Affiliation:
1. a Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorology Administration, Chengdu, China
2. b Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
Abstract
Abstract
This study aims to examine the variation of the characteristics of summer rainstorms and water vapor budget in the Sichuan Basin by using daily precipitation observation data and monthly mean ERA-Interim reanalysis data during 1979–2016. The results show that the spatial and temporal distribution of rainstorms in the Sichuan Basin is the result of the interaction between the special topography of the Sichuan Basin and different water vapor transports at low latitudes. The precipitation amount and frequency of rainstorms are mainly affected by the water vapor transports and budgets in different regions, and the intensity of rainstorms is mainly affected by the dynamic effects of regional and local topography, especially in the western and northern basin. The main reasons for the change of summer rainstorms in the Sichuan Basin include the atmospheric circulation over the key area of air–sea interaction in the tropical region, the anomalies of regional circulation, and water vapor transports in eastern China and the Sichuan Basin. A conceptual model for the summer rainstorm anomaly in the Sichuan Basin is proposed. With the establishment of consistent easterly airflow in the low-latitude tropical area (130°E–180°, 0°–10°N) and the anticyclone on its north, an anomalous southeasterly airflow and water vapor divergence maintain over eastern and southern China while an anomalous southeasterly airflow and water vapor convergence appear over the Sichuan Basin. So, more summer rainstorms occur in this region. Conversely, with the establishment of consistent westerly airflow in that same tropical area and the cyclone on its north, an anomalous easterly airflow and water vapor convergence maintain over eastern and southern China while an anomalous northeasterly airflow and water vapor divergence appear over the Sichuan Basin. So, fewer summer rainstorms occur in this region.
Significance Statement
Rainstorm change in the Sichuan Basin has significant regional characteristics. This study aims to reveal the influence of regional variation of water vapor budget on summer rainstorms in the Sichuan Basin, which provides the important basis for the forecast of rainstorm in the Sichuan Basin, as well as new comprehension for the research and application of regional response to climate change. The amount and frequency of rainstorms are mainly affected by water vapor transports and budgets in different regions, and the intensity of rainstorms is mainly affected by the dynamic action of different regional and local topography. It reveals the new mechanism of multiscale interaction between the special topography of the Sichuan Basin and different water vapor transport in low latitudes.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) program
Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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