Three-dimensional model for tides and surges with vertical eddy viscosity prescribed in two layers—II. Irish Sea with bed friction layer

Summary. Using the theory of Part I of this work, a three-dimensional numerical tidal model of the Irish Sea is formulated with eddy viscosity defined in two layers through the vertical. In the upper layer the viscosity is uniform through the depth; in the lower layer it reduces linearly with increasing depth to a small value at the sea-bed where a no-slip condition is imposed. After experiments with varying frictional levels, the model is verified against observations of tidal elevation throughout the Irish Sea and against observations of current at a position in Liverpool Bay. To a first approximation, the well-known square law of bottom friction (involving depth-mean current) is confirmed, but only when the bottom roughness length is particularly related to the thickness of the lower layer.     

北极加拿大海盆中一个次表层涡旋的结构研究

利用2003年7-9月中国第二次北极科学考察期间,在北冰洋加拿大海盆的一个冰站上得到的温度、盐度和流速的连续剖面观测资料,对一个次表层的北冰洋涡旋进行了分析。在温度断面图中,该涡旋表现为一个核心位于60m深度、最低温度为-1.5°C的孤立冷水块,比周边水体的温度低约0.5°C。涡旋中的等密度面呈现凸透镜的结构,表明该涡旋是反气旋式的。虽然同步观测的流场中确实存在速度接近0.4ms-1的异常强流,但实测流场的结构却与一个典型的涡旋流场相去甚远。进一步分析发现,涡旋所在的次表层流场存在变化幅度与涡旋旋转速度相当的惯性频率振荡。在滤除惯性流和平均流之后,得到了轴对称的涡旋流场,涡旋的最大流速半径约为5km。对涡旋核心及其周边海域水体的温盐性质对比分析表明,该涡旋可能在楚科奇陆架上形成,然后向东北方向运动并进入了加拿大海盆。     

A sub-surface eddy at inertial current layer in the Canada Basin,Arctic Ocean

An Arctic Ocean eddy in sub-surface layer is analyzed in this paper by use of temperature,salinity and current profiles data obtained at an ice camp in the Canada Basin during the second Chinese Arctic Expedition in summer of 2003.In the vertical temperature section,the eddy shows itself as an isolated cold water block at depth of 60 m with a minimum temperature of-1.5℃,about 0.5℃ colder than the ambient water.Isopycnals in the eddy form a pattern of convex,which indicates the eddy is anticyclonic.Although maximum velocity near 0.4 m s-1 occurs in the current records observed synchronously,the current pattern is far away from a typical eddy.By further analysis,inertial frequency oscillations with amplitudes comparable with the eddy velocity are found in the sub-surface layer currents.After filter the inertial current and mean current,an axisymmetric current pattern of an eddy with maximum velocity radius of 5 km is obtained.The analysis of the T-S characteristics of the eddy core water and its ambient waters supports the conclusion that the eddy was formed on the Chukchi Shelf and migrated northeastward into the northern Canada Basin.     

大河三角洲河口海岸演化机理模型研究:(II)模型构建与实证

本文以z坐标下的三维斜压海洋动力学数值模式为基本模式原型,在整理渤海基本数据并诊断计算风生环流和热盐环流作为背景环流场基础上,初步建立了渤海海域动力环境数值模式。模式采用了经校正的Bagnold型方程来计算渤海底移质沉积物输运,悬移质计算则是取二维深度平均悬移质输运方程和河床变形方程,计算含沙量分布以及由悬移物引起的冲淤厚度。利用这种方法建立的沉积物输运模式,定量模拟了渤海沿岸和海底的沉积物输运方向和冲淤分布。模拟结果与通过多年实测水深估算获得的渤海海底沉积物的冲淤变化分布相比较,两者之间在基本结论上是比较一致的     

长江口浑浊带含沙量的潮流变化及其成因分析

实测数据显示在长江口南槽浑浊带内,近河床含沙量在很多情况下在转流后1—3h内出现峰值,在涨、落急流速最大时含沙量却迅速下降。本文利用实测数据计算了不问潮时的泥沙垂向紊动扩散系数,发现它与底层含沙量有类似的变化过程,结合近底层高浓度悬沙的迁移,认为转流后出现的含沙量峰值主要是由于憩流期沉降到河床的悬沙重新悬浮引起的。重新悬浮是浑浊带的重要成因。     

Mantle convection with a brittle lithosphere: thoughts on the global tectonic styles of the Earth and Venus

Plates are an integral part of the convection system in the fluid mantle, but plate boundaries are the product of brittle faulting and plate motions are strongly influenced by the existence of such faults. The conditions for plate tectonics are studied by considering brittle behaviour, using Byerlee's law to limit the maximum stress in the lithosphere, in a mantle convection model with temperature-dependent viscosity.
When the yield stress is high, convection is confined below a thick, stagnant lithosphere. At low yield stress, brittle deformation mobilizes the lithosphere which becomes a part of the overall circulation; surface deformation occurs in localized regions close to upwellings and downwellings in the system. At intermediate levels of the yield stress, there is a cycling between these two states: thick lithosphere episodically mobilizes and collapses into the interior before reforming.
The mobile-lid regime resembles convection of a fluid with temperature-dependent viscosity and the boundary-layer scalings are found to be analogous. This regime has a well defined Nusselt number–Rayleigh number relationship which is in good agreement with scaling theory. The surface velocity is nearly independent of the yield stress, indicating that the 'plate' motion is resisted by viscous stresses in the mantle.
Analysis suggests that mobilization of the Earth's lithosphere can occur if the friction coefficient in the lithosphere is less than 0.03–0.13—lower than laboratory values but consistent with seismic field studies. On Venus, the friction coefficient may be high as a result of the dry conditions, and brittle mobilization of the lithosphere would then be episodic and catastrophic.     

ADCP在长江口悬沙输运观测中的应用

声学多普勒流速剖面仪 (ADCP)是近年来发展起来的一种用于测量流速的声学仪器 ,同时还可以通过建立回声强度和现场取得水样的回归关系式而获得悬沙浓度的数据。本文利用在长江口两个站位的高频观测数据 ,对现场取得的悬沙作粒度分析 ,在此基础上对枯季长江口地区悬沙输送机制和悬沙粒度对水动力的响应进行了分析和探讨。结果表明 :平均流输运在整个悬沙输送中占主导地位 ,同时潮扩散和垂向扩散作用也是引起两站悬沙输运的重要因子 ;不同层次和不同时刻的悬沙粒度参数的变化 ,既和海 陆转换有关 ,也和潮相变化密切相关。     

长江河口最大浑浊带水沙输运机制分析

本文根据大量的实测资料，运用机理的分析方法，讨论了长江口最大浑浊带中各输沙项的作用。结果表明，平均流输沙、斯托克斯漂流效应、潮汐捕集以及垂向不流是净输沙的主要部分。     

白令海峡及其邻近海域潮汐潮能数值模拟

基于非结构三角形网格的FVCOM(Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model)海洋数值模式,对白令海峡及其邻近海域的潮汐、潮能进行数值模拟研究。模拟结果同验潮站和实测海流资料符合良好,较好地反映了白令海峡及其邻近海域的潮汐、潮流分布特征和运动状况。根据计算结果绘制了主要分潮的同潮图和潮流椭圆图,对该海域潮汐潮流特征进行了系统分析。结果表明,白令海陆架区、白令海峡和楚科奇海主要以M2分潮为主,而在诺顿湾海域以K1分潮为主,M2分潮潮流在白令海陆架东南部及阿纳德尔湾较强,K1分潮潮流在诺顿湾潮流达到最大值。在此基础上,对其潮汐能的传播与耗散进行分析,结果发现研究海域潮能通量较小,主要分潮在研究海域潮能耗散总量约为751 MW,M2潮能耗散占该总量的52%,K1潮能耗散占38%,潮能进入白令海陆架后,M2分潮主要在圣劳伦斯岛以南陆架区耗散,K1分潮主要在诺顿湾海区耗散。     

The Residual Water Flow through the Solent, South England

Summary. A reduced equation of motion is used to compute the residual velocity and the residual transport through the West Solent from the water levels recorded over an eight-month period at tide gauges at either end of the channel. A coefficient of bottom friction of 5·0 × 10⁻³ is assumed. There was a spring-neap variation and a significant correlation of fluctuations in the residual velocity with meteorological conditions. Westward residual velocities occurred at spring tides with low barometric pressure and south-westerly winds. Eastward residual velocities occurred at neap tides with high pressure and north-easterly winds. Because of the progressive nature of the tidal wave the long term residual transport appeared to be towards the west and the flushing time for the Solent system was long for considerable periods. The maximum velocities experienced during a tidal cycle half way along the channel are towards the west with a probability of values exceeding 160 cm s⁻¹ for 10 min in 5·4 days.     

Geomorphologic characteristics and origin of the valley bottom troughs at the site of Three Gorges Dam

This paper describes valley bottom troughs of the Changjiang River and infers the geomorphologic development of troughs. Based on the morphology of the troughs, the following conclusions are drawn. (1) The deep troughs on the Three Gorges valley bottom are formed by river downcutting along the structural zones on the background of regional tectonic uplift at about 40-30 ka BP. (2) When river downcutting occurred in the river bed of Changjiang, the jets current (particularly eddy current) with a large number of pebbles ground and eroded the valley bottom, resulting in trough formation and deepening. Meanwhile, water currents with gravels and pebbles eroded the bank and the left wall of No.76 trough as well as the right wall of No.77 trough by striking, scouring, horizontal and vertical grinding. (3) The depth of the trough is mainly determined by the intensity of the water current and the consistency of bedrock against erosion, and is not controlled by the altitude of the sea level as the base level of erosion.     

三峡坝区河谷深槽地貌特征及其成因

This paper describes valley bottom troughs of the Changjiang River and infers the geomorphologic development of troughs. Based on the morphology of the troughs, the following conclusions are drawn. (1) The deep troughs on the Three Gorges valley bottom are formed by river downcutting along the structural zones on the background of regional tectonic uplift at about 40-30 ka BP. (2) When river downcutting occurred in the river bed of Changjiang, the jets current (particularly eddy current) with a large number of pebbles ground and eroded the valley bottom, resulting in trough formation and deepening. Meanwhile, water currents with gravels and pebbles eroded the bank and the left wall of No.76 trough as well as the right wall of No.77 trough by striking, scouring, horizontal and vertical grinding. (3) The depth of the trough is mainly determined by the intensity of the water current and the consistency of bedrock against erosion, and is not controlled hv the altihlde of the sea level as the base level of erosion.     

南极中山站附近冰盖近地面层湍流参数的观测研究

利用2007/2008年中国第24次南极考察队在南极中山站附近冰盖上观测试验获得的湍流脉动及相关资料,对原始资料通过坐标旋转订正后,应用涡动相关法计算分析了冰盖近地面层的湍流强度(I)、稳定度参数(z/L)、摩擦速度(u*)、拖曳系数(Cd)、地表粗糙度(z0)及动量通量(τ)和感热通量(H),并与空气动力学方法的计算结果进行对比。结果表明,Louis方案能够较好地模拟近地面层湍流通量;在平均状态下,全天雪面以感热形式从大气获得净的能量;近中性层结下地表粗糙度z0为4.54×10-4m,拖曳系数Cd=1.7×10-3,在非中性条件下,稳定度越小Cd越大,反之,则稳定度越大Cd越小。     

苏北岸外辐射沙洲王港西洋潮流通道稳定性研究*

在粉砂淤泥海岸,利用潮流通道建港,稳定性是一个首要问题。该文首先分析了西洋潮流通道的环境背景,然后根据实测资料,利用多种方法,包括地理息信系统、遥感研究、沉积物粒度、矿物、微体及水文泥沙资料分析等对西洋的稳定性作了综合研究,认为,西洋通道特别是其西水道是一条稳定性好的潮流通道。     

Height profile of the mean velocity of an aeolian saltating cloud: Wind tunnel measurements by Particle Image Velocimetry

The velocity of saltating particles is an important parameter in studying the aeolian sand movement. We used Particle Image Velocimetry to measure the variation with height of the mean particle velocity of a saltating cloud over a loose sand surface in a wind tunnel. The results suggest that both the horizontal and vertical particle velocities fit the Gaussian distribution well, and that the mean particle velocity of a saltating cloud varies with wind velocity, particle size and the height above bed. The mean horizontal velocity is mainly the result of acceleration by the wind and increases with an increase in friction wind velocity but decreases with an increase in grain size because greater wind velocity causes more acceleration and finer particles are more easily accelerated at a given wind velocity. It also increases with an increase in height by a power function, in agreement with previous results obtained by other methods such as the high-speed multi-flash photographic method and Particle Dynamics Analyzer (PDA), reflecting, first, the increase in wind velocity with height through the boundary layer, and second, the longer trajectory-particle path length increases with height and affords a longer time for acceleration by the wind. An empirical model relating the mean horizontal particle velocity and height, friction wind velocity as well as particle size is developed. The ratio of the mean horizontal particle velocity to the clean wind velocity at the same height increases with height but decreases with grain size. The magnitude of mean vertical velocity is much less (one or two orders less) compared with the mean horizontal velocity. The average movement in the vertical direction of a saltating cloud is upward (the mean vertical velocity is positive). Although the upward velocity of a saltating particle should decrease with height due to gravity the mean vertical (upward) velocity (the average of both ascending and descending particles) generally shows a tendency to increase with height. It seems that at higher elevations the data are more and more dominated by the ‘high-flyers’. The underlying mechanism for the mean vertical velocity distribution patterns needs to be clarified by further study.     

Pn velocity anisotropy in a continental upper mantle

Summary. Earlier interpretations of P _n travel-times from the extensive quarry-blast observation scheme in western Germany — now supplemented by explosion data from the 1972 Rhinegraben experiment — have been checked and enhanced using the new MOZAIC time-term method. The large data set (762 travel times) continues to require a considerable anisotropy of upper-mantle P velocity. The resulting estimates of the overall velocity variation — probably 0.50–0.60 km/s about a mean value of 8.05 km/s, that is, 6 to 7 per cent anisotropy — and of the direction of the maximum velocity (close to 20° E of north) are reasonably reliable. However, the detailed form of the anisotropy is obscured by various limitations of the data.
These results allow a realistic assessment of the resolving power of refraction-based studies of velocity anisotropy in the lithosphere. It is concluded that though such studies are probably adequate if the measurement of in situ anisotropy is required within the context of a generalized discussion of lithospheric dynamics they are not appropriate if a detailed specification of the anisotropy is desired.     

长江河口最大浑浊带的泥沙特性和输移规律*

本文通过对不同河段的泥沙特性和输移规律的对比分析,确认长江河口来沙丰富,在河口潮流不对称和重力环流的作用下,大量泥沙向滞流点辐聚,形成最大浑浊带。最大浑浊带含沙量高,泥沙絮凝沉速快。潮流强劲,引起床沙再悬浮,输沙能力强。长江河口最大浑浊带活动区与河口拦门沙位置基本一致。本研究成果对于加深认识河口拦门沙的成因和变化,以及航槽治理具有重大的现实间义。     

Three-dimensional model for tides and surges with vertical eddy viscosity prescribed in two layers—I. Mathematical formulation

Summary. The mathematical basis of a spectral method for the numerical solution of the three-dimensional hydrodynamic equations for tides and surges is described. Vertical eddy viscosity is prescribed in two layers, upper and lower. In each layer, horizontal components of current are expanded through the vertical in terms of a set of eigenfunctions. Coefficients of these expansions are evaluated in the horizontal and through time using a two-dimensional numerical time-stepping procedure. Thence the three-dimensional current structure is determined.     

加拿大海盆的营养盐极大

根据 1 999年和 2 0 0 3年中国北极科学考察航次 ,从Canada海盆收集温、盐、深和营养盐浓度数据 ,用文献报道的低浓度1 2 9I和高浓度金属钡 (Ba)来指示太平洋源水、用相应的高浓度1 2 9I和低浓度Ba来指示大西洋源水 ,划分了该海盆物理化学特征的 4个水团。表层水 ( <40m)的盐度从 2 5至 31 .6;硝酸盐处于耗尽水平 ,而磷酸盐和硅酸盐处于最低水平。营养盐再生水大致位于 40- 2 0 0m ;盐度特征为 31 .6- 33.1 ;营养盐浓度一致增至最高 ;极大峰的盐度在 33.1附近 ,其位温则处于最低水平 (约 - 1 .5°C)。混合水 (深约 2 0 0- 385m)盐度从 33.1至 34.8;位温从局域最低升至整个水柱最高的 0 .5 0- 0 .65 7°C ;营养盐则逐渐降低。深层水深度变化较大 ( 385m至 1 90 0m以下海底 ) ;但其盐度变化较小 ( 34.8- 34.9) ;位温则从最高降低到 - 0 .4至 - 0 5 4°C ;营养盐均轻微增加。结合文献中对于营养盐极大的年际观测 ,1 2 9I、Ba与氯氟烃CFC 1 1的浓度及3H 3He示踪年龄的结果分析表明 ,营养盐再生水是无季节性变化的、高年龄 (约 8- 1 5年 )的太平洋源水 ;深层为大西洋源水 ;而混合水团即为上述 2大源水的混合层。硅酸盐和磷酸盐的强极大指示优势种硅藻及其再生主导太平洋源水。     

Amplitude and phase of the 11-yr term in sea-level: Europe

Summary. The 11-yr solar cycle term in sea-level is further elucidated by single-and two-channel high resolution signal processing techniques applied to 37 European height H of sea-level records. In agreement with earlier analysis the period and amplitude are 10.6 ± 0.3 yr and 10.3 ± 4.8 mm. New results are as follows: in view of the recently detected 11-yr term in Earth rotation Δ T = ET — UT, cross-spectra of the H records with Δ T were computed. At the solar cycle period H lags Δ T by 0.7 ± 0.5 yr; since AT lags the change in length of day Δ(10 d) by 2.7 yr the result is that H lags Δ(10 d) by 3.4 ± 0.5 yr. The continuum spectrum of H and Δ T has a high coherency and zero phase from the solar cycle down to a period of 40 yr, although this relation cannot be causal. We propose that the circumpolar vortex of westerly winds is the common forcing function for the H and Δ T discrete solar cycle signal and a significant portion of the long-period continuum in European waters.