简介:2006年5月29日至6月9日,由国际理论物理研究中心(TheAbdusSalamInternationalCenterforTheoreticalPhysics,ICTP)主办的第3届区域气候模式理论和应用研讨会(ThirdICTPWorkshopontheTheoryandUseofRegionalClimateModels),在意大利的滨海城市的里雅斯特(Trieste,ICTP的所在地)举行。与会人员包括来自不同国家的140余名专家、学者和学员。高学杰研究员代表国家气候中心,是会议的5名组织者之一,与国家气候中心徐影博士,研究生张冬峰、石英、曹丽娟,访问学者徐集云(浙江省气象局)参加了会议。中国农业科学院、中国科学院大气物理研究所等单位的专家和研究生也应邀参加了会议。
简介:Thedaily1°×1°dataoftheAviation(AVN)model,theblackbodytemperature(TBB)dataofcloudtop,andcloudimagesbygeostationarymeteorologicalsatellite(GMS)areusedtoidentifyadew-pointfrontneartheperipheryofthewesternPacificsubtropicalhigh(WPSH).Theresultsclearlydemonstratetheexistenceofthedew-pointfront,anditsthermodynamicanddynamicstructuralcharacteristicsareanalyzedindetail.Thedew-pointfrontisatransitionalbeltbetweenthemoistsouthwestmonsoonflowandthedryadiabaticsinkingflowneartheWPSH,manifestedbyalargehorizontalmoisturegradientinthemid-lowertroposphereandconjugatedwiththemei-yufronttoformapredominantdouble-frontstructureassociatedwithintenserainfallinthemei-yuperiod.Themei-yufrontislocatedbetween30°and35°N,verticallyextendsfromthegroundleveltotheupperlevelandshiftsnorthward.Thedew-pointfrontistothesouthofthemei-ynfrontandliesupagainsttheperipheryoftheWPSH.Generally,itislocatedbetween850hPaand500hPa.Onthedew-pointfrontside,thesouthwesterlyprevailsatthelowerlevelandthenortheasterlyattheupperlevel;thiswinddistributionisdifferentfromthatonthemei-yufrontside.Verticalascendingmotionexistsbetweenthetwofronts,andtherearedescendingmotionsonthenorthsideofthemei-yufrontandonthesouthsideofthedew-pointfront,whichformasecondarycirculation.Thedynamicsofthedoublefrontsalsohavesomeinterestingfeatures.Atthelowerlevel,positiveverticalvorticityandobviousconvergencebetweenthetwofrontsareclearlyidentified.Atthemid-lowerlevel,negativelocalchangeofthedivergence(correspondingtoincreasingconvergence)isoftenembeddedinthetwofrontsoragainstthemei-yufront.Mostcloudclustersoccurbetweenthetwofrontsandpropagatedownstreaminawave-likemanner.
简介:Thispaperpresentsahigh-resolutionsimulationofaremarkablepolarlowobservedovertheSeaofJapanon21January1997byusinga5-kmmeshnon-hydrostaticmodelMRI-NHM(MeteorologicalResearchInstituteNon-HydrostaticModel).A24-hoursimulationstartingfrom0000UTC21January1997successfullyreproducedtheobservedfeaturesofthepolarlowsuchasthewrappingofwesternpartofaninitialEWorientationvortex,thespiral-shapedbands,thecloud-free'eye',andthewarmcorestructureatitsmaturestage.The'eye'ofthesimulatedpolarlowwasrelativelydry,andwasassociatedwithastrongdowndraft.Athermodynamicbudgetanalysisindicatesthatthe'warmcore'inthe'eye'regionwasmainlycausedbytheadiabaticwarmingassociatedwiththedowndraft.Therelationshipamongthecondensationaldiabaticheating,theverticalvelocity,theconvergenceofthemoistureflux,andthecirculationaveragedwithina50km×50kmsquareareaaroundthepolarlowcentershowsthattheyformapositivefeedbackloop,andthisloopisnotinconsistentwiththeCISK(ConditionalInstabilityoftheSecondKind)mechanismduringthedevelopingstageofthepolarlow.