Intercomparison of the Summertime Subtropical High from the ERA-40 and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis over East Eurasia and the western North Pacific

An intercomparison of summertime (JJA) subtropical geopotential heights from the ERA-40 and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis is specifically conducted over East Eurasia and the western North Pacific. The NCEP/NCAR is obviously lower than the ERA-40 in the mid-to-lower troposphere in most regions of East Eurasia before the mid-1970s, but becomes higher than the ERA-40 after the mid-1970s and thus demonstrates stronger increased trends during the period of 1958--2001. Both reanalyses are lower than the observations in most regions of China. The NCEP/NCAR especially shows tremendously systematic lower values before the mid-1960s and displays abrupt changes before the 1970s. Several indices of the western North Pacific subtropical high (WNPSH), calculated from both reanalyzed summer geopotential heights, also reveal that the variation trend of the NCEP/NCAR is stronger than that of the ERA-40 in the mid-to-lower troposphere from 1958 to 2001. Through singular value decomposition (SVD) analysis, the summer geopotential heights at 500 hPa from the ERA-40 are better than the NCEP/NCAR counterparts at interacting with the precipitation over the East Asian monsoon region. The results indicate that the NCEP/NCAR in the mid-and-lower troposphere may overestimate interdecadal changes and should be used cautiously to study the relationship between the WNPSH and precipitation ove ther East Asia Monsoon region before the mid-1970s.     

北京地区土地利用/覆被及其变化对气温升温的影响分析

利用北京地区13个气象台站1979～2005年的气温资料、NCEP再分析资料以及1990～2005年的三期1：10万土地利用/覆被数据,在分析气象站点3 km半径缓冲区内土地利用/覆被及变化特征的基础上,通过比较气温变化在不同下垫面状况下的差异,分析了北京地区3种主要土地利用/覆被类型对气温变化趋势的影响,得出以下结论：1）建设用地对气温升高的影响最显著（0.822°C/10 a）,林地、草地、耕地混合类型次之（0.296°C/10 a）,林地最小（0.197°C/10 a）;2）利用“观测减去再分析（OMR）”方法后,建设用地的OMR年均温升温趋势依然最大（0.527°C/10 a）,林地、草地、耕地混合类型次之（-0.012°C/10 a）,林地最小（-0.118°C/10 a）,表明建设用地对气温升高具有增强作用,而林地对气温升高具有抑制作用;3）当土地利用/覆被类型向城市建设用地类型转化时,转化的面积越大,气温变化量越大。     

Interannual variability of onset of the summer monsoon over India and its prediction

In this article, the interannual variability of certain dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of various sectors in the Asian summer monsoon domain was examined during the onset phase over the south Indian peninsula (Kerala Coast). Daily average (0000 and 1200 UTC) reanalysis data sets of the National Centre for Environmental Prediction/National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) for the period 1948–1999 were used. Based on 52 years onset date of the Indian summer monsoon, we categorized the pre-onset, onset, and post-onset periods (each an average of 5 days) to investigate the interannual variability of significant budget terms over the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and the Indian peninsula. A higher difference was noticed in low-level kinetic energy (850 hPa) and the vertically integrated generation of kinetic energy over the Arabian Sea from the pre-onset, onset, and post-onset periods. Also, significant changes were noticed in the net tropospheric moisture and diabatic heating over the Arabian Sea and Indian peninsula from the pre-onset to the post-onset period. It appears that attaining the magnitude of 40 m² s⁻² and then a sharp rise in kinetic energy at 850 hPa is an appropriate time to declare the onset of the summer monsoon over India. In addition to a sufficient level of net tropospheric moisture (40 mm), a minimum strength of low-level flow is needed to trigger convective activity over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. An attempt was also made to develop a location-specific prediction of onset dates of the summer monsoon over India based on energetics and basic meteorological parameters using multivariate statistical techniques. The regression technique was developed with the data of May and June for 42 years (1948–1989) and validated with 10 years NCEP reanalysis from 1990 to 1999. It was found that the predicted onset dates from the regression model are fairly in agreement with the observed onset dates obtained from the Indian Meteorology Department.     

基于卫星遥感和再分析数据的青藏高原土壤湿度数据评估

土壤水是地表与大气在水热交换方面的关键纽带,是关键水循环要素,更是地表产汇流过程的关键控制因子。青藏高原是地球第三极,也是亚洲水塔,探讨青藏高原土壤水变化对于探讨青藏高原热力学特征变化及其对东亚乃至全球气候变化的影响具有重要意义,而获取高精度长序列大尺度土壤水数据集则是其关键。本文利用青藏高原100个土壤水站点观测数据,从多空间尺度（0.25°×0.25°,0.5°×0.5°,1°×1°）、多时间段（冻结和融化期）等角度,采用多评价指标（R、RMSE、Bias）,对多套遥感反演和同化数据（ECV、ERA-Interim、MERRA、Noah）进行全面评估。结果表明：① 除ERA外,其他数据均能反映青藏高原土壤水变化,且与降水量变化一致。而在那曲地区,遥感反演和同化数据均明显低估实测土壤水含量。从空间分布来看,MERRA和Noah与植被指数最为一致,可很好地反映土壤水空间变化特征;② 青藏高原大部分地区土壤水变化主要受降水影响,其中青藏高原西部边缘与喜马拉雅地区土壤水变化则受冰雪融水和降水的共同影响;③ 除阿里地区外,大部分遥感反演和同化数据在融化期与实测土壤水相关性高于冻结期,其中在那曲地区,遥感反演和同化数据均高估冻结期土壤含水量,却低估融化期土壤含水量。另外,遥感反演和同化数据对中大空间尺度土壤水的估计要好于对小空间尺度土壤水的估计。本研究为青藏高原土壤水研究的数据集选择提供重要理论依据。     

稻麦轮作农田区大气边界层高度的日变化和季节特征

利用2015年7月至2016年5月寿县稻麦轮作农田区观测站地基多通道微波辐射计观测的高时间分辨率温度廓线资料,结合位温梯度法,计算了该站点的大气边界层高度,分析了边界层高度的日、月和季节演变规律。结果显示,晴朗天气情况下,边界层高度具备典型的日变化特征,随着地面温度的升高边界层高度不断增大。其最大平均值通常出现在午后,8月平均高度最高,超过1520m,1月最低,只有520m。而且边界层高度具有季节变化趋势,春季(3—5月)、夏季(6—8月)、秋季(9—11月)和冬季(12月至次年2月)平均高度分别为436m,499m,377m和322m。将边界层高度结果与FNL和ERA-Interim数据进行对比,发现在白天时间段(08:00—19:00)FNL和ERA-Interim比观测平均值分别高258m,346m,夜间时间段(19:00至次日08:00)比观测平均值分别低144m,102m。     

Comparisons of the temperature and humidity profiles of reanalysis products with shipboard GPS sounding measurements obtained during the 2018 Eastern Indian Ocean Open Cruise

本研究利用2018年春季东印度洋科学考察航次采集的GPS探空数据集,分析了三套再分析资料(JRA-55、MERR2和FGOALS-f2)对赤道东印度洋对流层中低层大气温湿廓线的模拟能力。结果表明:JRA-55和MERRA2能合理地再现850-600hPa之间的温度廓线的特征,最大偏差小于0.5度,但在850hPa以下的偏差增大,最底层的偏差分别达到了2和1.5度;两套再分析资料对850-600hPa之间的湿度扩线也具备较好的再现能力,但在850hPa以下JRA55和MERRA2再分析资料高估了相对湿度,最大湿度偏差可达15%。相对而言,FGOALS-f2分析资料对温度廓线再现能力最好,边界层内的温度偏差明显小于其它两套再分析资料;但FGOALS-f2也存在整层偏湿的问题,最大偏差在600hPa附近,误差接近20%。     

四种再分析辐射资料在东南极高原适用性评价

利用东南极Panda-1站2011年2月至2012年1月期间的辐射观测资料,检验了四种再分析资料在该地区的适用性。结果表明:对各辐射分量ERA interim在Panda-1地区的适用性都明显好于其他三种再分析资料,这主要归因于其四维变分(4D-VAR)数据同化系统的应用、新的云预报方程和改进的参数化方案以及同化了更多的卫星资料雷达等非常规探测资料。对于向下短波辐射,NCEP-1与实测值之间偏差最大(18.7 W·m-2),可能原因是模式对大气透明度的高估和对云量的低估。对反射率模拟的偏差直接导致了各模式对净短波辐射模拟偏差。NCEP-1与JCDAS都低估了Panda-1地区的地表反射率,模式中,地表吸收了更多的向下短波辐射,最终导致对净短波辐射模拟偏高。对向下长波辐射,四种再分析资料都存在不同程度的低估,冬季偏差大于夏季,其中NCEP-1与NCEP-2偏差最大(分别为-62.6 W·m-2和-37.3 W·m-2)。四种再分析资料均不能很好地反映Panda-1地区净辐射的年变化情况,一般而言,夏季偏差小,冬季偏差大。虽然再分析资料存在明显的缺陷和不足,在广袤的东南极高原地区,观测站点稀少,实测资料无法满足需要,再分析资料仍不失为研究东南极地区气候的一种有效工具。     

ERA5海面气压和风速再分析资料在渤海和北黄海适用性分析

利用渤海和北黄海9个站位浮标的海面10 m气压和风速观测资料对ERA5再分析资料的适用性进行了初步评估。结果表明：海面气压和风速再分析资料与观测资料具有良好的相关性,不同时间尺度的统计结果具有一定差异,累年逐月的相关性优于日均和日极值,极端天气下的相关系数最低。不同时间尺度的统计结果显示,气压再分析资料与观测值的偏差总体为负值,即高压再分析资料较观测值偏弱、低压再分析资料较观测值偏强,二者存在一定的系统性偏差;风速统计结果显示,偏差与风力级别有关,大风速时,风速再分析资料普遍小于观测值。累年逐月再分析资料反映了研究区气压和风速的季节变化特征,偏差也呈现出季节性变化,且冬季的适用性优于夏季;极端天气情况下,气压和风速再分析资料的适用性较差,需要开展进一步的订正处理。     

青藏高原地区多套位势高度和风场再分析资料的对比分析

针对20CR、CFSR、NCEP1、NCEP2、ERA-Interim、ERA-20CM和JRA-55再分析位势高度和风场资料,基于探空资料,采用计算均方根误差、相关分析等方法从气候均值、长期变化趋势和年际变率三个方面评估再分析资料在青藏高原地区的适用性.结果表明:再分析资料的适用性存在季节、空间和垂直层次上的差异.气候均值方面,NCEP1和ERA-Interim位势高度资料与观测资料最接近,适用性最佳,而ERA-20CM资料偏差最大.春夏季,NCEP2和NCEP1的风速资料质量较优,20CR和ERA-20CM资料质量相对较差;而秋冬季,ERA-20CM风速资料与探空资料最接近,质量最好.气候变化趋势方面,JRA-55、ERA-Interim和NCEP1资料质量存在时空的差异,但均能很好地反映出位势高度的变化趋势.年际变率方面,除了ERA-20CM,各再分析资料与探空资料相关性高,对年际变率的刻画基本一致,其中JRA-55和ERA-Interim位势高度资料与探空资料相关性最好.就季节而言,冬季再分析资料质量最高,适用性好,其次为春季,夏季资料质量最低.     

台湾以东黑潮锋的中尺度过程研究

采用海洋再分析结果,研究了海洋涡旋和锋面波动对台湾以东黑潮锋的影响,结果表明,Rossby波第一斜压模态形成的冷涡(暖涡),减弱(增强)台湾以东黑潮温度锋强度,减小(加大)锋的宽度.在再分析结果中,捕获到1991年1-2月台湾以东的一次黑潮锋面波动.锋面波动的波槽(波脊)到达时,该温度锋强度减弱(增强),宽度和厚度减小...