南宁雷达责任区强对流天气的气候统计特征分析

对1958~2002年共计44a内,前汛期(2~6月)南宁雷达责任区内的冰雹、短时大风等强对流天气进行了气候统计分析,以及分析了强对流天气对应的影响天气系统,得到了一些有价值的气候时空分布特征规律。     

南宁市大雾气候特征分析

利用南宁市所管辖8个站1965~2002年的观测资料,分析了南宁市大雾天气的分布情况和气候变化特征。结果表明:南宁市大雾的平均季节分布为冬季最多,夏季最少。各月大雾总日数出现频率呈双峰型,多项式回归分析结果表明大雾日数的年际变化呈逐渐减少趋势。     

海水养殖多环境因子在线监测系统的设计与实现

针对海水养殖中水质、气象参数的自动监测和预警需求, 采用YSI 600R 多参数水质仪和TRM-ZS2 型自动气象站作为养殖现场水质和气象参数在线监测仪, 结合GPRS 无线传输技术和信息处理技术, 设计开发了海水养殖多环境因子在线监测系统。该系统可在线、连续地对水温、酸碱度、溶解氧含量、盐度4 个水质参数以及风速、气压、太阳辐射、雨量4 个气象参数进行测量, 并提供了养殖自动预警功能。系统能实时对海水养殖风险的潜在因子进行监测, 可解决采用人工方式无法满足大规模、集约化海水养殖环境因子监测需要的问题。     

METEOROLOGICAL TSUNAMIS IN SOUTHERN BRITAIN: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW*

ABSTRACT. Meteorological tsunamis, or meteo‐tsunamis, are long‐period waves that possess tsunami characteristics but are meteorological in origin, although they are not storm surges. In this article we investigate the coast of southern Britain‐the English Channel, the Bristol Channel, and the Severn Estuary‐for the occurrence of tsunami‐like waves that, in the absence of associated seismic activity, we recognize as meteo‐tsunamis. The passage of squall lines over the sea apparently generated three of these events, and two seem to have been far‐traveled, long‐period waves from mid‐North Atlantic atmospheric low‐pressure systems. The remaining three wave events appear to have been associated with storms that, among possible explanations, may have induced large‐amplitude standing waves‐such as seiches‐or created long‐period waves through the opposition of onshore gale‐force winds and swells with high ebb tidal current velocities. This coastal hazard has resulted in damage and loss of life and should be considered in future coastal defense strategies and in beachuser risk assessments.     

A reindeer herder's perspective on caribou, weather and socio-economic change on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Non-climate variables shape vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change. Here, we describe how recent environmental and socio-economic developments have transformed reindeer herding and perceptions of weather on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The reindeer industry has shrunk considerably since the early 1990s, when the winter range of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd expanded, and over 17 000 reindeer mixed with migrating caribou and left the region. Socio-economic and environmental repercussions make the continuation of herding tenuous, and erode the ability of herders to cope with weather variability, among other perturbations. We present a case study of one herder's annual cycle, and juxtapose physical drivers of herding activities, including weather-station and herder observations of local weather variability, with socio-economic factors. There is an increased urgency to access and monitor reindeer with caribou present, but herding plans are constrained by lower economic returns and the need to spend more time in non-herding jobs. Although weather is a greater concern now for immediate herd access, standard weather data are largely irrelevant to the mechanics of herding, whereas variables pertaining to the timing of biotic events (e.g., synchrony of spring break-up and calving) and visibility are attributed to lost herding opportunities. Short-term responses to weather conditions stem from more long-term vulnerability associated with caribou presence, reduced herd size, difficulties affording snowmobile maintenance or crew assistance, and dwindling market opportunities. We emphasize the environmental and socio-economic interactions that affect vulnerability and adaptive capacity for modern herding.     

THE EFFECT OF SYNOPTIC SCALE WEATHER SYSTEMS ON SUB‐SURFACE SOIL TEMPERATURES IN A DIURNAL FROST ENVIRONMENT: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS FROM SUB‐ANTARCTIC MARION ISLAND

Marion Island in the South Indian Ocean has a maritime climate dominated by diurnal frost processes in the landscape. We test the hypothesis that synoptic time‐scale measurements are essential in understanding the drivers of diurnal frost processes. Preliminary results from automated microclimate measurements in a polar desert habitat show that diurnal soil surface temperatures on Marion Island are influenced by a complex interaction of radiation balance, air mass circulation, cloud cover and snow. The passage of synoptic scale weather systems influences soil thermal characteristics through changes in dominance of the radiation budget. Soil frost on Marion appears to be dependent on clear skies, while synoptic weather systems affect the duration and intensity of soil frost processes and non‐radiative heat fluxes. Air circulation patterns at Marion Island influence diurnal scale temperature fluctuations and its direct and indirect interactions with ecosystem processes. The data suggest that in a maritime sub‐Antarctic environment the climatic drivers of soil frost occur at a finertemporal resolution than for seasonal and permafrost environments and needs to be measured at a diurnal time‐scale to be meaningful.     

High-frequency rock temperature data from hyper-arid desert environments in the Atacama and the Antarctic Dry Valleys and implications for rock weathering

In desert environments with low water and salt contents, rapid thermal variations may be an important source of rock weathering. We have obtained temperature measurements of the surface of rocks in hyper-arid hot and cold desert environments at a rate of 1/s over several days. The values of temperature change over 1-second intervals were similar in hot and cold deserts despite a 30 °C difference in absolute rock surface temperature. The average percentage of the time dT/dt > 2 °C/min was ~ 8 ± 3%, > 4 °C/min was 1 ± 0.9%, and > 8 °C/min was 0.02 ± 0.03%. The maximum change over a 1-second interval was ~ 10 °C/min. When sampled to simulate data taken over intervals longer than 1 s, we found a reduction in time spent above the 2 °C/min temperature gradient threshold. For 1-minute samples, the time spent above any given threshold was about two orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding value for 1-second sampling. We suggest that a rough measure of efficacy of weathering as a function of frequency is the product of the percentage of time spent above a given threshold value multiplied by the damping depth for the corresponding frequency. This product has a broad maximum for periods between 3 and 10 s.     

近45 a六盘水大风天气气候特征分析

 利用1961—2004年六盘水市各测站逐日风的观测资料,采用统计方法,对六盘水地区大风天气的分布情况、年际变化及大风发生日数的气候变化特征等进行了分析。结果表明,近45 a大风天气西南部最多,北部次之,东部最少;六盘水市一年四季均有大风天气出现,但大风天气的出现有着明显的季节性变化,春季出现频次最高,冬季次之,秋季最小;六盘水市各地大风天气主要出现在每年的2—5月,3月最多,4月次之,9月最少;大风天气20世纪60、70年代持续偏多,进入80年代后,大风日数持续偏少,在1980年附近急剧减少,从总的气候趋势看,大风天气总日数近45 a来呈下降趋势;年总大风日数在1980年附近存在突变现象,表现为日数的急剧减少。     

地磁活动指数的过去、现在和未来

地磁活动性是范围广、分量多、种类繁、形态异、频谱宽、原因复杂的时变过程.面对如此复杂的地磁活动性,除了分门别类逐一进行深入研究之外,根据实测资料,用简便易行的分类和简单明了的指标,对地磁活动性进行总体检阅和形态学描述也是非常必要的.于是,各种地磁活动指数应运而生.地磁指数不仅是表征地磁活动现象的重要参数,其应用范围逐渐扩展到日地能量耦合计算、电离层一磁层一太阳风空问环境状态描述、空间环境监测、空间天气预报等许多相关领域."地磁活动指数化"的思想正在向别的领域扩展,其构建原理和量算方法也在不断改进和完善.本文将现有的约50种地磁活动指数分两大类型,综述其提出背景和发展过程,分析其使用范围和优缺点,探讨地磁活动指数未来发展的趋势.     

中国天气发生器降水模拟参数的气候变化特征

利用中国672个站点1951-2007年的逐日降水资料,分1951-1978和1979-2007两个时段分析了中国天气发生器BCC/RCG-WG降水模拟参数的气候变化特征.结果表明,在气候变化背景条件下,我国各地干日到湿日的降水转移概率P(WD)和湿日到湿日的降水转移概率P(WW)除了西部部分地区有增大的趋势外,其余大部地区均有减小的趋势.相对于P(WW),全国各地P(WD)的减小幅度更大.日降水量GAMMA分布形态参数ALPHA除西北地区西部部分地区有减小趋势外,其余大部地区略有增大趋势,尺度参数BETA在全国各地基本都保持增大的趋势,其中西北地区西部等地增大趋势尤为明显.相对于BETA的变化幅度,ALPHA的减小幅度较小,基本在6%以内.