Assimilating temperature and salinity profile observations using an anisotropic recursive filter in a coastal ocean model

In order to improve the ocean forecasting in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, an assimilation scheme based on a bottom-topography-dependent anisotropic recursive filter has been used in this study. This scheme can stretch or flatten the shape of a local representative contour surface of the background error covariance function into the form of an ellipse. Furthermore, the computing efficiency has been largely improved due to implicit computation of the background error covariance. A two-month experiment has been used for verifying the impact of assimilating ocean profile observations on ocean forecasting. The results indicate that the use of temperature and salinity profiles can largely improve the oceanic forecasting. The root mean square differences between the forecasts and observations for temperature and salinity have been reduced by 36% and 18% in the experiment period, respectively. Moreover, it is found that the anisotropic recursive filter approach is especially efficient in areas with complex coastlines and sharp fronts, e.g., inner Danish waters. The results also show that the propagation of observation information from an observation position to its neighboring grid points is closely related to currents.     

TCFM技术的卫星导风数据在台风模拟中的应用初探

利用傅里叶相位分析方法与最大相关法结合的云导风技术TCFM(Technique based on combination of Fourier phase analysis and maximum correlation), 对2005-08-05的强热带风暴“麦莎”天气过程中静止气象卫星得到的30min间隔云图时间序列进行导风计算, 并将导风结果应用于中尺度数值模式ARPS(The Advanced Regional Prediction System), 结合其资料分析系统ADAS(ARPS Data Analysis System), 对台风“麦莎”登陆前的过程进行模拟。尽管洋面上常规资料稀缺, 但卫星导风数据的同化使用结果表明, TCFM技术得到的导风资料能够显著改善台风眼壁东部区域的垂直气流活动, 使台风螺旋雨带更加明显, 符合实际。     

Variational Assimilation of GPS Precipitable Water Vapor and Hourly Rainfall Observations for a Meso-β Scale Heavy Precipitation Event During the 2002 Mei-Yu Season

Recent advances in Global Positioning System (GPS) remote sensing technology allow for a direct estimation of the precipitable water vapor (PWV) from delayed signals transmitted by GPS satellites, which can be assimilated into numerical models with four-dimensional variational (4DVAR) data assimilation. A mesoscale model and its 4DVAR system are used to access the impacts of assimilating GPS-PWV and hourly rainfall observations on the short-range prediction of a heavy rainfall event on 20 June 2002. The heavy precipitation was induced by a sequence of meso-β-scale convective systems (MCS) along the mei-yu front in China.The experiments with GPS-PWV assimilation successfully simulated the evolution of the observed MCS cluster and also eliminated the erroneous rainfall systems found in the experiment without 4DVAR assimilation. Experiments with hourly rainfall assimilation performed similarly both on the prediction of MCS initiation and the elimination of erroneous systems, however the MCS dissipated much sooner than it did in observations. It is found that the assimilation-induced moisture perturbation and mesoscale low-level jet are helpful for the MCS generation and development. It is also discovered that spurious gravity waves may post serious limitations for the current 4DVAR algorithm, which would degrade the assimilation efficiency, especially for rainfall data. Sensitivity experiments with different observations, assimilation windows and observation weightings suggest that assimilating GPS-PWV can be quite effective, even with the assimilation window as short as 1 h. On the other hand, assimilating rainfall observations requires extreme cautions on the selection of observation weightings and the control of spurious gravity waves.     

变分同化方法反演海气耦合模型参数的研究

采用变分资料同化技术,结合最优控制思想,对一个海气耦合模型的模式参数和强迫项进行了反演,结果表明,采用该方法对模式进行优化,既可以补偿模式参数不准确性给预报带来的误差,又可以对模式参数本身进行修正和估计,为将来在实际应用中改善更复杂的预报模式、提高预报准确率提供了一个可借鉴的思路。     

拉格朗日资料同化的研究进展

拉格朗日资料对了解海洋环流和大气环流的动力学过程起到很重要的作用,同化拉格朗日资料有很大的必要性.拉格朗日观测工具主要提供的是水团或空气微团的位置和速度等信息,因为拉格朗日资料提供的是移动框架的数据而不是欧拉格点上的模式变量,所以随着拉格朗日观测覆盖大部分海洋和全球海洋环流模式的实现,采用先进的同化方法充分利用这些资料来提高分析预报准确性势在必行.在同化方法不断的发展中最优插值、变分同化、卡尔曼滤波这几种方法都有很好的应用.     

快速更新循环同化系统的背景场误差协方差日变化特征研究及初步应用

目前多数快速更新循环同化系统在各分析时刻常使用固定的背景场误差协方差。为在快速更新循环同化系统中采用日变化的背景场误差协方差,基于RMAPS-ST系统分析了其夏季和冬季日变化背景场误差协方差特征,并进行了同化及预报对比试验。结果表明,该系统夏、冬两季的背景场误差协方差均呈现出明显的日变化特征,且夜间各变量(U、V、T、RH)的误差标准差与特征值均大于日间,反映模式系统夜间的预报误差大于日间;而夏季各变量误差标准差和特征值大于冬季,也说明系统在夏季的模式预报误差比冬季大;连续3 d的循环同化试验初步表明,采用日变化背景场误差协方差可以提高同化及预报效果。     

台风“灿鸿”(1509)的适应性观测敏感区特征及其模拟观测同化研究

适应性观测可以改善资料同化和预报质量。本文利用集合卡尔曼变换适应性观测系统对2015年09号台风“灿鸿”进行了观测敏感区识别,并以第一目标时刻的观测敏感区为基础,运用观测系统模拟试验方法获取模拟的适应性观测资料。基于WRF中尺度同化和预报系统,开展了适应性观测敏感区模拟资料的同化和预报试验。研究发现,台风“灿鸿”(1509)的观测敏感区主要位于台风中心的东北侧及东南侧。同化敏感区内模拟观测资料比同化常规观测资料能更好地改善分析质量和高度、台风路径的预报质量,但对降水的预报改善较弱。     

发展基于集合样本估计的SST张驰逼近方法用于气候模式的次表层海温场订正

An ensemble-based assimilation method is proposed for correcting the subsurface temperature field when nudging the sea surface temperature(SST) observations into the Max Planck Institute(MPI) climate model,ECHAM5/MPI-OM. This method can project SST directly to subsurface according to model ensemble-based correlations between SST and subsurface temperature. Results from a 50 year(1960–2009) assimilation experiment show the method can improve the subsurface temperature field up to 300 m compared to the qualitycontrolled subsurface ocean temperature objective analyses(EN4), through reducing the biases of the thermal states, improving the thermocline structure, and reducing the root mean square(RMS) errors. Moreover, as most of the improvements concentrate over the upper 100 m, the ocean heat content in the upper 100 m(OHT100 m)is further adopted as a property to validate the performance of the ensemble-based correction method. The results show that RMS errors of the global OHT100 m convergent to one value after several times iteration,indicating this method can represent the relationship between SST and subsurface temperature fields well, and then improve the accuracy of the simulation in the subsurface temperature of the climate model.     

珠三角流动人口社会融入与生活满意度期望

近年来有关流动人口社会融入和生活满意度的研究成为我国学者广泛关注的研究主题,较高的社会融入水平已成为流动人口获得生活满意度的根本。基于珠三角流动人口问卷调研数据建立两个结构方程模型,探究社会融入各维度及其影响因素的路径效应,进一步分析社会融入如何影响流动人口实现“生活满意度期望”,即感受到本地生活满意度高于老家的路径机制。结果显示：珠三角地区社会融入可分为经济融入和非经济融入两部分,但经济融入的基础作用不凸显;个体、家庭与制度等因素对社会融入各维度存在较大影响差异;社会融入影响“生活满意度期望”可归纳为“经济融入-生活满意度期望”的直接影响路径和“非经济融入-生活满意度-生活满意度期望”的间接影响路径;提高流动人口市民化和社会融入水平,不仅要关注流动人口的经济收入问题,还应注重流动人口与本地人邻里关系建设,以形成良性的城市更新与和谐的社区环境。