The decreasing spring frost risks during the flowering period for woody plants in temperate area of eastern China over past 50 years

The temperate monsoon area of China is an important agricultural region but late spring frosts have frequently caused significant damage to plants there. Based on phenological data derived from the Chinese Phenological Observation Network （CPON）, corresponding meteorological data from 12 study sites and phenological modeling, changes in flowering times of multiple woody plants and the frequency of frost occurrence were analyzed. Through these analyses, frost risk during the flowering period at each site was estimated. Results of these estimates suggested that first flowering dates （FFD） in the study area advanced significantly from 1963 to 2009 at an average rate of -1.52 days/decade in North-east China （P〈0.01） and -2.22 days/decade （P〈0.01） in North China. Over the same period, the number of frost days in spring decreased and the last frost days advanced across the study area. Considering both flowering phenology and occurrence of frost, the frost risk index, which measures the percentage of species exposed to frost during the flowering period in spring, exhibited a decreasing trend of -0.37% per decade （insignificant） in Northeast China and -1.80% per decade （P〈0.01） in North China, implying that frost risk has reduced over the past half century. These conclusions provide important information to agriculture and forest managers in devising frost protection schemes in the region.     

辽东东探区温带气旋风暴减水重现值估计

基于辽东东探区1966—2007年出现的76次温带气旋减水过程,对10个工程地点抽取了10个统计样本。考虑每年温带气旋出现频次的影响,使用泊松最大熵分布对其进行减水的长期统计分析。得到100年一遇和50年一遇最大幅度的减水重现值分别为304和286cm。由于受地形的影响,北部海域的减水幅度大于南部区域。     

消失的湖南大熊猫

大熊猫憨态可掬,人见人爱,现在它唯存于我国青藏高原东部边缘的温带森林中。据2006年国家林业局调查,全国野生大熊猫1596只,圈养161只。     

中国中温带东部生态地理区划的土壤指标

Eco-geographic regional system is formed by division or combination of natural features based on geographic relativity and comparison of major ecosystem factors (including biological and non-biological) and geographic zonality. In previous studies, soil types were often taken as a basis for soil regionalization. However, the quantitative characteristics of soil indicators are fitter than the qualitative ones of soil types for modern regionalization researches. Based on the second China’s national soil survey data and the provincial soil resource information, by principal analysis and discriminant analysis, this paper discusses the appropriate soil indicators as the complement of eco-geographic region indicator systems and the relationships between these soil indicators and soil types in regionalization. The results show that five indicators are used in eco-geographic zonality in mid-temperate zone of eastern China which are organic matter content, cation exchange capacity, pH, clay content and bulk density in topsoils. With a regression-kriging approach, the maps of soil indicators in mid-temperate zone of eastern China are compiled with a resolution of 1 km in every grid and the indicative meanings of these soil indicators are discussed. By cluster analysis it is proved that these soil indicators are better than the soil types and soil regionalization in delineating eco-geographic regions. Foundation: National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40771016 Author: Liu Ye (1980–), Ph.D, specialized in integrated physical geography.     

一次温带气旋的同化试验

温带气旋在浙江海域入海发展形成的瞬时大风和大浪常常会造成船只倾覆、人员伤亡等灾情。本文采用WRF中尺度数值模式对一次入海温带气旋过程进行3个试验分析,包括试验一(不同化任何资料)、试验二(将未经质量控制的云迹风资料全部放入模式同化)和试验三(将经质量控制以后的云迹风资料放入模式同化)。通过对高度场和风场等的模拟,并与实况对比,表明将经质量控制的云迹风资料放入模式可以较大程度改进温带气旋的模拟结果,为提高影响浙江海域的温带气旋预报的准确率提供一定参考。     

Seasonal evolution of the englacial and subglacial drainage systems of a temperate glacier revealed by hydrological analysis

Englacial and subglacial drainage systems of temperate glaciers have a strong influence on glacier dynamics, glacier-induced floods, glacier-weathering processes, and runoff from glacierized drainage basins. Proglacial discharge is partly controlled by the geometry of the glacial drainage network and by the process of producing meltwater. The glacial-drainage system of some alpine glaciers has been characterized using a model based on proglacial discharge analysis. In this paper, we apply cross-correlation analysis to hourly hydro-climatic data collected from China＇s Hailuogou Glacier, a typical temperate glacier in Mt. Gongga, to study the seasonal status changes of the englacial and subglacial drainage systems by discharge-temperature （Q-T） time lag analy-sis. During early ablation season （April-May） of 2003, 2004 and 2005, the change of englacial and subglacial drainage system usually leads several outburst flood events, which are also substantiated by observing the leakage of supraglacial pond and cre-vasses pond water during field works in April, 2008. At the end of ablation season （October-December）, the glacial-drainage net-works become less hydro-efficient. Those events are evidenced by hourly hydro-process near the terminus of Hailuogou Glacier, and the analysis of Q-T time lags also can be a good indicator of those changes. However, more detailed observations or experi-ments, e.g. dye-tracing experiment and recording borehole water level variations, are necessary to describe the evolutionary status and processes of englacial and subglacial drainage systems evolution during ablation season.     

夏季进入北极温带气旋的活动特征及其影响因素

进入北极地区的气旋在移动过程中往往伴有大风、强降水等特征,对北极气候变化有深刻的影响。基于NCEP2再分析资料,识别并跟踪了北半球夏季(6—8月)从中纬度进入北极的温带气旋,考察了其年际变化特征和影响因素。结果表明：1979—2019年夏季进入北极的温带气旋共867个,其中消失在北极边缘区域和中心区域的数量分别为688个和161个,且后者平均强度更大、平均持续时间更长。分区域研究发现,夏季从陆地进入极区的气旋个数较多,而从海洋进入极区的气旋强度更大,活动更为剧烈。对进入北极的气旋年际时间序列进行分析发现,夏季进入北极的气旋个数和强度均存在年际变率,其中气旋个数的年际变率尤为显著。气旋个数年际变率主要周期为5 a,强度的主要周期约为2.7 a。进一步分析发现,引导气流是影响气旋向北移动的重要因素。此外,夏季北大西洋气旋强度与同期北大西洋涛动(North Atlantic Oscillation, NAO)指数存在较好相关。研究还表明,进入极区气旋活动的年际变化受大气斜压不稳定性的影响,在北太平洋地区区域平均的Eady增长率与气旋个数和强度的相关性均最强,相关系数分别为0.4和0.5。     

非绝热二维滞弹性流体的动力稳定性

采用滞弹性近似下的二维滞流体动力学方程组，讨论了中尺度对称扰动的动力稳定性，得到其绝热情况下对称不稳定的判据条件。研究结果表明，相对于浅对流的情况而言，深对流情况下对称不稳定的条件更为苛刻一些。在考虑非绝热加热时，扰动增长率随其波长的变化会产生间断现象，中低层加热明显对中－β尺度扰动具有激发增长的作用，并且促使扰动向暖区传播，而中高层加热则具有一定的差异性。     

台风“狮子山”并入温带气旋过程及引发东北强降水的分析

使用常规观测、最佳台风路径数据、风云二号气象卫星亮温(Black body temperature equivalent,TBB)、全球协同探空站资料和NCEP/NCAR全球再分析资料,对2016年第10号台风"狮子山"并入温带气旋过程中,二者相互作用下引发的东北地区强降水进行了分析。结果发现,台风"狮子山"并入温带气旋过程中,其结构由对称的热带涡旋云系向非对称斜压云系发展,最终演变为成熟的温带气旋云系。受温带气旋的影响,台风"狮子山"逐渐进入到强垂直风切变环境,台风涡旋环流、水汽输送、垂直运动呈现明显的不对称和垂直向西倾斜结构,暖心结构遭遇破坏,水汽输送逐渐远离台风环流;台风影响下的高低空急流有利配置对温带气旋形成正涡度平流输送,伴随着锋生作用,使得温带气旋获得动力和能量而发展。对东北地区强降水的分析发现,台风并入温带气旋过程中,温带气旋加强发展,带来了增强的动力、水汽和能量的输送,是引发东北地区强降水的主要原因,降水主要发生在暖平流带中,600 h Pa与900 h Pa之间的厚度梯度大值区对强降水的落区具有很好的指示,强低层辐合、高层辐散,促使强的垂直上升运动,配合强暖平流和充沛水汽的输送,对应着强降水的发生。高层弱的干冷空气缓慢向低层侵入,使得降水持续时间长、结束缓慢。降水总体具有持续性,伴有较强对流降水的发生。     

发生在中国大陆的台风变性加强过程分析

通过对登陆台风Winnie(1997)的演变过程分析，发现登陆后的台风经历三个阶段：衰减阶段、变性阶段、重新加强阶段。其变性过程类似于Sekioka等人提出的复合型，变性后逐渐演变为Shapiro—Keyser气旋模型。通过对物理量的诊断分析发现，对流层中高层冷空气的下沉入侵以及对流层低层的暖平流是热带气旋变性的原因。冷空气的入侵使具有暖心结构的热带气旋演变为斜压结构的温带气旋。变性后气旋得到了重新发展，低层维持的较明显暖平流以及与高空急流相对应的散度区和高空涡度平流是导致气旋重新发展的重要物理因子。