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DOI | 10.5194/acp-18-16775-2018 |
Anomalous holiday precipitation over southern China | |
Zhang, Jiahui1; Gong, Dao-Yi1; Mao, Rui1; Yang, Jing1; Zhang, Ziyin2; Qian, Yun3 | |
2018-11-28 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 18期号:22页码:16775-16791 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China; USA |
英文摘要 | The Chinese Spring Festival (CSF, also known as the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year) is the most important festival in China. Lunar New Year's Day (LNYD) is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Traditionally, the CSF holiday begins a couple of days before LNYD and ends on lantern day, lasting for approximately 2 weeks. In this paper, based on the long-term station observations from 1979 to 2012, the precipitation during the holiday over southern China (108-123 degrees E and 21-33 degrees N, 155 stations) tends to be lower than that before and after the holiday. The mean precipitation frequency anomaly from the fourth day to the sixth day after LNYD (i.e., days [+4, +6]) decreases by -7.4%. Simultaneously, the daily precipitation amount experiences a reduction of 0.62 mm day(-1) during days [+2, +5]. The holiday precipitation anomalies are strongly linked to the anomalies of relative humidity (Delta RH) and cloud cover. The station observations of the Delta RH show an evident decrease from day +2 to day +7, and a minimum appears on days [+4, +6], with a mean of -3.9%. The Delta RH vertical profile displays significant drying below approximately 800 hPa. Between 800 and 1000 hPa, the mean Delta RH is -3.9%. The observed station daytime low cloud cover (LCC) evidently decreases by -6.1% during days [+4, +6]. Meanwhile, the ERA-Interim daily LCC also shows a comparable reduction of -5.0%. The anomalous relative humidity is mainly caused by the decreased water vapor in the lower-middle troposphere. Evident negative specific humidity anomalies persist from day 3 to day +7 in the station observations. The average specific humidity anomaly for days [+4, +6] is -0.73 g kg(-1). When the precipitation days are excluded, the anomaly remains significant at -0.46 g kg(-1). A significant water vapor deficit is observed in the lower troposphere below 700 hPa. Between 800 and 1000 hPa, the mean specific humidity drops by -0.70 g kg(-1). This drier lower-middle troposphere is due to anomalous northerly winds, which are closely related to the cyclonic circulation anomaly over the northwestern Pacific. The time-lag correlation demonstrates that approximately 1 week after a lower temperature occurs over eastern China, a stronger cyclone is observed over the western Pacific. The possible mechanism needs further clarification through elaborate observation and numerical modeling. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000451399900001 |
WOS关键词 | BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI ; WEEKLY CYCLES ; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES ; AIR-QUALITY ; REDUCTION ; AEROSOLS ; EMISSIONS ; FIREWORKS ; FESTIVAL ; PM2.5 |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/20569 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Acad Disaster Reduct & Emergency Management, Fac Geog Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; 2.Chinese Meteorol Adm, Inst Urban Meteorol, Beijing 100089, Peoples R China; 3.Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Jiahui,Gong, Dao-Yi,Mao, Rui,et al. Anomalous holiday precipitation over southern China[J]. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,2018,18(22):16775-16791. |
APA | Zhang, Jiahui,Gong, Dao-Yi,Mao, Rui,Yang, Jing,Zhang, Ziyin,&Qian, Yun.(2018).Anomalous holiday precipitation over southern China.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,18(22),16775-16791. |
MLA | Zhang, Jiahui,et al."Anomalous holiday precipitation over southern China".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 18.22(2018):16775-16791. |
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