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Abstract
Based on the ERA5 reanalysis data and the surface observations from automatic weather stations, a comparative analysis has been conducted to investigate the differences in heavy rainfall distributions caused by two landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs): LUPIT (2109) and LISA (9610). The two TCs have similar tracks, intensity and landing points, but show different asymmetric features in their rainstorm location relative to their tracks. The results indicate that the TC rainfall differences are mainly caused by different rainstorm formation mechanisms. The wind shear contributes most to the rainstorm of LISA, while land-sea contrast and topographical effect are the main factors of LUPIT rainstorm. Under the influence of strong environmental vertical wind shear and the weak cold air invasion from the west, the circulation center of LISA tilts westward with height, which cooperates with the low-level water vapor convergence and vertical ascending movement on the western side of the TC center to jointly cause the heavy rainstorm to the west of LISA center. In contrast, LUPIT has weak environmental vertical wind shear and no obvious structure tilting with height. Topographic effect plays a crucial role in causing the heavy rainstorm on the north of TC center. The southeasterly jet is blocked by the Taimu Mountain in the northeastern Fujian Province, and the strong ascending motion caused by the terrain-induced convergence appears to the north of LUPIT center. In addition, the moisture convergence is more pronounced in the north and weaker in the south. The intrusion of weak cold air from the east to the coastal areas of central-northern Fujian, and the moisture-convergence distribution, jointly cause the heavy rainstorm to the north of LUPIT.
基于ERA5再分析数据和自动气象站的地面观测资料,我们对两个登陆热带气旋(TC)造成的强降雨分布差异进行了对比分析:LUPIT (2109) 和 LISA (9610)。这两个热带气旋的路径、强度和登陆点相似,但其暴雨位置相对于其路径呈现出不同的不对称特征。结果表明,热带气旋降雨量的差异主要是由不同的暴雨形成机制造成的。风切变对 LISA 的暴雨贡献最大,而陆海对比和地形效应是 LUPIT 暴雨的主要因素。在强大的环境垂直风切变和西侧弱冷空气入侵的影响下,LISA 的环流中心随着高度的增加向西倾斜,与 TC 中心西侧的低层水汽辐合和垂直上升运动共同作用,导致 LISA 中心西侧的暴雨。相比之下,LUPIT的环境垂直风切变较弱,结构随高度的倾斜不明显。地形效应是造成TC中心北侧暴雨的关键因素。东南气流受福建省东北部太姥山阻挡,地形辐合引起的强烈上升运动出现在鲁北TC中心以北。此外,北部的水汽辐合更为明显,南部则较弱。东部弱冷空气侵入闽中北部沿海地区,加上水汽辐合分布,共同造成了鲁北地区的暴雨。
期刊介绍:
Tropical Cyclone Research and Review is an international journal focusing on tropical cyclone monitoring, forecasting, and research as well as associated hydrological effects and disaster risk reduction. This journal is edited and published by the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC) and the Shanghai Typhoon Institute of the China Meteorology Administration (STI/CMA). Contributions from all tropical cyclone basins are welcome.
Scope of the journal includes:
• Reviews of tropical cyclones exhibiting unusual characteristics or behavior or resulting in disastrous impacts on Typhoon Committee Members and other regional WMO bodies
• Advances in applied and basic tropical cyclone research or technology to improve tropical cyclone forecasts and warnings
• Basic theoretical studies of tropical cyclones
• Event reports, compelling images, and topic review reports of tropical cyclones
• Impacts, risk assessments, and risk management techniques related to tropical cyclones