双基地偏振雷达探测时小旋转椭球雨滴的侧向散射特性

从旋转椭球粒子散射理论出发,给出单个小旋转椭球雨滴在入射不同偏振波时的散射函数,并对其在不同仰角情况的数学图形和物理意义做了讨论,为推导基于椭球雨滴群的双基地偏振雷达方程、研究椭球雨滴群对双基地线偏振雷达探测能力的影响、处理和分析双基地偏振雷达资料,提供了理论依据.     

Experimental comparison of some techniques for estimating natural raindrop size distribution on the south coast of the Caspian Sea,Iran

Abstract

Knowledge of the relationship between rainfall intensity and kinetic energy and its variations in time and space is important for the prediction of erosion hazard. Kinetic energy and erosivity are also strongly controlled by raindrop size. However, studies on raindrop measurement and different practical techniques have been rarely documented. The current study therefore aimed to apply existing raindrop-size measurement techniques—the photographic, flour-pellet and stain methods, as well as an innovative flour-stain method—and to evaluate their applicability at several intensities in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The distribution of raindrop size obtained by the different methods was recorded and compared with those obtained through applying a high-speed imaging technique. All the analyses were made with the help of a SPSS software package. The results showed that the raindrop diameters ranged from 0.2 to 5.16 mm at different rainfall intensities. Statistical comparison of the methods using the Duncan test showed that the flour-pellet method presented similar results to the photographic technique; it was concluded that this can be used as a practical and inexpensive method to estimate a wide range of raindrop sizes.

Editor Z.W. Kundzewicz

Citation Sadeghi, S.H., Abdollahi, Z., and Khaledi Darvishan, A., 2013. Experimental comparison of some techniques for estimating natural raindrop size distribution on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, Iran. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (6), 1374–1382.     

Runoff and sediment yields from under‐canopy shrubs in a biocrusted dunefield

Known also as ‘islands of fertility’, under‐canopy habitats in arid and semiarid regions experience reduced radiation, milder temperatures, lower evaporation, higher organic matter and sometimes even high‐biomass biocrusts. By shielding the soil from direct raindrop impact (and thus preventing the formation of a physical crust (PC)), but providing longer surface wetness duration that facilitate longer biocrust activity, the under‐canopy habitat affects runoff and subsequently sediment yield. In an attempt to evaluate the shrub role in runoff and sediment yields on biocrusted surfaces that lack PC, triplicate plots were established and monitored in the Nizzana Research Site (NRS) during 1990–1995 at the under‐canopy of (a) undisturbed biocrust (CUC), (b) disturbed (rodent pits and tunnels) biocrust (DUC) and (c) on non‐shaded biocrust that served as control (COT). The data showed high variability in between the plots, with runoff and sediment yields following the pattern COT > CUC > DUC. However, while significant differences characterized the sediment yields of DUC and COT and CUC and COT, only DUC yielded significantly lower amounts of runoff than COT, while runoff at COT and CUC did not exhibit significant differences. Multiple regression analysis showed that biocrust cover and weighed chlorophyll best explained runoff yield. Overall, runoff of all plots yielded a significant high correlation with the biocrust cover (r² = 0.91) and weighed chlorophyll content (r² = 0.77), with significantly high correlation being also obtained between runoff and sediment yields (r² = 0.74). It is concluded that unlike non‐biocrusted surfaces where shrubs may affect runoff yield by preventing the formation of PC and thus runoff generation, high‐biomass biocrust at NRS acts to compensate for the absence of PC and may yield, during certain events, comparable amounts of runoff to that of non‐shaded habitats. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种激光雨滴谱仪小雨滴检测方法

针对激光雨滴谱仪中接收端信号非常微弱、小雨滴信号容易受噪声干扰的特点,为提高系统的信噪比和小雨滴检测能力,基于微弱信号检测原理,优化前端模拟电路设计,采用数字锁相放大(DLIA)技术,构建了以OMAP3530的DSP Core为核心的数字锁相放大器.系统结构简单、易于实现,可以避免模拟器件的零漂、非线性等问题.仿真结果表明:这种数字锁相放大器能实现微弱信号的恒定放大,抑制了对带外噪声的放大,提高了信噪比(SNR),能有效提高激光雨滴谱仪的小雨滴检测能力.     

基于双高斯拟合的风廓线雷达反演雨滴谱

在降水条件下,风廓线雷达返回信号是湍流信号和降水信号的叠加,其功率谱数据中通常会出现双峰结构。该文通过双高斯拟合方法区分大气湍流信号功率谱和降水信号功率谱,去除大气湍流对降水信号谱的影响,反演得到较为精确的雨滴谱分布。研究表明:在风廓线雷达估算雨滴谱的过程中,双高斯拟合可将两峰有效分离,利用处理后的降水谱反演得到的雨滴谱均呈指数分布。选取北京延庆地区2006年和2012年具有代表性的降水资料,对比反演得到的不同强度和不同类型降雨的雨滴谱资料显示,这种估算雨滴谱的方法可行且可靠,利用双高斯拟合将双峰分离,可以达到风廓线雷达数据质量控制的目的,对于风廓线雷达在更为复杂的天气条件下应用具有借鉴意义。     

广东东莞不同类型云的雨滴谱和降水特征

利用设置在东莞站的Parsivel激光降水粒子谱测量系统于2010年获取的观测资料,对数据有效性进行验证并开展15次降水的特征参量分析。层状云降水（S）、积层混合云降水（M）、积雨云降水（C）各选取两次典型过程,对各种特征参量之间的相关性和雨滴谱特征进行细致分析,结果表明：平均粒子直径、平均雨强、平均雨水含量、过程最大立方根直径、过程最大雨强的分布规律明显,基本遵循“C>M>S”的规律;同种类型降水的雨滴谱型非常接近,层状云存在单峰谱,混合云和积状云是明显的双峰谱或多峰谱; M、C型降水的大雨滴明显多于S型降水;雨水含量与雨强的相关性最好,雷达反射率因子与雨强的相关性次之;层状云降水主要为1 mm以下小粒子,积状云和积层混合云降水雨滴谱宽较大,1 mm以上大粒子数浓度较大。     

A study of air/space-borne dual-wavelength radar for estimation of rain profiles

In this study, a framework is given by which air/space-borne dual-wavelength radar data can be used to estimate the characteristic parameters of hydrometeors. The focus of the study is on the Global Precipitation Measurement （GPM） precipitation radar, a dual-wavelength radar that will operate in the Ku （13.6 GHz） and Ka （35 GHz） bands. A key aspect of the retrievals is the relationship between the differential frequency ratio （DFR） and the median volume diameter, Do, and its dependence on the phase state of the hydrometeors. It is shown that parametric plots of Do and particle concentration in the plane of the DFR and the radar reflectivity factor in the Ku band can be used to reduce the ambiguities in deriving Do from DFR. A self-consistent iterative algorithm, which does not require the use of an independent pathattenuation constraint, is examined by applying it to the apparent radar reflectivity profiles simulated from a drop size distribution （DSD） model. For light to moderate rain, the self-consistent rain profiling approach converges to the correct solution only if the same shape factor of the Gamma distributions is used both to generate and retrieve the rain profiles. On the other hand, if the shape factors differ, the iteration generally converges but not to the correct solution. To further examine the dual-wavelength techniques, the selfconsistent iterative algorithm, along with forward and backward rain profiling algorithms, are applied to measurements taken from the 2nd generation Precipitation Radar （PR-2） built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Consistent with the model results, it is found that the estimated rain profiles are sensitive to the shape factor of the size distribution when the iterative, self-consistent approach is used but relatively insensitive to this parameter when the forward- and backward-constrained approaches are used.     

激光雨滴谱仪与自动气象站观测雨量对比分析

介绍了LNM激光雨滴谱仪的构成及原理,对由激光雨滴谱仪和自动气象站同步观测所获取的雨量资料进行对比分析,并结合新一代多普勒雷达基数据提供的反射率因子与雨量作对比分析。结果表明,两种仪器探测到的雨强随时间变化趋势较为一致,但变化幅度差异大,激光雨滴谱仪探测到的雨强最大值远大于自动气象站测得的最大值且出现时间要提早些;两种仪器观测到的雨量资料与观测点处雷达反射率因子的对比表明,激光雨滴谱仪探测到的雨量与雷达反射率因子有更好的一致性。     

一次河南省春季层状云降水的地面雨滴谱特征

2002年4月4-5日河南省出现了层状云降水天气，临颖、孟津两站进行了地面雨滴谱观测。通过对降水过程中两站的雨滴微物理参量和雨滴谱的对比分析，指出河南层状云降水的雨滴平均直径为10～mm，雨滴数密度为10^2个／m ^3，占雨滴总数较小的大雨滴对雨强的贡献较大。锋前暖区雨滴的平均直径比锋后冷区雨滴平均直径小，雨滴数密度比锋后冷区大，但冷区降水强度大于暖区。在层状云降水过程中，暖区雨滴谱型由宽谱双峰型演变为窄谱单峰型，冷区雨滴谱型由宽谱单峰型演变为窄谱单峰型。雨滴平均直径的起伏暖区要大于冷区，这与暖区中云系结构不均匀及云中对流有关。     

国外雨滴谱分布函数的数值试验结果

采用文献［１］方法，对国外温带地区（北威尔士）＾［２］、亚热带地区（瓜得罗普岛）＾［３］和热带海洋（ＧＡＴＥ－１９７７）＾［４］雨滴谱分布进行了数值试验，结果表明：伽玛分布（ｎ（Ｄ）＝ａ．Ｄ＾ａｅ＾－λＤ）能很好地拟合这些实测雨滴谱，特别是非单调下降谱用伽玛分布拟合明显优于Ｍ－Ｐ分布拟合，Ｍ－Ｐ分布仅是伽玛分布的一个特例（α＝０）。