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It's expressed in meteorology air Hot and cold degree the Physical quantity It is called the air temperature, or air temperature for short. The international standard temperature measurement unit is Degree Celsius (° C).
Weather forecast The temperature mentioned in the book refers to the temperature measured in the field with air circulation and out of direct sunlight Air temperature (usually measured in a screen). The maximum temperature is the highest value of the temperature in a day, generally appearing at 14-15; The minimum temperature is the lowest temperature in a day, usually before sunrise.
Chinese name
Air temperature
Foreign name
air temperature
unscramble
airborne temperature
Standard temperature measurement
Celsius scale
Measuring tool
thermometer
Scope of application
meteorology

definition

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Weather forecast The temperature in question is 1.5 meters above the ground in the observation field shelter The temperature measured on the thermometer is kept in good condition because of the thermometer ventilability And avoid direct sunlight, so it has a good representative. The difference in temperature is one of the main factors causing the difference in natural landscape and our living environment, and it is very closely related to our life.
Air temperature records can characterize the thermal characteristics of a place, which is indispensable in theoretical research, national defense and economic construction. Air temperature is one of the routine elements to be measured in surface meteorological observation. There are regular temperature (basic station observation 4 times a day, respectively 02, 08, 14, 20 four hours; Partial station On the basis of The actual situation is observed 3 times a day, respectively, 08, 14, 20 three times. Base station observation 24 times per day), daily maximum, daily minimum temperature.
Usually people use Atmospheric temperature The size of the value reflects the temperature of the atmosphere. For our country Celsius scale , expressed in degrees Celsius, read as degrees Celsius.

Temperature variation

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There are diurnal and annual variations in temperature.
The highest temperature is around 2 PM and the lowest temperature is around sunrise. In the northern Hemisphere, July is the hottest month and January is the coldest month on land, while August is the hottest month and February is the coldest month on sea. The southern hemisphere is the opposite of the northern Hemisphere.

Temperature distribution

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Decreasing from low to high latitude, so isotherm Roughly parallel to the latitude line. The temperature of the sea and land is different at the same latitude. The summer isotherm protrudes in the direction of high latitude on land, and in the direction of low latitude on the ocean.

Mean air temperature

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The snow and ice on the river melted
The arithmetic of the temperature values observed during a certain period of time Mean value . According to the length of calculation time, there can be a day's average temperature, a month's average temperature and a year's average temperature. The average temperature is usually used to express the temperature of the day. This is the average temperature. Due to the different weather stations, the number of daily observations varies, the Chinese meteorological department unified regulations, the daily average temperature is the average of the temperature measured at 2 o 'clock, 8 o 'clock, 14 o 'clock and 20 o 'clock every day, but also accurate to 1/10 degree.
except Daily mean temperature There is also the average temperature of weather (5 days), ten days (10 days), month and year. To express the characteristics of temperature changes in different periods. The meteorological department will observe the temperature every six hours at 2:00, 8:00, 14:00, and 20:00 (Beijing time) every day, or every three hours at 2:00, 05, 08, 11, 14, 17, 20, and 23:00. For special needs (such as aviation), meteorological observation is even carried out at intervals of 1 hour and half an hour.
① The average temperature of a day: the maximum and minimum temperature of a day Mean value .
The average temperature of a month: the average of the average multi-day temperature in a month.
(3) Annual average temperature: The average multi-day average temperature (or multi-month average temperature) of a year.

Extreme temperature

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Temperature trend chart
Extreme temperatures are also called the right temperatures. It refers to the temperature extremes that occur during a given period of time (such as a day, month, year) in a calendar year. It can be divided into extreme minimum temperature and extreme maximum temperature.

Extreme minimum temperature

Extreme minimum temperature, also known as Absolute minimum air temperature .
The lowest value of the minimum temperature in a given period of time (such as a day, month, year) in a calendar year. Depending on the given time period, there may be a day, month and year with extreme minimum temperatures. Such as:
The extreme minimum temperature of a month is selected from the minimum temperature of each day in the whole month. The extreme minimum temperature of a year is the extreme value selected from the daily minimum temperature of the whole year; The extreme minimum temperature of a day is the minimum temperature observed many times throughout the day.
If we consider the situation over many years, there are also extreme minimum temperatures on certain days, months and years. For example, the extreme minimum temperature of a certain day in many years is the extreme value selected from the minimum temperature of a certain day in the past year; The extreme minimum temperature of a certain month is the extreme value selected from the minimum temperature of a certain month in the past year; The annual extreme minimum temperature is the extreme value selected from the minimum temperature of the previous year.

Extreme maximum temperature

Extreme maximum temperatures, also known as extreme maximum temperatures.
Refers to the highest value of the maximum temperature in a given period of time (such as a day, month, year) in a calendar year. Similar to the extreme minimum temperature, it can also be divided into the extreme maximum temperature of a day, month and year, and the extreme maximum temperature of a multi-day, multi-month and multi-year.

Extreme maximum and extreme minimum temperatures in China

(1) The highest temperature extremes in China are in Xinjiang Turpan Before the founding of New China, Turpan had set a national record of 47.8 ° C. Later, on July 24 in 1953 and 1956, there was a high temperature of 47.6 ° C, and on July 13, 1975, the Turpan Civil Aviation Airport observed the current extreme maximum temperature in China - 49.6 ° C.
(2) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China The Greater Khingan Mountains A temperature of -50.1 ° C was observed on January 16, 1922. It was the lowest temperature recorded before the founding of New China. After the founding of New China, the wealth of northern Xinjiang Meteorological station On January 20, 1960, the low temperature of -50.7 ° C broke the record of no crossing the river for the first time, and then on January 21, it set a new national record at -51.5 ° C. China's northernmost meteorological station, the Mohe Meteorological Station in Heilongjiang Province, measured a temperature of -50.9℃ in the early morning of December 27, 1968. On February 13, 1969, Mohe finally recorded the lowest extreme temperature in China's existing meteorological data -- -52.3℃.

Maximum/minimum air temperature

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The highest temperature is the highest value of the temperature in a day, which generally appears at 14-15, and the lowest temperature generally appears before and after sunrise.
Air temperature items and units for surface meteorological observation: regular air temperature, daily maximum and daily minimum air temperature. equip thermometer The weather station shall keep a continuous record of temperature. Take one decimal place in degrees Celsius (° C).

Influencing factor

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Natural factor

The temperature of a place is only caused by changes in solar radiation Periodic change In addition, there are non-periodic changes caused by the movement of the atmosphere. The change in actual temperature is the result of the joint action of these two aspects. If the former plays a large role, the temperature shows a periodic change; On the contrary, it shows an aperiodic change. However, judging from the general trend and in most cases, Diurnal variation of temperature And the periodicity of the annual change is still the main. Heat balance In various components, such as Radiation difference , Latent heat and Sensible heat Exchange, etc., are affected by different control factors. These factors such as latitude, season and other astronomical factors have obvious zonality and periodic characteristics. The nature of the underlying surface, the elevation of the terrain, and weather conditions, such as the amount of cloud cover and the degree of dry and wet atmosphere, are all affected Non-zonality Features. At the same time, the influence of these factors is not the same in different places, so the temperature distribution caused by the change of heat budget is also uneven.

Human influence

(1) Cities Underlying surface (the interface between the bottom of the atmosphere and the surface
A large number of artificial structures in the city, such as paved floors and various building walls, have changed the thermal properties of the underlying surfaces. Urban surface water content is less, more heat Sensible heat The form enters the air, causing the air to heat up. At the same time the city surface pairs sunlight The absorption rate is higher than that of the natural surface, which can absorb more solar radiation, and then make the air get more heat and increase the temperature.
(2) Cities Air pollution
Motor vehicles, industrial production and a large number of people activities in the city have produced a large number of Nitrogen oxide , Carbon dioxide Dust, etc., these substances can be absorbed in large quantities in the environment Thermal radiation The energy, which produces the well-known greenhouse effect, causes further warming of the atmosphere.
(3) The influence of artificial heat source
Factories, motor vehicles, residential life, etc., burn a variety of fuels, consume a lot of energy, countless furnaces are burning, are emitting heat.
(4) The natural underlying surface in cities decreases
Urban buildings, squares, roads and so on have increased substantially, green Spaces, water bodies and other natural factors have decreased correspondingly, more heat release, less heat absorption, and relief Heat island effect The ability is weakened. [1]

Degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit

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Air temperature is a measure of how hot or cold the air is Physical quantity Represents the average movement of air molecules Kinetic energy The size of. The unit of air temperature is usually expressed in degrees Celsius (° C) Fahrenheit (F) indicates one decimal place, and negative values indicate below zero.
Temperature records in China are generally measured in degrees Celsius (° C). The conversion relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit is:
C=5/9 (F-32)
F=9/5C+32 (where F- Fahrenheit temperature , C- Celsius temperature ).

Measurement method

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Air temperature measurement
Surface air temperature generally refers to the atmospheric temperature 1.25 to 2.0 meters above the ground. When measuring, in order to prevent Solar radiation right Observed value The temperature measuring instrument must be placed in a shelter or radiation shield, and the measuring element must be well ventilated.
observatory The main instrument used by the station to measure the temperature of the air near the ground is a glass tube containing mercury or alcohol thermometer . Because the thermometer itself has a greater ability to absorb solar heat than the air, the reading indicated under direct sunlight exposure is often higher than the actual temperature of the air around it, so when measuring the temperature of the air near the ground, the thermometer is usually placed about 1.5m from the ground shelter Inside. These thermometers or thermometers are based on Hydragenum , Alcohol or Bimetallic sheet Made of thermal expansion and cold contraction properties as a sensor. The ground temperature mentioned by the meteorological department refers to the temperature in the shelter at about 1.5m above the ground.

Measuring instrument

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Glass thermometer

Vertical thermometer
The sensing part is a fluid-filled one glass Ball or column, the degree part connected with the induction part is a glass capillary tube with one end closed and uniform thickness, usually used to measure temperature liquid Hydragenum , Alcohol or toluene Let's wait. Because the thermal expansion coefficient of the liquid in the glass sphere is much greater than that of the glass, the liquid column in the capillary tube will rise and fall with the change of temperature. Commonly used Glass thermometer There's a maximum temperature gauge, Minimum temperature gauge And wet and dry bulb thermometer.
① Maximum temperature gauge
The highest temperature gauge It is specially used to determine the maximum temperature at a certain time interval, and its structure is to handle a glass needle at the bottom of the ball and extend it straight to the capillary mouth to narrow the capillary mouth. When the temperature rises, Hydragenum It expands, stress Enlarging, forcing the mercury to squeeze through the narrow tube and rise. When the temperature drops, because there is not enough pressure to squeeze the mercury through the narrow tube to return to the sphere, the mercury column breaks at the narrow tube, so that the top of the mercury column above the narrow tube remains at the highest temperature indication that the thermometer has felt in the past period of time, and therefore the highest temperature can be measured.
② Minimum temperature meter
The minimum thermometer is specially used to determine the minimum temperature at a certain time interval, it uses alcohol as a temperature measurement liquid, put a cursor in the capillary, when the temperature rises, the alcohol expansion can rise over the cursor, and the cursor itself because the top of the tube wall has enough friction, can be maintained in place. When the temperature drops, the alcohol column shrinks to contact the tip of the vernier, due to the wine semen surface Surface tension The friction on the tube wall is greater than that of the cursor, so that the cursor will not break through the top of the alcohol column and drive the cursor down by the surface tension of the liquid surface. In other words, the cursor can only be lowered, not raised. Therefore, the degree of the cursor from the far end of the ball is the lowest temperature that has occurred in a certain time interval.
③ Wet and dry bulb temperature table
Wet and dry bulb thermometer That is, an ordinary thermometer, its temperature measurement liquid is mercury, with an ordinary thermometer can determine the temperature change at any time. Assmann The ventilation dry and wet bulb thermometer was created by the German R Assmann in 1887. Two rod-shaped thermometers are placed in the ventilation duct with excellent radiation protection performance, and the mechanical or electric ventilation speed is 2.5 meters/second. The instrument has high measurement accuracy and is easy to use, and is commonly used for field temperature and humidity measurement.

Metal thermometer

It is an instrument that can automatically record continuous changes in temperature. The induction element is a bimetallic sheet, consisting of two pieces with a large difference in expansion coefficient Metal welding One end is fixed, and the other end is displaced with the change of temperature, and the displacement is close to the temperature Linear relationship . The recording system is composed of a recording clock and a recording pen. The recording pen is connected with an amplification lever and operated by an induction element.

Metal resistance thermometer

It is made of the principle that the resistance of the wire is proportional to the temperature change. Commonly used metal wire platinum wire, copper wire, iron wire and other three, resistance value between tens to one hundred euros, of which platinum wire stability is the best, can be used as a standard thermometer. Resistance thermometers are suitable for telemetry.

Thermistor temperature meter

There are several induction elements Metal oxide Mixed sintered conductor resistance, resistance value is usually tens of thousands of ohms, its Temperature coefficient of resistance Large, higher sensitivity Metal resistance thermometer However, the stability is slightly poor, and it is widely used in high-altitude telemetry.

Thermocouple thermometer

Made of thermoelectric phenomenon, two metal conductors with different physical and chemical properties, A and B, are connected into a closed loop, called heat couple . When measuring, a contact of the thermocouple is placed in constant temperature conditions (such as ice water solution) called the reference end, and the other contact is placed on the object to be measured called the working end, the temperature of the two contacts is different, and the thermoelectromotive force will be generated, and the electromotive force is proportional to the temperature difference between the two contacts. The temperature difference electromotive force of copper-Constantane thermocouples commonly used in weather is only tens of microvolts, so in order to improve the sensitivity of temperature measurement, dozens of thermocouples are often connected together to form a thermopile. Thermocouple thermometers can be used for telemetry and are widely used in solar radiation instruments and microclimate observations.

Distribution condition

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isotherm

Temperature distribution is commonly used The isotherm diagram Indicates. An isotherm is a line of points on the ground where the temperature is the same. isotherm The different arrangement reflects the different characteristics of temperature distribution. If the isotherm is sparse, it means that there is little difference in temperature between different places. Dense isotherms indicate a wide variation in temperature. The isotherm is flat, indicating that there are fewer factors affecting the temperature distribution. The bending of the isotherm indicates that there are many factors affecting the temperature distribution. The isotherm lines run parallel to the east and west, indicating that the temperature varies with latitude The difference is that latitude is the main factor. The isotherm is parallel to the coast, indicating that the temperature varies according to the distance from the sea, that is, the distance from the sea is the main factor, and so on.

Factors affecting temperature distribution

There are three main factors affecting the temperature distribution, namely, latitude, Sea Land And the height. However, in the drawing of isotherms, the temperature values are often revised to the same height, that is, sea level, in order to eliminate the height factor and thus to show latitude, land and sea and other factors more clearly. The temperature distribution is different in different seasons of the year. January usually represents winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere, and July represents summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The characteristics of the average temperature distribution of the Earth surface in winter and summer can be analyzed as follows.
First of all, when you look at the global average temperature map, it's clear that equator Area temperatures are high, toward The two poles Gradually decreasing, that's a basic feature. In the Northern Hemisphere, isotherms are thinner in July than in January. This indicates that the temperature difference between north and south in the northern hemisphere in January is greater than that in July. This is because the direct sunlight in January is located in the southern hemisphere, and the high latitudes in the northern Hemisphere are not only Noon sun altitude It is lower, and the day is shorter, and in the northern hemisphere, the low latitude area, not only the noon sun is higher, but also the day is longer, so the northern Hemisphere in January north-south temperature difference is larger. The sun's direct rays in July are located in the northern Hemisphere, and the high latitudes have lower noon sun altitudes and longer days, while the low latitudes have higher noon sun altitudes and shorter days, so that the northern Hemisphere is north and south in July Temperature difference It's smaller.
Second, winter in the northern hemisphere isotherm It is roughly convex to the equator on the continents and to the poles on the oceans, while it is reversed in summer. This is because at the same latitude, the continental temperature is lower than the ocean temperature in winter, and the continental temperature is higher than the ocean temperature in summer. The southern hemisphere has a smaller land area and a larger ocean area, so the isotherm is relatively straight, and the isotherm also has a similar curvature to that of the northern Hemisphere when there is land. The influence of land and sea on temperature becomes clearer through the transport of heat by large ocean currents and air masses. Such as the most prominent Warm ocean current The warm air mass is the Gulf of Mexico warm current and the warm air mass above it, which lies north of 60 degrees north latitude Norse The average temperature in Sweden in January is 0-15 ° C, 10-15 ° C higher than that in Asia and the east coast of North America at the same latitude. Prevailing westerly At 40 degrees north latitude, in Eurasia Close to the Atlantic coast, the average temperature in January is above 15 ° C due to the influence of the ocean. On the east coast of Asia by land Cold air mass The average temperature in January is below -5 ° C. The average temperature difference between the east and west coasts of the mainland at the same latitude in January is more than 20℃. At 40 degrees north latitude North America The average temperature in January on the West coast is close to 10 ° C, while on the east Atlantic coast it is only 0 ° C, with a difference of 10 ° C. As for the influence of cold ocean currents on temperature distribution, it is also evident in South America and the west coast of Africa.
In addition, high mountains can block the flow of cold air and also affect the distribution of temperature. For example, China's Tibetan plateau , North American The Rocky Mountains European Alps Can prevent cold air from flowing south to east. Again, the maximum temperature zone is not located on the equator, but is 5-10 °N in winter and moves to about 20°N in summer. The average temperature in this area is higher than 24℃ in January and July, so it is called Heat equator . The position of the heat equator moves northward from winter to summer, because the position of the direct sun moves northward during this period, and there is a large amount of land in the northern Hemisphere, which makes the temperature strongly heated. Finally, the lowest temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere, both winter and summer, occur at the South Pole. In the Northern Hemisphere, only the lowest summer temperatures occur near the poles, while the coldest winter areas occur in eastern Siberia and Siberia Greenland Area.
Extreme temperature The number of degrees and the region of occurrence are often not reflected in the average temperature map. According to existing records, the world's absolute lowest temperature occurred at Eastern Siberia Of Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon At -69.8 ° C and -73 ° C respectively, the new world minimum temperature of -90 ° C was recorded in the Antarctic in 1962. The world's absolute highest temperature occurred Somalia Within China, it is 63 ° C. Within China, the absolute highest temperature occurred in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Turpan At 48.9℃. Absolute lowest temperature in Heilongjiang Province Mohe County It was -52.3 ° C on February 13, 1968.
Variation of temperature periodicity change
Changes in temperature are still being felt Atmospheric motion So sometimes, the actual change in temperature situation is not as simple as the above cyclical changes. For example, after March, it is the spring season in the south of China, but often because of the cold air activities, there is a sudden cold phenomenon. Autumn, it is the autumn crisp time, often because Warm air The arrival of the sudden warming.