GRAPES区域集合预报模式的初值扰动增长特征

基于GRAPES-REPS（Global and Regional Assimilation and Prediction Enhanced System-Regional Ensemble Prediction System）区域集合预报模式和集合变换卡尔曼滤波（Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter,ETKF）初值扰动方法,对2015年6月1~15日10 km与15 km水平分辨率分别进行集合预报试验,通过分析ETKF初值扰动分量、初值扰动方差准确率、动能谱、扰动能量演变、日变化及集合离散度、均方根误差等特征,揭示GRAPES-REPS区域集合预报ETKF初值扰动结构及增长特征。结果表明:（1）ETKF初值扰动方案产生的扰动能够保持所有正交、不相关方向的误差方差,且ETKF分量α参数值及放大因子具有较好的稳定性。（2）ETKF初值扰动方法生成的扰动场以大尺度扰动为主,扰动结构及能量具有随流型依赖特征,低层以内能扰动为主,高层以动能扰动为主,且集合扰动可以有效捕捉预报误差的结构。（3）GRAPES区域集合预报初值扰动总能量和集合离散度随预报时效的延长均呈发展趋势,但离散度增长率小于均方根误差增长率,即集合预报总体存在集合离散度不足的问题。（4）水平分辨率提高可以增加中高层大尺度扰动波谱能量,明显改进等压面及近地面风场及温度场的集合预报效果。值得指出的是,GRAPES-REPS区域集合预报低层内能扰动能量存在明显的日变化特征,特别是青藏高原地区更加显著,需要进一步研究青藏高原初值扰动结构的合理性。     

GRAPES区域集合预报尺度混合初始扰动构造的新方案

集合预报初始扰动能否准确反映预报误差的结构特征是决定区域集合预报质量的关键因素之一。本文针对GRAPES区域数值预报模式,发展设计了一种基于资料同化思想的混合尺度初始扰动构造新方案。该方案以全球大尺度信息为背景场,区域模式预报作为观测资料,借助GRAPES三维变分同化系统,将高质量的全球大尺度信息与区域模式预报中质量较高的中小尺度信息有效融合,构造混合尺度区域集合预报初始扰动,并通过个例试验和批量试验,比较分析了新方案和原区域集合预报的性能。试验结果表明,基于资料同化构造的初始扰动能够有效融合全球大尺度信息和中小尺度天气系统的信息,其降水概率预报更具参考价值。总体上看,区域集合预报混合初始扰动新方案能够较好地改进区域集合预报质量,尤其是对高度场和温度场效果更为显著,但对风场的集合预报性能影响略小。     

Mining transition rules of cellular automata for simulating urban expansion by using the deep learning techniques

Along with the gradually accelerated urbanization process, simulating and predicting the future pattern of the city is of great importance to the prediction and prevention of some environmental, economic and urban issues. Previous studies have generally integrated traditional machine learning with cellular automaton (CA) models to simulate urban development. Nevertheless, difficulties still exist in the process of obtaining more accurate results with CA models; such difficulties are mainly due to the insufficient consideration of neighborhood effects during urban transition rule mining. In this paper, we used an effective deep learning method, named convolution neural network for united mining (UMCNN), to solve the problem. UMCNN has substantial potential to get neighborhood information from its receptive field. Thus, a novel CA model coupled with UMCNN and Markov chain was designed to improve the performance of simulating urban expansion processes. Choosing the Pearl River Delta of China as the study area, we excavate the driving factors and the transformational relations revealed by the urban land-use patterns in 2000, 2005 and 2010 and further simulate the urban expansion status in 2020 and 2030. Additionally, three traditional machine-learning-based CA models (LR, ANN and RFA) are built to attest the practicality of the proposed model. In the comparison, the proposed method reaches the highest simulation accuracy and landscape index similarity. The predicted urban expansion results reveal that the economy will continue to be the primary factor in the study area from 2010 to 2030. The proposed model can serve as guidance in urban planning and government decision-making.     

Impact of Perturbation Schemes on the Ensemble Prediction in a Coupled Lorenz Model

Based on a simple coupled Lorenz model, we investigate how to assess a suitable initial perturbation scheme for ensemble forecasting in a multiscale system involving slow dynamics and fast dynamics. Four initial perturbation approaches are used in the ensemble forecasting experiments: the random perturbation(RP), the bred vector(BV), the ensemble transform Kalman filter(ETKF), and the nonlinear local Lyapunov vector(NLLV) methods. Results show that,regardless of the method used, the ensemble ave...     

Values shift in response to social learning through deliberation about protected areas

Salient, long-term solutions to address global environmental change hinge on management strategies that are inclusive of local voices and that recognize the array of values held by surrounding communities. Group-based participatory processes that involve deliberation of multiple stakeholders with varying perspectives—particularly social learning—hold promise to advance inclusive conservation by identifying and creating a shared understanding of the landscape. However, few studies have empirically investigated how the value basis of stakeholder deliberation changes over time in relation to social learning. This study provided a novel platform for local stakeholders from Interior Alaska to deliberate on landscape change and associated management practices in ways that shifted their value orientations. In particular, we used a pre-test, post-test experimental design involving mixed methods to measure how different types of values changed as a result of social learning through an online discussion forum. We found evidence that social learning: 1) activated shared values that were previously hidden through building a relational understanding of others, and 2) shifted values that spanned three levels of psychological stability. As hypothesized, social values that represented expressed preferences for landscape change were most likely to shift in association with social learning. Conversely, shifts in individual values towards self-transcendence required learning to go beyond the discussion forum and be situated within the participants’ broader communities of practice. Overall, this longitudinal study highlights how social learning facilitated through deliberation presents opportunities to identify shared values and spark value shifts across stakeholder groups, thus incorporating diverse viewpoints into decision-making about global environmental change.     

两种空气质量数值模式的应用评估与集合改进研究

利用2018—2019年国控站观测,评估CAMx和CMAQ模式对广东珠海主要污染物时空分布与演变特征的预报能力,并引入多元线性回归和随机森林方法对预报结果进行集成,探究不同集合方法的改进能力。结果表明：CMAQ在各污染物浓度季节-日变化方面明显优于CAMx,但两者存在明显系统偏差,并对多数污染物(除O₃之外)的昼夜和空间变化的模拟能力仍存在明显缺陷。例如,CMAQ合理地还原了CO、PM_2.5、PM₁₀、SO₂、O₃和NO₂的季节变化,相关系数介于0.72～0.84,但NMB分别达到-0.58、-0.18、-0.30、1.52,-0.16和-0.20,RMSE分别达到0.40 mg/m³、6.86、16.02、10.71、25.05和10.21μg/m³。同时,基于不同污染物构建的两种集合方法均有效移除了系统偏差,加强了CMAQ的模拟优势,并且随机森林方法明显优于多元线性回归,但两者均对模式缺陷无明显改进。进一步分...     

结合对抗网络与辅助任务的遥感影像无监督域适应方法

使用机器学习进行遥感影像标注的一个重要前提是有足够的训练样本,而样本的标注是非常耗时的。本文采用了域适应的方法来解决遥感影像场景分类中小样本量的无监督学习问题,提出了结合对抗网络与辅助任务的遥感影像域适应方法。首先建立了基于深度卷积神经网络的遥感影像分类框架;其次,为了学习到域不变特征,在标签分类器的基础上增加域分类器,并使域损失函数在其反射传播时的梯度与标签损失的梯度相反,从而保证域分类器不能区分样本来自于哪个域;最后引入了辅助分类任务,扩充了样本的同时使网络更具泛化能力。试验结果表明,本文方法优于主流的无监督域适应方法,在小样本遥感影像无监督分类中得到了较好的效果。     

主题学习和稀疏表示的MODIS图像超分辨率重建

针对MODIS图像分辨率受传感器限制和噪声干扰,且分辨率局限在一定水平等问题,提出一种采用主题学习和稀疏表示的MODIS图像超分辨率重建方法,该方法通过双边滤波将MODIS图像的平滑及纹理部分分离,并将纹理部分看成是由若干"文档"组成的训练样本;运用概率潜在语义分析提取"文档"的潜在语义特征,从而确定"文档"所属的"主题"。在此基础上,针对每个主题所对应的图像块,采用改进的K-SVD方法训练若干适用于不同主题的高低分辨率字典对,从而可以运用这些字典对,通过稀疏编码实现测试图像相应主题块的超分辨率重建。实验结果表明,重建图像在视觉效果和PSNR等指标上均优于传统方法。     

Impact of Coastal Radar Observability on the Forecast of the Track and Rainfall of Typhoon Morakot(2009)Using WRF-based Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation

This study explored the impact of coastal radar observability on the forecast of the track and rainfall of Typhoon Morakot(2009)using a WRF-based ensemble Kalman filter(EnKF)data assimilation(DA)system.The results showed that the performance of radar EnKF DA was quite sensitive to the number of radars being assimilated and the DA timing relative to the landfall of the tropical cyclone(TC).It was found that assimilating radial velocity(Vr)data from all the four operational radars during the 6 h immediately before TC landfall was quite important for the track and rainfall forecasts after the TC made landfall.The TC track forecast error could be decreased by about 43% and the 24-h rainfall forecast skill could be almost tripled.Assimilating Vr data from a single radar outperformed the experiment without DA, though with less improvement compared to the multiple-radar DA experiment.Different forecast performances were obtained by assimilating different radars, which was closely related to the first-time wind analysis increment, the location of moisture transport, the quasi-stationary rainband, and the local convergence line.However, only assimilating Vr data when the TC was farther away from making landfall might worsen TC track and rainfall forecasts.Besides, this work also demonstrated that Vr data from multiple radars, instead of a single radar, should be used for verification to obtain a more reliable assessment of the EnKF performance.