Effect of implementing ecosystem functional type data in a mesoscale climate model

In this paper, we introduce a new concept of land-surface state representation for southern South America, which is based on "functional" attributes of vegetation, and implement a new land-cover (Ecosystem Functional Type, hereafter EFT) dataset in the Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF) model. We found that the EFT data enabled us to deal with functional attributes of vegetation and time-variant features more easily than the default land-cover data in the WRF. In order to explore the usefulness of the EFT data in simulations of surface and atmospheric variables, numerical simulations of the WRF model, using both the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the EFT data, were conducted over the La Plata Basin in South America for the austral spring of 1998 and compared with observations. Results showed that the model simulations were sensitive to the lower boundary conditions and that the use of the EFT data improved the climate simulation of 2-m temperature and precipitation, implying the need for this type of information to be included in numerical climate models.     

气候变化对石羊河流域生态环境的影响分析

利用石羊河流域1959—2018年气象、水文和卫星遥感资料,采用线性倾向率、滑动t检验和相关系数(Pearson)等方法,分析石羊河流域内生态环境因素的变化事实及相互关系,得到气候变化对流域生态环境的影响程度。结果表明：石羊河流域气温呈显著上升趋势,增温速度为下游0.42℃·(10 a)^-1>中游0.36℃·(10 a)^-1>上游0.35℃·(10 a)^-1,近10 a增温最显著,较20世纪60年升高了1.67℃。四季气温均呈显著上升趋势,增温速度为冬季>秋季>春季>夏季。降水呈缓慢增加趋势,增幅为上游8.3 mm·(10 a)^-1>中游7.0 mm·(10 a)^-1>下游4.1 mm·(10 a)^-1,近10 a增加最显著,较20世纪60年代增加了17%。四季降水呈弱增加趋势,增加幅度为夏季>春季>秋季>冬季。河流流量基本持平,植被覆盖面积和归一化植被指数(NDVI)显著增大。近20 a流域气候...     

南京地区下垫面变化对城市热岛效应影响的数值模拟

利用新一代中尺度研究和预报模式(Weather Research and Forecasting Model,简称WRF)分别耦合多冠层、单冠层和平板模式三种情况进行南京地区2007年8月1日的天气过程模拟,分析不同城市冠层方案对南京气象场的模拟效果。在此基础上,结合模拟效果最好的城市冠层方案,研究南京城市下垫面的变化对其热岛的影响。结果表明:多冠层方案对近地面气温、10 m风场的模拟效果最好;城区的扩张使南京地区近地面气温升高,主要表现为城市区域夜间升温显著,并且导致热岛强度明显增强;城市扩张后,城区白天风速大范围地减小,同时热岛环流更加显著,且具有明显的城市热岛的"下游效应"。     

长三角地区农业与自然植被镶嵌体的变化对近地面气象场的影响评估

利用一个中尺度数值模式WRF3.8/Noah/UCM,对长三角地区近30 a来灌溉水田显著减少,农业与自然植被镶嵌体(以下简称镶嵌体)显著增加这一现象引起的气候效应进行了5 a(2008—2012年)高分辨数值模拟。试验采用了ChinaLC土地覆盖资料,利用MODIS反照率和叶面积指数产品分别验证了ChinaLC在镶嵌体和水田之间的分类可靠性。根据研究区内台站观测资料评估了ChinaLC和WRF模式自带的USGS资料模拟结果,进一步证明土地覆盖资料ChinaLC的分类准确性,有助于提高模式的模拟性能。通过对长三角地区镶嵌体面积变化的对比试验进行分析,结果表明:区域内由灌溉水田转变为镶嵌体后,不仅会使非城市区气象条件改变,同时也会影响临近的城市区,由于非城市区增温幅度大于城市区,会导致城郊温差减弱;镶嵌体增加导致江苏西南部、浙江北部气温上升0.1～0.3℃,风速减弱0.1～0.3 m·s~(-1),比湿降低0.05～0.15 g·kg~(-1),边界层高度上升40 m。在镶嵌体显著增加的南京北部—滁州以及江苏西南部一带降水减少,南京北部—滁州地区月平均降水减少了0.6 mm·d~(-1),马鞍山—溧水降水减少了0.2 mm·d~(-1)。     

Application of a Coupled Land Surface-Hydrological Model to Flood Simulation in the Huaihe River Basin of China

A hydrological simulation in the Huaihe River Basin（HRB） was investigated using two different models： a coupled land surface hydrological model（CLHMS）, and a large-scale hydrological model（LSX-HMS）. The NCEP-NCAR reanalysis dataset and observed precipitation data were used as meteorological inputs. The simulation results from both models were compared in terms of flood processes forecasting during high flow periods in the summers of 2003 and 2007, and partial high flow periods in 2000. The comparison results showed that the simulated streamflow by CLHMS model agreed well with the observations with Nash-Sutcliffe coefficients larger than 0.76, in both periods of 2000 at Lutaizi and Bengbu stations in the HRB, while the skill of the LSX-HMS model was relatively poor. The simulation results for the high flow periods in 2003 and 2007 suggested that the CLHMS model can simulate both the peak time and intensity of the hydrological processes, while the LSX-HMS model provides a delayed flood peak. These results demonstrated the importance of considering the coupling between the land surface and hydrological module in achieving better predictions for hydrological processes, and CLHMS was proven to be a promising model for future applications in flood simulation and forecasting.     

Numerical Simulation for the Impact of Deforestation on Climate in China and Its Neighboring Regions

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The impact of climate change on the Niger River Basin hydroclimatology, West Africa

Climate change has the potential to reduce water availability in West Africa. This study aims to quantify the expected impact of increased greenhouse gases (GHGs) on hydroclimatology of Niger River Basin (NRB). Boundary data from a general circulation model are used to force a regional climate model, to produce dynamically downscaled hydroclimatic variables of NRB under present-day (PRS) and future climate scenarios. The data were further analyzed to detect changes in atmospheric and surface water balance components and moisture recycling ratio (β). The results show that elevated GHGs (under A1B scenario) would produce a drier climate during the rainy season and a wetter climate during the dry season. A warmer climate over NRB in all months was projected. Highest temperature increase of 3 °C occurs about 14°N in May and June, and the smallest increase of 0.5 °C occurs below 8°N in wet-dry transition period. Evaporation reduces during wet season and increases during the dry periods. Humidity increases by 2 % in the dry season, but decreases by 2–4 % in the wet season. Maximum change in moisture influx of 20.7 % and outflux of 20.6 % occur in June and July, respectively. β is projected to decrease in 75 % of the months with biggest relative change of ?18.4 % in June. The projected decrease in precipitation efficiency (ρ) during the wet season reaches ?20.3 % in June. For PRS run, about 66 % of the available atmospheric moisture in NRB precipitates between June and September, of which around 21 % originates from local evaporation. The result suggests that under enhanced GHGs, local evaporation will contribute less to atmospheric moisture and precipitation over the basin. Projected changes in rainfall and streamflow for Upper Niger and Benue sub-basin are significantly different during the wet season.     

大渡河流域积雪特征及其与气候要素和径流的关系

利用MOD10A2遥感影像提取大渡河流域2010~2014年积雪覆盖数据,结合水文气象站点数据分析了大渡河流域积雪时空分布特征及气象因子-积雪面积-径流之间的关系。结果表明:年平均积雪面积最大的是康定,最小的是泸定。积雪在冬季最大,夏季积雪最少。积雪面积变化随月份起伏明显,积雪过程集中在10月到次年4月。降水和气温变化较一致,其峰值滞后于积雪面积峰值。积雪和气温、降水的相关性表明,积雪面积与气温、降水呈负相关,且气温与积雪面积相关性更大。径流的变化具有周期性,5月开始迅速增大,7月达到最大值。径流和积雪以及气象因子的相关性分析表明,径流与积雪面积呈负相关,与气温和降水都是正相关,且径流与降水相关性更大。     

The influence of land surface changes on regional climate in Northwest China

Land surface changes effect the regional climate due to the complex coupling of land-atmosphere interactions. From 1995 to 2000, a decrease in the vegetation density and an increase in ground-level thermodynamic activity has been documented by multiple data sources in Northwest China, including meteorological, reanalysis from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts （ECMWF）, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration＇s （NOAA） Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer （AVHRR） and TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder （TOVS） satellite remote sensing data. As the ground-level thermodynamic activity increases, humid air from the surrounding regions converge toward desert （and semi-desert） regions, causing areas with high vegetation cover to become gradually more arid. Furthermore, land surface changes in Northwest China are responsible for a decrease in total cloud cover, a decline in the fraction of low and middle clouds, an increase in high cloud cover （due to thermodynamic activity） and other regional climatic adaptations. It is proposed that, beginning in 1995, these cloud cover changes contributed to a ＂green- house＂ effect, leading to the rapid air temperature increases and other regional climate impacts that have been observed over Northwest China.     

近50多年来淮河流域气候水分盈亏时空变化

水分盈亏是区域干湿气候划分的重要依据。基于淮河流域63个气象台站1957—2014年逐日观测数据,运用累积距平、Mann-Kendall突变分析、Morlet小波分析及ArcGIS反权重空间插值法,结合Penman-Monteith蒸散计算模型获得淮河流域水分盈亏量的周期特征、突变特征及其时空分布特征,并分析其主要影响因子。结果表明:(1)水分盈亏月变化基本符合5月最低,7月最高。(2)从季节分布来看,水分亏缺面积秋季春季冬季夏季,亏缺程度春季最强。从平均年水分盈亏量分布来看,水分盈亏量由南向北递减。且不论季节还是年状况,山地及河流对区域水分盈亏量的南北递减存在滞后作用。(3)从各因子气候倾向率的时空分布来看,江苏东南部、山东西部、河南大部、湖北中部水分盈亏量变化的主导因子为潜在蒸散量,其他区域的主导因子为降雨量。(4)淮河流域水分盈亏量存在周期特征,第一主周期为10 a。     

春季陆面植被对长江流域夏季降水可预报性的影响分析

利用美国全球监测与模型研究中心(GIMMS)1982—2006年逐月归一化植被指数(NDVI)、美国国家海洋和大气局(NOAA)1854—2008年海温资料以及中国国家气候中心(NCC)1951—2006年160站月降水资料,通过旋转经验正交函数分解(REOF)和相关分析获得了长江流域夏季降水预报序列和植被、海温预报因子集。基于最优子集回归方法(OSR),并借助交叉验证(CV)以及空间重建等手段,构建了单独以前期春季海温为预报因子和同时引入前期春季海温与归一化植被指数为因子的两类预报模型,对比分析引入陆面植被因子前后长江流域夏季降水预报效果改善状况,评估春季陆面植被对长江流域夏季降水可预报性的影响及预报效果的稳健性。结果表明:(1)相对于海温因子,春季陆面植被因子对长江流域夏季降水预报具有同样重要性,引入春季归一化植被指数后,长江流域夏季降水预报得到明显改善,相关系数平均由0.49提升到0.66,提高0.17左右,模型解释方差提升平均60%左右,其中单纯海温因子预报效果较差的汉江—淮河地区和淮河流域地区,相关系数更是提高了0.20—0.30,模型解释方差提升1倍左右;(2)交叉验证预报表明,相对于仅考虑海温因子模拟情形,交叉预报相关系数下降较多,模型稳健性较低,引入归一化植被指数后,长江流域夏季降水预报稳健性得到明显提升,长江中下游及其以南的长江三角洲地区、洞庭湖—鄱阳湖地区改善尤为明显;(3)长江流域降水可预报性存在明显的区域差异,嘉陵江流域地区、汉江—洞庭湖地区预报效果最好,汉江—淮河地区、淮河流域地区、长江三角洲地区预报效果最差,但引入归一化植被指数后预报效果提高最明显,而洞庭湖—鄱阳湖地区虽然模拟效果较好,但预报稳健性较低,交叉验证相关系数降幅达到0.27,这也从侧面说明了长江流域夏季降水分区预报的重要性。     

中国农田下垫面变化对气候影响的模拟研究

使用同期的美国国家环境预报中心/能源部(NCEP/DOE)再分析资料驱动区域气候耦合模式AVIM-RIEMS2.0,从遥感卫星图像资料中获取3期中国土地利用/覆盖数据中的农田植被类型,将其分别引入到AVIM-RIEMS2.0模式进行积分,研究中国农田下垫面变化对东亚区域气候的影响。结果表明:中国农田变化对气候影响具有冬季弱、夏季强的季节性变化,夏季气温和降水的差异在一些地区通过了95%的显著性检验;20世纪80年代农田扩张,林地、草地为主的植被类型转化为农田,植被变化区域的叶面积指数降低,反照率升高,且通过了95%的显著性检验,使得中国东部地区的气温由南到北呈现增加—减少—增加—减少的相间变化趋势,而降水的变化趋势大体相反;20世纪90年代农田面积减少,除东北地区外,农田变化引起的植被变化与80年代基本相反,叶面积指数变化、反照率以及由此导致的气候各要素也呈现大体相反的变化趋势;不同时期农田变化引起的植被类型转化的差异,使850 hPa风场变化趋势基本相反,可能是导致气温和降水变化趋势差异的主要原因之一。     

The sublimation of falling snow over the Mackenzie River Basin

The sublimation of falling snow may be an important component of the atmospheric water budget of the Mackenzie River Basin and many parts of the Arctic. To investigate this issue, a simple sublimation model is used along with surface precipitation observations and sonde data obtained during the autumn 1994 Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment (BASE). Model results are then compared with actual precipitation measurements at Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, sites in Northern Canada, to approximate mass loss due to sublimation. The sublimation results are found to vary in concert with cloud base height, precipitation intensity aloft and the nature of the precipitation. Atmospheric conditions are furthermore examined over a wide range of the Arctic, especially the Mackenzie River Basin, to assess to what degree the results can be generalized. The presence of a relatively dry near-surface layer, a favourable environment for sublimation, is a key feature of most sites during the early autumn storm period. Estimates of sublimational mass losses are found over Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk using sonde derived cloud base heights and temperature and humidity profiles. Sublimation losses for such sites are found to be of the order of 40–60%, which shows that sublimation is indeed a significant process over the Mackenzie Basin and needs to be well handled in climate models. However, increasing the vertical resolution of the sublimation model to that of climate scales can dramatically affect predicted sublimation amounts; how to properly account for sublimation then remains a difficult task.     

近20年中国土地利用变化影响区域气候的数值模拟

区域尺度土地利用/土地覆盖变化(LUCC)的气候效应以及土地覆盖数据的不确定性, 一直是LUCC研究不可忽视的关键问题。本研究基于最新的遥感资料, 采用新的区域气候模式RegCM4.0, 探讨了1990年至2010年中国LUCC对区域气候的影响。结果表明, 中国区域LUCC使得局地气温和日较差发生了显著改变, 而降水及低层环流场变化不显著;LUCC的影响存在季节性差异, 其中, 夏秋季响应程度较大且主要体现在边界层内。就LUCC对气候影响的机理各地区有所不同, 华北地区LUCC的气候效应主要受蒸散发作用主导, 而长江流域则由反照率与蒸散发共同作用。这些结果均说明, 较短时间尺度的LUCC气候效应主要体现在其局地范围, 且在不同的季节有所差异。     

The Effects of Land Cover Change on Regional Climate over the Eastern Part of Northwest China

A regional climate model(Reg CM4) is employed to investigate the impacts of land use/cover change(LUCC) on the climate over the eastern part of Northwest China(ENW) in the periods of 2001 and 2011. The results indicated that the LUCC in ENW, which was characterized by desert retreat, reforestation, and farmland expansion, led to significant local changes in surface air temperature(within ~0.3°C) and slight regional changes in precipitation(within ~15%) in summer. In the desert retreat area, the net absorbed shortwave radiation had a greater influence than evaporative cooling, leading to increases in the daily mean and maximum temperature. Besides, the daily mean and maximum temperatures increased in the reforestation area but decreased in the farmland expansion area. As surface albedo showed no significant change in these regions, the temperature increase in the reforestation area can be attributed to a decrease in evaporation, while the opposite effect appears to have been the case in the farmland expansion area.     

CAM3模式海气湍流通量参数化的改进及其应用

通过对流性阵风参数化方法,在CAM3原有海气湍流通量参数化方案(CAM3方案)中引入边界层自由对流和降水深对流对海表湍流通量的贡献,改进了CAM3模式的海气湍流通量参数化方案(CAM3 ME方案).在此基础上,利用观测海温积分改进的CAM3模式,分析改进模式对冬(DJF)、夏季(JJA)大气环流异常的模拟性能.结果表明,采用改进的海气湍流通量参数化方案,模式对冬(DJF)、夏季(JJA)大气环流异常年际变化的模拟能力有了很大提高,尤其是冬季(DJF)北太平洋和北美大陆地区以及夏季(JJA)南半球海洋上空.     

四川盆地暴雨对初值敏感性的模拟研究

本文基于区域暴雨数值预报模式AREM,针对2007年7月发生在四川地区的多次强降水过程进行数值试验,检验了NCEP和站点资料(STN)初始分析场资料预报结果,发现由于台站资料稀少,NCEP资料在四川地区的评分较高。讨论了四川盆地降水对初值的高度敏感性,揭示了四川盆地降水对初值中各个物理量场的不同敏感性,其中,降水对初值中湿度场的响应最为显著。初值不仅决定着降水的范围和强度,还对降水的发生时间产生明显影响。     

The Influence of Changes in Vegetation Type on the Surface Energy Budget

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四川盆地暴雨对初值敏感性的模拟研究

本文基于区域暴雨数值预报模式AREM,针对2007年7月发生在四川地区的多次强降水过程进行数值试验,检验了NCEP和站点资料（STN）初始分析场资料预报结果,发现由于台站资料稀少,NCEP资料在四川地区的评分较高。讨论了四川盆地降水对初值的高度敏感性,揭示了四川盆地降水对初值中各个物理量场的不同敏感性,其中,降水对初值中湿度场的响应最为显著。初值不仅决定着降水的范围和强度,还对降水的发生时间产生明显影响。     

中国当代土地利用变化对黄河流域径流影响

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