Longitudinal Displacement of the Subtropical High in the Western Pacific in Summer and its Influence

Using the relative vorticity averaged over a certain area, a new index for measuring the longitudinal position of the subtropical high (SH) in the western Pacific is proposed to avoid the increasing trend of heights in the previous indices based on geopotential height. The years of extreme westward and eastward extension of SH using the new index are in good agreement with those defined by height index. There exists a distinct difference in large-scale circulation between the eastward and westward extension of SH under the new definition, which includes not only the circulation in the middle latitudes but also the flow in the lower latitudes. It seems that when the SH extends far to the east (west), the summer monsoon in the South China Sea is stronger (weaker) and established earlier (later). In addition, there exists a good relationship between the longitudinal position of SH and the summer rainfall in China. A remarkable negative correlation area appears in the Changjiang River valley, indicating that when the SH extends westward (eastward), the precipitation in that region increases (decreases). A positive correlation region is found in South China, showing the decrease of rainfall when the SH extends westward. On the other hand, the rainfall is heavier when the SH retreats eastward. However, the anomalous longitudinal position of SH is not significantly related to the precipitation in North China. The calculation of correlation coefficients between the index of longitudinal position of SH and surface temperature in China shows that a large area of positive values, higher than 0.6 in the center, covers the whole of North China, even extending eastward to the Korean Peninsula and Japan Islands when using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data to do the correlation calculation. This means that when the longitudinal position of the SH withdraws eastward in summer, the temperature over North China is higher. On the other hand, when it moves westward, the temperature there is lower. This could explain the phenomenon of the seriously high temperatures over North China during recent summers, because the longitudinal position of SH in recent summers was located far away from the Asian continent. Another region with large negative correlation coefficients is found in South China.     

青藏高原热力异常与华北汛期降水关系的研究

利用1980～1994年NCEP/NCAR再分析资料,以及我国336个测站1956～1994年月降水量资料,通过诊断分析和数值实验,研究了夏季高原上热力异常与华北汛期降水的关系.结果表明:华北汛期干旱年,青藏高压及西太平洋副热带高压偏南、偏东,华北汛期降水偏多年则相反;华北汛期旱年时,高原上升、高原东侧邻近地区下沉的垂直环流明显加强,而降水偏多年时,垂直环流减弱,华北地区为上升气流控制;夏季高原为热源和水汽汇区,它们的异常对华北地区降水有很大影响,当热源和水汽汇增强(减弱)时,华北地区降水偏少(偏多).数值试验表明,高原上潜热加热异常引起青藏高压、西太平洋副热带高压、亚洲季风以及欧亚中高纬地区环流的变化,进而影响到华北地区的降水.     

亚洲夏季风各子系统主要变率相互关系初析

使用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料和CMAP月平均降水资料分析了亚洲夏季风各个子系统的相互关系。结果表明亚洲夏季风子系统之间存在显著相关。从同期强度变化可知,当东亚季风偏强时,大尺度亚洲季风、东南亚季风、南亚季风均偏弱,相关区域降水偏少;而同时大尺度亚洲季风偏强时,东南亚和南亚季风偏强,相关区域降水偏多;东南亚季风偏强时,南亚季风偏弱,南亚地区降水偏少;反之亦然。从不同周期强度变化可知各个子系统相关仍然显著。      

地形对台风“海葵”降水增幅影响的研究

使用NCEP GFS资料和WRF V3.4模式对2012年第11号台风"海葵"(1211)引发的安徽强降水过程进行数值模拟,通过改变模式中安徽省大别山区和皖南山区的地形高度,设计一组敏感性试验,对"海葵"降水的地形增幅效应进行研究。结果表明:(1)WRF模式对台风"海葵"降水过程有较好的模拟能力。(2)大别山区和皖南山区地形对"海葵"移动路径、强度以及降水分布、强度均有不同程度的影响;不同地形高度下模拟的台风路径及降水分布差异较大,且降水中心强度与地形高度相关性较好,地形对暴雨增幅作用明显。(3)山区地形有利于中尺度辐合线和低涡生成、发展,并有强水汽辐合中心与之相对应;有地形时对流层低层上升运动比无地形时明显加强,对安徽中南部强降水增幅作用显著。     

江西2012年5月12日大暴雨过程水汽输送分析

利用NCEP 1°×1°再分析资料、常规气象观测资料和WRF中尺度数值模式,对2012年5月12日江西出现的大暴雨天气水汽输送的过程进行分析。结果表明,从大尺度分析,此次暴雨过程的水汽输送特征并不典型,比湿、水汽通量、水汽通量散度、整层水汽输送等均不能满足江西出现暴雨时应该达到的水汽条件;但模拟的中小尺度水汽指数能够满足江西发生暴雨的水汽条件。此次暴雨过程的水汽主要来自南海地区。暴雨出现的区域与整层水汽大值区的水平梯度最大处相吻合。当整层水汽输送值较小时,水汽输送主要集中在中低层,但当整层水汽输送值较大时,水汽输送的高度高度超过500 hPa高度层,仅分析500 hPa高度层以下的水汽输送对暴雨预报会造成一定的误差。     

广东“5.24”暴雨的湿有效能量分析

利用海峡两岸及邻近地区暴雨试验期间的时间加密观测资料,分析了1998年5月24日发生在广东省的一次暴雨过程。发现湿有效能量与此次暴雨降水的关系比较清楚。降水开始前,暴雨区的能量显著增加,强降水开始于能量显著减少时;强降水时,暴雨区的能量出现小幅反弹;当暴雨区能量再次显著减少后暴雨降水结束;这是一次能量锋暴雨,暴雨开始前有能量锋生现象发生,暴雨强降水时段与强能量锋同步,暴雨区位于高能舌北侧能量锋附近。     

东北夏季月低温事件的定义及大气环流年代际特征分析

利用1960-2009年东北地区150个地面测站的逐日气温资料,定义了东北三省夏季月低温事件（简称MCSE）,并将其分为5类。结果表明：MCSE发生频率在20世纪60-70年代较高,80年代逐渐减少,90年代显著减少; 6月和8月以第Ⅲ类MCSE为主,而7月则是第Ⅱ类;在冷气候背景下,第Ⅱ类MCSE正涡动能量是由高纬向中纬度传播,正常背景下是由中纬度向高纬度传播,第Ⅲ类则与之相反,暖背景下第Ⅱ类MCSE的能量传播方向与冷背景一样,而第Ⅲ类则先是由低纬度向高低纬度传播,然后是由高纬度向低纬度传播;同时还发现,在冷背景下第Ⅱ类和第Ⅲ类MCSE,中国东北地区都是处于大范围强冷空气带的覆盖下,而正常期气候背景下这两类MCSE的东北冷涡和乌拉尔山阻塞高压（西阻）都比较明显,在暖背景下,第Ⅱ类MCSE的阻塞高压（中阻）、鄂霍次克海阻塞高压（东阻）以及东北冷涡系统都很明显,而第Ⅲ类MCSE的阻塞高压（中阻）和东北冷涡明显。     

应用双光谱云图判识梅雨锋云系降水等级

用１９９１年梅雨期间的部分ＧＭＳ红外，可见光数字云图及同时的地面实测降水资料，从分析各等级降水云的二维频数分布着后，探求降水强度与红外，可见光亮度值之间的关系，最终实现用红外，可见光双光谱阈值法判识大暴雨，暴雨，大雨，中小雨４个等级的降水云。     

Numerical simulation of the impact of vegetation index on the interannual variation of summer precipitation in the Yellow River Basin

Two sets of numerical experiments using the coupled National Center for Environmental Prediction General Circulation Model （NCEP/GCM T42L18） and the Simplified Simple Biosphere land surface scheme （SSiB） were carried out to investigate the climate impacts of fractional vegetation cover （FVC） and leaf area index （LAI） on East Asia summer precipitation, especially in the Yellow River Basin （YRB）. One set employed prescribed FVC and LAI which have no interannual variations based on the climatology of vegetation distribution; the other with FVC and LAI derived from satellite observations of the International Satellite Land Surface Climate Project （ISLSCP） for 1987 and 1988. The simulations of the two experiments were compared to study the influence of FVC, LAI on summer precipitation interannual variation in the YRB. Compared with observations and the NCEP reanalysis data, the experiment that included both the effects of satellite-derived vegetation indexes and sea surface temperature （SST） produced better seasonal and interannual precipitation variations than the experiment with SST but no interannual variations in FVC and LAI, indicating that better representations of the vegetation index and its interannual variation may be important for climate prediction. The difference between 1987 and 1988 indicated that with the increase of FVC and LAI, especially around the YRB, surface albedo decreased, net surface radiation increased, and consequently local evaporation and precipitation intensified. Further more, surface sensible heat flux, surface temperature and its diurnal variation decreased around the YRB in response to more vegetation. The decrease of surface-emitting longwave radiation due to the cooler surface outweighed the decrease of surface solar radiation income with more cloud coverage, thus maintaining the positive anomaly of net surface radiation. Further study indicated that moisture flux variations associated with changes in the general circulation also contributed to the precipitation interannual variation.     

北太平洋海表持续加热对夏季中国降水及大气环流的影响

用海温距平累积和讨论了北太平洋海温异常持续加热对夏季中国降水和大气环流的影响。结果表明：ＳＴＰＮＡ（海温的太平洋北美遥相关型）指数距平累积和与江淮流域夏季降水有密切的相关,与全国雨带的类型也有较好的联系。进而讨论了ＳＴＰＮＡ指数距平累积和对大气环流的影响。