NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY-PART Ⅱ:COUPLING MODEL AND EXPERIMENT*

A tropical cyclone-marine mixed layer model including air-sea interaction is established to conduct numerical experiment with the effects of SST on the cyclone's intensity,Evidence suggests that with air-sea interaction involved,SST rise causes a drop of central pressure of the storm and SST impact on the intensity is weaker in the coupling case.Moreover,study is undertaken of the intensity variation of another tropical cyclone moving in the cyclone's cold-tail sector,with the results in good agreement with the observational fact.     

Letter to the editor Electric field fluctuations (25–35 min) in the midnight dip equatorial ionosphere

Measurements with a HF Doppler sounder at Kodaikanal (10.2°N, 77.5°E, geomagnetic latitude 0.8°N) showed conspicuous quasi-periodic fluctuations (period 25/35 min) in F region vertical plasma drift, V_z in the interval 0047/0210 IST on the night of 23/24 December, 1991 (A_p = 14, K_p < 4^–). The fluctuations in F region vertical drift are found to be coherent with variations in B_z (north-south) component of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), in geomagnetic H/X components at high-mid latitude locations both in the sunlit and dark hemispheres and near the dayside dip equator, suggestive of DP2 origin. But the polarity of the electric field fluctuations at the midnight dip equator (eastward) is the same as the dayside equator inferred from magnetic variations, contrary to what is expected of equatorial DP2. The origin of the coherent occurrence of equatorial electric field fluctuations in the DP2 range of the same sign in the day and night hemispheres is unclear and merits further investigations.     

华南冬季异常冷月预测概念模型Ⅰ──500 hPa高度场和海温场特征

确定了近４５年华南冬季异常冷月出现的时间,分析了其同期至前期６个月５００ｈＰａ位势高度场和海温场的特征。各异常冷月当月５００ｈＰａ高度场有相似的特征,亚洲－太平洋地区高度场的特征是北高南低,经向环流发展,给出了前期５００ｈＰａ高度场差异显著月的距平特征。华南冬季各异常冷月至其前期６个月海温距平分布有持续性的特征,１月及其前期１～６个月赤道东太平洋ＳＳＴ呈ＥｌＮｉｎｏ特征,２月和１２月呈Ｌａ Ｎｉｎ     

PECULIARITIES OF LONG TERM VARIATION OF SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

It is necessary to study the tropical western Pacific SST in association with variations of other parts of the globe. Two basic compositions are revealed of long-term variation in SST over three major tropical oceans since the 1950's (linear warming and El Nino-La Nina oscillations) and typical patterns with which they are displayed over the oceans are compared. On the basis of it, difference in long-term variation of SST over western, central and eastern tropical Pacific is analyzed in details. It is pointed out that the El Nino-La Nina oscillations are relatively weak in the long-term variation of SST in the tropical western Pacific and linear warming trend there is replaced by interdecadal oscillations. Further understanding of the peculiarity over the region helps improve short-term climatic predictions in China.     

胶东地区层间滑动角砾岩型金矿成矿远景

胶东地区中生代盆地周边存在层间滑动断层,它控制了层间滑动角砾岩型金矿（如蓬家夼金矿）的产出,根据盆地的分布及矿化特征,划分了胶东地区四个层间滑动砾岩型金矿成矿远景区,蓬家夼成矿远景区、菜西远景区、牟平西部远景区、栖霞远景区,这些地区有望成为胶东地区甚至我国东部新的黄金工业基地。     

El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Related Probabilities of Fatalities from Natural Perils in Australia

The interannual variability of flood, bushfire andheatwave fatality data for eastern Australia duringthe period 1876–1991 was analysed with respect to thephase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)and the associated values of the Southern OscillationIndex (SOI). Heatwaves were found to be the mostserious peril in terms of the total number offatalities, while floods ranked first in the fatalityevent day statistics. None of the three monthly(absolute value) fatality data sets showed significantcorrelations with the corresponding values of the SOI,while the correlation analysis of annual (July toJune) data led to significant correlation coefficientsof 0.5 for floods and -0.3 for bushfires. AdditionalSOI value-related classification of the standardisedfatality event days into several ENSO categoriesconfirmed the correlation trends by showing anincrease (decrease) in the standardised bushfire(flood) fatality event day frequencies with increasingvalues of the SOI. In contrast to that, thestandardised heatwave fatality data showed aninconclusive distribution pattern, which hints at theinfluence of other possible factors (such as airpollution) on heatwave-related fatality numbers.The results of a risk assessment analysis have shownthat the probability of reaching the mean annualnumber of flood-fatality event days is roughly fourtimes higher during La Niña seasons (80%) thanthe corresponding probability associated with ElNiño periods (18%). The correspondingprobabilities associated with the mean bushfire andheatwave fatality event days displayed a reversedpattern, with the probabilities of El Niño-relatedyears being roughly twice as high as those associatedwith La Niña seasons (70% and 30% for bushfires,and 60% and 25% for heatwaves, respectively).Further probability calculations performed on thetotals of fatalities from all three perils identifiedthe La Niña years as potentially the mostdangerous in terms of suffering fatalities from theseperils. Furthermore, they highlighted the significantdifferences between the means of fatality event daynumbers recorded during years of extreme SOI values(9.8 for La Niña, and 9.1 for El Niño seasons)and those marked by near-zero SOI values (6.6). Themajor reason for the increase in risk associated withextreme ENSO phases was the higher variability ofthese perils during the respective seasons.     

西太平洋副热带高压强度和位置的气候特征

利用45年西太平洋副热带高压5个特征指数的月平均资料,对副高强度和位置变化的气候特征进行了诊断研究.结果表明,副高的强度在一年中出现两次峰值,第一次出现在6月,第二次在9月.在45年里,副高强度有明显加强,副高位置有南落西移的趋势.副高强度存在3～4 年、10～13 年的振荡周期,10～13年的周期振荡在1950、1960、1970年代占主要地位,3～4年的周期振荡在1980、1990年代占主要地位.副高在1978年附近发生气候突变,副高强度由负距平为主转为正距平为主,而脊线位置正好相反.     

ANALYSIS OF CAUSATION OF ABNORMAL MOTION OF LANDING TROPICAL CYCLONES IN GUANGDONG

1 INTRODUCTION It is doubtless that TCs making landfalls on Guangdong are one of the important aspects of the research on and prediction of short-term climate changes for the province. With regard to the climate patterns of TCs motion and factors governin…     

北太平洋副热带逆流的气候特征

分析了从1992年10月到1996年10月的TOPEX/POSEIDON卫星高度计和POCM模式输出的海平面高度（SSH）资料、Levitus气候平均温盐资料、NCEP/NCAR再分析纬向流资料以及沿137oE剖面的海流资料。分析结果表明,在年平均和月平均意义下,向东的副热带逆流（STCC）位于18oN～25oN、130oE～157oW间150 m以内的海洋上层,其强度大约为0.02～0.04 m/s,在西太平洋夏季（7月）最强,冬季（1月）最弱。在STCC以下650 m以上,还存在一支向西的流,流速也约为0.02～0.04 m/s。在STCC区域内,SSH有明显的准90天振荡。在天气时间尺度上,一些气旋和反气旋涡出现在STCC海域,使该海域的流在方向和强度上变化很大。     

9711台风暴雨特征分析

对9711号台风天气形势和物理量场的诊断分析结果表明：东南低空急流和高层的西风急流与台风的相互作用,高层辐散区与低层辐合区同时北抬和重叠,是造成山东地区附近大范围暴雨的主要原因。暴雨区主要位于台风移动前方的右侧。台风的移向与副高的位置及强弱变化有关。