A primary study of the correlation between the net air-sea heat flux and the interannual variation of western North Pacific tropical cyclone track and intensity

A singular value decomposition （SVD） analysis is carried out to reveal the relationship between the interannual variation of track and intensity of the western North Pacific tropical cyclones （WNPTCs） in the tropical cyclone （TC） active season （July–November） and the global net air-sea heat flux （Q net ） in the preceding season （April–June）. For this purpose, a tropical cyclone track and intensity function （TIF） is defined by a combination of accumulated cyclone energy （ACE） index and a cyclone track density function. The SVD analysis reveals that the first mode is responsible for the positive correlation between the upward heat flux in the tropical central Pacific and the increased activity of western North Pacific （WNP） TIF, the second mode for the positive correlation between the upward heat flux in the North Indian Ocean and the northeastward track shift of WNPTCs and the third mode for the negative correlation between the upward heat flux in mid-latitude central Pacific and the northwest displacement of the WNP TC-active center. This suggests that Q net anomalies in some key regions have a substantial remote impact on the WNP TC activity.

Interannual variations of the air-sea carbon dioxide exchange in the different regions of the Pacific Ocean

Interannual variations of the air-sea CO2 exchange from 1965 to 2000 in the Pacific Ocean are studied with a Pacific Ocean model. Two numerical experiments are performed, including the control run that is forced by climatological monthly mean physical data and the climate-change run that is forced by interannually varying monthly mean physical data. Climatological monthly winds are used in both runs to calculate the coefficient of air-sea CO2 exchange. The analysis through the differences between the two runs shows that in the tropical Pacific the variation of export production induced by interannual variations of the physical fields is negatively correlated with that of the air-sea CO2 flux, while there is no correlation or a weak positive correlation in the subtropical North and South Pacific. It indicates that the variation of the physical fields can modulate the variation of the air-sea CO2 flux in converse ways in the tropical Pacific by changing the direct transport and biochemical process. Under the interannually varying monthly mean forcing, the simulated EOF 1 of the air-sea CO2 flux is basically consistent with that of sea surface temperature （SST） in the tropical Pacific, but contrary in the two subtropical Pacific Ocean. The correlation coefficient between the regionally integrated air-sea CO2 flux and area-mean SST shows that when the air-sea CO2 flux lags SST by about 5 months, the positive coefficient in the three regions is largest, indicating that in the tropical Pacific or on the longer time scale in the three regions, physical processes control the fiux-SST relationship.

Does regional air–sea coupling improve the simulation of the summer monsoon over the western North Pacific in the WRF4 model?

A new regional coupled ocean–atmosphere model,WRF4-LICOM,was used to investigate the impacts of regional air–sea coupling on the simulation of the western North Pacific summer monsoon(WNPSM),with a focus on the normal WNPSM year 2005.Compared to WRF4,WRF4-LICOM improved the simulation of the summer mean monsoon rainfall,circulations,sea surface net heat fluxes,and propagations of the daily rainband over the WNP.The major differences between the models were found over the northern South China Sea and east of the Philippines.The warmer SST reduced the gross moist stability of the atmosphere and increased the upward latent heat flux,and then drove local ascending anomalies,which led to the increase of rainfall in WRF4-LICOM.The resultant enhanced atmospheric heating drove a low-level anomalous cyclone to its northwest,which reduced the simulated circulation biases in the stand-alone WRF4 model.The local observed daily SST over the WNP was a response to the overlying summer monsoon.In the WRF4 model,the modeled atmosphere exhibited passive response to the underlying daily SST anomalies.With the inclusion of regional air–sea coupling,the simulated daily SST–rainfall relationship was significantly improved.WRF4-LICOM is recommended for future dynamical downscaling of simulations and projections over this region.

Impact of Surface Sensible Heating over the Tibetan Plateau on the Western Pacific Subtropical High: A Land–Air–Sea Interaction Perspective

The impact of surface sensible heating over the Tibetan Plateau （SHTP） on the western Pacific subtropical high （WPSH） with and without air-sea interaction was investigated in this study. Data analysis indicated that SHTP acts as a relatively independent factor in modulating the WPSH anomaly compared with ENSO events. Stronger spring SHTP is usually fol- lowed by an enhanced and westward extension of the WPSH in summer, and vice versa. Numerical experiments using both an AGCM and a CGCM confirmed that SHTP influences the large-scale circulation anomaly over the Pacific, which features a barotropic anticyclonic response over the northwestern Pacific and a cyclonic response to the south. Owing to different background circulation in spring and summer, such a response facilitates a subdued WPSH in spring but an en- hanced WPSH in summer. Moreover, the CGCM results showed that the equatorial low-level westerly at the south edge of the cyclonic anomaly brings about a warm SST anomaly （SSTA） in the equatorial central Pacific via surface warm advection. Subsequently, an atmospheric Rossby wave is stimulated to the northwest of the warm SSTA, which in turn enhances the at- mospheric dipole anomalies over the western Pacific. Therefore, the air-sea feedbacks involved tend to reinforce the effect of SHTP on the WPSH anomaly, and the role of SHTP on general circulation needs to be considered in a land-air-sea interaction framework.

A preliminary study on an upper ocean heat and salt content of the western Pacific warm pool region

On the basis of Argo profile data of the temperature and salinity from January 2001 to July 2014, the spatial distributions of an upper ocean heat content(OHC) and ocean salt content(OSC) of the western Pacific warm pool(WPWP) region and their seasonal and interannual variations are studied by a cyclostationary empirical orthogonal function(CSEOF) decomposition, a maximum entropy spectral analysis, and a correlation analysis.Probable reasons for variations are discussed. The results show the following.(1) The OHC variations in the subsurface layer of the WPWP are much greater than those in the surface layer. On the contrary, the OSC variations are mainly in the surface layer, while the subsurface layer varies little.(2) Compared with the OSC, the OHC of the WPWP region is more affected by El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) events. The CSEOF analysis shows that the OHC pattern in mode 1 has strong interannual oscillation, with eastern and western parts opposite in phase. The distribution of the OSC has a positive-negative-positive tripole pattern. Time series analysis shows that the OHC has three phase adjustments with the occurrence of ENSO events after 2007, while the OSC only had one such adjustment during the same period. Further analysis indicates that the OHC variations are mainly caused by ENSO events, local winds, and zonal currents, whereas the OSC variations are caused by much more complex reasons. Two of these, the zonal current and a freshwater flux, have a positive feedback on the OSC change in the WPWP region.

Evaluation of Ocean Data Assimilation in CAS-ESM-C:Constraining the SST Field

A weakly coupled assimilation system, in which SST observations are assimilated into a coupled climate model （CAS- ESM-C） through an ensemble optimal interpolation scheme, was established. This system is a useful tool for historical climate simulation, showing substantial advantages, including maintaining the atmospheric feedback, and keeping the oceanic tields from drifting far away from the observation, among others. During the coupled model integration, the bias of both surface and subsurface oceanic fields in the analysis can be reduced compared to unassimilated fields. Based on 30 model years of ot.tput fiom the system, the climatology and imerannual variability of the climate system were evaluated. The results showed that the system can reasonably reproduce the climatological global precipitation and SLP, bul it still sutters from the double ITCZ problem. Besides, the ENSO footprint, which is revealed by ENSO-related surface air temperature, geopotential height and precipitation during El Nifio evolution, is basically reproduced by the system. The system can also simulate the observed SST-rainfall relationships well on both interannual and intraseasonal timescales in the western North Pacific region, in which atmospheric feedback is crucial for climate simulation.

冬季北太平洋海表面热通量异常和海气相互作用的耦合模式模拟

基于中国科学院大气物理研究所大气科学与地球流体力学数值模拟国家重点实验室(LASG/IAP)开发的耦合气候系统模式FGOALS_s1.0控制试验的积分结果,分析了冬季北太平洋海表面湍流热通量(潜热和感热通量之和)异常及其对海表面温度(SST)异常的影响,并通过分析海温倾向方程,比较了各因子对SST变率的相对贡献。结果表明,模式能基本再现冬季北太平洋海表面热通量的平均态和湍流热通量年际变率的主要特征。在冬季热带外北太平洋上,海洋向大气释放的湍流热通量同SST倾向存在显著的相关。在冬季热带外大部分北太平洋上,湍流热通量异常是决定SST变率的最主要因子,入射短波辐射通量异常只在夏威夷群岛东南侧的一个小区域起主要作用。模式能够较为准确模拟出SST倾向的主要模态和相应的海平面气压场特征。分析表明,模式模拟的北太平洋冬季大尺度的大气环流异常通过影响湍流热通量从而决定SST的变率。文中得出的结果进一步证明"在冬季的热带外北太平洋上,海-气相互作用过程中占主导地位的是大气对海洋的强迫"这个结论是有意义的,LASG新版本耦合模式FGOALS_s亦适用于开展北太平洋海气相互作用研究。

淮河梅雨洪涝与西太平洋副热带高压季节推进异常

基于台站观测和卫星观测资料及再分析数据集,本文研究了6月淮河洪涝发生时中国东部降雨型及与雨带异常相联系的环流特征、环流的季节推进异常及其机理。结果发现6月淮河流域洪涝与亚洲环流和中国东部降水联合模态的第二模态密切相关。该模态在我国东部降水表现为以长江为界北增南减的"梅雨偶极型"分布,对应的低层风场呈现出倾斜的以台湾为界,以南西太平洋是异常气旋环流,以北为反气旋环流,即西太平洋副热带高压偏北,淮河流域上存在异常西南风;同时阿拉伯海上是异常反气旋,印度上空西风偏强、降水显著偏多。这些特征是东亚和西太平洋季风区季节推进超前的反映,且与前期春季澳大利亚东北向海域海洋热含量异常偏高显著相关。该关键区海洋热含量变化是太平洋热含量变化第一模态——三极型变化的一部分,即当菲律宾以东的西太平洋和澳大利亚东北向海域海洋热含量增加,赤道中东太平洋热含量减少。该三极型海洋热含量异常从春到夏信号稳定,它激发正感热加热异常控制菲律宾以东到夏威夷以北的广大热带—副热带西太平洋地区,其北侧黑潮延伸区为负感热区。两者共同作用激发出局地反气旋在北、气旋在南,使对流层低层西太平洋副热带高压偏北。因此春季三极型海洋热含量通过影响对流层低层西太平洋副热带高压异常北移对东亚—西太平洋季节推进提前和6月淮河梅雨洪涝发生起重要作用,可作为季节预测的前期因子之一。

太平洋海气界面净热通量的季节、年际和年代际变化

根据 COADS资料 ,使用经验正交分解 (EOF)等分析方法 ,研究了北太平洋海气热通量的季节、年际和年代际变化特征。分析结果表明 :北太平洋海洋夏季净得热 ,冬季净失热 ,且黑潮及其延伸体区失热最大。净热通量年际变化较明显 ,北太平洋西部模态水形成区冬季净热通量和副热带失热区春季净热通量的年际变化都主要依赖于潜热和感热通量的年际变化。夏季净热通量的低频变化中心在热带 ,冬季低频变化中心在黑潮及其延伸体区。冬季赤道东、西太平洋净热通量异常的年际变化相反 ;在热带北太平洋中部年际变化达到最大。夏季热带太平洋是净热通量异常的年际变化最大的海域 ,沿赤道两侧在 16 5°E处呈偶极子型分布。

热带气旋过程中海-气界面热量交换

为探索热带气旋与海洋相互作用,采用国家海洋局南海分局Marex(马瑞克斯)数据浮标实测资料,计算了1986年南海的7个热带气旋海气界面热量交换值。结果表明:热带气旋海气界面热量交换强烈,主要贡献来自潜热通量;热带气旋环流内水温、气温均是下降趋势,气温下降更为明显;夏季热带气旋环流内,感热通量会出现负值,海面有效反射辐射通量出现减弱现象;秋季热带气旋环流内,感热通量和海面有效反射辐射通量显著加强;在热带气旋环流内,海面吸收的短波辐射通量均出现减弱现象;热带气旋环流内受到冷空气影响时,感热变得相当重要,热带气旋表现为对海洋的响应为主。

印度洋海气热通量交换研究

基于综合海洋大气资料集（ＣＯＡＤＳ） 资料的研究表明，热带印度洋的海气热通量交换具有明显的区域性特征，在部分海域，如冬季热带印度洋的中东部、夏季的热带西印度洋和北印度洋，它主要表现为海洋对大气的强迫。海洋对大气的这种强迫，主要是通过潜热加热实现的。与潜热加热相比，感热加热尽管是一个小量，但感热异常与表层海温的显著相关，较之潜热明显超前。无论冬季还是夏季，热带印度洋都存在大面积海域，其ＳＳＴ变化难以通过海气热通量交换来解释。

1986～1987年El Nio期间热带西太平洋及南海海气热量交换研究

文中根据热带西太平洋海气相互作用研究（ＴＯＧＡ）第１～５及第８航次和南海科学考察结果，对热带西太平洋和南海海气热量交换作了分析。结果表明：ＥｌＮｉｎｏ事件发生前，热带西太平洋及南海海气热量交换非常强烈；ＥｌＮｉｎｏ事件发生后，热带西太平洋及南海海气热量交换反而减弱。

一个大洋环流模式中赤道西太平洋暖池海面温度对西风爆发的响应

用逐日的欧洲中期数值预报中心再分析（ＥＲＡ）风应力，和由Ｈａｎｅｙ公式结合ＥＲＡ海表资料与预报海温计算出的热通量强迫一个全球大洋环流模式。并用逐日的模拟结果与ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥ（Ｔｒｏｐｉｃａｌ Ｏｃｅａｎ－Ｇｌｏｂａｌ Ａｔｍｏｓｐｈｅｒｅ－Ｃｏｕｐｌｅｄ Ｏｃｅａｎ—ＡｔｍｏｓｐｈｅｒｅＲｅｓｐｏｎｓｅ Ｅｘｐｅｒｉｍｅｎｔ）浮标观测资料对比，分析模拟结果中暖池海区上层海洋热量平衡对西风爆发（ＷＷＢ）的响应。在第一次ＷＷＢ过程中，模拟与观测的主要差异在ＷＷＢ期间，而造成差异的原因主要是模式中由下沉运动引起的增温和由强的纬向温度梯度引起的暖平流。初步认为下沉增温可能是差分格式本身和模式分辨率不足造成的。从热量平衡的结果看，第二次ＷＷＢ事件的模拟比第一次更成功，两次差异可能与两次ＷＷＢ事件的季节背景不同有关。

江南雨季降水与前期西太平洋暖池热含量异常的关系及其可能机制

利用日本气象厅提供的历史海温资料、Hadley环流中心逐月海表温度(Sea Surface Temperature,简称SST)资料、美国NCEP/NCAR再分析资料以及江南地区逐旬降水资料,研究江南地区4—6月(江南雨季,亦泛称为华南前汛期)降水与前期暖池热含量异常的关系,并对可能的影响机制进行分析。研究结果表明,前期暖池热含量与江南雨季降水有密切的负相关关系,前期7—8月暖池关键区(130. 5°～150. 5°E,3. 5°～11. 5°N)热含量高(低)可以作为预报江南雨季旱(涝)的一个很好的指标。前期暖池热含量异常对4—6月环流和降水有重要影响。冷水年,菲律宾异常反气旋导致副高西伸加强,显著加强了其西侧暖湿气流向江南地区输送,高层辐散抽吸作用导致江南地区对流上升运动增强,暖水年相反,表明冷(暖)水年江南雨季降水偏多(少)。就影响机制而言,在前期夏季,关键区南侧存在异常强西风,导致在秋末形成了菲律宾异常反气旋,以及关键区附近(东侧)有冷(暖)海表温度异常发展,在当年春季和夏初该反气旋移到菲律宾以北。直到4月,次表层冷水团上传导致冷SST异常维持并加强了该异常反气旋,其西侧西南暖湿气流将水汽从南海和菲律宾海地区源源不断地向江南地区输送。同时,西印度洋暖海温和赤道印度洋东风异常也逐渐发展增强,在热带印度洋形成东西向异常垂直环流,其下沉支始终在西太平洋维持,导致了菲律宾异常反气旋的维持,并进一步引起江南地区的水汽辐合和上升运动。同时,副热带西风急流轴南压引起的高空强辐散,也有利于上升运动和对流活动在江南地区发展。正是上述过程和机制,导致了前期热含量异常偏低(高)时,我国江南雨季降水偏多(少)。

滤除ENSO信号前后夏季热带印度洋海盆尺度海温距平对西太平洋副热带高压的不同影响

使用NCEP/NCAR再分析资料、哈得来海表温度和中国国家气候中心的西太平洋副热带高压(西太副高)特征指数,对比分析了ENSO背景下的夏季印度洋海盆尺度模(Indian Ocean basin mode,IOBM)与独立于ENSO的纯IOBM(pure Indian Ocean basin mode,IOBM_P)对西太副高的影响机理。结果表明,滤除前期ENSO信号后,西北太平洋上为海温负距平,并在其西北侧强迫出Gill型反气旋。另外,印度洋与海洋性大陆间存在西高东低的海温距平梯度,印度洋正、负海温距平激发出的赤道开尔文波影响至海洋性大陆西部地区,强迫出的异常大气环流关于赤道基本对称。加之此时中国南海至西北太平洋地区降水偏弱,潜热释放偏少,从而非绝热冷却,导致西太副高异常偏强、偏南。而在前期厄尔尼诺的影响下,次年夏季印度洋与海洋性大陆地区均有利于出现海温正距平,开尔文波的影响偏强、偏东,强迫出的异常环流偏向北半球,通过"埃克曼抽吸"和非绝热冷却在对流层低层制造出异常负涡度进而影响西太副高,使其明显偏强、偏西、偏南。由于IOBM_P在2和8年周期上对西太副高的影响最明显,而ENSO信号中主要是3—7a的短周期振荡,因此,ENSO背景下的印度洋变暖对西太副高的遥强迫实际包含了来自热带中太平洋的3—7 a周期信号的滞后影响和印度洋地区局地变化特别是2和8年周期变化的作用。这些结果为人们深入理解西太副高变化规律和做出有效预报提供了线索。

热带西太平洋海－气热量通量研究──Ⅲ．冬季天气过程海－气热量交换的特征

根据执行ＴＯＧＡ／ＣＯＡＲＥ研究计划在热带西太平洋进行考察的结果，对调查海区海－气界面热量交换进行了分析。结果表明：冬季在热带扰动的影响下，调查海区海－气热量交换非常强烈，在风速较小、天气情况良好的情况下，调查海区海水得到的热量远大于失去的热量，调查海区海水对大气加热的变化与表层海水温度的变化并不一致，热带太平洋信风的加强对暖池的建立似乎是至关重要的。

西太平洋暖池在不同天气系统下的海气交换差异

为了进一步了解海气交换在不同天气系统下的差异，本文利用ＴＯＧＡ－ＣＯＡＲＥＩＯＰ考察期间实测资料和国家气象中心逐日的网格点资料，对西太平洋赤道海域的大尺度热量和水汽收支及其他物理量的特征进行分析后指出：（１）在强对流天气系统下加热率、干燥率、垂直速度、散度等物理量强度达到最大，平稳天气系统下次之；此时大气加热主要是由于凝结降水释放的潜热引起的。（２）在西风爆发过程中加热率和平稳天气过程中的量级相同，但干燥率远小于加热率，且为负值；此时表面感热通量和表面蒸发达到最强（大于凝结降水的加热作用）。

海洋上层热含量的分布特征、变化模态及观测手段综述

综述了近20年来国内外在有关西太平洋暖池热含量、热带西太平洋上层热含量与西太平洋年际变化事件(ENSO)的关系、热带太平洋上层热含量变化的主要模态以及热含量估算等方面所取得的主要研究成果。研究表明:(1)热带西太平洋暖池区是太平洋上层热含量异常变化最大的区域,上层热含量异常影响了暖池上空的环流(如南海夏季风、副热带高压系统)特征,进而影响气候;(2)赤道西太平洋温跃层以浅的热含量在ENSO发生之前有明显的积聚,其变化明显领先于赤道东太平洋SSTA的变化,领先时间可达数月之久,从而使热含量与ENSO的相关性,以及利用热含量的变异对ENSO进行更长时间的预报成为可能;(3)西太平洋上层热含量存在纬向变异和经向变异两种模态,其中纬向变异模态占主导地位,且超前经向变异模态;(4)由于海洋深层资料难以获取,各种仪器本身存在系统误差,以及采用不同的计算方法,对海洋上层热结构分布与变异的研究受到了一定的限制。随着由3000多个浮标组成的全球Argo实时海洋观测网的建成,Argo数据库每年可以提供多达10万个剖面(0～2000m层)的温、盐数据。Argo资料与其它海洋资料的结合,有助于研究全球海洋温、盐度和海流场结构及其变化规律,准确估算逐月甚至逐年的全球海洋热含量及其季节和年际变化将成为现实。

热带西太平洋海─气热量通量研究──Ⅱ．热带气旋状况下海─气热量交换的特征

本文根据ＴＯＧＡ研究计划第１，２，３，８个航次考察结果，计算了热带西太平洋海－气热量交换值。研究结果表明：在热带气旋环流内海－气界面热量交换非常强烈，在双子台风环流内Ｑｋ出现负值，在台风环流内Ｑｅ也出现减弱现象。１９８６／１９８７年ＥｌＮｉｎｏ事件发生后，热带中太平洋水温异常增暖，热带西太平洋西部洋域表层水也在增暖，但是，热带西太平洋洋域海－气界面间热量交换反而减弱。西风爆发首先出现在中太平洋热带洋域，然后逐渐往西扩展。

西太平洋海-气相互作用研究进展

主要对近十几年来我国在西太平洋海域海-气相互作用方面的研究成果作一简要回顾通过参与国际合作，我国在西太平洋海域已经获得大量观测资料，并在海气能量交换和物质交换方面取得了不少科研成果这些成果主要包括：（1）近中国海和热带西太平洋海域的海面动量、热量交换特征；（2）西太平洋及暖油海域的边界层特征；（3）海上气溶胶特性及分布规律；