Monitoring in the Western Pacific region shows evidence of seagrass decline in line with global trends     

Frederick T. Short  Robert Coles  Miguel D. Fortes  Steven Victor  Maxwell Salik  Irwan Isnain  Jay Andrew  Aganto Seno 《Marine pollution bulletin》2014

Seagrass systems of the Western Pacific region are biodiverse habitats, providing vital services to ecosystems and humans over a vast geographic range. SeagrassNet is a worldwide monitoring program that collects data on seagrass habitats, including the ten locations across the Western Pacific reported here where change at various scales was rapidly detected. Three sites remote from human influence were stable. Seagrasses declined largely due to increased nutrient loading (4 sites) and increased sedimentation (3 sites), the two most common stressors of seagrass worldwide. Two sites experienced near-total loss from of excess sedimentation, followed by partial recovery once sedimentation was reduced. Species shifts were observed at every site with recovering sites colonized by pioneer species. Regulation of watersheds is essential if marine protected areas are to preserve seagrass meadows. Seagrasses in the Western Pacific experience stress due to human impacts despite the vastness of the ocean area and low development pressures.  相似文献   

前期西太平洋暖池热含量异常影响长江中下游夏季降水的可能途经   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

祁莉  王晓芳  何金海  张文君  吴捷 《地球物理学报》2014,57(6):1769-1781

利用日本气象厅历史海温资料、NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、海表温度和降水资料,研究了1951-2010年前期西太平洋暖池（简称暖池）热含量异常与长江中下游夏季降水的关系,及其可能影响途径.结果表明,前期暖池热含量与长江中下游夏季降水存在超前2个季节的显著负相关关系,前期11-1月（即上年11月-当年1月,下同）暖池关键区（166.5°E-173.5°W,7.5°S-3.5°N）0~200 m热含量的偏低（高）对长江中下游夏季降水偏多（少）的预测有重要指示意义.前期暖池热含量异常的持续存在,及其外强迫作用激发的具有一定斜压性结构的夏季东亚-太平洋型遥相关（EAP）,可能是影响长江中下游夏季降水的主要原因.暖池热含量在前期11-1月异常偏低导致其西北侧菲律宾异常反气旋形成并维持,夏季菲律宾异常反气旋向西北方向扩展加强,东亚沿岸EAP波列形成,使得长江中下游及其以东的西北太平洋副热带地区受异常气旋控制,且长江中下游地区为北方冷空气与南方暖湿气流的交汇区.同时,对流层高层东亚沿岸亦存在位置较中低层向西北偏移的EAP波列,长江中下游及其以南地区为异常偏强高压,高层辐散与中低层辐合相配合,有利于长江中下游地区对流发展和降水增多;反之亦然.  相似文献   

太平洋中低纬度海表温差与副热带高压异常的数值模拟   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

潘敖大  孙照渤  周丽贤 《气象学报》2009,67(6):1025-1031

中国夏季天气变化与太平洋副热带高压关系密切,而中低纬度热力差异可能是副热带高压的强度和位置发生变化的莺要原因,文中利用NCAR/NCEP再分析位势高度、垂商速度和海表温度场资料,在对太平洋海表温度合理分区的基础上.根据海表温度EOF分解的第一模态时间系数与副热带高压的相关关系,定义了太平洋中、低纬度海表温差指数,并通过统计分析和数值模拟方法分析了温差的年代际变化特征及其对副热带高压的影响.结果表明:副热带高压的变化分别与中纬度太平洋的(30°-40°N,180°-140°W)和低纬度太平洋的(10°S-10°N,140°～100°W)两块区域海温关系密切,对由此两区域定义的温差指数分析发现,1976年前后温差指数出现一次显著的由弱变强的年代际突变,且温差的年代际变化特征与副热带高压异常有很好的对应关系,温差大值年,副热带高压偏强,面积增大,西伸尤其明显;温差小值年,副热带高压偏弱,面积减小,东撤明显.进一步的统计分析和NCAR/CAM3.0模式数值模拟都发现,夏季中低纬海表温差增大将引起哈得来环流加强,副热带的下沉速度加大,使副热带高压增强;夏季中低纬海表温差减小将引起哈得来环流减弱,副热带的下沉速度减小,使副热带高压减弱.冈此夏季中低纬海表温差的变化是导致副热带高压强度和位置异常的重要原因之一.  相似文献   

“05. 6”华南强降水期间副热带高压活动与加热场的关系   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王黎娟  管兆勇  何金海  张中杰 《气象学报》2009,67(4):666-673

采用NCEP/NCAR再分析逐日资料,根据全型垂直涡度倾向方程,研究2005年6月华南强降水期间西太平洋副热带高压(副高)位置变动特征及其与加热场的关系.结果表明,西太平洋副高位置变化和副热带地区的非绝热加热有密切关系.与气候平均状况相比,2005年6月副高北侧的加热区很强,而南侧赤道辐合带(ITCZ)没有相当强度的对流;伴随着副高北抬,其南侧均有明显的对流潜热加热向北伸展.副高西侧的加热基本上都大于副高纬带内的加热,副高的每一次西伸都伴随着西侧加热的显著增强,并且加热增强先于副高西伸.对流层中层,副高北侧非绝热加热率的垂直变化基本上都大于气候平均值,不利于副高北进;而南侧加热率的垂直变化均小于多年平均,有利于副高南侧反气旋性涡度异常增长,从而有利于副高南退.2005年6月下旬副高西伸之前,副高西侧非绝热加热率的垂直变化基本上都高于气候平均状况,有利于副高两侧反气旋涡度增加,从而诱使副高随后西伸;而东侧加热率的垂直变化大多数时间都低于气候平均状况,使得副高东侧气旋性涡度增加,有利于副高西伸,对流层低层也具有类似特点.因此在南北两侧加热和东西两侧加热的共同作用下,2005年6月副高位置较常年偏南偏西,从而有利于雨带在华南地区维持.  相似文献   

西北太平洋与南海热带气旋活动季节变化的差异及可能原因   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

郝赛  毛江玉 《气候与环境研究》2015,20(4):380-392

利用1945~2011年美国联合台风预警中心(JTWC)西北太平洋热带气旋资料,研究了南海(5°N~25°N,110°E~120°E)与西北太平洋(5°N~25°N,120°E~180°)热带气旋生成位置、生成频数、强度和持续时间的季节变化差异及其成因。从热带气旋路径穿越经度带频数的角度,探讨了ENSO对气旋活动年际变化的影响。结果表明,南海热带气旋活动显著地受季风调控。在南海冬季风作用下,1~4月热带气旋生成于10°N以南且频数较少、强度较弱,这主要是低层气旋式相对涡度和弱东风切变区偏南造成的。相反,受夏季风影响,6~9月是热带气旋生成最多、最频繁的季节,大都生成于南海北部17°N附近。在5月(10月)的季节转换期,生成位置大幅度北进(南撤)且生成频数显著增加(减少),取决于风速垂直切变及中层的相对湿度的急剧转变。11、12月两海域热带气旋生成于10°N以南主要归因于其上空中层大气相对湿度较北部偏大。在西北太平洋,热带气旋生成的季节变化没有南海显著,只在7月有一次明显的变化,7~10月是热带气旋活动的"盛期"。在强度上,西北太平洋大部分区域全年均为弱东风切变,因此热带气旋以台风为主且持续时间长;但南海多为热带风暴。ENSO事件使得不同季节热带气旋生成区域和气旋路径地理位置发生显著变化。在El Nio事件期间,穿越南海所在经度带路径频数为负距平,而西北太平洋经度带为正距平;在La Nia事件期间,情况相反。  相似文献   

全球变暖背景下的中国西部地区气候变化研究进展   总被引：9，自引：2，他引：7  

刘桂芳  卢鹤立   《气象与环境科学》2009,32(4):69-73

全球变暖是19世纪80年代以来,地球的年平均气温和地表温度呈上升趋势的现象.在全球变暖的大背景下,我国的气候也发生了显著的变化.探讨全球变暖背景下中国西部地区的气温、降水、气候转型以及青藏高原对中国气候的影响等,对我国应对气候变化问题有着重要的意义.本文从气温、降水、气候转型以及青藏高原对中国气候的影响等方面概述了近年来中国西部地区气候变化的最新研究进展,并探讨了未来的研究方向.  相似文献   

Steering of upper ocean currents and fronts by the topographically constrained abyssal circulation     

Harley E. Hurlburt  E. Joseph Metzger  Patrick J. Hogan  Charles E. Tilburg  Jay F. Shriver   《Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans》2008,45(3-4):102

A two-layer theory is used to investigate (1) the steering of upper ocean current pathways by topographically constrained abyssal currents that do not impinge on the bottom topography and (2) its application to upper ocean – topographic coupling via flow instabilities where topographically constrained eddy-driven deep mean flows in turn steer the mean pathways of upper ocean currents and associated fronts. In earlier studies the two-layer theory was applied to ocean models with low vertical resolution (2–6 layers). Here we investigate its relevance to complex ocean general circulation models (OGCMs) with high vertical resolution that are designed to simulate a wide range of ocean processes. The theory can be easily applied to models ranging from idealized to complex OGCMs, provided it is valid for the application. It can also be used in understanding some persistent features seen in observed ocean frontal pathways (over deep water) derived from satellite imagery and other data. To facilitate its application, a more thorough explanation of the theory is presented that emphasizes its range of validity. Three regions of the world ocean are used to investigate its application to eddy-resolving ocean models with high vertical resolution, including one where an assumption of the two-layer theory is violated. Results from the OGCMs with high vertical resolution are compared to those from models with low vertical resolution and to observations. In the Kuroshio region upper ocean – topographic coupling via flow instabilities and a modest seamount complex are used to explain the observed northward mean meander east of Japan where the Kuroshio separates from the coast. The Japan/East Sea (JES) is used to demonstrate the impact of upper ocean – topographic coupling in a relatively weak flow regime. East of South Island, New Zealand, the Southland Current is an observed western boundary current that flows in a direction counter to the demands of Sverdrup flow and counter to the direction simulated in nonlinear global flat bottom and reduced gravity models. A model with high vertical resolution (and topography extending through any number of layers) and a model with low vertical resolution (and vertically compressed but otherwise realistic topography confined to the lowest layer) both simulate a Southland Current in the observed direction with dynamics depending on the configuration of the regional seafloor. However, the dynamics of these simulations are very different because the Campbell Plateau and Chatham Rise east and southeast of New Zealand are rare features of the world ocean where the topography intrudes into the stratified water column over a relatively broad area but lies deeper than the nominal 200 m depth of the continental shelf break, violating a limitation of the two-layer theory. Observations confirm the results from the high vertical resolution model. Overall, the model simulations show increasingly widespread upper ocean – topographic coupling via flow instabilities as the horizontal resolution of the ocean models is increased, but fine resolution of mesoscale variability and the associated flow instabilities are required to obtain sufficient coupling. As a result, this type of coupling is critical in distinguishing between eddy-resolving and eddy-permitting ocean models in regions where it occurs.  相似文献   

ENSO and Western North Pacific tropical cyclone activity simulated in a CGCM     

Satoshi Iizuka  Tomonori Matsuura 《Climate Dynamics》2008,30(7-8):815-830

A high-resolution (T213) coupled ocean–atmosphere general circulation model (CGCM) has been used to examine the relationship between El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the western North Pacific (WNP). The model simulates ENSO-like events similar to those observed, though the amplitude of the simulated Niño34 sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly is twice as large as observed. In El Niño (La Niña) years, the annual number of model TCs in the southeast quadrant of the WNP increases (decreases), while it decreases (increases) in the northwest quadrant. In spite of the significant difference in the mean genesis location of model TCs between El Niño and La Niña years, however, there is no significant simultaneous correlation between the annual number of model TCs over the entire WNP and model Niño34 SST anomalies. The annual number of model TCs, however, tends to decrease in the years following El Niño, relating to the development of anticyclonic circulation around the Philippine Sea in response to the SST anomalies in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Furthermore, it seems that the number of model TCs tends to increase in the years before El Niño. It is also shown that the number of TCs moving into the East Asia is fewer in October of El Niño years than La Niña years, related to the anomalous southward shift of mid-latitude westerlies, though no impact of ENSO on TC tracks is found in other months. It is found that model TCs have longer lifetimes due to the southeastward shift of mean TC genesis location in El Niño years than in La Niña years. As the result of longer fetch of TCs over warm SST, model TCs appear to be more intense in El Niño years. These relationships between ENSO and TC activity in the WNP are in good agreement with observational evidence, suggesting that a finer-resolution CGCM may become a powerful tool for understanding interannual variability of TC activity.  相似文献   

2003年夏季我国南方大旱天气学背景分析   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：3  

郭锐  智协飞 《南京气象学院学报》2008,31(2):234-241

利用NCEP／NCAR再分析资料和我国南方25个测站逐日降水量资料,分析了2003年我国南方夏季降水异常与春季、夏季高空环流场和温度场异常的关系。结果表明,2003年夏季西太平洋副高异常偏西、偏北,控制了长江以南大部分地区,这是造成夏季少雨的主要原因。夏季南亚高压异常强大东伸,对西太平洋副高的西伸加强起着一个动力引导作用。西太平洋副高与南亚高压重叠区域对应主要干旱区域。此外,我国南方夏季降水与100hPa温度场存在1～2个月滞后相关美系．前期欧亚大陆中高纬地区100hPa温度场异常可以作为长江以南地区旱涝的预报因平．  相似文献   

大尺度背景下西北太平洋热带气旋的统计分析   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

王蔚  朱伟军  端义宏  余晖  蒋乐贻  王晓峰 《南京气象学院学报》2008,31(2):277-286

利用大尺度再分析资料和静止卫星云图资料,对1995-2004年西北太平洋热带气旋（TC）形成的大尺度环流背景进行了分类研究。在这10a期间,有27．5％的西北太平洋TC形成于赤道辐合带,45．6％形成于季风槽,10．1％形成于东风波,10．4％形成于热带对流层上部槽,6．3％形成于斜压性扰动条件下。统计分析表明,斜压性扰动背景下形成的TC在生命史、强度方面均明显弱于其他情况,平均生命史为108．60h,平均强度为39．250kn,其余4种情况平均生命史约为200h,平均强度为70～80kn。季风槽情况下形成的TC每3个就有一个会登陆我国,其次是东风波情况下的TC,斜压性扰动背景下形成的TC必须在南海附近生成才有可能登陆我国。  相似文献