow over a single hill of height H and length L₁ is studied in detail and shown to be determined by the upwind velocity profile, the magnitude of a characteristic Froude number and the dimensions of the hill. Let N(L₁) be the buoyancy frequency upwind at a height L₁, and u_* and U₀ be the upwind friction and mean velocity respectively; then the flow is effectively neutral if u^*/NL₁>1. But if u_*/NL₁>1 and u₀/NL₁>1, the stratification is weak enough to affect the upwind turbulence and velocity profile but not the dynamics of the flow over the hill. If U₀/NL₁ <1 but U₀/NH>1 the buoyancy forces are strong enough to affect the mean flow over the hill but not strong enough to prevent it passing over the top. In this regime the flow is very sensitive to the form of the upwind temperature profile. If U₀/NH>1, much of the flow passes round the hill. A similar classification, with different flow patterns, is appropriate for unstably stratified flows. When the wind is weak enough, local slope winds can dominate. Results from the analysis of these different regimes are described and compared with laboratory of field measurements where possible. It is shown how some of these results can be extended to groups of hills.     

冷空气强风在大型城市中的精细结构和形成机制

地面强风可直接造成人员伤亡和经济损失,严重影响出行安全、工农业生产等社会秩序。强风的发生与天气系统和复杂下垫面的共同作用密切相关,在城市区域尤为明显。受数值模拟技术和计算资源的限制,对实际天气条件下大范围城区的强风现象进行建筑物分辨率的大规模数值模拟研究仍是一个挑战。本研究利用中尺度气象模式嵌套流体计算动力模式的超高分辨率局地气象预报系统,对强冷空气过程造成广州市区的一次强风事件进行数值模拟,深入探讨强风的精细结构和形成机制。结果表明,伴随着强冷空气入侵,广州市区的平均风速和风场高频扰动均明显增强,且在城市冠层顶尤为明显,呈现区域不均匀的三维结构,数值模拟与地面观测相一致。较大范围的强风速和阵风主要出现在建筑物较为低矮的老城区上空,并持续影响下游河道等开阔区域。在高层建筑密集的新城区,虽然整体风速明显减弱,但能在平行风向的街道狭管和下游区域形成局地强风。特别是,超高层建筑群引起显著的垂直环流,导致强风扰动向下传播,造成最大风速达8 m s?1的地面局地强风,阵风指数接近2。上游建筑群引起的风场扰动呈现大尺度湍流结构,能沿着平均气流传播影响数公里之远的下游地区。当风场扰动经过广州塔等单体超高层建筑时,可在其两侧绕流区再次加强,形成局地强风。局地强风和阵风还出现在垂直于风向排列的沿江高层建筑群的侧边,与建筑屏风的阻挡效应和缺口溢出有关。研究结果促进认识城市强风的时空特征和物理机制,有助于提升城市气象的精细化预报水平。     

Generation and atmospheric heat exchange of coastal polynyas in the Weddell Sea

The forcing mechanisms for Antarctic coastal polynyas and the thermodynamic effects of existing polynyas are studied by means of an air-sea-ice interaction experiment in the Weddell Sea in October and November 1986.Coastal polynyas develop in close relationship to the ice motion and form most rapidly with offshore ice motion. Narrow polynyas occur frequently on the lee side of headlands and with strong curvature of the coastline. From the momentum balance of drifting sea ice, a forcing diagram is constructed, which relates ice motion to the surface-layer wind vector v _z and to the geostrophic ocean current vector c _g . In agreement with the data, wind forcing dominates when the wind speed at a height of 3 m exceeds the geostrophic current velocity by a factor of at least 33. This condition within the ocean regime of the Antarctic coastal current usually is fulfilled for wind speeds above 5 m/s at a height of 3 m.Based on a nonlinear parameter estimation technique, optimum parameters for free ice drift are calculated. Including a drift dependent geostrophic current in the ice/water drag yields a maximum of explained variance (91%) of ice velocity.The turbulent heat exchange between sea ice and polynya surfaces is derived from surface-layer wind and temperature data, from temperature changes of the air mass along its trajectory and from an application of the resistance laws for the atmospheric PBL. The turbulent heat flux averaged over all randomly distributed observations in coastal polynyas is 143 W/m². This value is significantly different over pack ice and shelf ice surfaces, where downward fluxes prevail. The large variances of turbulent fluxes can be explained by variable wind speeds and air temperatures. The heat fluxes are also affected by cloud feedback processes and vary in time due to the formation of new ice at the polynya surface.Maximum turbulent fluxes of more than 400 W/m² result from strong winds and low air temperatures. The heat exchange is similarly intense in a narrow zone close to the ice front, when under weak wind conditions, a local circulation develops and cold air associated with strong surface inversions over the shelf ice is heated above the open water.     

过水体气流流速的改变

流场如何适应非均匀地表面是微气象学的一个重要问题。本文通过建立一个包含地面过程参数化和水温预报方案的非静力平衡中小尺度数值模式来研究过水体气流流速改变的空间结构和变化规律。结果表明:由于水体使表面粗糙度有脉冲式跃变,当较强气流流过时,形成两个内边界层,这两个内边界层在空间交汇呈“舌状”分布,在此之内流速增大,并且地面粗糙度愈大,流速增大愈多。大气层结明显地影响过水体气流流速的改变,造成流速改变有明显的日变化和季节性变化。过水体气流流向改变不大。      

区域气候模式对东亚季风和中国降水的多年模拟与性能检验

利用高分辨率区域气候模式 (NCC/RegCM)对 1998～ 2 0 0 2年的东亚环流及中国区域降水进行了数值模拟。对模拟结果的检验表明 ,模式能较真实地模拟出东亚地区多年平均的月季环流特征、季风的年变化、中国各主要气候区温度、降水的季节变化及中国主要雨带的季节性进退。但模拟的气温场在夏季对流层中、低层海洋偏暖、陆地偏冷 ,由于温度场的这种系统性误差加大了夏季海、陆温差 ,导致模拟的东亚夏季风偏强 ,使夏季雨带位置向北偏移 ,从而使华北地区降水估计偏高 ,没能很好地反映最近 5a来中国降水呈南涝北旱的气候特征。模式中地形的作用及云 辐射参数化方案等的处理可能是模拟误差的主要来源 ,这也反映了模式对于准确模拟中国区域降水的长期异常分布还比较困难 ,今后应进一步改进模式的模拟能力。     

Climate-Induced Variability of Sea Level in Stockholm： Influence of Air Temperature and Atmospheric Circulation

This study is focused on climate-induced variation of sea level in Stockholm during 1873-1995. After the effect of the land uplift, is removed, the residual is characterized and related to large-scale temperature and atmospheric circulation. The residual shows an overall upward trend, although this result depends on the uplift rate used. However, the seasonal distribution of the trend is uneven. There are even two months （June and August） that show a negative trend. The significant trend in August may be linked to fresh water input that is controlled by precipitation. The influence of the atmospheric conditions on the sea level is mainly manifested through zonal winds, vorticity and temperature. While the wind is important in the period January-May, the vorticity plays a main role during June and December. A successful linear multiple-regression model linking the climatic variables （zonal winds, vorticity and mean air temperature during the previous two months） and the sea level is established for each month. An independent verification of the model shows that it has considerable skill in simulating the variability.     

上海市气象场与SO2浓度数值模拟

采用地形坐标系下适合于复杂地形且满足地-气耦合的静力学三维中-β尺度气象预报模式,使用08时的实测流场经变分法初始化后得到的初始流场,模拟研究了上海地区的局地流场时空演变特征。模式较细致地考虑了湍流、长短波辐射、凝结、蒸发、地表热力平衡等因子,在此基础上,使用有限元法数值求解一阶闭合的三维欧拉平流扩散方程,模拟了上海地区的SO₂浓度分布。结果表明:上海的局地流场具有明显的日变化特征,受海陆温差的影响明显,日间风速较夜间风速大,风向呈顺时针旋转;在不稳定层结情况下,高架点源排放的高空污染物对地面的污染物浓度有贡献,会造成地面污染物浓度升高。     

中国区域陆面覆盖变化的气候效应模拟研究

基于MODIS和CLCV陆面覆盖资料,利用区域气候模式RegCM4分别进行两组24年（1978-2001年）的数值模拟试验,研究中国区域陆面覆盖变化对区域气候的影响。结果表明,以荒漠化和植被退化为主要特征的陆面覆盖变化通过改变陆面能量、水分平衡与大尺度环流进而对气候要素产生重要影响。夏季,中国南方地区普遍降温,季风边缘区及藏北高原气温升高,降水减少;季风边缘区与西北地区气温年际波动加剧;内蒙古中东部地区西南风增强,进而水汽输送增强,一定程度上增加了该地区降水。冬季,中国东部地区偏北气流增强,更多干燥冷空气南下,使得黄河以南地区降水减少、气温降低。     

An ice breeze mechanism for boundary-layer jets

The existence of a low-level (z=~1000 m) jet adjacent to a sea-ice boundary is investigated with a two-dimensional numerical model. A thermally-direct ice breeze circulation is induced by specifying an ice-sea surface temperature gradient, with the mean geostrophic wind parallel to the ice edge. Pressure changes associated with over-water mixed-layer development create an increase in geostrophic velocity that accounts for most of the increase in wind speed. A change in initial geostrophic wind direction has significant effects on location and intensity of the low-level jet; geostrophic winds parallel to the ice edge result in stronger jets than occur with cross-ice geostrophic winds. An inertial oscillation simulated by the model in 1-D makes a negligible contribution to the low-level jet.     

Annual variation of surface roughness obtained from wind profile measurements

Summary Profile measurements of wind and temperature have been performed at the Agricultural University of Norway on a routine basis since 1997. 10-min. averages are stored in a database together with other relevant meteorological parameters. The database can be used to determine the seasonal variation of surface aerodynamic roughness, showing the growth of grass between cutting during the growing season, the effect of snowfall and the melting of snow etc. However, careful screening of the data must be conducted before reliable estimates can be made. The main objective of this study is to establish simple practical rules for filtering out unreliable datasets for the evaluation of the surface roughness parameter z₀, and to present its annual variation. The resulting values for the summer period agree well with values found in the literature for homogenous grass covered surfaces. In the transition periods during autumn and spring, and during wintertime in mild weather conditions, the surface is generally non-homogenous with a mixture of snow patches, ponds of melting water and shrubs of withered grass. The results show that the mechanical interaction between a non-homogeneous land surface and the boundary layer flow can be described by one roughness parameter, with a numeric value somewhere in between the ideal values for the different surface characteristics. Another use of the database is to investigate drainage flow and the relationship between drainage flow, prevailing wind direction and the mean vertical velocity of the air. Most micrometeorological studies of the fluxes of heat and water vapour in the surface layer, assume the mean vertical velocity to be zero, focusing on eddy fluxes and thereby excluding any transport in the mean flow. In certain situations, this may lead to serious errors. This work shows that convergence of horizontal flow leads to an upward movement of air, which is enhanced if the prevailing direction of the wind opposes the outflow of the cold drainage winds from the area.