Radar Data Assimilation for the Simulation of Mesoscale Convective Systems     

Jo-Han LEE  Dong-Kyou LEE  Hyun-Ha LEE  Yonghan CHOI  Hyung-Woo KIM 《大气科学进展》2010,27(5):1025-1042

A heavy rainfall case related to Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) over the Korean Peninsula was selected to investigate the impact of radar data assimilation on a heavy rainfall forecast. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system with tuning of the length scale of the background error covariance and observation error parameters was used to assimilate radar radial velocity and reflectivity data. The radar data used in the assimilation experiments were preprocessed using quality-control procedures and interpolated/thinned into Cartesian coordinates by the SPRINT/CEDRIC packages. Sensitivity experiments were carried out in order to determine the optimal values of the assimilation window length and the update frequency used for the rapid update cycle and incremental analysis update experiments. The assimilation of radar data has a positive influence on the heavy rainfall forecast. Quantitative features of the heavy rainfall case, such as the maximum rainfall amount and Root Mean Squared Differences (RMSDs) of zonal/meridional wind components, were improved by tuning of the length scale and observation error parameters. Qualitative features of the case, such as the maximum rainfall position and time series of hourly rainfall, were enhanced by an incremental analysis update technique. The positive effects of the radar data assimilation and the tuning of the length scale and observation error parameters were clearly shown by the 3DVAR increment.  相似文献   

The Role of Land–sea Distribution and Orography in the Asian Monsoon. Part I： Land–sea Distribution   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

XU Zhongfeng  QIAN Yongfu  FU Congbin 《大气科学进展》2010,27(2):403-420

A number of AGCM simulations were performed by including various land--sea distributions (LSDs), such as meridional LSDs, zonal LSDs, tropical large-scale LSDs, and subcontinental-scale LSDs, to identify their effects on the Asian monsoon. In seven meridional LSD experiments with the continent/ocean located to the north/south of a certain latitude, the LSDs remain identical except the southern coastline is varied from 40^o to 4^oN in intervals of 5.6^o. In the experiments with the coastline located to the north of 21^oN, no monsoon can be found in the subtropical zone. In contrast, a summer monsoon is simulated when the continent extends to the south of 21^oN. Meanwhile, the earlier onset and stronger intensity of the tropical summer monsoon are simulated with the southward extension of the tropical continent. The effects of zonal LSDs were investigated by including the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean into the model based on the meridional LSD run with the coastline located at 21^oN. The results indicate that the presence of a mid-latitude zonal LSD induces a strong zonal pressure gradient between the continent and ocean, which in turn results in the formation of an East Asian subtropical monsoon. The comparison of simulations with and without the Indian Peninsula and Indo-China Peninsula reveals that the presence of two peninsulas remarkably strengthens the southwesterly winds over South Asia due to the tropical asymmetric heating between the tropical land and sea. The tropical zonal LSD plays a crucial role in the formation of cumulus convection.  相似文献   

ATOVS资料在淮河暴雨预报中的同化应用研究   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

郭锐  李泽椿  张国平 《气象》2010,36(2):1-12

ATOVS资料的获取弥补了测站稀少地区常规观测资料的不足,尤其是有云条件下的温湿资料,这两种资料对于模式的降水预报极为重要。采用T213-SSI业务系统,对全球NOAA16、17的ATOVS资料进行同化试验,分析了ATOVS资料在极端暴雨天气预报中的应用效果。对2007年7月7—9日发生在淮河流域的一次暴雨过程进行数值模拟研究,设计3种同化方案,对比分析了不同方案的同化模拟结果。试验表明:长期同化AMSU资料,可以改善降水预报,尤其是降水强度的改善明显。通过连续同化,卫星资料能改进大尺度环境场、温湿场和动力场。剔除AMSU-A地面通道及低层700 hPa通道资料的同化效果要优于全部同化,对于暴雨中心的模拟位置、强度有较明显改进,中高层形势场的降水直接影响系统也更加接近实况,温湿场、风场的调整作用尤其明显。  相似文献   

华南春季降水和水汽输送的年代际变化特征   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

LI Hong-Yi  LIN Zhao-Hui  CHEN Hong 《大气和海洋科学快报》2009,2(2):113-118

The characteristics of spring precipitation and water vapor transport in South China were analyzed by using observational data and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction （NCEP） reanalysis data. The results show that, during the spring, each component of the water cycle （precipitation, wind field, specific humidity, water vapor transport, etc.） in South China exhibits a notable interdecadal variability. An abrupt increase in spring precipitation occurred in the early 1970s. During the dry period from 1958 to 1971, a water vapor flux divergence （positive divQ） existed in South China, which may have led to the deficiency in rainfall. However, during the wet period from 1973 to 1989, there was a remarkable water vapor flux convergence （negative divQ） in South China, which may have resulted in the higher rainfall. The interdecadal variability of water vapor transport is closely related to the interdecadal variability of wind fields, although the interdecadal variability of specific humidity also plays a role to some extent, and the interdecadal variability of the zonal water vapor transport contributes much more to the interdecadal variability of spring precipitation than the meridional water vapor transport.  相似文献   

2009年飞机人工增雨作业抗春旱效益评估   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

余芳  刘东升  何奇瑾  刘晓璐  王维佳 《四川气象》2010,(1):72-75

本文介绍了人工增雨作业效益的一种评估方法——区域雨量对比法,以及该方法在实际业务工作中的应用：统计了2009年春季四川省飞机人工增雨的作业情况,采用区域雨量对比法对每次作业进行效益计算,得出每次作业的影响面积、影响区降水、对比区降水、增雨量、增加的降水量等,根据春旱期间的降水情况与旱情缓解情况,对人工增雨抗春旱的效益进行了分析评估,并尝试计算出缩短春旱的持续时间,给出了评估结论,并对该方法的应用进行了讨论。该评估方法对于人工影响天气业务工作,具有一定的实用性和可操作性。  相似文献   

1950—2009年夏季菲律宾低空越赤道气流的变化特征   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

杜启倩  孙照渤  李忠贤  倪东鸿 《气象与减灾研究》2010,33(3):7-15

利用1950—2009年NECP/NCAR的月平均经向风再分析资料,根据夏季(6—8月)菲律宾低空越赤道气流的特征,定义了该支气流的强度指数IS和位置偏移指数IL,并根据这两个指数分析了菲律宾越赤道气流的时间变化特征及对应的环流特征,以及其与亚洲夏季降水的关系。结果表明,IS主要呈现弱、强、弱、强的年代际变化特征,IL主要呈现振荡、稳定、径直转向的年代际变化特征。IS与由低层澳大利亚高压北侧冷空气活跃和西太平洋副热带高压减弱所造成的经向气压梯度的变化有关,IL与澳大利亚地区和赤道低槽区高、低层的南北气压梯度有关。IS与印度尼西亚、孟加拉湾南部、热带西太平洋和澳大利亚东部的降水关系密切,IL与孟加拉湾和中国南海南部的降水关系密切。此外,IL与澳大利亚上空的垂直运动具有密切联系。  相似文献   

A Parameterization Scheme for Regional Average Runoff over Heterogeneous Land Surface Under Climatic Rainfall Forcing          下载免费PDF全文

LIU Jingmiao  DING Yuguo  ZHOU Xiuji  LI Yun 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》2010,24(1):116-122

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SVD分析揭示的澳大利亚高压年际变化对中国夏季降水的可能影响   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张蓬勃  管兆勇  孙密娜  曹舒娅 《气象学报》2010,68(6):908-917

澳大利亚高压是东亚夏季风系统的重要成员之一,其对中国夏季气候存在显著影响.为了进一步弄清年际时间尺度上的澳大利亚高压变化对中国东部夏季降水的影响,利用澳大利哑海平面气压和中国夏季降水站点资料,使用SVD和线性回归方法揭示了澳大利亚高压的年际变化与中国夏季降水异常的联系,得到:SVD的第1模态的时间系数与通常使用的澳大利亚高压指数相关可达到0.98.在有无考虑ENSO的影响时,SVD的第1模态均反映出澳大利亚高压的年际变化与中国江南地区夏季降水存在密切联系,也即澳大利亚高压增强(减弱)时,江南地区降水增多(减少).澳大利亚高压对中国夏季降水的可能影响途径为:澳大利哑高压通过影响赤道纬向气流和越赤道气流并通过类似PJ波列的方式影响到中国东部地区:澳大利亚高压增强时,造成西太平洋副热带高压偏南、偏西,同时,105°E处越赤道气流显著加强,为江南地区提供充足水汽源,利于中国江南地区降水;澳大利亚高压减弱时,情况相反;在强(弱)澳大利哑高压年,印度尼西亚及热带辐合带海区SSTA负(正)异常使得低层风场的异常辐散(辐合),激发了澳大利哑南部以及西太平洋地区异常反气旋(气旋)环流,同时江南地区出现异常辐合(辐散),引起大气异常上升(下沉)运动,有利于中国江南地区夏季降水异常偏多(偏少).  相似文献   

Evaluation of TMPA satellite-based research and real-time rainfall estimates during six tropical-related heavy rainfall events over Louisiana, USA     

Emad Habib  Amy Henschke  Robert F. Adler 《Atmospheric Research》2009,94(3):373-388

This study focuses on the evaluation of 3-hourly 0.25° × 0.25° satellite-based rainfall estimates produced by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA). The evaluation is performed during six heavy rainfall events that were generated by tropical storms passing over Louisiana, United States. Two surface-based rainfall datasets from gauge and radar observations are used as a ground reference for evaluating the real-time (RT) version of the TMPA product and the post-real-time bias adjusted research version. The evaluation analysis is performed at the native temporal and spatial scales of the TMPA products, 3-hourly and 0.25° × 0.25°. Several graphical and statistical techniques are applied to characterize the deviation of the TMPA estimates from the reference datasets. Both versions of the TMPA products track reasonably well the temporal evolution and fluctuations of surface rainfall during the analyzed storms with moderate to high correlation values of 0.5–0.8. The TMPA estimates reported reasonable levels of rainfall detection especially when light rainfall rates are excluded. On a storm scale, the TMPA products are characterized by varying degrees of bias which was mostly within ± 25% and ± 50% for the research and RT products, respectively. Analysis of the error distribution indicated that, on average, the TMPA products tend to overestimate small rain rates and underestimate large rain rates. Compared to the real-time estimates, the research product shows significant improvement in the overall and conditional bias, and in the correlation coefficients, with slight deterioration in the probability of detecting rainfall occurrences. A fair agreement in terms of reproducing the tail of the distribution of rain rates (i.e., probability of surface rainfall exceeding certain thresholds) was observed especially for the RT estimates. Despite the apparent differences with surface rainfall estimates, the results reported in this study highlight the TMPA potential as a valuable resource of high-resolution rainfall information over many areas in the world that lack capabilities for monitoring landfalling tropical storms.  相似文献   

Estimating actual rainfall from satellite rainfall products     

Jun Yan  Mekonnen Gebremichael   《Atmospheric Research》2009,92(4):481-488

The lack of uncertainty measures in operational satellite rainfall (SR) products leads to a situation where users of the SR products know that there are significant errors in the products, but they have no quantitative information about the distribution of these errors. The authors propose a semiparametric model to characterize the conditional distribution of actual rainfall (AR) given measures from SR products. The model consists of two components: a conditional gamma density given each SR, and a smooth functional relationship between the gamma parameters and SR. The model is developed for monthly rainfall, estimated from a satellite with sampling frequency once a day, averaged over an area of 512 × 512 km² in the Mississippi River basin. The conditional distribution results are more informative than deterministic SR products since the whole conditional distribution enables users to take appropriate actions according to their own risk assessments and cost/benefit analyses.  相似文献