中国东南部与川渝陕甘地区夏季降水 30～60天CISO的反相现象

利用1979～2010年NCEP/NCAR逐日再分析资料和我国753站逐日降水资料,研究了中国东南部和川渝陕甘地区夏季降水30～60天气候季节内振荡（Climatological IntraSeasonal Oscillation,CISO）的反相现象。结果显示两个区域夏季降水CISO在7月中旬之前存在显著的反相关系,且在传播特征上有明显差异。川渝陕甘地区降水局地低频振荡显著,中国东南部降水CISO北传特征清晰。低频环流分析表明,对流层低层低频槽、脊的更替形成了川渝陕甘地区降水CISO的“驻相”振荡,低频气旋式、反气旋式环流位置的移动则产生了中国东南部降水CISO的北传。CISO垂直环流显示上升支与下沉支正好处于川渝陕甘地区与中国东南部,较好地反映了低频降水在两区域的相反变化。中国东南部、长江中下游与川渝陕甘地区三者之间存在动力学上的关联,这可部分地解释川渝陕甘地区和中国东南部之间降水CISO的反相关系。这种反相关系的形成还与气候态下的西太平洋副热带高压和贝加尔湖附近大陆高压脊的季节内变化有关。揭示中国东南部与川渝陕甘地区之间降水CISO的反相现象对于丰富人们对我国夏季风区低频振荡局地特征的认识和理解降水季节内振荡产生机制有重要意义。     

首都机场浓雾中的能见度突发性振荡及其演变规律

利用2000—2011年北京首都机场每分钟的自动观测资料,对影响首都机场的52次浓雾过程进行分析,发现浓雾的形成、发展和消散过程中能见度演变具有突发性和振荡性的特征。浓雾中的能见度振荡可分为前导振荡、中间振荡和后位振荡,三者所占比例分别为86.5%、62.5%和79.2%。冷季浓雾比暖季浓雾具有更明显的温度振荡,在影响首都机场的34次冷季浓雾中,有61.8%的个例具有温度的振荡。辐射雾中温度振荡超前于能见度振荡,而平流雾来临前有温度振荡,雾发生时温度振荡不明显。根据统计结果本文定义了浓雾振荡指数DFOI,并发现DFOI为±0.2可以作为首都机场浓雾临近预报的阈值,使用该阈值可以将首都机场2000—2011年的浓雾预警平均提前1~2 h。根据2012年1月的实际预警测试,发现单独使用该指数无法区分浓雾、降雪和霾过程,今后在雾的预警过程中还需要引入其他指数。     

Changed Relationships Between the East Asian Summer Monsoon Circulations and the Summer Rainfall in Eastern China

In previous statistical forecast models, prediction of summer precipitation along the Yangtze River valley and in North China relies heavily on its close relationships with the western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH), the blocking high in higher latitudes, and the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM). These relationships were stable before the 1990s but have changed remarkably in the recent two decades. Before the 1990s, precipitation along the Yangtze River had a significant positive correlation with the intensity of the WPSH, but the correlation weakened rapidly after 1990, and the correlation between summer rainfall in North China and the WPSH also changed from weak negative to significantly positive. The changed relationships present a big challenge to the application of traditional statistical seasonal prediction models. Our study indicates that the change could be attributed to expansion of the WPSH after around 1990. Owing to global warming, increased sea surface temperatures in the western Pacific rendered the WPSH stronger and further westward. Under this condition, more moisture was transported from southern to northern China, leading to divergence and reduced (increased) rainfall over the Yangtze River (North China). On the other hand, when the WPSH was weaker, it stayed close to its climatological position (rather than more eastward), and the circulations showed an asymmetrical feature between the stronger and weaker WPSH cases owing to the decadal enhancement of the WPSH. Composite analysis reveals that the maximum difference in the moisture transport before and after 1990 appeared over the western Pacific. This asymmetric influence is possibly the reason why the previous relationships between monsoon circulations and summer rainfall have now changed.     

A forestry GIS-based study on evaluating the potential of imaging spectroscopy in mapping forest land fertility

Fertility, or the availability of nutrients and water, controls forest productivity. It affects its carbon sequestration, and thus the forest's effect on climate, as well as its commercial value. Although the availability of nutrients cannot be measured directly using remote sensing methods, fertility alters several vegetation traits detectable from the reflectance spectra of the forest stand, including its pigment content and water stress. However, forest reflectance is also influenced by other factors, such as species composition and stand age. Here, we present a case study demonstrating how data obtained using imaging spectroscopy is correlated with site fertility. The study was carried out in Hyytiälä, Finland, in the southern boreal forest zone. We used a database of state-owned forest stands including basic forestry variables and a site fertility index. To test the suitability of imaging spectroscopy with different spatial and spectral resolutions for site fertility mapping, we performed two airborne acquisitions using different sensor configurations. First, the sensor was flown at a high altitude with high spectral resolution resulting in a pixel size in the order of a tree crown. Next, the same area was flown to provide reflectance data with sub-meter spatial resolution. However, to maintain usable signal-to-noise ratios, several spectral channels inside the sensor were combined, thus reducing spectral resolution. We correlated a number of narrowband vegetation indices (describing canopy biochemical composition, structure, and photosynthetic activity) on site fertility. Overall, site fertility had a significant influence on the vegetation indices but the strength of the correlation depended on dominant species. We found that high spatial resolution data calculated from the spectra of sunlit parts of tree crowns had the strongest correlation with site fertility.     

Vertical Air Mass Exchange Driven by the Local Circulation on the Northern Slope of Mount Everest

To better understand vertical air mass exchange driven by local circulation in the Himalayas, the volume flux of air mass is estimated in the Rongbuk Valley on the northern slope of Mount Everest, based on a volume closure method and wind-profiler measurements during the HEST2006 campaign in June 2006. Vertical air mass exchange was found to be dominated by a strong downward mass transfer from the late morning to late night. The average vertical air volume flux was 0.09 m s-1, which could be equivalent to a daily ventilation of 30 times the enclosed valley volume. This vertical air mass exchange process was greatly affected by the evolution of the South Asian summer monsoon (SASM), with a strong downward transfer during the SASM break stage, and a weak transfer during the SASM active stage.     

2006年夏季川渝地区伏旱与低频大气热源的关系

利用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料和中国地面观测站的逐日降水资料,研究了2006年夏季中国川渝地区的伏旱与亚洲地区大气低频振荡的联系.结果表明,2006年夏季中国川渝地区降水低频振荡的主要周期约为60 d;在川渝严重干旱期的7月下旬至8月上旬,经向上由于川渝地区上空低频热汇、广西和海南及其以西地区上空低频热源的影响,在1...     

Comparison of Characteristics Between the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Outbreaks in 2004 and 2008

The South China Sea summer monsoon is an important system affecting the weather and climate in China;its outbreak and evolution vary from year to year.Using the reanalysis data from the U.S.National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),USA,we analyze the circulation pattern,precipitation distribution,convection,temperature,and humidity around the monsoon outbreaks in 2004 and 2008.Results show that the monsoon had a late onset in 2004 (May 19) but an early outbreak in 2008 (May 4).Prior to the monsoon outbreak in 2008,cross-equatorial flows in Somalia were weaker than in 2004,subtropical precipitation did not arrive in southern China as it did in 2004,and the strongest convection was located more southward than in 2004.The results also indicate that accumulated rainfall in the Indochina Peninsula was about 61% of that in 2004 during a period of 25 days leading up to the monsoon outbreak,causing differences in land surface processes and then different activity levels for the summer monsoon.Post-onset warm and humid conditions in 2008 (2004) maintained through the end of October (mid-September),while the summer monsoon lasted longer in 2008 than in 2004.     

亚洲夏季风是低层污染物进入平流层的重要途径

夏季亚洲季风区是对流层低层水汽和污染物进入全球平流层的一个重要通道, 自然或人为污染物通过该通道进入平流层后对臭氧层的破坏以及全球气候环境的影响, 成为目前国际科学界关注的热点问题。早先观点认为: 夏季青藏高原是对流层低空物质向平流层输送的一个重要渠道。然而, 越来越多的观测表明: 包括青藏高原在内的整个亚洲夏季风通过强对流的快速输送以及大尺度输送过程可以把低层大气物质输送到全球平流层。在地面物质进入平流层的过程中有两个关键过程, 一是垂直快速输送的对流活动, 这对于短寿命化学成分非常重要, 二是缓慢的大尺度反气旋输送和限制作用。但是, 目前对于亚洲季风区不同源区的贡献还有很大的争议。     

利用体应变观测智利8.8级大地震激发的地球球型自由振荡

用河北省体应变的数字化观测资料,利用功率谱密度估计方法,在没有对资料进行处理的情况下,准确获得了2010年2月27日智利8.8级大地震激发的0S5-0S35摹频球型自由振荡,并与地球初步参考模型(PREM)的理论自由振荡频率进行对比,发现实测振荡频率与PREM预测的振荡频率基本符合.河北省体应变的数字化观测资料的确可以...     

具非线性扩散系数的中立抛物型方程的振动结果

研究一类具非线性扩散系数的中立抛物型方程的振动性,利用Green定理和时滞微分不等式,获得了该类方程在Robin边值条件下所有解振动的若干充分性判据。结论充分表明振动是由时滞量引起的。