Characteristics and Possible Causes of Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Summer Thunderstorms in Hainan
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Abstract:
Based on daily thunderstorm data， topography data， temperature data in Hainan for the period of 1966 to 2005 and radiosonde data from 2004 to 2006， the possible causes of the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of summer thunderstorm in Hainan are analyzed. The results show that: (1) In most parts of Hainan， thunderstorms mostly occur around afternoon time， while in Sanya thunderstorms happen mainly in night time. (2) The landsea breeze convection shear induces thunderstorms frequently in summer in north and west coast areas， and thunderstorm mainly occurs at afternoon， whose main reason is the convection of the local northerly from sea and largescale southerly. In Sanya， thunderstorms mainly happen at night because of the convection of the local northerly from landsea breeze and the southerly of the largescale environment in nighttime, but not in the daytime. (3) Thunderstorms are closely in associated with the local heat convection in the northern inner land and the western Hainan. Topography also shapes the spatial distribution of thunderstorms. The activities of thunderstorms in the Wuzhishan mountain area are more frequenlt than those in other areas around. Topography also affects the daily distribution of thunderstorms， mainly in north of the Wuzhishan mountain. (4) The seasonal distribution of thunderstorms in Hainan is mainly influenced by radiation in the Haikou area. (5) The heat fluxes can well account for the seasonal variation of thunderstorm activities in the Haikou area; and the anticorrelation between thunderstorm days and Bowen ratio (ratio of sensible to latent heat flux) of the wholeday heat flux is much higher than that at noon.
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