Surface reflectance of sea ice and under-ice irradiance in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Initial results from a field experiment on fast ice in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, in March 2002 are presented. We measured surface reflectance and under-ice irradiance using an advanced, portable spectroradiometer sensitive in the visible and near-infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e. 350-1100 nm. Under-ice irradiance (UV-A, UV-B and photosynthetically active radiation [PAR]) was measured down to depths of 7.5 m by vertical profiling using a six-channel radiometer. We also present model results of wavelength-dependent transmittance of radiation through a combined snow and sea ice layer for various thicknesses of snow. Model results show that the snow and sea ice is more transparent for solar radiation in the PAR region (400-700 nm) than at shorter and longer wavelengths. This is confirmed by the field measurements. Even very thin snow layers on top of the sea ice efficiently prevent solar radiation from penetrating the snow–sea ice system. For example, a 5 cm thick snow layer reduces under-ice irradiance in the PAR region with a factor of about 10. Measurements of under-ice UV irradiance show that both UV-A and UV-B irradiance is reduced with a factor of more than 10 at depths of 7.5 m below the ice compared to at the ice-sea water interface.     

红砂(Reaumuria soongorica)黄酮类物质代谢及其抗氧化活性对UV-B辐射的响应

对荒漠植物红砂(Reaumuria soongorica)在UV-B辐射胁迫下不同时间内(0、2、4、6、8、10d)脂质过氧化、叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量的变化以及黄酮类代谢途径关键酶活性、代谢产物及代谢产物的抗氧化活性进行了分析,探讨黄酮类代谢响应UV-B辐射胁迫的变化以及与脂质过氧化和光合色素系统的相关性。结果表明:随着UV-B辐射处理时间的延长,叶绿素含量有所降低;类胡萝卜素含量升高;膜脂过氧化程度(以丙二醛(MDA)含量表示)增加;黄酮类代谢途径关键酶黄烷酮3-羟化酶(F3H)活性呈现先增加后降低的趋势,但仍高于处理前水平,二氢黄酮醇4-还原酶(DFR)活性增强,代谢终产物总黄酮含量先降低后恢复至处理前水平,花色素苷(ANS)含量上升;DFR活性、黄酮类代谢产物ANS及总黄酮对DPPH清除率和对MDA形成的抑制率均与MDA以及光合色素系统之间存在显著或极显著的相关性。这表明次生物质黄酮类代谢途径在UV-B胁迫下发挥了抗氧化功能,提高红砂对在UV-B辐射下的自我保护能力。     

Effect of solar radiation and the subsequent dark periods on two newly isolated and characterized Antarctic marine bacteria

Two strains of psychrotolerant Antarctic marine bacteria were isolated and characterized using biochemical and molecular techniques. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene showed that UVvi strain belongs to the genus Arthrobacter whereas UVps strain is related to the Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides (FCB) group. Response of the strains to solar radiation was studied during the summer of 1999 in Potter Cove, near Jubany station (South Shetland Island, Antarctica). The effect of photosynthetically available radiation (PAR, 400-700 nm), ultraviolet-A (UV-A, 320-400 nm) and ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B, 280-320 nm) on cell viability was studied using mixed cultures in quartz bottles covered with interferential filters and exposed to solar radiation. In all experiments, four treatments were used: dark (with light screened out), PAR (with UV radiation screened out), PAR+UV-A (UV-B screened out) and PAR+UV-A+UV-B. Under the assayed conditions, PAR+UV-A and PAR+UV-A+UV-B radiation showed similar negative effects on the viability of the studied strains. However, at the end of the exposure time, mortality values in PAR+UV-A+UV-B treatments were higher than those observed under PAR+UV-A treatments. In both PAR+UV-A and PAR+UV-A+UV-B treatments we observed high levels of hydrogen peroxide compared with the dark control. The Arthrobacter UVvi strain showed significant recovery in dark conditions after exposure to the PAR+UV-A but not after the PAR+UV-A+UV-B treatment. This strain proved to be more resistant to UV radiation than the FCB group-related UVps strain. The results showed that UV radiation has a deleterious effect on these Antarctic marine bacteria and also revealed that the analysed components of the Antarctic bacterioplankton may have different responses when they are exposed to the same irradiance conditions.     

三种UV-B辐射强度下香蒲的生长和抗氧化状况

为了探究3种UV-B辐射强度对香蒲(Typha orientalis)生长和抗氧化状况的作用,于2017年5月19日~7月17日,在甘肃农业大学室外实验基地,构建模拟垂直潜流人工湿地,在其中栽种香蒲幼苗;在3种UV-B辐射强度[168μw/cm(自然光照下)、210μw/cm和252μw/cm]下,测定香蒲的生长和抗氧化指标。研究结果表明,随着UV-B辐射增强,香蒲叶片提前出现叶缘褪绿、萎蔫和坏死斑点等现象;在短时间3种强度的UV-B辐射下,香蒲的株高和生物量都显著增大,但是随着辐射时间的增加,香蒲的生长受到抑制,且生物量表现出向地下积累的规律;在实验前14 d,随着UV-B辐射强度的增强,香蒲叶片的丙二醛、抗坏血酸和还原型谷胱甘肽含量以及超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶和谷胱甘肽还原酶活性都显著提高,14 d以后,其逐渐降低;在实验的不同时期,在植物生长中起主要作用的抗氧化酶和抗氧化物质存在差异。在UV-B辐射下,香蒲通过提高其抗氧化酶活性和抗氧化物质的含量,来抵抗UV-B辐射对其造成的损伤。     

隐花植物对UV-B辐射响应和适应机制的研究进展

 隐花植物是指不产生种子的植物,是我国干旱、半干旱地区主要表面特征——生物土壤结皮的组成成分,并在其中扮演着独特而重要的生态作用。隐花植物对环境因子变化的响应和适应能力大小对整个生态系统稳定性具有重要影响。因此,有关增强UV-B辐射对隐花植物影响的研究已成为目前UV-B辐射研究领域的发展趋势和热点之一。通过系统地综述国内外有关隐花植物对UV-B辐射响应和适应机制研究方面的进展,分析了研究趋势,讨论了目前该领域研究的一些不足并对未来发展提出了展望,以期促进隐花植物的研究,加深对我国干旱、半干旱区隐花植物在应对UV-B辐射增强的响应和适应机制的认识。     

Effects of ozone depletion and increased ultraviolet-B radiation on northern vegetation

The stratospheric ozone layer has been depleted at high and mid-latitudes as a consequence of man's pollution of the atmosphere, and this results in increasing ultraviolet-B radiation at ground level. We investigate the effects of further radiation increases on plants and ecosystems by irradiating natural sub-Arctic and Arctic vegetation with artificial UV-B radiation in field experiments extending over several years. Our experimental sites are located at Abisko, in northern Sweden (68°N), and Adventdalen, on the island of Spitsbergen (78°N). Additional UV-B induced interspecific differences in plant response in terms of reduced (or, in one case, increased) growth, changed morphology and changed pigment content. In some cases effects seem to be accumulated from one year to another. Plant litter decomposition is retarded. We are also studying how UV-B enhancement may affect the interaction between species. In some experiments we combine UV-B enhancement with changes in other factors: carbon dioxide concentration, water availability, and temperature. In some cases the effect of radiation enhancement is modified, or even reversed, by such changes. Over a four year period we did not find any significant radiation induced change in species composition, but based on the effects on individual plant species, such changes can be expected to take place over a longer time.     

绿洲荒漠过渡带夏季晴天地表辐射和能量平衡及小气候特征

利用张掖试验基地2006年6月24日至7月17日的加密观测资料,系统分析了夏季典型晴天张掖绿洲荒漠过渡带地表辐射收支和地表能量平衡特征及小气候特征。结果表明:夏季晴天绿洲荒漠过渡带总辐射值还是比较大的,并且净辐射值也很大,这说明绿洲荒漠过渡带地表具有比较充足的可利用热能,为加热大气和土壤提供了必要的热能条件。在地表能量分配中,晴天绿洲荒漠过渡区主要用于大气运动引起的感热交换,其次是土壤交换,用于水蒸发相变的能量相对较小。近地层空气温度和湿度的变化刚好相反。气温白天随高度的增加而递增,夜晚随高度的增加而递减。近地层大气温度变化要比地表温度缓慢。白天土壤辐射增温,越接近地表增温越快,夜间辐射冷却,地表温度下降最为明显。近地层水平风速在白天较大,夜间逐渐减小。在绿洲荒漠过渡带全天以上升气流为主,水平风速随高度增加明显递增。     

光照与紫外辐射对亚热带树木叶片排放CH4的影响

植物排放甲烷（CH4）的来源尚存很大争议,而光照和紫外辐射胁迫可能是植物排放CH4的重要影响因素．本研究选择亚热带常见树种米槠、木荷、浙江桂、罗浮栲、杉木、马尾松和柑橘7种树木为研究对象,利用控制实验研究了光照和增强紫外辐射对树木叶片CH4排放的影响．结果表明：7种树木叶片的平均CH4排放速率在光照条件下（21.176ng·CH4·g^-1DW·h^-1）是在黑暗条件下（9．699ng·CH4·g^-1DW·h^-1）的2．2倍,光照对不同树木叶片CH4排放速率的影响具有显著差异;在高UV-B辐射强度处理下,除浙江桂和柑橘外,其他5种树木的CH4排放速率均显著高于低UV—B辐射强度处理的CH4排放速率;树种及其与光照或UV辐射的交互作用对树木叶片CH4排放速率的都具有显著影响,光照或增强UV辐射强度对排放速率较低的树木种类排放CH4的促进作用更强．     

UV-B短期照射对北极冰川小球藻Chlorella sp.的生物学效应

以一种分离自北极冰川融水的淡水微藻（Chlorella sp.）为实验材料,设置两个不同强度UV-B（45μw/cm2、76μw/cm2）照射处理、每4小时取样检测,对其生化组分进行分析,了解微藻对UV-B辐射的响应。研究结果显示小球藻经辐射处理后,其生化成分发生变化：（1）在较低强度的UV-B（45μw/cm2）辐射下,叶绿素a（Chla）和类胡萝卜素（Car）含量先升后降,且在4h时有最大值;高强度UV-B（76μw/cm2）辐射下,Chla和Car含量随辐射时间延长基本呈下降趋势。（2）超氧阴离子（O2?ˉ）和丙二醛（MDA）含量基本随辐照时间的延长和辐照强度的增大提高,过氧化氢（H2O2）含量变化虽随辐照时间的延长呈上升趋势,但直到12h是才表现为明显的提高。（3）超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性在低UV-B处理下,随辐照时间的延长呈升高趋势;在高UV-B辐射下,SOD活性先升后降,CAT活性上下波动。(4)UV-B辐射使小球藻脂肪酸组成发生了变化。这些结果表明：UV-B,尤其是高强度或较高剂量的UV-B会对北极冰川微藻带来不利的影响。     

增强UV-B辐射下NO对细胞壁多糖组分含量的影响

以豌豆（Pisum sativum）幼苗茎为材料,研究增强UV-B辐射下一氧化氮（NO）对细胞壁多糖组分含量的影响。结果表明,增强UV-B辐射使单位长度内细胞壁多糖总量增加;使细胞壁多糖结构组分果胶、半纤维素Ⅰ、半纤维素Ⅱ和纤维素的含量增加;NO供体处理对半纤维素Ⅰ、半纤维素Ⅱ和纤维素的影响与UV-B辐射相似,使它们含量增加;增强UV-B辐射条件下,氮合酶（NOS）抑制剂和NO清除剂处理使半纤维素Ⅰ、半纤维素Ⅱ和纤维素的含量降低,抵消了增强UV-B辐射对他们的影响。说明UV-B辐射可能通过NO信号上调了半纤维素Ⅰ、半纤维素Ⅱ和纤维素含量,增加了他们在细胞壁多糖中的比例,因而改变细胞壁的化学特性以及影响了细胞壁的机械延展性。无论对照条件下用NO供体处理,还是UV-B辐射条件下用NOS抑制剂、NO清除剂处理,对果胶含量影响不大,表明NO信号可能与UV-B辐射诱导果胶含量增加无关。     

Ground－based measurements of column abundance of ozone and UV－B radiation over Zhongshan Station，Antarctica in the 1993＂OzoneHole＂

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塔克拉玛干沙漠腹地太阳紫外UV-B辐射的观测与分析

利用塔中站（39°01′N,83°40′E)直接探测的紫外辐射资料,对塔克拉玛干沙漠近地层紫外辐射特征进行了系统的分析。结果表明,紫外UV-B辐射年总量为8.59 MJ·m-2·a-1。夏季紫外线辐射强度较大,7月达到最大为1.24M J·m-2,占紫外UV-B辐射年总量的14.44% ;冬季紫外线辐射强度较小,约为7月的1/5,1月出现最低值为0.257 M J· m-2;紫外UV-B瞬时辐射强度全年峰值为2.51 W·m-2,出现在6月。1、4、7、10月紫外UV-B辐射的日总量变化对天气现象有不同程度的反映,天气现象较少的1月逐日紫外辐射上下变动的离散度较小,7月最大。紫外UV-B辐射随云量增多而降低;沙尘使紫外UV-B辐射的降低较为显著,沙尘暴时,其值为各类风沙天气中最低。     

Photosynthetic responses of selected Antarctic plants to solar radiation in the southern maritime Antarctic

The effects of UV-B exclusion and enhancement of solar radiation on photosynthesis of the two phanerogams which occur in the maritime Antarctic, Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis , and the moss Sanionia uncinats were investigated. Data on air temperature and solar radiation illustrate a drastic seasonal variation. Daily O₃ column mean values and UV-B measured at ground level document the occurrence of the O₃"hole" in the spring of 1997, with a concomitant increase in UV-B. The grass, D. antarctica , exhibited a broad temperature optimum for photosynthesis between 10–25°C while photosynthesis did not saturate even at high irradiance. The high water use efficiencies measured in the grass may be one of the features explaining the presence of this species in the maritime Antarctic. The net photosynthesis response to intercellular CO₂ (A/c_i) for D. antarctica was typical of a C₃ plant. Exposure to a biologically effective UV-B irradiance of 0.74 W M^-2 did not result in any significant change in either the maximum rate of photosynthesis at saturating CO₂ and light, or in the initial carboxylation efficiency of Rubisco. (V_c,max). Furthermore while ambient (or enhanced) solar UV-B did not affect photochemical yield, measured in the field, of C. quitensis and D. antarctica , UV-B enhancement did affect negatively photochemical yield in S. uncinata . In D. antarctica plants, exposure to UV-B at low irradiances elicited increased flavonoid synthesis. The observed effects of UV-B enhancement on the moss (decreased photochemical yield) and the grass (increase in flavonoids) require further, separate investigation.     

Late Holocene changes in ultraviolet radiation penetration recorded in an East Antarctic lake

Late Holocene changes in the ultraviolet radiation (UVR) penetration in a lake in the Larsemann Hills (East Antarctica) were reconstructed using sediment core proxies based on fossil pigments (scytonemins and its derivatives) and siliceous microfossils. The influence of changes in lake depth on the UVR proxy was excluded by applying a correction, based on the non-linear relation between modern scytonemin concentrations and lake depth in a regional reference data set, and the record of past lake depths inferred using a diatom based transfer function in the sediment core. Results showed four well-defined maxima in the UVR proxy during the last 1600–1800 years, centred around 1820–1780, 1580–1490, 790–580 and 680–440 AD. Several mechanisms may account for these observed changes in UVR penetration, including past variability in cloud cover, atmospheric turbidity, ozone column depth, snow cover on the lake ice, DOM concentrations and lake-ice thickness and transparency resulting from temperature fluctuations. Although some gaps remain in our knowledge of scytonemin production in relation to the limnology of Antarctic lakes, the results highlight the importance and potential of the sediments in these highly transparent water bodies as archives of changes in past UVR receipt at the Earth’s surface.     

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON POPULATION DYNAMECS OF DREPANOPUS BISPINOSUS IN BURTON LAKE, ANTARCTICA

The population dynamics of Drepanopus bispinosus (Calanoida: Copepoda) was studied throughout the year of December 1983-January 1985 in Burton Lake, a littoral saline lake on Vestfold Hills,Antarctica, and the environmental factors of the lake were observed simultaneously. D. bispinosus is univoltine. Its population life cycle could be in 20-21 months and reproduetive activity stays from winter to early summer. The adults (male and female) and nauplil mainly form the winter population. Adult females are instead of male and, copepodites are instead of nauplii in summer population. Then it consists of copepodites mainly in stages II-V from late summer through autumn. The density of population components considerably varies for their whole life time. Most of nauplii appearing in winter may not develop and transform into further stages under the restrictive conditions, such as low oxygen content and scarce food. Earlier stage copepodites of new generation appear largely in summer, when the lake is rich in o     

Ultraviolet radiation and health effects in the Antarctic

With the recognition that global climate change may adversely affect human health, there has been an increase in relevant research worldwide. In the Antarctic medical research has been largely directed at the potential health effects of stratospheric ozone depletion. For over a decade continuous broad-band measurements of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) have been made at all Australian stations. Results of UV measurements are presented and comparisons made with the "ozone hole" moving over the stations, erythemal UVR increasing by a factor of more than 2.5 over a three day period. During late spring and despite the large difference in latitude, Davis, Antarctica, and Melbourne, Australia, are very similar in erythemal UVR. Antarctic immunological and photobiological research is presented and the role of UVR discussed. Epidemiological data is reviewed for short-term links between UVR and related disease. With increased awareness of the dangers of UVR and consequent changes in sun-related behaviour, the incidence of the acute effects of UVR is much lower than decades ago. As the itinerant Antarctic population spends a maximum of 12-1 8 months at a time in that location it is an excellent control group for studies on the health effects of UVR on permanent populations at similar latitudes in the Arctic.     

宁夏春小麦对地表UV-B辐射增强的响应

研究UV-B辐射增强对宁夏地区春小麦的影响,可为正确评估UV-B增强对春小麦生长发育的影响程度制定合理的应对措施提供科学依据。以春小麦“宁春4号”为供试材料,采用大田定位试验,利用可升降式紫外灯装置,观测增加不同剂量UV-B辐射情况下春小麦的生物量、叶面积指数和产量结构因素等的变化状况。结果显示,UV-B辐射增强使春小麦地上部分生物量和叶面积指数减少,改变了各器官生物量分配格局,多数情况下,随着UV-B辐射增加量越多,春小麦生物量和叶面积指数减少的程度越大;此外,增加UV-B辐射也使春小麦株高降低,穗长、小穗数、结实粒数和千粒重降低或者减少。     

Surface energy and water vapor fluxes observed in a desert plantation in central Iran

Summertime observations of surface radiation budget, energy balance and atmospheric surface layer meteorology were made on an arid valley floor planted with Haloxylon aphyllum to combat desertification in central Iran. The surface microclimate is characterized and compared with other arid regions and the role of ‘desert greening’ on surface fluxes is considered. A high surface albedo (0.265) and large longwave radiation loss produced relatively low net radiation. Energy partitioning was dominated by sensible and ground heat fluxes with opposing diurnal asymmetry governed by strong diurnal variability in eddy diffusivity. The Bowen ratio was 2.53, which fell inside the range of other vegetated arid surfaces. Surface temperature gradients were strong both in the atmospheric surface layer and in the substrate, with consistent lapse conditions by day and inversions at night. The wind regime included a moderate daytime regional wind which displayed Coriolis turning and weaker nocturnal slope flows. Actual evapotranspiration (1 mm dy⁻¹) was only a small fraction of potential evapotranspiration. The diurnal pattern of AET indicates strong stomatal control. The desert greening effect of Haloxylon plantations provided atmospheric water and reduced sensible heat flux by up to 40%.     

北冰洋浮冰区的气象要素特征

利用中国首次北极科学考察队观测的气象资料 ,初步分析研究了 1 999年 8月 1 9～ 2 4日北冰洋浮冰 ( 75°N,1 60°W)上的温、压、湿、风、云量、辐射、海表温度、冰面及冰中温度等气象要素变化特征 ,并结合 50 0 h Pa高度场分析了该期间的天气过程。结果表明 :在考察期间海面与冰面温度日变化差异明显。除晴天夜间出现逆温外 ,气温随高度增大而减小 ,冰面为热源 ,不断有向上的热量输送。海温则稳定少变。冰中热交换主要发生在冰下 0～ 40 cm深度。由于有海上湿平流等影响 ,存在“逆湿”现象。晴天反射率具有明显日变化 ,早晚大 ,中午小。海冰表面平均反射率约为 0 .76。辐射与云量特别是低云量的关系密切     

THE SUBURBAN ENERGY BALANCE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA

Summertime measurements of local scale energy balance of a suburban site in west Miami, Florida, in 1995 are presented. All of the radiation and turbulent heat fluxes were measured directly. In addition several derived surface characteristics are calculated including the albedo, radiation temperature, emissivity, aerodynamic and canopy resistances, Bowen's ratio, Priestley‐Taylor and McNaughton‐Jarvis coefficients. The results are used to test parameterizations to calculate several heat fluxes. Most radiation fluxes can be calculated with simple schemes in cloudless conditions but the spatial and temporal variability of cloud degrades results greatly. This highlights the value of observing incoming solar radiation since it can form an excellent surrogate for daytime net all‐wave radiation in all sky conditions. The heat flux results for this warm, wet subtropical site demonstrate similarities with those from similarly developed locations in temperate climates. Interestingly this finding includes the fraction of energy used in evaporation. It is thought that this may be related to the relatively large heat storage in Miami which may reflect the presence of wet soils and free‐standing water, the persistently low vapor pressure deficits (7‐14 hPa) typical of this humid climate and the relatively poor coupling between the surface and the whole planetary boundary layer due to relatively low surface roughness.