Climatology of tropical cyclone tornadoes in China from 2006 to 2018

We surveyed the occurrence of tropical cyclone(TC) tornadoes in China from 2006 to 2018. There were 64 cataloged TC tornadoes, with an average of five per year. About one-third of the landfalling TCs in China were tornadic. Consistent with previous studies, TC tornadoes preferentially formed in the afternoon shortly before and within about 36 h after landfall of the TCs. These tornadoes mainly occurred in coastal areas with relatively flat terrains. The maximum number of TC tornadoes occurred in Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces. Most of the TC tornadoes were spawned within 500 km of the TC center. Two notable characteristics were found:(1) TC tornadoes in China mainly occurred in the northeast quadrant(Earth-relative coordinates) rather than the right-front quadrant(TC motion-relative coordinates) of the parent TC circulation;and(2) most tornadoes were produced by TCs with a relatively weak intensity(tropical depressions/storms), in contrast with the United States where most tornadoes are associated with stronger TCs. Further analyses showed that TC tornadoes in China tend to be spawned in an environment with large low-level storm relative helicity and large convective available potential energy taking entrainment effects into account. TC tornadoes were particularly active in 2018, with 24 reported tornadoes accounting for 37.5% of the total surveyed samples. The first recorded tornado outbreak in the modern history of China occurred in the envelope of TC Yagi(2018), in which 11 tornadoes were reported in association with significant midlevel intrusions of dry air and the interaction of Yagi with an approaching midlatitude midlevel trough.     

2004年以来长江中下游干流水体高锰酸盐指数时空变化分析

高锰酸盐指数是我国水环境质量评价和污染控制考核的重要指标,其浓度高低能反映水体受到有机物污染的严重程度.2003年三峡水库投入运行后,长江中下游干流水文情势发生了重大变化.为此,研究了长江中下游干流耗氧有机污染物的典型参数——高锰酸盐指数的时空变化特征.结果表明,长江中下游干流水体：2004年以来,高锰酸盐指数总体趋降,且目前已处于较低水平并趋于稳定;不同江段和水期高锰酸盐指数变化趋势不一致;耗氧有机污染物以溶解态为主,且溶解态所占比例沿程趋于降低,南津关、汉口、吴淞口下23 km断面溶解态占比中位值分别为0.862、0.734和0.598;可沉降颗粒物对水体中高锰酸盐指数浓度影响较低,尤其在研究河段上游段,悬浮颗粒中所含耗氧物质占总量比例中位值分别为0.138、0.266和0.402;上游江段水体同一监测断面不同测线和测点间高锰酸盐指数测定值差异不显著;河口段则存在显著差异,尤其是表层和底层之间;沿江城市江段近岸水域水体中耗氧物质污染程度较低,其澄清样中高锰酸盐指数均值在1.91～3.45 mg/L之间,仅局部城市江段和水期出现值高于6.0 mg/L的现象.     

三峡库区的蓄水效应及对仙女山断裂活动的影响

为研究三峡水库蓄水所引起的库区地壳形变和断层活动,运用小波变换分析和处理了大坝附近两个定点形变台(周坪台和宜昌台)的倾斜观测数据,发现蓄水后库区仙女山断裂带的活动发生了一些变化,库区周围的倾斜场发生微动态变化,库区下游区域的倾斜场没有发生明显的变化。     

空间句法及其研究进展

介绍了空间句法的理论基础、空间表示方法及其空间形态分析的变量,指出当前空间句法研究中存在的问题主要有:方法的欠严密性、技术实现的难度性及与现实的差距性。空间句法今后进一步研究的方向为:构建完善的空间分析模型、城市空间的智能性分析、创新轴线地图提取方法及空间句法与GIS的集成。     

虎跳峡龙蟠右岸土石混合体粒度分形特征研究

应用分维理论对虎跳峡龙蟠右岸分布的土石混合体粒度分布的分维规律进行了研究分析,建立了平均粒径与相应的分维数之间的定量关系模型。通过研究表明,土石混合体具有良好的统计自相似性,由于其本身为级配不良土,在分维曲线上表现为双重分形分布,这种特殊的分维分布与土石混合体的成因及形成过程有关。