ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE UNUSUAL TRACK OF TYPHOON MORAKOT(0908)AND THE UPPER WESTERLY TROUGH

In this paper,by carrying out sensitivity tests of initial conditions and diagnostic analysis of physical fields,the impact factors and the physical mechanism of the unusual track of Morakot in the Taiwan Strait are discussed and examined based on the potential vorticity(PV)inversion.The diagnostic results of NCEP data showed that Morakot's track was mainly steered by the subtropical high.The breaking of a high-pressure zone was the main cause for the northward turn of Morakot.A sensitivity test of initial conditions showed that the existence of upper-level trough was the leading factor for the breaking of the high-pressure zone.When the intensity was strengthened of the upper-level trough at initial time,the high-pressure zone would break ahead of time,leading to the early northward turn of Morakot.Conversely,when the intensity was weakened,the breaking of the high-pressure zone would be delayed.Especially,when the intensity was weakened to a certain extent,the high-pressure zone would not break.The typhoon,steered by the easterly flow to the south of the high-pressure zone,would keep moving westward,with no turn in the test.The diagnostic analysis of the physical fields based on the sensitivity test revealed that positive vorticity advection and cold advection associated with the upper-level trough weakened the intensity of the high-pressure zone.The upper-level trough affected typhoon's track indirectly by influencing the high-pressure zone.

Analysis of a Wenzhou-Hitting Exceptionally Strong Rainstorm Associated with a Typhoon Inverted Trough in September,1999

Using T106 numerical products, MM5 simulations in conjunction of Q-vector scheme-computed NCEP results, observations and satellite cloud images, study is undertaken for an exceptionally intense rainstorm event afflicting the Wenzhou region of Zhejiang province far away from the tropical storm center happening early on the morning of September 4, 1999 （TS9909 hereinafter）. Evidence suggests that, like previously-studied typhoons landing in autumn south of Xiamen to the eastern part of Guangdong, TS9909 has an inverted trough in the central south of the coastal belt of Zhejiang province that produces the rainstorm from the meso convective complex （MCC） on the warm, moist shear inside; the time and order of the magnitude of the rainfall are bound up with the development of the pattern of strong Q-vector divergence gradients during the event for the study area; the NE - SW coastline and the unique topography of the Yandang mountains inside the region are favorable for air lifting are the major contributors to the torrential rains.

THE IMPACTS OF INTERACTION OF A TYPHOON WITH THE MIDLATITUDE TROUGH ON ITS TRACK AFTER THE RECURVATURE

Three typhoon cases are selected to conduct a series of simulations that are initialized from sequential analyses. The results show that the forecast error in crucial area where a tropical cyclone(TC) interactes with the upstream trough is highly correlated to the track forecast error after the TC recurvature. Furthermore, sensitivity experiments confirm that the developments of the midlatitude downstream circulations and then the TC track after its recurvature are highly sensitive to the TC intensity and its location relative to the upstream trough, which can give an example or one way of sensitivity of the TC track to the TC-trough interaction. If the TC interacts with the upstream trough more strongly(e.g., the TC being intensified or getting closer to the upstream trough), the downstream circulations will be more meridional, thus the TC track will be more northerly and westerly; otherwise, the downstream circulations will be more zonal, and the TC track will be more southerly and easterly.

Super Typhoon Activity over the Western North Pacific and Its Relationship with ENSO

This paper analyzes the characteristics of super typhoons （STYs） over the western North Pacific （WNP） from 1965 to 2005 and describes the seasonal variability of STY activity. The relation between STY activity and the E1 Nifio-Southern Oscillation （ENSO） as well as the possible reason for the influence of the ENSO on STY activity are also investigated. The results showed that about one fifth of the tropical cyclones （TCs） over the WNP could reach the rank of STY. Most STYs appeared from July to November while there was a highest ratio between number of STYs and total number of TCs in November. Most STYs appeared east of the Philippine Sea. In E1 Nino years, affected by sea surface temperature （SST）, monsoon trough and weak vertical wind shear, TC formation locations shifted eastward and there were more STYs than in La Nifia years when the affecting factors changed.

A Study of Extratropical Transition and Re-Intensification of Typhoon Mindulle(2004)

In this study,the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research (PSU-NCAR) Mesoscale Model (MM5) is used to simulate Typhoon Mindulle (2004) at high resolution (3-km grid size).The data from measurements show that in the upper atmosphere the existence of an upper jet is important to the transition cyclone.When Mindulle moved to the area of the upper jet entrance,where high-altitude divergence existed, the pumping of the high-altitude divergence would enhance the vertical motion and low-level cyclone convergence. The enhanced vertical motion was confirmed by the simulation results and indicated that the existence of upper divergence enhanced the vertical motion which was favorable for the maintenance of Typhoon Mindulle.The process of extratropical transition (ET) and re-intensification always accompanies the process of cold air invasion. This process enhances the baroclinicity of the atmosphere and the formation of front at high altitudes, which converts baroclinic potential energy into kinetic energy and strengthens the cyclone vortex.The distributions of equivalent potential temperature (θe) and temperature anomalies show that the warm-core of the typhoon at the tropopause aids the re-intensification of the system. As the typhoon reenters the ocean, latent heat flux (LHF) increases in the north and west and the strong reflectivity and vertical motion occur in the east and southeast,and the west.With the re-intensification of the typhoon the wind field evolves from an oval to a circle at the lower atmosphere, the area coverage by high winds increases, and the distribution of the tangential wind shows an asymmetric pattern.

Unusual coastal ocean cooling in the northern South China Sea by a katabatic cold jet associated with Typhoon Mujigea(2015)

This study deals with a unusual cooling event after Typhoon Mujigea passed over the northern South China Sea(SCS) in October 2015. We analyze the satellite sea surface temperature(SST) time series from October 3 to 18,2015 and find that the cooling process in the coastal ocean had two different stages. The first stage occurred immediately after typhoon passage on October 3, and reached a maximum SST drop of –2℃ on October 7 as the usual cold wake after typhoon. The second stage or the unusual extended cooling event occurred after 7d of the typhoon passage, and lasted for 5d from October 10 to 15. The maximum SST cooling was –4℃ and occurred after 12d of typhoon passage. The mechanism analysis results indicate that after landing and moving northwestward to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau(YGP), Typhoon Mujigea(2015) met the westerly wind front on October 5. The lowpressure and positive-vorticity disturbances to the front triggered meridional air flow and low-pressure trough,thus induced a katabatic cold jet downward from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(QTP) passing through the YGP to the northwestern SCS. The second cooling reached the maximum SST drop 4d later after the maximum air temperature drop of –9℃ on October 11. The simultaneous air temperature and SST observations at three coastal stations reveal that it is this katabatic cold jet intrusion to lead the unusual SST cooling event.

SUBTROPICAL HIGH, LATENT HEATING BY CONVECTION AND ASSOCIATION WITH DISSIPATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA TYPHOONS

Numerical modeling and experiments are conducted for the South China Sea typhoons Helen (1995) and Willie (1996) with an auto-adaptive mesh model. It is shown that durating the stage of dissipation the typhoons are mainly related with the subtropical high rather than the topography. The high is sensitive to the intensity change of the typhoon so that the former weakens as the latter strengthens and vice versa. Maintaining the typhoon as a main factor, the release of latent heat is in reversed proportion with the subtropical high in terms of the intensity. It is found that the storm tends to be maintained if it moves close to the westerly trough after landfall.

A Study on a Heavy Rainfall Event Triggered by an Inverted Typhoon Trough in Shandong Province

A heavy rainfall event that occurred in Shandong Province in 26 28 August 2004 was caused mainly by Typhoon Acre and cold air activities related to a westerly trough. The event was triggered by an inverted typhoon trough, which was closely associated with the intensification of the low-level southeasterly flow and the northward transport of heat and momentum in the periphery of the typhoon low. A numerical simulation of this event is performed using the nonhydrostatic mesoscale model MM5 with two-way interactive and triply-nested grids, and the structure of the inverted typhoon trough is studied. Furthermore, the formation and development mechanism of the inverted typhoon trough and a mesoscale vortex are discussed through a vorticity budget analysis. The results show that the heavy rainfall was induced by the strong convergence between the strong and weak winds within the inverted typhoon trough. Dynamic effects of the low-level jet and the diabatic heating of precipitation played an important role in the development of the inverted typhoon trough and the formation of the mesoscale vortex. The vorticity budget analysis suggests that the divergence term in the low troposphere, the horizontal advection term, and the convection term in the middle troposphere were main contributors to positive vorticity. Nonetheless, at the same pressure level, the effect of the divergence term and that of the adveetion term were opposite to each other. In the middle troposphere, the vertical transport term made a positive contribution while the tilting term made a negative contribution, and the total vorticity tendency was the net result of their counteractions. It is found that the change tendency of the relative vorticity was not uniform horizontally. A strong positive vorticity tendency occurred in the southeast of the mesoscale vortex, which is why the heavy rainfall was concentrated there. The increase of positive vorticity in the low （upper） troposphere was caused by horizontal convergence （upward transport of vorticity from the lower troposphere）. Therefore, the development of the inverted typhoon trough and the formation of the mesoscale vortex were mainly attributed to the vorticity generated in the low troposphere, and also the vertical transport of vorticity from the low and middle troposphere.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND MESO-β SCALE LOW VORTEX IN INVERTED TYPHOON TROUGH

Large-scale and mesoscale analyses are made for extremely heavy rain (EHR) and meso-β scale low vortex (MSLV) in Jiading District of Shanghai Municipality during 6-7 July 2001.It is shown that the EHR forms in the situation of northern westerly trough linking together with southern inverted typhoon trough at northwest side of the West Pacific Ocean subtropical high. Numerical simulation is made using a 21-layer improved REM (regional η coordinate model) for this course.The results show that the precipitation forms earlier than MSLV.and the strong convergence in wind velocity mate (WVM) triggers the strong precipitation.The formative reasons of WVM.especially the weak wind velocity center are discussed,and the formative mechanisms of the MSLV and EHR are discussed using high spatial and temporal resolution model- output physical fields.The results show that the heavy rain releases latent heat and warms the air column,and enhances the low level positive vorticity that existed before.Then it causes the formation of MSLV.There is a positive feedback mechanism between low vortex and precipitation,so CISK must be an important mechanism.

副热带高压内部台风远距离暴雨特征和机制个例分析

为了提高对副高内部台风远距离暴雨特征和机制的认识,综合利用多源观测和ERA5再分析资料,对2018年台风“山竹”在副高内部引发的一次远距离暴雨过程进行分析。结果表明:①这次暴雨发生在500 hPa副高内部高温、高湿、高能的强对流不稳定环境中,暴雨区位于低层台风倒槽北端、偏南气流风速辐合区和高空急流入口区右侧。②低层暖湿平流提供了充足的水汽和能量,促使对流不稳定层结发展和维持;高层强辐散耦合低层辐合形成强烈上升运动,为暴雨提供有利动力条件。③中尺度对流系统有3个演变阶段:带状对流组织和建立、对流带北移南侧超级单体发展和移动、北部对流减弱南部对流带新建发展,造成了两个阶段的极端短时强降水(100 mm/h以上)。④低层华北高压先后与台风倒槽、海上高压结合,增强了低层辐合并维持了切变线(地面辐合线),利于对流的发展和维持。台风倒槽是初始对流带的触发和组织者,雷暴冷池出流是超级单体发展移动的关键因素。⑤高空急流的辐散抽吸强迫中层辐合,正涡度和低槽发展,暴雨区垂直风切变增强,利于南部对流带发展。当低纬度有台风活动时,500 hPa副高内部低层有台风倒槽,台风倒槽北端的辐合区是远距离暴雨预报的着眼点。

RESEARCH ON THE INTERANNUAL AND INTERDECADAL VARIABILITIES OF THE MONSOON TROUGH AND THEIR IMPACTS ON TROPICAL CYCLONE GENESIS OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

In this paper, we mainly summarize and review the progresses in recent climatological studies(by CMSR,IAP/CAS and some associated domestic and international institutions) on the interannual and interdecadal variabilities of monsoon troughs and their impacts on tropical cyclones and typhoons(TCs) geneses over the western North Pacific Ocean. The climatological characteristics of monsoon troughs and four types of circulation patterns favorable to TCs genesis over the western North Pacific Ocean in summer and autumn are given in this paper. It is also shown in this paper that the monsoon trough over the western North Pacific Ocean has obvious interannual and interdecadal variabilities. Especially, it is revealed in this paper that the interannual and interdecadal variabilities of the monsoon trough over the western North Pacific Ocean influence the TCs genesis not only through the impact on distributions of the vorticity in the lower troposphere and the divergence in the upper troposphere, the water vapor in the mid-and lower troposphere and the vertical shear of wind fields between the upper and lower troposphere over the western North Pacific Ocean, but also through the dynamical effects of the transition between convectively coupled tropical waves and providing disturbance energy. Besides, some climatological problems associated with TCs activity over the western North Pacific Ocean that need to be studied further are also pointed out in this paper.

Role of the Subtropical Westerly Jet Waveguide in a Southern China Heavy Rainstorm in December 2013

An extreme rainstorm hit southern China during 13–17 December 2013, with a record-breaking daily rainfall rate, large spatial extent, and unusually long persistence. We examined what induced this heavy rainfall process, based on observed rainfall data and NCEP–NCAR reanalysis data through composite and diagnostic methods. The results showed that a Rossby waveguide within the subtropical westerly jet caused the event. The Rossby wave originated from strong cold air intrusion into the subtropical westerly jet over the eastern Mediterranean. With the enhancement and northward shift of the Middle East westerly jet, the Rossby wave propagated slowly eastward and deepened the India–Burma trough, which transported a large amount of moisture from the Bay of Bengal and South China Sea to southern China. Strong divergence in the upper troposphere, caused by the enhancement of the East Asian westerly jet, also favored the heavy rainfall process over Southeast China. In addition, the Rossby wave was associated with a negative-to-positive phase shift and enhancement of the North Atlantic Oscillation, but convergence in the eastern Mediterranean played the key role in the eastward propagation of the Rossby wave within the subtropical westerly jet.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENCY OF MIDSUMMER TYPHOON OVER NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC CIRCULATIONS

The relationship between the frequency of midsummer typhoon over NW Pacific and the intensification of mid-latitude westerlies over southern-northern hemispheres and the location of long-wave trough over southern hemisphere has been studied. The 14-year (1967—1980) midsummer wind data and 9-year (1972—1980) geopotential height data are obtained by courtesy of National Center for Atmospheric Research, U.S.A.

两次西风槽影响下北上台风导致的强降水对比分析

利用台风最佳路径数据、逐时自动站资料、美国国家环境预报中心/美国国家大气研究中心(NCEP/NCAR)1°×1°再分析资料、FY-4A卫星的云顶亮温和常规观测资料,对比分析了2106号台风“烟花”和1810号台风“安比”在北上过程中受到西风带高空槽影响导致天津地区强降水落区产生差异的原因。结果表明:两次台风在北上过程中,均受到高空槽和冷空气的影响,但是由于台风结构不同,西风槽和北上台风结合后引发的暴雨位置和强度有所区别。台风“安比”维持正压结构,降水持续时间短、降水强度大,大暴雨主要集中在天津西部;而台风“烟花”存在斜压性,降水持续时间长、效率低,大暴雨主要位于天津东部。在台风“安比”期间,副热带高压东撤,槽后冷空气渗透与偏东南暖湿低空急流交汇共同导致大气层结向不稳定状态发展,中尺度云团发展,正涡度强度明显增大,高层高位涡气流到达对流层低层,位涡下传引起低层位涡增大,强降水与对流层低层螺旋度中心、锋区以及偏东水汽输送关系密切;而台风“烟花”与西风槽合并后中尺度云团不明显,暴雨区西侧和北侧的θse密集带发生倾斜,斜压性增强,强降水站点主要位于锋生函数和假相当位温的梯度区,偏南水汽输送为持续降水提供水汽来源,降水的雨强较小,以稳定性降水为主。

Predecessor Rain Events in the Yangtze River Delta Region Associated with South China Sea and Northwest Pacific Ocean(SCS-WNPO)Tropical Cyclones

Predecessor rain events(PREs) in the Yangtze River Delta(YRD) region associated with the South China Sea and Northwest Pacific Ocean(SCS-WNPO) tropical cyclones(TCs) are investigated during the period from 2010 to 2019.Results indicate that approximately 10% of TCs making landfall in China produce PREs over the YRD region;however,they are seldom forecasted. PREs often occur over the YRD region when TCs begin to be active in the SCS-WNPO with westward paths, whilst the cold air is still existing or beginning to be present. PREs are more likely to peak in June and September. The distances between the PRE centers and the parent TC range from 900 to 1700 km. The median value of rain amounts and the median lifetime of PREs is approximately 200 mm and 24 h, respectively. Composite results suggest that PREs form in the equatorward jet-entrance region of the upper-level westerly jet(WJ), where a 925-hPa equivalent potential temperature ridge is located east of a 500-hPa trough. Deep moisture is transported from the TC vicinity to the remote PREs region. The ascent of this deep moist air in front of the 500-hPa trough and frontogenesis beneath the equatorward entrance region of the WJ is advantageous for the occurrence of PREs in the YRD region. The upper-level WJ may be affected by the subtropical high and westerly trough in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, and the occurrence of PREs may favor the maintenance of the upper-level WJ. The upper-level outflow of TCs in the SCS plays a secondary role.

2000—2021年影响山东的北上台风分类及降水落区分析

将2000—2021年影响山东的15个台风,按大尺度环流形势进行分类,以台风登陆之后500 hPa中纬度是否存在槽进行分类,可以分为3类:(1)中纬度有槽且形成闭合中心,台风与槽结合,在山东产生暴雨以上量级的降水;(2)中纬度只有高空槽,降水范围最大;(3)中纬度无明显槽脊,降水量和降水范围最小。以西太平洋副热带高压(简称“副高”)的位置分类,可分为3类:(1)副高西伸脊点过120°E且北部边缘过40°N,台风沿副高外围移动,降水最少;(2)副高西伸脊点不过120°E且北部边缘过40°N,高空槽与副高在中国沿海交汇,降水范围广,山东降水与台风位置有关。位置偏西,降水范围大;位置偏东,降水主要集中在山东半岛地区;(3)副高西伸脊点不过120°E且北部边缘不过40°N,台风环流中心较强,降水最强。以700 hPa环流形势分类,分为3类:(1)700 hPa有高压坝,降水范围最小;(2)700 hPa无高压坝,东北地区有冷涡,山东降水量和降水范围最大;(3)700 hPa无高压坝,中纬度存在大槽,降水量均可达大暴雨量级。

Analysis of the Regional Heavy Rainfall in Shenyang City

The analysis of '09.08.19' regional rainstorm weather in Shenyang showed that the circulation situation of the rainfall was the typical subtropical high pressure with westerly trough.Surface cyclone development in cooperation with the convergence and the role of the front of the uplift produced by the heavy rains trigger mechanism.The coupling configuration of low-level jet created favorable conditions for the development of convection,while the two rapids provided a steady stream of water vapor transport for the heavy rainfall.K exponential distribution,500 hPa,700 hPa temperature field and the total pseudo-equivalent potential temperature for the precipitation forecasts have a certain direction meaning.Japan fax map and MM5 grasped the precipitation forecasts better.

中低纬度环流系统的相互作用及其暴雨特征的模拟研究

利用ＭＭ５模式分别模拟了台风、中纬度西风槽对台风远距离槽前降水的影响。试验结果表明，（１）台风的强度影响了台风东侧东南急流向中纬度槽前的水汽输送。低层水汽输送，造成中纬度暴雨区强水汽辐合和不稳定能量积聚，故槽前降雨的强度与其南方台风东侧的水汽输送有着相当密切的关系。（２）中纬度西风槽提供了有利于台风远距离降水的大尺度背景场。西风槽的存在，有利于垂直运动的发展和维持，有利于降雨的产生和发展。模拟结果表明，槽的加强和减弱将会相应地造成中纬度暴雨区的加强和减弱。

近年来关于西北太平洋热带气旋和台风活动的气候学研究进展

本文主要综述和回顾了近年来季风系统研究中心关于西北太平洋热带气旋和台风(TCs)活动的气候学研究进展及有关的国内外研究。文中不仅回顾了最近关于夏、秋季西北太平洋利于TCs生成的大尺度环流型及其与涡旋的正压能量交换、西北太平洋TCs活动的年际和年代际及季节内的变化特征、以及今后全球变暖背景下西北太平洋TCs活动的变化趋势的气候学研究进展,而且综述了西北太平洋季风槽及热带对流耦合波动对西北太平洋上TCs生成的动力作用的研究。此外,文中还指出今后有关西北太平洋TCs活动一些亟需进一步研究的气候学问题。

环境流场和“派比安”结构变化对其异常北抬路径影响的诊断分析

利用NCEP的全球数据同化系统(GDAS)1°×1°分析资料、CIMSS微波亮温资料等,对0606号台风派比安的异常移动路径特征作了诊断分析。结果表明:"派比安"出现的两次异常北抬路径与中纬度西风槽活动、热带西南季风、副热带高压以及热带气旋结构影响密切相关,西风槽槽后经向风活动和台风最大风速中心轴向对台风未来移向有一定的指示意义。