Validation of OML,AERMOD/PRIME and MISKAM Using the Thompson Wind-Tunnel Dataset for Simple Stack-Building Configurations

A comprehensive dataset on dispersion behind rectangular buildings has been used to analyse the performance of two dispersion models in respect to their handling of building effects: the Danish OML model and the US AERMOD model with the PRIME building algorithm; additionally, the German MISKAM model has been assessed. OML and AERMOD are regulatory plume models with limited requirements in terms of input and computing resources, whereas MISKAM is a computational fluid dynamical model, and as such much more demanding. For most scenarios considered, the degree of misprediction in respect to the maximum concentrations is less than a factor of two for OML and AERMOD. However, in respect to the concentration at a specific location, especially in the near field, both models often result in larger mispredictions. MISKAM provides more accurate predictions.     

2008年7月14—15日川西暴雨过程的温度层结变化分析

2008年7月14-15日,四川盆地西部"5.12"汶川大地震重灾区在非典型热力条件下出现了一次暴雨天气过程.本文利用常规观测资料和NCEP 1°×1°再分析资料,对其天气形势及温度层结变化特征进行了详细分析.结果表明:(1)暴雨发生在副热带高压不断西伸的环流背景下,低层偏南气流及其风速脉动对暴雨产生具有重要作用.(2)暴雨开始于850hPa θse下降及大气层结为弱稳定的非典型热力条件下,但700 hPa θse突增使得700-500 hPa对流性不稳定层建立,从而利于对流运动发展;暴雨过程后期,因850 hPa和700 hPa θse急剧下降和大气层结稳定度增大,对流上升受到明显抑制.(3)低层θse锋区和水汽辐合对强降水具有指示意义,暴雨落区位于850 hPa和700 hPa θse锋区前沿,降水中心位于水汽汇合中心附近.     

利用双多普勒雷达资料对一次台风流场结构的分析

应用Qiu等提出的两步变分反演法,由厦门、长乐两部雷达观测资料反演0604号台风"碧利斯"登陆福建霞浦前的风场,并利用反演的水平风场检验几种常用的台风涡旋模型对此次台风的合理性,以期对雷达资料应用于台风过程分析和模拟有更进一步的认识。结果表明,两步变分法可以较好地反演出台风的水平、垂直风场特征,水平风场呈现不对称性且有明显的偏心结构,流场随高度表现出漏斗形特征,垂直风速与水平流场对应较好,台风中心有下沉气流,外围有上升气流。通过对台风物理量的分析发现,此次台风过程存在以最大风速半径随高度向外倾斜的主环流圈和低层向中心流入,高层向外流出的次环流圈。利用反演的水平风场对常用的对称风场涡旋模型进行了验证,发现在最大风速圈内取Rankine模式,最大风速圈外取Chen3模式对此次台风过程拟合较好。     

A multi-model ensemble approach for assessment of climate change impact on surface winds in France

Statistical downscaling of 14 coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCM) is presented to assess potential changes of the 10 m wind speeds in France. First, a statistical downscaling method is introduced to estimate daily mean 10 m wind speed at specific sites using general circulation model output. Daily 850 hPa wind field has been selected as the large scale circulation predictor. The method is based on a classification of the daily wind fields into a few synoptic weather types and multiple linear regressions. Years are divided into an extended winter season from October to March and an extended summer season from April to September, and the procedure is conducted separately for each season. ERA40 reanalysis and observed station data have been used to build and validate the downscaling algorithm over France for the period 1974–2002. The method is then applied to 14 AOGCMs of the coupled model intercomparison project phase 3 (CMIP3) multi-model dataset. Three time periods are focused on: a historical period (1971–2000) from the climate of the twentieth century experiment and two climate projection periods (2046–2065 and 2081–2100) from the IPCC SRES A1B experiment. Evolution of the 10 m wind speed in France and associated uncertainties are discussed. Significant changes are depicted, in particular a decrease of the wind speed in the Mediterranean area. Sources of those changes are investigated by quantifying the effects of changes in the weather type occurrences, and modifications of the distribution of the days within the weather types.     

利用单多普勒雷达资料做冷流暴雪的中尺度分析

基于单多普勒天气雷达资料采用EVAP方法反演风场, 并结合径向速度、 反射率因子、 自动气象站和探空风场等观测资料, 对2005年12月6～7日山东半岛一次冷流暴雪过程的中尺度特征进行了深入分析, 结果表明： (1)雷达回波呈狭窄带状, 移动缓慢近乎停滞, 径向速度上存在风向切变线, 烟台和威海的暴雪不同步是冷流暴雪的典型特征; (2)首次通过雷达反演证实了逆风区实际就是风场切变在径向速度图上的反映, 垂直各层水平风场存在中尺度切变线, 且与强回波带相对应, 切变线的位置决定暴雪的落区; (3)通过雷达反演风场和风廓线共同揭示出强降雪产生时对流层中层有西北风、 西南风和东北风三股气流, 明显的西南气流位于850～700 hPa, 表明冷流降雪过程并非传统认为的仅有西北冷平流, 而是不同气流辐合的结果; (4)对流层中层的西南暖平流为云的播种和反馈机制提供了有利的天气背景条件, 使得冷流降雪增强, 这在常规观测资料中无法看到。     

广东省沿海风随高度变化研究

根据实测资料对我省沿海地区的风随高度变化规律进行了探讨，分析了沿海地区风向、风速变化特点，风速廓线指数律适合于我省沿海地区，根据指数律拟合的我省沿海地区风随高度变化系数小于目前各类规范所规定的系数。     

QBO Features of Tropical Pacific wind Stress Field with the Relation to El Nino

Analysis has been implemented of 1970-1992 tropical Pacific wind stress anomaly and sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) datasets, indicating that quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) of the tropical Pacific WS and SSTA is featured both by a standing and a progressive form, the former emerging in the most intense centers of action and the latter travelling east- or west-ward out of the SSTA sources. Results show that the SSTA is in the warm (cold) phase as zonal component of euqatorial wind stress anomaly gets weakened (reinforced) and the QBO of wind stress anomaly is well related to the El Nino cycle.     

利用风廓线雷达资料分析大理机场飑线天气过程的风垂直变化特征

飑线天气现象是航空气象中危险和复杂的天气现象之一,2018年大理机场出现两次飑线天气过程,利用风廓线雷达资料和航空气象地面观测资料,分析两次飑线天气过程的风垂直变化特征。结果表明:(1)在飑线天气过程开始前2～4 h,从底层到高层均出现明显的上升运动,飑现象开始前后,上升运动和下沉运动同时存在,为大气中垂直热交换过程提供了有利条件;(2)飑线天气过程存在垂直风的水平切变及垂直切变,反映了强烈的对流发展,发展到离地高度5000 m以上;(3)飑线天气过程存在径向速度突变增大、谱宽变宽和单波束径向速度折叠现象,说明本场出现的是风雨交加的强对流天气;(4)高空到地面存在湍流运动,能量交换频繁,气流紊乱。     

河北坝上地区脆弱生态环境特征

坝上地区为典型的脆弱生态环境地带，这种地带易发生环境退化，但也存在着逆转的可能性。由于全球气候变化和人类活动的影响，近几十年来生态环境严重退化。土地风蚀沙化调查研究表明，影响风蚀沙化的因素很多，尤其是外部环境因素相互关系更为复杂，如大风和尘暴日、风速、降水、植被生长状况、土地封冻与融冻、土地耕翻等。但重要因素仍是风日、风速和地表物质。由于气候干旱，降水少等原因，本区最大的湖淖──安固里淖，在不断萎缩，该湖历史上比现在大十几倍，并且萎缩一直是自东向西进行，可能与新构造运动有关。坝上地区生态环境的退化是可以逆转的，近几年，一系列生态建设工程的实施，已初步收到了较好的效果。     

Sorted stripes orientated by wind action: Some observations from sub-antarctic marion island

Sorted stripes found on the volcanic scoria and glacial deposits of sub-Antarctic Marion Island indicate a distinct preferred orientation. Despite uniformity of slope and material, the stripes are predominantly aligned parallel to the wind. It is suggested that melting of needle ice by the early morning sun is of only limited importance in the sub-Antarctic owing to the almost continual overcast conditions. The effect of the wind is so great that in exposed situations stripes are formed on horizontal surfaces.