AN EVALUATION OF SEVERAL TURBULENCE SCHEMES FOR THE PREDICTION OF MEAN AND TURBULENT FIELDS IN COMPLEX TERRAIN

A prognostic three-dimensional mesoscale model has been developed andused in one- and two-dimensional modes to evaluate ten local turbulenceclosure schemes. The schemes ranged from first-order to the two-equationprognostic schemes. Predictions by the models were compared for aone-dimensional convective boundary layer using mixed layer scaling andmeasurements to interpret the results. Two-dimensional simulations were alsoperformed for a sea-breeze flow and for flow over a hill. The results showedthat for all of the models considered, minor differences were produced in themean meteorological fields and in the vertical scalar fluxes, but majordifferences were apparent in the velocity variances and dissipation rate.Predicted tracer concentrations were very sensitive to the turbulence modelformulation for dispersion from a point source in the convective boundarylayer, particularly for the prediction of maximum concentrations. Predictedtracer concentrations from a surface volume source for the two-dimensionalsimulations were similar for all models, although the degree of mixing in themorning growth period produced some differences. Generally, good results forthe mean meteorological fields can be obtained with first-order schemes, evenif they underpredict the magnitude of turbulence in the convective boundarylayer, and reasonable tracer concentrations can also be obtained with thesemodels provided near-source effects are not important. The two-equationprognostic models performed best for the prediction of turbulence in theconvective boundary layer.     

大气对流边界层中热力湍流过程的研究

本文利用实测资料讨论了对流边界层内的湍流结构,重点分析复盖递温层附近风速和温度的方差以及垂直速度三阶矩的垂直分布。此外,还讨论了对流边界层顶部附近温度的垂直分布,得出温度梯度随高度分布呈—2次幂关系。     

芜湖地区持续性大雾的特征研究

本文利用１９７４～１９９２年的资料研究了芜湖地区持续性大雾的气候特征,并通过典型个例分析探讨了持续性辐射雾生成机制与主要特征,提出了持续性大雾与低空逆温层关系密切的事实,为预报持续性大雾提供依据。     

热带西太平洋边界层大气的多逆温层特征

本文主要利用第四航次“中美热带西太平洋海气相互作用联合调查”所获得的海洋水文气象及低空大气温度探测资料,分析了热带西太平洋暖水区边界层大气层结特征,指出春季热带西太平洋边界层大气具有多逆温层的层结特征。逆温层个数大多为4个左右,厚度多在30m以上,最厚336m。这一研究结果是关于热带大洋边界层结构观测研究的重要补充。      

延安市冬季边界层风、温场特征分布

本文利用1985年12月25日—1986年1月9日的实测资料,分析了延安市冬季边界层风、温场特征。结果表明:延安市冬季低层逆温持续时间长、强度大,逆温持续期近地面几十米表现为混合层结构。边界层风场十分复杂,时空变化大,地面常为小风状态,风向、风速沿垂直方向有明显切变,低层流场有显著渠道效应,山谷风明显。     

Numerical study of the nocturnal urban boundary layer

A two-dimensional time-dependent Earth-atmosphere model is developed which can be applied to the study of a class of atmospheric boundary-layer flows which owe their origin to horizontal inhomogeneities with respect to surface roughness and temperature. Our main application of the model is to explore the governing physical mechanisms of nocturnal urban atmospheric boundarylayer flow.A case study is presented in which a stable temperature stratification is assumed to exist in the rural upwind area. It is shown through integration of the numerical model that as this air passes over a city, the heat is redistributed due to increased surface friction (and hence increased turbulent mixing). This redistribution of heat results in the formation of an urban heat island.Additional numerical integrations of the model are conducted to examine the dependence of induced perturbations on: (1) the upwind temperature inversion; (2) the geostrophic wind speed; and (3) urbanization. The results show a linear relationship between heat-island intensity and the rural temperature inversion with the heat island increasing in intensity as the upwind inversion becomes stronger; that the heat-island intensity close to the surface is inversely proportional to the geostrophic wind; and that the effects of anthropogenic heat cause an increase in the perturbation temperature with the perturbation extending to higher altitudes. From this study, we conclude that with an upwind temperature inversion, a city of any size should generate a heat island as a result of increased surface roughness. The heat-island intensity should increase with city size because of two factors: larger cities are usually aerodynamically rougher; and larger cities have a larger anthropogenic heat output.Research supported in part by NSF Grant GA-16822.     

大气长波辐射R-S5波段模式计算误差及其订正

在研究夜间边界层等问题的数值模式中,采用R-S5波段模式计算大气长波辐射时,如仅积分到边界层模式顶会使向下辐射和净辐射产生误差,且导致模式顶下的虚假强辐射降温。本文讨论了这种误差的来源,并提出了一种简单有效的订正方法。     

A Mixed-Layer Model Of The Well-Mixed Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer

Recently a range of sophisticated large-eddy simulations of thecloud-topped boundary layer have been intercompared and furthercompared with observations and single column models. Here we comparethese results with perhaps the simplest model of the cloud-toppedboundary layer, namely a mixed-layer model. Results from the model aredescribed with two aims in mind. Firstly, the good results act as areminder of the success of simple models, and, secondly, we suggestthat a simple mixed-layer model could be used as a baseline for futuremodel intercomparisons.The mixed-layer model is based on two assumptions that follow previousstudies. Firstly, the liquid-water potential temperature and the total waterspecific humidity are assumed to be constant with height in the boundarylayer. Secondly, turbulence entrains air across the inversion into the boundarylayer at a rate that is assumed to be proportional to the jump in radiative flux at the cloud top and inversely proportional to the jump in buoyancy at the inversion. The constant of proportionality is called the entrainment efficiency.Results from the model for the entrainment rate and height evolutionof the boundary layer are compared with the observations and modelsconsidered in a EUCREM intercomparison study. Thepresent mixed-layer model accurately predicts the observed heightevolution of the boundary layer, but over-estimates the entrainmentrate to a similar degree as the large-eddy simulations. We show that,if the subsidence rate is reduced to the value given by observationsrather than the value used in the EUCREM intercomparison study,then the model agrees well with observed value of the entrainment rateif the entrainment efficiency is taken to be 0.6. With this value, themodel also agrees well with a further case study byBechtold et al. An entrainment efficiency of 0.6 is a little higherthan suggested by large eddy simulations, but such simulations do notcurrently resolve the entrainment events explicitly. Hence this pointdeserves further study.     

梅雨锋暴雨的中尺度结构和边界层特征

对１９９０年两场梅雨锋暴雨的地面中尺度结构作了较详细的分析研究，并利用加密观测的铁塔和低探资料，揭示了梅雨锋暴雨各阶段边界层热通量和动量通量特征。     

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT ON THE EFFECT OF URBANIZATION UPON SUMMER LAND-SEA BREEZES IN THE COASTLAND OF GUANGXI

The 2003–2006 observations were utilized to analyze the surface characteristics of summer land-sea breezes along the coastland of Guangxi and the Weather Research and Forecast model was applied to simulate the breeze structure on August 1–2,2006.Results show that 1) the intensity and distributions of the breezes reproduced from improved urban underlying surface were close to observations.In the daytime the coastwise urban band was a convergent belt of sea breeze,corresponding to the centers of torrential rains;in the nighttime hours the surface of the Gulf of Tonkin (the Vietnamese name) or the Northern Bay (the Chinese name) acted as a convergent zone of land breezes,likely to produce convective cloud cluster;2) the experiment on urbanization showed the heat island effect enhancing (weakening) the sea (land) breeze development.Furthermore,the heat island effect mitigated the atmospheric cooling via radiation over the cities in the night,weakening sinking motion correspondingly,thereby suppressing the dominant factor responsible for the steady development of temperature inversion.As a result,the inversion vigor was reduced greatly,but nevertheless no strong effect of the decreased subsidence was found upon the inversion height.