基于多源资料的高原低涡源地研究

The Tibetan Plateau vortex (TPV) is a kind of mesoscale weather system that exists near the surface of the Tibetan Plateau (TP). TPVs are the major precipitation-producing weather system over the TP, and a small portion of the TPVs move off the TP, causing catastrophic heavy rainfall in the downstream areas of the TP. The yearbook of the TPVs edited by the Chengdu Institute of Plateau Meteorology offers important references in the field of TPVs research. The TPV source of the yearbook is dominantly located over the eastern TP, but most TPVs obtained via the reanalysis are generated over the western TP. It is the most significant difference between the TPVs derived from the yearbook and the reanalysis. To clarify the source of TPVs, we first examine the differences in the general circulation between the eastern and western regions of the TP that affect the development of the TPVs and find that the large-scale circulation in the western TP is more favorable to the generation of TPVs. Second, the atmospheric moving vector and blackbody bright temperature derived from the FY-2 geostationary satellites during 2005–2019 are used to reexamine the TPV sources from the yearbook, showing that most TPVs are generated from the western TP. Finally, we checked the difference in the TPV source via the yearbook between the former and later periods of the construction of the three new sounding stations over the western TP, which are Shiquanhe, Gaize, and Shenzha. It shows that the new data significantly increases the proportion of TPVs generated from the western TP. Combining the results obtained from multiple sources, we conclude that most TPVs originate in the western part of the TP, and the conclusion of the yearbook may be misguided because of the insufficient soundings in the western part of the TP. This study confirms the availability and reliability of reanalysis data in the study of TPVs and emphasizes the importance of satellite-based observations in the study of weather systems and the urgency of further enhancing observations over the TP. © 2023 Science Press. All rights reserved.     

Modulation of the Intensity of Nascent Tibetan Plateau Vortices by Atmospheric Quasi-Biweekly Oscillation

The modulation of the intensity of nascent Tibetan Plateau vortices(ITPV) by atmospheric quasi-biweekly oscillation(QBWO) is investigated based on final operational global analysis data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The spatial and temporal distributions of the ITPV show distinct features of 10–20-day QBWO. The average ITPV is much higher in the positive phases than in the negative phases, and the number of strong TPVs is much larger in the former,with a peak that appears in phase 3. In addition, the maximum centers of the ITPV stretch eastward in the positive phases,indicating periodic variations in the locations where strong TPVs are generated. The large-scale circulations and related thermodynamic fields are discussed to investigate the mechanism by which the 10–20-day QBWO modulates the ITPV. The atmospheric circulations and heating fields of the 10–20-day QBWO have a major impact on the ITPV. In the positive QBWO phases, the anomalous convergence at 500 hPa and divergence at 200 hPa are conducive to ascending motion. In addition, the convergence centers of the water vapor and the atmospheric unstable stratification are found in the positive QBWO phases and move eastward. Correspondingly, condensational latent heat is released and shifts eastward with the heating centers located at 400 hPa, which favors a higher ITPV by depressing the isobaric surface at 500 hPa. All of the dynamic and thermodynamic conditions in the positive QBWO phases are conducive to the generation of stronger TPVs and their eastward expansion.     

夏季青藏高原上的对流云和中尺度对流系统

运用1998年6～8月逐日逐时日本地球静止气象卫星(GMS)红外辐射亮温资料,计算和分析了青藏高原及周边地区对流云和中尺度对流系统的活动,揭示了它们形成和发展的月际变化和地理分布、强度、日变化、移动和传播等诸多特征,以及与长江流域暴雨过程的关系.     

青藏高原东部积雪与影响福建的热带气旋频数

应用青藏高原东部１７个测站１９５７～１９８８年秋冬季（１１～２月）平均积雪深度及积雪日数资料,分析了积雪深度及积雪日数异常年夏季５００ｈＰａ高度场的不同分布形态,同时对照登陆及影响福建的热带气旋偏多年及偏少年５００ｈＰａ高度场的分布特征,得出青藏高原秋冬季积雪深度偏小（大）年夏季热气旋频数偏多（少）,而积雪日数偏多年,夏季热带气旋频数偏少。     

夏季青藏高原地区降水和低涡的数值预报试验

本文首先分析了１９７９年６—７月的ＦＧＧＥIIIｂ级资料风场和相对湿度场在青藏高原地区的偏差，指出在高原西部应予以订正。然后利用一有限区域模式，通过综合订正初始风场和相对湿度场，改进模式部分物理过程，并提高其水平分辨率，共设计了６组预报试验，对该年的两例高原低涡切变线降水过程进行了２４小时预报。结果表明，利用改进了的初始场和部分物理过程，可明显改善高原地区的降水预报，并在一定程度上改善了流场的预报，即上述改进方案是可行的；但在高原地区嵌套预报方案尚待修改，还应继续努力提高模式对高原低涡流场的预报能力。     

Cross-Tropopause Mass Exchange Associated with a Tropopause Fold Event over the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

A springtime tropopause fold event, found to be related to a cold trough intrusion from the north, was detected in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) based on various observations. A nested high-resolution mesoscale model was employed to investigate the effect of orography on the stratosphere-troposphere exchange. The model was found to be able to capture plausible tropopause fold properties. The propagation of the tropopause fold changed significantly when the terrain height in the model was altered. Ho...     

边界层动力"抽吸泵"对青藏高原低涡的作用

考虑热带气旋类青藏高原低涡为受加热和摩擦强迫并满足热成风平衡的轴对称涡旋系统,通过求解线性化柱坐标系中涡旋模式的初值问题,分析了高原边界层动力"抽吸泵"对高原低涡结构及发展的作用,得出了特定热力、动力作用下高原低涡水平流场和垂直流场的典型结构特征,并讨论了低涡发展与边界层抽吸作用的关系.结果表明:高原上较强的边界层动力"抽吸泵"作用对高原低涡的流场结构及发展有重要影响.当边界层动力"抽吸泵"表现为"抽"的效应时,有利于边界层中对流活动的发展;反之表现为"吸"的效应时,有利于边界层以上的高原低涡的加强.     

地面感热对青藏高原低涡流场结构及发展的作用

考虑热带气旋类青藏高原低涡为受加热和摩擦强迫并满足热成风平衡的轴对称涡旋系统,通过求解线性化的柱坐标系中涡旋模式的初值问题,分析了地面感热对高原低涡流场结构及发展的影响,给出了高原低涡眼壁内、外侧水平流场和垂直流场的结构特征,讨论了低涡发展与其水平尺度、垂直厚度、所处纬度以及热量总体输送系数和加热强度的关系.结果表明:地面感热对低涡的生成及发展具有重要作用,但这种作用是否有利于低涡的发展与低涡中心和感热加热中心的配置有关.     

大气能量学揭示的高原低涡个例结构及降水特征

从能量角度分析了发生于2010年7月21~25日的一次高原低涡天气过程及降水特征。定量讨论了高原低涡发展不同阶段显热能、潜热能和对流有效位能(CAPE)的时空分布特征以及各能量分量变化的原因。发现:(1)显热能在高原低涡生成初期是总能量变化的主导因素,潜热能则在高原低涡东移下坡之后对总能量的变化起主要作用;(2)潜热能的空间分布证实高原低涡在成熟阶段出现与台风类似的螺旋结构;(3)标准化对流有效位能(NCAPE)在高原低涡发展最强盛时呈现明显的空心结构;(4)高原低涡的降水主要分布在低涡中心的东南侧或南侧,这与高原低涡的环流以及能量分布特征有密切关系。     

青藏高原上中尺度对流系统(MCS)的数值模拟

A mesoscale convective system (MCS) developing over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau on 26 July 1995 issimulated using the fifth version of the Penn State-NCAR nonhydrostatic mesoscale model (MM5). Theresults obtained are inspiring and are as follows. (1) The model simulates well the largescale conditionsin which the MCS concerned is embedded, which are the well-known anticyclonic Qinghai-Xizang PlateauHigh in the upper layers and the strong thermal forcing in the lower layers. In particular, the modelcaptures the meso-α scale cyclonic vortex associated with the MCS, which can be analyzed in the 500 hPaobservational winds; and to some degree, the model reproduces even its meso-β scale substructure similarto satellite images, reflected in the model-simulated 400 hPa rainwater. On the other hand, there aresome distinct deficiencies in the simulation; for example, the simulated MCS occurs with a lag of 3 hoursand a westward deviation of 3-5° longitude. (2) The structure and evolution of the meso-α scale vortexassociated with the MCS are undescribable for upper-air sounding data. The vortex is confined to thelower troposphere under 450 hPa over the plateau and shrinks its extent with height, with a diameter of4° longitude at 500 hPa. It is within the updraft area, but with an upper-level anticyclone and downdraftover it. The vortex originates over the plateau, and does not form until the mature stage of the MCS. Itlasts for 3-6 hours. In its processes of both formation and decay, the change in geopotential height fieldis prior to that in the wind field. It follows that the vortex is closely associated with the thermal effectsover the plateau. (3) A series of sensitivity experiments are conducted to investigate the impact of varioussurface thermal forcings and other physical processes on the MCS over the plateau. The results indicatethat under the background conditions of the upper-level Qinghai-Xizang High, the MCS involved is mainlydominated by the low-level thermal forcing. The simulation described here is a good indication that itmay be possible to reproduce the MCS over the plateau under certain large-scale conditions and with theincorporation of proper thermal physics in the lower layers.     

夏季青藏高原地面热源和高原低涡生成频数的日变化

通过1981—2010年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,分析出夏季青藏高原地面热源具有强烈的日变化,白天高原是强热源,夜间高原地面转变为弱热汇,日较差可达420 W·m~(-2),呈由西向东递减分布。其中地面感热和潜热加热的日变化均十分明显,日较差分别可达300 W·m~(-2)和200 W·m~(-2);感热加热的日变幅由西北向东南递减,而潜热加热由南向北递减。同时,利用人工识别的高原低涡数据集初步分析了夏季高原低涡生成频数的日变化,发现夜间生成的高原低涡频数略高于白天,其中00 UTC的低涡源地主要在西藏那曲和林芝(工布江达),12 UTC低涡源地主要在西藏那曲和青海玉树。     

南亚高压上下高原时间及其与高原季风建立早晚的关系

本文利用1948—2013年NCEP/NCAR逐日再分析资料,定义了南亚高压动态特征指数,讨论了南亚高压上下高原的时间以及与高原季风建立早晚的关系。研究表明,南亚高压北界位置在4月初开始北移,5月迅速北抬,最北可达到55°N,9月开始南撤,西伸脊点在5—10月移动较稳定,5—7月向西移动到青藏高原上空,8—10月向东移动撤离高原,11月—次年4月东西摆动剧烈。南亚高压初上高原大致为6月第3候(33候),而撤离约为10月第4候(58候)。南亚高压移上高原的时间较高原夏季风建立晚73 d左右。南亚高压撤离高原时间较高原冬季风建立约早5 d。高原夏季风的建立和南亚高压初上高原是青藏高原热力作用在不同阶段的结果,反映在了高原的高低层上。     

Impact of Dynamic and Thermal Forcing on the Intensity Evolution of the Vortices over the Tibetan Plateau in Boreal Summer

The Tibetan Plateau Vortex (TPV) is one of the main weather systems causing heavy rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau in boreal summer. Based on the second Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2) reanalysis datasets provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 8 cases of TPV over the Tibetan Plateau generated in June–August with a lifetime of 42 hours are composited and analyzed to reveal the impact of dynamic and thermal forcing on the intensity evolution of TPVs. The results are as follows. (1) The TPVs appear obviously at 500 hPa and the TPVs intensity (TPVI) shows an obvious diurnal variation with the strongest at 00LT and the weakest at 12LT (LT=UTC+6h). (2) A strong South Asia high at 200 hPa as well as a shrunken Western Pacific subtropical high at 500 hPa provide favorable conditions for the TPVI increasing. (3) The vorticity budget reveals that the divergence is indicative of the variation of TPVI. TPVI decreases when the convergence center at 500 hPa and the divergence center at 200 hPa lie in the east of the TPVs center and increases when both centers coincide with the TPVs center. (4) Potential vorticity (PV) increases with the enhancement of TPVI. The PV budget shows that the variation of TPVI is closely related to the diabatic heating over the Tibetan Plateau. The increased sensible heating and radiative heating in the boundary layer intensify the ascent and latent heating release. When the diabatic heating center rises to 400 hPa, it facilitates the development of TPVs.     

Weather and Climate Effects of the Tibetan Plateau

Progress in observation experiments and studies concerning the effects of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) on weather and climate during the last 5 years are reviewed. The mesoscale topography over the TP plays an important role in generating and enhancing mesoscale disturbances. These disturbances increase the surface sensible heat (SH) flux over the TP and propagate eastward to enhance convection and precipitation in the valley of Yangtze River. Some new evidence from both observations and numerical simulations shows that the southwesterly flow, which lies on the southeastern flank of the TP, is highly correlated with the SH of the southeastern TP in seasonal and interannual variability. The mechanical and thermal forcing of the TP is an important climatic cause of the spring persistent rains over southeastern China. Moreover, the thermodynamic processes over the TP can influence the atmospheric circulation and climate over North America and Europe by stimulating the large-scale teleconnections such as the Asian-Pacific oscillation and can affect the atmospheric circulation over the southern Indian Ocean. Estimating the trend in the atmospheric heat source over the TP shows that, in contrast to the strong surface and troposphere warming, the SH over the TP has undergone a significant decreasing trend since the mid-1980s. Despite the fact that in situ latent heating presents a weak increasing trend, the springtime atmospheric heat source over the TP is losing its strength. This gives rise to reduced precipitation along the southern and eastern slopes of the TP and to increased rainfall over northeastern India and the Bay of Bengal.     

青藏高原东南侧一次大范围暴雨天气过程的诊断分析

本文利用常规观测、天气图、数值预报产品、卫星云图等资料,对2007年5月15~16日发生在青藏高原东南侧的川西高原南部一次大范围暴雨天气过程进行了诊断综合分析。分析结果表明:青藏高压与副热带高压之间的切变是此次过程的直接影响系统,高空冷平流入侵是触发机制,副热带高压的稳定是强降雨天气长时间维持的主要因素,孟加拉湾风暴为这次过程的水汽输送起到了关键性作用。对数值预报产品可预报性检验结果表明:T213数值预报产品中的垂直速度、散度、水汽通量以及水汽通量散度对实际预报有较好的指示意义。     

青藏高原夏季一次冰雹过程的微物理特征

为提高青藏高原冰雹过程中降水特征的认识,利用雨滴谱数据并结合探空、雷达、FY-4A卫星和分钟降水资料,分析了2020年7月23日拉萨降雹过程的微物理特征。结果表明：在降水演变特征方面,雨量计分钟降水量与DSG5降水天气现象仪接近,但开始和结束时间、降水峰值及总降水量略有差异。此次过程中雨滴、冰雹的平均谱分布拟合曲线呈单调下降,雨滴谱符合Γ分布,雹谱符合M-P分布。降雹初期,降水粒子以小粒子居多,主要由雨滴下落中的蒸发所致;降雹后期,降水粒子谱宽变大,碰撞破碎和霰粒融化产生大〖JP2〗量的小雨滴引起粒子数浓度剧增,数浓度增多和滴谱变宽导致雨强增大。冰雹的数浓度仅占总降水粒子数浓度的1.6%,但对地面降水量的贡献最大。根据观测,拟合得到冰雹平均末速度与直径的关系公式。     

青藏高原大气热量的简单计算方法及其应用

利用1961-1995年青藏高原及其邻近地区198个地面站月平均常规观测资料与青藏高原大气热量(〈Q1〉)资料,建立了一种计算青藏高原大气热量的简便方法.利用计算出的大气热量分析了各个季节青藏高原各地区〈Q1〉的气候特征,以及冬季高原〈Q1〉与春季大气环流场的关系.结果发现,各个季节高原东北部地区大气热量值都小于南部地区;高原各区大气热量在20世纪70年代到80年代初都表现出了显著的上升趋势.高原冬季热源与春季高原周围地区的位势高度场存在着明显的负相关,气候模拟证实了冬季高原地区热源变化对春季东亚大气环流的这种影响.     

青藏高原上中尺度对流系统(MCSs)的个例分析及其比较

对1995年7月25—28日高原上连续数日出现MCSs的现象进行了红外云图特征及其演变、大尺度环境背景场和对流有效位能的分析。可以发现，所有这些MCSs有着相似的日变化演变过程；它们的初始对流在中午由于日射加热开始活跃，之后迅速发展，这些MCSs在后下午形成，在傍晚达到最强，之后逐渐减弱。其中26日MCS最为强大，它是在单一的强大的近于圆形的高原反气旋高压背景下受强的低层热力强迫和条件不稳定的驱动而发生的。这些发生条件都与高原本身的热力作用紧密相关，所以它的发生发展主要与高原特有的较为纯粹的热力因子相联系。28日MCS是另一个很强的MCS，它明显地受到中纬度西风槽的斜压区的影响，这二个很强的MCS有着不同的发展机制和显著不同的表现特征。     

青藏高原土壤三参数监测初析

2009年7月在青藏高原主体利用英国DELTA—T公司生产的W．E．T土壤三参数仪对不同下垫面进行土壤三参数监测,共得到19组200次测量数据,对这些数据进行初步分析,结果表明：不同下垫面土壤三参数随海拔高度变化规律不同;土壤三参数之问的关系可能受到下垫面类型的影响,灌丛地土壤温度与土壤电导率的变化较一致,而含水量的变化与温度及电导率的变化没有相关趋势,草地土壤电导率与含水量有相反的变化趋势,而温度变化则与含水量及电导率变化无相关趋势。     

青藏铁路沿线区域闪电分布和闪电气候

用1998年1月1日～2003年12月31日TRMM卫星探测到的25～38°N,75～100°E闪电资料,对青藏高原地区年、季、日发生闪电频数和随经纬度变化,闪电密度分布的气候特征进行了计算分析。结果表明:青藏铁路沿线区域年均日发生闪电数约7 600次,白天占到66.47%,夜间占到33.53%,昼夜比为2.0,明显高于中国其它区域昼夜闪电比1.2。日闪电频数的年变化是多峰值,闪电主要发生在4～9月,占年总闪电的94.75%。5月上中旬和9月中下旬为次峰值,主峰值在夏季6～8月占到年总闪电70.23%,最高出现在7月占到年总闪电25.19%。10月到次年3月发生闪电很少,仅占年总闪电的5.25%,特别是11月到次年2月只占总闪电0.83%。青藏高原发生闪电的日变化以单峰值为主,年均达到346.75次/h左右,傍晚18时达到最高峰值,占到日出现闪电的12.1%,19～21时每小时达到日闪电值的9%以上,21～22时为快速下降时段,午夜24～01时出现维持时段,每小时达到日闪电值的3%,凌晨4～5时有小起伏,每小时达到日闪电值的1%,上午8～11时达到日变化的最低谷,4 h仅占日出现闪电的1.3%,闪电峰值是低谷的100倍以上,说明青藏高原区域闪电高发时间主要在傍晚。4个季节发生闪电峰值的日变化时间表明,不同季节出现闪电峰值的日时段不同,春季主要在晚间,夏季主要在傍晚,秋季主要在傍