Spatial analysis of thunderstorms and lightning casualties in Bangladesh

Considering the adverse outcomes of thunderstorm-mediated lightning in recent years, this study aimed to identify the most thunderstorm-and-casualty prone regions and seasons in Bangladesh, via geospatial mapping. We attempted to forecast the number of yearly thunderstorm (TS) days for each meteorological station and district-level lightning casualties by using TS days as a proxy variable. Data on TS days and lightning casualties were collected from Bangladesh Meteorological Department and Network for Information, Response And Preparedness Activities on Disaster respectively. This study analysed 629 fatalities and 232 injuries. The Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation with Matern covariance function was employed to assess the spatial pattern of TS days. Polynomial regressions were used to forecast the number of TS days and the single clustered Generalized Estimating Equations method was employed to explore the relationship between the number of TS days and lightning casualties. The results indicated that the mean number of TS days per station increased in recent years, particularly in February, March, April, and September. We found the months of April, May, June, and September to be the most threatening months due to TS events and related casualties. The northeast region was identified as the most TS-prone region with the highest number of casualties in Bangladesh. Our analysis suggests that it might remain the most hazardous region in coming years.     

南京地区夏季高温日数年际变化的主要模态及其与200 hPa经向风的联系

利用集合经验模态分解（EEMD）方法研究了南京地区夏季高温日数主要的非平稳年际变化周期型。对1946—2000年的南京地区夏季高温日数进行分解,分别得到包含有准2年周期分量和6年周期分量的年际变化型,而且准2年周期分量幅度较大,变化特征与高温日数观测数据变化具有较高的相似性。不同于传统方法,EEMD方法给出了高温日数在不同时间尺度上各自分离的变化特征。另外,这两种时间变化模态的演变对应于同期夏季不同的全球200 hPa经向风波列型,前者主要作用区域在南亚经过南海、西太平洋的副热带地区到日本海附近、北美中纬度地区和南印度洋和南大西洋中高纬度地区,而后者仅位于欧亚中高纬度地区。这两种独立变化时间模态的对应的遥相关空间分布型对于提高南京地区高温日数气候预报精度有重要意义。     

BCC_AGCM2.0.1模式系统对江淮梅雨期降水的模拟能力

文章通过累积频率方法定义江淮地区观测和模拟的梅雨期,分析国家气候中心大气模式BCC_AGCM2.0.1对我国东部地区暴雨、大雨、中雨和小雨四种等级降水的模拟能力。由于模式的模拟环流背景与实际不同,导致模拟的降水峰值时期与梅雨期有偏差,因此通过累积频率方法定义模拟的梅雨期,模拟梅雨期为6月1候至6月3候,而实际观测梅雨期6月5候至7月2候,模拟期较实际梅雨期提前了20天。模拟结果表明模拟的我国东部总降水量偏少,总雨日数偏多,主要是由于模拟的暴雨日数偏少,小雨日数偏多;观测的江淮地区近40年来暴雨、大雨和中雨呈上升趋势,小雨呈下降趋势,模式模拟的不同等级降水变化趋势与观测相反,暴雨、大雨和中雨呈下降趋势,小雨呈上升趋势。     

"三伏"的气候学定义和区划

三伏由秦汉时盛行的五行学说延伸而来,主要指中原地区气候上一年中最闷热的一段时期.利用1960~2004年我国范围内432站观测的逐日最低(Tmin)、最高气温(Tmax)和湿度值构建人体舒适度指数(THI),并分三伏区、准三伏区、潜在三伏区和非三伏区辨识了我国的气候三伏特征及其在时间上的跃变,得到华北、江淮和江南3个地...     

磁暴活动与云南新一轮地震活跃期分析

对通海地磁台记录的磁暴(K指数≥5)年频次分析发现,磁暴活动的周期有强弱之分,与云南省地震活跃期和平静期对比分析看到,磁暴活动较强的周期时段与云南地震的活跃期相对应,磁暴活动较弱的周期时段与云南地震活动平静期相对应.目前,云南地震平静期已持续15年,即将进入第Ⅴ活跃期,大震发生的危险逐日增强.磁暴发生的数目和太阳活动有...     

华北地震发生日期之间关系的讨论——纪念唐山大地震35周年

从异年倍九法（或称异年倍九律）讨论了华北7级以上大震发生日期之间的关系。这种关系对今后在类似季节预测大震的发生日期有一定的参考作用。     

1961-2007年辽宁省降雪量和降雪日数的气候变化特征

利用辽宁省52个站1961—2008年的逐日降水量、降雪天气现象资料提取出了逐日降雪数据,分析了近47a（1981—2007年）的年降雪量和降雪日数的空间分布、长期变化状况、突变和周期性特征．结果表明：辽宁的降雪量和降雪日数是在1月达到最大值．近47a降雪量没有明显的长期变化趋势,降雪日数明显减少,平均每10a减少1．...     

1961-2014年青藏高原积雪时空特征及其影响因子

利用青藏高原(下称高原)1961-2014年地面110个气象站积雪深度、积雪日数、气温和降水逐日资料,系统地分析了高原积雪深度和积雪日数时空特征,并进一步探究了高原积雪深度和积雪日数与气候因子和地理因子之间的关系。研究发现:1961-2014年高原年平均积雪深度和积雪日数分别为0.26 cm和23.78 d,空间和季节尺度上分布不均匀,且积雪深度和积雪日数大值并不完全重合;在整体变化趋势上,积雪深度和积雪日数均呈缓慢下降趋势,分别为-0.0080±0.0086 cm·(10a)^-1(p=0.36)和-0.64±0.47 d·(10a)^-1(p=0.17),但在数理统计上不显著,且各站点差异性大;积雪深度和积雪日数在春季、冬季和年表现为“减-增-减”的年代际变化特征,而在秋季为“增-减”的变化特征;气温与积雪深度和积雪日数均有较好的相关性,冬季的降水与积雪深度和积雪日数高度相关;积雪深度和积雪日数随海拔呈增加趋势,积雪日数与纬度也高度相关,但积雪深度与纬度的相关性不明显。     

A Modeling Study on the Mechanism of Convective Initiation of a Squall Line over Northeastern China

High-resolution numerical simulation results of a squall line initiated along a convergence zone in northeast China on 26 June 2014 were presented in this study. The simulation was performed by a convection-permitting model with coarse and fine grids of 4 and 1.33 km, respectively, and the simulation results were validated against the observation. Results showed that the simulation adequately reproduced the life cycle of the squall line, which allowed detailed investigation of the mechanism of convective initiation in this case. The synoptic condition was favorable for convective initiation and the convection was triggered in a convergence zone, where a branch of dry and cold air and a branch of moist and warm air collided. The water vapor flux divergence was inhomogeneous and some cores of water vapor convergence existed in the convergence zone. These cores were the spots where water vapor converged intensely and the air there was forced to rise, creating favorable spots where the convection was initially triggered. A series of quasi-equally spaced vortices near the surface, which themselves were the result of horizontal shear instability, were accountable for the inhomogeneity of the surface water vapor flux divergence. These vortices rotated the moist air into their north and dry air into their south, thus creating more favorable spots for convective initiation in their north. After initiation, the updraft turned the horizontal vorticity into vertical vorticity in the mid-level. The vortices near the surface collaborated with the vorticity maxima in the mid-level and enhanced the development of convection by providing water vapor.     

西南地区持续性气候事件的未来变化预估

利用RegCM4.0区域气候模式单向嵌套BCC_CSM1.1模式输出资料进行连续积分获得的模拟预估数据,对西南地区未来2025-2055年在两种温室气体排放情景下持续性干期和持续湿期事件的特征及其相对于历史基准期的变化进行了预估分析。结果表明,最长持续干期和湿期在RCP4.5和RCP8.5两种情景下的变化趋势不一致,RCP8.5情景下的最长湿期和持续湿期事件的发生频次相较RCP4.5并没有大幅增加,而是比RCP4.5情景具有更高的年际变率特征。相对于历史基准期,两种情景下的最长持续性气候事件的日数和发生频次在西南地区的东南部区域显著性增加,而在川西高原地区显著减少。对于持续干期发生的频次FCDD和最长持续湿期而言,四川中部以及四川、云南和贵州三省邻接处在RCP4.5情景下表现为显著增加的区域在RCP8.5情景下转变为显著减少。未来几十年西南地区持续性湿期和干期的分布特征可能更加趋于不均匀。