Lunar phases and atmospheric electric field

The association between the lunar phases and the atmospheric electric field has been investigated from the superposed epoch analysis of the lone series of continuous data of the vertical electric field for Colaba, Bombay (18o53’N, 73o48’E 11 mASL) for the period 1947-1966. Also the periodicities in the atmospheric electric field have been studied from the spectral analysis of the data. The study has indicated that when the full moon is within 4o of the ecliptic plane i. e., Bf 4o, the electric field peaks on the day of the full moon followed by a steep fall in the field val-ues up to 4 days following the full moon day and there after it showed a steep increase. Also, the electric field has exhibited 5-9 day periodicity and its multiples are nearly always present. The periodicity in the electric field corresponds with the average time interval between the successive magnetic sector boundary (MSB) crossings i.e., 7 days. On most of the occasions, the MSB crossing day is associated with a maximum of one or more of the wavelengths derived from the spectral analysis of the atmospheric electric field.     

The atmospheric electric field in Athens-Greece

Summary In the present study, the daily, annual and seasonal variations of the electric field in Athens-Greece, for all weather as well as for fair weather conditions, for the 16-years period 1965–1980 were examined. The daily variation of the electric field follows a double oscillation. A Fourier analysis was also used for the study of its diurnal variation. The results of the Man-Kendall test showed that the electric field at National Observatory of Athens (NOA), during the 16-years period, is essentially constant. In addition, the influence of the air pollution due to smoke and of wind speed on electric field was examined. It was deduced that an increase of air pollution results in an increase of electric field, while the electric field decreases as the wind speed increases.With 4 figures     

Power and cross-power spectral studies of electric and meteorological parameters under fair weather conditions in the atmospheric surface layer

The influence of micrometeorological parameters (wind speed, temperature stratification and atmospheric stability) upon electric polar conductivity, potential gradient, vertical total current density and vertical convection current density is studied by means of power spectral and coherence spectral analysis. The analyses show great variations in the atmospheric electric parameters for frequencies corresponding to the diurnal wave (0.042 cph) and in many cases great variances are noted for the frequencies 0.083, 0.125 and 0.17 cph. The influence of the micrometeorological parameters upon atmospheric electricity seems to be significant for these frequencies. Annual changes of the power and coherence spectra are also observed.     

大气电场仪观测结果的修订

大气电场仪是测量大气电场的重要设备,其测量结果受多种因素影响.通过一系列对比试验表明:电场仪采用探头正置或倒置结构时的观测结果基本一致,倒置结构有利于避免雨水带来的影响.不同的安装环境对测量结果的影响很大,为了消除这种影响,提出了对观测数据进行地面修订的方法,得到不同天气条件下的修订系数.所得结果对于实现多站电场仪联网观测的数据一致性有重要实际意义.     

Possible solar influence on atmospheric electric field

A physical hypothesis for the electrical coupling of the troposphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere has been proposed. It is shown that the vertical mass exchange takes place in the troposphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere by the gravity wave feedback mechanism through a chain of eddy systems. The vertical mass exchange gives rise to a vertical aerosol current which is responsible for the generation and mainte-nance of atmospheric electric field and also the variations in the H-component of the geomagnetic field. Any per-turbation in the troposphere would be transmitted to ionosphere and vice versa. A global perturbation in ionosphere, as the one caused by solar variability, is transmitted to troposphere influencing weather systems/geomagnetic/atmospheric electrification processes.The theory relating to the above physical mechanism is discussed. Also, results of analysis of at-mospheric electrical field data for Colaba, Bombay (8°53’ 56”N, 72° 48’ 54”E, 9.8 m ASL) and solar activity indices (Ap index, DST index and MSB crossing dates) for the 31 year period from 1936-1966 which provide statistical evidence for solar influence on atmospheric electrification processes are presented.     

Interrelations between the atmospheric electric field,air pressure,and hydrogeological processes

The rise of the level of aquifers enhances soil radon transport that causes the decay of the atmospheric electric field. The decrease in aquifer levels provides the opposite effect. The aquifer level rise may be caused by precipitation infiltration, hydrofracturing, and air pressure drop. The reasons for the aquifer level decline are the pumping of artesian water and air pressure rise.     

Climate changes in atmospheric radiation parameters from the MSU meteorological observatory data

Variations in radiation fluxes and the factors that define them and their redistribution in the atmosphere are analyzed using the data of long-term ground-based measurements at the Meteorological Observatory of Lomonosov Moscow State University. It is demonstrated that since the middle of the 1990s trends in many atmospheric radiation parameters have changed as compared to the trends observed in the previous years. For some parameters the trends are significant, are kept for a long period of time, and. hence, can be considered as climate changes. The potential effects of these changes on the regional warming are assessed.     

欧亚大陆晴天大气电场变化特征统计分析

对欧亚大陆中纬度陆地9个晴天大气电场观测站点的观测数据进行了分析。结果表明:欧亚大陆中纬度陆地9个站点晴天大气电场强度的日变化主要成单峰单谷和双峰双谷两种波形。各站点的晴天大气电场强度季节变化也较为明显:冬季晴天大气电场强度值较大,夏季晴天大气电场强度值较小。晴天大气电场强度值的日变化总体上与大气电导率呈负相关,与爱根核浓度、绝对湿度呈正相关,并且温度梯度也对其有一定的影响。     

Observation of the variations of the atmospheric electric field at YBJ, Tibet

The variability noticed in fair weather atmospheric electric field (AEF) recorded at Yangbajin (YBJ, 90°31′50″E, 30°06′38″N), a continental station located at Tibet Plateau, China, during the period 2006–2011, has been examined firstly in relation to the variations of three selected local meteorological parameters. Secondly, a test has been carried out for a hypothesis that numerical reduction on the variations of fair weather AEF data according to the meteorological parameters like air pressure, temperature and relative humidity, could weaken its meteorological effect and thus help to study the variations of AEF. The reduction effectively suppresses the annual variation, but the shape of the diurnal variation remains the same, and is widely different from the Carnegie Curve. Finally, the seasonal effects of diurnal variations are analyzed. The most distinctive characteristics of the fair weather AEF here is that the pattern of diurnal variations exhibits a double fluctuation, which is modulated by the sunrise and sunset effect. The phase of the diurnal curve has a little shift with seasons.     

基于大气电场的雷电监测预警方法

利用大气电场强度数据设计了一种雷电监测预警方法,并对江西省南昌县2020年8月的一次雷电过程进行预测。首先对大气电场仪采集的电场数据进行去噪处理和缺失填补,然后利用经验模态分解法分解大气电场数据,得到大气电场数据的幅值和频率的分布特征,运用多元回归模型构建雷电预警模型,预测未来一段时间内的大气电场强度值。参考大气电场强度等级划分表,开展雷电监测预警。结果表明,运用模型预测的大气电场强度结果与实况之间的可决系数均在0.9以上,即大气电场强度预测结果与实况较为接近,该监测预警方法具有一定的可行性。     

桂林城区大气能见度与颗粒物浓度和气象因子关系研究

利用2015年1月至2017年6月桂林国家基本气象站能见度、相对湿度、气温、气压、降水等气象要素和PM₁₀、PM_2.5、PM_1.0颗粒物质量浓度资料,分析桂林城区大气能见度与颗粒物浓度和气象因子之间关系。结果表明：桂林城区大气能见度和PM₁₀、PM_2.5、PM_1.0呈对数关系,相关系数分别为-0.341、-0.461、-0.509,颗粒物对大气能见度影响在相对湿度为60%—70%时最为显著。在各气象因子中,大气能见度与风速的相关性最好,其次为相对湿度,与风速呈二次函数关系,与相对湿度呈幂指数关系,与温度相关性较小,与气压在秋冬季节呈正相关,相关系数冬季可达0.301,但在春、夏季节相关性不显著;利用颗粒物浓度和气象要素建立8种大气能见度非线性统计回归模型,比较后发现利用PM_1.0、风速、相对湿度、气温等因子建立的不同季节大气能见度拟合公式在实际检验中效果最优,能较好地模拟桂林地区大气能见度的变化。     

大气电场的FFT频谱分析及雷暴预报研究

采用傅里叶变换方法将时域数据转换到频域,针对首次地闪发生(简称“雷暴天气”)和首次地闪不会发生(简称“非雷暴天气”)的大气电场强度数据做了幅度谱分析.研究发现,首次地闪前0.5h的大气电场数据与非雷暴天气中任意时段0.5h的大气电场数据的幅度谱分布具有明显差异,两类天气的幅度谱分布有一定规律可循.在此基础上对样本整理分类,将两类天气的平均幅度谱视为判别标准,利用欧氏距离判别法,对63个未知天气样本进行判别分类和效果检验,结果表明,此方法可供短时临近的首次地闪预警工作中予以参考.     

香港能见度、大气悬浮粒子浓度与气象条件的关系

利用2005年赤鱲角能见度及东涌悬浮粒子 (PM2.5) 浓度的每小时数据,发现PM2.5 浓度与能见度 (撇除雨雾及相对湿度≥95%的个例) 呈倒数关系,相关系数约为0.8。此外,出现低能见度 (能见度低于8 km,而雨雾及相对湿度≥95%的个例不计) 的每月总时数与月平均PM2.5浓度都呈现相类似的季节趋势,即冬季较高,夏季较低。利用HYSPLIT作反轨迹图分析显示这现象跟影响香港的空气来源有关。来自内陆的轨迹中,出现低能见度的日平均时数及日平均PM2.5的浓度,分别远高于来自海洋的轨迹。文中还分析了一个有热带气旋接近本港的个例,论证气象条件对能见度及PM2.5浓度的重要性。     

基于地面电场资料的雷暴临近预报研究

利用总体平均经验模态分解算法(EEMD),对南京地区2010—2011年6—8月近地面大气电场资料进行分析,研究了晴天、弱雷暴和强雷暴天气条件下大气电场的振荡特征。在单站电场仪观测范围内,以晴天大气为背景场,根据固有模态函数(IMF)方差最大值对应层数的动态特性,建立并验证了两种强度的雷暴临近预报模型。结果表明:弱雷暴发生前IMF方差最大值对应层数跳变幅度较平稳,而强雷暴跳变幅度逐渐加剧。对IMF方差最大值对应层数进行三次样条插值,可直观地表征雷暴发生发展过程,延长预报时间至1 h。利用这些特征对92个独立样本进行预报效果检验,预报的准确率为73.3%,虚警率为14.5%。     

2013年“西马仑”台风大气电场特征分析

利用中国气象局提供的台风定位资料和厦门市气象局测得的大气电场等资料,采用对比分析等方法分析了1308号台风"西马仑"登陆后的大气电场变化特征及其与闪电和降水的关系。分析结果表明:测站大气电场、降水和地闪的变化主要受"西马仑"台风后部云系影响。降水强度与负电场强度之间有着较好的对应关系。强降水时段地闪频次较低;地闪活动滞后于大气电场变化5~20min,地闪密集时段也是大气电场跳变最为剧烈的时段。     

小波分析在雷击大气电场波形去噪分析中的应用

雷击时大气电场信号中混杂的噪声信号影响对真实大气电场信号的分析、提取和使用。文中通过计算仿真信号和去噪前后真实电场信号的均方误差,分析选取不同的小波函数、阈值法和小波分解层数对去噪效果产生的影响。考虑雷击时大气电场信号的信噪比,选用sym5小波和db5小波与minimaxi和rigrsure阈值法结合,且对小波的分解层数选用6~7层,进行大气电场波形的去噪处理,其去噪效果比较理想。最后,将该方法用于实际雷击大气电场波形数据的去噪处理,对雷击时电场波形的突变性检测中,在20个样本中有14个在首次雷击前1.5~2 h具有突变过程,占70%,这为将大气电场仪资料引入其他气象参数预报模型提供了切入点。     

中高层（60-120km）大气电参数非线性效应对地闪回击电磁场传播的影响

基于麦克斯韦方程组,通过综合考虑电子热效应和电离、吸附效应的非线性变化,利用二维时域有限差分算法(2D FDTD),建立了对流层-中高层大气电动力耦合模式,分析了中高层大气电参数的非线性效应对地闪回击电磁场传播的影响。结果表明,对微秒量级的地闪回击辐射场而言,在60 km以下,由于弛豫时间为毫秒量级,不需要考虑电参数的非线性效应。而在60 km以上的空间,由于弛豫时间快速减小至小于微秒量级,必须考虑电参数非线性效应带来的影响。如果考虑中高层大气电参数非线性效应,距地面90 km高度处地闪回击辐射场峰值明显减小,其中,垂直电场受影响最明显,场峰值最大可减小75%左右,而水平电场受影响相对较小。因为垂直电场脉冲持续时间为几百微秒,而水平电场脉冲持续时间仅为几十微秒,电磁场脉冲持续时间越长,受微秒量级中高层大气电介质弛豫时间的影响越大。     

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。