A Re-examination of Density Effects in Eddy Covariance Measurements of CO_2 Fluxes

Corrections of density effects resulting from air-parcel expansion/compression are important in interpreting eddy covariance fluxes of water vapor and CO2 when open-path systems are used. To account for these effects, mean vertical velocity and perturbation of the density of dry air are two critical parameters in treating those physical processes responsible for density variations. Based on various underlying assumptions, different studies have obtained different formulas for the mean vertical velocity and ...     

青藏高原东坡理塘地区近地层湍流通量与微气象特征研究

简要介绍青藏高原东坡理塘大气综合观测站长期观测试验,并利用2006年1、7月资料分别代表该站冬季和夏季,初步分析和比较该地区冬、夏季近地层微气象特征和湍流通最输送情况,得到了以下结论:(1)风、温、湿均表现出明显的日变化特征.冬季风速值平均大于夏季,风速极大值均出现在下午;冬季温度梯度早晚大,白天小,而夏季均较小;湿度梯度早晚大于白天.(2)中件条件下风速廓线对数关系表现为一条直线而非中件条件下略偏离对数关系,晚上均有逆温现象出现.在一定高度能观测到较弱的逆湿现象.(3)冬季以感热为主,潜热值较小,夏季以潜热为主,但感热也较大,且冬季通量值要远小于夏季;冬季动量通量平均大于夏季,二氧化碳通量远小于夏季;浅层(地面以下2和5 cm)土壤热通量也具有明显的日变化特征,白天从土壤吸收热量,夜间则放出热量.(4)地面热源强度具有显著的日变化特征:白天为强热源,夜间冷热源特征不明显.冬季和夏季全天平均表现为热源,但夏季强度远大于冬季,平均达到134 W/m2左右,冬季仪约35.3 W/m2.     

ANALYSIS OF RAINSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH SIMILAR TRACK TROPICAL CYCLONES HAITANG (0505) AND BILLS (0604)

It is generally thought that the influence of comparable track typhoons is approximately similar,but in fact their wind and especially their rainstorm distribution are often very different. Therefore,a contrastive analysis of rainstorms by tropical cyclones (TCs) Haitang (0505) and Bilis (0604),which are of a similar track,is designed to help understand the mechanism of the TC rainstorm and to improve forecasting skills. The daily rainthll of TC itaitang (0505) and Bills (0604) is diagnosed and compared.The result indicates that these two TCs have similar precipitation distribution before landtall but different precipitation characteristics after landthll. Using NCEP/GFS analysis data,the synoptic situation is analyzed; water vapor transportation is discussed regarding the calculated water vapor flux and divergence.The results show that the heavy rainfall in the Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces associated with Haitang (0505) and Bitis (0604) before landlhll results ti'om a peripheral easterly wind,a combination of the tropical cyclone and the terrain. After landthll and moving far inland of the storm,the precipitation of Haitang is caused by water vapor convergence carried by its own circulation; it is much weaker than that in the coastal area. One of the important contributing thctors to heavy rainstorms in southeast Zhejiang is a southeast jet stream,which is maintained over the southeast coast. In contrast,the South China Sea monsoon circulation transports large amounts of water vapor into Bills - when a water-vapor transport belt south of the tropical cyclone significantly strengthens - which strengthens the transport. Then,it causes water vapor flux to converge on the south side of Bilis and diverge on the north side. Precipitation is much stronger on the south side than that on the north side. After Bilis travels far inland,the cold air guided by a north trough travels into the TC and remarkably enhances precipitation. In summary,combining vertical wind shear with water vapor transportation is a good way to predict rainstorms associated with landing tropical cyclones.     

DIAGNOSIS OF WAVE ACTIVITY OVER RAINBAND OF LANDFALL TYPHOON

A generalized wave-activity density, which is defined as an absolute value of production of three-dimensional vorticity vector perturbation and gradient of general potential temperature perturbation, is introduced and its wave-activity law is derived in Cartesian coordinates. Constructed in an agoestrophic and nonhydrostatic dynamical framework, the generalized wave-activity law may be applicable to diagnose mesoscale weather systems leading to heavy rainfall. The generalized wave-activity density and wave-activity flux divergence were calculated with the objective analysis data to investigate the character of wave activity over heavy-rainfall regions. The primary dynamical processes responsible for disturbance associated with heavy rainfall were also analyzed. It was shown that the generalized wave-activity density was closely correlated to the observed 6-h accumulative rainfall. This indicated that the wave activity or disturbance was evident over the frontal and landfall-typhoon heavy-rainfall regions in middle and lower troposphere. For the landfall-typhoon rainband, the portion of generalized wave-activity flux divergence, denoting the interaction between the basic-state cyclonic circulation of landfall typhoon and mesoscale waves, was the primary dynamic process responsible for the evolution of generalized wave-activity density.     

2008年河南黄淮地区暴雨过程个例分析

利用常规气象资料和NCEP资料对2008年7月22日河南黄淮地区的暴雨过程进行了分析.结果表明:这次过程是在500 hPa槽前西南气流引导下,高低空急流耦合区内西南涡沿切变线移出,弱冷空气侵入暖倒槽触发不稳定能量释放造成的.垂直螺旋度计算结果显示:中低层正垂直螺旋度中心与降水落区有很好的对应关系,大暴雨中心位于正垂直螺旋度中心附近.湿位涡演变分析发现,这次过程有"干侵入"发生,暴雨区中低层对流不稳定和对称不稳定共存,有利于降水增幅.水汽条件分析表明:这次过程的水汽源地在孟加拉湾和南海,主要是低层和近地层的水汽辐合.     

RS485总线在近地层通量观测系统中的应用

RS485接口具有良好的抗噪声干扰性、长传输距离和接收多站数据能力等优点,使其成为分布式测量控制系统首选的串行接口。介绍了RS485总线的特点、工作方式、组网及在张掖近地层通量观测系统中的具体应用,同时探讨了RS485总线使用中的一些问题及采取的应对措施。     

AN ANALYSIS OF THE ASYMMETRICAL STRUCTURE OF TYPHOON AERE'S PRECIPITATION

The structural characteristics of 2004 typhoon Aere’s precipitation are analyzed using the high-resolution data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). It is found that the typhoon’s characteristics vary at different stages of its development. To analyze the asymmetric causation of precipitation distribution, data from the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis are used to calculate the vertical integral of the water vapor flux vector. The results show that because of this process, along with the unique phenomenon of twin-typhoon circulation, the easterly air current of the typhoon’s northern side and the southwesterly air current of its southern side play a joint role in transporting water vapor. Furthermore, its transport effects vary greatly at the different stages of development, showing the peculiarity of the water source for this typhoon process. The distributions of the typhoon convection area—characterized by heavy precipitation and a maximum-value area of the water vapor flux, as well as a strong ascending-motion area—differ at different stages of the typhoon’s development. The non-uniform distribution of water vapor flux and the vertical motion bring about asymmetrical distribution of the typhoon precipitation.     

欧亚中高纬春季地表感热异常与长江中下游夏季降水的可能联系

利用国家气候中心提供的中国区域753站降水观测资料、ECMWF逐月地表感热通量再分析资料和NECP/NCAR再分析资料,讨论了欧亚大陆中高纬春季地表感热异常与长江中下游夏季降水之间的联系及其相关的物理机制。分析发现欧亚大陆中高纬春季地表感热异常与长江中下游地区夏季降水存在显著的正相关:感热偏强期,长江中下游夏季降水偏多;感热偏弱期,长江中下游夏季降水偏少。春季感热异常偏强时,夏季东亚副热带西风急流主体位置偏东、强度偏强、范围偏大,长江中下游地区主要受辐合上升气流控制,水汽输送条件好,降水异常偏多。而春季感热偏弱时,情况大致相反,则夏季降水异常偏少。研究表明欧亚大陆中高纬春季地表感热通量异常变化对我国长江中下游夏季降水预测具有一定的指示意义。     

一次暴雨过程的动力诊断

应用常规观测资料及NCEP再分析资料,对2008年5月21日福建中部地区暴雨成因进行诊断分析。结果表明:此次强降水位于水汽通量散度平流项与散度项辐合配置较好区域;高层较强涡度平流促进福建中部地区上升运动;差动假相当位温平流增强大气不稳定度,促进垂直上升运动;低层水平运动锋生中心的位置和强度与未来6h降水中心位置和强度较为一致。     

青藏高原草地生态系统碳通量研究进展

青藏高原拥有我国面积最大的天然草地,区域内生态系统碳通量的长期定位观测研究具有重要意义.在总结生态系统碳通量主要研究方法基础上,对青藏高原不同植被类型碳循环的源、汇效应、时空变化及其与影响因子关系等研究领域所取得的重要进展进行了综合评述.现有研究表明,不同植被类型间CO2通量的季节变化、年际变化、交换量和碳源汇特征等存在明显差异,光合有效辐射、温度、降水、土壤水分和叶面积指数等是影响碳通量变化的主要驱动因子.最后,结合当前青藏高原地区生态系统碳通量研究的现实与需要,探讨了通量观测所面临的主要科学问题及解决途径.未来对青藏高原碳循环关键过程的研究工作还需要多尺度、长期生态实验和CO2通量观测数据支持,同时以此为基础发展新的数据处理、分析和跨尺度机理模拟方法,建立青藏高原生态系统碳循环模型.