Individual and combined impacts of ENSO and East Asian winter monsoon on the South China Sea cold tongue intensity

A region of low sea surface temperature (SST) extends southward in the central part of southern South China Sea during boreal winter, which is called the South China Sea cold tongue (SCS CT). The present study investigates the factors of interannual variation of SST in the SCS CT region and explores the individual and combined impacts of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) on the SCS CT intensity. During years with ENSO alone or with co-existing ENSO and anomalous EAWM, shortwave radiation and ocean horizontal advection play major roles in the interannual variation of the SCS CT intensity. Ocean advection contributes largely to the SST change in the region southeast of Vietnam. In strong CT years with anomalous EAWM alone, surface wind-related latent heat flux has a major role and shortwave radiation is secondary to the EAWM-induced change of the SCS CT intensity, whereas the role of ocean horizontal advection is relatively small. The above differences in the roles of ocean advection and latent heat flux are associated with the distribution of low level wind anomalies. In anomalous CT years with ENSO, low level anomalous cyclone/anticyclone-related wind speed change leads to latent heat flux anomalies with effects opposite to shortwave radiation. In strong CT years with anomalous EAWM alone, surface wind-related latent heat flux anomalies are large as anomalous winds are aligned with climatological winds.

     

池州地区冬半年固态降水及其环流背景统计特征

基于2003－2018年池州冬半年观测资料,采用T-mode主成分客观分析法（TPCA）等方法进行固态降水与环流背景的统计分析。结果表明：池州172个固态降水日中,固态降水的主要月份占比分别是1月的44.8%、2月的27.9%和12月的16.3%;其中雨雪转换、纯雪和冻雨3类占比分别为55.2%、41.3%和3.5%。环流形势可划分为一槽一脊型（Ⅰ型）,纬向波动型（Ⅱ型）和两槽一脊型（Ⅲ型）,Ⅰ型占比最多,Ⅱ型次之,Ⅲ型较少。Ⅰ～Ⅲ型分别代表北方冷空气从中路、西路和东路南下,池州固态降水过程主要受中路冷空气影响。Ⅰ型气温最低,出现固态降水概率最高,是其它形势3倍以上;Ⅱ型气温最高,出现固态降水概率最低。除Ⅲ型外,纯雪过程中低层温度均较雨雪转换过程低2.0 ℃左右;雨雪转换过程中925 hPa温度与850 hPa基本相同,一般在-4.0～-5.0 ℃之间,而纯雪过程则较850 hPa偏高1.0 ℃左右;雨雪转换过程1000 hPa温度基本在0 ℃附近,纯雪则在0 ℃以下。925 hPa盛行东北风,850 hPa存在气旋性环流,配合700 hPa上12.0 m/s左右急流、水汽通量及水汽通量散度大值中心,有利于池州固态降水的产生。它一般属于大尺度降水,层结稳定,锋区位于700 hPa以下,低层有冷平流,切变线一般位于850～800 hPa之间。     

基于ECMWF模式的江西及周边地区锋面暴雨预报检验和订正

利用全国降水资料（包括江西加密降水资料）、探空资料、ECMWF模式72—24 h降水和形势预报资料,采用天气学检验、SAL定量降水预报检验等方法,对2017—2019年江西及附近地区锋面暴雨的实况和模式产品进行检验分析,检验主要影响天气系统预报效果,得出ECMWF模式降水预报误差分布特征及原因,并对模式的暴雨预报进行订正。结果表明：ECMWF模式对2017—2019年锋面暴雨过程预报较实况大多偏北,落区预报误差主要源于大尺度降水。从锋面暴雨三种SAL分析误差可见,落区预报较实况大多偏北,暴雨过程强度多数较实况偏弱,结构较实况偏小。对误差较大个例的分析得出两点订正思路：1） 锋区南侧有较明显动力热力对流发展的弱锋区暴雨,暴雨落区可订正至925 hPa锋区南侧高温高湿区。2） 较强锋面暴雨,当中低层切变辐合抬升区重叠时,暴雨落区可向925 hPa锋区位置调整,暴雨通常不易出现在锋区北侧冷区。     

GVR机载微波辐射计反演算法适用性分析

为研究GVR(G-band water Vapor Radiometer)机载微波辐射计自带反演算法在天津地区的适用性,将2016年北京探空资料分成春夏秋冬,对垂直累积液态水和垂直累积水汽的反演精度进行数值模拟检验。结果表明:垂直累积液态水反演精度随高度变化不明显,春夏秋冬4个季节反演结果相对偏差值范围分别为29%~78%、31%~71%、36%~67%、35%~79%,绝对偏差值范围分别为0.04~0.492 mm、0.075~0.294 mm、0.074~0.315mm、0.116~0.347mm;垂直累积水汽反演精度随高度降低(3000m以上降低更为明显),春、夏、秋、冬4个季节相对偏差3000m以下时分别为2.6%~20.8%、7.9%~19.1%、4.3%~16.5%、3.4%~14.2%,3000m以上时分别为6.4%~89.7%、12.5%~36.9%、13.2%~50%、11.8%~301%。与其他类型机载微波辐射计反演精度及GVR在北极地区地基观测反演精度相比,GVR自带反演算法在天津地区的垂直累积液态水和垂直累积水汽反演精度明显偏低。     

基于智慧气象的数据接口的实现

物联网、云计算、移动互联、大数据等新一代智能技术的迅猛发展,为智慧气象产品提供了技术支撑。由于气象信息系统数据类型多种多样,且来自多个部门、跨越多个系统平台,数据结构和格式也不相同,因此数据读取与处理是一项异常复杂的工程。为了解决该问题,开发了基于智慧气象的气象服务数据接口。基于智慧气象的数据接口,具有跨平台性、良好的响应速度、通用的数据交换格式,可使各种应用之间相互通信,并能创建新的应用。基于智慧气象的气象服务数据接口为RESTful风格,返回格式为JSON。数据接口的开发采用JAVA语言,基于Spring MVC+Spring Security Oauth2开发框架实现。数据存储采用Oracle数据库,分为冷、热两种数据。客户端对数据接口的访问,采用HTTP GET的方式发出数据请求,访问服务资源地址,获得JSON格式的数据返回结果。为加强数据接口访问的安全性,采用HTTPS POST方式访问授权接口获取访问令牌。基于智慧气象的数据接口,已为微信、微博、手机APP、网站等多个系统及保险公司、市政等多个单位提供数据支撑,且气象服务数据接口系统安全性高,具有较好的用户体验和兼容性。     

Different Generating Mechanisms for the Summer Surface Cold Patches in the Yellow Sea

ABSTRACT

It has been frequently observed that there are surface cold patches (SCPs) in the Yellow Sea in summer. Although previous studies based on monthly mean temperature distribution found that these SCPs are a result of tidal mixing and tide-induced upwelling, tidal mixing and upwelling alone cannot explain all the occurrences. In our study we found that the three typical patches, namely, the Shandong SCP, the Subei SCP, and the Mokpo SCP, have different temporal patterns over a spring–neap tidal cycle; hence, they have different generating mechanisms. Based on a multiple-year simulation, the latter two show conspicuous spring–neap variations. The highest temperature occurs during the neap tide phase (about two days after a quarter moon). Because of weak upwelling and mixing, strong stratification is established and the SCPs are suppressed or even disappear. The opposite holds for the spring tide phase (about two days after a new or full moon). This is quite different from the Shandong SCP, which does not display a distinct difference between spring and neap tides. Buoy observations and composite analyses with data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) further support this conclusion.     

1979—2014年全球变暖背景下青藏高原气候变化特征

近几十年来全球变暖受到越来越广泛的关注,然而全球变暖从1998年开始趋缓,但青藏高原却呈现加速增暖的趋势。本文基于前人研究,系统回顾了青藏高原气温、积雪、降水和大气热源等四方面在全球变暖背景下的变化,指出高原的加速增温导致了积雪迅速融化,降水明显增多的同时,高原热源却呈现减弱趋势。     

Detection and Correction of AMSR-E Radio-Frequency Interference

Radio-frequency interference (RFI) affects greatly the quality of the data and retrieval products from space-borne microwave radiometry. Analysis of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Aqua satellite observations reveals very strong and widespread RFI contam- inations on the C- and X-band data. Fortunately, the strong and moderate RFI signals can be easily identified using an index on observed brightness temperature spectrum. It is the weak RFI that is diffi- cult to be separated from the nature surface emission. In this study, a new algorithm is proposed for RFI detection and correction. The simulated brightness temperature is used as a background signal (B) and a departure of the observation from the background (O-B) is utilized for detection of RFI. It is found that the O-B departure can result from either a natural event (e.g., precipitation or flooding) or an RFI signal. A separation between the nature event and RFI is further realized based on the scattering index (SI). A positive SI index and low brightness temperatures at high frequencies indicate precipitation. In the RFI correction, a relationship between AMSR-E measurements at 10.65 GHz and those at 18.7 or 6.925 GHz is first developed using the AMSR-E training data sets under RFI-free conditions. Contamination of AMSR-E measurements at 10.65 GHz is then predicted from the RFI-free measurements at 18.7 or 6.925 GHz using this relationship. It is shown that AMSR-E measurements with the RFI-correction algorithm have better agreement with simulations in a variety of surface conditions.     

An assessment of the surface climate in the NCEP climate forecast system reanalysis

This paper analyzes surface climate variability in the climate forecast system reanalysis (CFSR) recently completed at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The CFSR represents a new generation of reanalysis effort with first guess from a coupled atmosphere?Cocean?Csea ice?Cland forecast system. This study focuses on the analysis of climate variability for a set of surface variables including precipitation, surface air 2-m temperature (T2m), and surface heat fluxes. None of these quantities are assimilated directly and thus an assessment of their variability provides an independent measure of the accuracy. The CFSR is compared with observational estimates and three previous reanalyses (the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis or R1, the NCEP/DOE reanalysis or R2, and the ERA40 produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts). The CFSR has improved time-mean precipitation distribution over various regions compared to the three previous reanalyses, leading to a better representation of freshwater flux (evaporation minus precipitation). For interannual variability, the CFSR shows improved precipitation correlation with observations over the Indian Ocean, Maritime Continent, and western Pacific. The T2m of the CFSR is superior to R1 and R2 with more realistic interannual variability and long-term trend. On the other hand, the CFSR overestimates downward solar radiation flux over the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool, consistent with a negative cloudiness bias and a positive sea surface temperature bias. Meanwhile, the evaporative latent heat flux in CFSR appears to be larger than other observational estimates over most of the globe. A few deficiencies in the long-term variations are identified in the CFSR. Firstly, dramatic changes are found around 1998?C2001 in the global average of a number of variables, possibly related to the changes in the assimilated satellite observations. Secondly, the use of multiple streams for the CFSR induces spurious jumps in soil moisture between adjacent streams. Thirdly, there is an inconsistency in long-term sea ice extent variations over the Arctic regions between the CFSR and other observations with the CFSR showing smaller sea ice extent before 1997 and larger extent starting in 1997. These deficiencies may have impacts on the application of the CFSR for climate diagnoses and predictions. Relationships between surface heat fluxes and SST tendency and between SST and precipitation are analyzed and compared with observational estimates and other reanalyses. Global mean fields of surface heat and water fluxes together with radiation fluxes at the top of the atmosphere are documented and presented over the entire globe, and for the ocean and land separately.     

Interannual and interdecadal variations of the South Asian and western Pacific subtropical highs and their relationships with Asian-Pacific summer climate

In this study, interdecadal and interannual variations of the South Asian high (SAH) and the western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH), as well as their relationships with the summer climate over Asian and Pacific regions, are addressed. The variations of SAH and WPSH are objectively measured by the first singular value decomposition (SVD) mode of geopotential heights at the 100- and 500-hPa levels. The first SVD mode of summertime 100- and 500-hPa geopotential heights represents well the relationship between the variations of SAH and WPSH. Both SAH and WPSH exhibit large interannual variability and experienced an apparent long-term change in 1987. The WPSH intensifies and extends westward when SAH intensifies and extends eastward, and vice versa. The India?CBurma trough weakens when WPSH intensifies. The changes in SAH and WPSH at various levels are linked to broad-scale increases in tropical tropospheric temperature and geopotential height. When SAH and WPSH strengthen, monsoon flow becomes weaker over eastern Asia. In the meantime, precipitation decreases over eastern South China Sea, Philippines, the Philippine Sea and northeastern Asia, but increases over China, Korea, Japan and the ocean domain east of Japan. Similar features are mostly found on both interdecadal and interannual timescales, but are more evident on interannual timescale.