A mesoscale weather research and forecasting(WRF)model was used to simulate a cold vortex that developed over Northeast China during June 19–23,2010.The simulation used high vertical resolution to reproduce the key f...A mesoscale weather research and forecasting(WRF)model was used to simulate a cold vortex that developed over Northeast China during June 19–23,2010.The simulation used high vertical resolution to reproduce the key features of the cold vortex development.Characteristics of the associated stratosphere-troposphere exchange(STE),specifically the spatiotemporal distribution of the cross-tropopause mass flux(CTF),were investigated using the Wei formula.The simulation results showed that the net mass exchange induced by the cold vortex was controlled by stratosphere-to-troposphere transport(STT)processes.In the pre-formation stage of the cold vortex(i.e.,the development of the trough and ridge),active exchange was evident.Over the lifecycle of the cold vortex,STT processes prevailed at the rear of the trough and moving vortex,whereas troposphere-to-stratosphere transport(TST)processes prevailed at the front end.This spatial pattern was caused by temporal fluctuations of the tropopause.However,because of the cancellation of the upward flux by the downward flux,the contribution of the tropopause fluctuation term to the net mass exchange was only minor.In this case,horizontal motion dominated the net mass exchange.The time evolution of the CTF exhibited three characteristics:(1)the predominance of the STT during the pre-formation stage;(2)the formation and development of the cold vortex,in which the CTF varied in a fluctuating pattern from TST to STT to TST;and(3)the prevalence of the STT during the decay stage.展开更多
利用ERA-Interim再分析资料、常规气象观测资料、CMORPH(CPC MORPHing technique)融合降水资料以及WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)高分辨率数值模拟结果,对2017年7月13~14日吉林地区的极端降水天气过程的环流背景和触发机制进...利用ERA-Interim再分析资料、常规气象观测资料、CMORPH(CPC MORPHing technique)融合降水资料以及WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)高分辨率数值模拟结果,对2017年7月13~14日吉林地区的极端降水天气过程的环流背景和触发机制进行了分析。结果表明:(1)东北冷涡环流控制下,副高北抬与中纬度锋区形成了有利的大尺度环流背景。降水发生在冷涡底部与副高之间的平直纬向环流中,东北冷涡南部的低槽、低空切变线、高低空急流是影响此次降水的重要天气系统;(2)在高层辐散低层辐合的有利动力条件下,极端的水汽输送与吉林地区西低东高地形的阻挡和强迫抬升是极端降水产生的重要原因;(3)中高层有干冷空气入侵,伴随高空动量下传至低空,加强了低空急流发展,低空急流发展至地面附近产生超低空急流后,加强了上升运动。南北经向动量输送交汇加强了低层风辐合切变,切变线上对流发展与永吉附近小地形的抬升作用,诱导永吉县产生极端降水。展开更多
基金the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41305038)
文摘A mesoscale weather research and forecasting(WRF)model was used to simulate a cold vortex that developed over Northeast China during June 19–23,2010.The simulation used high vertical resolution to reproduce the key features of the cold vortex development.Characteristics of the associated stratosphere-troposphere exchange(STE),specifically the spatiotemporal distribution of the cross-tropopause mass flux(CTF),were investigated using the Wei formula.The simulation results showed that the net mass exchange induced by the cold vortex was controlled by stratosphere-to-troposphere transport(STT)processes.In the pre-formation stage of the cold vortex(i.e.,the development of the trough and ridge),active exchange was evident.Over the lifecycle of the cold vortex,STT processes prevailed at the rear of the trough and moving vortex,whereas troposphere-to-stratosphere transport(TST)processes prevailed at the front end.This spatial pattern was caused by temporal fluctuations of the tropopause.However,because of the cancellation of the upward flux by the downward flux,the contribution of the tropopause fluctuation term to the net mass exchange was only minor.In this case,horizontal motion dominated the net mass exchange.The time evolution of the CTF exhibited three characteristics:(1)the predominance of the STT during the pre-formation stage;(2)the formation and development of the cold vortex,in which the CTF varied in a fluctuating pattern from TST to STT to TST;and(3)the prevalence of the STT during the decay stage.
文摘利用ERA-Interim再分析资料、常规气象观测资料、CMORPH(CPC MORPHing technique)融合降水资料以及WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting)高分辨率数值模拟结果,对2017年7月13~14日吉林地区的极端降水天气过程的环流背景和触发机制进行了分析。结果表明:(1)东北冷涡环流控制下,副高北抬与中纬度锋区形成了有利的大尺度环流背景。降水发生在冷涡底部与副高之间的平直纬向环流中,东北冷涡南部的低槽、低空切变线、高低空急流是影响此次降水的重要天气系统;(2)在高层辐散低层辐合的有利动力条件下,极端的水汽输送与吉林地区西低东高地形的阻挡和强迫抬升是极端降水产生的重要原因;(3)中高层有干冷空气入侵,伴随高空动量下传至低空,加强了低空急流发展,低空急流发展至地面附近产生超低空急流后,加强了上升运动。南北经向动量输送交汇加强了低层风辐合切变,切变线上对流发展与永吉附近小地形的抬升作用,诱导永吉县产生极端降水。
