Detecting and attributing drought-induced changes in catchment hydrological behaviours in a southeastern Australia catchment using a data assimilation method

It is widely recognized that multi-year drought can induce changes in catchment hydrological behaviours. However, at present, our understanding about multi-year drought-induced changes in catchment hydrological behaviours and its driving factors at the process level is still very limited. This study proposed a new approach using a data assimilation technique with a process-based hydrological model to detect multi-year drought-induced changes in catchment hydrological behaviours and to identify driving factors for the changes in an unimpaired Australian catchment (Wee Jasper) which experienced prolonged drought from 1997 to 2009. Modelling experiments demonstrated that the multi-year drought caused a significant change in the catchment rainfall-runoff relationship, indicated by significant step changes in the estimated time-variant hydrological parameters SC (indicating catchment active water storage capacity) and C (reflecting catchment evapotranspiration dynamics), whose average values increased 23.4% and 10.2%, respectively, due to drought. The change in the rainfall-runoff relationship identified by the data assimilation method is consistent with that arrived at by a statistical examination. The proposed method provides insights about the drivers of the changes in the rainfall-runoff relationship at the processes level. Increasing catchment water storage capacity and decreasing ratio of rainfall to soil moisture for supplying actual evapotranspiration during drought are the main driving factors for the catchment behaviours change in the Wee Jasper catchment in terms of model structure. And they are related to decrease in catchment groundwater level and deep soil moisture. The proposed new method can be used as an effective technique for detecting both the change of hydrological behaviours induced by prolonged drought and its driving factors at the process level.     

卫星辐射率资料EnSRF同化及暴雨模拟应用

基于自主构建的WRF—EnSRF（Weather Researchand Forecasting—Ensemble Square—Root Filter）同化系统,同化了ATOVS（Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder）辐射率资料,以检验该系统同化卫星资料的能力及其在暴雨过程模拟中的效能。对2008年6月6—7日广东地区一次大暴雨过程进行了同化及数值模拟试验,结果表明,同化ATOVS辐射率资料得到的分析场,丰富了对流层高层的大气温度和对流层中低层的大气湿度信息,对风场也有一定的改进。控制试验和同化试验都较好地模拟出了降水的主要落区和发生时段,但控制试验对暴雨、大暴雨的雨区和雨强的模拟效果欠佳;相比而言,同化试验对强降水中心的位置、范围的模拟均有更好的反映,模拟的暴雨强度也与实际降水量级基本一致,同化改进效果明显。     

FY-3A微波资料在“莫拉克”台风预报中的同化试验

我国新一代极轨气象卫星FY-3A于2008年5月26日发射成功,携带的微波垂直探测仪与NOAA系列卫星的ATOVS性能相似。为研究微波垂直探测仪资料在台风数值预报中的作用,实现我国FY-3A卫星的微波探测资料的直接同化,达到改进台风预报的目的,利用FY-3A微波探测资料,以WRF-3DVar系统为基础,针对2009年第8号台风"莫拉克"路径和强度预报,开展数值预报直接同化技术研究。试验结果表明,直接同化FY-3A微波资料对数值模式初始场改进要优于仅仅同化常规观测资料,对缺乏观测资料的海洋上改进尤为明显,模式初始场更加合理地反映海上台风环流形势以及温湿条件,海上台风的模式初始位置也得到了校正;经过FY-3A微波资料三维变分直接同化后,区域中尺度模式对台风路径预报效果具有积极的改善作用。     

CoLM模式地表温度变分同化研究

本文采用变分方法对通用陆面模式 (CoLM) 中的地表温度进行同化.同化伴随约束条件采用CoLM模式中的地表及植被能量平衡方程,调节因子采用裸土及植被蒸发比.采用美国通量网 (AmeriFlux) 中的Bonville站数据对同化方法进行了单点验证,验证结果表明同化后地表温度以及蒸散结果更加接近于实测值.选取中国华北地区对同化方法进行区域验证,结果显示每天仅采用白天一次观测值对地表温度进行同化的方法是有效的.通过对同化前后地表温度误差直方图比较可以发现,在有MODIS观测值的区域,同化后白天地表温度误差大大降低,同时,同化后地表蒸散空间分布图也发生了变化.单点验证以及区域验证结果都表明了变分同化方法是可靠的.变分同化方法可以改进陆面模式模拟结果,对于地表过程研究中的植被生态、水文等研究具有重要意义,同时,陆面模式可以与数值预报模式进行耦合,改进数值预报结果.     

雷达资料同化对暴雨预报影响的数值模拟研究

以CAPS研发的最新版ARPS模式为基础,利用其数据同化系统ADAS对南京多普勒雷达资料进行同化,模拟2009年6月5日江苏地区的一次暴雨过程,进行了不同的微物理方案设计以及何时同化雷达资料的敏感性实验研究。研究发现:(1)格距较小且不使用积云对流参数化的情况下,选择warm rain或Schultz微物理过程的模拟结果差别不大,且与实况较为相符,但选择ice微物理方案时,会造成1 h内的降水量突增百倍;(2)在参数一致的情况下,模拟研究时段前3、2、1 h分别同化,可以得到部分主要降水区域;但同化预报的时间越短,降水模拟的中尺度信息越明显,对降水量的控制也越好;(3)依据以上结论,在暴雨发生最初的1 h内进行每6 min一次的时间循环同化,然后积分2 h,可以得到较为精细的云内气象要素场分布,预报的结果与实况最接近。     

The Changing Geography of U.S. Hispanics from 1990–2006: A Shift to the South and Midwest

Abstract

Between 1990 and 2000 the U.S. Hispanic population increased by 14 million, which is the largest decadal population rise in United States history. This increase was not spread evenly throughout the United States, nor was it isolated to locations that already had large Hispanic populations. On the contrary, areas that previously had a relatively small Hispanic population experienced large percentage increases. In this article the regional variability in Hispanic population growth is explored, along with an emphasis on the economic pull factors driving those demographic changes. This analysis illustrates how restructuring in the meatpacking industry, and the associated economic impacts, have created a dependence on a low wage, illegal labor force that has shaped the recent demographic trend in the South and Midwest.     

初边界条件改变对四川盆地东部强降水模拟敏感性影响

利用WRF(V3.3.1)模式及其同化系统,根据不同地面观测要素同化对模式侧边界条件和初始条件引起的改变设计数值模拟方案,详细分析了WRF模式初始和侧边界条件的改变对四川盆地东部强降水模拟的敏感性影响.结果显示,WRF模式对初始和侧边界条件改变的敏感度均较明显,对地面温度变化的敏感度要高于对地面风场变化的敏感度.相对湿度场、风场和垂直速度场,均体现为高层比低层更敏感,而温度场则体现为低层比高层更敏感.在模拟时段内,侧边界条件的改变对模拟结果带来的不确定性影响随时间的增加逐渐增加,初始条件改变对模拟结果带来的不确定性影响随时间增加而逐渐减小.     

Assessing the Quality of Regional Ocean Reanalysis Data from ENSO Signals

The quality of regional ocean reanalysis data for “the joining area of Asia and the Indian-Pacific Ocean (AIPO)” has been assessed from the perspective of ENSO-related ocean signals. The results derived from the AIPO reanalysis, including SST, sea surface height (SSH), and subsurface ocean temperature and currents, are compared with those of Hadley Center Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature (HadISST) data set and Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) reanalysis data. Both the spatial pattern and the characteristics of evolution of the ENSO-related ocean temperature anomalies are well reproduced by the AIPO reanalysis data. The physical processes proposed to explain the life cycle of ENSO, including the delayed oscillator mechanism, recharge-discharge mechanism, and the zonal advection feedback, are reasonably represented in this dataset. However, the westward Rossby wave signal in 1992 is not obvious in the AIPO data, and the magnitude of the heat content anomalies is different from that of the SODA data. The reason for the discrepancies may lie in the different models and methods for data assimilation and differences in wind stress forcing. The results demonstrate the high reliability of the AIPO reanalysis data in describing ENSO signals, implying its potential application value in ENSO-related studies.     

The Council at Work

Abstract

Through analysis of census data, these lessons cover geographic concepts dealing with migration and population change in the United States. Students discuss the historical push and pull factors of immigration to the United States. By focusing on the recent influx of Hispanic immigrants, students look at the geographic concepts of assimilation, discrimination, and time-decay. Students also create graphs and maps to examine the recent increase in the United States Hispanic population and geographic patterns of Hispanic settlement.     

Correlation Structures between Satellite All-Sky Infrared Brightness Temperatures and the Atmospheric State at Storm Scales

This study explores the structures of the correlations between infrared(IR)brightness temperatures(BTs)from the three water vapor channels of the Advanced Baseline Imager(ABI)onboard the GOES-16 satellite and the atmospheric state.Ensemble-based data assimilation techniques such as the ensemble Kalman filter(EnKF)rely on correlations to propagate innovations of BTs to increments of model state variables.Because the three water vapor channels are sensitive to moisture in different layers of the troposphere,the heights of the strongest correlations between these channels and moisture in clear-sky regions are closely related to the peaks of their respective weighting functions.In cloudy regions,the strongest correlations appear at the cloud tops of deep clouds,and ice hydrometeors generally have stronger correlations with BT than liquid hydrometeors.The magnitudes of the correlations decrease from the peak value in a column with both vertical and horizontal distance.Just how the correlations decrease depend on both the cloud scenes and the cloud structures,as well as the model variables.Horizontal correlations between BTs and moisture,as well as hydrometeors,in fully cloudy regions decrease to almost 0 at about 30 km.The horizontal correlations with atmospheric state variables in clear-sky regions are broader,maintaining non-zero values out to~100 km.The results in this study provide information on the proper choice of cut-off radii in horizontal and vertical localization schemes for the assimilation of BTs.They also provide insights on the most efficient and effective use of the different water vapor channels.