Characteristics of Secondary Circulations in the Convective Boundary Layer over Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Surfaces

Large-eddy simulations are conducted to investigate the impacts of the scale of chessboard-like heterogeneous surface heating and the background wind on secondary circulations(SCs) in the convective boundary layer(CBL). When the wind blows along the diagonal of the chessboard pattern, the cases with different heterogeneity length scales(λ = 1.2, 2.4, and 4.8 km) and weak background wind(U = 2.5 m s~(-1)) suggest that there exists a threshold for the roll-like SCs, which is satisfied when the heterogeneity length scale is 1.6times the boundary layer height(λ = 1.6zi). During the CBL development, the SC intensity increases before this threshold is met, whereas it decreases thereafter. The cases with different background wind speeds(U= 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0 m s~(-1)) and relatively large heterogeneity length scale(λ = 4.8 km) show that the SCs are strengthened by larger wind speeds when the heterogeneity length scale is so large that the threshold cannot be met during the CBL development. Another case with wind direction along neither the diagonal nor the side of the chessboard pattern shows that the roll-like SCs can still be triggered, but the roll axes are orientated along the diagonal of the chessboard pattern rather than along the wind direction.     

Prediction Errors Associated with Sparse Grid Estimates of Flows over Hills

Numerical simulations of geophysical flows have to be done on very sparse grids. Nevertheless, flows over moderately sloped hills can be predicted quite accurately as long as the near ground vertical resolution is reasonably dense. Recirculation flows behind steeper hills are associated with slow convergence towards grid independent integrations, but even then moderately stratified flows of this type can be predicted usefully accurately. For better horizontal grids than about half the hill-height Δx ₁/H ≈ 0.5 or so, separation and recirculating domains are predicted with an error factor comparable to 0.3. The characteristic wavelength of lee waves is predicted more accurately while the lee wave amplitude and the maximum turbulence intensity in recirculating domains are underestimated by factors comparable to 0.3. Strongly stratified flows may be associated with hydraulic transitions and even this is predicted on quite coarse grids, up to say Δx ₁/H ≈ 0.5. However, the details of such flows turn out to be predicted with considerable errors also on high-resolution grids. Inaccurate modelling of stratified turbulence is a main contributor to this error.     

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Turbulent Flow Within Outdoor and Indoor Urban Scale Models and Flushing Motions in Urban Canopy Layers

We investigate the spatial characteristics of urban-like canopy flow by applying particle image velocimetry (PIV) to atmospheric turbulence. The study site was a Comprehensive Outdoor Scale MOdel (COSMO) experiment for urban climate in Japan. The PIV system captured the two-dimensional flow field within the canopy layer continuously for an hour with a sampling frequency of 30 Hz, thereby providing reliable outdoor turbulence statistics. PIV measurements in a wind-tunnel facility using similar roughness geometry, but with a lower sampling frequency of 4 Hz, were also done for comparison. The turbulent momentum flux from COSMO, and the wind tunnel showed similar values and distributions when scaled using friction velocity. Some different characteristics between outdoor and indoor flow fields were mainly caused by the larger fluctuations in wind direction for the atmospheric turbulence. The focus of the analysis is on a variety of instantaneous turbulent flow structures. One remarkable flow structure is termed ‘flushing’, that is, a large-scale upward motion prevailing across the whole vertical cross-section of a building gap. This is observed intermittently, whereby tracer particles are flushed vertically out from the canopy layer. Flushing phenomena are also observed in the wind tunnel where there is neither thermal stratification nor outer-layer turbulence. It is suggested that flushing phenomena are correlated with the passing of large-scale low-momentum regions above the canopy.     

西太平洋暖池和北京地区大气水特征的地基遥感测量

近十多年来,用地基双波长(0.85、1.35 cm)微波辐射计(和雨强计)分别在西太平洋暖池和北京地区对大气水做了多次高时间分辨率长时间连续监测,本文是这些资料的分析总结.文中定量给出了大气水汽(和云液水)的日、季节内、季、年、年际的变化和变化的地理差异;定量给出了大气三水(水汽、云液水和雨水)的季节统计分布特征和地理差异;得到了大气三水之间的定量比例,并得到了降水概率、降水效率和云中水循环次数等与降水过程有关的参量与多种大气水参量之间的统计关系,在一定程度上揭示了大气水循环特征.     

青藏高原大气光学特性的测量与分析

本文在1986年6月西藏拉萨市十通道太阳光度计六天观测工作基础上,计算了高原地区的整层大气垂直光学厚度,与北京西郊1981年6月的资料对比表明,在可见和近红外波段,拉萨市的大气光学厚度只有北京的一半,甚至更小。分析了在高原地区利用臭氧的Chappuis吸收带反演大气臭氧总量的可行性、方法、结果及其合理性。接着,本文讨论了双通道法和多通道法计算水汽光学厚度的差别,并简要分析了影响水汽总量变化的原因。本文还讨论了拉萨地区六月份大气浑浊度的时变规律及其变化机制。大气浑浊度不仅与地面大气状况（对流、地面风速等）有关,而且取决于大气的湍流结构。最后,本文利用Philips—Twomey方法反演了气溶胶的谱分布,结果表明,高原六月份气溶胶谱形大多接近Junge分布形式。另外,文中还简单讨论了折射率对反演气溶胶谱的影响。     

Measurements and predictions of turbulent recirculating flow over a rectangular depression

Measurements of mean velocity and turbulence intensity components are reported for flow over a two-dimensional rectangular depression; these include measurements in the highly turbulent regions of recirculating flow. Predictions of the mean-flow variables were obtained from three finite-difference models: (1) a vorticity stream-function model using constant effective viscosity, (2) a primitive variable model using constant effective viscosity, and (3) a primitive variable model in which effective viscosity is computed from a turbulence model. The turbulent kinetic energy was also predicted by the last of these models. These predictions were compared with the measurements in order to evaluate what accuracy can be expected when state-of-the-art finite-difference models are applied to complex flow situations in the atmospheric environment. Some areas are noted where improvement of modeling capabilities for complex flows is still needed.     

Measurements of H2S and SO2 over the Atlantic Ocean

Concentrations of sulfur gases H₂S and SO₂ have been measured in the marine atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean at various sites. Mean values of 40 ng H₂S m^-3 STP and 209 ng SO₂ m^-3 STP are the results of the measurements. A diurnal variation of H₂S concentration was detected on the west coast of Ireland with nighttime concentrations of up to 200 ng H₂S m^-3 STP and values below detection limit (15 ng H₂S m^-3 STP) during daytime.     

夏季青藏高原湿池变化特征及其与降水的关系

利用1979—2011年ERA-Interim的月平均再分析资料和全国气象台站观测资料,通过小波分析、合成分析和相关分析等多种统计分析方法,分析了夏季青藏高原湿池的基本特征,定义了能较好表征夏季青藏高原湿池强度变化的特征指数,并揭示了夏季青藏高原湿池强弱异常时的大气环流特征及其与中国夏季降水的关系。主要结论为:夏季高原上湿池特征非常明显,2个湿中心分别位于高原东南部和西南部。高原湿池强度指数有明显的阶段性变化特征,以4 a左右和6 a左右的变化周期为主。夏季高原湿池偏强(弱)年,南亚高压、西太副高、高原季风、低层风场以及整层水汽输送等均有显著变化,进而对我国夏季降水产生重要影响。     

Discrimination and Validation of Clouds and Dust Aerosol Layers over the Sahara Desert with Combined CALIOP and IIR Measurements

This study validates a method for discriminating between daytime clouds and dust aerosol layers over the Sahara Desert that uses a combination of active CALIOP（Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization） and passive IIR（Infrared Imaging Radiometer） measurements;hereafter,the CLIM method.The CLIM method reduces misclassification of dense dust aerosol layers in the Sahara region relative to other techniques.When evaluated against a suite of simultaneous measurements from CALIPSO（Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations）,CloudSat,and the MODIS（Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer）,the misclassification rate for dust using the CLIM technique is 1.16%during boreal spring 2007.This rate is lower than the misclassification rates for dust using the cloud aerosol discriminations performed for version 2（V2-CAD;16.39%） or version 3（V3-CAD;2.01%） of the CALIPSO data processing algorithm.The total identification errors for data from in spring 2007 are 13.46%for V2-CAD,3.39%for V3-CAD,and 1.99%for CLIM.These results indicate that CLIM and V3-CAD are both significantly better than V2-CAD for discriminating between clouds and dust aerosol layers.Misclassifications by CLIM in this region are mainly limited to mixed cloud-dust aerosol layers.V3-CAD sometimes misidentifies low-level aerosol layers adjacent to the surface as thin clouds,and sometimes fails to detect thin clouds entirely.The CLIM method is both simple and fast,and may be useful as a reference for testing or validating other discrimination techniques and methods.     

青藏高原中东部气溶胶特征的飞机观测

利用2011年和2013年夏秋季在青藏高原中东部开展的11架次气溶胶特征飞机观测数据,分析气溶胶数浓度、数谱及核化相关特征。结果表明:受天气系统、地形和地表影响,观测区内气溶胶数浓度（Na）和体积直径（Dv）的垂直和水平分布差异较大,Na呈西北高、东南低,Dv低层大、高层小,局地中高层有沙尘。格尔木盛行东风时,云降水对低层气溶胶有清除作用,Na和Dv明显降低,6.2 km高度和7.2~7.4 km高度的中高空受高原大风或对流影响形成沙尘;盛行西风时,低层Dv以0.5~0.8 μm为主,随高度升高和风速增大Na升高,Dv变幅较小,6.2 km高度也有沙尘;不同天气系统影响下6.5 km高度以上均输入亚微米颗粒,Na达5×103 cm-3,8.0 km高度盛行东风时比西风时Na更高,Dv更小,谱垂直分布也有以上特征,整层输入以偏北或偏西路径为主。不同过饱和度测量云凝结核数浓度（Nccn）表明,除格尔木6.0 km高度以下核化率（Nccn/Na）在21%~47%外,其他观测区平均核化率介于1%~16%,6.0~8.5 km高度的核化率总体偏低;当Na增加时核化率明显下降,且过饱和度1%~2%,-15~-5℃层或粒径1~3 μm时的核化率相对偏高。     

欧洲地区夏季热浪的特征及其与阻塞环流的联系

选取了一个热浪指数,利用地面2 m气温场和500 h Pa位势高度场的美国环境预报中心和国家大气研究中心(NCEP/NCAR)再分析资料,通过聚类分析发现欧洲大陆容易产生6类热浪:西欧型(WE)、俄罗斯型(RU)、东欧型(EE)、斯堪的纳维亚半岛型(SC)、北海型(NS)、伊比利亚半岛型(IB);这些热浪事件都与欧洲大陆阻塞的位置有关。同时我们发现这6类热浪发生的频率出现明显的年代际变化,特别在20世纪80年代以后欧洲大陆热浪发生频率明显的增多趋势可能与欧洲大陆增暖背景有关,而欧洲大陆热浪发生频率的年代际变化可能是夏季北大西洋涛动(NAO)的年代际变化的结果。夏季NAO偶极子通过欧洲地区的阻塞异常对欧洲大陆气温有重要的调制作用。当夏季NAO指数处于正位相阶段时,欧洲大陆容易产生高纬度热浪,反之则容易产生低纬度热浪,并且欧洲大陆增暖趋势并不影响NAO对欧洲气温的调制作用。同时还发现:大西洋夏季NAO事件可以是欧洲热浪发生的前期条件,欧洲大陆阻塞异常落后于NAO事件1~5 d,其中IB型和WE型与NAO同期相关,其余4类型热浪对应阻塞落后于NAO 4~5 d。另外,也发现大西洋—欧洲大陆定常波列正距平的位置通过对欧洲阻塞的影响,而影响欧洲热浪发生的频率和位置。     

1—3月欧亚大陆热力变化及其与中国降水的关系

利用1979—2011年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、我国160个站降水和气温资料,分析欧亚大陆热力变化特征,其在冬季和春季的气候变率最明显,且南北区域呈反相差异。在此基础上, 探讨1—3月欧亚大陆热力差异与中国降水异常的关系,欧亚大陆正 (负) 热力差异年,1—3月华南、西南至河套西部地区降水偏多 (少) 明显,后期夏季多雨带位于长江中下游地区 (华南地区)。大气环流异常特征显示:1—3月欧亚大陆南北热力差异与同期北极涛动 (AO)、东亚大槽、东亚高空急流等大尺度大气环流,以及后期东亚高空急流、南亚高压、低层季风风系异常的密切相关是欧亚大陆热力变化与中国降水联系的可能途径。     

Characteristics of daily and extreme temperature over Canada

利用重庆34个自动站1991-2015年逐小时降水资料,分别从降水比率、强降水占比、强降水频次、强降水事件、极大强降水及极端强降水阈值等方面分析了重庆时空分布特征。结果表明：（1）降水比率、强降水占比、强降水频次、强降水事件、极大强降水及极端强降水阈值在空间分布上具有一致性,高值区主要分布在东南部与西部,低值区主要位于东北部与中部。（2）降水比率、强降水占比、强降水频次及极大强降水在年变化上表现出波动起伏特征,且降水比率相对变化幅度较小,后三者表现出同相位的变化特点。在月变化上,降水比率呈双峰特征,后三者一致呈单峰特征。在日变化上,强降水高频次主要出现在03-05时,低频次主要是13-15时。（3）在强降水事件持续性上,强降水事件持续时间及其降水开始至最强降水时间的空间分布一致：高值区主要集中在东北部与东南部,而低值区主要分布在中部与西部。总体上看,持续时间越长,产生最强降水的时间越延后,且持续时间长的强降水事件主要产生在23时至次日04时。（4）第99、99.5、99.9百分位阈值与广义极值（GEV）分布函数5、10、20、50、100 a重现期阈值及极大强降水观测值在空间分布上与强降水具有一致性。

     

湖北省春季降水低频特征及其与海温的联系

利用1961—2018年湖北省68站逐日降水资料和美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NCEP/NCAR）环流、海温资料,分析了湖北省春季降水低频特征,并讨论了其年际变化与海温的联系。结果表明：①湖北省春季降水存在显著的准双周低频周期。春季涝（旱）年,准双周活动活跃（不活跃）。②春季印度洋和黑潮海温分别通过影响中低纬、日本海附近不同区域上空的环流,进而影响湖北省春季降水的低频活动。③2018年受黑潮海温异常偏暖的影响,日本海附近500 hPa高度场呈正距平,具有明显的低频振荡特征,其后部东南气流和华南上空的西南气流构成了暖切,从而给湖北省带来低频降水,造成当年春季降水准双周活动指数异常。     

多模式集合预估21世纪淮河流域气候变化情景

利用政府间气候变化委员会第四次评估报告(the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergov-ernmental Panel on Climate Change,IPCC AR4)的14个全球气候耦合模式对中国淮河流域气温和降水的模拟能力进行了评估,预估了该地区21世纪的降水和气温变化。同时,还分析了14个气候模式对1961-1999年气温和降水的模拟能力,并且根据Taylor方法选取具有较好模拟能力的模式做集合分析。结果表明,不同的气候模式对淮河流域的气温和降水都具有一定的模拟能力,但大多数模式模拟的气温偏低、降水偏多;选取的模式集合可以明显改善模式的模拟能力,但是没有表现出明显的优势。对淮河流域降水和气温未来情景的预估表明,各模式给出的情景结果尽管存在一定的差异,但模拟的21世纪气候变化的趋势基本一致,即气温持续增加,降水出现区域性增加;还重点分析了14个模式集合的结果在2010-2039年、2040-2069年和2070-2099年3个时段的年平均、季节平均降水和气温变化及其时空变化特征,结果表明,3个时段的气温和降水在不同情景下都是逐渐增加的,A2情景下增幅最显著,B1情景下增幅最小。     

中国遥感卫星辐射校正场气溶胶光学特性观测研究

1999年6月28日~7月19日在敦煌场, 7月25日~7月31日在青海湖水面场进行了一次大规模综合野外测量试验, 其中采用3台先进的法国CIMEL太阳辐射计对两个场地大气光学特性进行了系统全面测量, 获得大量晴空天气条件下的大气光学数据。利用Langley法处理气溶胶通道数据得到气溶胶光学厚度及其光谱变化。测量结果显示550 nm波长平均气溶胶光学厚度分别为0.12、0.18, 由气溶胶光学厚度的波长变化得到气溶胶Junge参数分别为2.6、3.0, 并与几种典型气溶胶类型比较。结果表明两地在晴空天气里, 气溶胶含量较小, 符合遥感卫星传感器辐射定标的大气条件。     

Characteristics of rainfall over Brazil: Annual variations and connections with the Southern Oscillation

Summary Annual and interannual variations of rainfall over Brazil are discussed. First, rainy and dry seasons for several stations of Brazil are determined using the data of 21 years (1958–1978). The progressive movement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone seems to be associated with the progresive variation of rainfall seasons in the equatorial eastern Brazil. The annual migration of deep tropical convection from Central and Southern Portion of the Amazon basin in austral summer to the northwestern sector of South America in austral winter seems to be responsible for the annual cycle of rainfall in the Amazon basin. The conncection between the interannual variation of rainfall over Brazil and the Southern Oscillation is also discussed. The correlation coefficient between the Southern Oscillation index and the rainfall is generally small over most of Brazil except over Rio Grande do Sul. The correlation between the spring rainfall of Rio Grande do Sul and the Southern Oscillation index of the same or of the previous season is significantly high and shows prospects for seasonal rainfall prediction.With 5 Figures     

南海大气季节内振荡特征及其与ENSO循环的关系

采用1979—2009年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、NOAA向外长波辐射(outgoing long-wave radiation,简称OLR)及扩展重建海表面温度资料,对南海大气季节内振荡(Intra-seasonal Oscillation,简称ISO)特征及其与ENSO循环的关系进行了诊断分析。结果表明:1)南海大气ISO的30~60 d周期在5—10月均显著。一般年南海大气ISO的对流传播在纬向上存在东传和西传,在经向上具有南北半球季节性摆动的特征。以低频动能表征的南海大气ISO强度年代际变化特征明显,近31 a来趋势增强,年变化呈单峰结构,峰值在7—8月。2)南海大气ISO的对流与ENSO循环显著相关,其强度在El Nio(La Nia)年减弱(增强)。与一般年对比,南海大气ISO对流在El Nio和La Nia年均表现为西传减弱、北传显著。北传特征表现为强对流活跃带于春季(4—5月)北跳至北半球(在La Nia年最北可至35°N),但在北半球的传播方向与一般年相比存在显著差异。3)南海大气ISO强度与ENSO循环关系密切,在El Nio(La Nia)年减弱(增强),两者表现为约半年(6~8个月)的滞后相关。Nio3区海表面温度异常序列与南海大气ISO强度的相关在中西太平洋地区和El Nio成熟前的春、秋季最显著,同时相关中心伴随低频动能高值区东移。     

京津冀地区气溶胶时空分布及与城市化关系的研究

利用AERONET（AErosol RObotic NETwork）数据对2008~2012年Terra MODIS（MOderate-resolutionImaging Spectroradiometer）C006 3 km卫星遥感气溶胶产品在京津冀地区的适用性进行了验证,分析京津冀地区3km分辨率气溶胶光学厚度（AOD）的时空分布和变化特征。利用DMSP（Defense Meteorological Satellite System）/OLS（Operational Linescan System）夜间灯光数据作为城市化评价手段,对京津冀地区城市化与AOD时空分布之间的关系进行了研究。结果表明:（1）MODIS 3 km气溶胶产品遥感反演数据和同期AERONET监测数据在研究区具有很好的一致性,相关系数达0.91,满足期望要求;（2）时间上,2008~2012年研究区年平均AOD值在0.361~0.453之间变化,年际间变化浮动大,总体呈下降趋势;AOD春季呈明显下降趋势,夏季总体呈微弱上升趋势,秋季和冬季呈明显上升趋势;（3）空间上,2008~2012年北京、天津和河北中南部的AOD值较高,河北北边AOD值较低;四季AOD空间分布呈现较强烈季节变化,夏季最高,冬季最低;（4）夜间灯光数据和AOD时空分布不仅在空间分布上呈现较好的一致性,且2008~2012年二者的地理权重回归（GWR）模型拟合度R2达0.8左右。研究区内AOD与夜间灯光数据二者相关性显著,城市化发展水平和人类活动对气溶胶的分布有着明显的影响。