An experimental study was conducted to investigate the 2 D bubbly flow downstream of a cylinder. Sparsely distributed bubbles were produced using the ventilation method. The carrier flow was measured using the particl...An experimental study was conducted to investigate the 2 D bubbly flow downstream of a cylinder. Sparsely distributed bubbles were produced using the ventilation method. The carrier flow was measured using the particle image velocimetry(PIV) technique. The shadow imaging technique was used to capture instantaneous bubbly flow images. An image-processing code was compiled to identify bubbles in acquired image, calculate the bubble equivalent diameter and the bubble velocity. The effects of Reynolds number and the flow rate of the injected air were considered. The result indicates that the carrier flow is featured by distinct flow structures and the wake region is suppressed as the upstream velocity increases. Regarding the bubbles trapped in the wake flow, the number of small bubbles increases with the upstream velocity. On the whole, the bubble velocity is slightly lower than that of the carrier flow. The consistency between small bubbles and the carrier flow is high in terms of velocity magnitude, which is justified near the wake edge. The difference between the bubble velocity and the carrier flow velocity is remarkable near the wake centerline. For certain Reynolds number, with the increase in the air flow rate, the bubble equivalent diameter increases and the bubble void fraction is elevated.展开更多
We detected a severe haze process in Guangzhou area with lidar and microwave radiometer, performed an inversion to get boundary layer height by wavelet covariance transform, and analyzed the correlation between meteor...We detected a severe haze process in Guangzhou area with lidar and microwave radiometer, performed an inversion to get boundary layer height by wavelet covariance transform, and analyzed the correlation between meteorological factors of boundary layer and visibility from the perspective of dynamical and thermodynamic structures. Our results indicate that the boundary layer height shows significant daily changes, consistent with ground visibility variation. During the cleaning process, the boundary layer height exceeded 1 km; during severe haze, the height was only 500 m. Temperature gradient of 50–100 m, which was 30 h lag, was remarkably correlated with visibility, with the correlation coefficient of 0.77. High layer visibility(255 m) and low layer stability were significantly anticorrelation, and the maximum anticorrelation coefficient was up to-0.76 in cleaning days and-0.49 in haze days. In the related boundary layer meteorological factors, surface ventilation coefficient was linearly correlated with ground visibility, with the greatest correlation coefficient of 0.88. The correlation coefficients of boundary layer height, ground wind velocity, relative humidity and ground visibility were 0.76, 0.67, and-0.77, respectively. There was a strong correlation between different meteorological factors. The dominant meteorological factor during this haze process was surface ventilation coefficient. In the area without boundary layer height sounding, ground visibility and wind velocity could be used to estimate boundary layer height.展开更多
The wind velocity spectra at Beijing Meteorological Tower are calculated using Hilbert-Huang transform and Fourier transform,respectively.A innovative model of wind velocity spectrum,which is accordant with the charac...The wind velocity spectra at Beijing Meteorological Tower are calculated using Hilbert-Huang transform and Fourier transform,respectively.A innovative model of wind velocity spectrum,which is accordant with the characteristics in both the inertial subrange and the large eddies range,is presented in this paper.The method of least squares is adopted to obtain the parameters in the model.Then the differences between the FFT spectrum and the HHT spectrum are compared.It is indicated that the values of the HHT spectrum in the energy containing range are slightly larger than those of the FFT spectrum while the values of the HHT spectrum in both inertial subrange and dissipation subrange are very close to that of Fourier spectrum.It is concluded that the HHT spectrum describes elaborately and accurately the spectrum values in the low frequencies and the fitted wind velocity model provides a reference for reconstructing the near-ground wind field of Beijing city in wind tunnel test and for numerical simulation.展开更多
Based on global solar radiation and related meteorological data from 57 stations in China between 1961 and 2009, we analyze the variation of surface global solar radiation (G) and its relationship to meteorological el...Based on global solar radiation and related meteorological data from 57 stations in China between 1961 and 2009, we analyze the variation of surface global solar radiation (G) and its relationship to meteorological elements using linear-trend estimation, wavelet analysis, and the Mann-Kendall test. The results show that of the 33 stations with time series longer than 45 years, G is significant at the 95% confidence level. G has a decreasing trend at many stations, but results vary across different areas. The decadal departure percentage of G increased from the 1960s to 1970s, declined gradually after the 1970s, and decreased significantly in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the trend at a few sites slightly increased. The trend of cumulative variance is of four types, i.e. rise-fall, rise-fall-slight rise, rise-fall-rise, and not obvious. For changes within a year, the most obvious decline was in winter, and the rest of the year had a slight decrease. The major cycles of annual G were 6-9, 10-13, and 29-33 a. The inflection points were mostly in the 1970s. The reasons for greater changes were complex. Relevant meteorological elements were selected and analyzed by statistical methods. Trends in climatic parameters, such as annual average percentage of sunshine, annual average wind speed, and annual average of low cloud cover, were closely related to G. Thus, this indicated the potential causes of the observed trends in G. The long-term trend for annual G in some regions was also influenced by anthro- pogenic activities. Annual average percentage of sunshine and annual average wind speed were positively correlated with annual G, respectively.展开更多
Over the last three decades, the Tibetan Plateau has exhibited a significant increase in air temperature and a significant decrease in wind speed. How the surface heat source has changed is an important issue in monso...Over the last three decades, the Tibetan Plateau has exhibited a significant increase in air temperature and a significant decrease in wind speed. How the surface heat source has changed is an important issue in monsoon research. Based on routine meteorological data, this study investigates the differences between methods for estimating trends in surface sensible heat flux on the Tibetan Plateau for the period 1984-2006. One is a physical method based on micro-meteorological theory and experi- ments, and takes into account both atmospheric stability and thermal roughness length. The other approach includes conven- tional empirical methods that assume the heat transfer coefficient is a constant value or a simple function of wind speed. The latter method is used widely in climatologic studies. Results from the physical method show that annual mean sensible heat flux has weakened by 2% per decade, and flux seasonal mean has weakened by -2%--4% except in winter. The two commonly used empirical methods showed high uncertainties in heat flux trend estimates, although they produced similar climatologies. Annual mean heat flux has weakened by 7% per decade when a fixed transfer coefficient is used, whereas the trend is negligible when the transfer coefficient is assumed a function of wind speed. Conventional empirical methods may therefore misrepresent the trend in sensible heat flux.展开更多
The vector autoregressive （VAR） model is established with the wind velocity data from four wind observations, which are established on the Sutong Bridge reach of the Changjiang River and in Changshu, Haimen and Nant...The vector autoregressive （VAR） model is established with the wind velocity data from four wind observations, which are established on the Sutong Bridge reach of the Changjiang River and in Changshu, Haimen and Nantong meteorological observation stations. Based on the VAR model, the result of Granger causality test indicated that there is Granger causality between most of the variables. Consequently the missing wind velocity values of Sutong bridge are estimated with the condition of the wind velocity data from the other three observatories, and the result of the conditional estimation is comparatively perfect.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51676087)
文摘An experimental study was conducted to investigate the 2 D bubbly flow downstream of a cylinder. Sparsely distributed bubbles were produced using the ventilation method. The carrier flow was measured using the particle image velocimetry(PIV) technique. The shadow imaging technique was used to capture instantaneous bubbly flow images. An image-processing code was compiled to identify bubbles in acquired image, calculate the bubble equivalent diameter and the bubble velocity. The effects of Reynolds number and the flow rate of the injected air were considered. The result indicates that the carrier flow is featured by distinct flow structures and the wake region is suppressed as the upstream velocity increases. Regarding the bubbles trapped in the wake flow, the number of small bubbles increases with the upstream velocity. On the whole, the bubble velocity is slightly lower than that of the carrier flow. The consistency between small bubbles and the carrier flow is high in terms of velocity magnitude, which is justified near the wake edge. The difference between the bubble velocity and the carrier flow velocity is remarkable near the wake centerline. For certain Reynolds number, with the increase in the air flow rate, the bubble equivalent diameter increases and the bubble void fraction is elevated.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB403403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41205123,41375156,1175117)Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.10151008019000004)
文摘We detected a severe haze process in Guangzhou area with lidar and microwave radiometer, performed an inversion to get boundary layer height by wavelet covariance transform, and analyzed the correlation between meteorological factors of boundary layer and visibility from the perspective of dynamical and thermodynamic structures. Our results indicate that the boundary layer height shows significant daily changes, consistent with ground visibility variation. During the cleaning process, the boundary layer height exceeded 1 km; during severe haze, the height was only 500 m. Temperature gradient of 50–100 m, which was 30 h lag, was remarkably correlated with visibility, with the correlation coefficient of 0.77. High layer visibility(255 m) and low layer stability were significantly anticorrelation, and the maximum anticorrelation coefficient was up to-0.76 in cleaning days and-0.49 in haze days. In the related boundary layer meteorological factors, surface ventilation coefficient was linearly correlated with ground visibility, with the greatest correlation coefficient of 0.88. The correlation coefficients of boundary layer height, ground wind velocity, relative humidity and ground visibility were 0.76, 0.67, and-0.77, respectively. There was a strong correlation between different meteorological factors. The dominant meteorological factor during this haze process was surface ventilation coefficient. In the area without boundary layer height sounding, ground visibility and wind velocity could be used to estimate boundary layer height.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90815021, 51021140005, 50978025, 50938008)
文摘The wind velocity spectra at Beijing Meteorological Tower are calculated using Hilbert-Huang transform and Fourier transform,respectively.A innovative model of wind velocity spectrum,which is accordant with the characteristics in both the inertial subrange and the large eddies range,is presented in this paper.The method of least squares is adopted to obtain the parameters in the model.Then the differences between the FFT spectrum and the HHT spectrum are compared.It is indicated that the values of the HHT spectrum in the energy containing range are slightly larger than those of the FFT spectrum while the values of the HHT spectrum in both inertial subrange and dissipation subrange are very close to that of Fourier spectrum.It is concluded that the HHT spectrum describes elaborately and accurately the spectrum values in the low frequencies and the fitted wind velocity model provides a reference for reconstructing the near-ground wind field of Beijing city in wind tunnel test and for numerical simulation.
基金supported by the Special Scientific Research Fund of the Meteorological Public Welfare Profession of China (Grant No.GYHY201006036)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.IAP09303)the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No.2010CB428401)
文摘Based on global solar radiation and related meteorological data from 57 stations in China between 1961 and 2009, we analyze the variation of surface global solar radiation (G) and its relationship to meteorological elements using linear-trend estimation, wavelet analysis, and the Mann-Kendall test. The results show that of the 33 stations with time series longer than 45 years, G is significant at the 95% confidence level. G has a decreasing trend at many stations, but results vary across different areas. The decadal departure percentage of G increased from the 1960s to 1970s, declined gradually after the 1970s, and decreased significantly in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the trend at a few sites slightly increased. The trend of cumulative variance is of four types, i.e. rise-fall, rise-fall-slight rise, rise-fall-rise, and not obvious. For changes within a year, the most obvious decline was in winter, and the rest of the year had a slight decrease. The major cycles of annual G were 6-9, 10-13, and 29-33 a. The inflection points were mostly in the 1970s. The reasons for greater changes were complex. Relevant meteorological elements were selected and analyzed by statistical methods. Trends in climatic parameters, such as annual average percentage of sunshine, annual average wind speed, and annual average of low cloud cover, were closely related to G. Thus, this indicated the potential causes of the observed trends in G. The long-term trend for annual G in some regions was also influenced by anthro- pogenic activities. Annual average percentage of sunshine and annual average wind speed were positively correlated with annual G, respectively.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40875009, 40810059006)Key Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-Q11-01),"100-Talent" Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Over the last three decades, the Tibetan Plateau has exhibited a significant increase in air temperature and a significant decrease in wind speed. How the surface heat source has changed is an important issue in monsoon research. Based on routine meteorological data, this study investigates the differences between methods for estimating trends in surface sensible heat flux on the Tibetan Plateau for the period 1984-2006. One is a physical method based on micro-meteorological theory and experi- ments, and takes into account both atmospheric stability and thermal roughness length. The other approach includes conven- tional empirical methods that assume the heat transfer coefficient is a constant value or a simple function of wind speed. The latter method is used widely in climatologic studies. Results from the physical method show that annual mean sensible heat flux has weakened by 2% per decade, and flux seasonal mean has weakened by -2%--4% except in winter. The two commonly used empirical methods showed high uncertainties in heat flux trend estimates, although they produced similar climatologies. Annual mean heat flux has weakened by 7% per decade when a fixed transfer coefficient is used, whereas the trend is negligible when the transfer coefficient is assumed a function of wind speed. Conventional empirical methods may therefore misrepresent the trend in sensible heat flux.
文摘The vector autoregressive （VAR） model is established with the wind velocity data from four wind observations, which are established on the Sutong Bridge reach of the Changjiang River and in Changshu, Haimen and Nantong meteorological observation stations. Based on the VAR model, the result of Granger causality test indicated that there is Granger causality between most of the variables. Consequently the missing wind velocity values of Sutong bridge are estimated with the condition of the wind velocity data from the other three observatories, and the result of the conditional estimation is comparatively perfect.
