The future potential changes in precipitation and monsoon circulation in the summer in East Asia are projected using the latest generation of coupled climate models under Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) A1B scenario (a medium emission scenario).The multi-model ensemble means show that during the period of 2010-2099,the summer precipitation in East Asia will increase and experience a prominent change around the 2040s,with a small increase (～1%) before the end of the 2040s and a large increase (～9%) afterward.This kind of two-stage evolution characteristic of precipitation change can be seen most clearly in North China,and then in South China and in the mid and lower Yangtze River Valley.In 2010-2099,the projected precipitation pattern will be dominated by a pattern of "wet East China" that explains 33.6% of EOF total variance.The corresponded time coefficient will markedly increase after the 2040s,indicating a great contribution from this mode to the enhanced precipitation across all East China.Other precipitation patterns that prevail in the current climate only contribute a small proportion to the total variance,with no prominent liner trend in the future.By the late 21st century,the monsoon circulation will be stronger in East Asia.At low level,this is due to the intensification of southwesterly airflow north of the anticyclone over the western Pacific and the SCS,and at high level,it is caused by the increased northeasterly airflow east of the anticyclone over South Asia.The enhanced monsoon circulation will also experience a two-stage evolution in 2010-2099,with a prominent increase (by ～0.6 m s-1) after the 2040s.The atmospheric water vapor content over East Asia will greatly increase (by ～9%) at the end of 21st century.The water vapor transported northward into East China will be intensified and display a prominent increase around the 2040s similar to other examined variables.These indicate that the enhanced precipitation over East Asia is
利用最新一代气候模式结果对政府间气候变化委员会(IPCC)SRES A 1B情景(中等排放情景)下的东亚夏季降水和季风环流未来演变特征进行了预测.结果表明,东亚地区的降水在未来将会增加,在21世纪40年代末(2040s年代末)出现阶段性变化,在此之前降水的增加量较小(～1%),并有较明显的振荡特征,而在2040s年代末之后降水明显增加(～9%),中国东部地区进入全面的多雨期.这种变化以华北最为明显,华南和长江中下游地区次之.而气候模式对未来中国东部夏季降水型预测的EOF分析表明,未来百年中国东部的雨型将以多雨型为主,相应的时间系数在2040s年代末后进入正位相的高值期,而其它降水型的方差贡献较小,无明显变化趋势.相应,未来东亚地区的夏季风环流将会加强,在低层这主要是由于西北太平洋地区的副热带反气旋西北侧西南气流加强的结果;而在高层主要是由于南亚上空异常反气旋东侧东北气流加强的结果.这一季风环流的加强在中国东部也呈现出阶段性的变化特征,在2040s年代末之后东亚夏季风得到全面加强.同时,未来东亚大气中的水汽含量将会逐渐增加,进入中国东部地区的西南水汽输送在2040s年代末也出现阶段性的增强.这说明,在全球气候变化的背景下,东亚地区的水循环和环流场对全球变暖的响应基本一致,即降水和水汽的增加对应着季风环流的加强,降水的变化是气候变暖条件下动力和热力学因子共同作用的结果.
文中使用多种观测资料和分类的方法评估了IPCCAR4(政府间气候变化委员会第4次评估报告)气候模式(亦称Coupled Model Intercomparison Program 3,CMIP3)对东亚夏季风降水与环流年代际变化的模拟性能。结果表明,在评估的19个模式中,有9个模式可以较好地再现中国东部地区多年平均降水场,但仅有3个模式(第1类模式)可以较好地对东亚夏季风降水的年代际变化作出模拟,这3个模式是:GFDL-CM2.0、MIROC3.2(hires)和MIROC3.2(medres),其中模式GFDL-CM2.0具有最好的模拟性能。进一步的分析表明,大部分模式对东亚夏季风变化模拟能力的缺乏是因为这些模式没有抓住东亚夏季风降水变化的主要动力和热力学机制,即东亚地区在过去所出现的大范围对流层变冷和变干。而第1类模式由于较好地再现了东亚地区垂直速度场(动力学因子)和水汽场(热力学因子)的变化特征,因此较好地模拟出中国东部南涝北旱的气候变化特征。本文的评估清楚地表明,当选择不同模式进行集合时,模式对某一研究变量的模拟性能好坏极大地影响了集合的结果。当模拟性能较好的模式在一起进行集合时,所得到的结果更加接近于真实的观测结果。就特定的研究变量而言,这种集合更加优于将可得到的所有模式进行集合。这说明,虽然多模式集合一般优于单个模式的结果,但应考虑使参与集合的模式对所研究变量具有一定的模拟能力。
