Cloud — Aerosol interaction during lightning activity over land and ocean: Precipitation pattern assessment

The present study attempts to identify the land - ocean contrast in cloud - aerosol relation during lightning and non-lightning days and its effect on subsequent precipitation pattern. The thermal hypothesis in view of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) behind the land - ocean contrast is observed to be insignificant in the present study region. The result shows that the lightning activities are significantly and positively correlated with aerosols over both land and ocean in case of low aerosol loading whereas for high aerosol loading the correlation is significant but, only over land. The study attempts to comprehend the mechanism through which the aerosol and lightning interact using the concept of aerosol indirect effect that includes the study of cloud effective radius, cloud fraction and precipitation rate. The result shows that the increase in lightning activity over ocean might have been caused due to the first aerosol indirect effect, while over land the aerosol indirect effect might have been suppressed due to lightning. Thus, depending on the region and relation between cloud parameters it is observed that the precipitation rate decreases (increases) over ocean during lightning (non-lightning) days. On the other hand during non-lightning days, the precipitation rate decreases over land.     

雷电过程中大气电场信号处理方法探究

基于天津市蓟州区大气电场探测数据和闪电定位数据，利用功率谱分析、小波降噪和快速傅里叶变换等信号处理方法，分析了雷电天气过程中地面大气电场变化特征。结果表明，雷电过程中大气电场能量主要集中在低频部分，利用sym5小波函数进行7层或8层分解，提取的低频信号能够反映大气电场的主要变化特征。在首次闪电发生前1小时，大气电场的频谱幅值起伏变化明显，且远高于非雷电天气电场频谱幅值。通过欧氏距离判别法，判断大气电场频谱特征更接近雷电天气还是非雷电天气，可为雷电预报预警提供参考。     

Temporal and Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Lightning Activity over the Pacific Ocean and Adjacent Land and Its Relationship with AOD and CAPE

Based on LIS/OTD gridded lightning climatology data, ERA5 reanalysis data, and MODIS atmosphere monthly global products, we examined latitudinal and daily variations of lightning activity over land, offshore areas, open sea, and all marine areas (i.e., the aggregate of open sea and offshore areas) for different seasons over the Pacific Ocean and the adjacent land areas at 65°N-50°S, 99°E-78°W, and analysed the relationships of lightning activity with CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) and AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth). At any given latitude, the lightning density is the highest over land, followed by offshore areas, all marine areas and the open sea in sequence. The lightning density over land is approximately an order of magnitude greater than that over all marine areas. Lightning activity over land, offshore areas, open sea, and all marine areas varies with season. The diurnal variation of lightning density over land has a single-peak pattern. Over the offshore area, open sea, and all marine areas, lightning densities have two maxima per day. The magnitude of the daily variation in mean lightning density is the largest over land and the smallest over the open sea. The lightning density over the Pacific Ocean and adjacent land areas is significantly and positively correlated with CAPE. The correlation is the strongest over land and the weakest over the open sea. Cloud Base Height (CBH) may affect the efficiency of CAPE conversion to updraft. CAPE has a positive effect on lightning activity and has a greater impact on land than on the ocean. Over the sea, both CAPE and AOD can contribute to lightning activity, but the magnitudes of the influence of CAPE and AOD on lightning activity remain to be determined. Lightning activity over land and sea is a result of the combined action of AOD and CAPE.     

地闪活动背景下气象条件与O3浓度的相关性研究

基于2013~2017年重庆北碚区缙云山、蔡家和天生3个环境监测站点日值数据,结合地闪观测数据和相关气象要素资料,采用数理统计方法分析了气象条件与O₃浓度的关系,并基于HYSPLIT模型研究了闪电日O₃传输路径和潜在源区。结果表明:（1）北碚O₃浓度峰值大多出现在7月,低值大多出现在12月,其浓度分布从高到低依次为缙云山、蔡家、天生。（2）对比闪电日与非闪电日大气污染浓度,闪电日NO₂、CO平均浓度低于非闪电日,O₃则相反,闪电日缙云山O₃浓度超标率明显低于蔡家和天生。（3）NO₂浓度与地闪频次呈负相关,且天生和蔡家NO₂浓度波动大于缙云山,O₃浓度与地闪频次呈正相关。（4）夏季闪电日O₃气团传输路径主要来自南方。（5）地闪活动发生时O₃浓度高于非闪电日,其主要原因是夏季地闪频次较高,电解反应频繁,同时重庆夏季光照时间较长,光化学反应充分,两种反应的叠加效果大于降水清除作用。      

华北一次中尺度对流系统中的闪电活动特征及其与雷暴动力过程的关系研究

利用地面地闪定位资料、多普勒天气雷达和常规气象资料, 分析了一次具有前部对流线和后部大范围层状云降水(LLTS)的典型中尺度对流系统(MCS)的闪电活动演变特征。整个MCS生命史中负地闪占主导地位, 正地闪则表现不活跃。观测得到MCS消散阶段云闪与地闪的比例为2∶1, 地闪主要分布在地面相对位温和对流不稳定能量均达到高值的区域; 负地闪主要密集地分布在大于40 dBZ的回波范围内; 正地闪则稀疏地分布在30～40 dBZ的回波范围内。在低于-40℃的温度区域内地闪分布较多, 而密集的地闪分布在温度梯度大的区域内。结合单多普勒雷达的水平风场反演, 发现地闪集中出现在气流表现为气旋性切变或水平风呈现切变的区域。该区域与MCS的强回波区相对应, 并且地闪易发生在上升气流达到最大并开始出现下沉气流的阶段。     

Climatology of lightning activity in South China and its relationships to precipitation and convective available potential energy

This study examined lightning activity and its relationship to precipitation and convective available potential energy(CAPE) in South China during 2001–12, based on data from the Guangdong Lightning Location System, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, and the ERA-Interim dataset. Two areas of high lightning density are identified: one over the Pearl River Delta, and the other to the north of Leizhou Peninsula. Large peak-current cloud-to-ground(LPCCG) lightning(75 kA) shows weaker land–offshore contrasts than total CG lightning, in which negative cloud-to-ground(NCG) lightning occurs more prominently than positive cloud-to-ground(PCG) lightning on land. While the frequency of total CG lightning shows a main peak in June and a second peak in August, the LPCCG lightning over land shows only a single peak in June.The ratio of positive LPCCG to total lightning is significantly greater during February–April than during other times of the year. Diurnally, CG lightning over land shows only one peak in the afternoon, whereas CG lightning offshore shows morning and afternoon peaks. The rain yield per flash is on the order of 10~7–10~8kg per flash across the analysis region, and its spatial distribution is opposite to that of lightning density. Our data show that lightning activity over land is more sensitive than that over offshore waters to CAPE. The relationships between lightning activity and both precipitation and CAPE are associated with convection activity in the analysis region.     

高分辨中尺度雷电预报模式GRAPES_LM的建立及其初步应用试验

为了探索雷电天气的数值预报新方法,在高分辨GRAPES_Meso中尺度预报模式中添加了各种水成物电荷密度预报方程组,同时从传统基于云模式的三维雷电模式中剥离出起电过程和放电过程参数化方案,作为中尺度模式的一种物理过程参数化方案嵌套进中尺度模式,使得整套中尺度模式包含了大气动力、雷电过程及各种物理过程,建立了大气动力-物理过程和雷电过程一体化的数值预报模式GRAPES_LM,建立的GRAPES_LM模式包含了多种复杂的微物理过程参数化方案,其中,包括中国气象科学研究院开发研制的双参数对流云参数化方案;包含了霰/雹与冰晶/雪晶碰撞回弹的非感应起电、霰/雹与云滴碰撞的感应起电及霰碰撞大云滴造成冰晶繁生的次生冰晶起电3种起电参数化方案以及最新的随机双向放电参数化。并利用美国CCOPE观测试验中的个例观测资料(1981年7月19日),进行了初步应用模拟试验,对模式的雷电数值预报的可行性进行了验证分析。结果表明,高分辨率GRAPES_LM模式对1981年7月19日的雷电过程个例做出了成功的模拟预报,较好地给出了雷暴云的动力、微物理和电过程的时空演变,雷电天气数值预报新方法的可行性得到了初步验证。     

DOMINANT PHYSICAL PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH PHASE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SURFACE RAINFALL AND CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY

A lag correlation analysis is conducted with a 21-day TOGA COARE cloud-resolving model simulation data to identify the phase relation between surface rainfall and convective available potential energy (CAPE) and associated physical processes. The analysis shows that the maximum negative lag correlations between the model domain mean CAPE and rainfall occurs around lag hour 6. The minimum mean CAPE lags mean and convective rainfall through the vapor condensation and depositions, water vapor convergence, and heat divergence whereas it lags stratiform rainfall via the transport of hydrometeor concentration from convective regions to raining stratiform regions, vapor condensation and depositions, water vapor storage, and heat divergence over raining stratiform regions.     

Cloud-to-ground lightning and Mesoscale Convective Systems

This work analyzes some physical and microphysical properties of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) and cloud-to-ground lightning. Satellite data from the GOES-10 infrared and NOAA-18 and TRMM microwave channels and lightning information from the Brazilian lightning detection network (BrasilDAT) were utilized for the period from 2007 to 2009. Based on an automatic MCSs detection method, 720 MCSs life cycles were identified during the period and in the region of study, with a lightning detection efficiency of over 90%. During the diurnal cycle, maximum electrical activity occurred close to the time of maximum convective cloud fraction (18 UTC), and 3 h after the maximum normalized area expansion rate. Diurnal cycles of both properties were modulated by diurnal heating, and thus could be used to monitor diurnal variability of lightning occurrence. The electrical activity was more intense for the widest (Pearson’s correlation of 0.96) and deeper (Pearson’s correlation of 0.84) clouds, which reached 390 km size and 17 km maximum cloud top height. Area growth during the initial phase of MCSs exerted a strong influence on their size and duration, and thus also showed a potential for defining the possibility of electrical activity during their life cycle. The average lightning life cycle exhibited a maximum close to MCSs maturation, while the maximum average lightning density occurred in the MCSs initial life cycle stage. The growth rate of electrical activity during the early stages can indicate the strength of convection and the possible duration of systems with lightning occurrence. Strong condensation processes and mass flux during the growth phase of the systems can provide favorable conditions for cloud electrification and lightning occurrence. A comparison of high microwave frequencies with lightning data showed a strong relationship of vertically integrated ice content and particle size with lightning occurrence, with Pearson's correlation of 0.86 and 0.96, respectively. The polarization difference in the 85 GHz channel showed that electrical activity increases linearly with polarization reduction, associated with a high value of Pearson's correlation coefficient (above 0.90). This suggests that regions with more intense electrical activity are predominantly located in areas with a high concentration of larger ice particles that are vertically oriented, due to the existence of intense updrafts and the electric field. These results demonstrate the potential use of thermodynamic, dynamic and microphysical characteristics for analyzing thunderstorms severity, and as additional information for nowcasting and monitoring electrical activity over large regions that lack ground-based lightning sensors.     

Convective Storm VIL and Lightning Nowcasting Using Satellite and Weather Radar Measurements Based on Multi-Task Learning Models

Convective storms and lightning are among the most important weather phenomena that are challenging to forecast. In this study, a novel multi-task learning(MTL) encoder-decoder U-net neural network was developed to forecast convective storms and lightning with lead times for up to 90 min, using GOES-16 geostationary satellite infrared brightness temperatures(IRBTs), lightning flashes from Geostationary Lightning Mapper(GLM), and vertically integrated liquid(VIL)from Next Generation Weather Radar...     

架空线路年平均雷电闪击频数计算方法探析

分析了规范推荐的架空线路年平均雷击次数计算方法,提出方法中存在截收面积与雷击大地密度对应的雷电流幅值不匹配的问题。为解决该问题,文章以某一具体架空线路为例,介绍了针对全部雷电流幅值,应用积分法计算年平均雷击次数的方法,计算结果与规范推荐方法计算结果的比较说明了积分方法的精密性及结果的合理性。具体的分析、计算方法为：基于电气〖CD*2〗几何模型推导出与雷电流幅值有关的架空线路截收闪电宽度的计算公式,并通过对雷电流幅值频率分布规律的多项式拟合确定任意雷电流幅值的雷击大地密度,任一雷电流幅值对应的截收面积及对应的雷击大地密度的乘积即为该雷电流对应的年平均雷击次数,在该区域雷电流幅值的分布范围内对得到的雷击次数进行积分,即可得到考虑雷电流幅值分布特征的架空线路年平均雷击次数计算结果。     

香港地区地闪时空分布特征及其影响因素

通过对香港地区2006—2012年闪电定位数据、气象参数和海拔高度等相关数据的统计及相关性分析,对香港地区的地闪活动时空分布特征及其影响因素进行研究。结果表明,香港地区2006—2012年的地闪发生次数最多的是2010年,最少是2011年,每年地闪高发日的天数对地闪活动年际变化起到了关键性作用。地闪活动的发生主要集中在4—9月,逐月地闪回击次数与气温、相对湿度、降雨量及CAPE均呈现显著的正相关关系。地闪活动的日变化特征主要受到地闪高发日闪电活动、海陆热力差异及太阳辐射变化的综合影响,正、负地闪回击次数的日变化峰值均出现在01时。香港西部地区的正地闪回击密度明显高于东部,而负地闪回击密度的高值中心主要集中在海拔较高的山区。香港地区正、负地闪回击密度均随海拔的升高而有所增加,且六座典型山峰周围的负地闪回击密度与海拔高度在空间分布特征上具有很强的相似性。      

2019年呼和浩特一次强雷暴天气过程综合分析

利用NCEP再分析资料、雷达、卫星资料以及闪电定位资料对2019年7月27日呼和浩特市一次强雷暴天气过程进行了综合分析。结果表明：此次雷暴过程主要受贝加尔湖低压中心和蒙古高原高空槽东移影响；雷暴发生前，K指数和CAPE等不稳定参数均超过阈值，大气层结呈现上干冷下暖湿的不稳定形势，并且垂直方向上低空辐合、高空辐散的结构与强烈的上升气流相配合，为雷暴天气的发生提供了有利条件；在整个雷暴过程中负地闪占主导地位，但雷暴的不同发展阶段地闪分布不同，在雷暴发展及成熟阶段，负地闪数明显多于正地闪数，而在雷暴消散阶段，正地闪数大幅增加，甚至超过负地闪；闪电多分布于强回波区域，但闪电频数最高的地方不一定与强回波中心相对应；地闪的落区主要位于云顶温度低于240 K的区域，对应的云顶相态为冰相和混合相。     

Simulation Study About the Influence of Atmospheric Stratification on Lightning Activities

A 2D model about charging and discharging processes in thundercloud is used to simulate three differential atmospheric stratifications resulting in discrepant thunderstorm processes in Beijing region. The dynamic and microphysical processes in thunderstorm and their influence on lightning activities are also discussed.The results indicate that ascending velocity and water vapor axe the most important factors to influence lightning activities. At the same time, they affect each other and are together controlled by atmospheric stratification. The magnitude of the ascending velocity determines the intensity of storm and the time when the thunderstorm matured. The thunderstorm with strong updrafts can reach a large height in a short time. Strong persistent updrafts and sufficient water vapor which help to generate more ice phase hydrometeors that directly influence charging and discharging process will prolong the mature stage of the thunderstorm and thereby enhance lightning activities. Though the big density of ice phase hydrometeors can be formed, it is difficult to sustain a long time in the condition of strong updrafts and scant water vapor. Under the condition of weak updrafts and suffcient water vapor in the whole levels, it is easy to form warm cloud process in which the ice phase process and lightning activities are weak. The favorable stratification conditions for strong lightning activities are the sufficient vapor in the lower atmosphere,moderate humidity in the mid troposphere, big instability energy and some suitable convective inhibition.Through calculating some atmospheric instability parameters, it is indicated that convective instability index smaller than -10℃ (negative means instable), convective available potential energy larger than 1000 J kg-1,convective inhibition larger than 40 J kg-1, the 700-hPa potential equivalent temperature larger than 340 K and the 35%-85% humidity in the mid troposphere (700-400 hPa) are the advantageous conditions for strong lightning activities.     

浙江和甘肃两地区地闪特征的初步对比分析

利用浙江和甘肃两地区地闪活动的闪电定位资料,对两地地闪的时间变化规律和强度分布及其差异进行了对比研究.结果表明,两地闪电活动的月变化、日变化以及强度分布差异较大,浙江地区正地闪占总地闪的比例及夜间地闪所占的比例均小于甘肃地区,浙江地Ⅸ地闪频数在6～8月较多,甘肃地区地闪频数在7～9月较多,浙江地区地闪日变化中总地闪达到峰值的时间比甘肃地区要早,而正地闪达到峰值的时间较为一致;最后,将地闪活动与大气不稳定因子(CAPE)结合讨论,对比分析发现夏季杭州附近的CAPE平均值比兰州附近的大,但地闪活动频数对CAPE变化的敏感性要比兰州附近的小.而造成两地地闪活动差异的原因可能与两地不同的地理条件及雷暴产生系统有关.     

基于WRF模式对华北一次飑线过程中雷电活动的间接和直接模拟研究

将非感应起电机制和放电参数化方案耦合到WRF模式的Morrison双参数微物理方案中,并在模式中引入了闪电潜势指数LPI,在此基础上模拟了2009年6月16日华北一次飑线过程,讨论模式对闪电活动再现能力。模拟结果显示,模式能够较好地再现雷达回波和降水分布特征,说明模式对此次飑线过程的宏观和微观特征具有一定的模拟能力。利用计算闪电潜势指数LPI的间接模拟,能够指示出大致的闪电分布特征,但闪电潜势指数LPI分布范围明显大于实际闪电落区;而通过耦合电过程的WRF模式直接输出闪电密度的直接模拟,模拟结果与实际闪电密度分布的对应关系较好,但由于模式中输出的闪电密度为总闪电密度,与观测地闪密度资料相比,模拟的闪电密度偏大。     

基于综合评价算法的雷电灾害易损度区划模型研究

选取落雷密度、雷灾发生率、雷灾经济损失率及雷灾生命损伤率为评价雷电灾害易损性的指标,运用解析几何的直线方程对指标数据进行了标准化,引入层次分析法对评价指标数据真实性程度对结果的影响进行了修正,采用聚类分析方法对总易损度值进行更为合理科学的区划分级,并以福建省为例对新模型做了实例计算。结果表明,综合评价算法模型在关系计算、级别区划、结果分析等方面体现出一定的数学优势,能较细致、完整地反映出雷灾易损度区划指标之间的联系及各指标因素对雷灾易损度的综合影响关系。     

环境温湿层结对雷暴云空间电荷结构的影响

非感应起电机制中决定雷暴云电荷结构的反转温度是液态水含量的函数,而液态水含量的空间分布又取决于环境初始场中气团平均相对湿度和对流不稳定性的配置情况。本文通过不断改变初始场中层平均相对湿度和对流有效位能(CAPE)的值,同时不稳定度因子K和SI也随之发生相应的改变,利用三维强风暴动力电耦合数值模式,来研究初始场温湿层结的不同配置对液态水含量进而对电荷结构的影响。结果表明,CAPE较小时,电荷结构与中层平均相对湿度的大小无关,均为准反极性,且起电活动较弱;CAPE很大时,较大和较小的中层平均相对湿度更易引起强的起电活动和偶极性电荷结构,当霰和冰晶共存的区域中心落在上升气流的外围时,会形成反极性电荷结构。当对流有效位能相同时,增加中层平均相对湿度,气层的不稳定性提高,更有利于对流的发展和偶极性电荷结构的形成,减小中层平均相对湿度,对流减弱,有利于准反极性电荷结构的形成。     

利用起放电模式开展闪电活动的直接预报试验

利用耦合有起电和放电物理过程的中尺度起电放电模式WRF-Electric,开展了华北地区连续3年（2015—2017年）的闪电活动预报试验。结合全国地闪定位观测资料,针对不同影响范围雷暴类型和预报时间,对数值预报结果开展点对点的定量检验,评估模式对闪电活动的预报能力及特点。结果表明:WRF-Electric中尺度模式具备一定的区域闪电活动预报能力,在起报后的6~12 h对闪电活动区域具有较好的预报效果。雷暴落区预报的点对点定量检验中,模式和业务预报在华北主汛期（6—8月）的预报临界成功指数（CSI）均为0.1,模式对于活动范围较小的局地性雷暴过程的预报更具参考价值。模式预报的闪电活动范围相对集中,闪电活动密度偏高,预报的主要问题存在于放电参数化方案的设计。应当考虑到模式空间分辨率对云内电场强度的影响,合理降低闪电参数化中的放电阈值以扩大预报的闪电活动范围。模式在闪电密度的定量预报上还有较大改进空间,单次放电中和电荷量应当更符合观测事实。     

基于TRMM卫星的江西省闪电时空分布特征

TRMM卫星闪电资料的优势在于从高空探测闪电活动,能在一定程度上反映对流云中上层的对流影响过程.利用2004—2014年TRMM卫星LIS闪电数据和江西省雷电监测定位网闪电数据对江西省境内闪电活动的时空分布特征进行了分析,并比较了两种数据之间的差异.江西省闪电活动年差异较大,季节变化明显,闪电发生高峰值为低峰值两倍多,高发期为6—9月,在该时段闪电活动多集中于午后到前半夜发生.闪电活动局地性很强,多发于江西省山地与地势较低的过渡带,正地闪高发区集中在江西省中部的偏东地区.对流有效位能(CAPE)高值区与闪电密度大值区对应,表明前者对闪电活跃区有较好的指示作用.江西省闪电时空分布与地形地势、大气环流、水热条件等诸多因素有关,卫星和地面数据之间也存在一些差异.