Changes in post world war ii distribution and status of monsoon rainforests in the Darwin area     

William J. Panton 《The Australian geographer》1993,24(2):50-59

Monsoon rainforests in the Darwin area occur as isolated patches ranging in size from 2 to 112 ha. Aerial photographic records over a 45 year period indicate a 60 per cent reduction in the cover of pre‐1945 rainforest. Urban development, cyclone damage, weed invasion and wildfire were identified as the major causes of this contraction. Urban development contributed 40 per cent of the total rainforest loss during this period. Rainforests occurring on dry substrates have been most affected by urban development. Cyclonic storm damage and indirect human affects such as weed invasion and anthropogenic fires continue to disturb the remaining rainforest patches. Although the largest expanses of rainforest presently occur within parks and reserves, providing adequate protection from further urban encroachment, smaller remnants occurring on vacant crown land are vulnerable to changes in land use. As well as the introduction of appropriate legislation, the control of fire and weeds should be given the highest priority by land managers to ensure the stability and long‐term maintenance of this remnant vegetation.  相似文献   

Air-sea interaction over the tropical Indian Ocean during several contrasting monsoon seasons     

M. R. Ramesh Kumar  J. S. Sastry 《Journal of Earth System Science》1990,99(3):393-404

Monthly mean anomaly fields of various parameters like sea surface temperature, air temperature, wind stress, effective radiation at the surface, heat gain over the ocean and the total heat loss between a good and bad monsoon composite and the evaporation rates over the Arabian Sea and southern hemisphere have been studied over the tropical Indian Ocean. The mean rates of evaporation on a seasonal scale over the Arabian Sea during a good and bad monsoon composites were equal (about 2·48 × 10¹⁰ tons/day). The evaporation rates over the southern hemisphere were greater during all the months. The mean evaporation rates over the southern hemisphere on a seasonal scale for the good and bad monsoon composites were 4·4 × 10¹⁰ and 4·6 × 10¹⁰ tons/day respectively. The maximum evaporation rates over the southern hemisphere were observed in August. The anomalies of wind stress, effective radiation at the surface and the heat gain over the ocean also exhibit large variations in August, as compared to other monsoon months.  相似文献   

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECT OF QINGHAIXIZANG PLATEAU SNOW COVER ON SUMMER MONSOON FORMATION          下载免费PDF全文

Zhang Zhengqiu  Li Weiliang  Chen Longxun 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1991,5(4):442-455

The calculating schemes of underlying surface processes in the model described by Li et al.(1989)are modified with inclusion of simple land surface processes and oceanic mixed layer processes,then a simulation on the zonal wind along 90°E from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere with moun-tains is performed.Comparisons of the results and the observations show that the modified model not onlyhas an excellent stability in calculation but also can better display the seasonal change of the wind field,theability of the present model is improved as compared with that of the previous one.Based on the simulations,the authors investigate the effects of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau snow cover on theformation of South Asian monsoon by thickcning the snow depth and by increasing the snow albedo.Themain results arc as follows:The summer meridional circulation over the south of the Plateau and its vicinityis weakeued,and the precipitation reduced.However,over the northern tropics,the circulation is enhanced,and the ecipitation is increased,and the land and the air above it become warmer,the tropical easterly jetis weakened.  相似文献   

EFFECTS OF ANOMALOUS HEATING ON SUMMER MONSOON OVER ASIA     

沈如金  纪立人 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1991,(5)

Based on a zonally non-uniform mean circulation in summer simulated by numerical modelling,perturba-tion heatings ever South Asia and a perturbation cooling over Northwest Australia were incorporated in a nu-merical model to discuss their effects on summer monsoon over Asia and the structure of flow disturbance.  相似文献   

EFFECTS OF ANOMALOUS HEATING ON SUMMER MONSOON OVER ASIA^*     

Shen Rujin  Ji Liren 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1991,5(5):564-576

Based on a zonally non-uniform mean circulation in summer simulated by numerical modelling,perturbation heatings ever South Asia and a perturbation cooling over Northwest Australia were incorporated in a numerical model to discuss their effects on summer monsoon over Asia and the structure of flow disturbance.  相似文献   

南北半球经向气压驻波与热带季风的相关特征     

朱乾根  徐祥德 《南京气象学院学报》1991,14(1):18-24

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大气中低频重力波指数与西南低涡发展及其暴雨的关系   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

马振锋 《高原气象》1994,13(1):50-56

采用低频重力波指数法，对西南低涡发展演变及其暴雨强度，落区进行了诊断分析和预测。结果指出：（１）低频重力波指数Ｃｐ，Ｃｉ对西南低涡的发展及其暴雨强度，落区都有一定的预测意义，其预见期可达２４小时以上；（２）低频重力波指数随时间变化与西南低涡发有较好的对应关系；（３）低频重力波指数的大小与西南低涡暴雨强度相联系；（４）西南低涡暴雨落区通常发生在Ｃｐ，Ｃｉ指数的最大负值区内和Ｃｐ等值线梯度最大的区域。  相似文献   

澳洲夏季风热源低频变化对北半球冬季风影响的数值研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1  

徐海明  何金海 《南京气象学院学报》1994,17(1):58-63

采用ｐ－σ混合坐标系的５层原始方程模式研究了与澳洲夏季风低频变化相伴随的对流性低频加热源所激发的大气强迫波和东亚冬季风的关系，结果表明澳洲夏季风低频热源可引起北半球副热带高低层环流、东西向Ｗａｌｋｅｒ环流。经向环流、越赤道气流的低频振荡，其振荡周期、强度与热源的振荡周期、强度有关。结果还进一步表明，澳洲低频热源可激发出扰动的北传，从而引起北半球副热带环流、副热带西风急流的低频振荡，澳洲夏季风活跃后  相似文献   

亚洲夏季风系统水汽输送的季节平均和低频结构     

徐建军  何金海 《南京气象学院学报》1994,17(3):338-340

应用欧洲中期预报中心１９８０－１９８６年５－９月的８５０ｈＰａ逐日资料，分析了亚洲夏季风系统水汽输送的平均结构和低频结构。研究指出，从季节平均结构来看，亚洲季风系统是一个完整的体系。从低频活动结构看，亚洲夏季风系统中存在着印度季风和东亚季风系统的相对独立性。  相似文献   

1991年北半球夏季风及江淮流域降雨量的低频振荡     

尹树新  陈旭红 《南京气象学院学报》1994,17(3):379-384

根据１９９１年５－８月江淮特大暴雨资料，使用功率谱和带通滤波结合的方法，研究了１９９１年夏季风和江淮梅雨的准周期振荡，探索季风对异常梅雨的影响。分析指出，１９９１年北半球夏季风活动，江淮流域湿度场和降雨量变化均存在显著的准２４天周期振荡，夏季风的周期振荡，主要表现在西南季风（东南季风不明显），它的位相比降雨量提前２－４左右，其振幅大小较好地反映了降雨量的大小。  相似文献