Convective processes affect large-scale environments through cloud-radiation interaction, cloud micro- physical processes, and surface rainfall processes. Over the last three decades, cloud-resolving models （CRMs） h...Convective processes affect large-scale environments through cloud-radiation interaction, cloud micro- physical processes, and surface rainfall processes. Over the last three decades, cloud-resolving models （CRMs） have demonstrated to be capable of simulating convective-radiative responses to an imposed large-scale forcing. The CRM-produced cloud and radiative properties have been utilized to study the convective- related processes and their ensemble effects on large-scale circulations. This review the recent progress on the understanding of convective processes with the use of CRM simulations, including precipitation processes; cloud microphysical and radiative processes; dynamical processes; precipitation efficiency; diurnal variations of tropical oceanic convection; local-scale atmosphere-ocean coupling processes; and tropical convective-radiative equilibrium states. Two different ongoing applications of CRMs to general circulation models （GCMs） are discussed： replacing convection and cloud schemes for studying the interaction between cloud systems and large-scale circulation, and improving the schemes for climate simulations.展开更多
Convectively unstable processes caused by dense water subsidence are common occurrences in high-latitude oceanic regions,and significantly modulate mass and heat transport and mixing processes in the ocean.An idealize...Convectively unstable processes caused by dense water subsidence are common occurrences in high-latitude oceanic regions,and significantly modulate mass and heat transport and mixing processes in the ocean.An idealized numerical experiment using the large eddy simulation method was conducted to analyze the three-dimensional flow field structure and the mechanism for dense water subsidence.Specifically,a negative salt flux is set at the sea surface,in which salt flux enters the sea surface to simulate the icing and salting-out phenomena that occur at high latitudes.Results show that the mean-state 3D flow field of dense water subsidence exhibits a hollow conical distribution.The horizontal flow field is characterized by a cyclonic vortex that driven primarily by the pressure gradient and influenced by the Coriolis effect.Moreover,the inverse vertical pressure gradient generated by this vortex inhibits the sinking of the plume,leading to its off-axis deflection and the development of an anticyclonic precession.In addition,the impact of rotation on the structure of a sinking plume within a stratified environment is discussed.Both horizontal vortex intensity and cone angle of the hollow cone flow field are increased with increasing rotation rate,resulting in a decrease in the plume’s maximum sinking depth.Variances in rotation direction cause the horizontal vortex and sinking plumes of dense water in the northern and southern hemispheres to rotate in opposite directions.展开更多
Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of cloud-system resolving models （CRM）, which are now capable of simulating cloud systems and accompanying interactions on scales up to global, albeit in the latte...Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of cloud-system resolving models （CRM）, which are now capable of simulating cloud systems and accompanying interactions on scales up to global, albeit in the latter application small- scale convection （cumulus） remains unresolved. The implication of such a truncation is not understood. The CRM approach has its roots in non-hydrostatic cloud models developed a generation ago for simulating individual cumulonimbus in integrations lasting about an hour Advances in computer capacity enable CRMs to be run with progressively larger computational domains and be integrated for weeks or months,展开更多
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation(AMOC)serves as an important conduit for poleward heat transport in the global ocean,playing a crucial role in regulating global climate.However,biases have been found in...The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation(AMOC)serves as an important conduit for poleward heat transport in the global ocean,playing a crucial role in regulating global climate.However,biases have been found in multi-model simulations of AMOC,particularly due to inaccuracies in convective mixing parameterization,which leads to an overestimation of convective mixing depth in the Labrador Sea and Nordic Seas.This excessive deep convection results in stronger simulated AMOC transport compared to observations.Therefore,this study employs the Large Eddy Simulation(LES)method to simulate the sinking process of dense water using a series of idealized experiments with various sea surface salt flux,latitude,and ocean stratification.The results show that increased salt flux forcing and weakened background stratification both enhance the sinking of dense water,with geographical location(latitude)exerting a discernable impact.Based on these insights,the eddy viscosity coefficient,which characterizes vertical convective mixing in the parameterization scheme,is refined,with adjustments to its vertical structure and the incorporation of latitude dependence.It is preliminarily applied to simulate AMOC using the Community Earth System Model(CESM).The results demonstrate improvements in the simulation accuracy of seawater temperature at the near-surface and deep layers.Including the parameterization scheme of dense water sinking in the model leads to a reduction in the simulated intensity of AMOC at 26.5°N.In the high-latitude North Atlantic,the modification implemented in parameterization results in notable improvements in the simulation of seawater temperature,salinity,and density,with respective reductions in their root mean square errors of 4.36%,19.77%,and 1.84%.展开更多
Based on the aqua-planet experiments, the wavenumber-frequency characteristics of tropical waves and their influencing factors in SST distribution and the convective parameterization scheme are investigated using the ...Based on the aqua-planet experiments, the wavenumber-frequency characteristics of tropical waves and their influencing factors in SST distribution and the convective parameterization scheme are investigated using the spectral atmospheric general circulation model （SAMIL）. Space-time spectral analysis is used to obtain the variance of convectively coupled tropical waves. In the Control experiment with maximum SST located at the equator the simulated tropical-wave behaviors are in agreement with those in observations and theoretical solutions. When the maximum SST is located at 5°N, the symmetric and antisymmetric waves are much weaker than those in the control experiment, suggesting that tropical wave activities are very sensitive to the SST distributions. Importantly, the variance maximum of Madden-Julian oscillation （MJO） is found to occur around 5°N, which suggests that the development of the MJO depends largely on the latitude of maximum SST. Furthermore, the seasonal variations of MJO may be mainly caused by the seasonal variations of the maximum SST. The experiment results with two different cumulus schemes the Manabe moist convective adjustment and Zhang-McFarlane （ZM） convective scheme, were also compared to examine the impacts of convective parameterization. Weakened variances of each individual tropical wave when the ZM scheme is used suggest that the ZM scheme is not favorable for the tropical wave activities. However, the wave characteristics are different when the ZM scheme is used in different models, which may imply that the simulated basic state is important to the meridional distributions of the waves. The MJO signals suggest that the parameterization scheme may have great influence on the strength, but have less direct impact on the MJO distribution. The frequency of the tropical waves may be associated with the moisture control of convection and the large-scale condensation scheme used in the model.展开更多
A deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal on 28 October 2012, and developed into a cyclonic storm. After landfall near the south coast of Chennai, cyclone Nilam moved north-northwestwards. Coordinated experiment...A deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal on 28 October 2012, and developed into a cyclonic storm. After landfall near the south coast of Chennai, cyclone Nilam moved north-northwestwards. Coordinated experiments were conducted from the Indian stations of Gadanki（13.5？N, 79.2？E） and Hyderabad（17.4？N, 78.5？E） to study the modification of gravity-wave activity and turbulence by cyclone Nilam, using GPS radiosonde and mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radar data. The horizontal velocities underwent large changes during the closest approach of the storm to the experimental sites. Hodograph analysis revealed that inertia gravity waves（IGWs） associated with the cyclone changed their directions from northeast（control time） to northwest following the path of the cyclone. The momentum flux of IGWs and short-period gravity waves（1–8 h） enhanced prior to, and during, the passage of the storm（±0.05 m2s-2and ±0.3 m2s-2, respectively）, compared to the flux after its passage. The corresponding body forces underwent similar changes, with values ranging between ±2–4m s-1d-1and ±12–15 m s-1d-1. The turbulence refractivity structure constant（C2n） showed large values below 10 km before the passage of the cyclone when humidity in the region was very high. Turbulence and humidity reduced during the passage of the storm when a turbulent layer at ～17 km became more intense. Turbulence in the lower troposphere and near the tropopause became weak after the passage of the cyclone.展开更多
文摘Convective processes affect large-scale environments through cloud-radiation interaction, cloud micro- physical processes, and surface rainfall processes. Over the last three decades, cloud-resolving models （CRMs） have demonstrated to be capable of simulating convective-radiative responses to an imposed large-scale forcing. The CRM-produced cloud and radiative properties have been utilized to study the convective- related processes and their ensemble effects on large-scale circulations. This review the recent progress on the understanding of convective processes with the use of CRM simulations, including precipitation processes; cloud microphysical and radiative processes; dynamical processes; precipitation efficiency; diurnal variations of tropical oceanic convection; local-scale atmosphere-ocean coupling processes; and tropical convective-radiative equilibrium states. Two different ongoing applications of CRMs to general circulation models （GCMs） are discussed： replacing convection and cloud schemes for studying the interaction between cloud systems and large-scale circulation, and improving the schemes for climate simulations.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42250710152,42192562)the Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering(Guangdong Zhuhai)(No.SML 2020 SP 007)。
文摘Convectively unstable processes caused by dense water subsidence are common occurrences in high-latitude oceanic regions,and significantly modulate mass and heat transport and mixing processes in the ocean.An idealized numerical experiment using the large eddy simulation method was conducted to analyze the three-dimensional flow field structure and the mechanism for dense water subsidence.Specifically,a negative salt flux is set at the sea surface,in which salt flux enters the sea surface to simulate the icing and salting-out phenomena that occur at high latitudes.Results show that the mean-state 3D flow field of dense water subsidence exhibits a hollow conical distribution.The horizontal flow field is characterized by a cyclonic vortex that driven primarily by the pressure gradient and influenced by the Coriolis effect.Moreover,the inverse vertical pressure gradient generated by this vortex inhibits the sinking of the plume,leading to its off-axis deflection and the development of an anticyclonic precession.In addition,the impact of rotation on the structure of a sinking plume within a stratified environment is discussed.Both horizontal vortex intensity and cone angle of the hollow cone flow field are increased with increasing rotation rate,resulting in a decrease in the plume’s maximum sinking depth.Variances in rotation direction cause the horizontal vortex and sinking plumes of dense water in the northern and southern hemispheres to rotate in opposite directions.
文摘Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of cloud-system resolving models （CRM）, which are now capable of simulating cloud systems and accompanying interactions on scales up to global, albeit in the latter application small- scale convection （cumulus） remains unresolved. The implication of such a truncation is not understood. The CRM approach has its roots in non-hydrostatic cloud models developed a generation ago for simulating individual cumulonimbus in integrations lasting about an hour Advances in computer capacity enable CRMs to be run with progressively larger computational domains and be integrated for weeks or months,
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42250710152,42192562&42406022)the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.KYCX24_1442)the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai)funded project(Grant No.SML2020SP007)。
文摘The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation(AMOC)serves as an important conduit for poleward heat transport in the global ocean,playing a crucial role in regulating global climate.However,biases have been found in multi-model simulations of AMOC,particularly due to inaccuracies in convective mixing parameterization,which leads to an overestimation of convective mixing depth in the Labrador Sea and Nordic Seas.This excessive deep convection results in stronger simulated AMOC transport compared to observations.Therefore,this study employs the Large Eddy Simulation(LES)method to simulate the sinking process of dense water using a series of idealized experiments with various sea surface salt flux,latitude,and ocean stratification.The results show that increased salt flux forcing and weakened background stratification both enhance the sinking of dense water,with geographical location(latitude)exerting a discernable impact.Based on these insights,the eddy viscosity coefficient,which characterizes vertical convective mixing in the parameterization scheme,is refined,with adjustments to its vertical structure and the incorporation of latitude dependence.It is preliminarily applied to simulate AMOC using the Community Earth System Model(CESM).The results demonstrate improvements in the simulation accuracy of seawater temperature at the near-surface and deep layers.Including the parameterization scheme of dense water sinking in the model leads to a reduction in the simulated intensity of AMOC at 26.5°N.In the high-latitude North Atlantic,the modification implemented in parameterization results in notable improvements in the simulation of seawater temperature,salinity,and density,with respective reductions in their root mean square errors of 4.36%,19.77%,and 1.84%.
文摘Based on the aqua-planet experiments, the wavenumber-frequency characteristics of tropical waves and their influencing factors in SST distribution and the convective parameterization scheme are investigated using the spectral atmospheric general circulation model （SAMIL）. Space-time spectral analysis is used to obtain the variance of convectively coupled tropical waves. In the Control experiment with maximum SST located at the equator the simulated tropical-wave behaviors are in agreement with those in observations and theoretical solutions. When the maximum SST is located at 5°N, the symmetric and antisymmetric waves are much weaker than those in the control experiment, suggesting that tropical wave activities are very sensitive to the SST distributions. Importantly, the variance maximum of Madden-Julian oscillation （MJO） is found to occur around 5°N, which suggests that the development of the MJO depends largely on the latitude of maximum SST. Furthermore, the seasonal variations of MJO may be mainly caused by the seasonal variations of the maximum SST. The experiment results with two different cumulus schemes the Manabe moist convective adjustment and Zhang-McFarlane （ZM） convective scheme, were also compared to examine the impacts of convective parameterization. Weakened variances of each individual tropical wave when the ZM scheme is used suggest that the ZM scheme is not favorable for the tropical wave activities. However, the wave characteristics are different when the ZM scheme is used in different models, which may imply that the simulated basic state is important to the meridional distributions of the waves. The MJO signals suggest that the parameterization scheme may have great influence on the strength, but have less direct impact on the MJO distribution. The frequency of the tropical waves may be associated with the moisture control of convection and the large-scale condensation scheme used in the model.
文摘A deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal on 28 October 2012, and developed into a cyclonic storm. After landfall near the south coast of Chennai, cyclone Nilam moved north-northwestwards. Coordinated experiments were conducted from the Indian stations of Gadanki（13.5？N, 79.2？E） and Hyderabad（17.4？N, 78.5？E） to study the modification of gravity-wave activity and turbulence by cyclone Nilam, using GPS radiosonde and mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radar data. The horizontal velocities underwent large changes during the closest approach of the storm to the experimental sites. Hodograph analysis revealed that inertia gravity waves（IGWs） associated with the cyclone changed their directions from northeast（control time） to northwest following the path of the cyclone. The momentum flux of IGWs and short-period gravity waves（1–8 h） enhanced prior to, and during, the passage of the storm（±0.05 m2s-2and ±0.3 m2s-2, respectively）, compared to the flux after its passage. The corresponding body forces underwent similar changes, with values ranging between ±2–4m s-1d-1and ±12–15 m s-1d-1. The turbulence refractivity structure constant（C2n） showed large values below 10 km before the passage of the cyclone when humidity in the region was very high. Turbulence and humidity reduced during the passage of the storm when a turbulent layer at ～17 km became more intense. Turbulence in the lower troposphere and near the tropopause became weak after the passage of the cyclone.
