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Dynamical diagnosis of the breakup of the stratospheric polar vortex in the Northern Hemisphere 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The research on climate change in polar regions, especially on the role of polar in the global climate system, has gain unprecedented level of interest. It has been the key scientific issue of the International Polar Year program (IPY, 2007―2008). In this paper, we dealt with the debate upon the breakup time of the stratospheric polar vortex in boreal spring. An observational study of the relation between strato- spheric polar vortex breakup and the extra-tropical circulation was performed. The mean breakup date―when the winter westerly at the core of polar jet turns to summer easterly―is about April 10. The breakup time has large interannual variation with a time span of about 2 months. It also has a long-term trend with the 1990s and 2000s witnessing more and more late breakups of polar vortex. Composite of wind speed at the core of polar jet for the extremely early and late breakup years shows that late years have two periods of westerly weakening while early breakup years have only one. The first weakening in the late years happens in middle January with wind speed dropping sharply from more than 40 m s?1 to about 15 m s?1. This is accompanied with anomalous activities of planetary waves in both strato- sphere and troposphere; while the second weakening in the late breaking years is mainly the results of diabatic heating with very weak wave activities. In early breakup years, the transition from westerly to easterly is rapid with wind speed dropping from more than 30 m s?1 to less than ?10 m s?1 within a month. This evolution is associated with a strong bidirectional dynamical coupling of the stratosphere and troposphere. The circulation anomalies at low troposphere are also analyzed in the extremely early and late breakup years. It shows that there are significant differences between the two kinds of extreme years in the geopotential height and temperature composite analysis, indicating the dynamical cou- pling of stratosphere and troposphere with the evolution of stratospheric polar vortex. 相似文献
2.
Based on beacon sounding the ionosphere using coherent signals of low-orbiting navigation satellites, the following parameters
of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances have been determined: the effective thickness of the atmospheric waveguide
and the altitude of its longitudinal axis, the horizontal spatial period, the velocity, the maximum amplitudes of disturbances,
and the inclination of the disturbance phase front. It has been found that the horizontal spatial period of studied disturbances
increases with increasing distance to an initiating impact location and its delay. In this case the minimum value of the horizontal
spatial period always exceeds ∼150 km, and the disturbance amplitude increases with increasing horizontal period and distance
from the initiating disturbance location and with decreasing altitude of the main ionization maximum. All disturbance parameters
are independent of the initiating impact nature. It has been found that disturbances with relative amplitudes of 0.1–0.7 are
often observed. Disturbances that are registered more often travel southward, and their absolute velocities are 7–60 m/s. 相似文献
3.
Josef Podzimek 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1983,121(4):611-632
In the light of new measurements of small aerosol particles in the lower stratosphere, some of the old investigations—which
were only published in part in scientific journals—are reviewed and compared. The discussion focuses on whether the Aitken
nuclei (AN) size distribution up to 20 km can be described by Junge’s or log-normal density functions and under what circumstances
one can find a bimodal distribution of these particles. The ion flow in correlated to the stratospheric pollution (intercept
with the jet aircraft, volcanic activity) and is, in mean, directly proportional to the aircraft altitude in the undisturbed
lower stratosphere.
Note: The GCCPR, Univ. Missouri at Rolla, reports quoted in the article can be obtained from the author. 相似文献
4.
L. M. Balakina 《Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth》2011,47(9):835-846
The paper addresses the interpretation of the location, type, and size of the source for the earth-quake of March 11, 2011.
The source—a subvertical reverse fault trending in the azimuth of ∼25° along the island arc—is located in the middle part
of the Pacific slope of Honshu Island, between 38°–38.5°N and 35.5°N. The length of the source, about 350 km, approximately
corresponds to a magnitude ∼8.7 earthquake. In the north, the source is bounded by a sublatitudinal reverse fault, which generated
an earthquake with magnitude 7.2–7.5 in 1978. On this segment of the Pacific slope of Honshu Island, there are probably another
one or a few other large seismic sources, which are still latent. They are longitudinal reverse faults, which are comparable
in scale with the source of the March, 2011 earthquake. The recurrence period of the maximal earthquakes in such sources is
more than 1000 years. 相似文献
5.
Two methods were used to quantify the flux of volcanic sulphur (as the equivalent mass of SO2) to the stratosphere over different timescales during the Holocene. A combination of satellite-based measurements of sulphur
yields from recent explosive volcanic eruptions with an appropriate rate of explosive volcanism for the past 200 years constrains
the medium-term (∼102 years) flux of volcanic sulphur to the stratosphere to be ∼1 Mt a–1, with lower and upper bounds of 0.3 and 3 Mt a–1. The short-term (∼10- to 20-year) flux due to small magnitude (1010–1012 kg) eruptions is of the order of 0.4 Mt a–1. At any time the instantaneous levels of sulphur in the stratosphere are dominated by the most recent (0–3 years) volcanic
events. The flux calculations do not attempt to address this very short timescale variability. Although there are significant
errors associated with the raw sulphur emission data on which this analysis is based, the approach presented is general and
may be readily modified as the quantity and quality of the data improve. Data from a Greenland ice core support these conclusions.
Integration of the sulphate signals from presumed volcanic sources recorded in the GISP2 core provides a minimum estimate
of the 103–year volcanic SO2 flux to the stratosphere of 0.5–1 Mt a–1 over the past 9000 years. The short-term flux calculations do not account for the impact of rare, large events. The ice-core
record does not fully account for the contribution from small, frequent events.
Received: 27 September 1995 / Accepted: 13 December 1995 相似文献
6.
The mesopause kinetic temperature at an altitude of 87 km measured with a SABER broadband radiometer installed on the TIMED
satellite and the hydroxyl molecule rotational temperature measured with a ground-spectrograph installed in high-latitude
eastern Siberia (Maimaga optical station; φ = 63°N, λ = 129.5°E) are compared. The data of the observations performed from
2002 to 2006 have been analyzed. The temperatures measured during the satellite passes at distances not larger than 300 km
from the intersection of the spectrograph sighting line with the hydroxyl emitting layer (∼87 km) have been compared. An analysis
of 130 cases of coincident measurements indicated that the average hydroxyl molecule rotational temperatures are systematically
lower than the average kinetic temperature at an altitude of the hydroxyl layer measured with SABER by 4.4 K (with a standard
deviation of 11.4 K). A seasonal dependence is observed regarding the difference between the ground-based and satellite measurements.
The difference decreases from 10 K in January to zero towards March. However, the time variations in the temperature obtained
with the ground-based device and on the satellite are similar. Based on the performed analysis, it has been concluded that
a series of hydroxyl rotational temperatures can be used to study temperature variations on different time scales, including
long-term trends at the temperature emission altitude (∼87 km). 相似文献
7.
Marta Zossi de Artigas Patricia Fernandez de Campra 《Journal of Atmospheric and Solar》2010,72(7-8):565-569
Trends in total column ozone have been analyzed in terms of the equatorial zonal wind. We used zonal monthly mean total ozone from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and monthly mean zonal wind in the equatorial stratosphere at 30 hPa to define the phases of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). Total column ozone trends have been assessed during the period 1979–2004, for both Hemispheres, and for each month, under three conditions considering, all the ozone dataset, ozone values during easterly phase and ozone values during westerly phase of the QBO. When the whole dataset is considered, negative trends are observed. From low to midlatitudes a zonal pattern is noticed with increasing negative values toward higher latitudes. When the data is filtered according to the QBO phase, statistically significant positive trends appear in the westerly case during January to May at low latitudes .The trend pattern in the case of the easterly phase presents more negative values. 相似文献
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Climate-driven shifts in diatom assemblages recorded in annually laminated sediments of Sacrower See (NE Germany) 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
E. P. Kirilova O. Heiri P. Bluszcz B. Zolitschka A. F. Lotter 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2011,73(2):201-210
Sacrower See is a eutrophic lake with annually laminated sediments extending back to A.D. 1868. Analysis of annual layers
revealed multi-decadal periods of distinct diatom assemblages at A.D. 1868–1875, 1876–1940, 1941–1978, and 1979–2000. Detrended
correspondence analysis performed on individual seasonal sediment layers showed decadal-scale patterns of turnover in the
diatom flora. The spring–summer layers showed higher sample scores until the early 1960s, after which the differences with
the autumn–winter layers became smaller. Rates-of-change analysis revealed that the seasonal variability in diatom assemblages
was higher than the annual changes. Summer diatom rates of change over the period A.D. 1894–1960 was on average higher than
for winter, whereas between the 1960s and 1970s the winter rates of change became higher than the summer ones. Redundancy
Analyses showed that seasonal temperatures and wind strength were significant explanatory variables for diatom assemblages
in both annual and seasonal layers. These results suggest that meteorological changes indirectly affected diatom assemblages
via the mixing regime of the lake. A comparison of the diatom rates of change with the amplitude of inter-annual climate change
shows a statistically significant correlation for the spring-summer layers in the period of A.D. 1963–2000, showing that the
sensitivity of diatom assemblages to meteorological changes has varied over the past century, with a stronger effect on diatoms
registered during the past 40 years. 相似文献
9.
Estimate of seasonal changes in the intensity of the infrared atmospheric system of molecular oxygen
A. I. Semenov V. I. Perminov K. V. Lipatov V. Yu. Khomich 《Geomagnetism and Aeronomy》2011,51(3):415-420
On the basis of measurements of the intensity of 1.58-μm emissions of the Infrared Atmospheric System of molecular oxygen
(IRAO2) conducted at the Zvenigorod scientific station of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(φ = 55.7°N, λ = 36.8°E), seasonal variations are estimated for various solar zenith angles. Their amplitude has the maximum
value at the solar zenith angles χ
S
∼ 105–110°. It decreases at χ
S
∼ 125–130° and tends to zero at χ
S
∼ 80–85°. The comparison of currently measured values of the 1.58-μm emission intensity of the Infrared Atmospheric System
of molecular oxygen with published data on the intensity of this emission obtained in 1961–1966 reveals their decrease over
approximately 50 years. This fact is in good agreement with similar behavior of the emission intensity of atomic oxygen (557.7
nm) over the period considered. 相似文献
10.
Dynamical effect of the zonal wind anomalies over the tropical western Pacific on ENSO cycles 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The circulation and zonal wind anomalies in the lower troposphere over the equatorial western Pacific and their roles in the developing and decaying processes of the 1982–1983, 1986 –1987, 1991–1992 and 1997–1998 El Ni?o events and the occurrence of La Ni?a events are analyzed by using the observed data in this paper. The results show that before the developing stage of these El Ni?o events, there were cyclonic circulation anomalies in the lower troposphere over the tropical western Pacific, and the anomalies brought the westerly anomalies over the Indonesia and the tropical western Pacific. However, when the El Ni?o events developed to their mature phase, there were anticyclonic circulation anomalies in the lower troposphere over the tropical western Pacific, and the anomalies made the easterly anomalies appear over the tropical western Pacific. A simple, dynamical model of tropical ocean is used to calculate the response of the equatorial oceanic waves to the observed anomalies of wind stress near the sea surface of the equatorial Pacific during the 1997/98 ENSO cycle, which was the strongest one in the 20th century. It is shown that the zonal wind stress anomalies have an important dynamical effect on the devel-opment and decay of this El Ni?o event and the occurrence of the following La Ni?a event. 相似文献
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Prakash Mehra Michael N. Tsimplis R. G. Prabhudesai Antony Joseph Andrew G. P. Shaw Y. K. Somayajulu Paolo Cipollini 《Ocean Dynamics》2010,60(4):819-833
The contribution of atmospheric pressure and local wind to sea level variability at Goa (West coast of India) for the period
2007–2008 is investigated. Sea level data from a tide gauge are compared with measured local surface meteorological as well
as oceanographic data. Multilinear regression analysis is used to resolve the dependence of sea level on various forcing parameters.
The multilinear regression analysis performed over approx. 2-year data shows that the local surface meteorological data and
water temperature account for the sea level variability only up to 6%. The accounted sea level variability increases to 25%,
when the local wind and the surface currents obtained from satellite altimetry in the near vicinity of the study area are
incorporated in the regression analysis. The contribution of local wind increases substantially when the regression is performed
over a 2-month duration, and it is variable within the year. During the summer monsoon season (May–September), the sea level
variability attributable to wind is up to 47% and 75%, respectively, for 2007 and 2008; however, it reduces to <20% during
the winter monsoon (November–February) season. A significant part of the variability observed in sea level remains unaccounted
for and is attributed to remote forcing. 相似文献
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M. I. Verigin G. A. Kotova V. V. Bezrukikh G. N. Zastenker N. Nikolaeva 《Geomagnetism and Aeronomy》2009,49(8):1176-1181
Based on the magnetopause observations near the Earth by the Prognoz/Interball satellites in 1972–2000, the empirical model
of this boundary has been proposed, and the magnetopause behavior at different parameters of the oncoming solar wind has been
studied. For the first time, it has been detected that the Earth’s magnetopause is compressed by ∼5% in the direction perpendicular
to the plane including the vectors of the solar wind velocity and IMF. At the same time, any dependence of the subsolar magnetopause
position on the IMF B
z
component has not been revealed in the Progrnoz/Interball data. The proposed magnetopause model can be used to model the
position and shape of the near-Earth bow shock. 相似文献
13.
Based on observations of mesopause emissions, namely, emissions of hydroxyl (band (6-2)) and molecular oxygen (band (0-1)
of the atmospheric system), their systematic nighttime and seasonal variations are determined at Zvenigorod Observatory in
2000–2008. It is shown that the intensity of hydroxyl emission decreases during the entire night or first half-night, probably
due to the influence of the chemical sink of atomic oxygen on the nighttime behavior of hydroxyl emission. The nighttime behavior
of the intensity of molecular oxygen emission is explained by the action of atmospheric tides. The seasonal behavior of emissions
is characterized by two minima, in April–May and December; it is caused by the annual behavior of the atomic oxygen content,
temperature, and atmospheric density in the emitting layer. Based on the emission data, we determined the seasonal variations
of atomic oxygen at heights of ∼87 km (maximum of hydroxyl emission) and ∼95 km (maximum of molecular oxygen emission). 相似文献
14.
The data of the DMSP F7 spacecraft are used for studying the influence of the geomagnetic dipole tilt angle on the latitudinal position of auroral
precipitation boundaries in the nighttime (2100–2400 MLT) and daytime (0900–1200 MLT) sectors. It is shown that, in the nighttime
sector, the high-latitude zone of soft diffuse precipitation (SDP) and the boundary of the polar cap (PC) at all levels of
geomagnetic activity are located at higher and lower latitudes relative to the equinox period in winter and summer, respectively.
The position of boundaries of the diffuse auroral precipitation zone (DAZ) located equatorward from the auroral oval does
not depend on the season. In the daytime sector, the inverse picture is observed: the SDP precipitation zone takes the most
low-latitude and high-latitude positions in the winter and summer periods, respectively. The total value of the displacements
from winter to summer of both the nighttime and daytime boundaries of the PC is ∼2.5°. A diurnal wave in the latitudinal position
of the nighttime precipitation boundaries is detected. The wave is most pronounced in the periods of the winter and fall seasons,
is much weaker in the spring period, and is almost absent in summer. The diurnal variations of the position of the boundaries
are quasi-sinusoidal oscillations with the latitude maximum and minimum at 0300–0500 and 1700–2100 UT, respectively. The total
value of the diurnal displacement of the boundaries is ∼2.5° of latitude. The results obtained show that, undergoing seasonal
and diurnal variations, the polar cap is shifted as a whole in the direction opposite to the changes in the tilt angle of
the geomagnetic dipole. The seasonal displacements of the polar cap and its diurnal variations in the winter period occur
without any substantial changes in its area. 相似文献
15.
This paper discusses the variability of surface currents around Sekisei Lagoon using a nested grid ocean circulation model.
We developed a triple-nested grid system that consists of a coarse-resolution (1/60° or ∼1.85 km) model off Taiwan, an intermediate-resolution
(1/300° or ∼370 m) model around the Yaeyama Islands, and a fine-resolution (1/900° or ∼123 m) model of Sekisei Lagoon. The
nested grid system was forced by wind and heat flux calculated from six-hourly atmospheric reanalysis data and integrated
over the period from May to July 2003. The coarse-resolution model was driven by lateral boundary conditions calculated from
daily ocean reanalysis data to include realistic variation of the Kuroshio and mesoscale eddies with spatial scales of ∼500–700 km
in the open ocean. The tidal forcing was included in the intermediate-resolution model by interpolating sea level data obtained
from a data-assimilative tidal model. The results were then used to drive the fine-resolution model to simulate the surface
water circulation around Sekisei lagoon. Model results show that (1) currents inside the lagoon are mainly driven by tide
and wind; (2) there exists a strong southwestward current along the bottom slope in the southeast portion of the lagoon; the
current is mainly driven by remote mesoscale eddies and at times intensified by the local wind; (3) the flow relaxation scheme
is effective in reducing biases along the open boundaries. The simulated currents were used to examine the retention and dispersion
of passive particles in the surface layer. Results show that the surface dispersion in the strong open ocean current region
is significantly higher than that inside the lagoon. 相似文献
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Janusz W. Krzyścin Piotr S. Sobolewski Janusz Jarosławski Jerzy Podgórski Bonawentura Rajewska-Więch 《Acta Geophysica》2011,59(1):155-182
Measurements of erythemal irradiance have been carried out continuously at Belsk since May 1975. We present a homogenization
procedure of the UV time series for the period of 1976–2008. Long-term oscillations discovered in the homogenized data set
agree with those extracted from the reconstructed UV data for all-sky and clear-sky conditions. The UV climatology was established
and the UV variability was determined. Positive UV trends were found for the period of 1976-2008 in the annual mean (5.6±0.9%
per decade), in the seasonal mean for the warm subperiod of the year (April–October, 5.5±1.0% per decade), and in monthly
means (∼2–9% per decade). A satisfactory agreement between the trend extracted from the homogenized ground-based data and
that found in satellite UV data for Belsk (1979–2008) supports the reliability of satellite trend analyses over wider areas
during snowless periods. 相似文献
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Observations of mesospheric winds over a period of four years with the partial reflection radar at Tirunelveli (8.7°N, 77.8°E), India, are presented in this study. The emphasis is on describing seasonal variabilities in mean zonal and meridional winds in the altitude region 70–98 km. The meridional winds exhibit overall transequatorial flow associated with differential heating in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. At lower altitudes (70–80 km) the mean zonal winds reveal easterly flow during summer and westerly flow during winter, as expected from a circulation driven by solar forcing. In the higher altitude regime (80–98 km) and at all altitudes during equinox periods, the mean zonal flow is subjected to the semi-annual oscillation (SAO). The interannual variability detected in the occurrence of SAO over Tirunelveli has also been observed in the data sets obtained from the recent UARS satellite mission. Harmonic analysis results over a period of two years indicate the presence of long-period oscillations in the mean zonal wind at specific harmonic periods near 240, 150 and 120 days. Results presented in this study are discussed in the context of current understanding of equatorial wave propagation. 相似文献
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Siddarth Shankar Das Karanam Kishore Kumar K.N. Uma 《Journal of Atmospheric and Solar》2010,72(16):1184-1194
Continuous measurements of 3-dimensional winds, spectral parameters, and tropopause height for ~114 h during the passage of a tropical depression using mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere (MST) radar at Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E) are discussed. The spectral analysis of zonal and meridional winds shows the presence of inertia-gravity wave (IGW) with the dominant periodicity of 56 h and intrinsic period of 27 h in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). The strengthening of easterly jet and associated wind shears during the passage of the depression is one of the causative mechanisms for exciting the IGW. A well-established radar method is used to identify the tropopause and to study its response to the propagating atmospheric disturbances. The significance of the present study lies in showing the response of tropopause height to the IGW during tropical depression for the first time, which will have implications in stratosphere–troposphere exchange processes. 相似文献
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Gianfranco Di Vincenzo Laura Bracciali Paola Del Carlo Kurt Panter Sergio Rocchi 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2010,72(4):487-505
The AND-2A drillcore (Antarctic Drilling Program—ANDRILL) was successfully completed in late 2007 on the Antarctic continental
margin (Southern McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea) with the aim of tracking ice proximal to shallow marine environmental fluctuations
and to document the 20-Ma evolution of the Erebus Volcanic Province. Lava clasts and tephra layers from the AND-2A drillcore
were investigated from a petrographic and stratigraphic point of view and analyzed by the 40Ar–39Ar laser technique in order to constrain the age model of the core and to gain information on the style and nature of sediment
deposition in the Victoria Land Basin since Early Miocene. Ten out of 17 samples yielded statistically robust 40Ar–39Ar ages, indicating that the AND-2A drillcore recovered ≤230 m of Middle Miocene (∼128–358 m below sea floor, ∼11.5–16.0 Ma)
and >780 m of Early Miocene (∼358–1093 m below sea floor, ∼16.0–20.1 Ma). Results also highlight a nearly continuous stratigraphic
record from at least 358 m below sea floor down hole, characterized by a mean sedimentation rate of ∼19 cm/ka, possible oscillations
of no more than a few hundreds of ka and a break within ∼17.5–18.1 Ma. Comparison with available data from volcanic deposits
on land, suggests that volcanic rocks within the AND-2A core were supplied from the south, possibly with source areas closer
to the drill site for the upper core levels, and from 358 m below sea floor down hole, with the “proto-Mount Morning” as the
main source. 相似文献
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A. Aiuppa S. Bellomo L. Brusca W. D'Alessandro R. Di Paola M. Longo 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2006,68(3):255-265
Bulk atmospheric deposition of major cations (Na, K, Ca, Mg) and anions (Cl, F, SO4) were measured at 15 sites around an active volcano, Mount Etna, from 2001 to 2003. Their composition indicates several natural
sources, among which deposition of plume-derived volcanogenic gas compounds is prevalent for F, Cl and S. Plume-derived acidic
compounds are also responsible for the prevailing acidic composition of the samples collected on the summit of the volcano
(pH in the 2.45–5.57 range). Cation species have complex origin, including deposition of plume volcanogenic ash and aerosols
and soil-dust wind re-suspension of either volcanic or carbonate sedimentary rocks.
Variation of the deposition rates during the March 2001–March 2003 period, coupled with previous measurements from 1997 to
2000 (Appl Geochem 16:985–1000, 2001), were compared with the variation of SO2 flux, volcanic activity and rainfall. The deposition rate was mainly controlled by rainfall. Commonly, about 0.1–0.9% of
HF, HCl and SO2 emitted by the summit crater's plume were deposited around the volcano. We estimate that ∼2 Gg of volcanogenic sulphur were
deposited over the Etnean area during the 2002–2003 flank eruption, at an average rate of ∼24 Mg day−1 which is two orders of magnitude higher than that typical of quiescent degassing phases. 相似文献