The 2020 Summer Floods and 2020/21 Winter Extreme Cold Surges in China and the 2020 Typhoon Season in the Western North Pacific

China experienced significant flooding in the summer of 2020 and multiple extreme cold surges during the winter of 2020/21.Additionally,the 2020 typhoon season had below average activity with especially quiet activity during the first half of the season in the western North Pacific(WNP).Sea surface temperature changes in the Pacific,Indian,and Atlantic Oceans all contributed to the heavy rainfall in China,but the Atlantic and Indian Oceans seem to have played dominant roles.Enhancement and movement of the Siberian High caused a wavier pattern in the jet stream that allowed cold polar air to reach southward,inducing cold surges in China.Large vertical wind shear and low humidity in the WNP were responsible for fewer typhoons in the first half of the typhoon season.Although it is known that global warming can increase the frequency of extreme weather and climate events,its influences on individual events still need to be quantified.Additionally,the extreme cold surge during 16–18 February 2021 in the United States shares similar mechanisms with the winter 2020/21 extreme cold surges in China.

Analysis of Causes and Seasonal Prediction of the Severe Floods in Yangtze／Huaihe Basins during Summer 1991

The present paper shows that a seasonal prediction for the large scale flooding and waterlogging of the mid-lower Yangtze/ Huaihe River basins in the summer of 1991 made successfully in early April 1991.The seasonal forecasting method and some predictors are also introduced and analyzed herein. Because the extra extent of the abnormally early onset of the plum rain period in 1991 was unexpected,great efforts have been made to find out the causes of this abnormality. These causes are mainly associated with the large scale warming of SST surrounding the south and east part of Asia during the preceding winter,while the ENSO-like pattern of SSTA occurred in the North Pacific.In addition,the possible influence of strong solar proton events is analyzed.In order to improve the seasonal pre4iction the usage of the predicted SOl in following spring/summer is also introduced.The author believes thatthe regional climate anomaly can be correctly predicted for one season ahead only on the basis of physical understanding of the interactions of many preceding factors.

The Relation between Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillation and Summer Severe Flood and Drought in the Changjiang-Huaihe River Basin

The intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) is studied during the severe flood and drought years of the Changjiang-Huaihe River Basin with the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data and the precipitation data in China. The results show that the upper-level (200 hPa) ISO pattern for severe flood (drought) is characterized by an anticyclonic (cyclonic) circulation over the southern Tibetan Plateau and a cyclonic (anti-cyclonic) circulation over the northern Tibetan Plateau. The lower-level (850 hPa) ISO pattern is characterized by an anticyclonic (cyclonic) circulation over the area south of the Changjiang River, the South China Sea, and the Western Pacific, and a cyclonic (anticyclonic) circulation from the area north of the Changjiang River to Japan. These low-level ISO circulation patterns are the first modes of the ISO wind field according to the vector EOF expansion with stronger amplitude of the EOF1 time coefficient in severe flood years than in severe drought years. The analyses also reveal that at 500 hPa and 200 hPa, the atmospheric ISO activity over the Changjiang-Huaihe River basin, North China, and the middle-high latitudes north of China is stronger for severe flood than for severe drought. The ISO meridional wind over the middle-high latitude regions can propagate southwards and meet with the northward propagating ISO meridional wind from lower latitude regions over the Changjiang-Huaihe River Basin during severe flood years, but not during severe drought years.

DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF PERSISTENT DROUGHT/FLOOD EVENTS IN SUMMER OVER THE TWO-LAKE REGION OF CHINA

Based on the daily regional mean rainfall,the Z-index method is used to identify persistent flood and drought events lasting for at least 10 days over a region where Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake sit(referred to as the"two-lake region"hereafter).The National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP)reanalysis data are then utilized to perform a preliminary diagnostic analysis on these events.The results indicate that the composite standardized geopotential height at 500 hPa presents two different meridional wave trains from north to south over the East Asian-Pacific region,i.e.,a"-+-"pattern for the droughts and a"+-+"pattern for the floods,respectively.The developing,maintaining and decaying phases in the drought and flood events are closely related to the intensity and location of a subtropical high and an extra-tropical blocking high.It is shown that the East Asian summer monsoon is strong(weak)with the occurrence of persistent drought(flood)events.Droughts(floods)are accompanied by a weak(strong)tropical convergent system and a strong(weak)subtropical convergent system.Furthermore,the persistent drought(flood)events are associated with a divergence(convergence)of vertically integrated water vapor flux.In the vertical profile of water vapor flux,divergence(convergence)in the mid-and lower-levels and convergence(divergence)in the higher levels are evident in the droughts(floods).Both the divergence in the droughts and the convergence in floods are strongest at 850 hPa.

Numerical Study of Ural Blocking High＇s Effect Upon Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation and East China Flood and Drought

In terms of Kuo-Qian pesigma incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation spheric band (70°N-30°S)model with the Ural high's effect introduced into it as initial and boundary conditions, study is made of the high's influence on Asian summer monsoon circulation and dryness / wetness of eastern China based on case contrast andcontrol experiments. Rusults show that as an excitation source, the blocking high produces a SE-NW stationarywavetrain with its upper-air atnicyclonic divergent circulation oust over a lower-level trough zone) precisely over themiddle to lower reaches of the Changjiang River, enhancing East Asian westerly jet, a situation that contributes toPerturbation growth, causing an additional secondary meridional circulation at the jet entrance, which intensifies theupdraft in the monsoon area. As such, the high's presence and its excited steady wavetrain represent the large-scalekey factors and acting mechanisms for the rainstorm over the Changjiang-Huaihe River catchment in the easternpart of the land.

THE RELATIONSHIP OF LARGE VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE WORLD AND THE SUMMER DROUGHT/FLOOD IN CHINA

Based on data in the last 500 years for strong volwtc aedvity and the sununer drought/flood types available in China, the statistical relatons 0f the volcanic eruptions in seasons and several ropons and the drowtood types and grade index of main wions in China have ban inveStigned. The possible teleconnection bforan flood in the Yangtze hiver and the Huaihe foveL Valleys in 1991 and the volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in June of 1991 has bam also exathened. It is found that ehas of volcanic eruption in differen ropons in the worid vary on droguood in diffend edons of China, but in some cases the the is absolutely opposite in respect of the summer drowood. Statshcal test shows that in terms of stud confidence levels of the reation for dividing the volcanic eruptions as several ropons are higher than that for volcanic eruPhon in the worid as Whole.

A Regional Climate Model Simulation of Summer Monsoon over East Asia:A Case Study of 1991 Flood in Yangtzee-Huai River Valley

The evolution of summer monsoon over East Asia is the result of multi-scale interactions, including the large-scale subtropical high, upper level jet and regional-scale Meiyu front, vortex, and thermal heating. Regional Climate Models should be a better way to simulate the summer monsoon evolution, because not only they can reflect the large-scale forcing through boundary condition, theirs high resolution can also catch regional-scale forcing in detail. To evaluate the ability of SUNYA-ReCM to simulate the evolution of the summer monsoon over East Asia especially in the extreme climate, a simulation of the East Asian flood that occurred during 1991 summer was performed. This simulation was driven by large-scale atmospheric background derived from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Tropic Ocean Global Atmospheric (TOGA) analysis. The model is capable of reproducing the major features of the monthly mean monsoon circulation, anomalous rainfall in the Yangtze-Huai River Valley and the two northward jumps of rainfall belt as well as the other large-scale components of the monsoon. The changes of the large-scale circulation during the evolution of summer monsoon are also well simulated, which include: (1) the wind direction changes from southeasterly to southwesterly in the South China Sea. (2) The northward shift of the upper westerly over East China and the Tibetan Plateau. (3) The northward shift of the western Pacific subtropic high at 500 hPa. The model also has a good simulation on the evolution of the regional-scale components of the monsoon, including Meiyu front and southwest (SW) vortex in Sichuan Basin.

海温异常对长江流域夏季典型旱涝的影响研究

为研究长江流域夏季旱涝特征及其与海温异常之间的关联性,基于中国326个气象站降水量、NCEP/NCAR再分析资料等,采用合成分析、EOF分解等方法,分析了长江流域夏季典型旱涝年的降水分布、同期大气环流及前期海温特征,并以2018年为例,初步揭示了2018年前期海温异常对大气环流的可能影响。结果表明:①长江流域夏季典型旱年,仅嘉陵江和岷沱江会表现出局部偏涝,全国为典型的Ⅰ类雨型,多雨区位于黄河流域及以北地区。前期冬季赤道太平洋表现出类拉尼娜的东冷西暖分布,同时黑潮区海温偏低,西风漂流区海温偏暖。受多海域协同作用,同期欧亚环流场上自西北向东南呈现出“+-+”三极型分布,东亚地区为自北向南“-+-”的EAP负位相。长江流域典型涝年,全国多为典型的Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类雨型,环流及海温呈现出相反特征。②2018年为典型的长江中下游偏旱年,仅在岷沱江降水偏多近3成,为历史第4多,与长江流域夏季降水的主模态正位相类似,解释方差达24%。③2018年前冬出现弱拉尼娜、春末夏初西风漂流区异常偏暖、NAT异常正位相,三者共同作用,使得东亚副热带西风急流偏北,东亚沿岸出现EAP负位相,大陆热低压明显偏强,东亚夏季风为1961年以来最强,同时副高脊线最北,造成夏季降水主雨带北推至华北、西北地区,岷沱江、嘉陵江异常多,而长江中下游异常少,为典型的Ⅰ类雨型。研究成果可为长江流域旱涝预测、水资源调度提供参考。

汉江流域2021年伏秋连汛降水季内差异特征及成因分析

汉江流域是中国重要的调水水源区,研究其降水特征对防涝抗旱具有重要意义。基于汉江流域62个国家气象站降水资料及美国国家环境预报中心/国家大气研究中心(National Center for Envi⁃ronmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research,NCEP/NCAR)再分析资料,通过百分位数、相关分析和T-N波作用通量,探讨了2021年伏秋(8—10月)连汛期间汉江降水的季内差异特征及其与大气环流和海温的关系。结果表明:2021年伏秋期间,汉江上游流域出现破纪录降水,极端性强、总量大。降水在伏夏和秋季两个时段均偏多,但秋季的多雨区位置更偏北。伏夏期间,北大西洋经西伯利亚向东频散的Rossby波使得欧亚上空维持“两槽两脊”,冷空气较强,同时西太平洋副热带高压(简称“副高”)强势西伸,通过西南和偏东两支通道向北输送暖湿水汽;冷暖空气在高空急流南侧对峙并辐合上升,导致降水异常偏多。秋季,北太平洋频散的Rossby波使得欧亚上空维持“两槽一脊”,冷空气较弱;副高断裂导致水汽通道偏南,高空急流北抬使冷暖空气辐合上升位置偏北,造成雨区偏北。2021年汉江流域伏夏降水异常受热带东大西洋海温正异常影响,秋季受赤道中太平洋冷海温影响。

THE EARLY SUMMER FLOOD PERIODS OF SOUTHERN CHINA AND THE SUMMER MONSOON CIRCULATION OF EAST ASIA

Based on the thermodynamic characteristics of the summer monsoon and foe change of the lower layer wind fields, the relation between the early summer flood periods of southern China, Including the first flood period of South China and the plum rains period of the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the activities of the summer monsoon is analysed. The establishment processes of the summer monsoon circulation of East Asia are investigated. It is shown that the beginning and ending of the flood periods are exactly in accordance with the arrival and departure of the fore boundary of the summer monsoon. The establishment process of the circulation from the very beginning of the arrival of the monsoon to the time of great prosperity of development are not the same for each year. They can be classified into four categories. Each category may have four or three stages. Besides, the structure of the summer monsoon regime of East Asia is not unitary. There exist four types of structure model of the monsoon regime of East Asia.

不同洪淹时长夏玉米田土壤养分的变化

选择2021年7月洪水致灾的河南省卫辉市洪淹区典型地块研究洪淹夏玉米田土壤水解氮、速效磷、速效钾、有机质含量及分布变化,为灾后农田复垦提供高效施肥策略。结果表明,不同淹水天数(1~2 d、5~7 d、10~12 d、20~25 d、超过30 d)0~40 cm土层的水解氮分布没有显著性差异,40~60 cm土层淹水≥10 d的土壤水解氮含量显著低于淹水不足10 d的;但20~40、40~60 cm土层速效磷的含量则随淹水天数增加整体呈上升趋势;0~20 cm土层淹水时间越长整体上速效钾含量越高,20~40、40~60 cm土层速效钾含量则随淹水时长增加表现出先下降再升高的趋势;20~40、40~60 cm土层淹水时间越长整体上土壤有机质含量越低,但0~20 cm土层有机质含量随淹水天数增加先升后降,淹水10~12 d有机质含量最高。综上,不同淹水天数夏玉米田土壤养分由于转化与迁移的途径与机制不同,呈现出不同的剖面分布特征,建议洪淹农田及时补施氮肥,补种绿肥提高土壤有机质含量。

陕西夏季旱涝与欧亚大气环流异常的关系

陕西处于青藏高原边坡地带,南北狭长,气候类型多样,地形复杂,生态条件脆弱,旱涝是夏季的主要气象灾害,因此分析其旱涝的成因对该地区防灾减灾具有重要意义。利用陕西78个气象站1961—2018年夏季(6—8月)降水资料、NCEP/NCAR高度场和风场再分析资料、西太平洋副高指数资料,通过相关、合成、多元回归分析方法,研究了陕西夏季旱涝与大气环流异常的关系。结果表明,500 hPa上乌拉尔山阻塞高压和西太平洋副高是影响陕西夏季旱涝的关键因素,当乌拉尔山阻高和西太副高偏强时,陕西夏季降水偏多,反之偏少。200 hPa西风急流位置与陕西夏季降水关系密切,急流偏南时陕西夏季降水偏多,反之偏少。西太平洋副高偏强、偏西时,陕西夏季降水偏多,反之偏少,副高脊线位置主要影响陕西夏季雨带的南北移动。

1750—2020年中国东北地区极端洪涝事件重建及驱动机制分析

全球变暖背景下区域极端气候事件的发生规律与归因是气候变化研究的重点领域。利用历史文献记载和现代降水数据识别了公元1750—2020年中国东北地区发生概率10%的极端洪涝事件,并分析了其发生特征及驱动机制。结果表明:(1)1750—2020年共识别出东北极端洪涝事件29年(次),显示出波动变化的特征,1871—1930年是过去270年间东北极端洪涝发生频率最高的时段;(2)中国和东北地区的增温显著增大了东北极端洪涝的发生频率;(3)多百年尺度上东亚夏季风强度变化引起的季风雨带异常是导致东北极端洪涝事件发生的主要原因。在东亚夏季风偏强、雨带位置偏北的时段,极端洪涝事件的发生概率会显著上升;(4)在多百年尺度上,印太暖池和热带中、东太平洋海温异常通过影响东亚夏季风的位置和水汽输送,引发东北极端洪涝事件的发生。其中,La Niña事件发生时的水汽输送正异常对于极端洪涝的发生至关重要,也是东北极端洪涝事件可靠的预报因子。

Toward Understanding the Extreme Floods over Yangtze River Valley in June−July 2020:Role of Tropical Oceans

The extreme floods in the Middle/Lower Yangtze River Valley(MLYRV)during June−July 2020 caused more than 170 billion Chinese Yuan direct economic losses.Here,we examine the key features related to this extreme event and explore relative contributions of SST anomalies in different tropical oceans.Our results reveal that the extreme floods over the MLYRV were tightly related to a strong anomalous anticyclone persisting over the western North Pacific,which brought tropical warm moisture northward that converged over the MLYRV.In addition,despite the absence of a strong El Niño in 2019/2020 winter,the mean SST anomaly in the tropical Indian Ocean during June−July 2020 reached its highest value over the last 40 years,and 43%(57%)of it is attributed to the multi-decadal warming trend(interannual variability).Based on the NUIST CFS1.0 model that successfully predicted the wet conditions over the MLYRV in summer 2020 initiated from 1 March 2020(albeit the magnitude of the predicted precipitation was only about one-seventh of the observed),sensitivity experiment results suggest that the warm SST condition in the Indian Ocean played a dominant role in generating the extreme floods,compared to the contributions of SST anomalies in the Maritime Continent,central and eastern equatorial Pacific,and North Atlantic.Furthermore,both the multi-decadal warming trend and the interannual variability of the Indian Ocean SSTs had positive impacts on the extreme floods.Our results imply that the strong multi-decadal warming trend in the Indian Ocean needs to be taken into consideration for the prediction/projection of summer extreme floods over the MLYRV in the future.

Comparative Analysis on Flood Cause in the Nenjiang Basin between 2013 and 1998

[Objective]The research aimed to analyze and contrast flood cause in Nenjiang Basin between 2013 and 1998.[Method]Based on meteorological and hydrological data in and around Nenjiang Basin,geographic information system as data processing platform,statistical methods such as synthesis analysis and correlation analysis were combined to contrast and analyze the flood cause in the Nenjiang Basin between 2013 and1998.[Result]The similarities of two floods in Nenjiang Basin were that rainstorm frequency and summer precipitation were more,and many large and medium-sized reservoirs which undertook the flood control task were running above flood level.In order to protect the safety of reservoir dam,flood discharge volume increased.And the difference was external forcing factor which caused atmospheric circulation abnormality,thus the impact factors of summer more rainfall were not the same.The main reason for more precipitation in Nenjiang Basin in summer of 2013：The northeast cold vortex activity was frequent,and the path was by north;water vapor transport was sufficient at 850 hPa;at 500 hPa,the Eurasian zonal circulation was weak,the West Pacific subtropical high pressure abnormally moved northward,blocking high of the Sea of Okhotsk was obvious,and Heilongjiang region was controlled by negative anomaly in midsummer;East Asian westerly jet location was abnormal at 200 hPa,and East Asian summer monsoon was strong.[Conclusion]The research had very important significance for understanding occurrence rule of flood and improving disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities in Nenjiang Basin.

Spatiotemporal Variations of Summer Rainfall over Eastern China during 1880-1999(1)

By applying rotated complex empirical orthogonal function (RCEOF) analysis on 1880-1999 summer rainfall at 28 selected stations over the east part of China, the spatio-temporal variations of China summer rainfall are investigated. Six divisions are identified, showing strong temporal variability, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, Southeast China, North China, Southwest China, and Northeast China. The locations of all divisions except Southwest China are in a good agreement with those of the rainband which moves northward from Southeast China to Northeast China from June-August. The phase relationship revealed by the RCEOF analysis suggests that rainfall anomalies in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Southeast China, and Northeast China are all characterized by a stationary wave, while a traveling wave is more pronounced in the Huaihe River division, North China, and Southwest China. The fourth RCEOF mode indicates that rainfall anomalies can propagate from south of Northeast China across lower reaches of the Huanghe River and the Huaihe River to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. A 20-25-year oscillation is found at the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River valley, North China, and Northeast China. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Northeast China also show an approximately-60-year oscillation. Northeast China and the Huaihe River division are dominated by a 36-year and a 70-80-year oscillation, respectively. An 11-year oscillation is also evident in North China, with a periodicity similar to sunspot activity. The interdecadal variability in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River valley, and North China shows a significant positive correlation with the solar activity.

THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF AEROSOLS AND DECADAL VARIATION OF GLOBAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON THE EAST ASIAN SUMMER PRECIPITATION IN CAM3.0

Using the CAM3.0 model, we investigated the respective effects of aerosol concentration increasing and decadal variation of global sea surface temperature(SST) around year 1976/77 on the East Asian precipitation in boreal summer. By doubling the concentration of the sulfate aerosol and black carbon aerosol separately and synchronously in East Asia(100-150 °E, 20-50 °N), the climate effects of these aerosols are specifically investigated. The results show that both the decadal SST changing and aerosol concentration increasing could lead to rainfall decreasing in the center of East Asia, but increasing in the regions along southeast coast areas of China. However, the different patterns of rainfall over ocean and lower wind field over Asian continent between aerosol experiments and SST experiments in CAM3.0 indicate the presence of different mechanisms. In the increased aerosol concentration experiments, scattering effect is the main climate effect for both sulfate and black carbon aerosols in the Eastern Asian summer. Especially in the increased sulfate aerosol concentration experiment, the climate scattering effect of aerosol leads to the most significant temperature decreasing, sinking convection anomalies and decreased rainfall in the troposphere over the central part of East Asia. However, in an increased black carbon aerosol concentration experiment, weakened sinking convection anomalies exist at the southerly position. This weakened sinking and its compensating rising convection anomalies in the south lead to the heavy rainfall over southeast coast areas of China. When concentrations of both sulfate and black carbon aerosols increase synchronously, the anomalous rainfall distribution is somewhat like that in the increased black carbon concentration aerosol experiment but with less intensity.

极端降水引起的大面积夏玉米减产方法研究——以2021年河南“7·20”强降水事件为例

【目的】建立洪涝条件下夏玉米减产的快速评估方法,评估2021年河南省“7·20”强降水事件对夏玉米产量的影响。【方法】根据2021年6月18日—7月29日河南省逐日的归一化植被指数(NDVI)遥感影像数据和DEM数据,利用像元统计法确定“7·20”强降水事件中河南省夏玉米连续被淹区域,依据夏玉米受淹时长与减产关系以及追肥对受淹夏玉米产量的补偿关系评估“7·20”强降水事件对河南省夏玉米产量造成的影响。【结果】河南省“7·20”强降水事件造成的涝灾区域主要分布在安阳、新乡和郑州,该次强降水事件造成夏玉米受淹面积共计261万hm^(2);中等程度受淹面积(淹水3 d)为57万hm^(2),严重受淹面积(淹水5 d)为13万hm^(2),绝收面积(淹水≥7 d)为20万hm^(2)。【结论】河南省“7·20”强降水事件造成的夏玉米产量损失为393万~491万t,占全省夏玉米总产量的17%~22%(以2019年夏玉米产量为基准),与调研数据基本一致。因此,本研究提出的极端降水事件下夏玉米受淹面积快速获取方法和减产估算模式可为变化环境下的粮食估产和国家粮食安全研究提供技术支撑。

黄河凌汛和伏汛引水对库布其沙漠北缘生态格局及其耗水变化影响研究

为减轻黄河几字弯防凌防汛压力,内蒙古将凌汛和伏汛现水引入了库布其沙漠北缘,使下垫面生态格局发生变化的同时,区域水文循环过程也受到影响,尤其是下垫面耗水过程。为深入明晰库布其沙漠北缘生态格局及其耗水变化的驱动内因,本文利用遥感影像分析了引水前后生态格局演变特征,基于遥感蒸散发理论详细阐明区域耗水时空变化机制,并评价变化背景下气象因子(气温、降水、湿度与风速)与区域耗水的相关程度。结果表明:①黄河凌汛和伏汛水显著影响了库布其沙漠北缘生态格局,引水后沙地面积占比由72.5%缩至15.8%,湖泊、湿地占比从零增至27.5%、4.5%;②基于METRIC模型与Dalton蒸发理论计算陆面蒸散发和水面蒸发的相对误差分别为9.2%、9.3%,区域耗水结果具有较高可信度,引水前(2013年)、引水初(2016年)、引水后(2020年)作物生长季(4—10月)蒸散发为156.22、231.12和528.58 mm,凌汛和伏汛引水对区域耗水影响持续增强;③黄河凌汛和伏汛引水改变了蒸散发与气象因子(气温、降水、风速、湿度)相关关系,蒸散发与气温、湿度的正相关性持续增大,呈正相关关系的区域占比由引水前73%、28%分别增至95%、76%。