A Possible Cause for Different Diurnal Variations of Warm Season Rainfall as Shown in Station Observations and TRMM 3B42 Data over the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau  

作　　者：CHEN Haoming YUAN Weihua LI Jian YU Rucong 陈昊明;原韦华;李建;宇如聪(Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,China Meteorological Administration,Beijing 100081;The State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029;Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049;Dali National Climate Observatory,Dali 671003;National Climate Center,China Meteorological Administration,Beijing 100081)

机构地区：[1]Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,China Meteorological Administration,Beijing 100081 [2]The State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029 [3]Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049 [4]Dali National Climate Observatory,Dali 671003 [5]National Climate Center,China Meteorological Administration,Beijing 100081

出　　处：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》2012年第1期193-200,共8页大气科学进展（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Major National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) on Global Change (Grant No.2010CB951902);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40625014,40705025,40921003,and 41005044)

摘　　要：In this study, records from a 3-yr intensified observational experiment at eight stations along the hillside of Seqilashan over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau were analyzed and combined with records at 28 routine observation stations in the Chinese National Meteorological Station Network to investigate the influences of station location on the different diurnal rainfall variations between station records and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） data products. The results indicate that the diurnal variation of warm season rainfall is closely related to location of stations. The prevailing nocturnal rainfall peak in observations at routine stations can be largely attributed to the relatively lower location of the stations, which are mostly situated in valleys. The records at Seqilashan stations on hillsides revealed an evident diurnal afternoon peak of warm season rainfall, similar to that indicated by TRMM data. The different diurnal phases between valley and hillside stations are closely related to the orographically induced regional circulations caused by the complex topography over the Tibetan Plateau. The results of this study indicate that the prevailing nocturnal rainfall associated with the relatively lower location of routine observation stations can partially explain the diurnal rainfall variations between observation station records and TRMM data.In this study, records from a 3-yr intensified observational experiment at eight stations along the hillside of Seqilashan over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau were analyzed and combined with records at 28 routine observation stations in the Chinese National Meteorological Station Network to investigate the influences of station location on the different diurnal rainfall variations between station records and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission （TRMM） data products. The results indicate that the diurnal variation of warm season rainfall is closely related to location of stations. The prevailing nocturnal rainfall peak in observations at routine stations can be largely attributed to the relatively lower location of the stations, which are mostly situated in valleys. The records at Seqilashan stations on hillsides revealed an evident diurnal afternoon peak of warm season rainfall, similar to that indicated by TRMM data. The different diurnal phases between valley and hillside stations are closely related to the orographically induced regional circulations caused by the complex topography over the Tibetan Plateau. The results of this study indicate that the prevailing nocturnal rainfall associated with the relatively lower location of routine observation stations can partially explain the diurnal rainfall variations between observation station records and TRMM data.

关 键 词：diurnal cycle Tibetan Plateau station location TRMM 

分 类 号：P412.13[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]