Abstract:
Based on the dual-frequency products DPR_MS of GPM satellite and ERA5 reanalysis data, the precipitation characteristics of 32 Tibetan Plateau vortices (TPVs) detected by GPM satellite over the Tibetan Plateau in the summer of 2016~2020 were studied. The results show that: (1) The precipitation intensity of the TPVs on the plateau was relatively low, most of which were less than 2mm/h. The type of TPV precipitation was mainly deep weak convection, accounting for 59.64%; the second was shallow precipitation, accounting for 40.35%; the deep strong convection was rare. (2) Most of the precipitation TPVs in the western part of the TP were in the form of the weak deep convection, and the average rain top was significantly higher than that of the eastern TPVs, while there was no significant difference in the average precipitation intensity between the eastern and western TPVs. The frequency of shallow precipitation was higher in the east and north than that in the west and south, while the characteristics of the frequency of deep weak convective precipitation was the opposite. (3) In vertical direction, the deep weak convective precipitation was significantly affected by the strong upward movement of TPVs. A large number of raindrop particles with an effective radius of 1.1mm accumulated in the deep weak convective precipitation at the height of 6.5~7.5 km, and the raindrop breaking process of the strong precipitation (>7 mm/h) near the ground was obvious. The reflectivity factor of the shallow precipitation increased continuously at each height, and the surface precipitation was mainly formed by raindrop collision, and the surface rain intensity was obviously affected by raindrop concentration.