Mechanism of an Abrupt Decrease in Sea-Ice Cover in the Pacific Sector of the Arctic during the Late 1980s

The recent decline in Arctic sea-ice cover (SIC) shows seasonal and regional characteristics. The retreat of summer sea ice has occurred mainly in the Pacific sector of the Arctic. In this study, using the moving t-test, we found an abrupt change event in the long-term sea-ice area in the Pacific sector in summer 1989. This event was linked to the phase shift of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) or the Northern Annular Mode (NAM). Corresponding with the AO/NAM phase shift from negative to positive, the area of the northern hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex decreased abruptly in winter 1988/89. Comparisons of two periods before (1979–1988) and after (1989–1993) the abrupt decrease in sea ice show that an anomalous winter sea level pressure (SLP) was induced by changes in the polar vortex leading to an anomalous cyclonic ice drift in the Pacific sector. The changes in SLP and wind field persisted into the following spring, resulting in a decrease in SIC and warming of the surface air temperature (SAT). The influence of the spring SLP and SAT on ice persisted into the following summer. Meanwhile, the increased summer net surface heat flux over the ocean and sea ice as a result of the decreased spring ice cover further contributed to the summer sea-ice melt.     

春季格陵兰海冰变化及与北大西洋涛动和北极涛动的联系

采用长序列(1903—1994年)GISST海冰面积和海表温度(SST)资料、NCEP／NCAR再分析资料等，分析了春季格陵兰海冰面积年代际变化特征及其同北大西洋海气变化的关系。结果表明：春季格陵兰海冰面积变化的主要特征可由海冰变化的EOF第一主分量表示。春季海冰变化与前冬NAO／AO以及冬春1—4月份北大西洋墨西哥湾流区SST具有明显的反相变化趋势，且均具有准60a的周期变化特征。海洋向大气的热量输送(感热、潜热)受到海冰变化的显著影响(冰多输送少)。海冰作为大气的冷源，也明显影响地表净辐射的变化。进而，春季海冰变化可影响后期的大气环流变化：海冰面积偏大(偏小)，冰岛低压和阿留申低压偏弱(偏强)，夏季北非和亚洲大陆的SLP明显偏低(偏高)，两大陆夏季热低压加强(减弱)。     

2012年春节期间广东罕见低温阴雨天气特点及成因

利用常规气象观测资料、NCEP/NCAR分析资料,以及国家气候中心的海温监测资料等,初步分析了2012年春节前后广东极端低温阴雨天气过程的特点和成因。结果表明,此次过程具有极端温度低、低温范围广、阴雨时间长的特征;此次罕见天气过程是在＂北极涛动＂负位相活动和显著＂拉尼娜＂事件背景下发生,与欧亚地区持续大气环流异常密切相关。乌拉尔山阻塞高压建立后,中高纬稳定的＂两脊一槽＂形势下,有利于短波槽东南移影响华南;同时,高原南侧的南支西风槽加深增强了低纬水汽往华南地区输送,冷暖空气在华南长时间交绥,造成了持续的低温阴雨过程。过程期间,粤北近地层极端气温低,但中层暖层无论从强度、厚度及持续时间均未有2008年明显,因此过程主要以＂低温＂和＂阴雨＂为主,并未发生类似2008年初的粤北持续大范围＂低温雨雪冰冻＂天气。     

The Binary Black Hole Scenario for the BL Lacertae Object AO 0235＋16

Recent analysis of the long term radio light curve of the extremely variable BL Lacertae object AO 0235+16 by Raiteri et al. have revealed the presence of recurrent outbursts with a period of ～ 5.7±0.5 yr. Periodicity analysis of the optical light curve also shows evidence for a shorter period. Here we discuss whether such a behavior can be explained by a binary black hole model where the accretion disk of one of the supermassive black holes is precessing due to the tidal effects of the companion. We estimate the mass of the accreting hole and analyze constraints on the secondary mass and the orbital parameters of the system. It is possible to provide a viable interpretation of the available multiwavelength data.     

青藏高原气候变化的若干事实及其年际振荡的成因探讨

利用1961-2012年青藏高原88个气象台站逐月气温、降水以及温室气体等气候系统监测资料和CMIP5输出的未来气候变化情景数据,分析了近52年来青藏高原气候变化暖湿化的若干事实,揭示了其年际振荡与温室气体、高原加热场、高原季风、AO等气候系统因子的关系,预测了未来20~40年青藏高原可能的气候变化趋势。研究表明：近52年来青藏高原在总体保持气候变暖的趋势下自2006年以来出现了某些增暖趋于缓和的迹象,较全球变化滞后了8年左右;降水量的增加在青藏高原具有明显的普遍性和显著性,气候变湿较变暖具有一定的滞后性,降水量变化的5年短周期日趋不显著,而12年、25年较长周期逐渐明显且仍呈增多趋势。由于温室气体、气溶胶持续增加、高原夏季风趋强、ENSO事件和太阳辐射减少,青藏高原气候持续增暖但有所缓和;春季高原加热场增强、高原夏季风爆发提前且保持强劲,使得高原春、夏季和年降水量增加,而秋、冬季AO相对稳定少动,东亚大槽强度无明显变化,高原冬季风变化不甚显著,导致了高原秋、冬季降水量无明显变化。未来20~40年青藏高原仍有可能继续保持气温升高、降水增加趋势。     

北欧海主要海盆海面热通量的多年变化

北欧海有暖流和寒流注入,又发生大量回流,水团特性异常复杂。由于北欧海的环流受地形控制,其水团的分布与4个海盆的分布有密切的关系。本文研究各个海盆热通量变化的差异,以研究获取对北欧海海气相互作用区域差异的认识。北欧海的热量夏季以太阳短波辐射为主,冬季以来自海洋的长波辐射、感热和潜热通量为主。海盆间的差异主要体现在格陵兰海,其变化幅度短波辐射高出50%,长波辐射高出大约40%,潜热高出大约60%,感热高出近4倍。可能的原因是,格陵兰海强烈的感热和潜热释放导致海温降低,气温也受北极冷空气的影响,形成与暖流区迥异的自然环境。过去30年发生了2次显著的热量减少事件。其中,1987年的事件很可能与冰岛的火山喷发有关,火山喷发对短波辐射的影响长达一年之久,导致感热和潜热也同步减少。1998年格陵兰海的潜热和感热明显减少,与北极海冰输出导致的海温偏低有显著关系。文章分析了4个主要海盆热通量的变化与北极涛动(AO)指数的关系。结果表明,发生在冰岛海的向下短波辐射和发生在格陵兰海的感热和潜热与AO相关度较高,体现了与AO的密切关系。这些热通量与AO指数的滑动相关系数表明,1992年以前冰岛海的短波辐射与AO的相关性非常高,而格陵兰海的感热和潜热在1993年后与AO高度相关,是值得深入研究的现象。本文的结果支持以下观点:北欧海对北极涛动的贡献主要是格陵兰海的感热和潜热释放通过冰岛低压区的上升气流影响冰岛低压的云量,从而影响到达的太阳辐射而导致大气环流的变化。     

AO OMD解读

随着GIS技术的发展，用基于COM标准的ArcObject（AO）进行GIS开发成为一种有效的途径。对AO编程、开发GIS，一个重要的关键点在于开发者具有读懂AO Object Model Diagrams（OMD）的能力。本文从如下3个角度：牢记OMD图例、标记，深刻领会OMD内蕴的地学之道和熟记OMD层次结构，来帮助GIS开发人员阅读、理解AO OMD。同时对OMD中蕴藏的GIS基本线进行了图解。     

Annual and semiannual oscillations of stratospheric ozone

The global structures of annual oscillation (AO) and semiannual oscillation (SAO) of stratospheric ozone are examined by applying spherical harmonic analysis to the ozone data obtained from the Nimbus-7 solar backscattered UV-radiation (SBUV) measurements for the period November 1978 to October 1980. Significant features of the results are: (1) while the stratospheric ozone AO is prevalent only in the polar regions, the ozone SAO prevails both in the equatorial and polar stratospheres; (2) the vertical distribution of the equatorial ozone SAO has a broad maximum of the order of 0.5 (mixing ratio in g/g) and the maximum appears earlier at high altitude (shifting from May [and November] at 0.3 mb [60 km] to November [and May] at 40 mb); (3) above the 40 km level, the maximum of the polar ozone SAO shifts upward towards later phase with altitude with a rate of approximately 10 km/month in both hemispheres; (4) vertical distributions of the polar ozone AOs and SAOs show two peaks in amplitude with a minimum (nodal layer) in between and a rapid phase change with altitude takes place in the respective nodal layers; and (5) the heights of the ozone AO- and SAO-peaks decrease with latitude. The main part of AOs and SAOs of stratospheric ozone including hemispheric asymmetries is ascribable to: (i) temperature dependent ozone photochemistry in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere, (ii) variations of radiation field in the lower stratosphere affected by the annual cycle of solar illumination and temperature in the upper stratosphere and (iii) meridional ozone transport by dynamical processes in the lower stratosphere.     

BL Lac天体AO 0235 164在5 GHz上的VLBI观测

应用５ＧＨｚＶＬＢＩ技术在历元１９９７.１２的观测结果,给出ＢＬ　Ｌａｃ天体ＡＯ　０２３５＋１６４在毫角秒尺度上的最新图像．该致密天体的射电结构由一个亮核所支配,另外在东北和西南方向各存在一个相对较弱的子源,其中东北方向的子源要比西南方向的明显得多.模型拟合结果显示,该源的喷流位置角为６６.４°,该数值超过以往的任何一次观测结果．根据流量密度随时间的变化关系,我们发现ＡＯ０２３５＋１６４在波长６ｃｍ上可能存在两种周期性的变化,即１—２年的短周期性变化和３－５年的长周期性变化这两种周期性的变化可能是由于喷流的爆发和旋转两种效应共同作用的结果．