What progress has

<Monsoon System Study Working Group>
What progress has been made in the GAME Phase-I
and what will be done in the GAME Phase-II?
GISP-II meeting, Tokyo, November 6, 2002
By Jun Matsumoto, Univ. Tokyo
National Working Group Members:
Jun Matsumoto* (Univ. Tokyo),
Hiroaki Ueda* (Univ. Tsukuba),
Ryuichi Kawamura (Toyama Univ.),
Yasumasa Kodama (Hirosaki Univ.),
Masato Shinoda (Tokyo Metrop. Univ.),
Yukari Takayabu (Univ. Tokyo)
International Working Group Member:
Johnny C. L. Chan* (Hong Kong City Univ.)
* GISP member
What will be done in the GAME Phase-II?
• Full utilization of the GAME data-sets (re-analysis, satellite, upper
and surface observations)
• Cross-cutting large-scale analysis over several intensive
observation regions.
• Heating processes in the Asian monsoon seasonal transition:
Role of land surface through heat and moisture budget analysis
Quantitative estimation of Asian monsoon heat sources
• Interaction between mid- and low- latitude systems
• Relationship between Baiu/monsoon activity and convection over
the Tibetan Plateau
• Relationship between Typhoon activity and SE Asian monsoon
• Quantitative estimation of precipitation system in the monsoon
seasonal cycle
Plan for Monsoon System Study in GAME-II
By Prof. Jun Matsumoto & Prof. Johnny C. L. Chan,
GISP-II: Nov. 7, 2002
• Main target: Pre-monsoon and monsoon onset
processes
• How: Organize national (Japanese) workshop
in February, 2003
• Organize international workshop (In early November,
2003) with GISP meeting and GAME-T2 Workshop in
Thailand co-organized with SCSMEX Project Office
• Include satellite and re-analysis related studies
• Organize regional studies/collaborations with
Indochina countries
• Write a review paper on pre-monsoon and monsoon
onset processes
Activity of GAME-II Monsoon System
Study in 2003
By Prof. Jun Matsumoto
GISP-II: Nov. 10, 2003
• Organize national (Japanese) workshop: February 56 (21 oral presentations)
• Make presentation in the “CEOP/GEWEX Workshop
on the role of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Platesu
within the Asian monsoon”: April 7-8, Milan, Italy
• Organize special session on “Understanding of onset
mechanizm of tropical Asian monsoon” in the spring
meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan: May
24 (5 oral presentations)
• Organize international workshop (November 11) after
the GISP meeting in conjunction with GAME-T2
Symposium in Thailand co-organized with SCSMEX
Project Office (17 oral & 15 posters)
Summary of GAME-II National Monsoon System Workshop
at Kyoto February 5-6, 2003
Main topic: Monsoon onset
Findings:
• Monsoon onset is a transition from dry (shallow) monsoon to
wet (deep) monsoon.
• Heating over the surrounding ocean in the pre-monsoon period
is important for both Australian and Indian monsoon onset.
• Process of onset over Indochina and India may be different.
Questions:
• What triggers the sudden onset?
• What is the role of the Tibetan Plateau?
• Is the inversion layer over Indochina contribute for the onset?
• What is the main factor causing difference of the monsoon
onset in each continent?
• Is there any the relationship with the surrounding dry region?
Key words for future study:
• Land-sea distribution, Role of vegetation, Moist process
(1/5)
Heat and moisture balance around the Tibetan
Plateau using GAME-Reanalysis η-coordinate
(σ-p hybrid coordinate) data
(H. Ueda, H. Kamahori, N. Yamazaki, 2003, Journal of Climate, 16, 2309-2324)
●
Method
Q
T  VT  Rd dp  
ÝT  1
CpP dt
t
 C p
k
Q
q  Vq  
Ýq  2
t
 Lc
dp
 Vk  pk 1 / 2 
dt
k m ax
 l  (Vl pl )  (  Vk )
lk
pk
2 ,
(3)
k m ax
pk 1 2
p
Ý
(
)
 
  (Vl pl )
 k 1 2
t
l k
,
1
 Ýp
ÝT ) 
Ýp )k 1 2 (Tk  Tk 1 )
(
)k 1 2 (Tk 1  Tk )  (
(


2 pk  


(
( 6)
(2/5)
E-W cross section
Positive Q1
PositiveQ2
Imply condensation
process
Ueda et al. (2003), Journal of Climate, 16 2309-2324
Premonsoon circulation anomalies
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
850hPa
Enhanced subsidence
Ascending motion over the inland
700hPa
Decreased mixing ratio
Development of thermal high
(Kawamura et al., 2002; JGR)
A mechanism of the onset of the
Australian summer monsoon
Kawamura et al. (2002; JGR)
●Importance of air-sea feedback processes
●Dry intrusion into the layer at ~700 hPa level
●Inhibition of convection due to subsidence
(Kawamura et al., 2002; JGR)
700-hPa mixing ratio and height
Development of thermal high
Low mixing ratio
Increased mixing ratio associated
with deep convection
(Kawamura et al., 2003; JMSJ)
Method for Colored Moisture Analyses
1.25˚x1.25˚
W
QUin
QVin
P
E
QVout
Indian
Ocean
QUout
Pacific
Ocean
Indochina
Pen.
Bengal
Gulf
Tag spatial attribution
onto evaporated water
Sea:60,Land:20
2D grid-plume model (vertical one layer)
Fully mix in a timestep (10 min.)
Variables (Q, W, P, E) are
externally given.
Contents of water on today
are analyzed
Temporal variation on Bangkok
May 17
Sudden increase
of Indian Ocean
Sep. 28
Onset
Withdrawal
Retrieval of Indian
Ocean
Onset and withdrawal of Asian summer
monsoon using MRI-OAGCM
By Akio Kito & K. Rajendran (Climatological Lab., MRI)
Rajendran and Kitoh (2003) J.Climate (Submitted)
MRI CGCM2
•AGCM
–MRI/JMA98
–T42 (2.8x2.8), L30 (top at 0.4 hPa)
–Longwave radiation - Shibata and Aoki (1989)
–Shortwave radiation - Shibata and Uchiyama (1992)
–Cumulus - Prognostic Arakawa-Schubert type
–PBL - Mellor and Yamada level 2 (1974)
–Land Surface - L3SiB or MRI/JMA_SiB
•OGCM
–Resolution : 2.5x(0.5-2.0), 23layers
–Eddy mixing : Isopycnal mixing, GM
–Sea ice : Mellor and Kantha (1989)
•Coupling
–Time interval : 24hours
–With/without flux adjustment
Onset Pentad: the Julian pentad in which the relative climatological pentad mean
rainfall rate exceeds 4 mm/day.
Seasonal Variation of climatological pentad mean precipitation
70E-90E
110E-120E
120E-140E
Simulation of 1998 Monsoon Onset over
Southeast Asia with a Regional Climate Model
Koji Dairaku
Atmospheric Environment Division
National Institute for Environmental Studies
E-mail: [email protected]
International Symposium on the Climate System of Asian Monsoon
and its Iteraction with Society
Sofitel Raja Orchid Hotel, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 11 – 13 November 2003
07/11/2003
Simulation of 1998 Monsoon Onset with RAMS
15
H
mm/day
12
Obs(GPCP)
Obs(CMAP)
CTL
NOMNT
9
6
3
0
4/1
4/11
4/21
5/1
5/11
5/21
Averaged to the 10 by 15 degree area (lat 10-20, lon 95-100)
07/11/2003
Seasonal changes of lightning activity
observed by TRMM-LIS
by Yasumasa Kodama, Akihiro Ohta et al., 2003
Pre-monsoon rains in
Thailand
*Jun MATSUMOTO and Masashi KIGUCHI
Dept. of Earth & Planetary Science,
University of Tokyo,
JAPAN
Climatological pentad rainfall
Average onset
•
Average onset
Abrupt onset
Gradual onset
in India
in Thailand
Rainfall
Monsoon onset
Daily rainfall (March-May, 1998)
Monsoon onset
Height anomaly
at 300 hPa
W
Zonal moisture
E flux at 925 hPa
Moisture conv.
at 925 hPa
Precipitable
water by GPS
Precipitation
Comparisons of seasonal changes of sensitive and
latent heat flux over India (red) and Thailand (blue)
Plan for Monsoon System Study in GAME-II
GISP-II: Nov. 10, 2003 By Prof. Jun Matsumoto
• Main target: Pre-monsoon and monsoon onset
processes
• How: Organize national (Japanese) workshop
February (?), 2004
• Organize international workshop (In November,
2004, at Kyoto) with GISP and GAME Scientific
meeting
• Organize regional studies/collaborations with
Indochina countries
• Write a review paper on pre-monsoon and
monsoon onset processes