The climatology of the lower stratosphere during the IGY and its implications for the regime of circulation

Summary Three-monthly mean statistics, show that throughout the year in the layer between about 200 and 30 mb large-scale eddies transport both heat and momentum against the north-south gradient of, respectively, the temperature and the angular rotation. Furthermore, it is found that in this layer, warm air masses tend to sink and cold air masses tend to rise, thereby converting kinetic into potential energy. The eddy circulations have, therefore, no source of energyin situ and must be forced by the circulation systems in the adjacent layers, probably in the troposphere. A comparison is drawn between the transport of angular momentum and heat by transient eddies in the lower troposphere, the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere. Finally, the necessary sloping of the trajectories of the forced air parcels is discussed.

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Zusammenfassung Dreimonatige Durchschnitts-Statistiken zeigen, daß während des Jahres großräumige Wirbel in den Schichten zwischen ungefähr 200 und 30 mb Wärme und Bewegungsgröße gegen den Gradienten der Temperatur beziehungsweise der Winkelrotation transportieren. Ferner, wurde festgestellt, daß in diesen Schichten warme Luftmassen die Neigung haben abzusinken und kalte Luftmassen aufzusteigen und daß auf diese Art kinetische Energie in potentielle Energie umgewandelt wird. Die Wirbel-Zirkulation hat daher in sich keine Energiequelle und muß durch die Zirkulationssysteme in den anliegenden Schichten, vermutlich in der Troposphäre, angetrieben werden. Es wird ein Vergleich zwischen dem Transport von Drehimpuls und Wärme von wandernden Wirbeln in der unteren Troposphäre, der oberen Troposphäre und der unteren Stratosphäre angestellt. Schließlich wird die für das Zustandekommen der erzwungenen Bewegungen erforderliche Neigung der Trajektorien diskutiert.

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Résumé En se basant sur des statistiques tri-mensuelles on montre que tout au long de l'année, dans la couche entre 200 et 30 mb environ, les perturbations à grande échelle transportent à la fois chaleur et quantité de mouvement contre le gradient de la température et de la rotation angulaire. En outre, on a trouvé que dans cette couche les masses d'air chaud ont la tendance à descendre et les masses d'air froid ont la tendance à monter, en transformant de cette manière l'énergie cinétique en énergie potentielle. Par conséquent, les circulations perturbées n'ont pas disponible de source d'énergie et doivent être, forcées par des systèmes de circulation dans des couches adjacentes, probablement dans la troposphère. On compare le transport du moment cinétique et de la chaleur par des perturbations transitoires dans la basse troposphère, la haute troposphère et la basse stratosphère. Einfin on discute la pente des trajectoires des parcelles d'air forcées.

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The research reported in this paper was sponsored principally by the Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT(30-1)2241; before March 1962, the research was supported jointly by the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Air Force under Contracts No. AT(30-1)2241 and AF 19(604)-5223.     

非静力平衡层结大气中的重力惯性波和惯性对流

本文根据一些新的流体力学实验结果及某些天气事实,建立了一个非静力平衡条件下旋转地球大气中重力惯性波和惯性对流的理论模型,并分别求出它在稳定层结,中性层结及不稳定层结三种情况下的点源扰动函数形式的解。 分析解的性质得知,中性及弱不稳定大气中可以激发一种主要由地球旋转惯性决定的大幅度垂直速度振动,其周期大于(至少等于)地球在该纬度的惯性周期2π/f。这也许能说明文献[1]所发现的那种准周期性惯性对流的某些动力性质。在稳定层结流体中,地球旋转参数对流体重力振荡的频率影响不大,层结越稳定,越类似于单纯的重力振荡,只有在层结接近中性时,f对重力振荡的频率修正作用才明显起来。 最后给出不同纬度处不稳定层结大气中所能产生的惯性对流的最大临界尺度。     

Rossby waves in a rotating fluid of spheroidal configuration

The ray method is used to study quasi-geostrophic waves in a thin layer of incompressible, inviscid fluid of constant density both in a rotating spheroidal shell and on a rotating spheroid bounded above by a free surface. Asymptotic approximations to solutions of both the time-dependent and time-reduced problems are found; the dispersion relation obtained has the form of the Rossby-Haurwitz formula when the shell is spherical, and is asymptotically equivalent to that found by Longuet-Higgins (1965) for the free surface problem on a sphere. The approximation is first applied to free oscillations in a rotating spherical shell and Longuet-Higgins' (1964) results are rederived. Spheroidal shells in which the shell thickness depends only upon the latitude are studied next and a necessary and sufficient condition for oscillations to occur is obtained.     

Note on the Symmetric Stability of Quasi－Homogeneous and Incompressible Rotating Ocean

The general property of zonally symmetric stability of quasi-homogeneous and incompressible rotating ocean can be determined by a nondimensional parameter Rs which is similar to the Richardson number in Howard’s paper. The results indicate that the rotating effect leads to stabilize the basic flows and the horizontal shear effect leads to destabilize the basic flows. In addition, the most unstable growth rate is obtained and the semicircle and semiellipse theorem about the distributions of the unstable phase velocity are given in this paper.     

Coupling mechanisms between equatorial waves and cumulus convection in an AGCM

In this study, we focused on the difference in appearances of the convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) in a simulation with the CCSR/NIES/FRCGC AGCM, between two experiments, one with and the other without implementation of the convective suppression scheme (CSS) in the prognostic Arakawa–Schubert cumulus parameterization. Realistic CCEW modes, i.e., Kelvin, Rossby, mixed Rossby-gravity (MRG), and n = 0 eastward inertio-gravity (EIG) wave modes, were reproduced in the with-CSS experiment, while only Rossby-wave-like signals appeared in the without-CSS experiment.By comparing the structures of the Kelvin wave mode and the Rossby wave mode in two runs, it was suggested that the structural difference between these two modes in conjunction with the difference in the controlling factor of cumulus convection determines the CCEW features. The CSS implemented here is such that cumulus convection is suppressed until the cloud-layer-averaged relative humidity exceeds the threshold of 80%. In the without-CSS model, only Rossby wave modes are coupled with the convection. This is because CAPE controls cumulus convection in this model, and the larger frictional convergence of Rossby wave mode prepares CAPE to generate favorable condition for cumulus convection. In the case of the with-CSS model, on the other hand, cumulus convection is largely controlled by the humidity in the free atmosphere. The convergence associated with the equatorial waves can produce the moisture anomaly to overcome the relative humidity threshold, and maintains the favorable condition for cumulus convection once it starts. In this case, not only Rossby waves but also Kelvin, MRG, and n = 0 EIG waves are reproduced more realistically. It is suggested that inclusion of some kind of mechanism connecting the free tropospheric moisture with the convection under the condition of abundant convective available potential energy could be a key factor for realistic coupling between large-scale atmospheric waves and convection.     

国际气候治理中的公正转型议题：概念辨析与治理进展

国际气候治理中的公正转型议题涉及就业、关乎民生,是各国都很关注的政策领域之一,因此也被视为是支持应对气候变化的一种重要社会机制。近年来,国际社会积极推动建设气候治理公正转型制度体系,各国也在所制定的国家应对气候变化战略和规划中越来越多地提出与公正转型和就业相关的目标与措施。公正转型议题在国际气候治理进程中主流化的趋势给中国参与和引领全球气候治理带来了新的机遇与挑战。中国应加强关于该问题的基础性研究;在国内应对气候变化的行动中充分考虑该问题,保障受影响就业群体获得社会公正对待;总结具体实践经验;在政策领域协调上做好新的布局;积极参与《联合国气候变化框架公约》下公正转型治理体系的构建中。     

Penetrative convection in rapidly rotating flows: preliminary results from numerical simulation

Turbulent convection forced by a surface heat flux into a stably stratified region is a feature of both the atmospheric and oceanic planetary boundary layers. Of particular interest is the interface between the convective layer and the stable stratification, where the entrainment of fluid into the convective layer by penetrating plumes may lead to a reverse buoyancy flux, and an enhancement of the stable stratification. Whereas in the atmosphere the influence of rotation on this penetrative convection is negligible, oceanic convection may be subjected to lower Rossby numbers and hence greater rotational influence. To isolate the effects of rotation, we present three numerical solutions for turbulent penetrative convection, characterised by different rotation rates, with all other parameters being held constant. Our results indicate that at lower Rossby numbers the lateral scale of the plumes is reduced, whereas the vertical vorticity of the plumes is much enhanced. Vertical transports of buoyancy and kinetic energy across the convective layer are reduced, leading to less efficient penetration at the interface with the stratified layer, and hence less reverse buoyancy flux in this region.     

Weakly non-linear Rossby waves in a rotating fluid of spheriodal configuration

A modified ray method is used to study weakly non-linear Rossby waves in a thin layer of incompressible inviscid fluid of constant density both in a rotating spheroidal shell and on a rotating spheroid bounded above by a free surface. This method yields the same dispersion relation and conservation law as in the linear case (London) but gives an equation for a new, second order mean term. This mean term is shown to be unstable for all free oscillations on any axisymmetric bottom topography in the free surface problem. This contrasts with the analogous problem on the Beta-plane where the corresponding mean term is stable.     

Diagnosis of the forcing of inertial-gravity waves in a severe convection system

The non-hydrostatic wave equation set in Cartesian coordinates is rearranged to gain insight into wave generation in a mesoscale severe convection system. The wave equation is characterized by a wave operator on the lhs, and forcing involving three terms—linear and nonlinear terms, and diabatic heating—on the rhs. The equation was applied to a case of severe convection that occurred in East China. The calculation with simulation data showed that the diabatic forcing and linear and nonlinear forcing presented large magnitude at different altitudes in the severe convection region. Further analysis revealed the diabatic forcing due to condensational latent heating had an important influence on the generation of gravity waves in the middle and lower levels. The linear forcing resulting from the Laplacian of potential-temperature linear forcing was dominant in the middle and upper levels. The nonlinear forcing was determined by the Laplacian of potential-temperature nonlinear forcing. Therefore, the forcing of gravity waves was closely associated with the thermodynamic processes in the severe convection case. The reason may be that, besides the vertical component of pressure gradient force, the vertical oscillation of atmospheric particles was dominated by the buoyancy for inertial gravity waves. The latent heating and potential-temperature linear and nonlinear forcing played an important role in the buoyancy tendency. Consequently, these thermodynamic elements influenced the evolution of inertial-gravity waves.     

河套地区典型干线的形成及其在对流触发中的作用

利用高空、加密地面、EC-ERA5(0.25o×0.25o)再分析和FY-2系列静止气象卫星云图(可见光星下点分辨率1.25 km,红外5 km)等资料,对黄河河套地区3次典型干线的形成及其在对流触发中的作用进行了详细分析.结果表明:(1)3次干线触发对流出现在中高纬度高空槽东移诱发蒙古气旋发展的背景下,高低空系统配置...     

The transition of the electricity system towards decarbonization: the need for change in the market regime

The mainstream community of energy experts is not aware of the long-term impacts that carbon policies directly concerned with promoting the development of low-carbon technologies produce on the electricity market regime. Long-term market coordination should be replaced by public coordination with long-term arrangements. The current market coordination makes carbon pricing ineffective in orienting investors towards capital-intensive low-carbon technologies. Fossil fuel generation technologies are preferred because their investment risks are much lower in the market regime, even with a high but unstable carbon price. Thus, in order to avoid delaying investment that is aimed at the decarbonization of the electricity system, a number of new market arrangements that lower the investment risk of low-carbon technologies and provide output-based subsidization have or are being selected by governments. As the use of low-carbon equipment to produce electricity develops, long-term market coordination for other technologies (e.g. peaking units, combined cycle gas turbine) will fade away because they alter the market price setting. Thus it is likely that, in the future, public coordination and planning will replace the decisions of market players not only for low-carbon technologies but also for every other type of capacity development.

Policy relevance

The development of renewables as promoted by both feed-in tariffs and green certificate obligations, which answer to different market failures, is well known. Similar long-term arrangements, which both subsidize and de-risk low-carbon investments for every small-sized and large-sized technology, shift learning costs and risks onto consumers. Energy experts and regulators have ignored that the expansion and generalization of these arrangements are changing the coordination function of the electricity markets. Apart from those in the UK, they are still unaware of the impacts that such technology-focused policies produce on the electricity market regime. The transition from market coordination to public coordination, which is inconsistent with the market principles of European electricity legislation, and long-term contracting is inevitable and should be anticipated.     

The drag coefficient as determined by the dissipation method and its relation to intermittent convection in the surface layer

The influence of intermittent convection on surface-layer stress estimates during the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) is described. A negative correlation between the drag coefficient (C _D) and the wind speed (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabmyvayaara% aaaa!36DE!\[\bar U\]) is found when short averaging periods are used. Well-defined, discrete events produce this negative correlation, and these events are shown to correspond to the passage of convective plumes. Constraints on averaging times necessary to obtain reasonable stress estimates using the bulk method are discussed.Conditional sampling is used to produce average values of dissipation (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGafqyTduMbae% baaaa!37AB!\[\bar \varepsilon \]), wind speed (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabmyvayaara% aaaa!36DE!\[\bar U\]), and virtual temperature (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabmivayaara% WaaSbaaSqaaiaaiw8aaeqaaaaa!385B!\[\bar T_\upsilon \]) for each high turbulent intensity event, and for the quiescent periods in between. Such statistics indicate that the highly turbulent states coincide with the presence of plumes and account for the negative correlation between C _D and % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabmyvayaara% aaaa!36DE!\[\bar U\]. Some of these statistics are also stability dependent.The probability distributions of the dissipation rate are bimodally log-normal which suggests that turbulence generated at two different heights is being sampled. This, along with other results of this paper, support a picture of a boundary layer which is dominated by vertical exchange.Contribution Number 409, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington.     

Properties of unstable waves in the lower St Lawrence Estuary

Abstract

The lower St Lawrence Estuary is an interesting case amongst estuaries in that it is wide enough to accommodate the development of mesoscale unstable waves and eddies. These features are generated by the runoff‐driven jet along this body's south shore. We present data yielding estimates of the length, time and velocity scales of these unstable disturbances. To relate these quantities to the dynamics we employ a 2‐layer quasigeos‐trophic instability model featuring realistic lateral shear. All model runs show short time and length scales, e‐folding periods of less than 10 days and wavelengths less than 50 km.     

The trade regime and the climate regime: institutional evolution and adaptation

This article addresses concerns that the multilateral trade regime centered in the WTO and the emerging climate regime may conflict in ways that could be damaging to either or both. The article discusses the institutional and diplomatic context of these concerns, and it identifies the kinds of issues that are in question. The analysis suggests that there are opportunities for win—win outcomes in the interactions of the two regimes, for instance in the possibility of reducing fossil fuel subsidies. However, there are also problematic areas where they intersect. A core issue—and as yet an unresolved one—is whether and how emission credit trading and other activities envisioned by the Kyoto Protocolwould be subject toWTOrules. The resolution of this issue will affect many other issues as well. Additional specific issues about the interactions of particular provisions inWTOagreements and theKyoto Protocol are analyzed in a subsequent companion article in Climate Policy.     

The trade regime and the climate regime: institutional evolution and adaptation

This article addresses concerns that the multilateral trade regime centered in the WTO and the emerging climate regime may conflict in ways that could be damaging to either or both. The article discusses the institutional and diplomatic context of these concerns, and it identifies the kinds of issues that are in question. The analysis suggests that there are opportunities for win–win outcomes in the interactions of the two regimes, for instance in the possibility of reducing fossil fuel subsidies. However, there are also problematic areas where they intersect. A core issue—and as yet an unresolved one—is whether and how emission credit trading and other activities envisioned by the Kyoto Protocol would be subject to WTO rules. The resolution of this issue will affect many other issues as well. Additional specific issues about the interactions of particular provisions in WTO agreements and the Kyoto Protocol are analyzed in a subsequent companion article in Climate Policy.     

江南一次持续性暴雨过程中线状中尺度对流系统模态转换机理研究

利用地面观测资料、探空资料、NCEP再分析资料、多普勒雷达资料及WRF输出资料,研究了2014年6月20—21日发生在江南地区的一次持续性暴雨过程中中尺度对流系统(mesoscale convective system,MCS)的演变过程、结构特征及模态转变机理。此次暴雨发生在500 h Pa东移发展的短波槽前、850 h Pa切变线与低空暖湿急流之间的不稳定区。MCS演变过程中组织模态发生转变,对流东移发展形成拖尾型(tailing stratiform,TS) MCS,后逐渐转变为平行型(parallel stratiform,PS) MCS。环境风场上,TS型MCS表现为垂直对流线的相对入流,弓状回波北侧有气旋生成; PS型MCS低层表现为垂直对流线的相对入流,中高层表现为平行向相对入流。TS型MCS中,强对流区位于正扰动气压带,形成垂直作用于对流线的气压梯度力,导致相对入流垂直对流线;而在平行对流线方向上,扰动气压变化小,平行相对气流弱,整体呈现为较强的垂直向相对气流; PS型MCS中,气压扰动整体表现为西南正气压扰动与东北负气压扰动的分布特征,在西南-东北向气压梯度力作用下,形成平行对流线向后的相对入流,导致MCS模态的转变。     

Wind regime in the lower atmosphere over Moscow from the long-term acoustic sounding data

Presented are the results of the sounding of the lower atmospheric 500-meter layer for the period of 2004–2012 carried out at the Meteorological Observatory of the Moscow State University (MSU) with the MODOS Doppler acoustic radar (sodar) produced by METEK (Germany). Discussed is the methodological basis of the sodar wind data analysis. It is demonstrated that in the air layer up to 200 m the maximum values in the annual course of the wind speed are observed more often in autumn and winter, and the minimum values, in summer; this is associated with the fact that during the cold period of the year Moscow is often located in the zones of intense gradient currents. The diurnal course of the wind speed is characterized by the daytime maximum and night-time minimum in the layer up to 40–60 m from the surface; it is poorly pronounced and characterized by the minimum in the morning in the layer of 80–120 m; and the daytime minimum and night-time maximum are observed above 140–160 m. The layer from 80 to 120 m approximately corresponds to the height of the wind rotation. The amplitude of diurnal variations of the wind speed increases from 0.3 m/s at the height of 7 m and 0.6 m/s at the height of 15 m, to 4.5 m/s at the height of 400 m; however, its secondary minimum (0.5 m/s) associated with the rotation height is registered at the altitude of 80 m. The statistical relationship between the wind speed and surface air temperature is direct during the cold season, inverse during the warm season, and is absent in April and October. The average maximum wind speed over Moscow for ten minutes in the layer up to 500 m from the surface reaches 30–35 m/s in some cases if two conditions concur: the capital is located on the periphery of vast pressure formations (usually of deep cyclones) and the local low-level jet stream is present in the wind profile.     

Influence of internal gravity waves on sound propagation in the lower atmosphere

Summary The effects of internal waves on the propagation of acoustic pulses in the lower atmosphere were studied theoretically and by acoustic pulse sounding of the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Due to a control in the experiments of the stratification and time variations of meteorological parameters, such as wind speed, temperature and atmospheric pressure, we were able to observe the influence of the variations of these parameters on a pulse wave form, travel time and time duration. For the travel time and wind speed variations we obtained statistical characteristics (variances, frequency spectra and coherences) in the range of periods from 1 min to 1h and found several dominant periods, which are inherent to the trapped internal waves in the lower atmosphere. Using a nonlinear model of internal wave spectrum in the atmosphere described here we have made the calculations of variances, frequency spectra and structure functions of travel time fluctuations, which allowed us to interpret some of the observed data.