Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 79-93.doi: 10.11978/2023050CSTR: 32234.14.2023050

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Process and characteristics of occurrence and dissipation of sea fog in the west coast of the Taiwan Strait based on coastal automatic weather station*

LIAO Kuo1,2(), LI Kailin1,2(), DANG Haofei1,2, LIN Bin3, ZHAO Dongzhi4, LI Hui5   

  1. 1. Fujian Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Fuzhou 350007, China
    2. Wuyishan National Climatological Observation, Wuyishan 354300, China
    3. Pingtan Meteorological Bureau, Pingtan 350400, China
    4. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
    5. Beijing Kunyu Tianxin Science and Technology Ltd, Beijing 100010, China
  • Received:2023-04-20 Revised:2020-06-01 Online:2024-01-10 Published:2024-01-19
  • Supported by:
    East China Collaborative Innovation Fund for Meteorological Science and Technology(QYHZ202110); Innovative Development Project of China Meteorological Administration 2022(CXFZ2022P010); Advanced Program for FY Satellite Applications 2022(FY-APP-2022.0610)

Abstract:

A severe sea fog occurred in the West Side of the Taiwan Strait from 8PM April 19, 2019 to 7AM April 26, 2019. Based on the coastline automatic weather station, the generation and dissipation law of sea fog was studied. Sea fog occurred from 2AM to 8AM, and the closer the generation time is to the early morning, the shorter the duration. Sea fog is mostly generated locally, some stations are formed for the purpose of propagation, and there is little correlation between north and south sea fog. The visibility decreased rapidly before the sea fog occurred and increased rapidly after the fog dissipated. When sea fog formatted LST-T (LST, land surface temperature; T, temperature) between −1.7~2℃, LST-Td (dewpoint temperature, Td) between 1~2.7℃, T-Td between 0.2~1℃. During the sea fog maintenance period, RH (relative humility) ≥ 96%. Under the background of abundant water vapor, the formation and development of sea fog are closely related to wind speed and weakly related to wind direction. Combined with Himawari-8 satellite image and ERA5 reanalysis data, the characteristics of this sea fog process was analyzed. Satellite images show the extent of the process and the characteristics of occurrence and dissipation. Circulation analysis indicated that this sea fog event occurred under the control of weak southwest flow at 500 hPa, while at 850 hPa and 925 hPa Fujian was affected by southwest airflow, bringing abundant water vapor. According to the analysis of the sea and air conditions, the type of sea fog was advection fog.

Key words: sea fog, automatic weather station, three temperature differences, west side of the strait