Rain cells or convective rain,the dominant form of rain in the tropics and subtropics,can be easy detected by satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar（SAR） images with high horizontal resolution.The footprints of rain cel...Rain cells or convective rain,the dominant form of rain in the tropics and subtropics,can be easy detected by satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar（SAR） images with high horizontal resolution.The footprints of rain cells on SAR images are caused by the scattering and attenuation of the rain drops,as well as the downward airflow.In this study,we extract sea surface wind field and its structure caused by rain cells by using a RADARSAT-2 SAR image with a spatial resolution of 100 m for case study.We extract the sea surface wind speeds from SAR image by using CMOD4 geophysical model function with outside wind directions of NCEP final operational global analysis data,Advance Scatterometer（ASCAT） onboard European Met Op-A satellite and microwave scatterometer onboard Chinese HY-2 satellite,respectively.The root-mean-square errors（RMSE） of these SAR wind speeds,validated against NCEP,ASCAT and HY-2,are 1.48 m/s,1.64 m/s and 2.14 m/s,respectively.Circular signature patterns with brighter on one side and darker on the opposite side on SAR image are interpreted as the sea surface wind speed（or sea surface roughness） variety caused by downdraft associated with rain cells.The wind speeds taken from the transect profile which superposes to the wind ambient vectors and goes through the center of the circular footprint of rain cell can be fitted as a cosine or sine curve in high linear correlation with the values of no less than 0.80.The background wind speed,the wind speed caused by rain cell and the diameter of footprint of the rain cell with kilometers or tens of kilometers can be acquired by fitting curve.Eight cases interpreted and analyzed in this study all show the same conclusion.展开更多
Studies on climate change typically consider temperature and precipitation over extended periods but less so the wind. We used the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) 24-year wind fi eld data set to investigate the...Studies on climate change typically consider temperature and precipitation over extended periods but less so the wind. We used the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) 24-year wind fi eld data set to investigate the trends of wind energy over the South China Sea during 1988-2011. The results reveal a clear trend of increase in wind power density for each of three base statistics (i.e., mean, 90 th percentile and 99 th percentile) in all seasons and for annual means. The trends of wind power density showed obvious temporal and spatial variations. The magnitude of the trends was greatest in winter, intermediate in spring, and smallest in summer and autumn. A greater trend of increase was found in the northern areas of the South China Sea than in southern parts. The magnitude of the annual and seasonal trends over the South China Sea was larger in extreme high events (i.e., 90 th and 99 th percentiles) compared to the mean conditions. Sea surface temperature showed a negative correlation with the variability of wind power density over the majority of the South China Sea in all seasons and annual means, except for winter (41.7%).展开更多
将Holland风场与ERA5风场相结合,通过引入一个随风速半径变化的权重系数,构建了混合风场,进而利用MIKE21 SW建立了浙江海域台风浪模型。使用Holland风场、ERA5风场、混合风场作为输入风场模拟1918号台风“米娜”期间的风速和有效波高,...将Holland风场与ERA5风场相结合,通过引入一个随风速半径变化的权重系数,构建了混合风场,进而利用MIKE21 SW建立了浙江海域台风浪模型。使用Holland风场、ERA5风场、混合风场作为输入风场模拟1918号台风“米娜”期间的风速和有效波高,验证结果说明Holland风场和ERA5风场均无法准确反映真实风场和有效波高,而本文构建的混合风场弥补了两种风场的不足。为验证混合风场在浙江海域是否具有普适性,选取近5年影响浙江海域最为严重的5个典型台风进行台风浪数值模拟实验,并开展误差统计分析。结果表明:Holland风场在台风中心周围的风速模拟表现较好,最大风速的平均相对误差为8.62%~10.19%,但10 m s以下风速的平均相对误差较大,为29.76%~44.29%;ERA5风场在台风中心周围的风速偏小,最大风速的平均相对误差为17.64%~25.77%,但10 m s以下风速的平均相对误差比Holland风场小,为19.64%~32.00%。对5个台风的模拟中,由Holland风场、ERA5风场和混合风场驱动得到的台风浪有效波高平均相对误差的平均值分别为29.92%、25.62%和22.82%,均方根误差的平均值分别为0.46 m、0.42 m和0.39 m,一致性指数分别为0.94、0.95和0.96。上述结果说明本文构建的混合风场在浙江海域具有普适性,能够提高台风浪的模拟准确度。展开更多
Interannual sea level variation is investigated with the oceanic and atmospheric datasets in the East China Sea (ECS). Two modes are distinct on the interannual timescale, illustrated as the basin mode and the dipole ...Interannual sea level variation is investigated with the oceanic and atmospheric datasets in the East China Sea (ECS). Two modes are distinct on the interannual timescale, illustrated as the basin mode and the dipole mode. They account for 20% and 18% to the total interannual sea level variance respectively. The basin mode corresponds to the variability of the Kuroshio transport which is modulated by the PDO while the dipole mode is likely related to the local oceanic and atmospheric adjustment. Large-scale atmospheric circulation effect is dominant in influencing the interannual sea level in the ECS. ECS sea level responds barotropically to the basin-wide wind field, which illustrates negative correlation to the zonal-mean wind stress curl in the Pacific Ocean. Sea level variation exhibits the negative correlation at 8 years lag with the basin mean wind stress curl anomalies on the interannual timescale. The lagging years are consistent with the timescale that the baroclinic Rossby waves propagate westward in the North Pacific Ocean. Wind stress curl anomalies could also change the strength of the Kuroshio transport, and thus affect the local sea level through sea surface height adjustment. Local oceanic and atmospheric effect illustrates as another influence process. Steric effect contributes more than 20% to the interannual sea level gradually in a belt from the Fujian and Zhejiang coasts to the Korea/Tsushima strait. Especially in the northeast part, its contribution could be up to 60%. While for the local atmospheric process, zonal wind acts as a more important role on sea level than meridional component.展开更多
基金The Joint Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Marine Science Center of Shandong Province under contract No.U1406404the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41506206,41306186 and41476152+1 种基金the Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction Project of China under contract No.GASI-03-03-01-01the Open funds of State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics under contract No.SOED1411
文摘Rain cells or convective rain,the dominant form of rain in the tropics and subtropics,can be easy detected by satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar（SAR） images with high horizontal resolution.The footprints of rain cells on SAR images are caused by the scattering and attenuation of the rain drops,as well as the downward airflow.In this study,we extract sea surface wind field and its structure caused by rain cells by using a RADARSAT-2 SAR image with a spatial resolution of 100 m for case study.We extract the sea surface wind speeds from SAR image by using CMOD4 geophysical model function with outside wind directions of NCEP final operational global analysis data,Advance Scatterometer（ASCAT） onboard European Met Op-A satellite and microwave scatterometer onboard Chinese HY-2 satellite,respectively.The root-mean-square errors（RMSE） of these SAR wind speeds,validated against NCEP,ASCAT and HY-2,are 1.48 m/s,1.64 m/s and 2.14 m/s,respectively.Circular signature patterns with brighter on one side and darker on the opposite side on SAR image are interpreted as the sea surface wind speed（or sea surface roughness） variety caused by downdraft associated with rain cells.The wind speeds taken from the transect profile which superposes to the wind ambient vectors and goes through the center of the circular footprint of rain cell can be fitted as a cosine or sine curve in high linear correlation with the values of no less than 0.80.The background wind speed,the wind speed caused by rain cell and the diameter of footprint of the rain cell with kilometers or tens of kilometers can be acquired by fitting curve.Eight cases interpreted and analyzed in this study all show the same conclusion.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.5171101175,41606196)the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(No.16JCYBJC20600)+1 种基金the National Marine Renewable Energy Programs of China(No.GHME2016ZC04)the National Marine Function-Oriented Zone Planning
文摘Studies on climate change typically consider temperature and precipitation over extended periods but less so the wind. We used the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) 24-year wind fi eld data set to investigate the trends of wind energy over the South China Sea during 1988-2011. The results reveal a clear trend of increase in wind power density for each of three base statistics (i.e., mean, 90 th percentile and 99 th percentile) in all seasons and for annual means. The trends of wind power density showed obvious temporal and spatial variations. The magnitude of the trends was greatest in winter, intermediate in spring, and smallest in summer and autumn. A greater trend of increase was found in the northern areas of the South China Sea than in southern parts. The magnitude of the annual and seasonal trends over the South China Sea was larger in extreme high events (i.e., 90 th and 99 th percentiles) compared to the mean conditions. Sea surface temperature showed a negative correlation with the variability of wind power density over the majority of the South China Sea in all seasons and annual means, except for winter (41.7%).
文摘将Holland风场与ERA5风场相结合,通过引入一个随风速半径变化的权重系数,构建了混合风场,进而利用MIKE21 SW建立了浙江海域台风浪模型。使用Holland风场、ERA5风场、混合风场作为输入风场模拟1918号台风“米娜”期间的风速和有效波高,验证结果说明Holland风场和ERA5风场均无法准确反映真实风场和有效波高,而本文构建的混合风场弥补了两种风场的不足。为验证混合风场在浙江海域是否具有普适性,选取近5年影响浙江海域最为严重的5个典型台风进行台风浪数值模拟实验,并开展误差统计分析。结果表明:Holland风场在台风中心周围的风速模拟表现较好,最大风速的平均相对误差为8.62%~10.19%,但10 m s以下风速的平均相对误差较大,为29.76%~44.29%;ERA5风场在台风中心周围的风速偏小,最大风速的平均相对误差为17.64%~25.77%,但10 m s以下风速的平均相对误差比Holland风场小,为19.64%~32.00%。对5个台风的模拟中,由Holland风场、ERA5风场和混合风场驱动得到的台风浪有效波高平均相对误差的平均值分别为29.92%、25.62%和22.82%,均方根误差的平均值分别为0.46 m、0.42 m和0.39 m,一致性指数分别为0.94、0.95和0.96。上述结果说明本文构建的混合风场在浙江海域具有普适性,能够提高台风浪的模拟准确度。
文摘Interannual sea level variation is investigated with the oceanic and atmospheric datasets in the East China Sea (ECS). Two modes are distinct on the interannual timescale, illustrated as the basin mode and the dipole mode. They account for 20% and 18% to the total interannual sea level variance respectively. The basin mode corresponds to the variability of the Kuroshio transport which is modulated by the PDO while the dipole mode is likely related to the local oceanic and atmospheric adjustment. Large-scale atmospheric circulation effect is dominant in influencing the interannual sea level in the ECS. ECS sea level responds barotropically to the basin-wide wind field, which illustrates negative correlation to the zonal-mean wind stress curl in the Pacific Ocean. Sea level variation exhibits the negative correlation at 8 years lag with the basin mean wind stress curl anomalies on the interannual timescale. The lagging years are consistent with the timescale that the baroclinic Rossby waves propagate westward in the North Pacific Ocean. Wind stress curl anomalies could also change the strength of the Kuroshio transport, and thus affect the local sea level through sea surface height adjustment. Local oceanic and atmospheric effect illustrates as another influence process. Steric effect contributes more than 20% to the interannual sea level gradually in a belt from the Fujian and Zhejiang coasts to the Korea/Tsushima strait. Especially in the northeast part, its contribution could be up to 60%. While for the local atmospheric process, zonal wind acts as a more important role on sea level than meridional component.
