The Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) over East Asia in Warm Seasons

Mesoscale convective system (MCS) cloud clusters,defined using an objective recognition analysis based on hourly geostationary infrared satellite data over East Asia during the warm seasons of 1996-2008 (except 2004),were investigated in this study.The geographical pattern of MCS distribution over East Asia shows several high-frequency centers at low latitudes,including the Indo-China peninsula,the Bay of Bengal,the Andaman Sea,the Brahmaputra river delta,the south China coastal region,and the Philippine Islands.There are several middle-frequency centers in the middle latitudes,e.g.,the central-east of the Tibet Plateau,the Plateau of west Sichuan,Mount Wuyi,and the Sayan Mountains in Russia;whereas in Lake Baikal,the Tarim Basin,the Taklimakan Desert,the Sea of Japan,and the Sea of Okhotsk,rare MCS distributions are observed.MCSs are most intensely active in summer,with the highest monthly frequency in July,which is partly associated with the breaking out and prevailing of the summer monsoon in East Asia.An obvious diurnal cycle feature is also found in MCS activities,which shows that MCSs are triggered in the afternoon,mature in the evening,and dissipate at night.MCS patterns over East Asia can be characterized as small,short-lived,or elongated,which move slowly and usually lead to heavy rains or floods.     

沙尘气溶胶作为冰核对阿克苏地区一次多单体型强对流风暴降水及其微物理过程影响的数值模拟研究

将DeMott冰核浓度参数化方案引入到WRF中尺度数值模式中,模拟了新疆阿克苏地区一次多单体型强对流风暴,并对背景大气条件和沙尘条件下气溶胶作为冰核,对云中微物理结构和降水变化的影响进行了敏感性试验和对比分析,结果显示:在背景大气条件和沙尘条件下增加冰核浓度对降水中心强度影响较小,并且总体上看降水分布变化不大,但是降水局部的变化量较明显;不同背景条件下IN（Ice Nuclei）浓度的增加使得冰晶和雪的质量混合比和数浓度均有较大幅度的增加,其中雪的主要源项为凝华增长过程,而霰增长主要来源于冰相粒子碰并过冷云滴,并且在背景大气和沙尘条件下增加IN都使得霰的数浓度增加,尺度减少。     

西南季风潮与2004年5月我国南方暴雨

以2004年5月初及5月中旬我国华南等地两次较大暴雨过程为例, 分析了西南季风潮与我国前汛期降水的关系。初步结论指出:西南季风潮的爆发与我国华南降水, 特别是大暴雨的形成关系极为密切, 而这次西南季风潮的爆发又与来自南半球的越赤道气流直接有关。同时指出, 这次西南季风潮的爆发主要与来自85°~95°E孟加拉湾地区所在经度的越赤道气流有关, 它们是印度洋“半球间宏观系统”的一个部分。而南海季风潮仅仅是西南季风潮的一种特例, 在这两次重大降水过程中没有南海季风潮的爆发和影响。     

云南5月雨量与热带海温异常及亚洲季风变化的关系

利用相关分析和合成分析方法, 研究了云南5月雨量与热带海温、热带对流活动及亚洲季风等大尺度气候环流背景变化的关系。指出云南5月雨量与北印度洋季风气流区赤道东太平洋地区的对流活动有明显的相关, 揭示了云南5月多雨年和少雨年赤道东太平洋和印度洋地区的海温距平、200 hPa纬向风和850 hPa矢量风场的不同分布特征。这种前后期海温、对流活动和高低层风场的变化具有很好的持续性, 对预测云南5月雨量的变化有一定的指示指义。还计算了南亚地区4~6月的季风指数, 分析了云南5月雨量与初夏南亚季风指数变化的关系。结果表明, 南亚季风指数高, 云南5月雨量偏多; 南亚季风指数低, 云南5月雨量偏少。同时, 研究还表明南亚季风指数在季风爆发前期和季风爆发时段的变化有很好的一致性。     

北京强沙尘暴史和周围生态环境变化

北京地区自公元440年开始就有强沙尘暴的记录,经过北魏、辽金和明清时期等几个强沙尘暴频发期。北京强沙尘暴多数出现在干旱时期,也有例外。强沙尘暴出现的时间与周围土地的开垦和周围森林植被的破坏有着直接的关系。北京成为新中国首都以来,注重环境的治理,风尘天气减少,特别是强沙尘暴几近消亡。     

Kinematics and Microphysical Characteristics of the First Intense Rainfall Convective Storm Observed by Jiangsu Polarimetric Radar Network

The polarimetric radar network in Jiangsu Province has just been operationalized since 2020. The first intense precipitation event observed by this polarimetric radar network and disdrometer occurred during August 28-29, 2020 and caused severe flooding and serious damage in eastern Jiangsu Province. The microphysics and kinetics for this heavy precipitation convective storm is diagnosed in this study, in order to promote the application of this polarimetric radar network. Drop size distribution(...     

Origins and development of Holocene coral reefs: a revisited model based on reef boreholes in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean

 Until recently, concepts of coral reef growth and accumulation have been predominantly based on a Darwinian model. In this, the upwards and outwards growth of a reef core (a coral framework) takes place over a foreslope consisting of reef talus, with the simultaneous filling of the back-reef lagoon by reef-derived debris. The principal adaptations of this pattern relate to the influence of relative changes in sea level and commonly ignore oceanographic factors such as storm frequency and severity. Boreholes through the outer edge of a fringing reef in the Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, reveal a record of Holocene sediment accumulation first established approximately 8 ka ago. Faunal and floral associations show that growth of this body began in relatively deep water but that this shallowed to <5 m within 1 ka. Subsequent accumulation was of “keep-up” style but, as the rate of sea-level rise slowed, shoaling became more frequent and aggradation was limited by reducing accommodation space. Constructional facies are characterised either by massive corals, including Leptastrea, Porites and faviids, or by branching corals, typically Acropora of the danai-robusta group. Coral surfaces may be encrusted by red algae, foraminifera and vermetids, and are commonly bored by filamentous algae, clionids and molluscs. However, detrital facies are volumetrically dominant, and the paucity of a constructional framework requires a re-evaluation of models of reef accretion. New models relate the geometry of accretion to the interplay between extreme storm events and fairweather hydrodynamic conditions. These suggest that a contiguous framework forms in areas of moderate fairweather energy without extreme storm events. Severe storms destroy the continuity of reef structures and generate increasing volumes of coarse detritus. Low storm severity, coupled with low fairweather hydrodynamic energy, may promote the accumulation of fine-grained reef-derived sediments that inhibit framework growth. While ecology reflects year-by-year sea conditions, lithology and structure are controlled by exceptional storms, with the effects of changing sea level superimposed. Received: 30 November 1998 / Accepted: 4 November 1999     

长江口南汇边滩冲淤变化规律与机制

根据1842—2004年海图资料分析发现,南汇边滩存在近百年尺度的强烈冲刷—淤积旋回。长江主泓走南港或北港是造成冲刷期"北滩、东滩淤积,南滩、过渡带冲刷"或淤积期冲淤态势反相的主要原因;冲刷期内风暴强度和频数明显多于淤积期,造成冲刷期滩面叠置记忆的是暴风浪成因的"高滩冲刷、低滩淤积"的冲淤态势,而淤积期保存的是弱风浪成因的"高滩淤积、低滩冲刷"叠置增强的剖面特征。尽管三角洲整体冲淤态势的转变主要受流域来沙量的控制,但不同岸段受河口河势分水分沙作用、潮流和波浪等共同作用,明显存在此冲彼淤、冲淤动态调整等特征。已有的入海泥沙含量阈值研究以点代面或以局部代整体,这是造成阈值估算偏高的主要原因。2003年三峡水库开始蓄水后平均年输沙量154 Mt/a已低于低阈值184 Mt/a,但三角洲尚未如预测那样发生由净淤积向净侵蚀的转变。已有的河口水文观察资料显示,水体含沙量也未发生明显下降,这可能是潮控型三角洲潮流对泥沙在河口的再分配起主导作用,并可能由此延长三角洲冲淤转变对入海泥沙量减少的滞后。今后需进一步加强潮控型河口复杂过程的综合研究,提高对泥沙含量阈值估算和应对可能面临的海岸侵蚀及其相关的环境地质灾害的能力。     

河西走廊夏季强沙尘暴数值模拟试验

影响我国的沙尘暴灾害性天气多发生在春季,很少在夏季发生。文章利用我国科学家自主研发的GRAPES-DAM沙尘气溶胶模式对2005年7月一次罕见的影响河西走廊地区的群发性强沙尘暴进行了数值模拟,对夏季小概率强沙尘暴灾害天气的可预报性进行了个例研究。试验结果表明:模式对此次过程的地面大风、沙尘暴的范围、移动等均能做出较好的模拟;对于夏季群发性强沙尘暴过程,基于数值预报方法的沙尘气溶胶模式在天气模式预报准确的条件下,可以对这种小概率事件做出有应用意义的预报结果。     

重力惯性波及其不稳定——急流附近飞机颠簸产生的可能机制

基于不可压缩流体运动方程组研究了急流附近重力惯性波及其不稳定,结合飞机风速变化方程,分析指出重力波失稳破碎为湍流是飞机颠簸产生的可能机制。斜压大气在急流轴北侧气旋切变区是惯性稳定的,当满足条件σ=f[f-/y] N2m2/n2<0时,由于天气尺度对流不稳定发展而引起重力惯性波不稳定破碎为湍流,可能是急流北侧气旋切变区对流性天气引起飞机颠簸产生的一种机制。但是在急流轴南侧反气旋切变区是惯性不稳定的,当满足条件σ=f[f-/y] N2m2/n2<0时,可能由于惯性不稳定的作用,急流重力波不稳定发展破碎为湍流,可能是急流南侧反气旋气流中晴空湍流和飞机颠簸产生和发展的一种机制。揭示了急流附近晴空湍流和飞机颠簸产生的物理本质,有利于增强航空飞行颠簸的预测能力。