Parameterization of key optical and radiative characteristics of homogeneous layers of mixed phase clouds

Key optical characteristics of radiation scattering in clouds (mean cosine of the scattering phase function, averaged factors and indices of scattering efficiency, and single-scattering albedo) and integral characteristics of homogeneous cloud layers (cloud-layer albedo and transmission factor) have been calculated with the use of the earlier suggested model of the microstructure of mixed phase clouds, where ice crystals and water droplets are homogeneously mixed over the volume, for individual wavelengths in the range from 0.6 to 10.6 μm. An approach is elaborated for statistically valid parameterization of the above characteristics versus the mean temperature of a mixed layer only under the availability of reliable information about the temperature dependence of the characteristic sizes of particles of different fractions and their concentrations in the cloud.     

渤海海效应暴雪微物理过程的数值模拟

采用RAMS4.4中尺度数值模拟结果,分析了2008年12月4～6日1次渤海海效应暴雪的微物理过程。结果表明:(1)在降雪初期,云中水物质包含云水、雨水、霰、冰晶和雪晶,及地水物质为雨水和霰。随着温度的降低,中后期仅存冰晶和雪晶,产生降雪。由于整个过程以降雪为主,降雨时间短暂,通常忽略降雨,称为降雪过程。(2)本次海效应暴雪的微物理过程表现在两方面:一是"播撒-反馈"机制,二是合适的冰相过程。这两种过程均有利于降雪增幅。(3)西风槽前产生的环境云和冷空气流经渤海暖海面时形成的海效应云之间在合并时发生"播撒-反馈"作用,前者是中云,后者是低云,前者从上层播撒冰晶和雪晶到下层,使得降雪增强。(4)微物理过程另一个有利因素是环境温度,本次强冷空气使得降水云中的温度在-10～-15℃之间,有利于树枝状冰晶的增长,从而产生强降雪。强降雪发生在强上升运动、高相对湿度和适宜的温度的叠置区域。     

Numerical simulation of the Valentine's day storm during the 1990 winter icing and storms project

This paper discusses numerical simulation of the first day of the 1990 winter icing and storms project's (WISP) Valentine's day storm (VDS) case with the Purdue mesoscale model (PMM) and comparison of the results to aircraft, satellite, radiometer and other observations. This situation is marked by many observations of supercooled liquid water (SLW) contents of 0.2 g m⁻³ to 0.3 g m⁻³ by the WISP research aircraft. The PMM was initialized with the ECMWF analysis for 13 February 1990 at 0000 GMT and used to make an 18-h forecast with output every 6 h. This paper focuses on comparison of the forecast to observations made at about 1800 GMT since the aircraft encountered significant amounts of SLW during its flight between 1723 GMT and 1928 GMT. Dual channel radiometer, satellite visible imagery, and other observational data sources are also utilized. For this study, the PMM includes a new stable cloud parameterization that is discussed here. In it, cloud water and ice are explicitly calculated while rain and snow are implicitly handled. Between 0 and − 40 °C, cloud water and cloud ice can coexist; the conversion of cloud water to cloud ice is governed by the depositional growth rate of ice crystals whose concentration is diagnosed on the basis of temperature. After accounting for precipitation, a saturation adjustment is done to remove either supersaturated vapor or subsaturation in the presence of cloud drops. In mixed phase conditions, both saturation vapor pressure and the apportionment of condensate into ice or liquid are on a mass-weighted basis according to the existing amounts of ice and liquid or on the basis of temperature if there is neither.     

Internal mechanism of metastable liquid water crystallization and its effects on intracloud processes

Specific features of an internal freezing (crystallization) mechanism for both ordinary supercooled water and amorphous water (A-water) are considered. Amorphous water plays the role of an intermediate phase in condensation ice formation and is capable of metastable existence in the form of cloud drops. It is demonstrated that, after passing the crystallization front, the ice phase takes the liquid-phase volume and the excessive water mass is detached from the front in the form of free molecules, which escape through the liquid into the gaseous medium. The released energy of the phase transition is removed with these molecules, so that the formed ice retains the initial temperature of the liquid. A high-rate vapor outflow from the freezing drop generates (around the drop) a zone of microscale turbulence, which accelerates the mass exchange between cloud particle and vapor. Since the freezing frequency of drops in a cloud increases with their size, the effects of their freezing develop initially in time. At the same time, these effects initiate such processes that end in a complete evaporation of supercooled water drops and in a sharp enlargement of A-water and ice particles, i.e., in cloud transition to such a phase-mixed state where the liquid disperse phase consists of A-water drops. A reduction in the duration of the initial (fine-dispersed) stage of the evolution of clouds with their temperature lowering can be explained only by the development of microscale disturbances as a result of the freezing of drops.     

台风“莫拉菲”潜热的数值模拟研究

WRF天气研究和预报模式是新一代中尺度数值预报模式,本文采用最细2公里的网格距对台风“莫拉菲”内核的宏观、微观以及潜热过程进行数值模拟。通过对台风路径、风速大小、降水形态以及内核热力和动力结构的验证,证实了单向六参数WSM6方案的合理性。本文通过计算台风过程中的潜热加热率,揭示了总潜热主要来源于0℃层以下的凝结潜热和0℃层以上的凝华潜热。证实了与霰有关的云微物理过程是对总潜热贡献最重要的因子。除此之外,在本次台风“莫拉菲”的模拟中,其他重要的潜热贡献因子分别是水汽凝结成云水、云冰的凝华增长、雪的凝华增长、云冰的初始化、霰的凝华增长、云水被雪和霰收集、云水和雨水的蒸发、雪的升华、霰的升华、霰的融化以及云冰的升华。总体而言,本文模拟的潜热加热率廓线和TRMM卫星的廓线基本一致,尽管具体数值略有不同。     

A change in the asymmetry coefficient of Light-Scattering phase function in natural waters that contain organic particles

A semiempirical model is constructed for the relationship between the coefficient of asymmetry of Light Scattering phase function in water K and the scattering coefficient σ, which shows a mechanism of an increase in the asymmetry coefficient as the scattering coefficient grows as a result of an increase in the concentration of organic particles. The mechanism of this relationship lies in the presence in all natural waters of molecular scattering and scattering by mineral particles that create background scattering in water medium, which is overlaid by scattering by organic particles. This relationship has a regional character caused by the regional features of background scattering and the average size of organic particles in those regions. The model relationships K = f(σ) are plotted properly to the experimental ones in the various regions.     

海冰热力模式的辐射参数化方案在渤海和波罗的海应用的比较

研究了海冰热力模式中的各种辐射参数化方案,对比了模式计算的太阳短波辐射、大气长波辐射以及海冰热力变化,并利用渤海和波罗的海观测资料进行比较和误差分析.冬季大部分时间太阳短波辐射对海冰热力过程的作用有限.简单计算方案一般满足海冰模式要求.误差主要受云和冰雪表面与大气之间的多重反射影响.长波辐射对表面热平衡和海冰质量变化起重要作用.长波辐射参数化方案的计算结果受环境因素影响.云量参数化有待进一步改进.海冰模式计算结果的精度与长波辐射计算精度有一致性.     

Inter-comparisons of thermodynamic sea-ice modeling results using various parameterizations of radiative flux

1 Introduction The solar and terrestrial radiations are the major energy sources and sinks for the earth climate system. Climatologically, in high latitudes and polar regions, the radiative fluxes are often an order of magnitude larger than the other surf…     

北极中央区海冰密集度与云量相关性分析

本文使用海冰密集度以及低云、中云、高云的日平均数据,借助滑动相关分析方法,研究了北极中央区海冰密集度与云量之间的相关性,分析了海冰与云的相互作用机制。研究表明,在春季海冰融化季节(4、5月)、秋季海冰冻结季节(10、11月),低云与海冰密集度之间表现为较好的负相关,表明在这段时间内冰区海面蒸发强烈,对低云的形成有重要贡献。在10月和11月,中云与海冰密集度也有很好的负相关,表明秋季低云可以通过抬升形成中云。高云与海冰密集度之间并没有明显的相关性,可能原因:一方面海冰的空间分布对高云无影响,另一方面,高云主要影响到达的短波辐射,从而影响海冰的融化和冻结速度,与海冰厚度有直接显著的关系,而与海冰密集度的关系不明显。此外,在海冰密集度与低云存在较好负相关的情况下会出现某些年份相关性不好的情况,我们的研究发现这是北极中央区与周边海区发生了海冰交换或云交换的结果。     

Effect of a snow cover on microwave backscatter from sea ice

The effect of a snow cover on sea ice upon radar backscatter at microwave frequencies (X- andKu-baud) can be important. The effect of scattering from the snow cover on thesigmadegof first-year ice is shown to be severe (5 cm of dry snow can raisesigmadegby 8 dB at 9 GHz), while that onsigmadegof multiyear ice is shown to be smaller. The low thermal conductivity of snow compared to that of sea ice effectively raises the temperature of the upper surface of the ice, resulting in higher dielectric constants for the ice, thereby modifying the backscatter both from the ice surface and from the scattering volume. The temperature effect of a 10-cm snow cover on 3-m-thick multiyear ice is to lower thesigmadegby only about 0.3 dB for air temperature of-20degC. The effect on 1-m-thick first-year ice is even less. Hence, the volume-scattering effect of snow is more important than the temperature effect. The presence of a wet snow cover can block the volume-scattering contribution of the multiyear ice. The effect of wet snow cover on first-year ice should be smaller than that Of dry, snow, becausesigmadegof wet snow is lower than that of dry snow.     

A two layer model for wave dissipation in sea ice

Sea ice is highly complex due to the inhomogeneity of the physical properties (e.g. temperature and salinity) as well as the permeability and mixture of water and a matrix of sea ice and/or sea ice crystals. Such complexity has proven itself to be difficult to parameterize in operational wave models. Instead, we assume that there exists a self-similarity scaling law which captures the first order properties. Using dimensional analysis, an equation for the kinematic viscosity is derived, which is proportional to the wave frequency and the ice thickness squared. In addition, the model allows for a two-layer structure where the oscillating pressure gradient due to wave propagation only exists in a fraction of the total ice thickness. These two assumptions lead to a spatial dissipation rate that is a function of ice thickness and wavenumber. The derived dissipation rate compares favourably with available field and laboratory observations.     

星载SSM/Ⅰ微波遥感渤海海冰的辐射特征分析

根据我国渤海区域星载微波遥感ＤＭＳＰＳＳＭ／Ｉ１９９４～１９９６年的观察数据的研究,指出现有的星载微波遥感海冰的数据标定和验证ＴＢＩ和ＯＳＩ算法是不适用的。用２２和８５ＧＨｚ的散射指数ＳＩ和１９ＧＨｚ的极化指数ＰＩ,讨论了渤海区域海冰的主要辐射特征,用矢量辐射传输理论数值模拟了ＳＩ、ＰＩ与海冰覆盖及其厚度变化的定量关系,用ＳＩ－ＰＩ图规划了渤海区域性海冰的识别方法,给出了渤海海冰的空间分布及其辐射特征的时间序列变化。     

Monitoring regional sea ice of China's Bohai Sea by SSM/Iscattering indexes

The Specific Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) data over China's Bohai Sea from 1993 to 1996 has been studied. Some empirical algorithms of data calibration/validation for sea ice, such as the method of the Atmospheric Environment Science/York University temperature brightness index (AES/YORK TBI) and ocean scattering index (OSI), are not well applicable to detection of regional sea ice such as the midlatitude Bohai Sea area. This paper presents a method of the scattering index (SI) and polarization index (PI) to identify regional Bohai Sea ice. Numerical results of vector radiative transfer for a model of a layer of sea ice over ocean simulate the relationship between SIs/PIs and sea ice depth and other variations. It is employed to categorize the graph of SIs/PIs for detection of sea ice     

渤海沿岸海冰单轴压缩强度的基本特性分析

海冰单轴压缩强度是寒区海洋工程中的一个重要设计参数,也是影响海冰动力学行为的主要因素。在2008-2012年间的三个冬季,对渤海沿岸的海冰单轴压缩强度进行了现场与室内试验,由此分析了其在温度、卤水体积和应力率下的基本特征。测试结果表明,海冰单轴压缩强度与其温度呈幂函数关系,与卤水体积平方根呈指数关系,与应力率呈线性关系。此外还分别在不同温度与卤水体积下确定了海冰单轴压缩强度上包络限的变化规律。最后,综合考虑卤水体积和应力率的影响,对海冰单轴压缩强度分布特征进行了分析。以上研究有助于揭示渤海海冰基本力学性质,为冰区结构设计和海冰动力学分析提供参考依据。     

基于MODIS热红外数据的渤海海冰厚度反演

Level ice thickness distribution pattern in the Bohai Sea in the winter of 2009–2010 was investigated in this paper using MODIS night-time thermal infrared imagery.The cloud cover in the imagery was masked out manually.Level ice thickness was calculated using MODIS ice surface temperature and an ice surface heat balance equation.Weather forcing data was from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts(ECMWF) analyses.The retrieved ice thickness agreed reasonable well with in situ observations from two off-shore oil platforms.The overall bias and the root mean square error of the MODIS ice thickness are –1.4 cm and 3.9 cm,respectively.The MODIS results under cold conditions(air temperature –10°C) also agree with the estimated ice growth from Lebedev and Zubov models.The MODIS ice thickness is sensitive to the changes of the sea ice and air temperature,in particular when the sea ice is relatively thin.It is less sensitive to the wind speed.Our method is feasible for the Bohai Sea operational ice thickness analyses during cold freezing seasons.     

Ice Induced Low Temperature Fatigue Crack Propagation in Offshore Structural Steel A131

To investigate the low temperature fatigue crack propagation behavior of offshore structuralsteel A131 under random ice loading,three ice failure modes that are commonly present in the Bohai Gulfare simulated according to the vibration stress responses induced by real ice loading.The test data are pro-cessed by a universal software FCPUSL developed on the basis of the theory of fatigue crack propagationand statistics.The fundamental parameter controlling the fatigue crack propagation induced by randomice loading is determined to be the amplitude root mean square stress intensity factor K_(arm).The test resultsare presented on the crack propagation diagram where the crack growth rate da/dN is described as thefunction of K_(arm).It is evident that the ice failure modes have great influence on the fatigue crack propaga-tion behavior of the steel in ice-induced vibration.However,some of the experimental phenomena and testresults are hard to be physically explained at present.The work in this paper is an init     

基于MODIS数据的黄渤海海域云检测方法及其应用研究

在处理MODIS数据、业务化监测黄渤海海冰过程中,云检测是重要内容之一,其结果直接影响海冰信息反演的精度。为了减少云在海冰监测过程中的影响,本文针对冬季黄渤海海域的特点,采用多波段阈值云检测算法对云进行检测,并用IDL语言图像处理技术实现该算法。在研究过程中,本文采用C#语言,借助ArcGIS Engine组件,将云检测算法与地理信息系统二次开发技术有机结合,实现了云检测过程的全自动化和可视化,提高了MODIS数据的处理效率。实验表明,该方法具有较高的云检测精度,检测效果理想,并为海冰监测过程的全自动化与可视化研究奠定了基础。     

2001—2017年北极秋季低云变化及其可能原因

本文通过对2001—2017年秋季北极低云的多源数据的分析,展示了本世纪以来北极秋季低云的变化,并为其变化提供了一个新的可能的解释。卫星和再分析数据表明,秋季北极有冰海面低云存在减少的趋势,且在北极边缘海区表现为950 hPa(约500 m)以下近地面云显著减少。本文研究表明,在有冰海面上,低云减少的趋势与背景大气增暖导致的大气相对湿度降低有关,这一关系在80°N以北的北极中央区更明显。而在北极边缘海区,气旋活动对云的影响更重要。在有冰海面,气旋与低云的长期变化趋势相反,两者的年际变化呈负相关关系。利用自组织映射(SOM,Self-Organizing Map)对所有气旋日垂直运动和云分布进行了初步分析,结果表明:在无冰海面和有冰海面由于气旋垂直运动及背景(无气旋日)云分布的差异,气旋对云的影响存在差异。气旋在有冰海面导致低云减少为主,而在无冰海面导致低云增加为主。     

基于中国第6～9次北极科学考察观测的季节冰区边界层逆温变化特征分析

利用我国第6～9次北极科学考察期间获取的大气探空资料,分析了北极季节冰区边界层逆温的时空变化特征及其成因。分析发现:(1)边界层逆温具有较强的年际变化和空间变化,高纬度密集冰区观测到更多的强逆温现象,逆温厚度与逆温层温差呈显著的对数关系;(2)不同年份边界层逆温的主要成因有所差别:海冰分布的差异导致不同年份的边界层逆温特征不同;表面融化、辐射冷却、多层云的结构和暖平流对不同冰情年份边界层逆温的贡献程度不同;(3)开阔水域和冰区边界层逆温的成因不同。表面融化和空气平流对冰区边界层逆温的形成起着非常重要的作用,而辐射冷却是开阔水域边界层逆温的主要成因之一。     

The Transarctic Acoustic Propagation Experiment and climatemonitoring in the Arctic

In April 1994, coherent acoustic transmissions were propagated across the entire Arctic basin for the first time. This experiment, known as the Transarctic Acoustic Propagation Experiment (TAP), was designed to determine the feasibility of using these signals to monitor changes in Arctic Ocean temperature and changes in sea ice thickness and concentration. CW and maximal length sequences (MLS) were transmitted from the source camp located north of the Svalbard Archipelago 1000 km to a vertical line array in the Lincoln Sea and 2600 km to a two-dimensional horizontal array and a vertical array in the Beaufort Sea. TAP demonstrated that the 19.6-Hz 195-dB (251-W) signals propagated with both sufficiently low loss and high phase stability to support the coherent pulse compression processing of the MLS and the phase detection of the CW signals. These yield time delay measurements an order of magnitude better than what is required to detect the estimated 80-ms/year changes in travel time caused by interannual and longer term changes in Arctic Ocean temperature. The TAP data provided propagation loss measurements to compare with the models to be used for correlating modal scattering losses with sea ice properties for ice monitoring. The travel times measured in TAP indicated a warming of the Atlantic layer in the Arctic of close to 0.4°C, which has been confirmed by direct measurement from icebreakers and submarines, demonstrating the utility of acoustic thermometry in the Arctic. The unique advantages of acoustic thermometry in the Arctic and the importance of climate monitoring in the Arctic are discussed. A four-year program, Arctic Climate Observations using Underwater Sound is underway to carry out the first installations of sources and receivers in the Arctic Ocean