2009年天津地区首场降雪过程分析

基于NCEP再分析资料、多普勒天气雷达产品与风云卫星云参数反演产品,对天津地区2009年的首场降雪过程进行了分析,研究表明:①造成此次降雪的主要天气系统是东移高空槽和地面倒槽;②降雪回波具备典型层云稳定性降水回波的特点,最强回波不超过35 dBz,伴随着降雪结束,回波顶高有所下降;③降雪过程云粒子有效半径数值维持在20μm,云体过冷层厚度、云顶高度较大,云顶温度在-30℃左右.随着降雪结束,云粒子有效半径、云体过冷层厚度和云顶高度数值逐渐减小,云顶温度则有所升高;④地面降水量和云粒子有效半径、云顶高度、云体过冷层厚度呈现正相关,与云顶温度呈现负相关.     

国家气象中心NWP新资料归档系统的技术特征

文章简要介绍了“八五”以来,国家气象中心数值预报系统新的归档方案设计特点、意义、内容,并探讨了归档软件开发中的一系列技术问题。     

In government we trust? Micro-business adaptation to climate change in four post-colonial and transitional economies of China

Public expectations of government influence private action for managing climate change risks. Institutional neglect or incompetence result in a loss of trust in public institutions, consequently discouraging the public from taking added responsibility for risk management. This has been explained in terms of social contract, but evidence suggests that a politics of distrust can reinforce alternative social drivers of action, rather than displacing action. This is empirically confirmed by the present study, which examines the tendencies for adopting private protective measures across a gradient of institutional trust. Surveys were conducted in four jurisdictions within China that operate under two different political-economic systems, namely, Hong Kong and Macao (liberal market economy), and Zhuhai and Sanya (socialist market economy). Structured interviews were conducted with 569 business operators to explore how their stated adaptation practice is related to institutional trust and social capital. We found that trust predicted action only in Sanya, which is characterized by a high level of public confidence in authorities. In places of lower institutional trust, social capital became a salient and powerful driver of action. The weakening of the social contracts in Hong Kong and Macao turned their people to alternative social mechanisms. We explain the results in terms of the development trajectories, socio-political norms and institutional settings of these jurisdictions. This study provides insights into how adaptation practice can be mediated by the consequences of a change in political leadership, policy, or governance arrangements that alters the relationship of trust.     

大气边界层动力学和植被生态过程耦合的一个简单解析理论

发展了一个大气边界层动力学和植被某些生态过程相互作用的简单模式,求得了这个耦合模式的解析解,分析了植被反照率和冠层阻抗(气孔阻力)对大气运动及植被温度的影响,这一相互作用的方式可为进一步发展大气运动和生态过程相互作用的、更复杂的数值模拟模式提供参考.     

环境气象指数的设计方法探讨

在大规模的现场和用户调查的基础上,结合现场观测和试验分析等手段,依据人类生活环境对气象条件的敏感性和依从性原理,提出了涉及人类生活、公共事业、休闲、旅游、农业生产、工程建设、医疗卫生等多种行业的环境气象指数的7种设计方法：回归统计法、因子加权法、经验模式法、历史资料反查法、动力统计法、延伸法、概念模型法,将7种方法单独应用或综合应用,江苏省气象部门开发研制了八大类73个环境气象指数。结合几个环境气象指数的研究实例,阐述了各种设计方法中的关键技术和要点,文中提出的环境指数设计方法较为简单实用,易于业务化,对气象指数的研究和业务工作均有一定的借鉴作用。     

准噶尔盆地南缘两例强冰雹天气过程对比分析

利用MICAPS资料和多普勒雷达资料对2003年7月22日和2006年4月23日发生在准噶尔盆地南缘两例强冰雹天气过程进行对比分析,结果表明：这两例强冰雹天气都具备了强而厚的不稳定大气层结、充沛的水汽和强的风垂直切变,但天气形势0℃和-20℃层的高度和厚度、高低空急流的强度以及雷达回波的强度和尺度等均存在明显差异。     

接地电阻随季节及天气过程变化规律分析

为了解框架结构建筑物基础接地电阻的季节变化特征及天气过程对其变化的影响,分析了2010年广州从化气象局框架建筑物基础接地电阻和相关气象要素的自动气象站观测资料。从季节变化特征来看,框架结构接地电阻相对较为稳定,月平均值2月最大为0.78 Ω,9月份最小为0.57 Ω,全年变化最大值约为0.21 Ω。统计季节变化曲线和暴雨过程发现,接地体电阻与1.5 m土壤温度和1.0 m土壤含水量呈现明显的负相关,接地电阻减小值与暴雨的强度无明显的相关性。文中还对较长时间无降水的干旱过程进行了分析,结果表明：干旱时框架结构接地电阻值有明显的上升趋势,尤其在夏季,干旱对接地电阻影响较大。     

Top-down and bottom-up modelling to support low-carbon scenarios: climate policy implications

Bottom-up and top-down models are used to support climate policies, to identify the options required to meet GHG abatement targets and to evaluate their economic impact. Some studies have shown that the GHG mitigation options provided by economic top-down and technological bottom-up models tend to vary. One reason for this is that these models tend to use different baseline scenarios. The bottom-up TIMES_PT and the top-down computable general equilibrium GEM-E3_PT models are examined using a common baseline scenario to calibrate them, and the extend of their different mitigation options and its relevant to domestic policy making are assessed. Three low-carbon scenarios for Portugal until 2050 are generated, each with different GHG reduction targets. Both models suggest close mitigation options and locate the largest mitigation potential to energy supply. However, the models suggest different mitigation options for the end-use sectors: GEM-E3_PT focuses more on energy efficiency, while TIMES_PT relies on decrease carbon intensity due to a shift to electricity. Although a common baseline scenario cannot be ignored, the models’ inherent characteristics are the main factor for the different outcomes, thereby highlighting different mitigation options.

Policy relevance

The relevance of modelling tools used to support the design of domestic climate policies is assessed by evaluating the mitigation options suggested by a bottom-up and a top-down model. The different outcomes of each model are significant for climate policy design since each suggest different mitigation options like end-use energy efficiency and the promotion of low-carbon technologies. Policy makers should carefully select the modelling tool used to support their policies. The specific modelling structures of each model make them more appropriate to address certain policy questions than others. Using both modelling approaches for policy support can therefore bring added value and result in more robust climate policy design. Although the results are specific for Portugal, the insights provided by the analysis of both models can be extended to, and used in the climate policy decisions of, other countries.     

Lateral load pattern in pushover analysis

The seismic capacity curves of three types of buildings including frame, frame-shear wall and shear wall obtained by pushover analysis under different lateral load patterns are compared with those from nonlinear time history analysis. Based on the numerical results obtained a two-phase load pattern; an inverted triangle (first mode) load pattern until the base shear force reachesβ times its maximum value, V_max, followed by a (x/H)^α form, hereβ and α being some coefficients depending on the type of the structures considered, is proposed in the paper, which can provide excellent approximation of the seismic capacity curve for low-to-mid-rise shear type buildings. Furthermore, it is shown both the two-phase load pattern proposed and the invariant uniform pattern can be used for low-to-mid-rise shear-bending type and low-rise bending type of buildings. No suitable load patterns have been found for high-rise buildings.     

Optimal yield level of bilinear seismic isolation devices

The yield level of an insulator is one of the important parameters which are related to responses and absorbing energy under seismic input energy in isolated structures. The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal ratios of yield force of the isolator (Q_y) to the total weight of the structures (W). To obtain the optimal ratio, 1044 two-degree-of-freedom isolated bridge models, which have bilinear isolators, were selected. These 2-DOF isolated bridge models with superstructure isolation can consider pier flexibility and various parameters of the isolator. Two formulas for determining the optimal yield ratio are proposed and compared with the previous researches. RAE (the ratio of absorbed energy by the isolator to the total input energy) is related directly to structural responses, and Optimal Yield Ratio (OYR), defined as a yield ratio at maximum RAE, can be obtained from the relationship between RAE and Q_y/W. Here, we found that RAE is a reliable factor to evaluate OYR, and it is proportional to earthquake amplitudes under the same kinds of earthquake loadings. Using the proposed formulas, OYR is determined and the optimal yield force of the isolator can be obtained easily and reliably at a seismic isolation design stage. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.