A proposed format for geotechnical data

Large quantities of raw geotechnical data presently exist in the individual collections of institutions and agencies throughout the world. In order to increase the usefulness of this vast amount of data to the scientific community, the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) intends to develop a comprehensive data bank for geotechnical information to be located at NGDC, along with a common format for the exchange of geotechnical information. This format would facilitate not only the transfer of geotechnical information between researchers, but also simplify the exchange and development of computer software with which to manipulate the data.     

Inter-comparison of model-predicted wave heights with satellite altimeter measurements in the north Indian Ocean

A numerical model based on a wind-wave energy transport formulation of Toba is developed to generate hindcast wave height data for the equatorial and the north Indian Ocean, which is otherwise a data-sparse region. The intercomparison between model-predicted wave heights for three years (1987–1989) obtained utilising analysed surface wind fields' data, and model grid averaged GEOSAT Altimeter significant wave height data showed moderate match, particularly for H_S greater than 1 m.     

Tidal exchange through Naruto,Akashi and Kitan Straits

In order to re-evaluate the water volume exchange through Naruto Strait, we have performed a numerical experiment (nonlinear barotropic model including the actual depth of water and the details of shoreline) where trajectories of a number of labeled particles are calculated during a full cycle of the M₂ tidal current. The ratio of water volume exchanged through Naruto Strait to that through Akashi Strait is found to be twice as large as the previously estimated value. The calculated water exchange rate is 104 % for Naruto Strait, 52 % for Akashi Strait and 28 % for Kitan Strait. In the case where the tide-induced residual current is excluded from the calculated velocity field (i.e. considering only the M₂ current), the calculated exchange rate maintains the level of 68 % for Naruto Strait, 18 % for Akashi Strait and 11 % for Kitan Strait, respectively. The mechanism of tidal exchange through these three straits is discussed, and it is shown that a suitable exchange rate is obtained by starting the calculation of trajectories of labeled particles at the time of either a maximum ebb- or flood-current.     

基于XML的海洋环境基础数据格式转换的研究

针对当前海洋科学研究、海洋预报、海洋环境保护等工作中遇到的海洋环境基础数据格式不一致的问题,通过对数据语义、语法、结构的分析,建立数据之间格式转换模型,在此基础上提出基于可扩展标记语言(XML)转换模板的数据格式转换体系,并以台站观测温盐数据为例,设计编写程序成功实现数据间的格式转换。     

多波束UNB数据文件格式的解析及应用

对多波束UNB数据文件格式进行了解析,阐述了UNB文件格式的内部记录结构,即系统参数记录、声速剖面记录、导航记录和测深记录等。设计了能读取UNB文件所包含的船参数、声速剖面、导航信息和多波束各波束信息的原始多波束数据格式读取模,经与CTD实测声速剖面得到的数据进行对比可知,读取的结果准确、可靠。     

基于HYPACK的矢量航迹线生成方法研究

为了将HYPACK导航软件记录的导航数据用于地理制图,探讨了基于HYPACK原始导航数据的矢量航迹线几种生成方法,并给出了每种方法的具体思路。对这几种方法进行比较发现:按照Global Mapper中矢量文件的文本格式生成矢量航迹线文件最为简单,效率较高;直接编码生成法比较直观、容易理解,但实现效率较低,实现过程较为复杂。在.Net环境下编制了统一框架下生成几种格式的文本文件的小工具,经过验证取得了较好的效果。     

Horizontal convective water exchange above a sloping bottom: The mechanism of its formation and an analysis of its development

The mechanism of the formation of horizontal temperature/density gradients above underwater coastal slopes of natural basins due to heating/cooling from the surface is considered. It is shown that the time required for formation of the gradients is rather small (tens of minutes for a thermocline depth of tens of meters), but the development of the corresponding flows may not be accomplished even in a day long cycle. The time dependence of the horizontal water exchange between the shallow and deep areas is analytically treated. The spatial scale of the problem is the main parameter that defines the resulting quasi-stationary value of the flow rate. The joint analysis of the published field, laboratory, and numerical data of many authors in the range of the above-slope depths of 10⁻² m < d < 3 × 10² m (d ≤ D, where D is the thickness of the upper thermally active layer of a basin) indicates that the relation between the value of the horizontal quasi-stationary volumetric flow rate and the local depth looks like Q = 0.00l3 × d ^1.37 (R ² = 0.96). The horizontal convective water exchange is shown to be generally two-layered, ageostrophic, and exhibits its maximum flow rate at the end of the slope. The inferences agree well with the field data and conclusions of other authors.     

Matlab对基于二进制-XML混合格式的SMOS盐度数据的提取方法与实现

基于二进制-XML混合文件格式的SMOS盐度数据的处理和延伸应用仍处于初级阶段,其前提是对SMOS数据的提取.本文详细介绍了SMOS的文件格式和利用Matlab对SMOS文件进行读写操作的方法,在此基础上给出了提取SMOS数据的流程图和实例,为SMOS数据产品的开发等下了基础.     

国产螯合离子交换树脂在海水分析中的应用——Ⅰ.海水中重金属的化学形态的测定

螯合离子交换树脂,具有离子交换和络合反应的特性,有可能从海水中选择地络合吸附微量重金属元素.1968年,Riley等[1]首先引用Chelex-100螯合离子交换树脂,进行海水中29种金属离子的吸附与解吸试验.     

Detection of systematic errors in XBT data and their correction

Comparison experiment between XBT of T-7 probe and CTD was conducted at 15 stations in the sea area centered on 29°N, 135°E in December 1985. There were systematic errors in XBT temperature profiles in comparison with CTD temperature profiles. The main cause of errors was attributed to an error in the free-fall speed of the XBT probes which was provided by the XBT maker. A previous equation for depth correction proposed by Heinmilleret al. (1983) could not give effective correction for our data. A new equation between the probe depth and the elapsed time from landing of the probe on the water was obtained by the method of adjusting temperature gradients of XBT profiles to those of CTD profiles. This equation agreed with the theoretical result given by Seaver and Kuleshov (1982) much better than that of Heinmilleret al. (1983). Systematic errors due to a scatter of values of the reference resistance and variation of B-constant of thermistors used in XBT also seemed to exist. After an adjustment using the temperature difference between XBT and CTD in the mixed layer with depths of about 100 m, the standard deviation of temperature difference between XBT and CTD from the surface to the depth of 750 m was 0.14°C.     

A community-wide intercomparison exercise for the determination of dissolved iron in seawater

The first large-scale international intercomparison of analytical methods for the determination of dissolved iron in seawater was carried out between October 2000 and December 2002. The exercise was conducted as a rigorously “blind” comparison of 7 analytical techniques by 24 international laboratories. The comparison was based on a large volume (700 L), filtered surface seawater sample collected from the South Atlantic Ocean (the “IRONAGES” sample), which was acidified, mixed and bottled at sea. Two 1-L sample bottles were sent to each participant. Integrity and blindness were achieved by having the experiment designed and carried out by a small team, and overseen by an independent data manager. Storage, homogeneity and time-series stability experiments conducted over 2.5 years showed that inter-bottle variability of the IRONAGES sample was good (< 7%), although there was a decrease in iron concentration in the bottles over time (0.8–0.5 nM) before a stable value was observed. This raises questions over the suitability of sample acidification and storage.     

GPS-OEM原始数据向接收机自主交换格式的转换

介绍了全球定位系统接收机自主交换格式(R INEX)标准数据文件,然后以SuperStar GPS-OEM主板接收的二进制原始数据为例,详细介绍GPS主板原始数据向标准的R INEX数据格式的转换方法及编程实现。该方法对不同类型的GPS(OEM)接收机原始数据处理具有借鉴作用。     

对RINEX格式GPS观测文件的压缩算法研究及软件实现

针对RINEX格式的GPS观测数据文件,利用观测数据的相关性设计一种新的压缩算法,并进行了对算法的软件编制以及试验。实现了对观测文件的快速、无损压缩。试验证明,这种压缩算法对RINEX格式的GPS观测数据文件的压缩比率在75％左右,优于常用的Huffman、改进半字节等算法。     

Experimental estimation of the coefficient of vertical turbulent exchange in a stratified layer of the black sea near the continental slope

On the basis of the data of field measurements, we present the results of numerical analysis of the intensity of vertical turbulent exchange in stratified layers of the Black Sea in the region of the shelf–continental-slope boundary depending on the local stratification. The experiments were carried out within the framework of the GEF/BSERP and Black Sea-2004 international projects. The data were obtained by using a probing version of the Sigma-1 measuring complex. In processing the data of measurements, we apply a procedure of evaluation of the coefficient of vertical turbulent diffusion depending on the external conditions based on the analysis of the spectra of the gradient of temperature fluctuations. For the two studied regions of the shelf, the coefficients of turbulent exchange turn out to be much higher (by about an order of magnitude) than for the open sea under similar conditions. This can be explained by the specific features of the bottom topography affecting the dynamics of quasiinertial waves playing to role of the main causes of small-scale mixing and vertical diffusion. Translated from Morskoi Gidrofizicheskii Zhurnal, No. 6, pp. 14–24, November–December, 2008.     

基于MapInfo交换格式的空间属性数据符号化表达

通过对M apInfo交换格式的分析,介绍了如何实现基于M apInfo交换格式的空间属性数据符号化表达,在进行空间地理数据的处理方面具有一定的参考和应用价值。     

Additional evidence of LIW entrainment across the Algerian subbasin by mesoscale eddies and not by a permanent westward flow

The circulation of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) in the Algerian subbasin (western basin of the Mediterranean sea) has been much debated for more than fifteen years now. Together with the old circulation diagrams, several numerical models claim that a branch of LIW is permanently flowing westwards across the Algerian subbasin, i.e. directly from the Channel of Sardinia towards the Strait of Gibraltar. Only a few models support the fact that the unique continuous flow of LIW is structured as an alongslope counterclockwise vein, which is thus directed northwards off Sardinia in the Algerian subbasin, and hence support the diagram published by Millot in 1987 [Millot, C. (1987a) Circulation in the Western Mediterranean. Oceanologica Acta 10(2), 143–149]. According to this diagram, any little mixed LIW found in the central subbasin corresponds to fragments which have been pulled away from the vein and entrained there by mesoscale eddies originated from the Algerian Current. The ELISA experiment (1997–1998), as a follow-up of other ones conducted since about 15 years, was designed partly to validate the diagram. In addition to about 40 current meters set in place for one year, four main campaigns were conducted with a sampling strategy guided in real time by infrared satellite information. The data set we present clearly provides additional evidence that the little mixed LIW found in the central Algerian subbasin has been entrained there by the mesoscale eddies and not by a permanent westward flow.     

A Lagrangian biogeochemical study of an eddy in the Northeast Atlantic

We report the results of an experiment in the Northeast Atlantic in which sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) was released within an eddy and the behaviour of trace gases, nutrients and productivity followed within a Lagrangian framework over a period of 24 days. Measurements were also made in the air above the eddy in order to estimate air-sea exchange rates for some components. The physical, biological and biogeochemical properties of the eddy resemble those of other eddies studied in this area, suggesting that the results we report may be applicable beyond the specific eddy studied. During a period of low wind speed at the start of the experiment, we are able to quantitatively describe and balance the nutrient and carbon budgets for the eddy. We also report concentrations of various trace gases in the region which are similar to those observed in other studies and we estimate exchange rates for several trace gases. We show that the importance of gas exchange over other loss terms varies with time and also varies for the different gases. We show that the various trace gases considered (CO₂, dimethyl sulphide (DMS), N₂O, CH₄, non-methane-hydrocarbons, methyl bromide, methyl iodide and volatile selenium species) are all influenced by physical and biological processes, but the overall distribution and temporal variability of individual gases are different to one another. A storm disrupted the stratification in the eddy during the experiment, resulting in enhanced nutrient supply to surface waters, enhanced gas exchange rates and a change in plankton community, which we quantify, although overall productivity was little changed. Emphasis is placed on the regularity of storms in the temperate ocean and the importance of these stochastic processes in such systems.     

Natural air–sea flux of CO2 in simulations of the NASA-GISS climate model: Sensitivity to the physical ocean model formulation

Results from twin control simulations of the preindustrial CO₂ gas exchange (natural flux of CO₂) between the ocean and the atmosphere are presented here using the NASA-GISS climate model, in which the same atmospheric component (modelE2) is coupled to two different ocean models, the Russell ocean model and HYCOM. Both incarnations of the GISS climate model are also coupled to the same ocean biogeochemistry module (NOBM) which estimates prognostic distributions for biotic and abiotic fields that influence the air–sea flux of CO₂. Model intercomparison is carried out at equilibrium conditions and model differences are contrasted with biases from present day climatologies. Although the models agree on the spatial patterns of the air–sea flux of CO₂, they disagree on the strength of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean sinks mainly because of kinematic (winds) and chemistry (pCO₂) differences rather than thermodynamic (SST) ones. Biology/chemistry dissimilarities in the models stem from the different parameterizations of advective and diffusive processes, such as overturning, mixing and horizontal tracer advection and to a lesser degree from parameterizations of biogeochemical processes such as gravitational settling and sinking. The global meridional overturning circulation illustrates much of the different behavior of the biological pump in the two models, together with differences in mixed layer depth which are responsible for different SST, DIC and nutrient distributions in the two models and consequently different atmospheric feedbacks (in the wind, net heat and freshwater fluxes into the ocean).     

A Comparison of Near-Bed Acoustic Backscatter and Laser Diffraction Measurements of Suspended Sediments

As part of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR, Arlington, VA) mine burial program, an experiment was conducted off the pier at Santa Cruz, CA, to measure the near-bed suspended sediment reference concentration under waves and currents. Two tripods were deployed to carry out the measurements; one consisting mainly of acoustical instrumentation and the other solely of optical instruments. The tripods were located within 15 m of one another on a sandy bed and measurements of the suspended sediment were made using acoustics and optics. Although the experiment was not primarily designed to conduct an intercomparison of acoustical and optical measurements, it was considered interesting to take advantage of the situation and to examine if these two techniques gave comparable results. In particular, measurements of particle size and concentration, obtained using a triple frequency acoustic backscatter system (ABS) have been compared with the commercially available laser miniature scattering and transmissometry instrument (MSCAT). It was found that the mean grain size estimated by the two methods was consistent; however, in contrast, the concentration time series showed differences, both in magnitude and form.     

ShapeFile与军用交换格式数据转换的研究与实现

通过对ShapeFile数据格式与军用标准格式的分析比较,指出了它们之间在对描述地理实体的分类分级、编码体系、属性结构等方面存在的差异。在对数据构成进行分析的基础上,提出了采用编写转换软件的方案来解决ShapeFile数据向军用交换格式数据的转换,重点解决了转换过程中的数据构成转换、数学基础转换、属性信息转换和注记要素提取的问题。