Helicity and Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - Helicity is inherent in many circulating motions and structures in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), where it is continuously reproduced due to the...     

On Algebraic Perturbations in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - A simple model for the development of submesoscale perturbations in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is proposed. The growth of perturbations is...     

Determination of Vertical Refraction in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - Classical methods for determining vertical refraction have been developing for more than 300 years, but their accuracy does not correspond to the...     

Current Dynamics of Estuarine Circulation in the Lateral Boundary Layer

High spatial resolution measurements of current velocity performed by the shipboard mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) in the lateral boundary layer of the southern Gulf of Finland during two 5-day periods are described and analysed with a focus on the dominant dynamics. The measurement site represents a small (15×20 km), relatively deep (up to 100 m) bay opened to large-scale estuarine circulation. The measurement period was characterized by calm winds and a strong seasonal pycnocline (Brunt-Väisälä frequencyN=6–9*10⁻² s⁻¹). The quasi-steady velocity field revealed polarization of currents along the shore whereas an intensive baroclinic coastal jet was observed over a cross-shore scale of 1–2 km. The level of vertical separation of the alongshore flow coincided with the pycnocline at the coast, but was shifted below it in the offshore region. The cross-shore flow was considerably weaker and showed a three-layer structure with an opposite phase between the first and second surveys. It is suggested that the observed jet resembles a non-locally forced eastward propagating coastally trapped wave. In the offshore area the alongshore flow field satisfies local geostrophic balance quite well, except in the pycnocline where strong vertical stratification exerts considerable vertical stress. As vertical velocity shear is well correlated with vertical stratification, the horizontal advection prevails over vertical mixing. Horizontal inhomogeneities of density distribution are partly explained by vertical velocities with an estimated magnitude of less than 0·6 mm/s and the spatial pattern following bottom topography.     

Large-Eddy Simulation and Parameterization of Decaying Turbulence in the Evening Transition of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - This study presents the results of large-eddy simulation (LES) of the evening transition in the atmospheric boundary layer in the case of free...     

卫星SAR图像的海洋大气边界层特征参数的反演

针对中国南海ERS-2／SAR三维对流涡旋图像,分别利用Young的协方差方法和惯性子域方法,反演了对流海洋大气边界层高度、海洋大气边界层垂直对流尺度速度、表面浮力通量、Obukhov长度、稳定性校正后的海面风速和海面风速稳定性校正因子。结果表明,2种反演方法的结果符合较好,在一定程度上说明利用协方差方法和惯性子域方法从卫星SAR图像反演海洋大气边界层参数的有效性。     

Absorption of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Transport to the Intermediate Layer in the Okhotsk Sea

In the southwestern Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido we observed chemical components related to the carbonate system for 1 year from August 1997 to June 1998. Using the conservative components salinity and water temperature, we confirmed the existence of two water masses flowing into the intermediate layer of the Okhotsk Sea, the East Sakhalin Current Water (ESCW) which becomes denser by mixing of brine water, and the Forerunner of Soya Warm Current Water (FSWW) which becomes denser due to cooling of the saline Kuroshio water. The ΔNTC_x values were calculated by comparing the ESCW and the FSWW with the Pacific Deep Water (PDW). The ΔNTC_x values obtained are 100–110 μmol/kg and 70–100 μmol/kg for the ESCW and the FSWW off Hokkaido, respectively, which are considerably larger than that of the Kuroshio water. These large ΔNTC_x values may be due to both low DIC concentration in the surface water and intense gas exchange under the cold and stormy winter conditions for the ESCW and the cooling of the FSWW as it flows northward. Since the flow rates of dense waters concerned with the ESCW and the FSWW have previously been estimated as 0.9 Sv and 0.2 Sv, respectively, the amount of atmospheric CO₂ absorbed and transported to the intermediate layer turns out to be 3.9−4.1 × 10¹³ gC/yr. This flux is small on a global scale, but the flux divided by the surface layer of the Okhotsk Sea is 30 gC/m²/yr, which is 5 times greater than the mean absorption flux of anthropogenic CO₂ in the world's oceans. It is thus considered that atmospheric CO₂ is efficiently absorbed in the Okhotsk Sea. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

黄东海大气边界层高度季节变化特征及其成因

利用CFSR再分析资料,采用EOF的分析方法统计分析了黄东海边界层高度的季节变化特征,探讨了2个模态的分布型以及与之相联系的下垫面热通量和垂直环流,统计了ICOADS资料中近30a逐月低云发生频率和海雾发生频率,揭示了其与边界层高度分布特征的一致性。结果表明:盛行风的平流作用与下垫面特征相结合造成的低空稳定性的变化是黄东海边界层高度时间上夏季低、冬季高,空间上呈现东高西低、南高北低的重要因素。EOF分析中第一模态表现为整个黄东海区域具有一致性,主要是大尺度环流的影响;第二模态为春秋相反的2个分布型,与海洋锋、冷舌以及暖水团的季节变化有着密切关系。黄东海大气边界层高度的最大值出现时间以及其大小在空间上较为一致,而最小值以黄东海海洋锋为界,向北逐渐减小,以南差异性不大,出现时间上有较大的差异。,这主要由黄东海冷舌、暖水团以及海洋锋的季节变化所引起对边界层经向分布影响较大所引起的。春夏季节,南部(西部)低云发生频率高于北部(东部),海雾发生频率低于北部(东部);海雾高频区对应较低边界层高度,而低云高频区对应相对较高边界层高度。     

The Effect of Internal Gravity Waves on Fluctuations in Meteorological Parameters of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Variations in the intensity of turbulence during wave activity in the stable atmospheric boundary layer over a homogeneous steppe surface have been analyzed. Eight wave activity episodes recorded with a Doppler sodar in August 2015 at the Tsimlyansk Scientific Station of the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics have been studied. These episodes include seven trains of Kelvin–Helmholtz waves and one train of buoyancy waves. Variations in the rms deviation of the vertical wind-velocity component, the temperature structure parameter, and vertical heat and momentum fluxes have been estimated for each episode of wave activity. It has been found that Kelvin–Helmholtz waves slightly affect the intensity of turbulence, while buoyancy waves cause the temperature structure parameter and the vertical fluxes to increase by more than an order of magnitude.     

On the Applicability of Similarity Theory for the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer over Complex Terrain

Micrometeorological measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer over a hilly forest terrain have been made on a meteorological tower at several levels from the forest canopy top to a height that exceeds the height of trees almost seven times. A semiempirical length scale depending on the local topography features and the underlying surface type has been proposed and calculated. This scale has been shown to allow the universal functions of the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory to be corrected for a stable atmospheric boundary layer over complex terrain without substantial modification when compared to the universal functions over a homogeneous surface with small roughness elements. This approach can be used to refine the methods for calculating turbulent momentum fluxes from profile measurements over spatially inhomogeneous landscapes.     

Experience of Studying the Turbulent Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - The growing relevance of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for studying turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is associated with...     

黄东海大气边界层高度时空变化特征

根据2006-2007年大连、青岛和台州逐日高分辨率L波段二次测风雷达探空资料、地面观测资料以及再分析资料,采用干绝热法和位温梯度法分别计算了各个台站的边界层高度,继而分析了黄东海边界层高度多时间尺度变化规律和空间演变特征.结果表明:(1)用清晨探空资料计算每日边界层高度,干绝热法比位温梯度法更为合理可靠;(2)沿海台站边界层高度有显著季节变化,夏季最低,秋季最高,这有别于陆地边界层普遍存在的夏季高、秋冬季节低的季节变化;(3)通过小波分析,发现边界层高度有显著的2～4 d天气尺度振荡和10～20 d准双周振荡;(4)黄东海上空海洋大气边界层在时间尺度上同样存在着明显的春夏季节低、秋冬季节高的季节变化特征,大部分海区空间上呈现西北低、东南高的分布形态.     

Sodar Sounding of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Review of Studies at the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences

Acoustic sounders (sodars) are the simplest and economically most effective devices for the ground-based remote sensing of the lower troposphere. Using sodars, a vast amount of knowledge about the structure and dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) has been obtained. The principal physics of sodar sounding was given by A.M. Obukhov in two short theoretical articles published in the Reports of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1941: “On the Scattering of Sound in a Turbulent Flow” and “On the Distribution of Energy in the Spectrum of a Turbulent Flow.” In the late 1950s, Obukhov initiated the development of theoretical and experimental studies of sound scattering by turbulence, as well as a practical sodar sounding of the ABL at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAPh). The present work is a short review of sodar applications in studies of the ABL based on results obtained at IAPh in the 1980s–2000s. The results of recent studies of low-level jets and Kelvin–Helmholtz billows in the stable stratified ABL are described in more detail.     

关于二平行流束之间层流边界层流动方程式的解

通过选取一以两层流束分界面上的流体速度平动的坐标系,证明两流束中的层流边界层流动可以劈分为两个与沿平板的边界层流动完全相同的流动并且应用已有的澡平板边界层流动的精确解,可以给出具有不同密度、不同粘性与不同速度的二平行流束之间层流边界层流动方程式的精确解。就Ｌｏｃｋ讨论的情况,应用本文提出的方法所得到的结果跟Ｌｏｃｋ所作的数值计算作了详细的比较。     

基于船载GPS探空数据的黄东海大气边界层高度分析

根据2012年5、11月2次船载GPS探空资料,结合CFSR再分析、OISST海温、沿岸站位L波段雷达数据等,对黄东海海洋大气边界层(MABL)的时空变化特征及影响因子进行了分析。GPS探空数据表明,正的海气温差产生对流边界层,负的为稳定边界层。相比陆地边界层,MABL的日变化很小。5月份,MABL较低,暖区的海气温差大小与MABL高度相关,而冷区风切变的影响较为显著,太阳辐射也能一定程度上影响MABL高度。11月,MABL远高于5月,海气温差、太阳辐射均能影响MABL高度,风切变贡献很小。5月份海洋锋暖水侧的水汽能到达MABL以上,冷水侧水汽则维持在MABL中;11月水汽被限制在MABL以内。通过青岛、洪家站的L波段雷达数据对比,得到沿岸地区的大气边界层具有与MABL相同的季节变化,能够代表黄、东海MABL特征,但日变化更加剧烈,因此在替代研究海上MABL日变化时具有局限性。     

Variability of Extra Tropical Atmospheric Circulation and Periodic Trajectories in Simplified Models of Atmospheric Dynamics

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - The possibility for approximate basic statistical characteristics of atmospheric models using periodic trajectories (closed solutions of equations of...     

气-水热力边界层的热力学分层分类

从流体的热力学及分层理论出发,建立了分层的热力学依据和气－水热力边界层的三层物理模型,据此,从其热力状态、特征和空间尺度上对它进行了分层分类。这种分类对进上步指导气－水热力边界层研究和研究层内热交换,质量交换以及与层外各种尺度的相互作用具有一定的现实意义。     

Numerical Experiments of the Influences of the Transport Variation through the Korea Strait on the Japan/East Sea Upper Layer Circulation

Numerical experiments were performed in order to investigate the effects of variations of the transport through the Korea/Tsushima Strait, an inlet of the Japan/East Sea, on the upper layer circulation in the JES based on a 10-month transport observation from May 1999 to March 2000 (Perkins et al., 2000). All external forcings to the model were annual mean fields, except the transport variation through the Korea Strait. In the experiments where the periodic variation of the transport repeated continuously sinusoidally by several periods, strong variability of sea surface height (SSH) was detected in the region extending from the Korea Strait to the Japanese coast due to the geostrophy of the buoyancy forcing at the Korea Strait. The region along the Korean coast is more sensitive to the long-term variations than the short-term (≤60-day period) ones. In two experiments forced by realistic and monthly mean transport, the difference of rms of sea surface height was largest at the Japanese coast and relatively large at the East Korean Warm Current separation region (128∼130°E, 39∼41°N) and to the east of Yamato Rise. The distribution of difference of eddy kinetic energy at 100 m depth between the two experiments was similar to that of the rms of SSH. In the distributions of mean SSH and mean kinetic energy at 100 m depth the realistic transport invokes eddy variability to interact with mean current resulting in the changes of the mean SSH and the mean kinetic energy at the East Korean Warm Current separation region, but it does not produce conspicuous changes in the mean fields of entire JES compared with the mean fields forced by the seasonal transport.     

Mutual Impact of Mineral and Organic Components in Atmospheric Aerosol

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - The effect of ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4) on the condensation of low-volatile organic compounds in atmospheric aerosol is considered. Using the UNIFAC...     

西中太平洋经向大气环流的年际变化

讨论了西中太平洋经向大气环流的年际变化特征,其中西太平洋区(WP)和中太平洋区(CP)EOF分解的第一模态分别是WP的负异常Hadley环流和CP的正异常Hadley环流,其时间系数与Nio3.4指数极为一致;第二模态的最显著空间特征是两区都在5°N~15°N有异常上升,但其时间系数与Nio3.4指数同期相关很低。西中太平洋有2类海表面温度异常(SSTa),通过其上的深对流潜热加热驱动异常Hadley环流:El Nio型驱动了WP区和CP区赤道区符号相反的第一模态异常环流型;热带辐合带(ITCZ)型驱动了WP区和CP区5°N~15°N区符号一致的第二模态异常环流。