Study of ozone distribution over the south-eastern France (ESCOMPTE campaign): discrimination between ozone tendencies due to chemistry and to transport

Ozone tendencies due to chemistry and transport are calculated by a mesoscale model using a fine horizontal resolution (3 km × 3 km), over South-Eastern France. Over that region where the anthropogenic emissions are very strong, ozone pollution is highlighted during two intensive observations periods of the ESCOMPTE campaign, when the sea breeze penetrates far into the Durance and Rhone valleys and the up-slope breezes are developed. From a fine analysis of time series of ozone concentration at different ground stations along these valleys and from numerical results, it is possible to discriminate the tendency due to chemistry from the tendency due to dynamical processes. We can distinguish both processes, either local chemical production/loss or dynamical increase/decrease (transport, deposition) on maps of ozone budget according to the meteorological conditions. In particular, we show that the variations due to transport can be have the same order of magnitude than those due to chemistry, reaching 20 ppbv h⁻¹, whereas those due to chemistry are around 30 ppbv h⁻¹.     

Signatures of a Universal Spectrum for Nonlinear Variability in Daily Columnar Total Ozone Content

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三峡库区山地灾害基本特征及滑坡与降水关系

连阴雨是滑坡、崩塌等地质灾害的重要诱发因素,也是三峡水库安全的潜在威胁。利用三峡库区39个站1960—2015年春季逐日降水观测资料,分别分析了总的连阴雨和各类连阴雨的时空分布特征和变化趋势。结果表明：（1）从空间上看,连阴雨过程频次、总天数和总降水量均呈现自北向南逐渐增多的分布特征;从时间上看,在近56 a连阴雨过程的频次、总天数和总降水量呈明显减少趋势,1979年以来过程降水强度显著增强且年际变率明显。（2）从分类来看,持续时间5~6 d的短期过程频次、总天数以及总降水量均呈弱增加趋势,降水强度在整个库区均较强,持续时间7~10 d的中期过程和持续时间10 d以上的长期过程频次、总天数和总降水量呈减少趋势,且长期过程的减少趋势更明显,在2000年以后很少出现。（3）从连阴雨过程总降水量对春季总降水量的贡献占比趋势来看,连阴雨的贡献减弱,而小于5 d的非连阴雨过程增多。（4）就不同类型连阴雨而言,库区以南的区域主要以长期过程为主,而以北的地区主要以短、中期过程为主。（5）连阴雨过程总降水量的变化主要由过程总天数的变化引起。值得关注的是,在连阴雨长时间减少的背景下,在最近10 a来却表现出一些新的特征,连阴雨过程发生频次、总天数和总降水量增多且年际变率增大,特别在三峡库区的东南部,应重点关注库区东南部地质灾害。

     

High resolution simulation of a flow past the Pyrenees

Summary A hydrostatic model is applied to a case study from the Pyrenean field experiment PYREX. The results from this simulation are compared with measurements, with the aim to evaluate the model behaviour in the case of a flow past a steep orography. The initial and boundary data, which were used for the simulation, were produced with the T213 reassimilation system at Reading by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The comparison of the results with observations show that the local wind systems are captured reasonably well by the model. In particular the evolution of two counter rotating eddies in the lee of the Pyrenean mountain range are simulated correctly in space and time. Also the calculated orographic drag and vertical wave momentum flux agreed well with the measurements.With 15 Figures     

Interannual variability of total ozone and its relation with the Asia Pacific Wave

Analysis of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis wind data shows the presence of a stationary Rossby wave in the lower stratosphere during May. This wave is seen prominently below 70 hPa level, confined between 10°N and 50°N latitudes and has a zonal wave number of 6 or 7. It is an extension into the stratosphere of the Asia Pacific Wave (APW) of the troposphere documented by Joseph and Srinivasan (1999) . As in the troposphere, in the lower stratosphere this wave shows a phase shift of 20° longitude between deficient and excess Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) years. This wave has maximum amplitude at about 200 hPa. The amplitude of the wave decreases both above and below 200 hPa level. The large-amplitude portion of this wave is thus situated in the break region between the tropical and extratropical tropopauses around 30°N latitude. It is suggested that this large-amplitude APW exchanges the tropical and extratropical airmasses through the tropopause break, making the APW signature seen in the satellite monitored total ozone (TOMS data). APW is found to exist in the following monsoon season (June to September) with the same phase as in May and its signature is also seen in that season in total ozone.     

Temperature stratification and altitude ozone variability in the low troposphere from acoustic and balloon sounding

Results of simultaneous balloon and acoustic sounding in the lower troposphere (in the surface layer up to 800 m) carried out in Velikie Luki in May–June 2002 jointly by the Moscow State University (MSU) and Central Aerological Observatory (CAO) are discussed. During the experiment, the tethered (captive) balloon for measuring air temperature and ozone partial pressure was ascended and descended 15 times. Simultaneously, gradient measurements were performed at a 4-m tower. During the intervals between ascents, the temperature stratification was determined by using the Ekho-1 sodar data. A dominating influence of temperature stratification and of some weather events on the ozone distribution with altitude is shown. In case of unstable stratification, its partial pressure is almost unchanged within the entire lower troposphere; in case of surface inversion, the ozone decrease is observed near the surface. In case of elevated inversion the ozone partial pressure is almost the same both below inversion and above it; in the layer of the inversion itself, it increases spasmodically with the altitude. Synoptic conditions largely influence the stratification regime: under conditions of the Arctic air mass, the thermal convection is observed more often and surface inversions are observed more rarely than when the local mass dominates. Artificial dynamic mixing can lead to the surface inversion dissipation in several minutes.     

Brewer spectrophotometer total ozone measurements made during the 1998 Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen Trend Assessment (MANTRA) campaign

Abstract

Column ozone data collected using a Brewer spectrophotometer at Vanscoy, Saskatchewan during the Middle Atmosphere Nitrogen Trend Assessment (MANTRA) balloon campaign (Strong, this issue) were reduced using an improved analysis algorithm. The retrieved total ozone values are compared with those from other instruments and good agreement was found. The aerosol optical depth has also been calculated using the same set of data and the results are presented. Periods of an increased aerosol optical depth coincide with periods when plumes of smoke from nearby forest fires reached the campaign site.     

Anticyclogenesis of surface pressure field in winter season,blocking, and variability of the Earth angular velocity

Analyzed are the anomalies of monthly mean values of surface pressure over Eurasia in winter seasons of 1901–2010. It is noted that the centers of large monthly positive pressure anomalies (16–24 hPa) are usually located within the 60°–70°N latitude zone. The Siberian high is well developed but the pressure anomalies in its center amount to 3–8 hPa only. The large monthly pressure anomalies at the isobaric surface of 500 hPa in the first natural synoptic area are mainly accompanied by the E-type of circulation (according to G.Ya. Vangengeim). The number of days with the western (W) type of circulation is extremely small and is practically absent when the anomalies in the center exceed 20 hPa (blocking process). The time periods of increase (decrease) in the annual number of days with W-circulation are well agreed with the periods of the Earth rotation acceleration (deceleration). The positive pressure anomalies were four or five times more frequent in the periods of the Earth angular velocity decrease: in 1933–1972 and after 2004.     

辽宁农田土壤田间持水量的空间变异性分析

利用常规统计方法、地统计学方法及GIS空间分析技术,分析了辽宁5—50 cm土壤田间持水量的空间变异性。结果表明：10—50 cm各层次土壤田间持水量以辽东地区最大、中部地区次之、辽西地区最小;30 cm以上各层次土壤田间持水量,辽北地区大于辽南地区,而30cm以下则相反;5 cm土壤田间持水量与其他层次差异较大,40 cm和50 cm土壤田间持水量最接近,30 cm有可能是土壤田间持水量的分界层;5 cm土壤田间持水量的空间分布格局与其他层次亦差异明显,存在3个高值中心,分别为辽西西部、中部和辽东地区。10—50 cm土壤田间持水量的空间分布格局基本相似,低值分布在辽西东部和沈阳北部地区,高值中心分布在辽东地区。     

Resistance of a pine forest to ozone uptake

The surface resistance of a pine forest to ozone uptake is calculated from aircraft data obtained in southern New Jersey. The resistances are 130 and 300 s m^-1 for the afternoon and early evening, respectively, in good agreement with estimates used by Galbally and Roy (1980) in their calculation of global surface destruction of ozone.     

Differences in the variability of measured and simulated tropospheric ozone mixing ratios over the Paso del Norte Region

The objective of this study is to present differences in the variability of observed and ozone-mixing ratios simulated by a three-dimensional atmospheric chemical model using two chemical mechanisms. In this study the Comprehensive Air Quality Model with Extensions is used to make ozone simulations with the Carbon Bond mechanism, versions 4 and 5. The Paso del Norte region is used as a test-bed for these simulations. The shared variance between the simulations and measurements is typical for air quality models ranging from 0.51 to 0.86 for both mechanisms. The smallest mean normalized gross error is about 31 % with CB4 but the normalized bias is over 30 % as well. Boundary conditions, emissions and other factors affect the levels of ozone of the simulated mixing ratios and therefore error and bias but these factors have a much less affect on the simulated ozone variability. The differences in the ozone variability of the measurements and the simulations are very large and different for the two chemical mechanisms. There are many more instances of low ozone mixing ratios in the measurements than in the simulated ozone. One possible explanation is that these differences are due to problems associated with comparing point measurements with grid averages. A more disturbing possibility is that the bias could be due to the procedures used in the development and testing of air quality modeling systems. Air quality mechanisms are evaluated against environmental chamber data where the chemistry occurs at high concentrations and this may lead to a systematic positive bias in ozone simulations.     

Responses of the tropospheric ozone and odd hydrogen radicals to column ozone change

The response of tropospheric ozone to a change in solar UV penetration due to perturbation on column ozone depends critically on the tropospheric NO _x (NO+NO₂) concentration. At high NO _x or a polluted area where there is net ozone production, a decrease in column ozone will increase the solar UV penetration to the troposphere and thus increase the tropospheric ozone concentration. However, the opposite will occur, for example, at a remote oceanic area where NO _x is so low that there is net ozone destruction. This finding may have important implication on the interpretation of the long term trend of tropospheric ozone. A change in column ozone will also induce change in tropospheric OH, HO₂, and H₂O₂ concentrations which are major oxidants in the troposphere. Thus, the oxidation capacity and, in turn, the abundances of many reduced gases will be perturbed. Our model calculations show that the change in OH, HO₂, and H₂O₂ concentrations are essentially independent of the NO _x concentration.     

Using a GCM analogue model to investigate the potential for Amazonian forest dieback

Summary A combined GCM analogue model and GCM land surface representation is used to investigate the influences of climatology and land surface parameterisation on modelled Amazonian vegetation change. This modelling structure (called IMOGEN) captures the main features of the changes in surface climate as estimated by a GCM with enhanced atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Advantage is taken of IMOGENs computational speed which allows multiple simulations to be carried out to assess the robustness of the GCM results.The timing of forest dieback is found to be sensitive to the initial pre-industrial climate, as well as uncertainties in the representation of land-atmosphere CO₂ exchange. Changing from a Q ₁₀ form for plant dark and maintanence respiration (as used in the coupled GCM runs) to a respiration proportional to maximum photosynthesis, reduces the biomass lost from Amazonia in the 21st century. Replacing the GCM control climate (which has about 25% too little rain in the annual mean over Amazonia) with an observed climatology increases the CO₂ concentration at which rainfall drops to critical levels, and thereby further delays the dieback. On the other hand, calibration of the canopy photosynthesis model against Amazonian flux data tends to lead to earlier forest dieback. Further advances are required in both GCM rainfall simulation and land-surface process representation before a clearer picture will emerge on the timing of possible Amazonian forest dieback. However, it seems likely that these advances will overall lead to projections of later forest dieback as GCM control climates become more realistic.     

Interannual variability and temporal variations of total column ozone in Visakhapatnam from ground based observations

Total column ozone (TCO) measured by the portable, handheld, multichannel Sun photometer (ozonometer-Microtops-II) at Visakhapatnam (17.43°N, 83.14°E; 51 m above mean sea level), India, which is a tropical urban station has been analysed in this study. The results showed the estimate of the annual and seasonal trends of TCO from the period February 2005 to December 2008. The linear regression technique was applied in Microtops II data to study the trend of TCO during 2005?C2008. It also provides statistics of mean and variability on temporal scale. The results showed increasing trend at Visakhapatnam an average of 1.88 DU per year (or 0.61% per year). However the maximum deviation in diurnal variability of TCO were 28 DU (9.19%) while the minimum deviation were ?36 DU (?11.8%) respectively, which is one of the unique result of this study. The range of the seasonal change represents 9.2% of the mean TCO value with maximum/minimum during March/December.     

星载双频测雨雷达航空校飞试验降水反演分析

2010年9月6日到10月20日,在江苏东台黄海附近进行了中国首次星载双频(Ku和Ka波段)测雨雷达的外场校飞试验,获得了宝贵的机载雷达数据。利用所探测的有效降水资料,对机载雷达的降水探测能力进行了性能分析。对比机载测雨雷达和同步星载测雨雷达(Precipation Radar,PR)探测的反射率因子廓线可以发现,机载雷达反射率因子廓线在1.55 km高度的探测结果和PR较为一致,尤其是融化层一致性更好,表明机载雷达有探测降水垂直结构的能力。为了进行Ka波段机载雷达的降水反演,利用卫星数据模拟器(Satellite Data Simulator Unit,SDSU)计算了k-Z_e和R-Z_e关系的系数,并在此基础上进行了衰减订正以及雨强的反演。结果表明,Ku和Ka波段反演的雨强廓线基本一致,证实了反演系数的合理性。