In this study,two convective-stratiform rainfall partitioning schemes are evaluated using precipitation and cloud statistics for different rainfall types categorized by applying surface rainfall equation on grid-scale...In this study,two convective-stratiform rainfall partitioning schemes are evaluated using precipitation and cloud statistics for different rainfall types categorized by applying surface rainfall equation on grid-scale data from a two-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulation.One scheme is based on surface rainfall intensity whereas the other is based on cloud content information.The model is largely forced by the large-scale vertical velocity derived from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment(TOGA COARE).The results reveal that over 40% of convective rainfall is associated with water vapor divergence,which primarily comes from the rainfall type with local atmospheric drying and water hydrometeor loss/convergence,caused by precipitation and evaporation of rain.More than 40% of stratiform rainfall is related to water vapor convergence,which largely comes from the rainfall type with local atmospheric moistening and hydrometeor loss/convergence attributable to water clouds through precipitation and the evaporation of rain and ice clouds through the conversion from ice hydrometeor to water hydrometeor.This implies that the separation methods based on surface rainfall and cloud content may not clearly separate convective and stratiform rainfall.展开更多
The thermohaline structure at 4 °S, 156 °E was analyzed based on CTD data acquired during theTOGA COARE Intensive Observing Period(IOP) from November,1992 to February,1993. The ocean re-sponses during two Ma...The thermohaline structure at 4 °S, 156 °E was analyzed based on CTD data acquired during theTOGA COARE Intensive Observing Period(IOP) from November,1992 to February,1993. The ocean re-sponses during two Madden-Julian Oscillation(MJO)events were preliminarily studied based onmeteorological field observation.The main water masses at the observation point were Tropical SurfaceWater, Southern Subtropical Lower Water and Southern Intermediate Water from surface downward. Therewas good correlation of sea surface temperature with the wind field,and of the surface salinity with windspeed and rainfalls. Both of the two surface variables were also modulated by upwelling caused by west-erly winds at the observation point. The isohaline layer was not always shallower than the isothermal lay-er in this observation and could be considered as the lower limit of the diurnal variation of theisothermal layers in most cases. The existence of large variations of the maximum salinity core is sug-gested to be related to展开更多
Through the use of the hourly wind, air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature data measured on board the observing vessel Moana Wave and buoy in the warm pool of western Pacific during the IOP of TOGA COAR...Through the use of the hourly wind, air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature data measured on board the observing vessel Moana Wave and buoy in the warm pool of western Pacific during the IOP of TOGA COARE, we compute the fluxes over sea surface and analyze the characteristics of the variation of the latent heat flux with sea surface temperature. During weak rather than strong wind periods, a maximum value of latent heat flux appears at some points of SST. which is caused mainly by the variations of wind, then by the humidity difference between air and sea, and the transfer coefficient with SST. Using correlation analysis, we also analyze the relationship between the fluxes and meteorological elements during weak wind periods, westerly wind burst periods, and convective disturbed periods etc. The main conclusions are that the latent heat flux is mainly determined by wind, sensible heat flux by the potential temperature difference between air and sea. and the momentum flux by wind. The precipitation affects the sensible heat flux through the potential temperature difference and wind.展开更多
In this paper, the observational data from Marine and Meteorological Observation Platform （MMOP） at Bohe, Maoming and buoys located in Shanwei and Maoming are used to study the characteristics of air-sea temperature...In this paper, the observational data from Marine and Meteorological Observation Platform （MMOP） at Bohe, Maoming and buoys located in Shanwei and Maoming are used to study the characteristics of air-sea temperature and specific humidity difference and the relationship between wind and wave with the tropical cyclones over the South China Sea （SCS）. The heat and momentum fluxes from eddy covariance measurement （EC） are compared with these fluxes calculated by the COARE 3.0 algorithm for Typhoon Koppu. The results show that at the developing and weakening stages of Koppu, both these differences between the sea surface and the near-surface atmosphere from the MMOP are negative, and data from the buoys also indicate that the differences are negative between the sea surface and near-surface atmosphere on the right rear portion of tropical cyclones （TCs） Molave and Chanthu. However, the differences are positive on the left fi＇ont portion of Molave and Chanthu. These positive differences suggest that the heat flux is transferred from the ocean to the atmosphere, thus intensifying and maintaining the two TCs. The negative differences indicate that the ocean removes heat fluxes from the atmosphere, thus weakening the TCs. The wind-wave curves of TCs Molave and Chanthu show that significant wave height increases linearly with 2-min wind speed at 10-m height when the wind speed is less than 25 m/s, but when the wind speed is greater than 25 m/s, the significant wave height increases slightly with the wind speed. By comparing the observed sensible heat, latent heat, and friction velocity from EC with these variables from COARE 3.0 algorithm, a great bias between the observed and calculated sensible heat and latent heat fluxes is revealed, and the observed friction velocity is found to be almost the same as the calculated friction velocity.展开更多
Based on the measurements from the US National Data Buoy Center 3-m discus buoy site No. 44004 （38.5°N, 70.47°W） from January 1 to March 31 of 2003, with the COARE algorithm （Version 3.0）, the results fr...Based on the measurements from the US National Data Buoy Center 3-m discus buoy site No. 44004 （38.5°N, 70.47°W） from January 1 to March 31 of 2003, with the COARE algorithm （Version 3.0）, the results from four parameterization schemes developed recently for sea surface aerodynamic roughness length were compared with each other. Calculations of frictional speed u., drag coefficient Ca and wind stress r indicate that the calculated frictional velocities from the four schemes （8.50%-16.20%, the normalized standard error estimate, or NSEE）, the computed drag coefficients and wind stress （respectively 15.08%-28.67% and 17.26%,50.59% NSEE） are reasonable. Schemes YT96 and GW03 are consistent. The 002 scheme gives overestimated values for u, and Ca. Schemes TY01 and GW03 display discontinuous characteristics in handling young wave data.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (41075039,41175065)National Key Basic Research and Development Project of China (2011CB403405)+1 种基金Chinese Special Scientific Research Project for Public Interest (GYHY200806009)Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province of China (2009)
文摘In this study,two convective-stratiform rainfall partitioning schemes are evaluated using precipitation and cloud statistics for different rainfall types categorized by applying surface rainfall equation on grid-scale data from a two-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulation.One scheme is based on surface rainfall intensity whereas the other is based on cloud content information.The model is largely forced by the large-scale vertical velocity derived from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment(TOGA COARE).The results reveal that over 40% of convective rainfall is associated with water vapor divergence,which primarily comes from the rainfall type with local atmospheric drying and water hydrometeor loss/convergence,caused by precipitation and evaporation of rain.More than 40% of stratiform rainfall is related to water vapor convergence,which largely comes from the rainfall type with local atmospheric moistening and hydrometeor loss/convergence attributable to water clouds through precipitation and the evaporation of rain and ice clouds through the conversion from ice hydrometeor to water hydrometeor.This implies that the separation methods based on surface rainfall and cloud content may not clearly separate convective and stratiform rainfall.
文摘The thermohaline structure at 4 °S, 156 °E was analyzed based on CTD data acquired during theTOGA COARE Intensive Observing Period(IOP) from November,1992 to February,1993. The ocean re-sponses during two Madden-Julian Oscillation(MJO)events were preliminarily studied based onmeteorological field observation.The main water masses at the observation point were Tropical SurfaceWater, Southern Subtropical Lower Water and Southern Intermediate Water from surface downward. Therewas good correlation of sea surface temperature with the wind field,and of the surface salinity with windspeed and rainfalls. Both of the two surface variables were also modulated by upwelling caused by west-erly winds at the observation point. The isohaline layer was not always shallower than the isothermal lay-er in this observation and could be considered as the lower limit of the diurnal variation of theisothermal layers in most cases. The existence of large variations of the maximum salinity core is sug-gested to be related to
文摘Through the use of the hourly wind, air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature data measured on board the observing vessel Moana Wave and buoy in the warm pool of western Pacific during the IOP of TOGA COARE, we compute the fluxes over sea surface and analyze the characteristics of the variation of the latent heat flux with sea surface temperature. During weak rather than strong wind periods, a maximum value of latent heat flux appears at some points of SST. which is caused mainly by the variations of wind, then by the humidity difference between air and sea, and the transfer coefficient with SST. Using correlation analysis, we also analyze the relationship between the fluxes and meteorological elements during weak wind periods, westerly wind burst periods, and convective disturbed periods etc. The main conclusions are that the latent heat flux is mainly determined by wind, sensible heat flux by the potential temperature difference between air and sea. and the momentum flux by wind. The precipitation affects the sensible heat flux through the potential temperature difference and wind.
基金Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of China(40730948)National Basic Research Program of China(2009CB421501)National Natural Science Foundation of China(41075051)
文摘In this paper, the observational data from Marine and Meteorological Observation Platform （MMOP） at Bohe, Maoming and buoys located in Shanwei and Maoming are used to study the characteristics of air-sea temperature and specific humidity difference and the relationship between wind and wave with the tropical cyclones over the South China Sea （SCS）. The heat and momentum fluxes from eddy covariance measurement （EC） are compared with these fluxes calculated by the COARE 3.0 algorithm for Typhoon Koppu. The results show that at the developing and weakening stages of Koppu, both these differences between the sea surface and the near-surface atmosphere from the MMOP are negative, and data from the buoys also indicate that the differences are negative between the sea surface and near-surface atmosphere on the right rear portion of tropical cyclones （TCs） Molave and Chanthu. However, the differences are positive on the left fi＇ont portion of Molave and Chanthu. These positive differences suggest that the heat flux is transferred from the ocean to the atmosphere, thus intensifying and maintaining the two TCs. The negative differences indicate that the ocean removes heat fluxes from the atmosphere, thus weakening the TCs. The wind-wave curves of TCs Molave and Chanthu show that significant wave height increases linearly with 2-min wind speed at 10-m height when the wind speed is less than 25 m/s, but when the wind speed is greater than 25 m/s, the significant wave height increases slightly with the wind speed. By comparing the observed sensible heat, latent heat, and friction velocity from EC with these variables from COARE 3.0 algorithm, a great bias between the observed and calculated sensible heat and latent heat fluxes is revealed, and the observed friction velocity is found to be almost the same as the calculated friction velocity.
基金supported by Nanjing University of Information Science& Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster Pro-gram (KLME 050210)
文摘Based on the measurements from the US National Data Buoy Center 3-m discus buoy site No. 44004 （38.5°N, 70.47°W） from January 1 to March 31 of 2003, with the COARE algorithm （Version 3.0）, the results from four parameterization schemes developed recently for sea surface aerodynamic roughness length were compared with each other. Calculations of frictional speed u., drag coefficient Ca and wind stress r indicate that the calculated frictional velocities from the four schemes （8.50%-16.20%, the normalized standard error estimate, or NSEE）, the computed drag coefficients and wind stress （respectively 15.08%-28.67% and 17.26%,50.59% NSEE） are reasonable. Schemes YT96 and GW03 are consistent. The 002 scheme gives overestimated values for u, and Ca. Schemes TY01 and GW03 display discontinuous characteristics in handling young wave data.
