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华北地区两次暴雨过程低涡结构和发展演变机制对比分析

Comparative Analysis of the Vertical Structure and Evolution Mechanisms of Low-level Vortices during Two Heavy Precipitation Events in North China

  • 摘要: 本文基于地面常规观测资料和ERA5再分析数据对比分析了2016年7月19~21日(个例1)和2021年7月11~13日(个例2)两次华北低涡强降水过程的低涡垂直结构及其发展演变机制。结果表明:两个低涡系统均在西低东高的相似环流背景下生成,随后沿太行山东麓东移北上并给华北地区带来强降水,个例1高空急流明显强于个例2,这是大尺度环流背景的显著区别。两个低涡的垂直结构存在差异,个例1低涡在垂直方向发展深厚,分别在高层(300 hPa)和低层(850 hPa)存在正涡度中心,低层正涡度中心随低涡的移动强度逐渐减弱,高层正涡度中心强度逐渐增强,且呈现上暖下冷的温度分布,中层400 hPa存在弱暖心结构,其下为冷气团,低涡中心轴线西侧有干冷空气。个例2低涡发展较为浅薄,仅存在低层一个正涡度中心,且始终位于850 hPa附近,对流层中层700~300 hPa之间呈现明显的暖心结构,冷心较强,位于近地面。两个低涡系统的发展均与高空位涡下传、低层暖湿气流的输送有关,但个例1有干冷空气侵入,高低空存在明显锋生和对流不稳定,有利于上升运动的产生和正涡度的增强。个例2对流层整层以暖平流为主,且位涡中心和暖平流中心均位于850 hPa以下,两者近乎重合,产生上升运动,使低涡系统发展。涡度收支分析表明,两个低涡在各演变阶段低涡中心北侧和东侧收支为正,表明低涡有向东、向北移动的趋势,水平散度项和扭转项在发展阶段对两个华北低涡低层涡度增长起到了主要的正贡献,之后平流项和散度项呈显著正贡献,后期个例1垂直输送项在低涡中心及其东侧为正贡献,而个例2垂直输送项始终为负贡献。

     

    Abstract: The vertical structure and evolution mechanisms of the low-level vortices observed during two heavy precipitation events in North China during July 19–21, 2016 (Case 1) and July 11–13, 2021 (Case 2) were comparatively analyzed using conventional ground observations and ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) high-resolution reanalysis data. The results indicate that both vortex systems originated under a similar large-scale circulation background characterized by low pressure to the west and high pressure to the east. The upper-level jet stream in Case 1 was significantly stronger than in Case 2, presenting the obvious difference between their large-scale circulation conditions. The two vortices exhibited distinct vertical structures. In Case 1, the low-level vortex developed deeply in the vertical direction, featuring two positive vorticity centers in the upper (300 hPa) and lower (850 hPa) layers. As the low-level vortex moved, the positive vorticity center in the lower layer gradually weakened, while that in the upper layer strengthened. This vertical coupling produced a temperature distribution that was warm at the top and cold at the bottom. A weak warm-core structure was observed at 400 hPa above a cold air mass, with dry and cold air appearing on the western side of the vortex’s central axis. In contrast, the low-level vorticity development in Case 2 was relatively shallow, with only one positive vorticity center consistently located at 850 hPa. The middle troposphere exhibited a pronounced warm-core structure between 700 and 300 hPa, situated above a cold core near the surface. The development of both low-level vortex systems was related to the downward transmission of upper-level potential vorticity (PV) and the transport of warm, moist air at lower levels. However, in Case 1, the intrusion of dry, cold air resulted in evident frontogenesis was observed in both upper and lower levels, with convective instability through the mid-to-lower atmospheric levels, which favored upward motion and enhanced positive vorticity. In Case 2, warm advection dominated throughout the troposphere, and the centers of PV and warm advection were both located below 850 hPa, nearly overlapping. This overlap led to strong upward motion and further development of the low-level vortex. The vorticity budget analysis showed that the total vorticity budget on the northern and eastern sides of the vortex centers was positive during various evolution stages of both vortices, indicating a tendency for the systems to move eastward and northward. During the development stages of both North China vortices, the horizontal divergence and tilting terms played key positive roles in promoting lower-level vorticity growth. The advection and divergence terms also contributed significantly and positively during the strengthening and weakening stages. A key difference between the two cases was that, in Case 1, the vertical transport term contributed positively during the strengthening and weakening stages—Particularly near the vortex center and its eastern side, whereas in Case 2, the vertical transport term remained negative throughout the entire evolution process.

     

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