Study on Ensemble-Based Forecast of Extremely Heavy Rainfalls in China: Experiments for July 2011 Cases

According to the Anderson-Darling principle, a method for forecast of extremely heavy rainfall (abbreviated as extreme rainfall/precipitation) was developed based on the ensemble forecast data of the T213 global ensemble prediction system (EPS) of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). Using the T213 forecast precipitation data during 2007-2010 and the observed rainfall data in June-August of 2001-2010, characteristics of the cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) of the observed and the T213 EPS forecast precipitation were analyzed. Accordingly, in the light of the continuous differences of the CDFs between model climate and EPS forecasts, a mathematical model of Extreme Precipitation Forecast Index (EPFI) was established and applied to forecast experiments of several extreme rainfall events in China during 17-31 July 2011. The results show that the EPFI has taken advantage of the tail information of the model climatic CDF and provided agreeable forecasts of extreme rainfalls. The EPFI based on the T213 EPS is useful for issuing early warnings of extreme rainfalls 3-7 days in advance. With extension of the forecast lead time, the EPFI becomes less skillful. The results also demonstrate that the rationality of the model climate CDF was of vital importance to the skill of EPFI.     

Analysis of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Beijing During 21-22 July 2012 Based on High Resolution Model Analyses and Forecasts

The heaviest rainfall over 61 yr hit Beijing during 21-22 July 2012.Characterized by great rainfall amount and intensity,wide range,and high impact,this record-breaking heavy rainfall caused dozens of deaths and extensive damage.Despite favorable synoptic conditions,operational forecasts underestimated the precipitation amount and were late at predicting the rainfall start time.To gain a better understanding of the performance of mesoscale models,verification of high-resolution forecasts and analyses from the WRFbased BJ-RUCv2.0 model with a horizontal grid spacing of 3 km is carried out.The results show that water vapor is very rich and a quasi-linear precipitation system produces a rather concentrated rain area.Moreover,model forecasts are first verified statistically using equitable threat score and BIAS score.The BJ-RUCv2.0forecasts under-predict the rainfall with southwestward displacement error and time delay of the extreme precipitation.Further quantitative analysis based on the contiguous rain area method indicates that major errors for total precipitation（〉 5 mm h~（-1）） are due to inaccurate precipitation location and pattern,while forecast errors for heavy rainfall（〉 20 mm h~（-1）） mainly come from precipitation intensity.Finally,the possible causes for the poor model performance are discussed through diagnosing large-scale circulation and physical parameters（water vapor flux and instability conditions） of the BJ-RUCv2.0 model output.     

Analysis of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Beijing During 21-22 July2012 Based on High Resolution Model Analyses and Forecasts

The heaviest rainfall over 61 yr hit Beijing during 21-22 July 2012.Characterized by great rainfall amount and intensity,wide range,and high impact,this record-breaking heavy rainfall caused dozens of deaths and extensive damage.Despite favorable synoptic conditions,operational forecasts underestimated the precipitation amount and were late at predicting the rainfall start time.To gain a better understanding of the performance of mesoscale models,verification of high-resolution forecasts and analyses from the WRFbased BJ-RUCv2.0 model with a horizontal grid spacing of 3 km is carried out.The results show that water vapor is very rich and a quasi-linear precipitation system produces a rather concentrated rain area.Moreover,model forecasts are first verified statistically using equitable threat score and BIAS score.The BJ-RUCv2.0forecasts under-predict the rainfall with southwestward displacement error and time delay of the extreme precipitation.Further quantitative analysis based on the contiguous rain area method indicates that major errors for total precipitation( 5 mm h~(-1)) are due to inaccurate precipitation location and pattern,while forecast errors for heavy rainfall( 20 mm h~(-1)) mainly come from precipitation intensity.Finally,the possible causes for the poor model performance are discussed through diagnosing large-scale circulation and physical parameters(water vapor flux and instability conditions) of the BJ-RUCv2.0 model output.     

基于集合预报的四川夏季强降水订正试验

四川历来多暴雨洪涝,然而其发生具有很多不确定的因素,预报难度很大。从观测与模式预报的累积概率密度函数角度出发,利用2007—2012年6—8月中国降水观测格点资料和2012—2013年6—8月ECMWF模式集合预报资料,探索了一种提高四川地区强降水预报准确率的方法——概率阈值订正法,并运用该方法对2012年6—8月盆地东部的降水过程进行批量试验。试验结果表明:订正后的模式预报相比订正前的预报而言,不仅强降水落区更接近实况,而且较大程度地延长了预报时效,能提前6~7天给出强降水过程的警示信息,经过订正后显著提升了ECMWF模式的降水预报水平。      

基于T639集合预报的持续性强降水中期客观预报技术研究

针对持续性强降水预报困难的问题,根据Anderson-Darling检验原理,构建基于中国气象局T639集合预报系统的持续性强降水中期客观预报方法。对比分析2010-2015年5-9月T639集合预报降水与实况降水的累积概率分布函数差异,在此基础上采用扩展时间序列和空间范围的方法构建3种模式气候累积概率方案,通过批量预报试验和检验,选取最优概率方案纳入预报模型,考察持续性强降水个例的最长预报时间。结果表明,随着预报时效的延长,集合预报模式的降水逐渐集中于小和中雨量级,无降水和暴雨以上量级的降水概率低于观测,168 h以后模式降水概率趋于稳定。通过扩展时间序列和空间范围能弥补模式气候资料年限不足所带来的偏差,根据区域气候特征细分模式气候的方法重点突出了不同区域的降水特征,明显优于简单集合所有区域数据的模式气候方案。基于集合预报的持续性强降水预报模型对持续性强降水个例的预报能力为8-9 d,随着预报时效的延长,降水强度以及雨带位置的预报能力逐渐减弱。      

基于集合预报的中国极端强降水预报方法研究

极端强降水天气属于小概率事件,其发生具有很多不确定的因素,预报难度很大。根据Anderson-Darling检验原理研究基于集合预报资料的极端强降水天气预报方法,利用2007—2010年中国T213集合预报资料和2001—2010年6—8月中国降水观测资料,分析观测与集合预报累积概率密度分布函数的特征,建立基于集合预报与模式历史预报累积概率密度分布函数连续差异的数学模型——极端降水天气预报指数(EPFI),并对2011年7月中国极端强降水天气进行预报试验。结果表明,极端降水天气预报指数可以充分利用集合降水累积概率密度分布的尾端信息,为极端强降水提供科学合理的预报,基于中国气象局(CMA) T213集合预报的极端降水天气预报指数可提前3—7 d发出极端强降水预警信号,随着预报时效的延长,预报技巧逐渐降低。研究还表明,模式气候累积概率分布的合理性将直接影响极端强降水天气识别能力。     

ECMWF极端天气指数在华东台风 降水预报中的应用和检验

选取2015—2018年影响华东地区的13个台风个例,分析降水极端天气指数EFI (Extreme Forecast Index)和SOT (Shift of Tails)与台风降水之间的统计关系。结果表明:EFI和SOT与降水气候百分位之间存在明显的正相关关系。EFI和SOT越大,强降水发生概率越高。随着预报时效的增加,EFI和SOT指数对暴雨和大暴雨的预报效果逐渐变差。对于短期(72 h以内的时效),EFI预报技巧优于SOT,而随着预报时效的延长,SOT的预报技巧逐渐接近并超过EFI。以TS评分最大为标准兼顾合理的预报偏差,得到两种极端天气指数不同预报时效、不同等级暴雨的预报阈值。总体而言,事件越极端,EFI和SOT的预报阈值越大,对于暴雨和大暴雨,EFI指数的预报阈值随着预报时效的延长有减小趋势,而SOT的预报阈值基本保持不变。在台风极端降水预报中,EFI和SOT可以作为EC定量降水预报的补充,有助于减少强降水的漏报,并提早发出预警信息。     

综合指标方法在降水分级预报中的应用

利用１９９５年１月～１９９７年１２月国家气象中心的Ｔ１０６分析场资料,采用因子组合、相关分析等手段,确定与降水关系密切,且有、无雨分类较明确的物理量因子,将样本内每个因子由小到大排列后分段,计算各段上的降水频率,根据各物理量对降水贡献的大小,确定各因子的权重系数,将每个样本中的所有因子所在地庆的降水频率加权累加,得到一个综合降水频率值,通过历史拟合,确定降水ＴＳ评分最大的降水频率值为综合预报指标分     

近40年西昌北郊降水变化分析

利用西昌市北郊某观测站1974~2009年近40年的逐日降水资料,采用通用的极端气候指数,逐年统计各级降水的发生日数资料。采用气候趋势分析法、滑动平均法、多项式拟合法及Morlet小波变换等方法诊断分析各类降水事件的气候变化特征。结果表明：雨日、冰雹的减少趋势显著;总降水量、年最大日降水量、强降水日数R95%、中等雨日数R75%、雨季总降水量呈上升趋势,但并不显著,降雪日数的下降趋势也不显著;暴雨日数的长期变化趋势不明显;各类降水事件及极端天气存在一定的振荡周期。针对现阶段气候变化特点,提出了应对建议。     

2010—2019年浙江暖季短时强降水特征分析

利用2010-2019年浙江省暖季(5-9月)1426个国家站和区域站小时雨量数据和NCEP 1° X 1°逐日4次再分析资料,分析了浙江省暖季短时强降水、极端短时强降水时空分布特征及区域性短时强降水事件,结果表明:①近10年暖季短时强降水频次呈增多趋势,降水强度变化平稳;8月(上旬)降水频次最多,9月(中旬)强度最强...     

近45年来河北省极端降水事件的变化研究

利用河北省1961-2005年逐日降水资料,采用通用的极端气候指数,分析了近45年河北省极端降水事件频率变化的时空特征.结果表明,全省平均年最大日降水量呈下降趋势,1980年为由多向少的转折点;强降水日数和暴雨日数变化不大,但南部平原地区一般减少,北部山地区域多有增加,暴雨日数和强度在1990年代中后期显著增加;降水日数有较明显减少,南部和东南部平原减少更显著;降水日数的减少主要是中、小雨(雪)日数减少造成的.这些结果说明,河北省强降水日数和暴雨日数在降水日数中的比重有增大趋势,强降水量和暴雨降水量在总降水量中的比重可能增加了.这种相对增加趋势主要发生在1990年代中期以后.     

京津冀城市群气候变化及影响适应研究综述

本文对2000年以来京津冀城市群气候变化及影响适应的研究成果进行了综述。研究表明：20世纪60年代以来,京津冀城市群年平均气温和极端高温指数显著升高,年降水量波动减少,到21世纪10年代,极端强降水指数降低。京津冀气候变化是全球变暖和城市化共同作用的结果,城市化加速了京津冀变暖趋势,增加了极端高温和极端强降水的频率和强度,气候风险高。未来京津冀城市群协同发展,面临高温热浪、强降水、水资源短缺和海平面上升等风险将更严峻,气候变化适应是京津冀城市群可持续发展面临的紧迫问题,适应策略等方面研究已取得了明显进展,但适用性和针对性还存在不足。本文提出了未来研究展望：深入研究城市化对气候变化的反馈,发展全球气候变化和城市化共同作用下的气候风险精细化预估技术,系统研究气候变化对城市的影响和不同行业的脆弱性,加强温室气体监测评估技术研究,加强适应气候变化的策略、路径和技术研究。     

基于贝叶斯方法的极端降水概率预报试验

本文采用百分位法对观测极端降水的阈值进行定义,根据贝叶斯理论探讨了极端降水的概率预报方法,进行了贝叶斯极端降水模拟概率预报试验和检验。以观测和模式极端降水阈值分别进行的贝叶斯概率预报试验结果表明:以观测极端降水为阈值时,先验概率与后验概率的极端降水空报情况较多,主要降水雨带的概率预报也偏强;而以模式极端降水为阈值时,两者的空报均较少,且对主要雨带也起到了明显的预警作用。对比两种阈值取法下的先验概率和后验概率的极端降水预报,前者的概率预报值较后者的更小。检验结果表明,经过贝叶斯方法修订后的极端降水预报,提高了极端降水产生的正确率,但空报也有所增加。     

广东“18.8”季风槽极端降水事件对流尺度集合预报分析

受季风槽影响,2018年8月30—31日华南地区出现一次极端暴雨过程,单日站点累计降水量达1?056.7 mm,刷新了广东有历史纪录以来新的极值。对于此次极端降水事件,常用的业务模式包括欧洲中期天气预报中心全球模式（ECMWF）、日本气象厅谱模式（JMA）和中国气象局广东快速更新同化数值预报系统（CMA-GD）,都低估了降水强度。利用深圳市气象局业务对流尺度集合预报系统分析了此次特大暴雨过程,结果表明：对流尺度集合预报系统对本次特大暴雨过程具有比较好的预报能力,概率匹配平均最大雨量达348.7 mm·(24 h)-1,集合平均的强降水中心和观测基本一致,观测极值附近区域发生大暴雨（≥150 mm）概率最大值达到80%。选取了较“好”和较“差”集合成员预报进行对比分析,发现较“好”成员预报的强降水中心位置和观测基本一致,而较“差”成员预报的降水中心位置则偏向福建地区。较 “好”成员预报出莲花山南侧地面中尺度辐合线较长时间的维持和缓慢移动,导致强降水雨团在莲花山脉附近不断地触发和维持,同时地形的阻挡作用使得对流系统在地形附近区域持续维持,造成了罕见的特大暴雨;而较“差”成员辐合区位于莲花山以北,对流形成后向东、向北移动,最终导致强降水预报位置偏向福建地区。     

The Long-term Variation of Extreme Heavy Precipitation and Its Link to Urbanization Effects in Shanghai during 1916–2014

Using the hourly precipitation records of meteorological stations in Shanghai, covering a period of almost a century(1916–2014), the long-term variation of extreme heavy precipitation in Shanghai on multiple spatial and temporal scales is analyzed, and the effects of urbanization on hourly rainstorms studied. Results show that:(1) Over the last century, extreme hourly precipitation events enhanced significantly. During the recent urbanization period from 1981 to 2014, the frequency of heavy precipitation increased significantly, with a distinct localized and abrupt characteristic.(2) The spatial distribution of long-term trends for the occurrence frequency and total precipitation intensity of hourly heavy precipitation in Shanghai shows a distinct urban rain-island feature; namely, heavy precipitation was increasingly focused in urban and suburban areas.Attribution analysis shows that urbanization in Shanghai contributed greatly to the increase in both frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events in the city, thus leading to an increasing total precipitation amount of heavy rainfall events. In addition,the diurnal variation of rainfall intensity also shows distinctive urban–rural differences, especially during late afternoon and early nighttime in the city area.(3) Regional warming, with subsequent enhancement of water vapor content, convergence of moisture flux and atmospheric instability, provided favorable physical backgrounds for the formation of extreme precipitation.This accounts for the consistent increase in hourly heavy precipitation over the whole Shanghai area during recent times.     

Risk assessment of precipitation extremes in northern Xinjiang,China

This study was conducted using daily precipitation records gathered at 37 meteorological stations in northern Xinjiang, China, from 1961 to 2010. We used the extreme value theory model, generalized extreme value (GEV) and generalized Pareto distribution (GPD), statistical distribution function to fit outputs of precipitation extremes with different return periods to estimate risks of precipitation extremes and diagnose aridity–humidity environmental variation and corresponding spatial patterns in northern Xinjiang. Spatiotemporal patterns of daily maximum precipitation showed that aridity–humidity conditions of northern Xinjiang could be well represented by the return periods of the precipitation data. Indices of daily maximum precipitation were effective in the prediction of floods in the study area. By analyzing future projections of daily maximum precipitation (2, 5, 10, 30, 50, and 100 years), we conclude that the flood risk will gradually increase in northern Xinjiang. GEV extreme value modeling yielded the best results, proving to be extremely valuable. Through example analysis for extreme precipitation models, the GEV statistical model was superior in terms of favorable analog extreme precipitation. The GPD model calculation results reflect annual precipitation. For most of the estimated sites’ 2 and 5-year T for precipitation levels, GPD results were slightly greater than GEV results. The study found that extreme precipitation reaching a certain limit value level will cause a flood disaster. Therefore, predicting future extreme precipitation may aid warnings of flood disaster. A suitable policy concerning effective water resource management is thus urgently required.     

基于Logistic回归的区域地质灾害综合气象预警模型

应用Logistic回归拟合地质灾害发生概率,建立了区域地质灾害综合气象预警模型,实现了降雨引发地质灾害发生概率的动态预报。降雨观测和数值降雨预报作为模型的动态输入,利用信息量模型集成地学因子得到的总信息量作为模型的静态预报因子。预警模型在栅格点上预报降雨引发地质灾害的发生概率,并以等级形式发布预警。用2004年实际观测对预报进行检验,结果表明当年80%的灾害都达到了预警发布的标准。2006年汛期的业务运行对台风碧利斯引发的地质灾害做出了较准确的预报预警。说明模型能满足预警业务的要求,是提高地质灾害气象预警水平的有效途径。     

乐山地区短时强降水时空分布及变化特征研究

基于2013~2020年乐山地区9个国家自动站和136个区域自动站逐小时降水资料,应用诊断分析方法,系统研究了乐山地区短时强降水的时空分布及变化特征,探讨了短时强降水发生频次与地形因子的关系。结果表明:乐山地区短时强降水年均频次和极值均呈增加的趋势,强度较为稳定,变率不大。短时强降水在3~10月均有发生,其频次月分布呈现出单峰型的特征,集中发生在7~8月,占全年的77.7%,7月下旬~8月上旬发生频次又占7~8月总量的49.8%。短时强降水频次日变化呈单峰单谷结构,夜间发生概率最大,白天发生概率相对较小,22时~次日04时是短时强降水集中高发时段,虽然短时强降水在午后和傍晚的发生概率相对较小,但其强度较强,也应当引起重视。乐山地区短时强降水空间分布差异较大,存在两级分化的特点,与地形关系密切,总体呈西南部和东北部少、西北部—中部—东南部多的分布特征。短时强降水的发生与经纬度、海拔高度等地形因子显著相关,高发区主要集中在山谷喇叭口、岷江流域的河谷地带及城市热岛区。      

山西省汛期短历时强降水特征

山西地形复杂,汛期降水集中,短时强降水易引发地质灾害及城市内涝,是制约社会经济发展和人民安居的重要因素。本文通过分析山西省2011~2016年290个高密度自动气象站逐时降水资料,结合本地强降水预警业务规定,根据致灾风险程度将短历时强降水分为四级,全面细致分析了各级强降水的时空变化特征,对强降水的精细化预报有指示意义。结果表明：短时强降水主要受纬度和地形影响,各级强降水的累计降水量和降水小时数大值区一般沿太行山脉和吕梁山脉展布；短时强降水在每日15～18时高发,到了夜间20～23时,出现第二峰值；城区一般性强降水比乡村区域偏多偏强。     

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