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This study builds upon two prior papers, which examine Arctic region bias of CAM3 (NCAR Community Atmosphere Model version 3) simulations during winter. CAM3 output is compared with ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) 40?year reanalysis (ERA-40) data. Our prior papers considered the temperature and the vorticity equation terms and demonstrated that diabatic, transient, and linear terms dominate nonlinear bias terms over most areas of interest. Accordingly, this paper uses a linearized form of the model??s dynamical core equations to study aspects of the forcing that lead to the CAM3 biases. We treat the model??s long term winter bias as a solution to a linear stationary wave model (LSWM). Key features of the bias in the vorticity, temperature, and ln of surface pressure (=q) fields are shown at medium resolution. The important features found at medium resolution are captured at the much lower LSWM resolution. The Arctic q bias has two key features: excess q over the Barents Sea and a missing Beaufort High (negative maximum q bias) to the north of Alaska and eastern Siberia. The forcing fields are calculated by the LSWM. Horizontal advection tends to create multi-polar combinations of negative and positive extrema in the forcing. The positive and negative areas of forcing approximately match corresponding areas in the bias. There is a broad relation between cold bias with elevated q bias, as expected from classical theory. Forcing in related quantities: near surface vorticity and surface pressure combine to produce the sea level pressure bias. 相似文献
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Babatunde J. Abiodun William Joseph Gutowski Jr Joseph M. Prusa 《Climate Dynamics》2008,31(7-8):811-822
Previous aqua-planet simulations reported in the literature have shown the existence of both single and double inter-tropical convergence zones (ITCZs). In this study, horizontal grid resolution strongly affects ITCZ morphology as well as the amount of tropical precipitation through its influence on resolved dynamics. The grid adaptation capability of our global model enables simulations that separate the influence of tropical and extra-tropical dynamics on both the ITCZ and tropical precipitation. The presence of single versus double ITCZs in our aqua-planet simulations depends on the resolution of convectively coupled equatorial waves. When the tropical resolution is sufficiently high to resolve prominent equatorial waves a double ITCZ occurs, otherwise a single ITCZ occurs. In contrast, tropical resolution does not affect the magnitude of tropical precipitation in our aqua-planet simulations. Instead the magnitude is sensitive to extra-tropical resolution, through its influence on the strength of baroclinic eddies and their forcing of the Hadley circulation. 相似文献
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任意正交曲线坐标系下的海洋模式动力框架的发展与评估 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
本文发展了一个可以适用于任意水平正交曲线坐标系的海洋模式动力框架,并将其应用于中国科学院大气物理研究所大气科学和地球流体力学数值模拟国家重点实验室发展的气候系统海洋模式LICOM2.0（LASG/IAP Climate system Ocean Model,version2.0）。在经纬网格坐标系下,新的动力框架与LICOM2.0原有的动力框架模拟结果完全一致。基于新的动力框架,海洋模式可采用能够准确描述北冰洋地形的三极网格,克服了LICOM2.0经纬网格版本必须将北极点处理为孤岛的缺陷,从而显著改进了模式对于北冰洋环流和北大西洋经圈翻转流函数（AMOC）的模拟能力。此外,引进三极网格还可以避免模式网格距随纬度增加而急剧减小带来的计算不稳定,在LICOM2.0的三极网格版本中,模式不需要采用任何空间滤波方案仍然能够保证计算的稳定性,从而与LICOM2.0的经纬网格版本相比,极大地提高了模式的并行效率,这一点在当水平分辨率提高到0.1度时表现得尤为明显,海洋模式的并行加速比可以从经纬网格版本的5.8左右提高到三极网格版本的15.0左右。 相似文献
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通过考虑动量表面拖曳并利用牛顿松弛方法将温度松弛到纬向对称的温度场, 对GRAPES模式的动力框架进行了长期时间积分试验。通过统计分析其积分结果表明:GRAPES模式的动力框架可以模拟出大气环流的基本特征; 随着分辨率的提高, GRAPES模式动力框架的模拟结果显示出收敛的特性; 虽然GRAPES模式动力框架采用的是能量不守衡的半隐式半拉格朗日时间积分方案, 但长期时间积分试验表明其能量基本保持稳定。这些结果显示使用GRAPES模式动力框架作大气环流和气候研究的大气动力框架是可行的, 同时也为进一步改进GRAPES模式动力框架提供了线索和依据。 相似文献
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An adaptive 2 D nonhydrostatic dynamical core is proposed by using the multi-moment constrained finite-volume(MCV) scheme and the Berger-Oliger adaptive mesh refinement(AMR) algorithm. The MCV scheme takes several pointwise values within each computational cell as the predicted variables to build high-order schemes based on single-cell reconstruction. Two types of moments, such as the volume-integrated average(VIA) and point value(PV), are defined as constraint conditions to derive the updating formulations of the unknowns, and the constraint condition on VIA guarantees the rigorous conservation of the proposed model. In this study, the MCV scheme is implemented on a height-based, terrainfollowing grid with variable resolution to solve the nonhydrostatic governing equations of atmospheric dynamics. The AMR grid of Berger-Oliger consists of several groups of blocks with different resolutions, where the MCV model developed on a fixed structured mesh can be used directly. Numerical formulations are designed to implement the coarsefine interpolation and the flux correction for properly exchanging the solution information among different blocks. Widely used benchmark tests are carried out to evaluate the proposed model. The numerical experiments on uniform and AMR grids indicate that the adaptive model has promising potential for improving computational efficiency without losing accuracy. 相似文献
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With the development of numerical weather prediction technology,the traditional global hydrostatic models used in many countries of the world for operational weather forecasting and numerical simulations of general circulation have become more and more unfit for high-impact weather prediction.To address this,it is important to invest in the development of global nonhydrostatic models.Few existing nonhydrostatic global models use consistently the grid finite difference scheme for the primitive equations of dynamical cores,which can subsequently degrade the accuracy of the calculations.A new nonhydrostatic global spectral model,which utilizes the Eulerian spectral method,is developed here from NCAR Community Atmosphere Model 3.0(CAM3.0).Using Janjic's hydrostatic/nonhydrostatic method,a global nonhydrostatic spectral method for the primitive equations has been formulated and developed.In order to retain the integrity of the nonhydrostatic equations,the atmospheric curvature correction and eccentricity correction are considered. In this paper,the Held-Suarez idealized test and an idealized baroclinic wave test are first carried out,which shows that the nonhydrostatic global spectral model has similar climate states to the results of many other global models for long-term idealized integration,as well as better simulation ability for short-term idealized integration.Then,a real case experiment is conducted using the new dynamical core with the full physical parameterizations of subgrid-scale physical processes.The 10-day numerical integration indicates a decrease in systematic error and a better simulation of zonal wind,temperature,and 500-hPa height. 相似文献
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Volker K. Schilling 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1991,55(3):283-304
A parameterization scheme has been developed to describe the effects of a tall forest on the mean structure of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The main advantage of the scheme is that dynamical and thermodynamical effects of a forest surface can be simulated satisfactorily using only a coarse-grid resolution within numerical models. Thereby, the canopy layer is parameterized as a quasi-subgrid phenomenon. This makes it possible to study meteorological phenomena within the ABL in a very economical way (with respect to computational time) whereby, nevertheless, more detailed information concerning the forest surface is taken into account than could be done using the same grid resolution and quite simple assumptions describing the canopy, e.g., the effective roughness.The applicability in numerical models is shown by using a slightly modified two-dimensional version of the mesoscale model FITNAH. For comparison, simulations with a high numerical grid resolution within the canopy have been carried out.Model results reproduce the known meteorological phenomena in forested areas, e.g., a stable thermal stratification near the surface during the day, and at night, a neutral — or slightly unstable condition — and, in general, reduced windspeed within the canopy layer.Diurnal variations and spatial distributions of temperature and humidity are found to be similar for both cases. Also, a thermally-induced local circulation system in the vicinity of a large clearing has been simulated satisfactorily.A comparison of the calculated results verifies that the parameterization scheme is quite suitable for simulating the effects of plant canopies on the distributions of meteorological variables in the ABL. 相似文献
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The boundary-layer development and convection-pattern transition typically occurring in cold-air outbreaks is studied using
three-dimensional simulations. The simulations include the secondary-flow transition starting with the relatively small-scale
boundary-layer rolls developing during the initial phase and ending with mesoscale cellular convection patterns. The application
of a computational grid, whose horizontal mesh size enables the resolution of the small-scale initial patterns and whose domain
size is large enough to capture mesoscale convection patterns, overcharges even state-of-the-art supercomputers. In order
to bypass the computer storage problem, the horizontal size of the model domain and the horizontal resolution of the computational
grid are adjusted to the scale of the dominant convective structures. This enables the simulation of convection cells whose
horizontal scales increase up to values exceeding the size of the initial model domain.
The model is applied to conditions of a cold-air outbreak observed during the ARKTIS 1991 experiment. The most important characteristics
of the observed situation are revealed by the model. Sensitivity studies are performed in order to investigate the relation
between cell broadening and various physical processes. The artificial cutoff of liquid-water formation prevents the enlargement
of convective scales. Latent heating due to condensation and especially radiative cloud-top cooling are identified as processes
leading to cell broadening. We propose a conceptual model that elucidates the mechanism by which cloud-top cooling may generate
larger aspect ratios. 相似文献
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The sensitivity of precipitation was studied by conducting control aqua-planet experiments(APEs) with a model to determine atmospheric general circulation.The model includes two versions: that with a spectral dynamical core(SAMIL) and that with a finite-volume dynamical core(FAMIL).Three factors were investigated including dynamical core,time-step length,and horizontal resolution.Numerical results show that the dynamical core significantly affects the structure of zonal averaged precipitation.FAMIL exhibited an equatorial precipitation belt with a single narrow peak,and SAMIL showed a broader belt with double peaks.Moreover,the time step of the model physics is shown to affect the zonal-averaged tropical convective precipitation ratio such that a longer time step leads to more production and consumption of convective available potential energy and convection initiated away from the equator,which corresponds to equatorial double peaks of precipitation.Further,precipitation is determined to be sensitive to horizontal resolution such that higher horizontal resolution allows for more small-scale kinetic energy to be resolved and leads to a broader probability distribution of low-level vertical velocity.This process results in heavier rainfall and convective precipitation extremes in the tropics.Abstract The sensitivity of precipitation was studied by conducting control aqua-planet experiments(APEs)with a model to determine atmospheric general circulation.The model includes two versions:that with a spectral dynamical core(SAMIL)and that with a finite-volume dynamical core(FAMIL).Three factors were investigated including dynamical core,time-step length,and horizontal resolution.Numerical results show that the dynamical core significantly affects the structure of zonal averaged precipitation.FAMIL exhibited an equatorial precipitation belt with a single narrow peak,and SAMIL showed a broader belt with double peaks.Moreover,the time step of the model physics is shown to affect the zonal-averaged tropical convective precipitation ratio such that a longer time step leads to more production and consumption of convective available potential energy and convection initiated away from the equator,which corresponds to equatorial double peaks of precipitation.Further,precipitation is determined to be sensitive to horizontal resolution such that higher horizontal resolution allows for more small-scale kinetic energy to be resolved and leads to a broader probability distribution of low-level vertical velocity.This process results in heavier rainfall and convective precipitation extremes in the tropics. 相似文献
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Effects of model resolution and subgrid-scale physics on the simulation of precipitation in the continental United States 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
J. P. Iorio P. B. Duffy B. Govindasamy S. L. Thompson M. Khairoutdinov D. Randall 《Climate Dynamics》2004,23(3-4):243-258
We analyze simulations of the global climate performed at a range of spatial resolutions to assess the effects of horizontal spatial resolution on the ability to simulate precipitation in the continental United States. The model investigated is the CCM3 general circulation model. We also preliminarily assess the effect of replacing cloud and convective parameterizations in a coarse-resolution (T42) model with an embedded cloud-system resolving model (CSRM). We examine both spatial patterns of seasonal-mean precipitation and daily time scale temporal variability of precipitation in the continental United States. For DJF and SON, high-resolution simulations produce spatial patterns of seasonal-mean precipitation that agree more closely with observed precipitation patterns than do results from the same model (CCM3) at coarse resolution. However, in JJA and MAM, there is little improvement in spatial patterns of seasonal-mean precipitation with increasing resolution, particularly in the southeast USA. This is because of the dominance of convective (i.e., parameterized) precipitation in these two seasons. We further find that higher-resolution simulations have more realistic daily precipitation statistics. In particular, the well-known tendency at coarse resolution to have too many days with weak precipitation and not enough intense precipitation is partially eliminated in higher-resolution simulations. However, even at the highest resolution examined here (T239), the simulated intensity of the mean and of high-percentile daily precipitation amounts is too low. This is especially true in the southeast USA, where the most extreme events occur. A new GCM, in which a cloud-resolving model (CSRM) is embedded in each grid cell and replaces convective and stratiform cloud parameterizations, solves this problem, and actually produces too much precipitation in the form of extreme events. However, in contrast to high-resolution versions of CCM3, this model produces little improvement in spatial patterns of seasonal-mean precipitation compared to models at the same resolution using traditional parameterizations. 相似文献
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T. M. Lenton R. Marsh A. R. Price D. J. Lunt Y. Aksenov J. D. Annan T. Cooper-Chadwick S. J. Cox N. R. Edwards S. Goswami J. C. Hargreaves P. P. Harris Z. Jiao V. N. Livina A. J. Payne I. C. Rutt J. G. Shepherd P. J. Valdes G. Williams M. S. Williamson A. Yool 《Climate Dynamics》2007,29(6):591-613
We have used the Grid ENabled Integrated Earth system modelling (GENIE) framework to undertake a systematic search for bi-stability
of the ocean thermohaline circulation (THC) for different surface grids and resolutions of 3-D ocean (GOLDSTEIN) under a 3-D
dynamical atmosphere model (IGCM). A total of 407,000 years were simulated over a three month period using Grid computing.
We find bi-stability of the THC despite significant, quasi-periodic variability in its strength driven by variability in the
dynamical atmosphere. The position and width of the hysteresis loop depends on the choice of surface grid (longitude-latitude
or equal area), but is less sensitive to changes in ocean resolution. For the same ocean resolution, the region of bi-stability
is broader with the IGCM than with a simple energy-moisture balance atmosphere model (EMBM). Feedbacks involving both ocean
and atmospheric dynamics are found to promote THC bi-stability. THC switch-off leads to increased import of freshwater at
the southern boundary of the Atlantic associated with meridional overturning circulation. This is counteracted by decreased
freshwater import associated with gyre and diffusive transports. However, these are localised such that the density gradient
between North and South is reduced tending to maintain the THC off state. THC switch-off can also generate net atmospheric
freshwater input to the Atlantic that tends to maintain the off state. The ocean feedbacks are present in all resolutions,
across most of the bi-stable region, whereas the atmosphere feedback is strongest in the longitude–latitude grid and around
the transition where the THC off state is disappearing. Here the net oceanic freshwater import due to the overturning mode
weakens, promoting THC switch-on, but the atmosphere counteracts this by increasing net freshwater input. This increases the
extent of THC bi-stability in this version of the model.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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GRAPES模式中三维科氏力计算及其效果评估 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
作为一种连续可压缩流体,大气具有分层流体特性,其状态变化可由牛顿第二定律、热力学第一定律、连续方程和理想大气状态方程组成的偏微分方程组描述。为了更加精细地描述GRAPES全球模式的动力过程,使模式大气更接近真实大气,在全球非静力模式GRAPES中考虑三维科氏力作用,通过重新构建半隐式半拉格朗日求解大气动力方程组的亥姆霍兹方程系数,在不改变求解方案的前提下实现对GRAPES模式动力过程的更新。然后采用在静力平衡基础上建立的三维大气理想试验对新的动力过程进行数值试验,检验其计算效果和数值稳定性。结果显示,考虑三维科氏力的模式动力框架计算稳定,提高了三维标量和矢量场的计算精度,在水平1°×1°分辨率模式中,平衡流试验第15天计算结果标量场Π'的l1和l2误差分别为0.00023和0.0004,而三维矢量场 V 的l1和l2误差分别为0.002和0.003,均较原模式误差小一个数量级。在罗斯贝-豪威兹波、地形罗斯贝波和斜压波试验中,新框架均表现出很高的计算稳定性和良好的计算效果。 相似文献
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两步保形平流方案在高分辨率球面经纬网格下的跳点差分试验 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
尝试用一个基于有限差分的两步保形平流方案（TSPAS）替代美国国家大气研究中心第5版公用大气模式（NCAR-CAM5）欧拉-谱动力框架中的半拉格朗日传输（SLT）平流方案,并针对不同分辨率版本,计算水汽等物质的传输过程。通过设计保证守恒性的跳点差分法,解决了基于经纬网格的模式在高分辨率下由于极区纬向格距过小而造成的差分方案积分时间步长过短的问题,使得TSPAS在高分辨率下仍然可以使用较大的时间步长。理想试验表明：（1）跳点TSPAS在守恒性、数值精度（量级上）、保形性等方面均较好地保持了原TSPAS的特点,而积分步长可增大到与CAM5-SLT相同,比原TSPAS提高超过一个数量级;（2）较半拉格朗日传输方案,尽管TSPAS的耗散更大,但是在相同时间步长下更省时,且改进了半拉格朗日传输求解平流方程造成的不守恒问题。CAM5的比较试验表明：（1）采用跳点TSPAS的模式结果与非跳点计算结果相当,在高纬度跳点区域也并未出现模拟异常;（2）在高分辨率下,采用跳点TSPAS方案的CAM5模拟结果与原模式结果相近,并初步显示对东亚青藏高原南侧的虚假降水有所抑制。该工作确保了基于欧拉通量差分型的TSPAS在高分辨率模式下的大时间步长稳定积分,为解决有限差分方法在高分辨率模式发展中的相关计算问题提供了启示,为后续针对东亚地区的模式性能改进奠定了基础。 相似文献
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Response of hurricane-type vortices to global warming as simulated by ARPEGE-Climat at high resolution 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Atlantic hurricanes and their sensitivity to anthropogenic warming are investigated using very high (0.5°×0.5° over the Atlantic domain) resolution global simulations. The ARPEGE-Climat variable resolution grid demonstrates its usefulness in regional climate studies since resolution can be multiplied by a factor of 2.5 over the domain of interest compared to a uniform grid, for a similar computer cost. The question of hurricane characteristics dependence on anthropogenic warming is tackled trough the implementation of a tracking method. Changes in the total number, as well as locations, of hurricanes appear to depend more on sea surface temperature (SST) spatial patterns anomaly than Atlantic mean intensity, essentially through the change in large scale vertical wind shear. A uniform SST anomaly forcing produces increased and eastward shifted systems while a spatially contrasted anomaly leads to a decrease. Comparison between cyclogenesis density calculated from tracking or large scale combined variables (as a modified Gray parameter) brings some confidence in the use of the latter to investigate low resolution simulations. Mean hurricane dynamical characteristics are weakly changed by the warming but precipitation core and latent heat flux are enhanced in all scenarios. 相似文献
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为参加第六次国际耦合模式比较计划（CMIP6）和进一步提高模式的模拟能力,大气科学和地球流体力学数值模拟国家重点实验室（LASG）模式团队发展了新一代的格点大气版本的FGOALS-g耦合模式。新版本模式在大气分辨率、海洋网格,以及各分量模式的物理过程等方面都有一定的改进,并正在参与CMIP6最核心的试验以及多个CMIP6模式比较子计划试验。给定CMIP6外强迫,模式在工业革命前参照试验（piControl）和大气模式比较计划（AMIP）试验中模拟的初步结果都比较合理。 相似文献
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On the role of resolution and topography in the simulation of East Asia precipitation 总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13
Xuejie Gao Ying Xu Zongci Zhao J. S. Pal F. Giorgi 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2006,86(1-4):173-185
Summary In this paper, we investigate the role that horizontal resolution plays in the simulation of East Asia precipitation. Two
sets of numerical experiments are performed using the Regional Climate Model (RegCM2) nested in one-way mode within the CSIRO
global coupled atmosphere-ocean model. In the first set we use the actual RegCM2 topography at the selected model resolutions,
which are 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 and 360 km. In the second set of the experiments, the same coarse CSIRO model topography
is used in all simulations using the different resolutions of the first set. The results demonstrate that the simulation of
East Asian precipitation improves as the horizontal resolution is increased. Moreover, it is shown that the simulations using
a higher resolution along with the coarse CSIRO topography perform better than the simulations using a coarser model resolution
with corresponding model topography. This suggests that over East Asia adequate spatial resolution to resolve the physical
and dynamical processes is more important than topography. Lastly, the results indicate that model resolutions of 60 km or
higher are needed to accurately simulate the distribution of precipitation over China and East Asia. 相似文献
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Northern Hemisphere winter storm tracks are a key element of the winter weather and climate at mid-latitudes. Before projections of climate change are made for these regions, it is necessary to be sure that climate models are able to reproduce the main features of observed storm tracks. The simulated storm tracks are assessed for a variety of Hadley Centre models and are shown to be well modelled on the whole. The atmosphere-only model with the semi-Lagrangian dynamical core produces generally more realistic storm tracks than the model with the Eulerian dynamical core, provided the horizontal resolution is high enough. The two models respond in different ways to changes in horizontal resolution: the model with the semi-Lagrangian dynamical core has much reduced frequency and strength of cyclonic features at lower resolution due to reduced transient eddy kinetic energy. The model with Eulerian dynamical core displays much smaller changes in frequency and strength of features with changes in horizontal resolution, but the location of the storm tracks as well as secondary development are sensitive to resolution. Coupling the atmosphere-only model (with semi-Lagrangian dynamical core) to an ocean model seems to affect the storm tracks largely via errors in the tropical representation. For instance a cold SST bias in the Pacific and a lack of ENSO variability lead to large changes in the Pacific storm track. Extratropical SST biases appear to have a more localised effect on the storm tracks. 相似文献
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Using the global environmental multiscale (GEM) model, we investigate the impact of increasing model resolution from 2° to 0.3° on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. There is a clear improvement in the realism of Atlantic storms with increased resolution, in part, linked to a better representation of African easterly waves. The geographical distribution of a Genesis Potential Index, composed of large-scales fields known to impact cyclone formation, coincides closely in the model with areas of high cyclogenesis. The geographical distribution of this index also improves with resolution. We then compare two techniques for achieving local high resolution over the tropical Atlantic: a limited-area model driven at the boundaries by the global 2° GEM simulation and a global variable resolution model (GVAR). The limited-area domain and high-resolution part of the GVAR model coincide geographically, allowing a direct comparison between these two downscaling options. These integrations are further compared with a set of limited-area simulations employing the same domain and resolution, but driven at the boundaries by reanalysis. The limited-area model driven by reanalysis produces the most realistic Atlantic tropical cyclone variability. The GVAR simulation is clearly more accurate than the limited-area version driven by GEM-Global. Degradation in the simulated interannual variability is partly linked to the models failure to accurately reproduce the impact of atmospheric teleconnections from the equatorial Pacific and Sahel on Atlantic cyclogenesis. Through the use of a smaller limited-area grid, driven by GEM-Global 2°, we show that an accurate representation of African Easterly Waves is crucial for simulating Atlantic tropical cyclone variability. 相似文献
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Recently, a new atmospheric general circulation model （GAMIL： Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG） has been developed at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics （IAP）, Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）, which is based on the Community Atmospheric Model Version 2 （CAM2） of the National Center for Atmospheric Research （NCAR）. Since the two models have the same physical processes but different dynamical cores, the interannual variability simulation performances of the two models are compared. The ensemble approach is used to reduce model internal variability. In general, the simulation performances of the two models are similar. Both models have good per- formance in simulating total space-time variability and the Southern Oscillation Index. GAMIL performs better in the Eastern Asian winter circulation simulation than CAM2, and the model internal variability of GAMIL has a better response to external forcing than that of CAM2. These indicate that the improvement of the dynamic core is very important. It is also verified that there is less predictability in the middle and high latitudes than in the low latitudes. 相似文献
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Summary In this paper, very-high-resolution numerical simulations are presented to analyze the small-scale dynamics of the foehn in
the lower Wipp Valley and the adjacent parts of the Inn Valley. This region was one of the target areas for foehn observations
during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP). Our simulations consider two MAP cases that markedly differed in the depth of
the foehn flow. To isolate the dynamical effect of the key orographic features in the Wipp Valley region, we performed sensitivity
experiments with different topography modifications. These involve lowering or even removing the Nordkette range, which constitutes
the northern side wall of the east–west-oriented Inn Valley, and closing the Stubai Valley, which is the northernmost and
largest tributary of the Wipp Valley. A comparison with surface and lidar observations indicates that our present model resolution
of 467 m significantly improves the realism of the simulations compared to a resolution of 800 m, as used in a previous study.
The Nordkette is found to have a twofold impact on the dynamics of foehn breakthrough into the Inn Valley. In reality, this
mountain chain deflects part of the southerly foehn current coming from the Wipp Valley into the perpendicularly oriented
Inn Valley. Our sensitivity tests indicate that this flow deflection tends to accelerate the foehn breakthrough into the Inn
Valley, while upstream blocking effects induced by the Nordkette act to slow down the process of foehn breakthrough. The flow
pattern in the Wipp Valley reveals that the upstream effects of the Nordkette are not quite far-reaching. The amplitude of
the gravity waves over the lower Wipp Valley gets somewhat reduced by these upstream effects, but the overall flow pattern
remains largely unaffected. Closing the Stubai Valley also has a minor effect of the wave structure and tends to reduce the
cross-valley variability of the foehn flow in the lower Wipp Valley. 相似文献