A heavy rainfall associated with the deepening of a monsoon depression happened in the summer of 2005. This process was first diagnostically analyzed and the 3D structure of the monsoon depression was discussed~ then ...A heavy rainfall associated with the deepening of a monsoon depression happened in the summer of 2005. This process was first diagnostically analyzed and the 3D structure of the monsoon depression was discussed~ then this structure was compared with those of the monsoon depression in South Asia and the low vortex in the Meiyu front. The results showed that the heavy rainfall directly resulted from a monsoon depression in South China~ and the large-scale environment provided a favorable background for the deepening of the monsoon depression. The 3D structure of the monsoon depression was as follows. In the horizontal direction, there existed a convective cloud band to the south of the monsoon depression, which lay in a convectively instable area, with a relatively strong ascending motion in the mid and low levels of the troposphere, and the ascending motion matched well with a moist tongue, a convergence area, and a band of positive vorticity in the mid and low levels of the troposphere. In the vertical direction, the depression had an obviously cyclonic circulation in the mid and low levels of the troposphere, but no circulation from above 300 hPa. The monsoon depression corresponded to convergence and positive vorticity in the low levels, but to divergence and negative vorticity in the upper levels. The upward draft of the depression could reach the upper levels of the troposphere in the west of the depression, while the descending motion lay in the east. There was a low-level jet to the south of the depression, while the upper-level jet was not obvious. The depression was vertically warm in the upper levels and cold in the low levels, and the axis of the depression tilted southeastward with height, whose characteristics were different not only from the monsoon depression in South Asia but also from the low vortex in the Meiyu front.展开更多
Vertical profiles of virtual potential temperature,specific humidity,temperature at saturation points,moist static energies along with parcel condensing levels using minisonde data are analysed for two stations throug...Vertical profiles of virtual potential temperature,specific humidity,temperature at saturation points,moist static energies along with parcel condensing levels using minisonde data are analysed for two stations through which a mon- soon depression passed.The height of the cloud base came down as low as 910 hPa level from 835 hPa.Equivalent po- tential temperature increased in the vertical profile as well as in the conserved variable diagram as the depression ap- proached the station.Parcel condensing levels showed clearly inversion top and cloud top but not in all cases.Moist stat- ic energy showed an increase upto 10 kJ/kg as the depression approached.展开更多
基金the National Key Basic Research and Development Project of China under No.2004CB418305 "the Tenth Five-Year"key technology project in Henan Province under No.0522030400.
文摘A heavy rainfall associated with the deepening of a monsoon depression happened in the summer of 2005. This process was first diagnostically analyzed and the 3D structure of the monsoon depression was discussed~ then this structure was compared with those of the monsoon depression in South Asia and the low vortex in the Meiyu front. The results showed that the heavy rainfall directly resulted from a monsoon depression in South China~ and the large-scale environment provided a favorable background for the deepening of the monsoon depression. The 3D structure of the monsoon depression was as follows. In the horizontal direction, there existed a convective cloud band to the south of the monsoon depression, which lay in a convectively instable area, with a relatively strong ascending motion in the mid and low levels of the troposphere, and the ascending motion matched well with a moist tongue, a convergence area, and a band of positive vorticity in the mid and low levels of the troposphere. In the vertical direction, the depression had an obviously cyclonic circulation in the mid and low levels of the troposphere, but no circulation from above 300 hPa. The monsoon depression corresponded to convergence and positive vorticity in the low levels, but to divergence and negative vorticity in the upper levels. The upward draft of the depression could reach the upper levels of the troposphere in the west of the depression, while the descending motion lay in the east. There was a low-level jet to the south of the depression, while the upper-level jet was not obvious. The depression was vertically warm in the upper levels and cold in the low levels, and the axis of the depression tilted southeastward with height, whose characteristics were different not only from the monsoon depression in South Asia but also from the low vortex in the Meiyu front.
文摘Vertical profiles of virtual potential temperature,specific humidity,temperature at saturation points,moist static energies along with parcel condensing levels using minisonde data are analysed for two stations through which a mon- soon depression passed.The height of the cloud base came down as low as 910 hPa level from 835 hPa.Equivalent po- tential temperature increased in the vertical profile as well as in the conserved variable diagram as the depression ap- proached the station.Parcel condensing levels showed clearly inversion top and cloud top but not in all cases.Moist stat- ic energy showed an increase upto 10 kJ/kg as the depression approached.
