CMIP5 model simulations of warm Arctic-cold Eurasia pattern in winter surface air temperature anomalies

Climate Dynamics - The second empirical orthogonal function mode (EOF2) of winter surface air temperature (SAT) over 0°–180° E, 40°–90° N during 1979–2005 is...     

Subseasonal to seasonal Arctic sea-ice prediction:A grand challenge of climate science

On 15 September 2020,the Arctic sea-ice extent(SIE)reached its annual minimum,which,based on data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC,2020a),was about 3.74 million km2(1.44 million square miles).This value was about 40％less than the climate aver-age(～6.27 million km2)during 1980-2010.It was second only to the record low(3.34 million km2)set on 16 September 2012,but signifi-cantly smaller than the previous second-lowest(4.145 million km2,set on 7 September 2016)and third-lowest(4.147 million km2,set on 14 September 2007)values,making 2020 the second-lowest SIE year of the satellite era(42 years of data).     

Subseasonal predictability of the transition of the stratospheric polar vortex: A case study in winter 1987/88

The stratospheric polar vortex (SPV), which is an important factor in subseasonal-to-seasonal climate variability and climateprediction, exhibited a remarkable transition from weak in early winter to strong in late winter in 1987/88 (most significant on the interannual timescale during 1979–2019). Therefore, in this study, the subseasonal predictability of this transition SPV case in 1987/88 was investigated using the hindcasts from a selected model (that of the Japan Meteorological Agency) in the Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction project database. Results indicated that the predictability of both weak and strong SPV stages in winter 1987/88, especially near their peak dates, exhibited large sensitivity to the initial condition, which derived mainly from the sensitivity in capturing the 100-hPa eddy heat flux anomalies. Meanwhile, the key tropospheric precursory systems with respect to the occurrence and predictability of this transition SPV case were investigated. The Eurasian teleconnection wave trains might have been a key precursor for the weak SPV stage, while significant tropospheric precursors for the strong SPV stage were not found in this study. In addition, positive correlation (r = 0.41) existed between the forecast biases of the SPV and the NAO in winter 1987/88, which indicates that reducing the forecast biases of the SPV might help to improve the forecasting of the NAO and tropospheric weather.摘要平流层极涡作为冬季次季节尺度上一个重要的可预测性来源, 其强度在1987/88年冬季表现为1979–2019年最显著的转折, 即在前 (后) 冬极端偏弱 (强). 因此在本文中选取这一个例研究了该年冬季平流层极涡在次季节尺度上的可预测性. 结果表明弱极涡和强极涡事件的预测与模式能否准确预测上传行星波的强度紧密相关. 同时, 发现前期对流层欧亚遥相关波列可能是弱极涡事件发生的关键预兆信号. 此外, 模式对平流层极涡强度和北大西洋涛动预测误差之间存在显著正相关关系, 表明模式减少平流层极涡的预测误差可能可以提高北大西洋涛动及相关对流层气候预测.     

欧亚冬季温带反气旋活动的气候特征

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析数据,通过判定和追踪温带反气旋的客观方法统计分析了1948-2013年欧亚地区冬季温带反气旋的生成、消亡、移动、生命史、强度等气候特征。结果表明,反气旋的主要源地位于蒙古高原、伊朗及其周边地区、地中海沿岸、中西伯利亚、波罗的海西北部、俄罗斯东北部等地,其中,蒙古高原和伊朗等地也是强反气旋最主要的源地。反气旋活动的大值分布区和反气旋生成的大值中心分布十分相似,主要活跃区对应低空平均经向温度梯度大值区和高空脊前。除源于蒙古高原和西伯利亚东北部的强、弱反气旋的移动距离差别不明显外,其他地区的反气旋移动距离与强度有密切关系。持续1-2 d的反气旋占总数的44.2%,而只有3.2%的反气旋生命史超过一周,且强反气旋比弱反气旋更易持续较长时间。      

On the origin and evolution of sea-ice anomalies in the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea

 The origin and space-time evolution of Beaufort-Chukchi Sea ice anomalies are studied using data and a recently developed dynamic-thermodynamic sea-ice model. First, the relative importance of anomalies of river runoff, atmospheric temperature and wind in creating anomalous sea-ice conditions in the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea is investigated. The results indicate that wind anomalies are the dominant factor responsible for creating interannual variability in the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea ice cover. Temperature anomalies appear to play a major role for longer time scale fluctuations, whereas the effects of runoff anomalies are small. The sea-ice model is then used to track the position of a positive sea-ice anomaly as it is transported by the Beaufort Gyre toward the Transpolar Drift Stream and then exported out of the Arctic Basin into the Greenland Sea via Fram Strait. The model integration shows that sea-ice anomalies originating in the western Beaufort Sea can survive a few seasonal cycles as they propogate through the Arctic Basin and can account for a notable amount of anomalous ice export into the Greenland Sea. These anomalies, however, represent a small contribution to the fresh water budget in this area when compared with sea-ice fluctuations generated by interannually varying local winds. Received: 1 May 1997/Accepted: 22 October 1997     

冬季北半球大气对秋冬季巴伦支海海冰异常的敏感性研究

基于ERA-Interim再分析资料,借助大气模式CAM4,分析了北半球冬季不同月份的平均大气对巴伦支海不同振幅及不同季节海冰扰动的敏感性,并考察了中高纬度典型大气模态的分布变化情况.结果表明,冬季巴伦支海海冰的减少,会导致湍流热通量异常向上、局地异常变暖及水汽含量的异常升高,且相关异常的强度和范围随着海冰减少幅度的减...     

相对瞬变气候态的气候异常

极端天气和异常气候的定量分析与预报需要一个确定的参考态.瞬变气候是地球固定点上大气相对太阳的自转和公转所接受到的太阳辐射与地表特征的动力与热力耦合形成的具有24 h日循环和365 d年循环的气候态.相对年循环的逐日气候态,本文首先考察了天气扰动和气候上的季节内异常、年际异常和长期趋势(或年代际异常),回顾了气候态中客观...     

Propagation characteristic of atmospheric responses to abnormal warm SST in the Kuroshio Extension in winter

A complete picture of changes in climate extremes has been presented for Shanxi Province, China using data from all 61 available stations. The results reveal large spatial coherence of trends for the majority of extremes, especially for temperature extremes. Significant and symmetric increasing trends of the annual mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures (TXam, TNam) are detected over the past 50 years. Significant positive trends are detected for warm days and nights (TX90p, TN90p), the highest and lowest maximum and minimum temperatures (TXx, TXn, TNx, TNn), and the growing season length (GSL). Significant negative trends are revealed for cold days and nights (TX10p, TN10p) and frost days (FD). Significant decreases are found in the number of heavy precipitation days (R10mm) and wet day precipitation (PRCPTOT). Although Shanxi and the northern half of North China Plain (NNCP) have been grouped into the North China region and assessed together in previous studies for China, the changes in climate extremes in the NNCP have some pronounced differences in comparison with Shanxi. Noticeably, the increase of the TNam is at a rate nearly three times that of the TXam during 1959–2008 over the NNCP. The warming for the nighttime indices TN90p, TN10p, TNx, and TNn is stronger, but the warming for the daytime indices TX10p, TX90p, and TXx is weaker in the NNCP. There is no significant decrease for R10mm and PRCPTOT in the NNCP.     

东亚夏季风与澳洲冬季风强弱互补变化联系及其异常环流特征

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、Hadley中心海温资料及CMAP降水资料等,通过亚澳季风联合指数挑选异常年份,对东亚夏季风和澳洲冬季风强度反相变化特征进行研究。结果表明,当东亚夏季风偏强、澳洲冬季风偏弱时,南北半球中低纬地区都出现了复杂的异常环流系统。在热带地区对流层低层,西北太平洋为异常反气旋式环流系统所控制,与南太平洋赤道辐合带的异常反气旋环流在赤道地区发生耦合,形成赤道异常东风,而在南北印度洋上则存在两个异常气旋式环流系统。在这两对异常环流之间的海洋性大陆地区,出现赤道以南为反气旋环流而赤道以北为气旋式环流。在东亚季风区,东南沿海的东侧海洋上存在反气旋异常,中国东南地区受异常反气旋西南侧的东南风影响。此外,澳洲北部受异常西风影响。这就形成了东亚夏季风偏强、澳洲冬季风偏弱的情形,从而东亚夏季风和澳洲冬季风活动出现了强弱互补的变化特征。当东亚夏季风偏弱、澳洲冬季风偏强时,南北半球的环流特征则出现与上述相反的环流特征。总体而言,当东亚夏季风偏强、澳洲冬季风偏弱时,东亚—澳洲季风区在南北半球呈现出不同的气候异常分布特征,即北半球降水北少南多、气温北高南低,南半球降水西多东少、气温西高东低。     

1961—2020年辽宁省暖冬现象气候特征分析

利用1961—2020年辽宁省56个气象站冬季逐日气温数据,根据国家标准《暖冬等级》,以1990—2020年为气候值作为参考,综合采用气候倾向率、IDW、滑动t检验突变分析以及小波分析等方法,分析辽宁省近60 a冬季平均气温的时空变化趋势,单站暖冬及区域暖冬事件的气候变化特征。结果表明：近60 a来辽宁省冬季平均气温以0.3℃/10 a的速率升高,辽宁中部和东部地区变暖趋势最为显著;20世纪90年代前的30 a属于偏冷时段,但增温效应强于后30 a,冬季平均气温在1987年前后出现了明显的由冷转暖的突变,1971年出现了相对较弱的冷暖转变;1988年后逐年单站暖冬事件的发生整体比1961—1987年出现单站暖冬事件明显增多。发生频次较高的地区分布在辽宁中部和东南部地区,为16—20次;近60 a来共有16次区域暖冬事件,21世纪后的20 a内共出现9次区域暖冬事件,占总数的60%;区域暖冬事件以准22 a和2—3 a为振荡周期。     

冬季欧亚大陆反气旋活动特征及其与中国气温的关系

本文基于拉格朗日观点,利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料追踪了1979—2012年冬季欧亚大陆的反气旋活动,定义了冬季欧亚大陆反气旋强度指数,并据此分析了近30多年来欧亚大陆反气旋的活动特征及其与中国冬季气温的关系。结果表明,近30多年来冬季欧亚大陆反气旋强度有明显的年际、年代际变化,近10 a来其活动处于较强的位相;反气旋强度指数序列与中国大部分地区的冬季气温存在显著的负相关关系,当冬季欧亚大陆反气旋活动增强(减弱)时,中国大部分地区的冬季气温偏低(高);影响我国气温的反气旋生命期主要为1~3 d;蒙古高原是欧亚大陆反气旋活动的关键区域,每年有超过40%的反气旋经过该区域。这些反气旋多具有较强的移动性,其主要源地为斯堪的纳维亚半岛、地中海—黑海—里海—咸海附近以及中西伯利亚地区。     

The warm winter in the Russian Arctic and anomalous cold in Europe

Considered are synoptic mechanisms of the formation of abnormally warm weather and high anticyclones in the Russian Arctic as well as the generation of the series of cold cyclones in the middle troposphere over southern Europe in January–February 2012. Obtained are the typical schemes of thermobaric fields of the macro-scale reconstruction of atmospheric circulation and of the set-in of the eastern air transport from Siberia to the central and southern areas of the European part of Russia and to the Mediterranean countries. Proposed is an algorithm for predicting processes of atmospheric blocking with the help of quantitative criteria that enable to assess the existence, intensity, and lifetime of the circulation impeding the westerlies.     

Atmospheric anomalies related to interdecadal variability of SST in the North Pacific

Anomalous patterns of the atmospheric circulation and climate are studied corresponding to the two basic interdecadal variation modes of sea surface temperature (SST) in the North Pacific, namely, the 25-35-year mode and the 7-10-year mode. Results clearly indicate that corresponding to the positive and negative phases of the interdecadal modes of SST anomaly (SSTA) in the North Pacific, the anomalous patterns of the atmospheric circulation and climate are approximately out of phase, fully illustrating the important role of the interdecadal modes of SST. Since the two interdecadal modes of SSTA in the North Pacific have similar horizontal structures, their impacts on the atmospheric circulation and climate are also analogous. The impact of the interdecadal modes of the North Pacific SST on the atmospheric circulation is barotropic at middle latitudes and baroclinic in tropical regions.     

欧亚北部2004年以来频繁冷冬的特征分析及机理初探

利用1961—2013年NCEP/NCAR发布的月平均全球再分析资料,分析了欧亚北部(40°65°N,50°-120°E)2004年以来频繁冷冬的异常特征及形成机理。结果表明:欧亚北部2004年以来冷冬频繁发生,但温度异常的空间分布,尤其中心冷区的位置有显著差异,主要表现为全区偏冷型(2005、2009、2010、2012年)和南部偏冷型(2004、2007、2011年)。全区偏冷年主要由北极涛动(AO)显著负位相所致,对应海表温度特征为北大西洋高、中、低纬度成东北-西南走向的"+、-、+"带状分布,该分布有利于北极涛动/北大西洋涛动(AO/NAO)负位相维持和增强;南部偏冷年大气内部活动异常为乌拉尔-贝加尔湖阻塞高压偏强,北极涛动/北大西洋涛动以弱正位相为主,对应主要海表温度特征为北大西洋中部偏高,其次则为太平洋年代际振荡(PDO)负位相下"类拉尼娜事件",上述海表温度异常均可促进类似欧亚遥相关的罗斯贝波列形成,有利于乌拉尔贝加尔湖阻塞高压偏强、亚洲中部多低槽活动。2004年以来欧亚北部两种类型冷冬的大气环流与海表温度均表现出与历史典型年相类似的特征。     

近16 a来冬季欧亚大陆中纬度地区低温事件频发及其成因

利用ECMWF的ERA-Interim再分析资料和NOAA/NCDC站点资料,通过逐日气温的季节内方差,构造了冬季冷强度指数,并研究了近16 a来欧亚大陆中纬度地区低温事件频发的原因。结果表明:近16 a来,欧亚大陆中纬度地区极端低温天气发生频率呈显著上升趋势,对应在欧洲西北部、西伯利亚以及东亚地区冬季冷强度增强趋势明显,但冬季季节内温度方差增强趋势不明显,表明新构造的冷强度指数能更好地刻画低温事件的总体变化特征。近年来欧亚大陆中纬度地区寒潮事件频发且持续时间加长,相应地,西伯利亚高压增强并向西北扩展,伴随着欧亚大陆中高纬度地区北风增强,西风减弱,对应冬季平均气温也出现显著下降趋势,导致冬季冷强度不断增强。进一步分析温度平流各项发现,近年来冬季欧亚大陆中纬度地区以冷平流为主,纬向与经向温度平流分量同等重要,除经向风及经向温度梯度变化项的作用外,纬向风与纬向温度梯度变化项也起着重要的作用。温度平流各项对各个地区的贡献不同,经向风与经向温度梯度的变化主要促使西伯利亚地区降温,纬向风变化项主要引起欧洲地区降温,纬向温度梯度变化项主要使东亚地区降温。     

全球变暖减缓背景下欧亚秋冬温度变化特征和原因

采用气候序列变化趋势诊断和一元线性回归等分析法,研究和讨论了2000-2012年和1976-1999年两种年代际背景下全球陆地不同区域的年平均地表温度的变化特征。发现欧亚大陆中高纬度地区是对全球变暖减缓贡献最大的区域。且该地区在2000年以来秋季年代际增温,而冬季年代际降温。从同期大气环流的配置来看,在对流层低层,秋季西伯利亚高气压年代际减弱,而冬季西伯利亚高气压年代际增强。在对流层中高层,秋季从西欧至东北亚为"高-低-高"的高度场异常分布,纬向环流加强,经向环流减弱,而冬季极地与贝加尔湖地区的高度场呈偶极型分布,东亚大槽加深,经向环流加强。进一步研究发现,超前一个季节的喀拉海附近的海冰与欧亚中高纬度秋冬两季温度的年代际变率有着密切的联系。一方面,夏季(秋季)海冰减少影响秋季(冬季)中高纬度大气环流;另一方面,夏季(秋季)海冰减少,使得秋季(冬季)从北极至中高纬度大陆的对流层低层水汽含量增加(减少),大气逆辐射增强(减弱)导致秋季(冬季)增温(降温)。     

陕西省近46年异常冬暖的初步分析

用陕西省74个气象站1961—2006年度46 a冬季(当年12月至次年2月)平均气温资料,分析全省异常冬暖的时空变化特征,探讨异常冬暖与北半球大气环流异常的关系。结果表明:陕西确实存在着全省性及区域性的异常冬暖现象,在全省性异常冬暖的区域分布上,陕北北部与陕北南部冬暖表现最为突出,其次为关中东部;异常冬暖年北半球冬季500 hPa高度距平合成场上,东亚大槽与乌山高脊明显偏浅偏弱,全国受正距平环流场的控制,冷空气活动势力减弱,气候以偏暖为主,西北地区为明显偏暖区,陕西省东部与北部属西北区典型增暖区。