Analysis of isentropic potential vorticity for a strong cold wave during 2004/2005 winter

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-142

  Ding, Yihui ^a,b   Ma, Xiaoqing ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Cold wave; East Asian major trough; Isentropic surface; Potential vorticity; Siberian high

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAKE BAIKAL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 49649105278     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bi Muyin and Ding Yihui, 1992: A study of budget of potential vorticity of blocking high during the drought period in summer of 1980. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 3(2), 147-156. (in Chinese)
2. Brunet, G., R. Vautard, B. Legras, et al., 1995: Potential vorticity on isentropic surfaces: Climatology and diagnostics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123(4), 1037-1058.
3. Cheng Peng, Zhao Qingyun, Li Hongping, et al., 2007: Analysis of isentropic potential vorticity of a continuous rain process in the East of Northwest China. Arid Meteorology, 25(1), 58-62. (in Chinese)
4. Cheng Xinxi, Lu Hancheng, Zhou Zugang, et al., 2000: A Lagrangian diagnosis on a block case during the 1991 Meiyu period in the Changjiang-Huaihe region. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 24(5), 649-659. (in Chinese)
5. Davies, H. C., and A. M. Rossa, 1998: PV frontogenesis and upper-tropospheric fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126(6), 1528-1539.
6. Davis, C. A., and K. A. Emanuel, 1991: Potential vorticity diagnostics of cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119(8), 1929-1953.
7. Gao Shouting, Lei Ting, and Zhou Yushu, 2002: Diagnostic analysis of moist potential vorticity anomaly in torrential rain systems. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 13(6), 662-670. (in Chinese)
8. Hoskins, B. J., M. E. McIntyre, and A. W. Robertson, 1985: On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 111(470), 877-946.
9. Jeong, J. H., B. M. Kim, C. H. Ho, et al., 2006: Stratospheric origin of cold surge occurrence in East Asia. Geo. Res. Letts., 33, L14170, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026607.
10. Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, et al., 1996: The NCAR/NCEP 40-year reanalysis project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77(3), 437-471.
11. Liu Huanzhu and Zhang Shaoqing, 1996: Moist potential vorticity and the three dimensional structure of a cold front with heavy rainfall. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 7(3), 275-283. (in Chinese)
12. Lu Er, Ding Yihui, and Li Yuehong, 1994: Isentropic potential vorticity analysis and cold air activity during the period of excessively heavy rain over Changjiang-Huaihe River basin in 1991. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 5(3), 266-274. (in Chinese)
13. Ma Xiaoqing, Ding Yihui, Xu Haiming, and He Jinhai, 2008: The relation between strong cold waves and low-frequency waves during the winter of 2004/2005. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 32(2). (in Chinese)
14. Martin, J. E., J. Dloccatelli, P. V. Hobbs, 1991: The synoptic evolution of a deep tropospheric frontal circulation and attendant cyclonegenesis. Fifth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 3-9.
15. Sun D. Z., and R. S. Lindzen, 1994: A PV view of the zonal mean distribution of temperature and wind in the extratropical troposphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 51(5), 757-772.
16. Wang Jianzhong, Ma Shufen, and Ding Yihui, 1996: Application of potential vorticity theory to analysis of formative mechanism of torrential rain. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 7(1), 19-27. (in Chinese)
17. Wang Zunya and Ding Yihui, 2006: Climate change of the cold wave frequency of China in the last 53 years and the possible reasons. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 30(6), 1068-1076. (in Chinese)
18. Wu Guoxiong, 2001: Comparison between the complete-form vorticity equation and the traditional vorticity equation. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 59(4), 385-392. (in Chinese)
19. Wu Guoxiong and Liu Huanzhu, 1999: Complete form of vertical vorticity tendency equation and slantwise vorticity development. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 57(4), 1-15. (in Chinese)
20. Wu Guoxiong, Cai Yaping, and Tang Xiaojing, 1995: Moist potential vorticity and slantwise vorticity development. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 53(4), 387-405. (in Chinese)
21. Wu Xuehong, Liu Jingtao, Wen Bugeng, et al., 1994: IPV analysis of the heavy rain on 25 July 1992. Meteorology Journal of Inner Mongolia, 4, 1-6. (in Chinese)
22. Xi Shiping, Shou Shaowen, and Fan Xuefeng, 2006: Isentropic vorticity analysis of a regional heavy snowfall. Meteorology Journal of Henan, 4, 17-19. (in, Chinese)
23. Xu Jin, Wang Dongsheng, and Yang Keming, 2004: Isentropic potential vorticity analysis of heavy rain in the Huaihe River Valley during 4-7 July 2003. Meteorological Monthly, 30(1), 33-37. (in Chinese)
24. Yao Xiuping, Wu Guoxiong, Zhao Bingke, et al., 2007: Research of the dry intrusion accompanying the low vortex rainfall of the Meiyu front. Science in China, 37(3), 417-428. (in Chinese)
25. Yu Yiming, 1992: Isentropic surface analysis of a cold wave. Journal of Guizhou Meteorology, 16(6), 3-6. (in Chinese)
26. Yu Yubin and Yao Xiuping, 2000: The diagnosis analysis of potential vorticity for a severe typhoon rainstorm in North China. Plateau Meteorology, 19(1), 112- 119. (in Chinese)
27. Yuan Jiashuang and Shou Shaowen, 2001: Potential vorticity analysis in cold air activities during the South China torrential rain in 1998. Journal of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 24(1), 92-98. (in Chinese)
28. Yuan Zhuojian, 1999: A potential vorticity equation in general coordinates. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 23(2), 199-204. (in Chinese)
29. Zhang Shaoqing, Chen Jiukang, and Lei Zhaochong, 1993: On the evolution of the blocking cyclone: A case study by using IPV maps. Journal of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 16(2), 221-225. (in Chinese)
30. Zhao Qigeng, 1990: An analysis with isentropic potential vorticity on a strong cold wave entering the Qinghaixizang Plateau. Meteorological Monthly, 16(6), 3-6. (in Chinese)
31. Zhao Qigeng, 1991: The characteristics of isentropic potential vorticity maps and their application to dynamical analysis and prediction. Meteorological Monthly, 17(6), 3-11. (in Chinese)