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32 2 　　　 Vol.32　No.2 2008 3 Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences Mar.2008 张进　谈哲敏 , , 　2100 3 　　, 。 , , , 、。, 、, 。 　　　　 　1006-8 5 (2008)02-030 -14 　　　　P444 　　　　A Impacts of Initial Convection-Triggering Perturbations on Numerical Simulation of a Tropical Squall Line ZHANG Jin and TAN Zhe-M in Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather/Ministry of Education of China, andDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanj ing niversity, N anj ing　2100 3 Abstract　Squall lines could be considered as self-organized convective systems, w hich develop through interaction betw een their ow n low-level cold pools and the environmental vertical shears.For the numerical simulations and forecasts, it is an initial-value problem in which the simulated convective systems are to be evaluated in a determinis- tic fashion.Even though squall lines are able to create their own forcings, the convection initialization plays an im- portant role and remains an uncertain issue from both observational and modeling perspectives.In general, an initial and artificial temperature perturbation in a horizontally homogeneous environment is chosen for the triggering of these convective systems in the storm-scale numerical simulations.Although the choice of the initial perturbations is an important factor of successful simulations, the effects on the simulation of the nonphysical initiation set-up have been rarely discussed.In the present study, a well-documented tropical squall line observed during the T OGA- COARE on 22 February 1 3 is simulated using a three-dimensional, non-hydrostatic and storm-scale numeric