A STUDY OF MOISTURE BUDGET OF A TYPHOON

This paper deals with the study of moisture budget of the typhoon No. 7507. The results show that the mass convergence produced by divergent wind has made the maximum contribution to precipitation, especially at the lower level, accounting for about 70% of the total precipitation, and that the advection term of water vapor is very small. The vertical flux term is to transport water vapor from the lower level to the middle and upper levels, resulting in the increase of water vapor accumulation at these levels. Evaporation term also plays an important role in precipitation, accounting for about 13% of the total precipitation and 23% of the horizontal moisture convergence. The moisture of the typhoon comes mainly from its southern boundary and the secondary inflow of moisture is from its western or eastern boundary. All the inflow layers of these three boundaries are very deep, reaching up to 300 hPa, while the strongest inflow occurs below 700 hPa. In the northern boundary of the typhoon, we obtained that     

FURTHER ANALYSES OF THE STRUCTURE OF TYPHOON NO. 7507 Ⅱ. TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE FIELDS

This paper, the second part of further analyses of the structure of the typhoon, mainly discusses the distributions of temperature and moisture fields of typhoon No. 7507. The result has shown that the typhoon developed from the warm-core disturbance. The height of maximum warming is highest (300 to 250 hPa) during the mature stage. There is a dry layer capping the typhoon during the initial stage. Once the typhoon rapidly developed, the dry layer was destroyed. A deep saturation layer eventually occurred in the central region of the typhoon. Meanwhile, the dry air from the China main continuously intruded into the outer region in the western and northwestern parts of the typhoon.The initial eyewall of the typhoon sloped outward with increasing height, and then became nearly vertical below 12 km level. This was closely associated with convective activity. The convective instability had been mostly released during the growing stage of the typhoon and stratification rapidly tended to moist neutralization.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND APPLICATION OF VIBROFLOTATION METHOD AT SEA BOTTOM

The vibroflotation technique has now become a comparatively perfect method. However, the stone column driving at the sea bottom, which is liable to ebb and flood tides, is seldom tried abroad and has been tried for the first time at home. We have designed a set of construction techniques for driving and installing stone columns at sea. These techniques have been proved successful and highly efficient by practice. At the sea bottom were conducted three groups of large-scale loading tests and the allowable bearing capacity of the composite foundation was obtained as 130 kPa, against that of the natural foundation: 50 kPa. The allowable bearing capacity of the composite foundation showed 2.6 times as much as that of the natural foundation. Also obtained was the distribution ratio of stress, n = 3. The experience and indexes, obtained from the Yantai Harbour Project, have already been justified in the application in reinforcing the coastal highway at the Huaneng Power Plant of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province.     

The influence of thermohaline fronts on chlorophyll a concentrations during spring and summer in the southeastern Yellow Sea

A spatial and temporal variation in physiochemical parameters in the southeastern Yellow Sea(YS) is investigated in the spring and summer of 2009 to 2011.Nutrient show a strong negative relationship with chlorophyll a(Chl a) concentration in spring,and the subsurface chlorophyll a maxima(SCM) layer was associated with the nitracline in summer.In summer,the SCM was usually found within or above the pycnocline and at the depths of shoals from the open sea to the coastal sea due to tidal and/or topographical fronts in the southernmost study area.High Chl a concentrations were found in the central southern YS,where the YS cold water layer expanded under the pycnocline and encountered water masses during spring and summer.After a typhoon in the summer of 2011,Chl a concentration increased,especially in the central southern YS,where cold waters occurred below the pycnocline.The results suggest that the development of thermohaline fronts may play an important role in the growth and accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the upper layer of the southeastern YS during spring and summer.     

2015年台风“彩虹”过境后下山冷急流引起的南海北部海域异常海面降温

This study deals with a unusual cooling event after Typhoon Mujigea passed over the northern South China Sea(SCS) in October 2015. We analyze the satellite sea surface temperature(SST) time series from October 3 to 18,2015 and find that the cooling process in the coastal ocean had two different stages. The first stage occurred immediately after typhoon passage on October 3, and reached a maximum SST drop of –2℃ on October 7 as the usual cold wake after typhoon. The second stage or the unusual extended cooling event occurred after 7d of the typhoon passage, and lasted for 5d from October 10 to 15. The maximum SST cooling was –4℃ and occurred after 12d of typhoon passage. The mechanism analysis results indicate that after landing and moving northwestward to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau(YGP), Typhoon Mujigea(2015) met the westerly wind front on October 5. The lowpressure and positive-vorticity disturbances to the front triggered meridional air flow and low-pressure trough,thus induced a katabatic cold jet downward from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(QTP) passing through the YGP to the northwestern SCS. The second cooling reached the maximum SST drop 4d later after the maximum air temperature drop of –9℃ on October 11. The simultaneous air temperature and SST observations at three coastal stations reveal that it is this katabatic cold jet intrusion to lead the unusual SST cooling event.     

Distribution and its mechanism of suspended particulate matters in the southern Huanghai Sea and the East China Sea in summer

Water temperature,turbidity,chlorophyll-a and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) were investigated at 61 stations of eight sections in the southern Huanghai Sea (HS) and the East China Sea (ECS) during the summer (28 June to 15 July) of 2006.The horizontal distribution of suspended parti culate matter (SPM) displayed a high concentration inshore and a low value offshore.The maximum value can reach 10.4 mg/dm 3,which can be found at the Changjiang River mouth.For the same site,the SSC was generally higher at the bottom than on the surface.In the vertical direction,distribution characteristics of turbidity can be divided into two types:in the southern HS high values at the bottom while low values on the surface,and in the ECS high values inshore with low values offshore.The thermocline in the HS and the Taiwan Warm Current in the ECS could be important factors preventing the SPM from diffusing upward and seaward.Even the typhoon Ewiniar was not able to work on the major sediment transport under the thermocline during the observation.     

CROSS-EQUATORIAL CURRENTS AND THE GENESIS OF TYPHOON

The daily weather maps of the 850 hPa level and the monthly mean wind maps of tropical regions published by ECMWF are utilized to study the cross-eguatorial currents. It is found out that there are 3 branches of the cross-equatorial current in the area between the east coast of Africa and the West Pacific. The effect of the cross-equatorial current originnated from the north coast of Australia on the typhoon genesis in the Northwest Pacific region is very important.     

SOME OBSERVATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION DURING SIMULATED HE-O_2 SATURATION DIVING EXPERIMENT AT A DEPTH OF 302 M

- Some physiological functions of the divers have been observed during simulated He-O2 saturation diving experiment at depth of 302 m, the results are as follows:- There were two types of modifications of electroencephalograph after arriving at the maximum depth: increase in θ or even in δ activity in all regions, decrease in α rhythms with decreaes of its amplitude. At 302 m the index of θ rhythm was increased, the index of α waves was decreased.- During the increasing compression from the surface to 150 m the tremor presented no significant modification in subject No. 1. But the amplitude of the tremor showed significant increase in sujects No. 2 and No. 3. The maximum amplitude changes for the tremor were observed to occur on this condition in subjects No. 2 and No. 3.- In all cases a decline in heart rate was observed upon compression to saturation depth. The changes of ST- T wave of divers were not obvious, of all three divers there was no obvious lowering of S- T segment in the electrocardiograms at any depth; neither was the T wave inverted, diphasic or flat on the standard and chest leads with R wave as the main. At depth of 302 m there were no sings of abnormal changes in S-T segment and T wave even with physical loading.- The results of measurement of ventilatory paramenters were as follows: After the subjects had arrived at the depth of 302 m from the surface, the lung volume showed little changes. But the time vital capacity, the maximum voluntary ventilation, and the maximum respiratory flow decreased significantly with the obvious increase of the respiratory airway resistance.     

EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM SEAWATER BY AMIDOXIME RESINS

The adsorption behaviour for uranium of four kinds of amidoxime resinst RNH, RCH, RAH and RPH in seawater has been investigated. It has been found that all these resins are capable of adsorbing rapidly uranium from U-cnriched seawater with a high uranium uptake.RNH was able to adsorb uranium satisfactorily from natural seawater, and the uranium uptake of RNH with a degree of cross-linking of 3-5 mol % was above 200 μg/g-R (adsorption for 15 days). The uranium uptakes of RCH, RAH and RPH from natural seawater were much lower than the uranium uptake of RNH. The factors which caused the difference between resins RCH, RAH, RPH and resin RNH are discussed.     

PARTHENOGENESIS AND THE GENETIC PROPERTIES OF PARTHENOSPOROPHYTES OF UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA

Parthenogenesis in Laminaria and Alaria has been observed by Yabu, Nakaharaet al. and Fang et al. After we had made some preliminary progress in the study ofthe haploid phases of Laminaria japonica, similar study was started in 1974 on anotherspecies of brown algae, i. e., Undaria pinnatifida Sur. Some interesting results of such astudy on Undaria are summarized here. I. MATERIAL AND METHODS The material used in the experiments was mature sporophyte of Undaria collectedfrom the lower tide regions at Qingdao. The methods used in collecting Undaria zoo-     

COMPUTATION OF DILUTION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND HEAT DISCHARGED FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

- In this paper a two-dimensional unsteady shallow water equations and convection-diffusion equations have been considered to describe the diluting process of the radioactive and heat discharged from a nuclear power plant. The theory of characteristic and eccentric difference scheme has been used.In order to obtain the distribution of the concentration in far-field and near-field, three different siges of mesh have been used. The flow field has been verified with the field data, and the computed temperature in the near-field agrees with the measurements in the normal physical model test.     

Cross-equatorial flow and its effects on the hurricanes occurrence over the Southern Hemisphere

Channels of cross - equatorial flow and their characteristics Winds at every 5 deg. grid point from 30°E to 180° over the equator at 850 hPa and 200hPa from December 1984 to February 1985 have been separated into U(zonal wind) andV(meridional wind).The V component has been used to represent cross- equatorial flow. FromFig. 1 we obtained that as during the Northern summer,there are also severa1 regions in which     

SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SEAWATER FROM ESTUARY OF CHANGJIANG RIVER

The specific gravity of 13 sea water samples at 25℃ from the estuary of the Changjiang River has been determined by the pycnometer method. The results are consistent with the values computed from chlorinity by Knudsen's tables within the experimental error of the method, and are lower on an average of about 0.02 in sigma-25 than values computed from salinity by the equation of Cox et al. (1970). The standard deviation of our measurements is estimated at ±0.01 in sigma-25.The differences between the present results and the values computed from chlorinity by the equation of Cox et al. (1970) imply that, for water of the same chlorinity, the sea water at the estuary of the Changjiang River tends to have a lower concentration of dissolved substances than that of the ocean water.Our work shows that the Knudsen's tables may apply to the sea water at the estuary of the Changjiang River and also provides an experimental evidence that the new oceanographic tables can be applied to the studies on the sea water     

北欧海海面高度上升减缓及其机理研究

A slowdown of sea surface height(SSH) rise occurred in the Nordic(GIN) seas around 2004.In this study,SSH satellite data and constructed steric height data for the decades before and after 2004(i.e.,May 1994 to April 2014)were used for comparative analysis.The findings indicate that the rate of slowdown of SSH rises in the GIN seas(3.0 mm/a) far exceeded that of the global mean(0.6 mm/a).In particular,the mean steric height of the GIN seas increased at a rate of 4.5 mm/a and then decreased at a slower pace.This was the main factor responsible for the stagnation of the SSH rises,while the mass factor only increased slightly.The Norwegian Sea particularly experienced the most prominent slowdown in SSH rises,mainly due to decreased warming of the 0–600 m layer.The controlling factors of this decreased warming were cessation in the increase of volume of the Atlantic inflow and stagnation of warming of the inflow.However,variations in air-sea thermal flux were not a major factor.In the recent two decades,mean halosteric components of the GIN seas decreased steadily and remained at a rate of 2 mm/a or more because of increased flow and salinity of the Atlantic inflow during the first decade,and reduction in freshwater inputs from the Arctic Ocean in the second decade.     

FERN SPORES IN THE OUTER SHELF OF THE EAST CHINA SEA

In this paper the distributional patterns of fern spores are discussed based on 132 surface sediment samples and core samples of 48 sites taken from the outer shelf of the East China Sea and part area of the southern Huanghai Sea, which covers the area between Lat. 26°30′-34° N and Long. 123°-128°E. In general the content of fern spore in the surficial sediments increases from west to east of the area studied. The greatest abundance occurs at the nearby Long. 126° E and then progressively decreases eastwards. There is a decrease tendency in abundance of fern spores from north to south. In the cores, the abundance of fern spores decreases from the upper part to the lower part. The changes in the composition of fern spores are corresponding to their abundance.From the study of fern spores it has been shown that the sporo-pollen assemblage of the Holocene in a given area is mainly composed of fern spores. Thus, the boundary between the Holocene to the Pleistocene in the area studied can be recognized     

INFLUENCE OF COLD VORTEX OVER SUBTROPICAL HIGH LEVEL ON TYPHOON TRACKS

In general, the westward typhoons are associated with zonal flow patterns. But if there was a high level cold vortex in the southern region of the subtropical high, the typhoon would pass through the subtropical high towards the North.In the paper, this kind of knotty typhoons track was discussed. The temperature, wind, divergence and vorticity fields in the subtropical high regions, and the structure of cold vortex were analysed. The cold vortex not only weakens the subtropical high, but also forces the typhoon to move northward.     

DIRECT DETERMINATION OF TRACE MERCURY IN SEAWATER BY DIFFERENTIAL COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION METHOD

A low-absorbance differential cold vapor atomic absorption method is developed for direct determination of trace mercury in seawater. The sensitivity of the method is good at 1 ng mercury per liter and precision is excellent with a relative standard deviation of 13.9% at 12 ng Hg/1 level and 3.2% at 39 ng Hg/1 level respectively. The method is proved to be rapid and simple, and has been applied to the analysis of mercury in seawater from Xiamen Harbor and the Central Pacific Ocean.     

The study on three-dimensional numerical model and fronts of the Jiulong Estuary and the Xiamen Bay

Applying the methods of on-site observation and dynamic model, the research on the fronts at the Jiulong Estuary has been carried out, during which spatial and temporal distribution, dynamic characteristics and formation mechanism of salinity fronts are analyzed and discussed. The research shows that the estuarine fronts mainly lie in the area from the Jiyu Islet to the Haimen Island, outside of Yuweizai to Hulishan cross-section, the near coast of Yuweizai and the south of the Songyu-Gulangyu Channel. The fronts in the former two regions are formed directly by plume, while the one near the coast of Yuweizai is a tidal intrusion front caused by flood current and the one at the south of the Songyu-Gulangyu Channel is the result of current shear transformation. Under normal circumstances, fresh water of the Jiulong River mainly influences the inside of the Xiamen Bay, and when it is in typhoon seasons, plume front can affect the Taiwan Strait and has an effect on the biogeochemical processes in the strait.     

SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE AND FACIES MODEL OF LATE PLEISTOCENE EOLIAN BIOCAL-CARENITES IN SHIDAO ISLAND OF XISHA ARCHIPELAGO, CHINA

The sequence of biocalcarenites occurred on Shidao Island, the highest one among the Xisha Archipelago, is characterized by the alternation of cross-beddings and parallel beddings, which, owing to the misinterpretation of the sedimentary structures, has caused some controversies.Three kinds of boundary surfaces have been found in the sequence: the first-order boundaries marked with the occurrence of paleosols which is nearly horizontal; the second-order boundaries between dune deposits and interdune deposits, formed by the climbing of the dunes and interdunes under the action of NE-trade wind; and the third-order boundaries of cosets inclining exclusively windward. The dune deposits have well-preserved cross-beddings on a large scale, while the interdune deposits show roughly paralled bedding.In conclusion, the coexistence of the three boundary surfaces and the dune and interdune deposits marks the feature of the eolian biocalcarenites. The eolian deposits started from 3200 yr BP when sea level was low     

利用Argo剖面浮标分析上层海洋对台风“布拉万”的响应

In situ observations from Argo profiling floats combined with satellite retrieved SST and rain rate are used to investigate an upper ocean response to Typhoon Bolaven from 20 through 29 August 2012. After the passage of Typhoon Bolaven, the deepening of mixed layer depth(MLD), and the cooling of mixed layer temperature(MLT) were observed. The changes in mixed layer salinity(MLS) showed an equivalent number of increasing and decreasing because the typhoon-induced salinity changes in the mixed layer were influenced by precipitation, evaporation, turbulent mixing and upwelling of thermocline water. The deepening of the MLD and the cooling of the MLT indicated a significant rightward bias, whereas the MLS was freshened to the left side of the typhoon track and increased on the other side. Intensive temperature and salinity profiles observed by Iridium floats make it possible to view response processes in the upper ocean after the passage of a typhoon. The cooling in the near-surface and the warming in the subsurface were observed by two Iridium floats located to the left side of the cyclonic track during the development stage of the storm, beyond the radius of maximum winds relative to the typhoon center. Water salinity increases at the base of the mixed layer and the top of the thermocline were the most obvious change observed by those two floats. On the right side of the track and near the typhoon center when the typhoon was intensified, the significant cooling from sea surface to a depth of 200×104 Pa, with the exception of the water at the top of the thermocline, was observed by the other Iridium float. Owing to the enhanced upwelling near the typhoon center, the water salinity in the near-surface increased noticeably. The heat pumping from the mixed layer into the thermocline induced by downwelling and the upwelling induced by the positive wind stress curl are the main causes for the different temperature and salinity variations on the different sides of the track. It seems that more time is required for the anomalies in the subsurface to be restored to pretyphoon conditions than for the anomalies in the mixed layer.