The role of oceanic fluxes and initial data in the numerical prediction of an intense coastal storm

On 18–19 February 1979, an intense cyclone developed along the east coast of the United States and produced heavy snowfall accumulations from Virginia to southeast New York. A series of forecast experiments was conducted to assess the accuracy of the GLA model's prediction of this storm and the importance of oceanic heat and moisture fluxes and initial data to the cyclogenesis. The GLA model forecast from the GLA NOSAT analysis at 0000 GMT 18 February correctly predicted that intense coastal cyclogenesis and heavy precipitation would occur, even though important subsynoptic details of the development were underestimated or not forecast. A repetition of this forecast with surface heat and moisture fluxes eliminated failed to predict any cyclogenesis while a similar forecast with only the surface moisture flux excluded showed only very weak cyclonic development. An extended-range forecast from 0000 GMT 16 February as well as forecasts from the GLA FGGE analysis or the NMC analysis at 0000 GMT 18 February interpolated to the GLA grid predicted weaker coastal low development than the forecast from the NOSAT analysis.Detailed examination of these forecasts shows that diabatic heating resulting from oceanic fluxes increased low-level baroclinicity, decreased static stability and significantly contributed both to the generation of low-level cyclonic vorticity, and to the intensification and slow rate of movement of an upper-level ridge over the western Atlantic. As an upper-level short-wave trough approached this ridge, the diabatic heating associated with the release of latent heat intensified and the gradient of vorticity, vorticity advection and upper-level divergence in advance of the trough were increased, which provided strong forcing for the surface cyclogenesis.An examination of the NMC and GLA analyses indicated that a weaker representation of the upper-level trough in the interpolated NMC analysis was primarily responsible for the resulting forecast differences. Comparison of the GLA FGGE and NOSAT initial analyses showed that the FGGE analysis of cloud-track wind data probably underestimated the maximum wind speeds associated with an upper-level jet streak near the east coast. This diminished the effect of the oceanic fluxes in the forecast from the FGGE analysis and resulted in weaker cyclogenesis.     

一次强降水超级单体风暴过程分析

概述了2006年6月16日影响大连机场的一次由强降水超级单体导致的“黑昼”天气的天气背景,应用卫星云图分析了雷暴云团的演变过程;利用大连市气象局新一代天气雷达资料,分析了强降水超级单体的雷达回波特征。结果表明:“黑昼”现象出现的主要原因是高空受东北冷涡控制,东北冷涡底部干冷空气与暖湿东南气流汇合,在大连地区上空形成了强降水超级单体。新一代天气雷达图像上强度图的演变与强降水超级单体模式相吻合;剖面图上显示出强降水超级单体的明显结构;存在着中气旋和中等到强的垂直风切变;分析了此次过程中出现冰雹的相关因子。     

水平旋转气流对强雹暴持续降水作用的数值研究

本文以轴对称柱坐标模式,用简化了的微物理处理模拟积云降水过程.水荷重的作用使云体中上部上升气流削弱和下部下沉气流增强扩展,最后导致积云崩溃. 当模拟中加入水平旋转气流作用后,积云中上部的强中心下移,降水物使云体下部出现下沉气流,但积云能在连续降水的情况下维持稳定不衰,较好地解释了超级单体雹暴具有较长生命期的观测结果.气压场分析指出,水平旋转气流是通过调整气压场而产生这种动力学作用的.     

A numerical modelling study of coastal flooding

Summary A coastal ocean model capable of modelling tides, storm surge and the overland flow of floodwaters has been further developed to include the flux of water from tributaries and the forcing from wave breaking that leads to wave setup in the nearshore zone. The model is set up over the Gold Coast Broadwater on the east coast of Australia. This complex region features a coastal lagoon into which five tributaries flow and is subject to flooding from extreme oceanic conditions such as storm surge and wave setup as well as terrestrial runoff. Weather conditions responsible for storm surge, waves and flooding include cyclones of both tropical and mid-latitude origin. Two events are modelled. The first is an east coast low event that occurred in April 1989. This event verified well against available observations and analysis of the model simulations revealed that wave setup produced a greater contribution to the elevated water levels than the storm surge. The second case to be modelled was tropical cyclone Wanda, responsible for the 1974 floods. Modelled water levels in the Broadwater were reasonably well captured. Sensitivity experiments showed that storm surge and wave setup were only minor contributors to the elevated sea levels and their contribution was confined to the earlier stage of the event before the runoff reached its peak. The contribution due solely to runoff exhibited a tidal-like oscillation that was 180° out-of-phase with the tide and this was attributed to the greater hydraulic resistance that occurs at high tide. A simulation of this event with present day bathymetry at the Seaway produced sea levels that were 0.3–0.4 m lower than the simulation with 1974 bathymetry highlighting the effectiveness of deepened Seaway channel to reduce the impact of severe runoff events in the Broadwater. Received October 16, 2001 Revised December 28, 2001     

一次伴有雷暴大风的飑线天气过程分析及数值模拟研究

利用常规观测资料,多普勒天气雷达产品,基于多源数据的RMAPS模拟结果等,对2017年7月9日发生在河北顺平县的一次由下击暴流引发的极端大风过程进行了分析和模拟。结果表明：（1）对流云中及云下方的西北气流受降水影响,动量下传且伴有地面的辐散风,近地层的下沉中心位于地面大风区上空。（2）云中水成物微物理特征模拟结果显示雨水和霰/冰雹的比含水量大,雹胚生长主要与雪和云水有关,而霰/冰雹融化后增加了雨水粒子。（3）比较不同水成物的等效冷却温度,发现雨水蒸发冷却对大风形成的贡献最大,冰雹的融化机制和拖曳作用贡献量相当;在700 hPa以下,随着高度降低雨水拖曳的贡献逐渐大于冰雹融化与冰雹拖曳贡献之和。（4）下沉气流叠加在地面辐散风场和冷池密度流上,导致地面辐散中心的东南侧出现了43.1 m·s^-1的极端强风。极端强风的下游,由于云水凝结、雹胚生长等凝结潜热释放过程抵消了部分水成物的冷却效应,以及冷出流减弱等因素,使得地面风速有所减弱。

     

Experiments on numerical modeling of intense convection

Results of numerical simulations using the WRF-ARW nonhydrostatic model are presented for eight episodes of intense convection over European Russia in the summer of 2007. The calculations were performed on four nested grids with horizontal grid meshes of 27, 9, 3, and 1 km. Convection was parametrized on the first two grids and explicitly resolved on the other two. It has been found that simulations on finer grids with explicit calculation of convective flows make it possible to reproduce heavy rainfalls and strong-wind zones in the areas of intense convection. A preliminary verification of the short-range predictions of convective systems shows that the maximum 12-h precipitation totals and the maximum winds at 10 m are close, in the order of magnitude, to the observed values. Prediction of convection centers is the weakest point. Difficulties in the model verification associated with the absence of data with high space-time resolution are discussed.     

High resolution simulations of an intense convective precipitation event

Summary A newly developed non-hydrostatic model (MOLOCH), operating at a resolution of about 2 km, is run for a case of heavy precipitation over southeastern France. The event (8–9 September 2002) was characterized by intense convective activity leading to a severe flash flood in the region of the Gard river, south of the Massif Central. An almost stationary mesoscale convective system (MCS), developing well in advance of an approaching cold front, discharged a huge amount of rainfall over the same area, more than 600 mm in 24 hours. Several simulations are performed in order to test the model set-up, evaluate the sensitivity on different initial conditions, and analyse the case-study. The quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) appear to vary widely among the experiments, depending on the initialization time chosen (00, 06, and 12 UTC, September 8). Only the run starting at 06 UTC predicts, with a satisfactory degree of accuracy, the location where the MCS developed and its almost stationary behavior during the first stage (∼12 hours) of the event. In all the simulations, the convective system then propagated northward over the Massif Central. In addition to experiments starting from standard ECMWF analyses, an assimilation procedure, based on Optimal Interpolation, is applied to the initial conditions. Surface observations of temperature, wind and relative humidity have been assimilated. The assimilation produces an improvement in the forecasts of surface fields and leads to a better location of the initial triggering phase. Further experiments, performed by changing the orography in the model, allow the investigation of the role of the Massif Central in triggering the mesoscale convective system and in controlling its evolution.     

苏北一次强降水超级单体风暴过程的诊断分析

利用常规观测资料、NCEP再分析资料、FY2C卫星和多普勒雷达资料,对2008年7月22日发生在苏北的一次强降水超级单体风暴过程进行诊断分析。天气分析显示,风暴发生于高湿、较低的抬升凝结高度、强对流不稳定(3 445 J/kg)和中到强的垂直风切变(0~6 km,18 m/s)环境,这种大气环境非常有利于强降水超级单体风暴的发生发展。雷达回波分析揭示,该超级单体的演化可归结为"孤立单体—经典强降水超级单体—减弱东移"三个阶段,持续时间超过2 h。强降水超级单体风暴成熟期,呈现出典型的倒"V"型缺口、中低层有界弱回波区和反射率因子大值区由低层向高层往低层入流一侧倾斜的特征,相应的雷达径向速度场显示在倒"V"型缺口附近的强降水区中存在一个成熟的中气旋。湿位涡的诊断结果表明:高层干冷空气侵入触发潜在对流不稳定能量释放,有利于对流运动的发展;中低层大气对流不稳定与条件对称不稳定共存,既有垂直对流,又有倾斜对流发生,同时边界层的偏东风入流向暴雨区提供充沛的水汽,对暴雨的发生发展起增幅作用。     

沙尘暴过程中沙尘对流层-平流层输送的数值模拟初步分析

在初步明确东亚沙尘气溶胶对流层-平流层输送监测事实的基础上,利用观测资料、NCEP再分析资料以及基于中尺度天气模式MM5的数值模拟方法,对一次蒙古气旋沙尘暴过程中沙尘对流层-平流层输送问题进行了初步分析.结果表明:斜压不稳定是本次蒙古气旋发展的主要强迫要素,伴随气旋发展成熟,高空切断低涡的形成引导高空急流下落并诱发对流层顶折叠和高空位涡下传.对流层顶折叠区呈漏斗状,底部达500 hPa左右.高空急流产生近似垂直的下落,并在高空切断低涡的南侧和东侧达到最强.在对流层顶折叠区周边的300-500 hPa,上升气流与低涡区偏西、偏南、偏东气流叠加,或水平横穿折叠的对流层顶,或斜升并准垂直地穿过下落的对流层顶到达平流层,且随时间的推移,空气质点能够进一步抵达平流层中部(100 hPa).轨迹分析表明,沙尘天气区对流层低层的空气质点在气旋涡旋上升气流的驱动下呈气旋式盘旋上升,并在对流层高层形成分支,一支穿过对流层顶到达平流层,并在平流层向下游进行反气旋式螺旋运动,另一支则留在对流层高层并向下游进行准水平的气旋式螺旋运动.在高空位涡下传过程中,主要产生平流层到对流层的净输送;高空位涡停止下传之后则出现对流层到平流层的净输送,且强度随时间呈指数型增长.这一特征有利于形成更强的沙尘对流层平流层输送.     

The global value of coastal wetlands for storm protection

Coastal wetlands provide a range of valuable ecosystem services, including protecting coastal communities from storms. We estimated for the first time the global value of these storm protection services for all coastal wetlands for both damages avoided and lives saved. We used the historical tracks of 1,014 tropical cyclones since 1902 that recorded property damage and/or human casualties in 71 countries/regions. We used Bayesian and OLS statistical techniques to relate storm damages and lives lost to: wind speed, storm forward speed, the year of the storm, the volume of ocean water proximal to landfall, and GDP, population, and coastal wetlands in the swath of the storm. Based on current storm probabilities, we estimate the median annual global value of coastal wetlands for storm protection at $447 billion/yr (2015$US) ($213 - $837 billion/yr, 90% CI) and 4,620 lives saved per year (3,320 – 6,550, 90% CI). The 40 million hectares of coastal wetlands in storm prone areas provided an average of $11,000/ha/yr in avoided storm damages. The frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones has been increasing in recent decades and is projected to further increase with climate change. Consequently, the already significant benefits from protecting and restoring coastal wetlands will become increasingly important and valuable in the future. These results justify much larger investments in conservation and restoration of coastal wetlands.     

一个中国沿岸台风风暴潮数值预报系统的建立与应用

依据三维斜压海洋环流模式POM建立了一个中国沿岸台风风暴潮数值预报业务系统.台风风场模型考虑了台风移动和周围环境风场的影响,采用了较合理的强风情况下的风应力计算公式,建立了稳定合理的模式海洋环流气候状态和模式边界条件.大量的数值模拟结果表明,该模式能较好地重现历史台风风暴增水过程,对近2年台风风暴潮个例的预报结果表明,该业务系统对台风风暴增水具有较好的预报能力,文章同时分析了模式存在的一些问题.该业务系统实现了从资料采集、模式运行到预报结果输出的全自动化,显示采用图片和MICAPS两种方式,后者与现有气象业务平台一致.     

A numerical investigation of a slow-moving convective line in a weakly sheared environment

A series of three-dimensional, cloud-resolving numerical simulations are performed to examine a slowpropagating, quasi-two-dimensional convective system in a weakly sheared environment during the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere （TRMM-LBA） field campaign. The focus is on the kinematics and thermodynamics, organization mechanisms, and dynamical effects of low-level shear, ice microphysics and tropospheric humidity. The control simulation, which is initialized with the observed sounding and includes full microphysics, successfully replicates many observed features of the convective system, such as the linear structure, spatial orientation, life cycle, and sluggish translation. The system at the mature stage displays a line-normal structure similar to that associated with squalltype convective systems, but the corresponding mesoscale circulation and thermodynamic modification are much weaker. Ice-phase microphysical processes are not necessary to the formation of the convective system, but they play a non-trivial role in the late evolution stage. In contrast, the low-level shear, albeit shallow and weak, is critical to the realistic realization of the convective line. The tropospheric moisture above the planetary boundary layer has an important impact on the behavior of convective organization. In particular, a dry layer in the lower troposphere significantly suppresses convective development and inhibits the generation of organized convection even though the convective available potential energy is substantial. The free-atmosphere humidity has received little attention in previous studies of organized convection and warrants further investigation.     

南京地区一次强降水超级单体过程的双偏振雷达观测分析

基于南京信息工程大学C波段双偏振雷达观测数据,结合探空和地面实况资料,对2016年7月7日发生在南京地区的一次强降水超级单体过程进行双偏振雷达变量特征分析。结果表明：(1)当后向传播和多单体合并造成02—03时出现129.2 mm·h^-1极端强降水时,最强回波Z_H约60 dBZ,差分反射率因子Z_DR达5 dB,差分相位常数K_DP超过8 (°)·km^-1。K_DP大值区与地面上小时雨强极大值中心存在较好的对应关系。反射率因子Z_H、差分反射率因子Z_DR、差分相位常数K_DP与小时雨强也有显著的正相关。(2)强降水超级单体发展旺盛阶段,垂直运动明显增强,上升气流活跃,冰雹和霰占的比例高,-20°C以上存在深厚的混合相态区,闪电的频次和强度明显增强,分钟雨强增大。相关系数小值区ρ_HV以及Z_DR弧超前于超级单体1个体扫发生,并可以指示超级单体底层上升气流区的位置...     

Percentile-based neighborhood precipitation verification and its application to a landfalling tropical storm case with radar data assimilation

The traditional threat score based on fixed thresholds for precipitation verification is sensitive to intensity forecast bias.In this study, the neighborhood precipitation threat score is modified by defining the thresholds in terms of the percentiles of overall precipitation instead of fixed threshold values. The impact of intensity forecast bias on the calculated threat score is reduced. The method is tested with the forecasts of a tropical storm that re-intensified after making landfall and caused heavy flooding. The forecasts are produced with and without radar data assimilation. The forecast with assimilation of both radial velocity and reflectivity produce precipitation patterns that better match observations but have large positive intensity bias.When using fixed thresholds, the neighborhood threat scores fail to yield high scores for forecasts that have good pattern match with observations, due to large intensity bias. In contrast, the percentile-based neighborhood method yields the highest score for the forecast with the best pattern match and the smallest position error. The percentile-based method also yields scores that are more consistent with object-based verifications, which are less sensitive to intensity bias, demonstrating the potential value of percentile-based verification.     

黔西南短时强降水时空特征分析

利用黔西南州2006—2016年8县站全年逐小时降水量,对短时强降水特征及其与暴雨的关系进行分析,得出:(1)87%的短时强降水集中在20～40 mm/h,空间基本特征为"东多西少";94%的短时强降水出现在5—8月,3个级别的短时强降水都是在6月到达峰值;20～40 mm/h的短时强降水频次明显大于其它级别,60 mm/h的短时强降水只在夏季出现过;短时强降水主要出现在夜间,占总频次的70%,白天为低发时段,其中46%的短时强降水出现在前半夜,后半夜占25%,上午出现的频次最少,且3个级别的短时强降水都是在前半夜出现的频次最多。(2)黔西南州68%的暴雨天气中伴有短时强降水,二者的相关系数为0.94;所有短时强降水累计频次、暴雨日数与暴雨过程中出现的短时强降水的累积频次三者的空间分布基本特征均为"东多西少";暴雨量与当日最大小时降水量为显著正相关关系。     

A numerical investigation of the JASIN atmospheric boundary layer

A numerical model of the cloudy marine boundary layer is described and used to investigate the role of entrainment instability on the developing boundary layer. In general, previous studies have been limited to boundary layers capped by convectively stable inversions or have described only cumulus fields. Here we extend a stratus-capped boundary-layer model to consider the transition to a convectively unstable cloud layer capped by an inversion across which there is a rapid decrease in wet-bulb or equivalent potential temperature. In this case, the inversion is very active and the entrainment rate is determined by the active instability at the interface, in contrast to the mean turbulent motion within the boundary layer.The model is used to interpret the observed boundary layer from the JASIN experiment. Cool, dry air is modified by prolonged passage over increasingly warmer ocean which leads to the development of a convectively unstable cloud layer.     

Tilting separation flows: a mechanism for intense vertical mixing in the coastal ocean

Observations of a front associated with boundary layer separation from a headland illustrate a mechanism by which horizontal density gradients create intense turbulence and vertical mixing, thus, contributing to water property modification in the coastal zone. Tidal current past an island separates from the coast, creating a shear zone between the primary flow and the slowly moving water in the lee of the island. The density structure on either side of the front may differ due to different origins or degrees of prior mixing. Consequently, there can be horizontal density gradients across the front. Boundary layer separation from the headland begins as a vertical vortex sheet on which instabilities grow to form a sequence of eddies. The presence of horizontal density gradients causes the shear layer to tilt. Tilting and stretching of the sheared flow generates intense circulation. Whirlpools and boils appear at the surface accompanied by vertical motions in which broad areas of upwelling alternate with narrow areas of downwelling. These mix the water throughout its depth; bubbles entrained at the surface reach depths of over 120 m. Such violent mixing weakens stratification associated with the estuarine circulation and aerates water masses passing through the area.     

近海区域地面风场日变化的数值模似

本文用修改的一层σ坐标中尺度模式,模拟了我国部分沿海地区地面风场及其日变化,讨论了复杂地形和非绝热强迫效应对局地天气的影响。     

重庆酸雨分布的一个数值模拟

在大气污染物的输送、扩散、迁移、转化、降水化学和微观云物理等方面国内外已有的认识基础上,本文设计了一适用于区域性酸雨研究的拉氏烟团轨迹模式,用此模式模拟了重庆市1982年7—10月的6个连续降水过程的酸雨分布.结果表明,重庆酸雨的来源主要是自身污染造成的,这与该市污染源排放低、风小的事实一致、这种类型的酸雨和美国、西欧由超高烟囱排放造成的在污染源下风方很远区域形成的酸雨从机理上可能有所不同.