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- Relationship between Subtropical Upper-Tropospheric Westerly Jet and East Asian Winter Monsoon
- KUANG Xue-yuan;ZHANG Yao-cun;LIU Jian
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 701-413.
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- The spatial and temporal variation characteristics of the East Asian subtropical upper-tropospheric westerly jet(EAWJ) in winter are examined by using the NCEP/NCAR monthly reanalysis data. The intensity index of the EAWJ is defined as the time coefficient of the first EOF eigenvector of the zonal wind at 200 hPa for investigating its association with the East Asian Winter Monsoon(EAWM). The results indicate that the intensity index of the EAWJ is in accordance with the thermal contrast between western Pacific ocean and the continent over high-latitudes, which is reflected in the intensity variations of the Siberian cold high and the Aleutian low pressure. The significant correlations between the intensity index of the EAWJ and sub-systems at different levels of the EAWM reveal that the EAWM is a deep system with the in-phase variations of intensity of the Siberian cold high and Aleutian low pressure at low level, the East Asian trough and European ridge at middle level and EAWJ at upper level. Moreover, the decadal and interannual components of the intensity index of the EAWJ and Arctic oscillation(AO) index, and their relationships with the EAWM are compared. The intensity index of the EAWJ mainly reflects the thermal contrast of the East Asia regions whereas the AO reflect the out-phase variation between the SLP at polar region and that at mid-latitudes, which implies that the EAWM is rather closely related with the former than the latter. Furthermore, there exists the significant negative correlation at decadal scale components of the intensity index of the EAWJ and that of AO index, which is possibly linked with the variation of the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean and need further study.
- Latent Heat Series over the East Part of QXP in Rainy Season and Its Impact on 500hPa Height Fields of Northern Hemisphere and Precipitation in China Flood Season
- LI Dong-liang;LIU Miao;WANG Hui
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 714-718.
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- Using the latent heat series in rainy seasons over the east part of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau(QXP) in the period from 1961 to 2005, its climatic characteristics are analyzed and then its influences to atmospheric circulation of Northern Hemisphere and precipitation of China are studied. Results show:(1) the setting latent heat of every month has a certain increase over the eastern part of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in rainy season. The difference of its interannual variation is also clear, and its difference is the biggest(steady) in May(June and July).(2) The maximum(minimum) year appears in the period of warmer(colder).(3) It has at least one month sustained influence power, and when it is enhance, which can cause the same latitude's geopotential height field of Northern Hemisphere lower. Specially, west Pacific ocean subtropical high pressure is weaker, and its position declines toward the south, then causes precipitation in flood season of Yangtze River valley is more. But the precipitation of South China, North China, northwest eastern part and northeast southern part of China are less.
- The Soil Heat Transfer in the Westren Tibetan Plateau and Its Parameterized Scheme
- LI Guo-ping;ZHANG Ze-ming;LIU Xiao-ran
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 719-726.
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- Although the soil heat flux is not a large factor to the heat source on the surface heat balance on the Tibetan Plateau, it is certain one of important factors to keep the heat balance of the earth's surface. On the gradient observational data of the surface soil layer from November 1997 to October 1998 collected by two sets of Automatic Weather Station(AWS) installed in Gaize and Shiquanhe on the western Tibetan Plateau, specially using the soil heat flux underground 2.5 cm and 7.5 cm depths and soil temperature in different depths, the characteristics of temporal variation of the soil heat flux, soil temperature gradient and soil heat storage are analyzed, the composited diurnal cycles are also given by using the soil heat flux, soil temperature gradient and soil heat storage during a whole year. Moreover, on the comparisons of observational soil heat flux to the estimates from soil temperature, the empirical formula is driven in this paper. This study will contributes to understand temporal variations of soil heat transfer and surface heat balance in the western Tibetan Plateau. In addition to, it is helpful to improve the climatology calculation method of soil heat flux.
- Characteristics of Micrometeorology and Exchange of Surface Energy in the Namco Region
- LI Mao-shan;MA Yao-ming;SUN Fang-lin;ZHAO Yi-zhou;WANG Yong-jie;Lü Ya-qiong
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 727-732.
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- Using the data collected at Namco station in 2006,the characteristics of micrometeorology and exchange of surface energy are analyzed in the Namco region.The results shows:(1) Daily range of air temperature is high,month change is obvious,monthly average minimum value is-11℃ in February and monthly average maximum value is 13℃,the relative humidity is high from May to September than it during February and March;(2) The sensible heat flux is higher than the latent heat flux during dry season,but the latent heat flux is dominant during wet season;(3) During monsoon period the net radiation is the largest in the Namco region.
- Numerical Simulation of Typical Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics over Lake Namco Region,Tibetan Plateau in Summer
- Lü Ya-qiong;MA Yao-ming;LI Mao-shan;YANG Xian-yu
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 733-740.
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- In this investigation, four set of triple experiments which include with lake experiment, 3/4 lake experiment, 1/2 lake experiment, without lake experiment were conducted by using NCAR non-hydrostatic mesoscale model(MM5V3.7). The simulation results are reasonable compared with the observations data from Namco Monitoring and Research Station. The main result show:(1) Combined with the lake-land breeze and mountain-valley winds, in daytime, there is a clear shear line on the Mt.Nyainqentanglha in horizontal direction and a strong up flow in vertical direction, in nighttime, the whole area was controlled by south flow which provide the water vapor and support the day time instability movement.(2) The existence of lake has a strong cold(warm) lake effect to the summer atmospheric boundary layer characteristics over the lake Namco region in daytime(night).(3) Lake Namco has significant day change impact on sensible heat flux and latent heat flux. Both sensible heat flux and latent heat flux is small in day, and in night, there is strong latent heat flux over the lake.(4) Lake Namco makes atmospheric boundary layer height over the lake lower than the land.
- Diurnal and Seasonal Variations of the Soil Temperature of Degraded-Grassland over Semi-Arid Area in Northeast China
- TU Gang;LIU Hui-zhi;DONG Wen-jie
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 741-748.
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- Under the support of the national key basic research development program "The predictive study of aridification in northern China in association with life-supporting environment changes", the long-term monitoring experiment on aridification and the ordered human activity has been set up at Tongyu in semi-arid area, Northeast China since October 2002. It is also one of the 36 reference sites on energy and water flux cycle between the land surface and the atmosphere of Coordinate Enhanced Observation Period(CEOP). In this paper, the diurnal and seasonal variations of the soil temperature were analyzed by using the observation data collected during the period of October 2002~December 2005. The results indicate that over the degraded grassland in semi-arid area in northeast China, the seasonal variation of soil temperature above 80 cm is evident and the phase variation of soil temperature below 20 cm is apparently lagged. The variation of the vertical gradient of the soil temperature has seasonal cycle. There is an evident diurnal variation of soil temperature in the near surface layer above 10 cm, while the diurnal variation of soil temperature at 20 cm is not clear, and the soil temperature below 50 cm just has seasonal course. The vertical gradient of the diurnal cycle of the soil temperature exists a period from upward to downward around one year cycle just except in November and December. The period of soil freezing is about ninety-six days. The net radiation is a dominating factor on the long variation of the soil temperature. The impact of soil temperature diurnal variation to precipitation is different from that of soil moisture because of intensity and time of precipitation. The net radiation is a dominating factor on the long variation of the soil temperature. The impact of soil temperature to precipitation is nearly a gradual change process;on the contrary, the impact of soil moisture to precipitation is a nearly a sudden change process.
- A Case Study of the Influence of Needle Leaf Forest Canopy on the Radiation Transfer over Alps Mountain
- LI Wei-ping;SUN Shu-fen;LIU Xin;XIA Kun
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 749-756.
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- The impact of needle leaf forest canopy in reducing solar radiation and enhancing longwave radiation transfer through the canopy and the seasonal evolution of these two competitive influences were analyzed by using observations from the Alptal site in alpine Switzerland in this investigation. It was found that as for the dense needle leaf forest canopy under study, the part of solar radiation transmitted through the canopy decreases with the decline of solar angle and with the increase of canopy intercepted snow, which fluctuates around a relative high value from spring onwards. The ratio of below-canopy downward longwave radiation to that above the canopy is around 1.0 during cloudy days and can be as large as 1.5 under clear skies. During mid-winter when solar radiation is weak and surface albedo is high due to accumulated ground snow, the enhancement of daily mean longwave radiation outweighs the attenuation of solar radiation therefore the overall influence of canopy is to increase net all-wave radiation at the ground surface;during other periods when solar radiation is strong and surface albedo is low due to snow melting, the attenuation of solar radiation by the canopy dominates the enhancement of longwave radiation therefore decrease net all-wave radiation reaching the ground, especially during daytime. From winter to early spring, longwave radiation is the main component of the net all-wave radiation at the below-canopy ground surface, while solar radiation dominates the net all-wave radiation from mid-spring onwards. Although daily mean temperature above the canopy varies somewhat coincidently with ground surface net all-wave radiation sometimes during the snow season, their temporal variation are almost contrary to each other during snowfall events, when solar radiation is quite weak and downward longwave radiation from the relative warm canopy dominates the upward longwave radiation from the snow covered cold ground surface, resulting in stronger net longwave hence net all-wave radiation at the ground surface, on the contrary, the air temperature lowers significantly. During snowmelt periods, air temperature increases, both downward solar and longwave radiation intensify, but the upward longwave radiation from the ground surface is restricted because the temperature of melting surface is "locked" around the freezing point. Besides, the reflected solar is also weak because of the low albedo of the melting snow, both of the above two factors coincidently increase the surface net radiation, which is much significant than the warming trend of air temperature. The above mentioned contrary variation of above-canopy temperature and ground surface net radiation is more significant during daytime, while the synchronization of their variations is more obvious during nighttime when longwave radiation dominates the ground surface energy budget.
- An Observation Study of Atmosphere Boundary Layer Characteristic over Semi-Arid Desert Grassland in Mongolia Plateau on Clear Day in Spring
- YUE Ping;NIU Sheng-jie;ZHANG Qiang;SHEN Jian-guo
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 757-763.
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- To understand the structure characteristic and change laws of the atmosphere boundary layer over semi-arid desert grassland in Inner Mongolia, the situ experiment project named as "the aerosol of dust and sand radiate models and the research of climate environment and ecological effect" were conucted over the region of Inner Mongolia during March to April in 2006. Using GFE(L)1 and GTS1 equipments. The results show that the characteristic of atmosphere boundary layer change is instinct. The biggest depth of convective boundary layer is about 2000 m, the stable boundary layer depth is less than 900 m, the supper adiabatic boundary layer mean depth is 270 m. The wind direction changing height is from 600 to 2000 m. The lower level east jet appears at 250 m heighs, but west jet nearly appears at 4000 m highs. Multilevel humidity inversion appeared on the specific humidity profiles of the atmosphere boundary layer.
- Characteristics of Topographic Trough on South Side of TP and BB Trough and Relationship between Them and SCSSM Onset
- WEI Jin;HE Jin-hai;ZHONG Shan-shan;WEN Min
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 764-771.
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- Utilizing the NECP/NCAR reanalysis data, the annual atmospheric circulation over East Asia from 1981 to 2000 is investigated. It is discovered that a zonal positive vorticity belt maintains on the south side of Tibetan Plateau(TP), due to the interaction of the Plateau boundary layer and its neighboring free atmosphere. Particularly, there is an obvious topographic trough related to the positive vorticity near 90°E. In light of this, a Tibetan Plateau Topographic Trough Index(TPTTI) is defined in the paper over the key areas(80°~90°E, 23°~26°N). The index is proved to be effective in distinguishing between the characteristic of the (TPTT) and that of the Bay of Bengal Trough(BBT). The annual variation of the TPTT is closely related to the Plateau heating source, and the former significant abrupt changes during April and June might be primarily induced by the seasonal sudden jump of the latter. In winter, the low-level anticyclone caused by the Tibetan Plateau cooling is strengthened and superimposes the westerly wind that should have been strengthened by dynamic effect, which weakens the TPTT. However, in summer, the low-level cyclone resulting from the TP heating strengthens the circumferential westerly and deepens the TPTT. Further investigations indicate that there is a considerable relationship between the South China Sea summer monsoon(SCSSM) onset and the evolution of the TPTT and the BBT. The TPTT propagates southward and the vortex near Sir Lanka moves northward continuously, till they meet and interact over the Bay of Bengal(BB). This is the direct process of the subtropical high belt splitting initially over BB and the establishment of the BBT. Subsequently, the southwesterly wind becomes stronger and promotes the eastward retreat of subtropical high, causing the SCSSM bursts over the whole South China Sea.
- Relations between Summer Rainfall over the Lower Reach of Yangtze River and East Asian Summer Monsoon as well as Sea Surface Temperature over the Pacific in Spring
- LIANG Ping;DING Yi-hui;HE Jin-hai
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 772-777.
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- Using the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis daily data, NOAA monthly sea surface temperature data and daily rainfall station data, connections between summer rainfall over the lower reach of Yangtze River, East Asian summer monsoon(including South China Sea summer monsoon and subtropical summer monsoon) and sea surface temperature over the Pacific in spring are studied in this paper. The Results show that the positive(negative) correlation exists between summer rainfall over the lower reach of Yangtze River and subtropical summer monsoon(South China Sea summer monsoon). The sea surface temperature over equatorial Pacific in spring may be a prophase signal to predict the following summer rainfall over the lower reach of Yangtze River because high correlation exists between the two elements. In addition, the response of strength for subtropical monsoon to the sea surface temperature over equatorial Pacific in spring.
- Numerical Smulation of the Effect of Surface Momentum Flux on a Frontal Precipitation during Pre-Rainy Season of South China
- ZANG Zeng-liang;HE Yi-qiang;ZHAO Si-xiong
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 778-786.
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- One control test and three sensitivity experiments in the pre-rainy season in South China. were carried out using ARPS(the Advanced Regional Prediction System) model, the effect of the surface momentum flux on precipitation was discussed. The most complex scheme of surface physics options was adopted in the control experiment. On the base of control experiment, the surface momentum flux on land and water were removed in the sensitivity experiments, respectively. The results show that, both on land and water, the rate of rainfall in the earlier phase will increase when the surface momentum flux is removed. But in the following phase, the rate of rainfall tends to decrease on the region with removed surface momentum flux. It is pointed out by the analysis that, on the earlier phase, the removed surface momentum flux can increase the surface wind velocity, and strengthen the low jet stream through turbulent motion and convection motion, which will result in increased rate of rainfall. However, in the following phase, the Ekman pumping tends to weaken in the region with removed surface momentum flux, which will result in a decrease in precipitation rate.
- Numerical Simulation for Impact of Combination of Different Cumulus Parameterization Schemes and Initial Fields on Twice Heave Rain in Sichuan Province
- HE Guang-bi;CAO Jie
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 787-795.
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- A durative rainstorm occurred in north-eastern of Sichuan during 2~6 September 2004 and an local rainstorm in Chengdu district on 30 June 2004 have been simulated by using MM5 meso-scale numerical model for composite of four kinds of Grell, Kuo, KF and BM cumulus convective parameterization schemes and different initial fields. The simulated performance for the composition of different schemes and different initial values has been analysed. The results show that MM5 model has better performance for simulating the twice heavy rainfall. But there are some difference in the area and the intensity of precipitation for the composition of different parameterization schemes and different initial values. Elementary simulated results indict that the precipitation intensity using NCEP data as initial fields is weaker than that of using T213 data, but precipitation area is more agreeable to the real. Precipitation simulation using T213 data as initial fields is apt to occurrence, but the real did not appear. Simulated height and temperature fields of using T213 data as initial fields avail the effect system's strength, and the simulated humidity, convergence and vertical velocity avail heavy rainfall occurrence. Comparatively, the simulated results using NCEP data is more agreeable to the real. Kuo and Grell schemes are more sensitive to the initial values.
- Dynamical and Thermal Character Analyses of a Heavy Rain on the East Side of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
- TU Ni-ni;CHEN Jing;HE Guang-bi
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 796-806.
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- There is a regional heavy rainstorm on the east side of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau on 6~7 July 2006, which different from the general concept model of heavy rain process, there is no low level jet in this process. In this paper, using the diagnoses analysis method, starting with heatness, moisture, dynamical condition, synthetic analyses of this process through potential equivalent temperature, vapor flux, apparent heat source and apparent moist sink, moisture potential vorticity and so on, in order to understand the mechanism of the occurring and developing of the heavy rain. The results show that the Southwest Vortex match with the high temperature and moist atmosphere condition, the vertical shear of high and low wind and water vapor from Bengal gulf transportation and convergence provide favorable condition for this heavy rain process. There is very closely relation between apparent heat source and apparent moist sink, moisture potential vorticity and heavy rain, the perpendicular transportation term of apparent heat source and apparent moist sink are main contribution item, whose local change term and advective change term have contrary change character, their common action is to minish the heating for them. Baroclinic term is the main contribution item to promote heavy rain, the maximum moisture potential vorticity comes with heavy rain, but the function of potential instability triggers heary rain can't be noticeable.
- Research of JJA Precipitation Anomaly in Yangtze River Basin Since 2000
- LIU Yan-xiang;ZHAO Zhen-guo;ZHU Yan-feng;WANG Jian-ping;CHEN Li-hua
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 807-813.
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- Based on JJA rain pattern since 1880, the Meiyu and the JJA rain anomaly features in the mid-and lower-reaches of Yangtze River after 1890 and the circulation background at 500 hPa in NH after 1951 are researched by physical statistical methods. The results show that, in summer from 1950's to 1970's, the main rain belts were located in Yellow River basin and North China and Yangtze River basin were dry, or the Meiyu in the mid-and lower-reaches of Yangtze River were poor. Then, during the end of 1970's to end of 1990's, the JJA rain wet belts were moved southwards to Yangtze River basin, and had good Meiyu, but in Yellow River basin and North China were dry. Again then, since 2000, in Yellow River basin and North China were still dry, main rain belts moved back and forth between Huaihe River basin, South China. Obviously the dry climate appeared Yangtze River basin and had frequently poor Meiyu. The synchronized abnormal phenomenon was quite rare in history, which keep the frequent drought in Yangtze River and Yellow River basin and North China. The special configuration of summer circulation in East Asia, was one of main causes keeping the dry climate in Yangtze River basin, it was difference from circulation before 2000.
- The Influence of Advection on the Meiyu Rainstorm Simulation in Yangtze River and Huanhe Damins
- CHANG Yan;WANG Wen;LIU Liwei
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 814-821.
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- By comparing the semi-Lagrangian scheme CIP with the central finite differencing scheme(CFD) in the mesoscale model MM5, a Meiyu heavy rainfall case during 5~6 July 2006 has been studied in this paper. Additional variables of the spatial gradient are used and predicted in the CIP scheme to increase the accuracy of interpolation with little increase of computational cost. The result shows that the simulated mesoscale structure of the meiyu front by the CIP scheme is better than by the CFD one, even thougy both the schemes show the simulated large-scale wind and moisture distributions very well. The CIP scheme improves both the rain amount and rainfall region in the simulaton, because of the location of the discontinuous zone of the front being effectively simulated. The numerical diffusion in CFD makes it not so efficient to describe a frontal interface as the CIP scheme. The results display that it is very important to improve the transport computation for the simulation of this kind of frontal systems, where sharp variations of water vapor and temperature exist across the front.
- Beijing Region Precipitation Feature and Some Statistics of Relationship between It and SHWP
- WANG Xiu-rong;WANG Wei-guo;LIU Huan-zhu;WANG Hong
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 822-829.
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- Using the data of precipitation of 20 observation stations from 1975 to 2004 in Beijing and the indices of Subtropical High over West Pocific(SHWP) defined by the Climate Center, Chinese Administration of Meteorology, the temporal and spatial characteristics of precipitation and the statistic relationship between it and the SHWP is analyzed. The results are as follows:(1)The precipitation in Beijing show obvious local characteristics. The higher values of precipitation is mostly local at the middle mountainous areas such as Huairou and Pinggu et al. and precipitation of east-and south parts tend to more than of west-and north-ones. Summer average precipitation is 72. 7% of annual average rainfall. The seasonal differences are obvious between the precipitation of northwest and southeast areas.(2)The day numbers with severe rain in which precipitation is larger than 25 mm/d rainfall is three to eight days. There is an distinct positive correlation between regional and annual average precipitation and day numbers with severe rain day, the severe rain days have the main contribution to the Beijing's rainfall.(3)Beijing year-to-year rainfall have change trends of continuous-abundance and-lack, as well as alternately abundance or deficiency with years. The summer precipitation has the weak quasi-two year periodicity.(4)The impact of the SHWP on Beijing rainfall has a severe interdecadal trend in the past 30 years.(5)About 72 percent of rainstorms occur in July and August in Beijing, of which the rainstorms are directly affected by the SHWP are 45.5 percent, especially the combination of the SHWP and westerly trough(about 95%).(6) The following 500 hPa potential height field situation is specially favoured for the severe precipitation in Beijing region summer, ie, the ridge line of the SHWP is located at 31.6°N; the west ridge point of 120°E, 110.6°E;the north boundary of 588 gpdm line of 120°E, 37°N; of 584 gpdm, 39. 1°N; mid-point of westerly trough, 108. 8°E, 40°N; the south end of westerly trough, 34.8°N.
- Analyses on Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Characteristics in Liaoning in Recent Half Century
- GONG Qiang;WANG Hong-yu;LI Ji;ZHANG Yun-fu
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 830-837.
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- Based on the extreme temperature and precipitation data at 53 stations of Liaoning Province, their temporal-spatial characteristics are analyzed. The main results are as follows: Extreme maximum and minimum temperatures for years in succession are of regional features. The highest extreme maximum temperature happened in the west area of Liaoning and the lowest, in the east area. Extreme daily rainfall for years in succession is of strongly local character. The extreme maximum temperature often happen in June to August, and but the most of regions that the value of Liaoning happen in June. The extreme value of minimum temperature happen in January, so as extreme precipitation, in July or August. Extreme maximum temperature and extreme daily rainfall have weak trends in Liaoning, but extreme minimum temperature has obviously warming trend which is more than that of mean temperature. There are five(four) main spatial distribution patterns for extreme maximum(minimum) temperature anomalies, and all patterns have some temporal changing characteristics. Extreme maximum, minimum temperatures and daily precipitation are of some different long and short cycles, but about 9, 18 and 11 years is their the best obvious oscillation, respectively. In the recent 46 years, extreme temperature and precipitation are of warming or decreasing jump change.
- Assessment and Analysis of Monthly Climate Prediction in China
- CHEN Li-juan;LI Wei-jing;LIU Lü-liu;ZHANG Pei-qun
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 838-843.
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- Using the observation data over China, the hindcast and predict data of BCC_AGCM1.0, statistic methods, persistent prediction, operational forecasts were evaluated and analyzed. It showed that the score skill of the operational forecast was lower than that of statistical and dynamical methods. The persistent forecast and optimal climate normal on temperature have relatively high skills. The other statistical methods indicate relatively low skills. The statistical method which reflects the analogue of the ocean and atmosphere has higher skill on precipitation forecast than others. The skill of three leadtime results of the dynamic model was absolutely higher than other statistic methods. Annual score skill of different methods show that the predictability of the monthly climate was affected by the ENSO cycle. The skill is higher under El Niño state than under La Niña state.
- Analyses on Characteristic of Seasonal and Interannual Variation of Difference between Surface and Air Temperature (Ts-Ta) in Arid Region in Northwest China
- FU Rui;WEI Zhi-gang;WEN Jun;LI Zhen-chao;LU Guang-xian
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 844-851.
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- The temporal-spatial evolution features, abrupt climate change and oscillatory period of the difference between land surface and air temperature(simply as the(Ts-Ta)) are analyzed by using the monthly surface temperature and air temperature of 49 weather stations(1961-2000) in the arid region in Northwest China(NWC), with hierarchical cluster analysis, wavelet analysis, EOF, REOF methods. The results show that(Ts-Ta) in the arid region in NWC can be divided into December~February, March, April~June, July~October and November;(Ts-Ta) reveals the tendency of descent in November and December~February.(Ts-Ta) reveals the tendency of ascent in March, April~June and July~October months; the tendency of descent is the maximum in December~February and the tendency of ascent is the biggest in April~June;(Ts-Ta) is influenced by the large-scale weather systems, the first loading vector reflects the main spatially-anomalous structure; the north of the Xinjiang and the Inner Mongolia area have the exceptionally change existence; the abrupt year in March and November months is in 1977; the abrupt year in December~February, April~June and July~October is in 1981; the periodic oscillation is mainly 3~6 years.
- Characteristics of Aerosol Light-Scattering and PM10 Concentration in North China
- YAN Hao;JIAO Mei-yan;ZHAO Lin-na;ZHANG Zhi-gang;NIU Ruo-yun
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 852-858.
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- Aerosol light-scattering coefficient at 525 nm(σsp) and PM10 concentration were investigated at two meterological stations of North China in 2005. σsp at Minqin in Gansu Province had a mean value of 130 Mm-1, while at Zhangbei station in Hebei Province this value was 116 Mm-1. The highest seasonal mean σsp was encountered in winter at both the stations. Mean σsp at Zhangbei and Minqin stations in winter were 301.6 Mm-1 and 170.9 Mm-1, repectively. Aerosol light-scattering at Zhangbei station was more significant than at Minqin station. Conversely, PM10 at Zhangbei station had a mean value of 53 μg·m-3, while at Minqin station this value was 130 μg·m-3. The largest seasonal mean PM10 was encountered in spring at both the stations. The mean PM10 at Zhangbei and Minqin stations in spring were 82.2 μg·m-3 and 190.1 μg·m-3, repectively. PM10 pollultion at Minqin station was more significant than at Zhangbei station. As to the characteristics of mass scattering efficiency(α), α at Zhangbei station had a mean value of 2.4 m2·g-1, while at Minqin station this value was 1.1 m2·g-1. Obviously, the characteristics of aerosol properties at two stations were different, which resulted from different types of aerosol dominated at two stations. Zhangbei station is mainly affected by urban polluted aerosol due to its energy stucture and its location near urban polluted belt in East China, however Minqin station is mainly affected by desert aerosol due to its location near two big deserts in North China.
- Gravity Wave and Inertial Instability——Possible Mechanism of Atmospheric Turbulence and Airplane Bumps
- LI Zi-liang;HUANG Yi-fang
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 859-865.
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- The gravity waves associated with jet and aircraft upset are investigated by using an extended normal mode method. The analytical solutions indicate that gravity waves may be unstable and lead to breaking and turbulence when the stratified flow satisfies the inertial unstable conditions on the southern part of the jet axes, where the wind-shear with the anti-cyclone. However, on the northern part of jet, gravity waves may be unstable and lead to breaking and turbulence when the stratified flow satisfies the convective unstable conditions, where the wind-shear with cyclone. Most importantly, the relationship of airplane upset with wind field under the various atmospheric stability conditions is discussed and help to improve the ability of forecasting the clear air turbulence and airplane upset.
- The Impact and Assessment of Climate Change and Human Activities on the Water Resources of Shiyang River Basin
- HUANG Yu-xia;WANG Bao-jian;ZHANG Qiang;WANG Jin-song;YANG Xuan-xiong
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 866-872.
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- In Shiyang River basin, the annual average temperature(maximum and minimum temperatures) is sustaining upward trend since 1951, warming rate is of 0.22℃/10a, an increase is of 1.2℃. The average temperature is significant warming in 1992. Comparing with the significant warming ago, the annual average temperature rose by 0. 85℃, lower than the 1.1℃ increase in recent 51years. The annual precipitation is increasing trend, runoff pass going out of Qilian mountain is decreasing trend, the ground water level of Minqin oasis is downward trend in recent 20 years. After temperature warming, the annual rainfall increased by 18.2 mm, an increase of 5.8%, the runoff pass going out of Qilian mountain to reduce the 4.1×108m3, the depth of the ground water level has dropped about 1~2 times in Minqin oasis. The causes of water resources change show that the reduction mountain precipitation in the upper reach of shiyang River basin is one of the reasons for the reduction of runoff pass going out of Qilian mountain, Hongyashan reservoir inflow to the sustained and rapid reduction eventually led to the rapid decline in the groundwater level. Subject to the impact of climate change, the peak of runoff pass going out of Qilian mountain of shiyang River basin ahead of time, human activities is the main reasons for the change of runoff consumption in midstream and utilization of available volume in downstream.
- Analysis on Character of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in a Local Severe Rainstorm of Shanxi on 060814
- MIAO Ai-mei;JIA Li-dong;GUO Yuan-yuan;LI Zhi-cai
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 873-880.
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- Using the minutely real-time data of the lightning location and the minutely precipitation data of the encrypted precipitation station, the cloud-to-ground lightning character of the local severe rainstorm process generated during the horse latitude high withdrew eastern and suppressed southern in Shanxi Province on August 13~14, 2006 is analyzed. The result showed that in the convective rainstorm, the negative cloud-to-ground appeared in the area which intensity reached to 40 dBz, and superposed with the wind shadow of the radial speed picture or the near high value area of the positive speed, the positive cloud-to-ground lightning appeared in the positive speed small-value area which was behind the storm whose intensity reached to 30 dBz. In the mixed precipitation cloud system, cloud-to-ground lightning appeared in the convergence zone or wind shadow which was encircled with 5880 gpm and 5840 gpm, and the positive cloud-to-ground lightning was close to 5840 line, the negative one was close to 5880 line. The local cloud-to-ground lightning frequency and the rain intensity have excellent relativity with time changing. The appearance of negative cloud-to-ground lightning and the increment of its frequency means the convective rainstorm influenced this area had been developing and moving to this region. The appearance of the cloud-to-ground lightning frequency peak value implies the immediate coming of rain intensity peak value, the appearance of positive cloud-to-ground lightning means the influence of that convective storm to this region will come to the end at once. We only have 30~45 minutes ahead of time to exactly forecast the local severe precipitation produced by the severe convective rainstorm with the cloud-to-ground lightning frequency peak value, but to the mixed precipitation forecast we may have 1~2 hours ahead of time. The horizontal scale and vertical thickness of the dead wind area, the difference between positive and negative speed near the dead wind area directly influence the scope, intensity and the duration of the storm precipitation.
- The Calibration of an Instrument for Measuring Thunderstorm Electric Fields in Open-Air and Its Sounding Experiments
- ZHAO Zhong-kuo;QIE Xiu-shu;ZHANG Guang-shu;ZHANG Ting-long;ZHANG Tong;GUO Feng-xia;DOU Zhi-qiang
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 881-887.
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- One of the important research items in atmosphere electricity is the electric field and the electric structure of thunderstorms, which is also the foundation for investigating the initial process of lightning. For the purpose of investigating the electric structure of thunderstorms, we designed a sensor for detecting corona discharges occurring in a sharply non-uniform field. The sensor is consisted of two 1 m coaxial lines and an accurate amplifier having a time constant 0.1 s and a gain of 10 μA per volt output. The two coaxial lines are perpendicular to ground and not grounded as two symmetric electrodes, each of which has a sharp 5~6 cm long end. Based on the sensor, we made an integrated instrument for measuring temperature, relative humidity and GPS data along the sounding path as well as the electric fields in thunderstorms. The experiment was carried out in Pingliang district, Gansu Province during the summer of 2007. The synchronized records of the average atmospheric electric field and the corona discharge current in open air on ground show that the thresholds of positive and negative corona differ only a little and the threshold of negative is lower. We think that this difference is related to the mechanism of electron avalanche of corona discharge on ground under thunderstorms. Also, a relationship between the electric field and the corona discharge current is founded by fitting the synchronized records. The data obtained from the balloon-borne instrument was analyzed and a possible charge structure of along the passing way was gotten.
- Analysis on Climatic Features of Thunderstorm in Lower Latitude Plateau of China
- XU Ying-jie;YIN Li-yun;DENG Yong;ZHANG Teng-fei;LIU Xue-tao;XIE Yi-ran;XU Kai
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 888-895.
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- Using the observational thunderstorm data of 113 stations in Yunnan for 1971-1995, the climatic characteristics of the thunderstorms are studied by means of mathematical statistics, the analysis of wavelets and the analysis of EOF. The result show that the mean annual numbers of thunderstorm days are too many, and interannual thunderstorm variability is obvious, the annual number of thunderstorm days has a decreasing trend, its value of decreasing days is about 12 per decade. The seasonal variation of thunderstorm in Yunnan is obvious. The days of thunderstorm are gradually increasing from winter to summer, it is gradually decreasing from summer to winter. The thunderstorm in Yunnan from May to October appears tow or three centers and the centers do not move almost. The main activity area of thunderstorms concentrate on the area to the south of 25°N and the west of 103°E. From October to April, the main activity area of thunderstorms lie in the area to the south of 25°N. The thunderstorm shows the character of decreasing gradually from south to north. The results from wavelets analysis show that the variation period of annual number of thunderstorm days in Yunnan is about the short periods of 2, 4, 6 years and the long periods of 8 and 11 years, thereinto, the variation period of 4 and 11 years are the main characters. The analysis of EOF shows that the abnormal features of spatial distribution of thunderstorm in Yunnan is comprised in several types: Types of entire area, southeast-northwest, northeast-southwest, latitude and longitude directions in summer; types of entire area, latitude direction, southeast-northwest, longitude direction and part area in winter.
- Ananlyses on MODIS-NDVI Index Saturation in Northwest China
- YANG Jia;GUO Ni;HUANG Lei-nuo;JIA Jian-hua
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 896-903.
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- We compared and evaluated the MODIS vegetation indices(NDVI EVI), are produced at 250 m resolutions and 16-day compositing periods and chose typical vegetation types in 2004 including broadleaf forest, needleleaf forest, saline meadow, grassland, shrub, semi-deserst, irrigating-cultivated agriculture, dry farming-cultivated agriculture as sample regions in Northwest China. The results show that the NDVI was higher than the EVI in most part of Northwest China. The difference between the two indices increased from deserts, steppes, cultivated vegetation, meadows to forest. Both NDVI and EVI were well indicated the distribution and the growth of various vegetations in arid and semi-arid areas. The NDVI saturated in these high biomass type vegetations, such as broadleaf forests, needleleaf forests, during the plants blooming period. The NDVI did not increase with the growth of these vegetations during the period. The EVI was different. It increased with the growth of vegetation. The NDVI saturation threshold was about 0.8. The NDVI saturated for 2 months in nothwest with high-cold meadows and part of cultivated vegetation. EVI played a good performance in high biomass regions and exhibited a more symmetrical seasonal profile during the plants flourished.
- MODIS Retrieval of Different Vegetation LAI and Its Application to the East of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
- ZHANG Jie;ZHANG Qiang;LI Dong-liang;WANG Wen
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 904-910.
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- Combined MODIS data from Terra and Aqua satellites with Iaquinta and Pinty model and land cover product, LAI of 6 type biology communities in the east of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is retrieved, moreover, contrast of LAI with observed LAI from Li-3000 instrument have been done. The results show that LAI can be retrieved by the 8 day-long data of two satellites, relative error of retrieval result is less than 20%, averaged relative error is 13.7%, which means that this method can be used for retrieval of LAI. According to difference of vegetation type, exponent relations of LAI with NDVI of 6 type biology community have been formed, the relativity is good. Temporal series of LAI of different vegetation types are not in agreement with each other, which show difference of growth period of biology character, spatial distribution of LAI is also different, which means that the climate is different in the various regions.
- Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth over Shaanxi using MODIS Data and It's Application to an Aerosol Pollution Event
- WANG Zhao;PENG Yan;ZHANG Shu-yu
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 911-917.
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- This paper gave the operational arithmetic and flow chart of Dense Dark Vegetation Method which is used to retrieve Aerosol Optical Depth(AOD) with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS), and also gave its use for obtaining the AOD over Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province during an aerosol pollution on June 9 to 16, 2006. In this pollution episode, it was found that there were some relationships between the concentration of the AOD and the burning area of the straws. The augment of the burning area of straws will lead to the increasing of the concentration of AOD. The results also showed that the variation of wind direction at 850 hPa had great influence on the distribution of AOD due to the special landform of Guanzhong region. The adverse wind direction will lead to the accumulation of the pollution at one scale of Guanzhong region. West wind was the most effective to the diffusion and dilution of the concentration of AOD. Wet deposition process of precipitation was also one of the effective ways to reduce the concentration of AOD in Guanzhong region.
- Status and Outlook of GPS-LEO Occultation Sounding
- DU Xiao-yong;MAO Jie-tai
- 2008 Vol. 27 (4): 918-931.
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- The American scientists brought forward the proposal of sounding the Earth's atmosphere by GPS system in the 1980's, and GPS Meteorology(GPS/MET) was born then. GPS Meteorology is made up of ground based GPS/MET and space based GPS/MET. Ground based GPS/MET has come to the phase operationally applied with net in many countries of the world. Space based GPS/MET has also made a great progress. The paper introduces the development history and sounding principal of space based GPS/MET. Then the latest advancement in the field of GPS-LEO occultation data processing and application has been analyzed. And a review and summarization of GPS-LEO occultation sounding research in our country was given. At last an outlook of GPS-LEO future development was put forward.
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