水均衡法验证蒸散量计算的可靠性——以张掖盆地为例

蒸散量的计算方法有很多种,表面能量平衡系统(SEBS)是近年来应用较为广泛的计算蒸散量的方法之一。SEBS是应用卫星对地观测的可见光、近红外和热红外波段资料,结合实测气象数据或大气模式输出数据,根据表面能量平衡原理估算不同尺度的地表大气湍流通量,从而估算地表相对蒸散的一种方法。将水文数据与遥感数据相结合,运用SEBS方法对张掖盆地的区域蒸散量进行了估算,并在水均衡原理的基础上,对蒸散量计算结果的准确性进行了验证。结果表明:SEBS方法计算的蒸散量与水均衡法计算出的蒸散量结果吻合较好,从而验证了SEBS方法计算盆地蒸散量的准确性。     

Assessment of upper-ocean variability and the Madden-Julian Oscillation in extended-range air-ocean coupled mesoscale simulations

Atmosphere-ocean interaction, particular the ocean response to strong atmospheric forcing, is a fundamental component of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). In this paper, we examine how model errors in previous Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) events can affect the simulation of subsequent MJO events due to increased errors that develop in the upper-ocean before the MJO initiation stage. Two fully coupled numerical simulations with 45-km and 27-km horizontal resolutions were integrated for a two-month period from November to December 2011 using the Navy’s limited area Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS^®). There are three MJO events that occurred subsequently in early November, mid-November, and mid-December during the simulations. The 45-km simulation shows an excessive warming of the SSTs during the suppressed phase that occurs before the initiation of the second MJO event due to erroneously strong surface net heat fluxes. The simulated second MJO event stalls over the Maritime Continent which prevents the recovery of the deep mixed layer and associated barrier layer. Cross-wavelet analysis of solar radiation and SSTs reveals that the diurnal warming is absent during the second suppressed phase after the second MJO event. The mixed layer heat budget indicates that the cooling is primarily caused by horizontal advection associated with the stalling of the second MJO event and the cool SSTs fail to initiate the third MJO event. When the horizontal resolution is increased to 27-km, three MJOs are simulated and compare well with observations on multi-month timescales. The higher-resolution simulation of the second MJO event and more-realistic upper-ocean response promote the onset of the third MJO event. Simulations performed with analyzed SSTs indicate that the stalling of the second MJO in the 45-km run is a robust feature, regardless of ocean forcing, while the diurnal cycle analysis indicates that both 45-km and 27-km ocean resolutions respond realistically when provided with realistic atmospheric forcing. Thus, the problem in the 45-km simulation appears to originate in the atmosphere. Additional simulations show that while the details of the simulations are sensitive to small changes in the initial integration time, the large differences between the 45-km and 27-km runs during the suppressed phase in early December are robust.     

夏季云贵高原地区降水特征及云水资源的匹配

基于云贵高原地区1961—2010年高分辨率(0.5°×0.5°)逐日降水格点资料,分析了云贵高原及东、西两个区域的夏季降水变化特征。并结合欧洲中期天气预报中心(ECMWF)提供的1979—2010年ERA-Interim再分析资料,计算了其夏季水汽输送通量和净水汽收支。结果表明:(1)云贵高原夏季平均降水分布不均匀,存在区域差异:云贵高原西部的中部为降水量低值区,其向南、向西逐渐增加;东部由其东南部向西北部递减的分布形式。(2)将云贵高原分成两个区域,东、西部区域的降水都呈增加的趋势,降水量较高的区域降水增长速度较快。(3)大气中的水汽从云贵高原南边界和西边边界进入,从北边界和东边界流出,全区以净水汽输出为主,输出值与降水的变化都呈增长趋势。其中东部水汽为净输入;西部为净输出,向各区域的水汽输送量逐渐增加与各区降水量呈增长趋势变化同样相一致。(4)影响西部夏季降水的水汽主要源于孟加拉湾北部、南海北部和横断山到四川盆地地区,而东部水汽主要来自南海北部和四川盆地西部。     

超强台风威马逊快速增强及大尺度环流特征

超强台风威马逊（1409）登陆前发生快速增强现象,并成为我国有气象记录以来的最强登陆台风。该文利用中国气象局台风最佳路径资料、NCEP FNL分析资料、NOAA高分辨率逐日最优插值海表温度融合分析资料和天气学、动力学诊断分析方法,分析这次罕见的台风快速增强过程。研究结果表明:威马逊（1409）快速增强与持续有利背景场有关,如海温异常偏暖、低空急流和越赤道气流的增强、环境风垂直切变维持较小、高层维持较强流出气流等。尤其是台风下游大气处于热力不稳定,在其他有利因子的共同作用下,台风移入热力不稳定环境场中,有利于台风环流内部对流活动的增强和对流凝结潜热效率的增加,从而有利于台风强度增加。动能诊断方程表明:威马逊（1409）快速增强期间低层动能主要来源于风穿越等压线所作的功,这与台风环流内强降雨释放的对流凝结潜热驱动台风中心附近上升、外围下沉的垂直环流圈的加强紧密联系。     

The early Matuyama Diatom Maximum off SW Africa: a conceptual model

An important discovery during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 175, when investigating the record of upwelling off Namibia, was the finding of a distinct Late Pliocene diatom maximum spanning the lower half of the Matuyama reversed polarity chron (MDM, Matuyama Diatom Maximum) and centered around 2.6–2.0 Ma. This maximum was observed at all sites off southwestern Africa between 20°S and 30°S, and is most strongly represented in sediments of Site 1084, off Lüderitz, Namibia. The MDM is characterized by high biogenic opal content, high numbers of diatom valves, and a diatom flora rich in Southern Ocean representatives (with Thalassiothrix antarctica forming diatom mats) as well as coastal upwelling components. Before MDM time, diatoms are rare until ca. 3.6 Ma. After the MDM, in the Pleistocene, the composition of the diatom flora points to increased importance of coastal upwelling toward the present, but is accompanied by a general decrease in opal and diatom deposition. Here we present a simple conceptual model as a first step in formalizing a possible forcing mechanism responsible for the record of opal deposition in the upwelling system off Namibia. The model takes into account Southern Ocean oceanography, and a link with deepwater circulation and deepwater nutrient chemistry which, in turn, are coupled to the evolution of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The model proposes that between the MDM and the Mid-Pleistocene climate revolution, opal deposition off Namibia is not directly tied to glacial–interglacial fluctuations (as seen in the global δ¹⁸O record), but that, instead, a strong deepwater link exists with increased NADW production (as seen in the deepwater δ¹³C record) accounting for higher supply of silicate to the thermocline waters that feed the upwelling process. The opal record of Site 1084 shows affinity to eccentricity on the 400-kyr scale but not for the 100-kyr scale. This points toward long-term geologic processes for delivery of silica to the ocean.     

A method for estimating sediment budgets of washover deposits using digital terrain models

Washover fans are located on small barriers in fetch-limited micro-tidal coastal environments in Denmark. These washover fans are formed during high-energy storm events and we present a method to quantify their volumes and to estimate sediment exchanges between washover fans and their adjacent morphologies. We use high resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. We have delineated landforms using known methods of scale analysis and geomorphometric classification. We quantified volumes of the delineated landforms and estimated the related sediment budgets. These computed volumes were compared using different pre-depositional surfaces. Finally, we assessed the sediment exchange and associated sources of sediments of the washover fans. We applied a scale analysis to determine suitable DTM resolution and focal statistics window size as input to a geomorphometric classification analysis. Landform areas and landforms were delineated using morphometric threshold values, and volumes and sediment budgets of the delineated landforms were computed using different assumptions to define the pre-depositional surface. Resulting washover fan volumes were validated against digital elevation model (DEM) of difference (DoD) derived volumes. Sediment budgets were derived from representative volumes of the washover fans and adjacent berms. We show that quantification of washover features derived from DTMs, using geomorphometric analysis is feasible and that the presented approach provides estimates of washover deposit volumes with an accuracy between 1% and 28% compared to control volumes. © 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Variations of Summer Precipitation and Its Relation with Vapor Transfer over the Qinghai Plateau

From the study of the summer precipitation variation over the Qinghai Plateau and its dependence on vapor transfer, results are presented as follows: 1) during 1961-2003, both the summer rainfall and meridional net vapor flux (NVF) in the atmosphere display a parabola-shaped change with first rise and then drop in intensity and, in contrast, the zonal and regional NVFs exhibit increasing trends; 2) meridional NVF is positively correlated with the rainfall; 3) di erences in vapor transfer throughout atmospheric vertical extent between dry and wet years over the plateau are shown in that the transfer is stronger in a wet year with large-scale vapor convergence and vice versa in a dry year; in a wet year the meridional vapor transport can reach a belt 3.5 degrees of latitude northward and 7 degrees of longitudes eastward of the positions in a dry year; and vapor flux increases (decreases) by 54.0% (21.9%) in a wet (dry) year with respect to the mean (over 1971-2000).     

Analysis on the Potential Precipitation Resources over East Gansu

The seasonal and interannual variations of the water vapor content and its mean transfer in the atmosphere over East Gansu are calculated and analyzed by using the NCEP/NCAR global reanalysis grid data (2.5°×2.5°Lat./Lon.) for 55 yr (1948-2002). The results show that 1) the water vapor content within the whole layer atmosphere over East Gansu in the latest 55 yr exhibits decreasing trends except that in winter,which shows a notable increasing trend; 2) the annual average water vapor transport flux mainly comes from southeast and southwest, and decreased from southeast to northwest gradually; 3) on the average, the annual water vapor transport ux over East Gansu increases continuously with height in the lower and middle parts of troposphere, and reaches the maximum value at the layer of 500 hPa; 4) in East Gansu,the southeast and southwest boundaries are the main water vapor import boundaries and the northeast and northwest boundaries are the main water vapor export boundaries. The water vapor import and export quantities in summer months reach the maximum values of those in all months, that is, 886.0 and 754.5 mm, respectively; and 5) the annual water vapor import is 1579.5 mm and its export is 997.6 mm, indicating the import of water vapor is more than the export. The net water vapor import over the whole region is 581.9mm. which accounts for 36.8% of the annual total import. The net water vapor import in winter is 88.0 mm, which accounts for 15.1% of the total import. This value in spring increases obviously, which equals 240.7 mm and accounts for 41.4% of the total. The value in summer equals 131.5 mm and accounts for 22.6% of the total. The net water vapor import in autumn is 121.7 mm and accounts for 20.9% of the total import. It implies that there is a fairish potential water vapor resource that has great potential for arti cial precipitation enhancement over East Gansu Province.