山体遮挡对滇池风生流的影响初探

用二维风生流数值模型模拟滇池湖流运动。滇池在主导风向西南风作用下,假定湖面风场是均匀的,数值模拟的湖流流态与实测湖流结果相差很大。而考虑山体遮挡影响,根据实测湖流期间现有的风情资料,在湖面上构造一非均匀风场,数值模拟结果与实测值基本一致。山体遮挡对滇池风生流的影响是不容忽视的。建议进一步进行湖流和湖面风向、风速监测,并建立过山气流数学模型,深入研究山体遮挡对湖泊风生流的影响。     

鄱阳湖地区大气边界层特征的数值模拟

采用WRFV2.2中尺度数值模式对鄱阳湖地区200 km×200 km范围内,2009年11月5日00∶00至2009年11月6日12∶00不同高度的气象要素进行了数值模拟,得到了水平分辨率为1 km的鄱阳湖地区大气边界层风、温、湿度场和廓线分布的大气边界层物理特征.模拟结果发现:白天鄱阳湖面上空存在着冷岛效应并伴随湖风,而夜间湖面上空存在着热岛效应并伴随陆风,湖面与陆地之间最大温差可达6 ℃;同时地形以及下垫面类型对鄱阳湖区风场的分布具有很大影响,夜间存在一条东北西南走向的低空辐合带,白天逐渐消失;此外受风场和地形作用湖面上空的湿度分布也不均匀,白天湿度层厚度低而夜晚湿度层厚度高,湖中心右侧湿度值大于左侧湿度值.模拟结果能较好地反映鄱阳湖的大气边界层物理特征,有助于了解鄱阳湖地区区域气候的特点,以及由于地形、地理环境、地表特征所形成的不同高度上的风、温、湿的分布规律和大气边界层物理特征,为鄱阳湖地区局地天气预报、风能资源开发、环境保护等提供了科学依据.     

京津冀城市群地区夏季低层大气风速谱特征分析

利用京津冀城市群地区6个观测站风廓线雷达夏季一个月同步观测资料,对其进行了风功率谱和小波分析.越接近地面,测站之间风的周期变化特征差异越明显,离地面越远,差异不显著.各站大于1天周期的频谱特征差异小,而小于1天周期的频谱特征差异大.各站频谱在几百米高度有明显日变化.不同位置的测站其日变化周期信号随高度分布表现为不同程度的地形影响效应.部分测站1km高度以下风功率谱在大于1天高频区近似满足-5/3幂分布规律.降水过程风频谱在低层普遍有小于1天的高频周期,这与降水过程高低空风速起伏和变化密切相关.各站平均风矢量日变化在5∶00—6∶00、20∶00—21∶00有明显风速变化和风向转换,1500m以下风向变化差异显著,偏南风出现时间及影响高度与该地区的山谷风和海陆风相联系.各站之间风速相关系数随高度分布呈现出低层低、上层高的特点.最后还给出了风廓线雷达布网建议.     

Modelling hydrodynamics in Yachiyo Lake using a non‐hydrostatic general circulation model with spatially and temporally varying meteorological conditions

In this study, a three‐dimensional (3D) non‐hydrostatic circulation model was applied to study the thermal structure, its evolution and water circulation of Yachiyo Lake in Hiroshima, Japan. The simulations were conducted for 1 month during July 2006. The meteorological forcing variables such as wind stress, surface atmospheric pressure and heat flux transfer through the lake surface were provided by an atmospheric mesoscale model run. The vertical mixing process of the lake was calculated using the Mellor‐Yamada turbulence model. The 1‐month numerical simulation revealed the wind‐induced currents of the lake, two gyres in the mid‐layer, and depth‐averaged monthly mean currents. Further numerical experiments studying the mechanism of the two gyres in the lake showed the important role of topography in gyre formation. The thermal structure of the lake and its evolution both in space and in time as predicted by the model showed very good agreement with the observed values and characteristics of Yachiyo Lake. The internal gravity waves, which are crucial for mixing in the stratified lake, are depicted by the vertical fluctuation of isotherms. Using the non‐dimensional gradient Richardson number, Yachiyo Lake was determined to be stable under strong stratification during the study period, and therefore very sensitive to wind stress. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Eutrophisation et faune benthique de trois lacs de montagne

Zoobenthic communities were used to indicate the trophic state of three mountain lakes of western Switzerland. In these lakes, the macrobenthos was constituted mainly by oligochaetes and chironomid larvae;Tubifex tubifex was the most abundant worm species. In Lakes Lioson and Hongrin, the abundance of zoobenthos did not change or increased slightly with depth andStylodrilus heringianus was present. In Lake Chavonnes, zoobenthos decreased strongly with depth and it consisted mainly ofTubifex tubifex. These data, compared with those from other oligotrophic lakes, indicated that Lake Chavonnes was eutrophic whereas Lakes Lioson and Hongrin were oligotrophic. However, Lake Hongrin—an artificial lake made in 1968—constituted a special case. Its water comes in part from mountain rivers and in part from Lake Geneva. Consequently, some benthic species of Lake Geneva have colonized Lake Hongrin and its water is warmer than in a typical mountain lake.      

Sturmeinfluß auf das Tiefenwasser des Zürichsees im Winter

Summary During the period of partial circulation in the Lake of Zurich at the end of 1949 and the beginning of 1950, winds blowing in general up the lake led to an accumulation of surface water rich in oxygen in the lee half and a windward drift in the lower layers of water poor in oxygen. At the beginning of February 1950 the lake was, although homothermal, only mixed to a depth of about 80 m because of the increased specific gravity of the deep water (meromictic condition). During February strong and continued winds blew up the lake; these produced gradient currents which forced oxygen-poor bottom water (lying originally at 100 to 140 m depth) to the windward end where it welled up to the 55 m level. Over a horizontal distance of 12 km this represented a rise in level of this layer of sometimes more than 50 m. Subsequent oscillations of the water masses continued for several weeks; but nothing certain can be stated about possible affects of later winds in maintaining the oscillation, as only the winds in February were constant in character and blowing along the longitudinal axis of the lake. Such movements of bottom water caused by wind are important for the aeration of the lake, for the fishery and for an assessment of the lake's condition.      

Parametric uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of hydrodynamic processes for a large shallow freshwater lake

Abstract

A parametric uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of hydrodynamic processes was conducted for a large shallow freshwater lake, Lake Taihu, China. Ten commonly used parameters in five groups were considered including: air–water interface factor, water–sediment interface factor, surrounding terrain factor, turbulent diffusion parameters and turbulent intensity parameters. Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) was used for sampling the parametric combinations, which gave predictive uncertainty results directly without using surrogate models, and the impacts of different parametric distribution functions on the results were investigated. The results showed that the different parametric distribution functions (e.g. uniform, normal, lognormal and triangular) for sampling had very little impact on the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the lake hydrodynamic model. The air–water interface factor (wind drag coefficient) and surrounding terrain factor (wind shelter coefficient) had the greatest influence on the spatial distribution of lake hydrodynamic processes, especially in semi-closed bays and lake regions with complex topography, accounting for about 60–70% and 20%, respectively, of the uncertainty on the results. Vertically, velocity in the surface layer was also largely influenced by the two factors, followed by velocity in the bottom layer; the middle velocity had minimal impact. Likewise, the water–sediment interface factor (i.e. bottom roughness height) ranked third, contributing about 10% to the uncertainty of the hydrodynamic processes of the lake. In contrast, turbulent diffusion parameters and turbulent intensity parameters in the lake hydrodynamic model had little effect on the uncertainty of simulated results (less than 1% contribution). The findings were sufficiently significant to reduce the parameter uncertainties and calibration workload of the hydrodynamic model in large shallow lakes.

Editor Z. W. Kundzewicz; Associate editor S. Grimaldi     

Macrofaune des fonds de cailloux du Léman

In Lake Geneva (Switzerland), the macrofauna of the stony lake bottom was studied in seven stations from 1969 to 1971. The modifications in animal communities since the beginning of the century can be attributed partly to the increasing eutrophication of the lake and partly to the introduction of new species. The stations are classified according to the structure of their animal communities, which enables us to deduce the degree of eutrophication of each station. The analysis of factors which influence the animals' microdistribution on lakebottom stones reveals many complicated interactions. As a result of this complexity, further research projects were concentrated on leeches (Hirudinea) which colonize artificial substrates in imitation of the underface of stones.Helobdella stagnalis, Erpobdella octoculata andGlossiphonia complanata form the major part of collected fauna. Density fluctuations, population structures (age groups) and quantitative relations between these three species as well as their vertical and horizontal distribution patterns were examined in great detail.      

Jet stream activity detected as wavelike disturbances at mid-latitude ionosphericF region heights

Summary Wavelike disturbances with periods of 12 to 15 minutes detected at ionosphericF region heights by radio techniques are investigated. These disturbances in an otherwise quiet ionosphere are attributed to the presence of active wind patterns associated with the jet stream at the height of the tropopause. The active flow patterns on the tropopause weather maps indicate horizontal wind shear, the direction of flow parallel to the isolines of constant speed. Conversely, the ionospheric activity diminishes when the contours of constant wind speed swing perpendicular to the direction of flow.At times the wind patterns meander across the United States from west to east essentially unchanged. On such occasions the ionospheric activity attributed to these winds appears over a given station for 5 or 6 days, and then disappears. At other times less stable wind patterns are seen to break apart within a matter of hours and the ionospheric activity appears in correspondingly short gusts. For both cases, the ionospheric activity may be thought of as localized, in terms of global circulation, exhibiting a strong longitudinal dependence.Initial work sponsored by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the Environmental Science Services Administration, Boulder, Colorado.     

Remote and local forcing of a coastal lagoon: The Virginia Coast Reserve

The effects of local and remote wind forcing of water level heights in the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) are examined in order to determine the significant forces governing estuarine motions over subtidal time scales. Recent (1996–2008) data from tide and wind stations in the lagoon, a tide station to the north at Sandy Hook, NJ, and one offshore wind station at the Chesapeake Light Tower are examined. Sea surface height spectrum calculations reveal significant diurnal and semidiurnal tidal effects along with subtidal variations, but a suppressed inertial signal. Sea-surface heights (SSH) with 2–5 day periods at Wachapreague, VA are coherent with those at Sandy Hook and lag them in time, suggesting that southward-propagating continental shelf waves provide subtidal variability within the lagoon. The coherence between lagoon winds and sea surface height, as well as between winds and cross-lagoon sea height gradient, were significant at a relatively small number of frequency and wind direction combinations. The frequencies at which this wind forcing occurs are the tidal and subtidal bands present to the north, so that lagoon winds selectively augment existing SSH signals, but do not generate them. The impact of the wind direction is closely related to the geometry of the lagoon and bounding landmasses. The effect of wind stress is also constrained by geometry in affecting the cross-lagoon water height gradient. Water levels at subtidal frequencies are likely forced by a combination of local wind forcing, remote wind forcing and oceanic forcing modified by the complex topography of the lagoon, shelf, and barrier islands.     

Geomagnetic activity and the North Atlantic Oscillation

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the prominent pattern of winter climate variability that has a strong effect on weather in the North Atlantic region and the adjacent continents. At present, uncertainty prevails as to the mechanisms controlling the variability of the NAO. It is also difficult to explain why the positive phase of the NAO has prevailed over the past 37 years (1972–2008). We found high positive correlation coefficients between geomagnetic activity (used as a measure of solar wind intensity) and the NAO indices that equal 0.76 for 1962–1994 and 0.63 for 1961–2011. Positive correlations of the distribution of surface air temperature with the NAO and similarly with geomagnetic activity occur in the Northern Hemisphere. These results encourage our search for possible causes controlling the NAO. We have found that at times of high geomagnetic activity the NAO index is positive and magnetic reconnection may enable the solar wind to initiate downward winds in the magnetosphere. Wind anomalies originate at the edge of the stratospheric polar vortex and propagate downward through the troposphere taking part in the intensification of the vortex and of the westerlies. Stronger northerly winds over Greenland carry cold air southward and, together with the enhanced westerlies, advect the warm air from the Atlantic along the deep Icelandic low into Eurasia increasing temperatures there. On the other hand, at times of low geomagnetic activity, the NAO index is negative and the stratospheric polar vortex is weak. Warm air from the subtropics is carried into the Arctic and a rapid amplification of planetary waves propagating upward may cause displacement or even splitting of the weak vortex and sudden stratospheric warming. During this negative NAO phase the weakened westerlies allow more cold air to build up over North America and Eurasia.     

Latitudinal variations of neutral wind structures in the lower thermosphere for the March equinox period

Neutral winds in the lower thermosphere (95–$\text{130}\text{km}$) measured during the March equinox period (1991–1992) by ground-based incoherent scatter radars at Arecibo (18°N), Millstone Hill (42.5°N), and Sondrestrom (67°N) and by the space-based wind imaging interferometer (WINDII) are compared and show overall good agreement but some differences. At 18°N, the wind field in the altitude region of 95–$\text{110}\text{km}$ displays prevailing upward propagating diurnal tides with wavelengths of about $\text{22}\text{km}$. The diurnal structure is affected by the semidiurnal tide resulting in regular minima separated by 11–$\text{12}\text{h}$. At altitudes above $\text{110}\text{km}$, the diurnal tide dominant wind structure changes to the semidiurnal tide dominant structure as illustrated clearly by WINDII data with $\text{24}\text{h}$ coverage. Winds at 42.5°N and 67°N show similar structures in which winds at 105–$\text{115}\text{km}$ are generally anti-sunward. Daytime ISR winds show prevailing upward propagating semidiurnal tides with wavelengths of 35–$\text{70}\text{km}$. Winds from WINDII reveal the existence of the in situ thermospheric diurnal tide with amplitudes comparable to those of the semidiurnal tide. The superimposition of the two tides result in a wind field stronger during daytime than during nighttime at mid- and high-latitudes. Geomagnetic influence on neutral winds is negligible at low- and mid-latitudes under solar quiet conditions, but is observed at high-latitudes, where wind vectors follow a clockwise one-cell pattern at altitudes above about $\text{118}\text{km}$ in geomagnetic coordinates. Most recent simulations for the three latitudes provided by the NCAR thermosphere/ionosphere/mesosphere electrodynamics general circulation model are compared to the observations. The results at low- and mid-latitudes agree well with the observed winds in both wind structures and magnitudes, and reveal details of wave transition. Simulations for high-latitudes are less satisfactory, and require further improvements.     

Some aspects of the monsoon circulation and monsoon rainfall

Summary The south Asian summer monsoon from June to September accounts for the greater part of the annual rainfall over most of India and southeast Asia. The evolution of the summer and winter monsoon circulations over India is examined on the basis of the surface and upper air data of stations across India. The salient features of the seasonal reversals of temperature and pressure gradients and winds and the seasonal and synoptic fluctuations of atmospheric humidity are discussed. The space-time variations of rainfall are considered with the help of climatic pentad rainfall charts and diagrams. The rainfall of several north and central Indian stations shows a minimum around mid-August and a maximum around mid-February which seem to be connected with the extreme summer and winter positions of the ITCZ and the associated north-south shifts in the seasonal circulation patterns. Attention is drawn to the characteristic features of the monsoon rainfall that emerge from a study of daily and hourly rainfall of selected stations. Diurnal variations of temperature, pressure, wind and rainfall over the monsoon belt are briefly treated.     

鄱阳湖夏季水面蒸发与蒸发皿蒸发的比较

水面蒸发是湖泊水量平衡要素的重要组成部分.基于传统蒸发皿观测蒸发不能代表实际水面蒸发,而实际水面蒸发特征仍不清楚.本研究基于涡度相关系统观测的鄱阳湖水体实际水面蒸发过程,在小时和日尺度分析了水面蒸发的变化规律及其主要影响因子,并与蒸发皿蒸发进行比较.研究表明,实际水面蒸发日变化波动剧烈,变化范围在0~0.4 mm/h之间.水面蒸发的日变化特征主要受风速的影响.鄱阳湖8月份日水面蒸发量与蒸发皿蒸发量在总体趋势上具有很好的一致性.8月份平均日水面蒸发速率(5.90 mm/d)比蒸发皿蒸发速率(5.65 mm/d)高4.6%.水面日蒸发量与蒸发皿蒸发量的比值在8月上、中、下旬平均值分别为1.24、1.00、0.92,呈现下降的趋势.鄱阳湖夏季水面日蒸发量与风速和相对湿度相关性显著,而蒸发皿蒸发与净辐射、气温、饱和水汽压差和相对湿度均呈显著相关.这是由于蒸发皿水体容积小,与湖泊相比其水体热存储能力小,因此更容易受到环境因子的影响.     

Meteorological and runoff time-series characteristics in a small,high-Arctic glaciated basin,Svalbard

This paper examines characteristics of meteorological and runoff time-series collected from the Brøggerbreen glacier basin, Svalbard, during 1991 and 1992. Proglacial discharge and electrical conductivity were monitored at two gauging stations: one immediately downstream of the terminus of Austre Brøggerbreen and another c. 2·5 km downstream, in order to assess the contribution of the intervening proglacial sandur. Meteorological time-series (incident radiation, wind speed and direction, air temperature and precipitation) were monitored on the proglacial sandur. Changes in wind direction, incident radiation receipt and air temperature were used as a basis for separating the time-series into different periods. These periods allowed the relative significance of advective and incident (short-wave) radiative forcing of air temperatures to be determined at diurnal and synoptic time-scales. The analysis shows that incident radiation dominated over advection in the forcing of diurnal variations in air temperature during all the periods. At the synoptic scale, both processes were periodically dominant in forcing air temperature variability. An examination of synoptic charts supports the use of ground level measurements to describe the effect of energy advection upon the synoptic air temperature variability and indicates the role of large-scale circulation patterns in the delivery of energy for ablation under different conditions. Interrelationships between the hydrological and meteorological time-series are then used to characterize the response of the glacierized part of the catchment to meteorological forcing throughout the two ablation seasons. The analyses show that the recession of the snowpack across the proglacial and glacial portions of the basin has an important effect on the catchment contributing area contributing to runoff and the lag between energy inputs and meltwater discharge outputs. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Origin and size of hypolimnic mixing in Urnersee,the southern basin of Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne)

Urnersee and Gersauersee are two adjacent basins of Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne, Switzerland), seperated by a sill of 85 m depth, with similar topography (max. depth 195 and 213 m, respectively) but remarkably different exposure to “external forces”, such as wind and river input. Urnersee is exposed to diurnal winds and to occasional strong storms from the south (Föhn) whereas the wind over Gersauersee is moderate or weak. Two rivers, both having very large discharges during storms, replace the total water volume of Urnersee about once a year; in contrast, no large river flows directly into Gersauersee. Between March and October 1986, meteorological parameters, water temperatures and currents were measured quasi-continuously with the aim to quantify hypolimnic water exchange and mixing in Urnersee and to asses the relative importance of wind mixing versus river-induced water exchange for the renewal of the deep water layers. Three periods could be identified: (1) in April, weak stratification and strong episodic storms exchange about 50% of the deep hypolimnion (DH, defined as layer below 110 m depth) leading to a mean heat flux of 36 Wm². Because of the large wind mixing the water of the exposed Urnersee below about 20 m depth becomes lighter than in the sheltered Gersauersee. (2) In May and June, the horizontal density gradient causes about 65% renewal of the Urnersee DH by the heavier Gersauersee intermediate water but does not affect the heart content. (3) Simultaneously with these processes are the episodic river floods adding another 20% to the DH water exchange and causing a heat flux of about 6 Wm². During the rest of the summer, water exchange remains below 10% and is mainly due to episodic flood while wind mixing has little influence. Yet, during floods water input into the DH per unit time can still be very large and heat, fluxes reach 600 Wm² or more. The influence of lateral density currents between the two adjacent basins on hypolimnic mixing is of great ecological significance and explains the oxygen saturation found in the deep water of Urnersee compared to Gersauersee.     

一个三维斜压水动力模型的建立及其在日本琵琶湖中的应用

水温的空间分布对很多湖泊水文现象关系甚大,本文建立了日本琵琶湖的三维斜压水动力数值模式。模拟计算结果表明：１）在不同风速驱动下,湖的上、下两层可形成不同的环流型;２）除形成环流处外,其它部分流速、流向在上、下层表现出明显的垂直切变;３）闭合式温度场储存位能,即使在无风和初始静止流场情况下,也可驱动湖流并形成若干环流特征;４）风对水的驱动作用是形成北湖北部稳定环流的决定性因子,并且本身可构造出温度场