夜间边界层内的温度时空特征决定了边界层的稳定性。由于稳定边界层的间歇性和复杂性,模式在夜间的参数化方案还不完善,研究夜间边界层的温度变化有助于改进模式在夜间的表现。本文利用四座在不同下垫面上的气象塔的数据,研究了夜间边界层中的温度波动。研究表明,无论是海边、草原还是沙漠下垫面,夜间形成的稳定边界层中,振幅大约2摄氏度,周期在数分钟的温度波动非常频繁地出现。而在北京,由于城市下垫面较大的热容量和人为热源使得稳定边界层不容易形成,温度波动也较弱。用布朗特维萨拉频率代表的静力稳定度是影响温度脉动强弱的重要因子。
Nocturnal temperature is crucial in stability determination, as well as parameterization in numerical models. In the present research, data from four tall towers are used to investigate the temperature oscillations observed in the stable boundary layer, including the 307-m Boseong Tower on the southern coast of Korea, a 100-m tower in a grassland area of northern China, a 70-m tower in a desert area in northwestern China, and the 32S-m Beijing Tower. Large temperature oscillations, with amplitudes of about 2℃ and periods of several minutes to tens of minutes, are detected. Using the empirical mode decomposition method working as a high-pass filter, the oscillations of temperature are extracted from the original non-stationary and nonlinear temperature data. The daily variations and vertical distribution of the temperature oscillations are discussed. Generally strong temperature oscillations are found at tens of meters high during nighttime in the coastal area, in the steppe, and in the desert, when stable conditions have formed. Much weaker nocturnal temperature oscillations are observed in Beijing, where the large heat capacity of buildings and streets and artificial heat sources prevent the boundary layer conditions from becoming stable. Static stability expressed by the Brunt-Vaisala frequency is found to be an important factor for such temperature oscillation events, which is worthy of model parameterization.