基于WOA13数据的海区位置对北大西洋声波导影响分析

应用WOA13季节平均数据和BELLHOP模型,在季节、声源频率等因素确定的情况下,分10 m表面声源和250 m水下声源,分析北大西洋冬季东、西部海区的声波导情况。在给出不同海区位置的声速场和声波导具体信息的基础上,研究其规律:最小声速值和声道轴深度由直布罗陀海峡向外递减扩散,表层声速值和声速梯度由南向北递减,声跃层存在于低纬度海区,混合层在低纬度通常在100 m以内,在高纬度增加至100 m以上。10 m深度表面声源的汇聚区反转深度随纬度增加逐渐减少,西部海区深于东部海区;西部海区的汇聚区跨度大于东部海区,东西部跨度最大值出现在25°N和15°N,传播损失基本一致。250 m水下声源的汇聚区反转深度浅于10 m深度表面声源时,同样是西部海区大于东部海区,汇聚区跨度呈低-高-低规律,东西部跨度最大值出现在35°N和25°N;东部海区25°N以南、西部海区15°N以南,不同接收深度上的传播损失差异较大,以北差异较小。同时简要叙述了声影区对目标探测的影响。     

季节因素对大西洋声传播的影响分析

以分析季节对大西洋声传播的影响为研究目的,应用WOA13季节平均数据和Mackenzie声速经验公式,分析了大西洋声道轴和表层声速值的四季分布情况,再利用BELLHOP水声学数值模型,在设定的声源频率1 000 Hz和掠射角15°～-15°情况下,仿真计算选用位置点5 m深度声源的四季声传播情况,研究结果表明:按照实际的季节,大西洋会聚区波导的反转深度,冬季最小,春季增大,夏季最大,秋季再减小.在中低纬度的典型声速剖面下,夏季会聚区跨度最大,秋季和冬季递减,春季最小,第一会聚区的四季跨度差在1 km内.在高纬度的正梯度声速剖面下,夏季声传播距离最远,秋季减小,冬季最近,春季增大,且传播距离的差别较大.各变化规律均以四季循环更替的形式出现.     

基于WOA13数据对亚南极锋的季节变化特征研究

海洋锋深刻反映着海洋环境要素的变化,研究海洋锋对渔业和水下声学的应用有着重要的参考价值。WOA13是一种平均格点化数据,对于研究海洋锋季节变化特征有着很好的优势。文中利用WOA13季节平均温度数据,选取0.25经纬度网格数据,对南极洲亚极地锋进行了季节变化特征研究。以绝对梯度的最大值连线画出锋线具体位置,对比不同季节断面T-D分布图的差异,得到了亚极地锋的锋面结构、强度等季节变化信息。     

基于WOA13数据的东海黑潮主轴温度锋特征分析

利用WOA13(1955-2012年)月平均数据提取东海黑潮主轴温度锋信息,并结合海表面温度、PN断面温度结构的季节变化特征,研究东海黑潮主轴温度在垂直方向和水平方向的季节变化,探讨黑潮主轴温度锋季节变化特征,为开展黑潮相关研究提供基础。结果表明WOA13数据对东海黑潮主轴温度锋信息的提取具有较好的效果;在PN断面上,冬、春季节的流核结构最为明显;在130~170 m深度上,东海黑潮主轴温度锋具有明显的季节变化特征,并且可以明显看到黑潮大弯曲的存在;温度锋在150 m上下的深度对黑潮路径的表征较为合理。     

海洋混合层结构对表面声道中声传播特性的影响分析

利用WOA05气候态数据集和北黄海调查数据,应用BELLHOP高斯束射线模型分析了我国近海及西太平洋典型海区的混合层结构对表面声道中声传播特性的影响,结果表明:我国近海的混合层结构有显著的区域性和季节性变化;深海中主要表现为混合层深度变化,这种变化直接影响表面声道的空间分布,声波在混合层中的表面声道中传播与在混合层外的影区中传播产生的能量场差异较大;浅海中混合层深度与声速梯度的空间变化都很明显,声速梯度的增大和混合层的加深都能使更多声线以反转的形式传播,使表面声道声场增强。两组海上实验数据表明,在真实海洋中混合层可在短时间内出现生消变化或在局部海域出现非均匀分布。在浅海温跃层环境下,海-气边界特定的物理过程能够使混合层发生间歇性的变化,当表面声道出现时近表层声场明显增强。     

黑潮延续体温盐锋的时空变化特征及其声场的初步分析

通过对WOA13多年(1955—2012年)季节平均数据的分析,利用绝对梯度最大值连线的方法,得到日本东海岸黑潮延续体温盐锋轴的空间信息,对锋轴线上的锋强度的季节变化特征进行了分析,并利用BELLHOP模型初步讨论了锋区内的声场特点。认为黑潮延续体锋轴线的位置随深度增加逐渐南移,其温盐强度随季节随深度都有明显变化,1—3月份混合层现象明显,此时水下声道受到声源深度的影响明显。     

基于WOA13数据的南大西洋声波导诊断分析

应用WOA13季节平均数据和BELLHOP模型,在季节、声源频率等因素确定的情况下,在分析南大西洋1—3月声速场,划分声速剖面类型和海区的基础上,研究5 m深度声源的声波导情况。声速剖面类型Ⅰ和类型Ⅱ均可形成汇聚区声波导,首先应考虑表层声速值的影响,其次应考虑声道轴深度的影响,且总体上,汇聚区声波导跨度由低纬度向高纬度递减,并根据表层声速值和反转深度的不同,给出了汇聚区的跨度范围。声速剖面类型Ⅲ的声传播形式则为表面声波导。同时,分析了不同声速剖面类型在传播损失上的异同。     

浅海双跃层脉冲声传播

利用在东海测量的双跃层声速剖面和修改的单跃层声速剖面,数值模拟了2种跃层条件下不同收发深度声脉冲传播的波形。模拟结果表明,当声源或接收器位于上混合层时,信号波形在2种条件下都出现梳状多途结构。当声源和接收器都位于下混合层时,信号波形在2种条件下均相似。当声源位于中间均匀层时,信号波形在除上混合层以外的4层都有显著差异。用简正波的深度-简正波号域的幅度和相应的群速度解释了双跃层和单跃层声速剖面条件下信号波形特点以及异同的原因。     

基于WOA18的西北太平洋第一、二岛链间声速特征分析

本文基于WOA18温盐剖面数据集,利用声速经验公式计算了西北太平洋第一、二岛链间海区的声速剖面,研究了声速特征信息的诊断方法。通过提取声跃层、声道轴等声速特征信息,分别对表面声速、声跃层、声道轴进行分析,统计表面声速、声跃层和声道轴在各个季节的分布情况,得到了研究海区不同声学要素的季节变化特征。结果表明,表面声速主要在1 520～1 540 m/s区间变化,等值线基本与纬线平行,呈现出自低纬向高纬递减的趋势,声速值随季节变化较大;声跃层平均位置在低纬海区和高纬海区的差异较大,大约在100～650 m区域,低纬海区的声跃层受季节变化影响小,高纬海区的声跃层受季节变化影响大;声道轴深度基本在800m以深区域,总体上呈现南北深、中间浅的分布态势且四季变化幅度较小。     

西北太平洋水声环境区划及声传播特征

基于2006年Argo资料,计算两北太平洋海域0-1 500 m声速剖面.针对声速结构分类中分类数目难以客观选取和分类结果易陷入局部最优等问题,采用聚类中心动态调整的遗传编码方案和操作算子,充分利用模糊聚类与遗传算法的优势,运用改进的遗传聚类算法对西北太平洋声速剖面进行分类区划基于声场环境区划结果,运用Kraken简正波传播模型(Kraken Normal Wave Propagation Model)模拟典型声速结构的声传播损失场,借助表征声呐效能的优质因数(FO)M),分析典型声速结构的传播损失特征及其对声呐探测、水下潜器等活动的影响     

The Continuous Plankton Recorder survey and the North Atlantic Oscillation: Interannual- to Multidecadal-scale patterns of phytoplankton variability in the North Atlantic Ocean

At interannual to multidecadal time scales, much of the oceanographic and climatic variability in the North Atlantic Ocean can be associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). While evidence suggests that there is a relationship between the NAO and zooplankton dynamics in the North Atlantic Ocean, the phytoplankton response to NAO-induced changes in the environment is less clear. Time series of monthly mean phytoplankton colour values, as compiled by the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey, are analysed to infer relationships between the NAO and phytoplankton dynamics throughout the North Atlantic Ocean. While a few areas display highly significant (p < 0.05) trends in the CPR colour time series during the period 1948–2000, nominally significant (p < 0.20) positive trends are widespread across the basin, particularly on the continental shelves and in a transition zone stretching across the Central North Atlantic. When long-term trends are removed from both the NAO index and CPR colour time series, the correlation between them ceases to be significant. Several hypotheses are proposed to explain the observed variability in the CPR colour and its relationship with climate in the North Atlantic.     

New Determinations of the Ages of Tide in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ages of tide provide relevant information about the spatial distribution of existing anomalies in the normal modes of the oceans, because a delay may be associated with bottom friction energy dissipation, closely located resonances, bathymetric gradients, or radiational effects. The determination of other parameters, such as the age of diurnal tide or age of parallax, also provide further knowledge about the ocean's hydrodynamical response to acting forces. Following the development of new ocean models and the availability of a greater amount of data, these parameters can be redetermined. We present the spatial distribution of these parameters in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, obtained from 507 stations. The results are discussed in terms of bathymetric models, coastal features, sea surface temperature, wind and other environmental factors.     

New Determinations of the Ages of Tide in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ages of tide provide relevant information about the spatial distribution of existing anomalies in the normal modes of the oceans, because a delay may be associated with bottom friction energy dissipation, closely located resonances, bathymetric gradients, or radiational effects. The determination of other parameters, such as the age of diurnal tide or age of parallax, also provide further knowledge about the ocean's hydrodynamical response to acting forces. Following the development of new ocean models and the availability of a greater amount of data, these parameters can be redetermined. We present the spatial distribution of these parameters in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, obtained from 507 stations. The results are discussed in terms of bathymetric models, coastal features, sea surface temperature, wind and other environmental factors.     

Variability and propagation of Labrador Sea Water in the southern subpolar North Atlantic

The variability of two modes of Labrador Sea Water (LSW) (upper and deep Labrador Sea Water) and their respective spreading in the interior North Atlantic Ocean are investigated by means of repeated ship surveys carried out along the zonal WOCE line A2/AR19 located at 43–48°N (1993–2007) and along the GOOS line at about 48–51°N (1997–2002). Hydrographic section data are complemented by temperature, salinity, and velocity time series recorded by two moorings. They have been deployed at the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) in the Newfoundland Basin during 1996–2004. The analysis of hydrographic anomalies at various longitudes points to a gradual eastward propagation of LSW-related signals, which happens on time scales of 3–6 years from the formation region towards the MAR. Interactions of the North Atlantic Current (NAC) with the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) close to Flemish Cap point to the NAC being the main distributor of the different types of LSW into the interior of the Newfoundland Basin. Comparisons between the ship data and the mooring records revealed that the mooring sites are located in a region affected by highly variable flow. The mooring time series demonstrate an elevated level of variability with eddy activity and variability associated with the NAC considerably influencing the LSW signals in this region. Hydrographic data taken from Argo profiles from the vicinity of the mooring sites turned out to mimic quite well the temporal evolution captured by the moorings. There is some indication of occasional southward flow in the LSW layer near the MAR. If this can be considered as a hint to an interior LSW-route, it is at least of minor importance in comparison to the DWBC. It acts as an important supplier for the interior North Atlantic, distributing older and recently formed LSW modes southward along the MAR.     

Temporal Variations in the Dissolved Nutrient Stocks in the Surface Water of the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Changes in patterns of undetectability and molar ratios of dissolved nutrients in the euphotic zone of the oligotrophic western North Atlantic Ocean were investigated utilizing the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) data set of the US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). Our aim was to examine the temporal dynamics of nutrient stocks over a decade (1989∼1998) and to gain insight into the interactions between the different biotic and abiotic factors underlying BATS. Patterns of nutrient undetectability clearly revealed the depleted nature of the nutrients in surface water at the BATS location, particularly phosphorous. The N:P ratio was consistently far above the nominal Redfield ratio (mean, 38.5) but was significantly lower during the 1993∼1994 period (22.1). Over the same period the proportion of samples depleted in N only increased while the proportion of samples depleted in P only decreased. This indicates an overall reduction of N relative to P in the surface water at BATS during the 1993∼1994 period, the reasons for this anomaly, though, are not clear. The correlation analysis between the biotic and abiotic variables at BATS has indicated some interesting relationships that can help understand some of the parameters affecting nutrient stocks in the euphotic zone and their consequent impacts on marine biota. Although nutrient stocks in the oligotrophic environment are limited, they might be subject to interannual variation that may become anomalous in some cases. These variations might underlay significant feedback mechanisms by affecting marine productivity, the prime factor controlling the sequestration of atmospheric CO₂ by the oceans. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Ocean zoning in the Northwest Atlantic

A workshop held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, brought together marine policy makers, resource users and experts to discuss spatial planning in the marine environment. Participants explored concepts of ocean zoning and learned from other jurisdictions and related integrated management initiatives. An ocean user perspectives panel featured plenary addresses on the significance of ocean zoning to various sectors. Discussions at the workshop emphasized the need for involving all key players and clearly defining terms used in the spatial planning process.     

A singular evolutive extended Kalman filter to assimilate ocean color data in a coupled physical–biochemical model of the North Atlantic ocean

Within the European DIADEM project, a data assimilation system for coupled ocean circulation and marine ecosystem models has been implemented for the North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas. One objective of this project is to demonstrate the relevance of sophisticated methods to assimilate satellite data such as altimetry, surface temperature and ocean color, into realistic ocean models. In this paper, the singular evolutive extended Kalman (SEEK) filter, which is an advanced assimilation scheme where three-dimensional, multivariate error statistics are taken into account, is used to assimilate ocean color data into the biological component of the coupled system. The marine ecosystem model, derived from the FDM model [J. Mar. Res. 48 (1990) 591], includes 11 nitrogen and carbon compartments and describes the synthesis of organic matter in the euphotic zone, its consumption by animals of upper trophic levels, and the recycling of detritic material in the deep ocean. The circulation model coupled to the ecosystem is the Miami isopycnic coordinate ocean model (MICOM), which covers the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans with an enhanced resolution in the North Atlantic basin. The model is forced with realistic ECMWF ocean/atmosphere fluxes, which permits to resolve the seasonal variability of the circulation and mixed layer properties. In the twin assimimation experiments reported here, the predictions of the coupled model are corrected every 10 days using pseudo-measurements of surface phytoplankton as a substitute to chlorophyll concentrations measured from space. The diagnostics of these experiments indicate that the assimilation is feasible with a reduced-order Kalman filter of small rank (of order 10) as long as a sufficiently good identification of the error structure is available. In addition, the control of non-observed quantities such as zooplankton and nitrate concentrations is made possible, owing to the multivariate nature of the analysis scheme. However, a too severe truncation of the error sub-space downgrades the propagation of surface information below the mixed layer. The reduction of the actual state vector to the surface layers is therefore investigated to improve the estimation process in the perspective of sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor (SeaWiFS) data assimilation experiments.