Microphysical Characteristics of Extreme-Rainfall Convection over the Pearl River Delta Region, South China from Polarimetric Radar Data during the Pre-summer Rainy Season  

作　　者：Hao HUANG Kun ZHAO Johnny CLCHAN Dongming HU 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Mesoscale Severe Weather/MOE and School of Atmospheric Sciences,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China [2]State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather and Joint Center for Atmospheric Radar Research,CMA/NJU,Beijing 100081,China [3]School of Energy and Environment,City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong 999077,China [4]Guangdong Meteorological Observatory,Guangzhou 510062,China

出　　处：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》2023年第5期874-886,共13页大气科学进展（英文版）

基　　金：primarily supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42025501,41905019,and 61827901);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant 2018YFC1506404 and Grant 2017YFC1501703)。

摘　　要：During the pre-summer rainy season,heavy rainfall occurs frequently in South China.Based on polarimetric radar observations,the microphysical characteristics and processes of convective features associated with extreme rainfall rates(ERCFs)are examined.In the regions with high ERCF occurrence frequency,sub-regional differences are found in the lightning flash rate(LFR)distributions.In the region with higher LFRs,the ERCFs have larger volumes of high reflectivity factor above the freezing level,corresponding to more active riming processes.In addition,these ERCFs are more organized and display larger spatial coverage,which may be related to the stronger low-level wind shear and higher terrain in the region.In the region with lower LFRs,the ERCFs have lower echo tops and lower-echo centroids.However,no clear differences of the most unstable convective available potential energy(MUCAPE)exist in the ERCFs in the regions with different LFR characteristics.Regardless of the LFRs,raindrop collisional coalescence is the main process for the growth of raindrops in the ERCFs.In the ERCFs within the region with lower LFRs,the main mechanism for the rapid increase of liquid water content with decreasing altitude below 4 km is through the warm-rain processes converting cloud drops to raindrops.However,in those with higher LFRs,the liquid water content generally decreases with decreasing altitude.

关 键 词：MICROPHYSICS extreme rainfall rate polarimetric radar lightning flash rate 

分 类 号：P426.6[天文地球—大气科学及气象学]