The Phase Features of a Cold Vortex over North China

Gao Yanna; He Lifu

Vol.24, NO.6, 2013

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Gao Yanna, He Lifu. The phase features of a cold vortex over North China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2013, 24(6): 704-713.

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Gao Yanna, He Lifu. The phase features of a cold vortex over North China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2013, 24(6): 704-713.

Gao Yanna, He Lifu. The phase features of a cold vortex over North China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2013, 24(6): 704-713.

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Gao Yanna, He Lifu. The phase features of a cold vortex over North China. J Appl Meteor Sci, 2013, 24(6): 704-713.

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The Phase Features of a Cold Vortex over North China

Gao Yanna¹,
He Lifu^{2
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1.
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044
2.
National Meteorological Center, Beijing 100081

Received Date: 2013-03-20
Rev Recd Date: 2013-07-31
Publish Date: 2013-12-31

Abstract

Abstract

Using the conventional weather data, disastrous weather data, hourly precipitation data observed by automatic weather station and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, the phase features over North China during 12—20 July in 2011 are analyzed. The result indicates that the precipitation of the vortex is located in the northeast of Mongolia, North China and the south of Northeast China. Thunderstorm, gale and hail occur in the development stage, while short-time strong rainfall occurs in the weakening stage. Strong warm ridge is located at 850 hPa, a full jet stream exists at 200 hPa, and cold-core structure is presented on the whole troposphere in the development stage. The strong warm ridge isn't obvious in the weakening stage, the east wind is enhanced at the lower layers, and the cold-core also increases. The vortex is baroclinic at 700 hPa, the ascending motion is located in the east area and becomes stronger in the weakening stage, and the southeast wind is also speeded up. The relative humidity is larger at 300 hPa and 700 hPa, but it's dry at 500 hPa, and the south of cold vortex is invaded by dry and cold air in the development stage. The relative humidity is large at the whole layer in the weakening stage, as the vapor is brought by east wind. A northeast—southwest θ_e frontal zone exists in both stages of the cold vortex. The gradient of θ_e becomes significantly strong in the development stage, and the structure is unstable with dry and cold at the upper layer while warm and wet at the lower layer in the vertical direction. The θ_e frontal zone and the unstable structure weakens in the weakening stage. The cold advection which is located at the low and middle layers and the vorticity advection which is located at the middle and high layers play main roles for the cold vortex in the development stage. As the cold advection at the low layer enters the cold vortex center, the cold advection becomes weak at the middle layer, the positive vorticity advection recedes at the medium-to-high level, and the cold vortex weakens.
- cold vortex over North China;
- geopotential height anomaly;
- baroclinic structure

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图 1 2011年7月12—20日500 hPa冷涡中心移动路径 (a) 及冷涡中心强度和冷中心强度日变化 (b)

Fig. 1 The cold vortex center moving path (a) and daily variation of cold vortex center intensity and cold center intensity (b) from 12 July to 20 July in 2011

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图 2 冷涡发展阶段和减弱阶段500 hPa, 200 hPa, 850 hPa环流形势 (实线为高度场，单位：gpm; 虚线为温度场，单位：℃; 阴影为200 hPa水平风；850 hPa环流场虚粗线为温度脊，粗实线为切变线)

Fig. 2 500 hPa, 200 hPa, 850 hPa geopotential height (solid line, unit:gpm), temperature (dash line, unit:℃), 200 hPa wind speed (the shaded), 850 hPa warm ridge (thick dash line), shear line (thick solid line) in the development stage and the weakening stage

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图 3 沿发展阶段 (a) 和减弱阶段 (b) 冷涡中心温度距平 (等值线，单位：℃; ) 和位势高度距平 (阴影) 的经向垂直剖面图

Fig. 3 Meridional section of temperature anomaly (contour, unit:℃) and height anomaly (the shaded, unit:gpm) along the cold vortex center in the development stage (a) and the weakening stage (b)

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图 4 沿500 hPa冷涡中心发展阶段 (a) 和减弱阶段 (b) 经向风速 (等值线，单位：m/s) 垂直剖面图 (阴影为垂直上升区)

Fig. 4 Vertical cross-section of meridional wind (black line, unit:m/s) along the cold vortex center in the development stage (a) and the weakening stage (b)(the shaded denotes ascending motion)

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图 5 沿500 hPa冷涡中心发展阶段 (a) 和减弱阶段 (b) 相对涡度的经向垂直剖面图 (等值线为涡度，单位：10^-5s^-1；阴影为正涡度)

Fig. 5 Meridional cross-section of the relative vorticity (contour, unit:10^-5s^-1; the shaded denotes the positive value) along the cold vortex center in the development stage (a) and the weakening stage (b)

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图 6 沿500 hPa冷涡中心发展阶段 (a) 与减弱阶段 (b) 相对湿度的经向垂直剖面图 (单位：%)

Fig. 6 Meridional cross-section of relative humidity (unit:%) along the cold vortex center at 500 hPa in the development stage (a) and the weakening stage (b)

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图 7 850 hPa冷涡发展阶段 (a) 和减弱阶段 (b) 水汽通量 (矢量, 单位：g/(cm·hPa·s)) 和水汽通量散度 (阴影, 单位：g/(cm·hPa²·s))

Fig. 7 The water vapor flux (vector, unit:g/(cm·hPa·s)) and the water vapor flux divergence (the shaded, unit:g/(cm·hPa²·s)) at 850 hPa in the development stage (a) and the weakening stage (b)

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图 8 2011年7月13—20日冷涡发展阶段与减弱阶段相当位温分布 (单位：K)

(a) 发展阶段，850 hPa相当位温，(b) 减弱阶段，850 hPa相当位温，(c) 发展阶段过锋区40°N, 115°E相当位温时间-高度剖面图，(d) 减弱阶段过锋区39°N, 114.5°E相当位温时间-高度剖面图

Fig. 8 The potential temperature in the development stage and the weakening stage of cold vortex from 13 July to 20 July in 2011(unit:K)

(a) potential temperature at 850 hPa in the development stage, (b) potential temperature at 850 hPa in the weakening stage, (c) height-time section of potential temperature at 40°N, 115°E in the development stage, (d) height-time section of potential temperature at 39°N, 114.5°E in the weakening stage

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图 9 2011年7月13—20日35°~50°N平均温度平流 (单位：10^-5s^-1) 和涡度平流 (单位：10^-7s^-2) 时间-纬向演变 (▲为冷涡中心所在位置)

(a)850 hPa温度平流, (b)500 hPa温度平流, (c)500 hPa涡度平流, (d)300 hPa涡度平流

Fig. 9 Evolution of thermal advection (unit:10^-5s^-1) and vorticity advection (unit:10^-7s^-2) averaged over 35°—50°N from 13 July to 20 July in 2011(▲ denotes the cold vortex center)

(a) thermal advection at 850 hPa, (b) thermal advection at 500 hPa, (c) vorticity advection at 500 hPa, (d) vorticity advection at 300 hPa

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