印度洋热带环流圈热盐输运及其对区域气候模态的影响

受季风系统影响,热带印度洋的环流具有明显的季节变化,这在北印度洋尤其明显。但在气候平均态意义上,热带印度洋环流在赤道为东向流动,在赤道以南为西向流动,在东、西部边界分别向南、向北流动,从而与其他大洋类似,形成一个相对闭合的热带环流圈,称之为印度洋热带环流圈。立足于此环流圈,从环流热盐输运及其气候影响等方面,综述了相关的研究,讨论了印度洋热带环流系统与温盐分布和区域主要气候模态的关系。     

FGOALS-s2海洋同化系统中东亚夏季风和前冬厄尔尼诺—南方涛动关系的年代际变化

海洋同化系统为年代际预测试验提供初值,其性能可能会影响年代际预测技巧,因此评估其对重要年代际变化现象的模拟能力非常必要。观测发现,东亚夏季风(EASM)和前冬厄尔尼诺—南方涛动(ENSO)的关系在1970s末加强,随后在1990s中期后减弱。基于FGOALS-s2耦合气候模式的海洋同化系统评估了其对这2次年代际变化的模拟能力。结果表明,决定模式能否再现EASM和前冬ENSO关系的年代际变化有2个重要因素:(1)与前冬ENSO有关的夏季印度洋—太平洋海温型的年代际变化;(2)模式西北太平洋反气旋对热带海温的响应偏差。模式中西北太平洋反气旋与东北印度洋的暖海温关系稳定,当1970s末前冬ENSO对夏季印度洋海温影响显著增强时,模式能够模拟出北印度洋降水以及赤道东印度洋至海洋大陆上空Kelvin波的增强,从而可再现EASM与前冬ENSO关系的增强;而1990s中期后模式中与前冬ENSO有关的东北印度洋海温异常进一步增强,与观测相反,使得模式未能再现观测中EASM与前冬ENSO关系的减弱。此外,1990s中期后模式对夏季中太平洋冷海温异常的Rossby波响应存在较大偏差,是其未能再现此次年代际变化的另一个原因。研究表明,与ENSO有关的热带印太海温的年代际变化预测水平和模式对海温的响应偏差将在一定程度上制约模式对EASM与ENSO关系的年代际预测能力。     

赤道印度洋海温异常与偶极子季节变化特征

利用Scripps海温再分析资料,对赤道印度洋0～400m深度范围内海温变化和偶极子异常变化特征进行了初步分析。结果显示,赤道印度洋上层海温呈现西低东高,而次表层以下海温则为西高东低。同时发现,温跃层是赤道印度洋上、下层很好的分界面。温跃层之上海温变化受海气相互作用明显,之下海温变化主要受海洋自身的运动影响。赤道印度洋偶极子现象存在于各个深度,其偶极子指数变化存在半年周期,季节变化表现为双峰双谷型,并从深层（400m）向表层传递。分析发现,海气相互作用不是表层赤道印度洋偶极子变化的决定因素。较深层偶极子变化决定于海洋自身的运动变化特征（如洋流）,并向上层传输,进而影响上层偶极子的异常变化。赤道印度洋偶极子指数由西印度洋和东印度洋海温变化共同制约,但西印度洋海温变化起主导作用,东印度洋仅起到加强或减弱偶极子强度变化的作用。     

利用卫星数据考察平流层传播性行星波活动特征

中层大气是大气波动盛行的区域。这些波动不仅是这里大气扰动的主要形态,伴随其传播的耗散成为作用在背景流场上的动力强迫和作用于环境物质上的湍流混合,影响到了中层大气的各个方面,尤其对一些典型环流结构的形成起着控制作用。简要地回顾了这个研究领域发展的历史。与此同时,利用美国卫星温度探测数据（SABER/TIMED温度数据）考察了平流层（20~70 km高度范围）传播性行星波活动的整体性质,给出了他们的空间分布和年变化形式。利用温度标准差（T SDEV）代表行星波活动的强度,当前研究显示无论在热带外地区或以赤道为中心的热带地区,全年传播性行星波活动都是相当显著的。结合同期定常行星波活动强度分析结果,通过比较说明在热带外地区,传播性波动和定常波动表现出相近的季节活动性;从T SDEV数值看,在定常波活动达到最强的季节(冬末春初),这两类波动活动的强度达到了相当的程度（TSDEV=12~14 K）。当前结果还显示,在定常波活动受到显著抑制的夏季条件下,传播性波动成为平流层行星波活动的主导成分。在赤道地区的分析结果表明传播性波动是这里的控制性波动,并且其活动强度在全年都处在相当稳定的状态;T SDEV分析结果还给出了一个值得关注的现象,从平流层下部开始（20 km高度）逐渐随高度增大（大于2 K）,但是这种随高度增长的趋势在30 km高度左右突然终止;从30 km开始直到中间层底部,T SDEV几乎不随高度变化,这隐含地说明这里的波动处于一种饱和的状态。     

南海–东印度洋海域微生物气溶胶空间分布特征

通过走航观测对南海–东印度洋海域的大气细颗粒物(PM_2.5)(共49个)进行采集,使用DAPI染色荧光显微技术获得微生物气溶胶浓度,开展微生物气溶胶在该海域空间分布特征的研究。结果显示,微生物气溶胶浓度范围在2.14×10⁴～5.93×10⁶ cells·m^-3之间,空间分布明显不均衡,即东印度洋>海峡>南海。在东印度洋海域,微生物气溶胶浓度变化幅度较大,以赤道为界,总体呈现北高南低的趋势。微生物气溶胶的粒径主要分布在0.37～2.5μm之间。南海、海峡和东印度洋赤道以北样品中原核生物占比较高,约65%;而在东印度洋赤道以南,真核生物占比则升高至近50%。最后,本研究根据东印度洋海域微生物气溶胶的差异,对其来源开展研究,揭示了海洋生物分布、海洋环境要素以及人为源远距离传输等因素对于开放海域微生物气溶胶浓度的影响。     

西北太平洋热带气旋和台风活动若干气候问题的研究

热带气旋和台风是严重的突发性自然灾害之一。近20年来,对热带气旋和台风活动的气候学研究成为台风领域的一个重要研究方向,并取得了显著的研究进展。通过对西北太平洋热带气旋和台风活动的季节、年际和年代际时间尺度变化的研究回顾,揭示了造成热带气旋和台风活动不同时间尺度变化的主要影响机制,其中包括低频振荡、季风槽和西传赤道波动、ENSO和QBO现象等,这些系统主要通过改变西北太平洋上空的环流,而影响到西北太平洋热带气旋活动以及登陆我国台风的不同时间尺度变化。还在西北太平洋海域热带气旋和台风活动的气候学研究进展和作者最新的研究成果的基础上,展望了该领域的研究前景,并提出当前此研究领域中一些亟需研究的科学问题,主要包括了季风槽区能量交换、不同海域动力过程、赤道波动演变,以及热带气旋的季节和更长时间尺度的预测。     

浅海底边界动力过程与物质交换研究

浅海底边界动力过程是能量分配、颗粒物输运和水—底边界物质交换的关键环节,深入研究浅海底边界动力过程是提高环境容纳量预测能力的重要前提。分析了国内外该研究方向的进展和现状,提出在黄海中部和长江口外两个典型海区,以集成先进设备的海床基观测平台和水体要素连续观测的研究策略,获得底边界流场结构、水体和底边界湍流混合特征、底耗散动力学参数、底颗粒物浓度和梯度变化等规律,建立潮汐、层化、海浪等不同动力条件下底边界动力过程参数化方案,研究沉积物启动、沉降等动力学规律,以数值模式探讨海底拖曳力变化对潮流和环流结构的影响;了解颗粒物组成的季节变化及对起动、再悬浮、絮凝等动力过程的影响,以颗粒物输运模型研究中国近海沉积物源汇分布;以同位素示踪研究底界面交换对动力过程的响应。为解决面临的2个科学问题：①中国近海底边界能量耗散在能量分配中的作用;②中国近海底边界动力过程、颗粒物输运与物质交换的多时空尺度变化规律,奠定基础。     

岩体夹层应力波能量演化及应力响应特征分析

夹层是常见的地质结构,在地震或爆破荷载作用下,夹层对应力波的传播以及对岩体的响应具有重要的影响。以往对应力波在夹层介质中传播的研究多集中于夹层对应力波的隔振或透射性能,而对应力波在夹层中的多次折、反射过程中能量的演化规律缺乏讨论,对夹层介质的应力响应与破坏没有开展较好地分析。通过理论方法对应力波在夹层内部传播过程中的能量系数的变化规律进行了研究,分析了岩体介质波阻抗和应力波入射角对夹层内外介质中累积波动能量系数的影响规律,以及平面型边坡中软弱夹层的应力响应特征和动态稳定性。研究发现,应力波在夹层内部往复反射过程中,夹层内剩余应力波能量随折、反射发生次数呈指数曲线下降,第4次折、反射后产生的应力波能量可以忽略;夹层内外介质中应力波的累积能量系数的差异随着夹层内外介质波阻抗的相对差异的增大而增大。在平面谐波入射下,边坡内部的夹层中的剪应力和抗剪强度呈波动变化;相对P波,SV波入射会产生较高水平的剪应力,对边坡稳定性影响最大。且SV波入射时,边坡的安全系数对夹层的倾角变化更为敏感,随倾角增大而迅速降低。     

末次盛冰期太平洋赤道辐合带对暖池外热带海表温度变化的敏感性

利用美国NCAR CAM3大气环流模式,分析了末次盛冰期（LGM）两个不同的热带海表温度重建方案中,北半球冬季热带中、西太平洋对流活动及大气环流对暖池外（赤道东太平洋和热带大西洋）热带SST异常的敏感性。结果表明：  1）SST异常首先引起大气环流的改变。  赤道东太平洋对流层下沉增强,而作为经向补偿,副热带东太平洋上升运动增强,其中南半球尤为明显,同时南半球热带中、西太平洋上升运动增强,加剧了该区纬向逆时针环流,说明冰期热带海气耦合过程受气候背景场（如SST）影响很大;   2）大气环流格局改变引起热带中西太平洋的大气加热、对流活动、表层风场及降雨的巨大变化。  140°E以西的婆罗洲和菲律宾区域,总的大气加热减少是由于对流与辐射加热减少所致,对应于该区风场辐散和降雨减少;   而140°E以东的南半球热带中、西太平洋,大气吸收热量增加,对流与辐射加热均增强,总降雨量也随之增加,反映该区赤道辐合带南移并增强。该项研究为探索热带太平洋在冰期/间冰期旋回中的古海洋学变化提供了新的数据支撑。此外,不同重建SST对赤道辐合带的影响比较大,因此利用重建SST进行数值模拟或者利用耦合模式研究LGM热带海气相互作用时,应该十分重视全球热带SST分布特征。     

西太平洋深层西边界流研究进展

中国科学院西太平洋科学观测网实现了对西太平洋深层西边界流的长期连续和组网观测。基于观测网获取的数据并结合模式数据,逐步摸清了深层西边界流在雅浦—马里亚纳海沟连接区季节性入侵西太平洋的路径、流量和动力机制,揭示了地形罗斯贝波引起的深层季节内振荡特征和能量来源,发现了深海与上层海洋和气候变化联系的“高速公路”,改变了以往“深海是死水、杂乱无章和非常缓慢变化”的传统认知,就该方面的创新进展进行了总结,并讨论了下一步太平洋深层环流的观测和研究设想。     

Incursion of the Pacific Ocean Water into the Indian Ocean

Using the data collected during the International Indian Ocean Expedition, maps showing the distribution of depth, acceleration potential, salinity and oxyty were prepared for the northeast monsoon for the four potential thermosteric anomaly surfaces: 160, 120, 80 and 60 cl/t. Zonal components of current along 84°E were computed from the geopotential dynamic heights. From such an analysis, it became clear that low-salinity water from the Pacific intrudes into the western Indian Ocean through the Banda and Timor seas in the upper layers above 100 cl/t surface, while the North Indian Ocean Water penetrates towards the Eastern Archipelago below 100 cl/t surface. The South Equatorial Countercurrent and the Tropical Countercurrent are well depicted on the vertical section of zonal components as well as on the distribution of acceleration potential.     

Ocean sea-ice modelling in the Southern Ocean around Indian Antarctic stations

An eddy-resolving coupled ocean sea-ice modelling is carried out in the Southern Ocean region (9\(^{\circ }\)–78\(^{\circ }\)E; 51\(^{\circ }\)–71\(^{\circ }\)S) using the MITgcm. The model domain incorporates the Indian Antarctic stations, Maitri (11.7\({^{\circ }}\)E; 70.7\({^{\circ }}\)S) and Bharati (76.1\({^{\circ }}\)E; 69.4\({^{\circ }}\)S). The realistic simulation of the surface variables, namely, sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), surface currents, sea ice concentration (SIC) and sea ice thickness (SIT) is presented for the period of 1997–2012. The horizontal resolution of the model varies between 6 and 10 km. The highest vertical resolution of 5 m is taken near the surface, which gradually increases with increasing depths. The seasonal variability of the SST, SSS, SIC and currents is compared with the available observations in the region of study. It is found that the SIC of the model domain is increasing at a rate of 0.09% per month (nearly 1% per year), whereas, the SIC near Maitri and Bharati regions is increasing at a rate of 0.14 and 0.03% per month, respectively. The variability of the drift of the sea-ice is also estimated over the period of simulation. It is also found that the sea ice volume of the region increases at the rate of 0.0004 \(\hbox {km}^{3}\) per month (nearly 0.005 \(\hbox {km}^{3}\) per year). Further, it is revealed that the accumulation of sea ice around Bharati station is more as compared to Maitri station.     

Research Progress of Long-term Ocean Temperature Changes in the Southern Ocean

In the recent decades， a large amount of anthropogenic heat has been absorbed and stored in the Southern Ocean. Results from observations and climate models' simulations both show that the Southern Ocean displays large warming in the upper and subsurface ocean that maximizes at 45°~40°S. However， the underlying mechanisms and evolution processes of the Southern Ocean temperature changes remain unclear， leaving the Southern Ocean to be a hotspot of climate change studies in the recent years. The present study summarized the current progress in the observations and numerical modeling of long-term temperature changes in the Southern Ocean. The effects of changes in wind， surface heat flux， sea-ice and other factors on the ocean temperature changes were presented， along with the introduction to the role of oceanic mean circulation and eddies. The present study further proposed that a deepening of the understanding in the Southern Ocean temperature change may be achieved by investigating the fast and slow responses of the Southern Ocean to external radiative forcing， which are respectively associated with the fast adjustments of the ocean mixed-layer and the slow evolution of the deep ocean. Specifically， the striking and fast mixed-layer ocean warming north of 50°S is tightly related to the surface heat absorption over upwelling regions and wind-driven meridional heat transport， resulting in enhanced warming around 45°S. While in the slow response of the Southern Ocean temperature， the enhanced ocean warming shifts southward and downward， mainly associating with the heat transfer from oceanic eddies. The Southern Ocean temperature has pronounced climatic effects on many aspects， such as global energy balance， sea-level rise， ocean stratification changes， regional surface warming and atmospheric circulation changes. However， large model biases/deficiencies in simulating the present-day climatology and essential ocean dynamic processes last in generations of climate models， which are the main challenge in advancing our understanding in the mechanisms for the Southern Ocean climate changes. Therefore， to achieve reliable future projections of the Southern Ocean climate， substantial efforts will be needed to improve the model performances and physical understanding in the relative role of various processes in ocean temperature changes at different time scales.     

古亚洲洋与古特提斯洋关系初探

从板块构造研究中国古生代洋陆关系和构造-岩浆-成矿作用,离不开对古亚洲洋和古特提斯洋的关系判断,特别是对于中国西北部的研究,两个古生代大洋形成演化和关系是理清重要地质构造和成矿事件的关键。本文认为早古生代的原特提斯洋与古亚洲洋应连为一体,合称古亚洲-原特提斯洋,简称古亚洲洋。古亚洲洋是发育于早古生代劳亚大陆与冈瓦纳大陆之间的大洋,金川超大型铜镍矿床的形成是元古宙罗迪尼亚超大陆裂解三叉裂谷开启大洋的开始,塔里木陆块作为古亚洲洋南岸的一个陆块,早古生代的昆仑洋、祁连洋和秦岭洋只是古亚洲洋的分支或次生洋盆,这些次生洋盆于志留纪末闭合,古亚洲洋主洋则直到晚古生代泥盆纪末才闭合。石炭纪天山及邻区是古亚洲洋闭合后板块构造后碰撞机制与地幔柱作用提供热动力的两种地球动力学机制并存的构造背景,为大规模壳幔混合(染)岩浆作用和成矿爆发提供了可能。古特提斯洋是古亚洲洋在晚古生代的发展和继承,东昆仑夏日哈木超大型铜镍矿床的产生是冈瓦纳大陆北侧志留纪末破裂三叉裂谷开启大洋的开始,塔里木和华北等泛华夏陆块群构成了古特提斯洋北岸陆缘,石炭纪大洋形成,西昆仑玛尔坎苏大型优质锰矿可能就形成于大洋北侧被动大陆边缘的浅海或陆表海,成矿物质则很可能来自于同时代的大洋中脊。德尔尼大型铜钴矿为晚石炭世大洋中脊塞浦路斯型块状硫化物矿床。而铜峪沟大型铜矿和大场大型金矿等则分别为古特提斯洋消减俯冲岛弧岩浆作用矽卡岩-斑岩矿床和浅成低温热液矿床。中三叠世末古特提斯洋闭合。     

从海洋内部研究海洋

几百年来,人类总是从海洋外面——在船上或者岸上研究海洋。随着技术的最新发展,人类现在可以从海洋内部来研究海洋。简要讨论了海底观测系统和活动观测平台为各领域的海洋研究提供的空前机遇,并指出中国发展海洋科学必须对这一新趋势给予密切注意。     

Phosphorus Cycle in the Ocean

The behavior of phosphorus is considered at major stages of the sedimentary cycle beginning with supply sources for its delivery into the ocean to precipitation and its sedimentation, localization and subsequent diagenetic redistribution in bottom sediments. River runoff represents the main phosphorus source in the ocean. It delivers annually about 1.5 Mt of dissolved phosphorus and more than 20 Mt of suspended phosphorus into the ocean. Up to 80% of the suspended phosphorus incorporated in the lithogenic material precipitates within submarine continental margins. Phosphorus dissolved in seawater repeatedly participates in biogeochemical processes owing to its assimilation by phytoplankton that annually consumes from 1.5 to 2.5 Gt of phosphorus. Dissolved phosphorus is incorporated in organic remains and precipitates from seawater by a biogenic mechanism, too. Only a part of phosphorus settled onto the bottom is buried in sediments. Due to reducing diagenetic processes, up to 30–40% of the primarily precipitated phosphorus diffuses from the upper layer of sediments into bottom water. Diffusion flux into the ocean significantly exceeds the supply of dissolved phosphorus from river runoff. The absolute mass phosphorus dispersed in sediments is several orders of magnitude greater than the mass concentrated in phosphorite deposits. However, the majority of phosphorite formation epochs coincide with the intensification of total phosphorus accumulation in marine sediments in conditions of humid climate, intense chemical weathering of rocks on continents, and considerable expansion of the oceanic shelf area.     

Mercury in the Southern Ocean

We present here the first mercury speciation study in the water column of the Southern Ocean, using a high-resolution south-to-north section (27 stations from 65.50°S to 44.00°S) with up to 15 depths (0-4440 m) between Antarctica and Tasmania (Australia) along the 140°E meridian. In addition, in order to explore the role of sea ice in Hg cycling, a study of mercury speciation in the “snow-sea ice-seawater” continuum was conducted at a coastal site, near the Australian Casey station (66.40°S; 101.14°E). In the open ocean waters, total Hg (Hg_T) concentrations varied from 0.63 to 2.76 pmol L⁻¹ with “transient-type” vertical profiles and a latitudinal distribution suggesting an atmospheric mercury source south of the Southern Polar Front (SPF) and a surface removal north of the Subantartic Front (SAF). Slightly higher mean Hg_T concentrations (1.35 ± 0.39 pmol L⁻¹) were measured in Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) compared to Antarctic Intermediate water (AAIW) (1.15 ± 0.22 pmol L⁻¹). Labile Hg (Hg_R) concentrations varied from 0.01 to 2.28 pmol L⁻¹, with a distribution showing that the Hg_T enrichment south of the SPF consisted mainly of Hg_R (67 ± 23%), whereas, in contrast, the percentage was half that in surface waters north of PFZ (33 ± 23%). Methylated mercury species (MeHg_T) concentrations ranged from 0.02 to 0.86 pmol L⁻¹. All vertical MeHg_T profiles exhibited roughly the same pattern, with low concentrations observed in the surface layer and increasing concentrations with depth up to an intermediate depth maximum. As for Hg_T, low mean MeHg_T concentrations were associated with AAIW, and higher ones with AABW. The maximum of MeHg_T concentration at each station was systematically observed within the oxygen minimum zone, with a statistically significant MeHg_Tvs Apparent Oxygen Utilization (AOU) relationship (p < 0.001). The proportion of Hg_T as methylated species was lower than 5% in the surface waters, around 50% in deep waters below 1000 m, reaching a maximum of 78% south of the SPF. At Casey coastal station Hg_T and Hg_R concentrations found in the “snow-sea ice-seawater” continuum were one order of magnitude higher than those measured in open ocean waters. The distribution of Hg_T there suggests an atmospheric Hg deposition with snow and a fractionation process during sea ice formation, which excludes Hg from the ice with a parallel Hg enrichment of brine, probably concurring with the Hg enrichment of AABW observed in the open ocean waters. Contrastingly, MeHg_T concentrations in the sea ice environment were in the same range as in the open ocean waters, remaining below 0.45 pmol L⁻¹. The MeHg_T vertical profile through the continuum suggests different sources, including atmosphere, seawater and methylation in basal ice. Whereas Hg_T concentrations in the water samples collected between the Antarctic continent and Tasmania are comparable to recent measurements made in the other parts of the World Ocean (e.g., Soerensen et al., 2010), the Hg species distribution suggests distinct features in the Southern Ocean Hg cycle: (i) a net atmospheric Hg deposition on surface water near the ice edge, (ii) the Hg enrichment in brine during sea ice formation, and (iii) a net methylation of Hg south of the SPF.