西藏羊八井地区近地晴天大气电场周期变化

基于西藏ARGO-YBJ实验,分析了2005年12月-2007年9月期间西藏羊八井地区近地晴天大气电场强度的周期变化,并重点讨论了其太阳日周期的相位变化.结果表明,晴天状态下大气电场强度存在明显的半日周期和太阳日周期变化.太阳日周期的相位变化呈现大陆复杂型(双峰、双谷),日变化曲线随季节变化,在冬季,电场强度水平较高,最大日变化幅度约30%;春、夏季电场强度水平较低,最大日变化幅度约15%.该初步研究结果对了解西藏地区晴天大气电特征具有十分重要的意义.     

Are droughts predictable?

From a study of rainfall series at several locations, it is shown that approximate but meaningful predictions of drought-prone intervals are possible only for regions where the rainfall series have prominent periodicities (of large amplitudes) in the long periodicity region (about 10 yr or more), provided the patterns do not change abruptly and drastically. Also, rainfall for individual years cannot be predicted accurately.     

西南地区夏半年降水的多时空尺度特征

根据国家气象中心提供的西南地区夏半年月降水资料,利用旋转经验正交函数(REOF)展开方法,将西南地区划分为川西北、川渝区、云川区和贵州区4个区域,并在此基础上,利用多项式拟合趋势线、小波变换等方法,对各区域降水的变化特征进行了分析。结果表明,西南地区各区域降水的长期变化趋势不尽相同,川西北没有显著的趋势变化,川渝区表现为缓慢上升的趋势,而云川区和贵州区则均表现为先下降后上升的趋势。西南地区各区域降水的周期特征也不尽相同,较短时间尺度的周期变化在西南地区各区域普遍存在;而较长时间尺度的周期,各个区域则有较大的差别,不仅表现在长时间尺度周期的显著性上,还表现在具有相同时间尺度周期,不同区域的干湿期配置等方面。     

Power spectrum analysis of the annual rainfall series for Massachusetts (NE,U.S.A.)

Maximum Entropy Spectral Analysis of the annual rainfall series for 1887–1976 (90 years) for Massachusetts (northeastern USA.) shows T = 17.8 (very near the 18.6 year luni-solar signal) as the most prominent periodicity. However, it explains only 12% variance. Also, the next prominent periodicity is T = 2.72 years, i.e. in the QBO (Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, T = 2–3 years) region. Also, regular periodicities account for only 50% variance, leaving 50% as a random component. Hence, predictions are unreliable. Roughly, excess rainfall during 1990–1994 and droughts during 1992–2002 are indicated; but occasional years of opposite behavior cannot be ruled out.     

西南地区春季及其各月降水的气候特征分析

利用1951～2017年我国西南地区26个台站的降水观测资料,本文研究了该地区春季及其各月降水的基本气候特征。结果表明:5月是春季我国西南地区降水最多的月份,其占春季总降水的55.3%,此外,5月降水年际变化强度最大;西南地区春季及其各月降水均具有显著的年代际变化特征,5月降水在春季降水的年代际变化特征中占据主导地位;在年代际突变特征方面,西南地区春季降水存在显著的年代际突变特征,其在1970年代后期发生了减少突变,而在1990年代中后期发生了增加突变;在变化趋势方面,春季西南区域平均降水的变化趋势不明显,但从空间上看,西南地区东部表现出显著增多的趋势,而西部则表现出显著减少的趋势;在周期方面,西南地区春季及其4～5月降水均具有显著的年际和年代际变化周期,需要说明的是,3月降水没有明显的年代际变化周期,总体上看,5月降水在春季降水周期变化中占据主导地位。     

Role of TBO and ENSO scale ocean–atmosphere interaction in the Indo-Pacific region on Asian summer monsoon variability

Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall has two dominant periodicities, one on the quasi-biennial (2–3 year) time scale corresponding to tropospheric biennial oscillation (TBO) and the other on low frequency (3–7 year) corresponding to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In the present study, the spatial and temporal patterns of various atmospheric and oceanic parameters associated with the Indian summer monsoon on the above two periodicities were investigated using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data sets for the period 1950–2005. Influences of Indian and Pacific Ocean SSTs on the monsoon season rainfall are different for both of the time scales. Seasonal evolution and movement of SST and Walker circulation are also different. SST and velocity potential anomalies are southeast propagating on the TBO scale, while they are stationary on the ENSO scale. Latent heat flux and relative humidity anomalies over the Indian Ocean and local Hadley circulation between the Indian monsoon region and adjacent oceans have interannual variability only on the TBO time scale. Local processes over the Indian Ocean determine the Indian Ocean SST in biennial periodicity, while the effect of equatorial east Pacific SST is significant in the ENSO periodicity. TBO scale variability is dependent on the local factors of the Indian Ocean and the Indian summer monsoon, while the ENSO scale processes are remotely controlled by the Pacific Ocean.     

The nature of the short period fluctuations in solar irradiance received by the earth

An analysis of the periodicities found in the Nimbus-7 satellite measurements of solar irradiance (Solar Constant) indicates variations on three scales. Two of these variations are shown to be related to variations in solar activity as given by various indicators of solar photosphere disturbances. The high frequency periodicity is due to the solar rotation period. The second periodicity is based on the integral effect of the high frequency oscillation over an 11 year solar cycle. The third variation (secular trend) is discussed in regard to the high precision cavity data and the recent record of high altitude solar constant measurements.     

Astronomical frequencies for climate research at the decadal to century time scale

Short-term variations of the elements representing the Earth's motion around the Sun and its rotation have been analyzed over the last 6000 years using 1-year steps. Their low-frequency part is compared first to the values obtained from a secular theory of the planetary long-term motion showing that they can be considered reliable enough to represent adequately the motion of the Earth over the last 5000 years. Spectral analysis of these values shows that the main periodicities are 2.67, 3.98, 5.26, 5.93, 7.9, 9.8, 11.9, 14.7, 15.8, 29, 42, 61, 122, 165 and 250 years for the eccentricity as well as for the climatic precession, with an additional component at around 930 years for the eccentricity and around 840 years for the climatic precession. Periodicities at 2.67, 3.8, 5.9, 8.0, 9.3, 11.9, 14.7, 18.6, 29, 135, 250 and 840 yr are also shown for the obliquity. Spectral analyses of the daily July mid-month insolation at 65°N show essentially the same periodicities as the climatic precession and the obliquity, i.e. 2.67, 3.98, 5.92, 8.1, 11.9, 15.7, 18.6, 29, 40, 61 and around 900 years. Finally a wider analysis of the insolation pattern was performed related to the large periodicity band of the insolation time series for the solstices and the equinoxes for 7 different latitudes. In equatorial latitudes the insolation variance is largely explained by precession. But precession dominates everywhere with the obliquity signal being stronger at polar latitudes at the solstices. The amplitudes of the insolation change at these frequencies is of the order of 0.2 Wm^–2 at the maximum. Offprint requests to: A Berger     

十五世纪以来南方涛动指数与北太平洋海温场的重建

本文利用中国近五百年旱涝等级资料，用典型相关的方法重建了15世纪以来的南方涛动指数（SOI）和北太平洋海温（SST）场。在SOI的重建中校准了1913—1973年校准期方差的40%，在1852—1912年的独立验证期验证了方差的20%；在北太平洋SST的重建中校准的方差较高，其中赤道东太平洋SST的校准方差达60%，在近100年的定性检验中效果也很好。说明用中国历史时期的旱涝资料能够在一定程度上重建出历史时期的ENSO事件。通过对15世纪以来SO和SST重建值的分析发现，ENSO事件不但具有明显的周期性，而且还有250年左右的阶段性变化。SO和SST不仅存在2—7年公认的周期，而且历史上SO还有10.6年、赤道东太平洋SST还有25—28.5年及100年左右与太阳活动有关的周期、进一步分析还得出，18，19世纪及20世纪前期SO低指数事件发生相对较少，15世纪后期、16、17世纪及20世纪后期SO低指数事件发生较多；且历史上的低指数多发期与气候上的冷期一致，而低指数少发期则与气候上的暖期一致；气候上的干旱（湿润）期则与东太平洋长期偏冷（暖）、西太平洋长期偏暖（冷）相对应。     

Variations of Temperature and Precipitation in Italy from 1866 to 1995

Summary Series of annual and seasonal temperature and precipitation representing respectively northern and southern Italy are compared for trend, interannual variability and periodicity in the period 1866–1995. Temperature and precipitation trends are almost always anticorrelated except in winter in the North where an anomalous behavior is evident till about 1980. The result is that the Italian climate has become warmer and drier especially in the South since about 1930.The interannual variability does not present significant maxima, but only minima that cannot be related tothe start of a trend either for temperature or for precipitation. The power spectra of the series show broad significant peaks containing the quasi-biennial oscillation and other well known periodicities probably due to solar cycles or to the North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere oscillation (NAO). Received December 16, 1998 Revised October 21, 1999     

石家庄市气候变化特征分析

利用石家庄市1951～2005年气温、降水资料,采用变率分析、趋势分析、小波变换和Mann-Kendall检验等方法对石家庄近55年的气候变化特征进行了分析。结果表明:①夏季、秋季气温变率小,冬季气温变化幅度最大;②年气温和四季气温线性上升趋势显著,春季、冬季升温最明显,近55年气候变暖主要是春季和冬季气温升高造成的。年降水量和四季降水量不存在线性变化趋势;③四季气温和年气温变化的周期性不明显,而降水量变化存在周期性;④石家庄四季气温和年气温在20世纪80年代末和90年初发生了明显的气候突变,而四季降水量和年降水量变化没有发生明显的气候突变。     

山东水资源分析及趋势预测

通过分析近３９年山东省水资源的历史倾向性、阶段性、周期性,研究了水资源总量及径流量和地下水位的变化特征。结果表明,山东水资源量的年际变化大且呈快速下降态势,其中,地表径流量的下降尤为明显;水资源的变化存在一定的阶段性和周期性。通过分析降水与水资源的关系,发现两者的变化规律一致,但降水对水资源,特别是对地下水分量的影响有一定的持续性。建立均生函数预测模型,对未来水资源总量进行预测显示,１９９８￣２０     

基于EMD方法的我国年气温和东部年降水量序列的振荡模态分析

基于经验模态分解(EMD)方法,探讨了近百年来全国年平均气温序列以及东部地区年降水量序列的振荡模态结构特征。结果表明:全国年气温序列的振荡变化主要由第1,2,4本征模态分量构成,3~5年、8~10年的振荡以及百年内的升—降—升的年代际变化对整个气温变化起主要作用,近几年处于暖期。东部年降水量序列的振荡变化主要由第1,2本征模态分量构成,3~5年的振荡起主要作用,百年中有3个高值期,近几年处于多雨期。气温和降水原序列都没有明显的周期性,但其内在振荡分量却有某些周期性。     

Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variation of the Winter Wheat Late Frost Disaster in Henan, China

The winter wheat late frost disaster(WFD) occurs mainly in the Yellow and Huaihe River area,of which Henan Province covers the most part.Henan is the major area of wheat production in China,but it is severely hit by the WFD.In this study,we construct a WFD index based on the minimum temperature and the winter wheat development period(WDP).The WFD degrees and days at 30 agrometeorological stations in Henan Province during the period of 1981-2004 are calculated.For the large-scale temporal variation analysis of WFD,the 24-yr WDP observation series is relatively short,so it is expanded by using the relation between the turning green date of winter wheat and the 5-day running mean temperature and that between the stem elongation phase and the effective cumulative temperature above a critical value of 2.5 ℃.The WFD data are also expanded for the last 50 years and are analyzed by using the empirical orthogonal function(EOF) and the Morlet wavelet methods.Characteristics in the spatial distribution and temporal variation of WFD are revealed.The results show that the frequency of WFD is generally high,exceeding 40% in parts of Henan,and exhibits a rising trend in the period of 1970-1990.The variation trend of WFD degrees is similar to that of WFD days,and the areas with higher WFD degrees coincide the areas with more WFD days.Moreover,the WFD degree has a greater impact on the winter wheat yield than the WFD days.The areas with high WFD degrees lie in the southeast and southwest of Henan,and the areas with low WFD degrees lie in the south of the Huaihe River and parts of western Henan.Temporal variations of the first and second EOF modes of the WFD degree display 16-and quasi-22-yr periodicities,respectively.The areas of high(low) WFD frequency are distributed in the northern Henan and the southwest border of Henan(the northeast Henan and the middle part of southwest Henan).The temporal variation of the first(second) EOF mode of WFD days exhibits a periodicity(periodicities) of quasi-4 yr(quasi-3 and quasi-6-7 yr).     

Mean monthly air temperatures in Athens, Greece

Summary  In this paper some statistical parameters of the mean monthly air temperatures in Athens are examined, namely trends, periodicities and cross-correlations between months. It is found that there is not any significant trend for most of the months and the periodicities don’t allow the extraction of any general conclusion. On the other hand, cross-correlation analysis shows that some correlation between the temperature in certain months exists. Received March 10, 2000     

Diurnal variations of winds over an upwelling region off Oregon

The diurnal variation of surface winds off the coast of Oregon is described and compared with a recent analysis of winds off the coast of Peru. The Oregon wind speeds have a distinct 24-h periodicity, while the Peru wind speeds were reported to have an irregular 12-h variation. The long-and trans-shore components of both winds exhibit 24-h periodicities; the ratio of the long-shore to trans-shore diurnal amplitudes off Oregon is 2.8, twice the ratio found off Peru. Although meteorological conditions off Oregon were quasi-stationary during the period investigated, there were considerable day-to-day variations in diurnal amplitudes and phases. Diurnal amplitudes were found to be correlated with the daily mean long-shore winds.     

Subsurface ocean temperature indices for Central-Pacific and Eastern-Pacific types of El Ni?o and La Ni?a events

Subsurface ocean temperature indices are developed to identify two distinct types of tropical Pacific warming (El Ni?o) and cooling (La Ni?a) events: the Eastern-Pacific (EP) type and the Central-Pacific (CP) type. Ocean temperature anomalies in the upper 100?m are averaged over the eastern (80°W?C90°W, 5°S?C5°N) and central (160°E?C150°W, 5°S?C5°N) equatorial Pacific to construct the EP and CP subsurface indices, respectively. The analysis is performed for the period of 1958?C2001 using an ocean data assimilation product. It is found that the EP/CP subsurface indices are less correlated and show stronger skewness than the sea surface temperature (SST)-based indices. In addition, while both quasi-biennial (??2?years) and quasi-quadrennial (??4?years) periodicities appear in the SST-based indices for these two types, the subsurface indices are dominated only by the quasi-biennial periodicity for the CP type and by the quasi-quadrennial (??4?years) periodicity for the EP type. Low correlation, high skewness, and single leading periodicity are desirable properties for defining indices to separate the EP and CP types. Using the subsurface indices, major El Ni?o and La Ni?a events identified by the Ni?o-3.4 SST index are classified as the EP or CP types for the analysis period. It is found that most strong El Ni?o events are of the EP type while most strong La Ni?a events are of the CP type. It is also found that strong CP-type La Ni?a events tend to occur after strong EP-type El Ni?o events. The reversed subsequence (i.e., strong EP El Ni?o events follow strong CP La Ni?a events) does not appear to be typical. This study shows that subsurface ocean indices are an effective way to identify the EP and CP types of Pacific El Ni?o and La Ni?a events.     

Potential predictability of dry and wet periods: Sicily and Elbe-Basin (Germany)

Summary The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a viable tool for the potential predictability of dry and wet spells. We select two regions in Europe that have distinct precipitation regimes: Sicily and Elbe basin (Germany). The analysis of dryness and wetness in these regions from 1951 to 2000 is based on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) computed on a long-time scale (two years) and the evaluation of their time-space variability is carried out using Principal Component Analysis. Results suggest that periodicities ranging from 3.4 to 12 years characterise the SPI signals in both regions and essentially drive the main dry and wet occurrences. In Sicily, at variance with the Elbe basin, superimposed to this variability there is also a clearly detectable linear trend that is perhaps related to long-term periodicity. Moreover, the shift in phase found between the common periods implies that often on the longer time scale if the Elbe region has dry conditions, Sicily is wet and viceversa. The reconstruction of the SPI time series by considering the periodicity that greatly contribute to the total power spectrum variance gives good results and provides good opportunities for predictability.     

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Asian Forests Through an Influence on Phenology

Changes in plant phenology will be one of the earliest responses to rapid global climate change and could potentially have serious consequences both for plants and for animals that depend on periodically available plant resources. Phenological patterns are most diverse and least understood in the tropics. In those parts of tropical Asia where low temperature or drought impose a seasonal rest period, regular annual cycles of growth and reproduction predominate at the individual, population, and community level. In aseasonal areas, individuals and populations show a range of sub- to supra-annual periodicities, with an overall supra-annual reproductive periodicity at the community level. There is no evidence for photoperiod control of phenology in the Asian tropics, and seasonal changes in temperature are a likely factor only near the northern margins. An opportunistic response to water availability is the simplest explanation for most observed patterns where water is seasonally limiting, while the great diversity of phenological patterns in the aseasonal tropics suggests an equal diversity of controls. The robustness of current phenological patterns to high interannual and spatial variability suggests that most plant species will not be seriously affected by the phenological consequences alone of climate change. However, some individual plant species may suffer, and the consequences of changes in plant phenology for flower- and fruit-dependent animals in fragmented forests could be serious.     

Lunar phases and atmospheric electric field

The association between the lunar phases and the atmospheric electric field has been investigated from the superposed epoch analysis of the lone series of continuous data of the vertical electric field for Colaba, Bombay (18o53’N, 73o48’E 11 mASL) for the period 1947-1966. Also the periodicities in the atmospheric electric field have been studied from the spectral analysis of the data. The study has indicated that when the full moon is within 4o of the ecliptic plane i. e., Bf 4o, the electric field peaks on the day of the full moon followed by a steep fall in the field val-ues up to 4 days following the full moon day and there after it showed a steep increase. Also, the electric field has exhibited 5-9 day periodicity and its multiples are nearly always present. The periodicity in the electric field corresponds with the average time interval between the successive magnetic sector boundary (MSB) crossings i.e., 7 days. On most of the occasions, the MSB crossing day is associated with a maximum of one or more of the wavelengths derived from the spectral analysis of the atmospheric electric field.