HNO3 and PSC Measurements from the Transall: Sequestering of HNO3 in the Winter of 1994/95

In the winter of 1994/95 the TRANSALL research aircraft performed several flights in the region of the Arctic vortex during the period of low stratospheric temperatures. The results of simultaneous measurements of HNO3 column amounts by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) and of aerosol backscatter profiles by the Ozone Lidar EXperiment (OLEX) are presented for two typical flight scenarios across the polar vortex boundary on December 17, 1994 and January 11/12, 1995. On December 17 and January 12, the column amounts of gaseous HNO3 decreased significantly in regions with low stratospheric temperatures. This decrease was correlated with the extent of the polar stratospheric clouds. Depolarisation measurements showed that type Ib PSCs were observed primarily, but equilibrium calculations for H2SO4/HNO3/H2O aerosols seem to underestimate the observed HNO3 sequestering.     

沙尘表面非均相吸附系数不确定性及其影响的数值模式研究

本文从实验气溶胶样品、实验技术和分析方法三个方面对以往的实验室研究结果进行综合分析, 归纳总结出适合东亚地区沙尘气溶胶的非均相吸附系数γ的参考值, 并利用区域大气化学模式, 模拟研究了非均相吸附系数γ的不确定性对东亚地区沙尘气溶胶非均相化学过程的影响。为了研究非均相反应对γ的敏感性, 针对其中四种物质(HNO3、N2O5、O3和SO2) 的γ上限值和下限值, 分别进行了T-up (上限值) 和T-low(下限值)两个敏感实验; 针对相对湿度对HNO3和N2O5非均相吸附系数的影响进行了T-rh敏感实验。模拟结果与观测资料进行了对比分析, 结果表明模式可以比较好地反映气态物质、气溶胶浓度的演变过程和非均相反应过程。考虑非均相反应后模拟的硫酸盐和硝酸盐浓度与观测值更接近一些。采用γ参考值的模拟结果总体上比采用γ上限值和γ下限值更合理, 把γ系数作为相对湿度的函数来处理比作为常数处理更合理。沙尘气溶胶通过非均相化学反应, 可以使模拟区域内SO2、NOx和O3的平均浓度下降, 使硫酸盐和硝酸盐颗粒物浓度增加, 采用γ参考值计算得到3 km以下的上述物质的变化率分别为－3.44%、－5.92%、－1.75%、5.22%和23.25%, 显示沙尘表面非均相化学反应对大气化学成分特别是气溶胶有较大的影响; 不同γ取值对上述物质变化率有一定影响, 其中对硝酸盐和臭氧的影响较大, T-up和T-low 模拟结果之间可以相差13.4%和10.1%。     

中国东部地区SO2, SO4=和HNO3(g)干沉降速度的季节变化

使用中国东部及其邻近地区各主要台站１９９２年全年００点和１２点（ＧＭＴ）地面及探空资料，由中尺度气象预报模式ＭＭ４产生中国东部地区地面以上大约４０ｍ高度（最低模式层）处二维温度、湿度和风场，使用污染物干沉降模块及该地区下垫面类型资料，计算出了该地区ＳＯ２，ＳＯ＝４和ＨＮＯ３（ｇ）全年干沉降速度的区域分布和季节变化。结果表明，由于受气象条件和下垫面类型的综合影响，３种污染物的干沉降速度有明显的变化。对ＳＯ２，全年区域平均极小值为０．０８８ｃｍ／ｓ，极大值为１．２７５ｃｍ／ｓ，平均值为０．４３０ｃｍ／ｓ；对ＳＯ＝４，分别为０．０１４ｃｍ／ｓ，０．２８７ｃｍ／ｓ和０．１１８ｃｍ／ｓ；对ＨＮＯ３（ｇ），分别为０．０６０ｃｍ／ｓ，５．２５０ｃｍ／ｓ和１．１２３ｃｍ／ｓ。ＳＯ２干沉降速度极大值分布在巴丹吉林沙漠和腾格里沙漠一带，对ＳＯ＝４和ＨＮＯ３（ｇ），除在上述沙漠地带有一极大值区域外，在靠近四川的云贵高原尚有另一极大区。对１９９２年全年来说，ＳＯ２和ＨＮＯ３（ｇ）干沉降速度极大值均出现在七月份，分别为０．５５２ｃｍ／ｓ和１．５１８ｃｍ／ｓ；而对ＳＯ＝４，干沉降速度极大值出现在九月份，其值为０．０９６ｃｍ／ｓ。这些值     

北京“7.21”特大暴雨不同集合预报方案的对比试验

采用6套扰动方案(初值、多物理、3组随机物理和初值与随机物理的混合)对2012年7月21日(“7.21”)北京特大暴雨过程进行了集合降水预报试验,检验了不同方案的集合平均预报、集合区间预报和概率预报较控制预报改进的相对程度,分析了它们对该过程时空不确定性的预报能力、不同扰动方法的离散度贡献以及不同尺度扰动对预报误差的贡献等。结果表明:(1)所有集合方案特别是初值扰动、多物理和混合扰动的集合预报相对控制预报在暴雨强度和位置上都有较显著的改进,并为用户决策提供了包括预报不确定性在内的更多预报信息。(2)3组随机物理产生的集合预报离散度很相似, 都远小于初值扰动和多物理方案产生的离散度, 并且主要集中在强降水中心附近, 因此在初值扰动的基础上加入随机扰动,可以提高强降水中心的离散度, 但对强降水中心以外的地区作用甚微;尺度分析进一步表明随机物理产生的离散度贡献主要集中在较小尺度上(<320 km),在更小的尺度上(<160 km)它甚至可以与初值和多物理扰动的贡献相当,而初值扰动和多物理过程的贡献可以比随机物理过程多延伸400—500 km直到较大的尺度(如>1000 km), 其中多物理过程在较小尺度上(<100 km)可比初值扰动贡献更大, 并且能部分消除预报系统偏差。(3) 所有集合扰动方案所产生的离散度尺度谱都与实际预报误差尺度谱分布一致, 即随空间尺度增大而减小,但在幅度上都小于预报误差(离散度不够大),并且这种差异随着空间尺度的减小而加速增大,在小尺度上相差甚大。     

澳门及其邻近地区海陆风的模拟

利用宾州／美国国家大气研究中心的ＭＭ５模式来模拟澳门的海陆风和珠江口的三维风场。模式设计为四重套网格,分辨率分别为 １ｋｍ,３ ｋｍ,９ ｋｍ,２７ ｋｍ。使用常规观测资料作为初始场,模拟时间为３０小时。结果表明采用高分辨率（１ｋｍ）模拟能很好地捕捉到澳门的海风和陆风。海风锋和热力内边界层也清楚可见。如果最小分辨率为３ ｋｍ,则只捕捉到海风,陆风却模拟不出来。     

利用卫星微波观测亮温与云辐射模拟亮温的台风定位分析

极轨气象卫星S-NPP、MetOp-A和FY-3B上搭载的微波湿度计观测资料可以反映出台风周围水汽和云雨结构。本文使用权重函数峰值在800 hPa附近的微波湿度计通道观测资料和ERA5再分析资料全天空模拟亮温,以飓风Sandy和Isaac为例,对用方位谱台风中心位置定位方法得到的观测和模拟中心位置进行了比较。利用下午星S-NPP搭载的先进技术微波探测仪(Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder, ATMS)和上午星MetOp-A搭载的微波湿度计(Microwave Humidity Sounder, MHS)观测亮温得到的飓风Sandy(Isaac)中心位置与最佳路径平均相差35.8 km(32.9 km),但用ERA5全天空模拟亮温得到的飓风Sandy(Isaac)中心位置与最佳路径平均相差73.3 km(82.1 km)。若按照热带风暴和台风等级来划分,ATMS和MHS观测和模拟亮温得到的台风中心位置与最佳路径的平均距离对热带风暴分别是36.5 km和105.9 km,对台风分别是25.8 km和56.4 km。若用FY-3B搭载的微波湿度计(以M...     

亚洲季风区纬圈剖面内准40天周期振荡的环流结构及其演变

本文利用1979年FGGE LevelⅢb资料研究了30°E—150°W范围内赤道和15°N纬带两个剖面内的准40天周期振荡的环流和温度场结构,讨论了它们的变化及其与亚洲地区季风活跃和中断的关系。发现有以下结果:(1)亚洲季风槽内的上升气流不仅构成了强大的经向季风环流圈,同时在其两侧也形成了东、西向(纬偏异常)环流圈,并受到准40天周期扰动的显著影响。季风槽两侧的热力学结构显著不同。(2)15°N纬带上60°E以西的北非和沙特阿拉伯上空的下沉(上升)区域向东扩展至南海—菲律宾地区导致其东面(西面)的高(低)层东(西)风动量下(上)传,使得季风中断(活跃),引起130°E以西地区低层西风和其东面太平洋上空的高层东风发生相互作用。向东传播的正(负)温度扰动与强的上升(下沉)运动相结合使得这一地区成为准40天周期振动的能量源地。(3)在赤道剖面上,扰动风场的位相向东向上传播,准40天周期的扰动动能向扰动位能转换,西风动量向下传播,其动力学特性与开尔文波有明显的不同。      

利用TMI反演的水汽凝结物对热带气旋潜热结构分布的探索研究

本文利用热带测雨卫星TRMM（Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission）微波成像仪TMI（TRMM Microwave Imager）2A12 水汽凝结物（Hydrometeor）反演资料,对西北太平洋地区从1998～2009 年的236 个热带气旋个例的1776 个“快照”（snapshot）的水汽凝结物的结构特征进行了分析,并探讨了水汽凝结物的时空变化与热带气旋强度演变联系。研究结果表明:（1）TMI 2A12 水汽凝结物资料显示出了热带气旋内部的细致结构及变化特征,水汽凝结物的峰值集中于数十公里到一百多公里的热带气旋眼壁及云墙区;在热带气旋发展过程中,随着热带气旋强度的增强,水汽凝结物增多且往其中心靠拢,从发展阶段到成熟阶段,水汽凝结物的大值中心基本上集中在距离热带气旋中心约50 km 区域,而且强度越强的热带气旋,水汽凝结物的大值中心与热带气旋中心的距离越近;在热带气旋消亡的过程中,水汽凝结物不断减弱且往外围扩散,逐渐扩展到远离中心的区域;（2）热带气旋强度与水汽凝结物的分布关系密切,热带气旋强度变化与热带气旋中心附近200 km 范围内的水汽凝结物含量存在显著的正相关,而200 km 以外的外围水汽凝结物含量存在负相关;（3）热带气旋强度变化与水汽凝结物的变化存在时间差,水汽凝结物的变化超前于热带气旋强度的变化,在热带气旋迅速发展之前数小时,热带气旋中心0～50 km 环状区域的水汽凝结物含量就已经提前增加了,在热带气旋减弱前数小时到十数小时,即使热带气旋还处于它强度的鼎盛时期,其中心0～50 km 环状区域的水汽凝结物含量就已经提前显著减少了,这种水汽凝结物的变化超前于热带气旋强度的变化的现象,可能是热带气旋强度预报的潜在线索。     

The effect of cloud parametrization and temperature profile on the climate sensitivity to ozone perturbations

A one-dimensional radiative-convective model extending from 0 to 70 km is used to study the sensitivity of surface temperature to perturbations in the ozone profile. Several simulations have been performed for 0₃ reductions in various altitude ranges. For each case, the resulting perturbation in the thermal structure is analysed. These calculations have been repeated for several types of cloud layers with different opacities and altitudes. It is shown that the sensitivity of the surface temperature to ozone changes is dependent on the cloudiness assumed. Ozone decreases in the lower atmosphere (0–30 km) cool the surface, since the greenhouse effect is dominant in this region, and the climate sensitivity is enhanced in the presence of a cloud layer. For higher-altitude 0₃ changes (30–70 km), the sign of the surface temperature variation depends on the cloud characteristics. In fact, the latter result is mostly the consequence of the different equilibrium temperature profiles corresponding to the various types of cloudiness. When high stratospheric ozone is reduced, positive and negative surface temperature changes of several tenths of degree are respectively associated with cold and warm climatic conditions.     

一次对流层异常臭氧次峰的观测研究及其动力输送过程的分析

文中分析了 1996年 8月 1日发生在西宁 (36 .4 3°N ,10 1.4 5°E ,海拔 :2 2 96m)地区对流层异常臭氧次峰现象。观测资料揭示了高空低压槽东移是臭氧次峰的主要天气特征。三维后向轨迹计算表明 ,尽管代表臭氧次峰的气团可以追溯到中亚地区 ,但是明显的气团向下输送则发生在新疆、青海间的高空低压槽内。中尺度模拟进一步确认了对流层顶折叠和平流层向下输送是臭氧次峰出现的动力机制。臭氧次峰在对流层高度位置与准无辐散层有关     

强热带风暴“凤凰”（1416）登陆浙江后风场变化特征

基于宁波多普勒雷达、浙江省自动气象站、宁波凉帽山高塔梯度观测等资料,对1416号强热带风暴“凤凰”登陆浙江后的风场时空变化进行分析。结果表明:“凤凰”结构不对称,8级以上风速带主要位于风暴中心前进方向的前侧和右侧。前侧最大风速半径一直维持在60 km左右,最大风速带宽度约为50 km;其右侧最大风速半径为80~120 km,随中心北移有增大趋势,最大风速带宽度约100 km;其前侧和右侧最大风速半径在垂直方向上变化不大。“凤凰”前侧TREC（Tracking Radar Echoes by Correlation）风速在1 km高度最强,其上则随高度的增大而减小,其右侧1~3 km高度TREC风速的垂直变化明显小于前侧。宁波凉帽山高塔处TREC风和梯度观测表明:“凤凰”影响期间,高塔上空159 m和2~4 km高度出现多个风速高值中心;常通量层高度约为159 m;常通量层内风廓线遵从对数率,当高塔位于“凤凰”右前侧时塔层阵风系数随高度增大而减小,当高塔位于“凤凰”中心附近和右后侧时阵风系数明显增大,且层次差异减小;常通量层以上159~318 m的塔层风廓线不满足指数率或对数率,阵风系数上下差异不大。      

Evaluation of the Global and Regional Assimilation and Prediction System for Predicting Sea Fog over the South China Sea

In the South China Sea, sea fog brings severe disasters every year, but forecasters have yet to implement an effective seafog forecast. To address this issue, we test a liquid-water-content-only(LWC-only) operational sea-fog prediction method based on a regional mesoscale numerical model with a horizontal resolution of about 3 km, the Global and Regional Assimilation and Prediction System(GRAPES), hereafter GRAPES-3 km. GRAPES-3 km models the LWC over the sea, from which we infer the visibility that is then used to identify fog. We test the GRAPES-3 km here against measurements in 2016 and 2017 from coastal-station observations, as well as from buoy data, data from the Integrated Observation Platform for Marine Meteorology, and retrieved fog and cloud patterns from Himawari-8 satellite data. For two cases that we examine in detail, the forecast region of sea fog overlaps well with the multi-observational data within 72 h. Considering forecasting for0–24 h, GRAPES-3 km has a 2-year-average equitable threat score(ETS) of 0.20 and a Heidke skill score(HSS) of 0.335,which is about 5.6%(ETS) and 6.4%(HSS) better than our previous method(GRAPES-MOS). Moreover, the stations near the particularly foggy region around the Leizhou Peninsula have relatively high forecast scores compared to other sea areas.Overall, the results show that GRAPES-3 km can roughly predict the formation, evolution, and dissipation of sea fog on the southern China coast.     

NCEP 全球预报系统在ARM SGP站点预报大气温度、湿度和云量的检验

利用美国大气辐射测量项目(ARM)制作的“气候模拟最佳估计”(CMBE)观测数据集,检验美国环境预报中心(NCEP)全球预报系统(GFS)2001～2008年在ARM Southern Great Plains(SGP)站点预报的大气温度、相对湿度和云量的垂直分布,主要结论如下:(1)NCEP GFS较好地预报出了温度...     

西藏高原及其附近的流场结构和对流层大气的热量平衡

本文利用1954—1956年的高空及地面记录,作出了平均流场,并计算了垂直速度、冷暖平流及辐射等,得出下面几点结论:1)冬季在1.5千米及3千米的西风,在高原西边有明显的分支,东边有明显的会合,且在东西两边各有一“死水区”(风速很小),在高原北面形成了高压脊,而在其南面形成了低槽,到了6千米除了二个“死水区”消失以外,其余基本上没有变化。2)夏季1.5千米及3千米在高原附近的流线,绕高原作气旋性旋转,而到了6千米则相反而呈反气旋性旋转,其中心在高原西南部分,且随高度增加而向西偏。3)夏季在高原上基本上是上升运动,可能达到9千米;冬季在高原上估计可能是下沉运动(除西南角有部分上升运动)。4)夏季可以肯定高原是一个热源,而冬季除了西南角有—部分是热源外,其他地区可能是一冷源。     

Analysis and simulation of mesoscale convective systems accompanying heavy rainfall: The goyang case

We investigated a torrential rainfall case with a daily rainfall amount of 379 mm and a maximum hourly rain rate of 77.5 mm that took place on 12 July 2006 at Goyang in the middlewestern part of the Korean Peninsula. The heavy rainfall was responsible for flash flooding and was highly localized. High-resolution Doppler radar data from 5 radar sites located over central Korea were analyzed. Numerical simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model were also performed to complement the high-resolution observations and to further investigate the thermodynamic structure and development of the convective system. The grid nudging method using the Global Final (FNL) Analyses data was applied to the coarse model domain (30 km) in order to provide a more realistic and desirable initial and boundary conditions for the nested model domains (10 km, 3.3 km). The mesoscale convective system (MCS) which caused flash flooding was initiated by the strong low level jet (LLJ) at the frontal region of high equivalent potential temperature (θ_e) near the west coast over the Yellow Sea. The ascending of the warm and moist air was induced dynamically by the LLJ. The convective cells were triggered by small thermal perturbations and abruptly developed by the warm θ_e inflow. Within the MCS, several convective cells responsible for the rainfall peak at Goyang simultaneously developed with neighboring cells and interacted with each other. Moist absolutely unstable layers (MAULs) were seen at the lower troposphere with the very moist environment adding the instability for the development of the MCS.     

Regional dependence of microphysical and radiative effects of ice clouds on vertical structures of tropical tropospheric temperature

Regional dependence of microphysical and radiative effects of ice clouds on vertical structure of tropical tropospheric temperature is examined by analyzing thermodynamic budgets over clear sky, raining stratiform, convective, and non-raining stratiform regions with three two-dimensional sensitivity equilibrium cloud-resolving model simulation data. The decrease in the mean tropospheric cooling caused by radiative effects of ice clouds results from the decreases in local atmospheric cooling over clear sky regions around 12?C16?km through the decrease in heat divergence and below 7.5?km through the decrease in radiative cooling and over non-raining stratiform regions around 6?C13?km through the increase in latent heat. The increase in the mean tropospheric cooling caused by microphysical effects of ice clouds results from the increases in local atmospheric cooling over clear sky regions through the decrease in heat convergence below 4?km the increase in radiative cooling around 4?C8?km and over non-raining stratiform regions through the increase in radiative cooling around 7?C10?km. The raining regions do not show any significant thermal changes due to the cancellation between heat convergence and latent heat.     

Study on multi-scale blending initial condition perturbations for a regional ensemble prediction system

An initial conditions (ICs) perturbation method was developed with the aim to improve an operational regional ensemble prediction system (REPS). Three issues were identified and investigated: (2) the impacts of perturbation scale on the ensemble spread and forecast skill of the REPS; (3) the scale characteristic of the IC perturbations of the REPS; and (4) whether the REPS's skill could be improved by adding large-scale information to the IC perturbations. Numerical experiments were conducted to reveal the impact of perturbation scale on the ensemble spread and forecast skill. The scales of IC perturbations from the REPS and an operational global ensemble prediction system (GEPS) were analyzed. A "multi-scale blending" (MSB) IC perturbation scheme was developed, and the main findings can be summarized as follows: The growth rates of the ensemble spread of the REPS are sensitive to the scale of the IC perturbations; the ensemble forecast skills can benefit from large-scale perturbations; the global ensemble IC perturbations exhibit more power at larger scales, while the regional ensemble IC perturbations contain more power at smaller scales; the MSB method can generate IC perturbations by combining the small-scale component from the REPS and the large-scale component from the GEPS; the energy norm growth of the MSB-generated perturbations can be appropriate at all forecast lead times; and the MSB-based REPS shows higher skill than the original system, as determined by ensemble forecast verification.     

Sensitivity to Tendency Perturbations of Tropical Cyclone Short-range Intensity Forecasts Generated by WRF

The present study uses the nonlinear singular vector(NFSV)approach to identify the optimally-growing tendency perturbations of the Weather Research and Forecasting(WRF)model for tropical cyclone(TC)intensity forecasts.For nine selected TC cases,the NFSV-tendency perturbations of the WRF model,including components of potential temperature and/or moisture,are calculated when TC intensities are forecasted with a 24-hour lead time,and their respective potential temperature components are demonstrated to have more impact on the TC intensity forecasts.The perturbations coherently show barotropic structure around the central location of the TCs at the 24-hour lead time,and their dominant energies concentrate in the middle layers of the atmosphere.Moreover,such structures do not depend on TC intensities and subsequent development of the TC.The NFSV-tendency perturbations may indicate that the model uncertainty that is represented by tendency perturbations but associated with the inner-core of TCs,makes larger contributions to the TC intensity forecast uncertainty.Further analysis shows that the TC intensity forecast skill could be greatly improved as preferentially superimposing an appropriate tendency perturbation associated with the sensitivity of NFSVs to correct the model,even if using a WRF with coarse resolution.     

一次特大暴雨过程高分辨率集合预报试验的检验和评估

针对2018年4月22日发生在湖北西部山地的一次特大暴雨过程,采用降尺度方案和显式对流参数化方案模式,开展了高分辨率对流许可尺度(3 km)的集合预报试验,并对全球集合预报(GEFS)和对流尺度集合预报(SSEF)的降水预报进行了对比评估,结果表明:(1)SSEF集合平均的雨量和落区预报均优于GEFS。(2)SSEF各成员的降水离散度分布更合理,因而具有更优的降水区间预报,其“离散度-误差关系”更优,能更好地给出预报误差的分布及其可能的大小。(3)SSEF的概率预报在所有空间尺度上均优于GEFS,且在短历时强降水上的优势更加明显。由此可见,针对此类山地暴雨过程,对流尺度集合预报相对于全球集合预报具有巨大的改进潜力。