A Similarity Theory for Saltation and Application to Aeolian Mass Flux

A similarity theory for saltation is presented. To derive the theory, a saltation model is developed and applied to simulating particle motion in turbulent flows. The numerical results are then fitted to simple universal expressions, or similarity functions. This approach allows the determination of saltation mass flux and other quantities. While the theory can be general, we focus on studying the saltation mass flux profile q(z). It is shown that q(z) is determined by friction velocity, aerodynamic roughness length and soil particle size distribution. There are two limiting situations, i.e., the saltation of large particles in weak turbulence and that of small particles in strong turbulence, for these two cases, q(z) is respectively exponential and Gaussian. Modified saltation has an intermediate saltation mass flux profile. For multi-sized particles, q(z) is a weighted superposition of many different profiles. The theory is compared with wind-tunnel observations, and uncertainties of the theory are discussed.     

Equilibrium Saltation: Mass Fluxes, Aerodynamic Entrainment, and Dependence on Grain Properties

An examination is given of the way in which the saltation layer isaffected by the characteristics of the particles. Special attentionis given to the potential importance of aerodynamic entrainmentduring steady state saltation, a topic for which the discussion is still unresolved. A new numerical model for saltation in steady stateis presented, which is focused on the computation of the horizontalmass flux. The numerical computations, combined with physical arguments, suggest that aerodynamic entrainment plays a more important role thangenerally assumed so far. A comparison of the model results is made with previous models, and with measurements of snow saltation that have been reported in the literature.     

Improvement and Application of the Similarity Saltation Model: Wind-Tunnel Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of the Vertical Sand Mass Flux Distribution in the Saltation Layer

Based upon comparisons between published experimental data and simulated results on the vertical sand flux distribution in the saltation layer, Shao’s similarity saltation model has been greatly improved by correcting the average vertical particle lift-off velocity and using a more suitable universal roughness length. By the improved model, the vertical sand flux profile over the bare, dry and loose uniform sandy surface, which is quite representative of real desert surfaces, can be reproduced very well. Meanwhile, the surface transport rate and the characteristic and average saltation heights have been simulated and analyzed in detail, disclosing their relationships with friction velocity, particle size and roughness length, and the possible underlying mechanisms. Besides, the average particle lift-off velocity and the average mean vertical aerodynamic action upon the ascending particle, which determine the saltation process, are explicitly expressed by parameters involved in the similarity model, and their relationships with friction velocity, particle size and roughness length are also described concisely. The corrected average particle lift-off velocity makes it possible to investigate the characteristic particle trajectory, whose initial velocity equals the average lift-off velocity, so as to estimate the average particle against surface impacting velocity and the average aerodynamic action upon the saltation process.     

Field measurements of snow-drift threshold and mass fluxes,and related model simulations

Field measurements were carried out to calculate the threshold friction velocity for snow saltation, and mass fluxes during snow drift. The wind was measured in three components by an ultrasonic anemometer, and the mass fluxes were determined using an optical sensor (snow particle counter), acoustic sensors (Flowcapt) and mechanical traps. The threshold friction velocity was found to be correlated to the grain size (R²=0.75). The mass flux measurements were compared with numerical simulations of snow drift, and it was demonstrated that the maximum snow transport takes place at shear stress values of roughly two times the average shear stress over 20 min. By implementing a probability distribution for the shear stress the mass flux was simulated with only the mean measured value of the shear stress as input. This procedure enables the future use of the numerical model for operational applications.     

干旱区盐碱尘暴的形成、输送及其环境效应

盐碱尘暴是富含细粒硫酸盐和氯化物的化学尘暴,是大气颗粒物PM10的重要来源之一。盐碱尘暴的产生、输送和沉降对区域甚至全球生态环境和气候变化具有重大影响。本文分析了盐碱尘暴的化学组成及其危害,对盐碱尘暴的形成、输送及其环境效应作了研究综述。结果表明：干旱区干涸湖床是盐碱尘暴的发源地,风蚀作用下干涸湖床盐粒和粉尘的扩散过程主要受风场、区域气候特征和地下水埋深的影响。构建综合风动力和下垫面因子的盐粒风蚀物扩散模型,加强盐分风—水两相运移耦合作用及其与流域景观变化的关系研究是盐碱尘暴的突破方向。     

广州市近地层大气的湍流微结构和谱特征

本文利用UVW脉动风速仪资料分析了广州市区近地层大气的湍流强度、相关系数、尺度和速度谱,并获得了不同稳定度条件下的速度谱模式.结果表明,城市近地层大气湍流在惯性副区接近局地各向同性、速度谱符合Kolmogorov相似理论;气流方向上下垫面粗糙度的增加,使沿海城市近地层大气湍流能量(特别是铅直方向)比平坦、均匀下垫面上的增加.     

上海世博园上空边界层风垂直变化观测研究

利用平矩阵风廓线雷达于2007年7月17日至9月28日对上海世博园规划区上空的风垂直分布进行了观测.通过分析该地上空三维风场的日变化,发现夜间以偏西气流为主,白天风速较小,以偏东气流为主,表明该地区以海陆风为主导的环流特征是这一地区的局地环流日变化的基本特征.逐日变化分析表明,在8月2日以前主要以偏西北气流为主,之后基本是以东南气流为主,并且垂直运动特征以上升气流为主,强烈的垂直运动与偏西气流相关密切,同时偏北气流往往带来较强的上升运动.日夜平均廓线分析表明,夜间风速较大,并且夜间风速的垂直变化与白天相比也有很大不同,白天270 m以下风速随高度基本不变,而夜间从近地面向上风速随高度逐渐增大,低层<90 m的范围内白天风速大于夜间风速.城市冠层以上风向的日夜变化不明显,多为偏北气流控制.城郊风廓线的对比表明受城市下垫面粗糙度的影响,城市风速明显比郊区减小.城市和郊区的水平风速变化在城市冠层以上比较接近,相关系数达到了87%.     

大气边界层动力学和植被生态过程耦合的一个简单解析理论

发展了一个大气边界层动力学和植被某些生态过程相互作用的简单模式,求得了这个耦合模式的解析解,分析了植被反照率和冠层阻抗(气孔阻力)对大气运动及植被温度的影响,这一相互作用的方式可为进一步发展大气运动和生态过程相互作用的、更复杂的数值模拟模式提供参考.     

河北城市化和观测环境改变对地面风速观测资料序列的影响

选用河北省143个气象台站1975-2004年10 m高年平均风速资料,以及1990年和2000年人口普查资料,根据人口增长、台站迁移、仪器高度变化、台站微观环境变化等影响地面风速变化的台站历史信息,把所有气象台站分为4类,并分别对其进行比较分析.结果表明:河北省绝大多数台站风速变化呈减小趋势;城市化进程、台站观测环境等因素均在不同程度上对地面平均风速变化趋势产生了影响,其中台站所在城镇城市化程度是风速减小趋势不可忽略的原因,其影响程度约在1/4左右;台站观测环境因素中观测场附近微观环境变化对风速减小趋势具有重要影响,超过了区域背景风速减小趋势.台站观测环境因素对风速资料序列均一性的影响也不容忽视,至少有1/3的平均风速序列非均一性断点是由观测环境变化产生的.     

参数化的多次散射激光雷达方程和它的反演理论 Ⅰ:方程

本文提出了一个参数化的多次散射激光雷达方程,该方程基于本文引出的四个因子,即几何消光因子、消光分布因子、前向散射因子和后向散射因子.前两个因子表征多次散射成分对大气消光系数分布、激光的发散角和接收视场角以及接收孔径的依赖关系,后两个因子表征多次散射成分对散射相函数的依赖关系.这个参数化多次散射雷达方程在241个数值试验中得以检验,这些试验包含很宽的大气条件和雷达几何参数,包括14个大气散射相函数,均匀和不均匀的大气消光系数分布,0.5至1之间变化的一次散射反照率,地基和空间站激光雷达两种情形.数值试验表明,在小于4的光学厚度内参数化的解和Monte-Carlo解之间的标准偏差小于27％,而本模式的计算时间比Monte-Carlo方法偏小4个数量级左右.本模式不仅适合于研究多次散射对激光回波信号和激光大气遥感的效应,而且对于考虑多次散射的激光大气探测而言,是一个合适的应用模式.     

Observation of a summer tropopause fold by ozonesonde at Changchun,China: Comparison with reanalysis and model simulation

Tropopause folds are one of the key mechanisms of stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE) in extratropical regions, transporting ozone-rich stratospheric air into the middle and lower troposphere. Although there have been many studies of tropopause folds that have occurred over Europe and North America, a very limited amount of work has been carried out over northeastern Asia. Ozonesondes produced by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics were launched in Changchun (43.9°N, 125.2°E), Northeast China, in June 2013, and observed an ozone-enriched layer with thickness of 3 km and an ozone peak of 180 ppbv at 6 km in the troposphere. The circulation field from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Interim Reanalysis (ERA-Interim) dataset shows that this ozone peak was caused by a tropopause fold associated with a jet stream at the eastern flank of the East Asian trough. By analyzing the ozone data from the ozone monitoring instrument and Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) simulations, it was found that a high ozone concentration tongue originating from the lower stratosphere at high latitude (near central Siberia) intruded into the middle troposphere over Changchun between 5 and 8 km on 12 June 2013. The high-resolution WRF-Chem simulation was capable of describing events such as the tropopause fold that occurred on the cyclonic shear side of the jet stream. In addition, the TRAJ3D trajectory model was used to trace the origin of measured secondary ozone peaks in the middle troposphere back, for example, to stratospheric intrusion through the tropopause fold.     

Decentralization, forests and livelihoods: Theory and narrative

This paper discusses the theory of decentralized forest management, the associated narrative and the underlying hypotheses. That discussion informs the assessment of whether decentralization can lead to forest conservation. The paper argues that the ideal model of democratic decentralization described in the literature is unlikely to be implemented given the governance constraints present in many tropical forest countries. Even if that model could be implemented, it is shown that decentralization cannot be expected to necessarily lead to forest conservation. The policies required to complement the current decentralization model are discussed, including financial incentives and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.     

非均匀下垫面边界层的观测和数值模拟研究(II):逆湿现象的数值模拟研究

研究了逆湿现象,针对陆面过程模式的缺陷,利用文献[1]给出的逆湿现象形成的物理模型,设计了新的陆面过程参数化方案.该新方案成功地模拟出了发生在绿洲附近的沙漠上的逆湿现象,模拟结果与实际观测的结果相互吻合,这表明所建立的新的陆面过程参数化方案是可行的.这些结论将为今后非均匀陆面过程研究提供有益的启示.     

Typhoon Track,Intensity, and Structure: From Theory to Prediction

To improve understanding of essential aspects that influence forecasting of tropical cyclones (TCs), the National Key Research and Development Program, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China conducted a five-year project titled “Key Dynamic and Thermodynamic Processes and Prediction for the Evolution of Typhoon Intensity and Structure” (KPPT). Through this project, new understandings of TC intensification, including outer rainband-driven secondary eyewall formation and the roles of boundary layer dynamics and vertical wind shear, and improvements to TC data assimilation with integrated algorithms and adaptive localizations are achieved. To promote a breakthrough in TC intensity and structure forecasting, a new paradigm for TC evolution dynamics (i.e., the correlations, interactions, and error propagation among the triangle of TC track, intensity, and structure) is proposed; and an era of dynamic-constrained, big-data driven, and strongly coupled data assimilation at the subkilometer scale and seamless prediction is expected.     

非均匀下垫面边界层的观测和数值模拟研究(I):冷岛效应和逆湿现象的完整物理图像

利用HEIFE、DHEX和GAME/Tibet 3个观测试验和部分常规气象站观测资料,分析了下垫面非均匀条件下产生的冷岛效应和逆湿现象的完整物理图像以及它们对地表能量和五水转化的影响.分析结果表明,下垫面非均匀特征对五水转化有着明显的影响;冷岛效应和逆湿现象是下垫面非均匀性的必然结果,它们在自然界普遍存在;现有陆面过程模式很难刻画冷岛效应和逆湿现象,通常现有陆面过程模式很难将冷岛效应中的热量平流转化成蒸发潜热,同时陆面过程模式也混淆了逆湿现象和发生在下垫面上的大气水的冷却凝结.这些评述将有助于今后非均匀陆面过程的进一步研究.     

中国南京与美国德克萨斯稻田甲烷排放的比较

Field measurements of methane emission from rice paddies were made in Nanjing, China and in Texas, USA, respectively. Soil temperature at approximately 10 cm depth of the flooded soils was automatically recorded. Aboveground biomass of rice crop was measured approximately every 10 days in Nanjing and every other week in Texas. Seasonal variation of soil temperature in Nanjing was quite wide with a magnitude of 15.3℃ and that in Texas was narrow with a magnitude of 2.9℃. Analysis of methane emission fluxes against soil temperature and rice biomass production demonstrated that the seasonal course of methane emission in Nanjing was mostly attributed to soil temperature changes, while that in Texas was mainly related to rice biomass production. We concluded that under the permanent flooding condition, the seasonal trend of methane emission would be determined by the soil temperature where there was a wide variation of soil temperature, and the seasonal trend would be mainly determined by rice biomass production if there are no additional organic matter inputs and the variation of soil temperature over the rice growing season is small.     

控制论与人工影响天气II.工程控制论在人工增雨作业中的应用与建模

人工增雨已有60余年历史,虽已取得很多成绩,仍存在很多亟待解决的科学技术问题,典型问题如作业具有一定的主观性及其与效果检验有脱节.控制论研究如何对系统施加控制作用使其表现出预定行为.作者研究工程控制论在人工增雨作业中的应用与建模问题,将工程控制论引入人工增雨作业,称作“局部控制”方法.以冷云的人工催化过程为例,以单容加延迟的过程来简化单块冷云催化核化过程,建立了有反馈的冷云催化框架模型.根据效果调整催化剂的播撒率以实施控制作用,使作业后的雨云关键参数达到预期值.这种“局部控制”方法,可使现有作业更科学化和客观定量化,只在作业设备中增加一通讯单元和作为传感/变送器以及控制器的一套专业软件即可.“局部控制”方案也可嵌入以自然控制论为框架的大范围全面全程控制问题中,简化作业的方案.     

2012年FNL气温、气压和地面温度资料与河南省实况观测要素的误差对比分析

为了进行河南省区域范围内FNL资料的可信度检验,利用2012年NCEP/NCAR的FNL分析资料和河南省121个地面气象观测站的气温、气压以及地面温度资料,通过Cressman插值方法,分别从00、06、12、18等4个时次、12个月份和全年平均等方面,系统地对比了分析资料值与观测值之间的误差。分析结果表明,2012年河南省FNL资料气温、气压及地面温度的误差值（FNL分析值-实测值）区域分布特征比较接近,即存在着由西部、西北部山区的误差值负值区向东部误差值正值区的渐变趋势。对比表明,河南省大部分地区气温的误差在-3～2 K之间;气压的误差多在-10～10 hPa之间;而地面温度的平均误差主要在-5～2 K之间。FNL资料气温比地面温度的模拟结果更为准确,气温和气压资料都能够较好地代表实况。     

Structure and Dynamics of Katabatic Flow Jumps: Idealised Simulations

For the first time, results from a high-resolution numerical simulation (with horizontal grid spacing of 35m) were used to reveal the detailed structure near an atmospheric katabatic jump over an idealized slope. The simulation represents flow over the slopes of Coats Land, Antarctica for austral winter conditions. The katabatic jump is characterised by an updraft with vertical velocities of order 1ms⁻¹ and serves as a possible forcing mechanism for the gravity waves frequently observed over the ice shelves around the Antarctic. Results also indicate that strong turbulence is generally confined within a mixing zone near the top of the katabatic layer upstream of the jump and extends downstream through the top of the strong updraft associated with the jump. Detailed analyses of momentum and heat budgets across the katabatic jump indicate that, upstream of the jump, turbulent mixing is important in decelerating the upper part of the katabatic layer, while within the jump the upslope pressure gradient force associated with the pool of cold air plays a role in decelerating the flow near the surface. The heat budget near the jump reveals a simple two-term balance: the turbulent heat flux divergence is balanced by the advection. A comparison of model results with available theories indicates that mixing between layers of different potential temperature structure indeed plays some role in the development of katabatic flow jumps, especially for strong jumps. Theories used to study katabatic jumps should include this mixing process, of which the amount depends on the intensity of the jump. A conceptual model of a katabatic jump, including the main dynamical processes, is constructed from these detailed analyses.