Oxidation of copper(I) in seawater at nanomolar levels

The oxidation and reduction of nanomolar levels of copper in air-saturated seawater and NaCl solutions has been measured as a function of pH (7.17–8.49), temperature (5–35 °C) and ionic strength (0.1–0.7 M). The oxidation rates were fitted to an equation valid at different pH and ionic strength conditions in sodium chloride and seawater solutions:

The reduction of Cu(II) was studied in both media for different initial concentrations of copper(II). When the initial Cu(II) concentration was 200 nM, the copper(I) productions were 20% and 9% for NaCl and seawater, respectively. The effect of speciation of copper(I) reduced from Cu(II) on the rates was studied. The Cu(I) speciation is dominated by the CuCl₂⁻ species. On the other hand, the neutral chloride CuCl species dominates the Cu(I) oxidation in the range of 0.1 M to 0.7 M chloride concentrations.     

Rhyolite magma degassing: an experimental study of melt vesiculation

 The vesiculation of a peralkaline rhyolite melt (initially containing ∼0.14 wt.% H₂O) has been investigated at temperatures above the rheological glass transition (T _g≈530  °C) by (a) in situ optical observation of individual bubble growth or dissolution and (b) dilatometric measurements of the volume expansion due to vesiculation. The activation energy of the timescale for bubble growth equals the activation energy of viscous flow at relatively low temperatures (650–790  °C), but decreases and tends towards the value for water diffusion at high temperatures (790–925  °C). The time dependence of volume expansion follows the Avrami equation ΔV (t)∼{1–exp [–(t/τ_av) ⁿ ]} with the exponent n=2–2.5. The induction time of nucleation and the characteristic timescale (τ_av) in the Avrami equation have the same activation energy, again equal to the activation energy of viscous flow, which means that in viscous melts (Peclet number <1) the vesiculation (volume expansion), the bubble growth process, and, possibly, the nucleation of vesicles, are controlled by the relaxation of viscous stresses. One of the potential volcanological consequences of such behavior is the existence of a significant time lag between the attainment of a super-saturated state in volatile-bearing rhyolitic magmas and the onset of their expansion. Received: March 20, 1995 / Accepted: October 24, 1995     

GRAPES_GFS中三维参考大气的研究：参考态构造和实际预报试验

GRAPES_GFS（Global Regional Assimilation and PrEdiction System, Global Forecast System）采用基于等温大气构造的一维参考大气,前期的研究工作已在GRAPES_GFS的动力框架中引入了三维参考大气,并通过一系列理想试验检验了新方法的正确性以及计算精度。本部分研究工作,主要针对实际资料的预报试验,对比分析了不同三维参考态给定方法的优劣,并采用气候平均法,进行夏季两个月的四维变分循环预报试验。检验结果显示,使用三维参考大气后,模式的综合预报性能得到了提升,对流层高度场、温度场的预报偏差有所减小,长期积分过程中模式质量损失较为严重的问题也得到了明显的缓解。另外,通过动能谱的对比也可以看到使用三维参考大气后,模式在高层的能量耗散明显较小,能谱变化与观测更加吻合。      

关于动力Alfven波的色散与朗道阻尼

根据完全动力论理论,证明了可由简化漂移动力论方程求得动力Ａｌｆｖｅｎ波色散方程,即横向用磁流体力学方程,纵向用Ｖｌａｓｏｖ方程,在初级近似下由此推导出适合于日冕和太阳风的色散关系和Ｌａｎｄａｕ阻尼,得到在性质上与ＭＨＤ　Ａｌｆｖｅｎ波完全不同的动力Ａｌｆｖｅｎ波,太阳风中Ａｌｆｖｅｎ湍流很容易由动力Ａｌｆｖｅｎ波演化而来。提出由动力Ａｌｆｒｅｎ波构筑太阳风高速流模型将更符合观测结果。     

云南暴雨涡散场动能转换函数的动态分析

对1996年云南主汛期（6－8月）逐日散度风动能和旋转风动能之间的转换函数C（KD,KR）特征进行深入研究,同时分析了C（KD,KR）各项Af、Az、B、C在动能转换函数中所起的作用。研究结果表明,对流层内C（KD,KR）＞0,同时对流层低层的C（K,KR）＞中高层的C（KD,KR）之和．极易出现暴雨过程;Af项在整个动能转换中起主要作用,71％的Af与C（KD,KR）具有相同的符号,Az项和B项在动能转换中起振荡作用,Az＋B控制着29％的动能转换方向。     

太阳风中Alfven脉动耗散

本文从动力论Ａｌｆｖｅｎ 波理论出发, 导出太阳风中的Ａｌｆｖｅｎ 脉动的耗散长度理论由太阳向外传播的Ａｌｆｖｅｎ 脉动存在Ｌａｎｄａｕ 衰减和脉动串级数值计算表明, 该理论能够解释Ｂａｖａｓｓａｎｏ〔３〕等人描述的Ａｌｆｖｅｎ 脉动耗散长度与频率的关系; 同时还表明串级的时间尺度对耗散长度有影响     

A multi-method approach for the study of lanthanum speciation in coastal and estuarine sediments

Two independent analytical methods (sequential extraction and kinetic extraction methods) were applied in order to understand the distribution and speciation of La in the coastal and estuarine sediments from the central east coast of India. Sequential extraction study revealed that La was primarily present as inert complexes (~ 50–60% of the total La) in all the sediments. Amounts of ~ 20–30% of the total La in all the sediments were found to associate with the total organic carbon (TOC) in the sediments. The dissociation rate constants of La–sediment complexes obtained from kinetic extraction studies revealed that the concentration of thermodynamically weak complexes of La gradually increased with the increasing La/TOC ratio in the sediments.