The northwest vortex(NWV)is a type of mesoscale vortex that appears with a relatively high frequency in Northwest China.To further the understanding of the NWV’s evolution,in this study,the moisture and circulation b...The northwest vortex(NWV)is a type of mesoscale vortex that appears with a relatively high frequency in Northwest China.To further the understanding of the NWV’s evolution,in this study,the moisture and circulation budgets of a long-lived NWV(~132 h)that appeared in early August 2019 were calculated.This vortex induced a series of torrential rainfall events in Northwest China and Mongolia,which caused severe transmission line faults and urban waterlogging.Synoptic analyses indicate that the NWV was generated in a favorable background environment characterized by notable upper-level divergence and strong mid-level warm advection.The moisture budget shows that the East China Sea and Bohai Sea acted as the main moisture sources for the NWV-associated precipitation,and the water vapor was transported into the rainfall regions mainly by easterly and southeasterly winds.The circulation budget indicates that,during the developing stage,convergence-related vertical stretching was a dominant factor for the NWV’s development;whereas,the vortex’s displacement from regions with stronger cyclonic vorticity to those with weaker cyclonic vorticity mainly decelerated its development.In the decaying stage,divergence-related vertical shrinking and the net export of cyclonic vorticity due to the eddy flow’s transport resulted in the NWV’s dissipation.展开更多
In this paper the basic situation of the Northwest Region in China is introduced, the necessity for the Northwest Power Grid to develop 750 kV transmission line is analyzed, and the target for the power grid construct...In this paper the basic situation of the Northwest Region in China is introduced, the necessity for the Northwest Power Grid to develop 750 kV transmission line is analyzed, and the target for the power grid construction till 2010 as well as the planning for sending power from west to east and interconnection with adjacent grids are described.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Foundation of the State Grid Corporation of China[grant number 5200-202016243A-0-0-00]the Innovation Fund of the China Electric Power Research Institute[grant number NY83-20-003]。
文摘The northwest vortex(NWV)is a type of mesoscale vortex that appears with a relatively high frequency in Northwest China.To further the understanding of the NWV’s evolution,in this study,the moisture and circulation budgets of a long-lived NWV(~132 h)that appeared in early August 2019 were calculated.This vortex induced a series of torrential rainfall events in Northwest China and Mongolia,which caused severe transmission line faults and urban waterlogging.Synoptic analyses indicate that the NWV was generated in a favorable background environment characterized by notable upper-level divergence and strong mid-level warm advection.The moisture budget shows that the East China Sea and Bohai Sea acted as the main moisture sources for the NWV-associated precipitation,and the water vapor was transported into the rainfall regions mainly by easterly and southeasterly winds.The circulation budget indicates that,during the developing stage,convergence-related vertical stretching was a dominant factor for the NWV’s development;whereas,the vortex’s displacement from regions with stronger cyclonic vorticity to those with weaker cyclonic vorticity mainly decelerated its development.In the decaying stage,divergence-related vertical shrinking and the net export of cyclonic vorticity due to the eddy flow’s transport resulted in the NWV’s dissipation.
文摘In this paper the basic situation of the Northwest Region in China is introduced, the necessity for the Northwest Power Grid to develop 750 kV transmission line is analyzed, and the target for the power grid construction till 2010 as well as the planning for sending power from west to east and interconnection with adjacent grids are described.
