集集地震地震动频谱参数研究

地震动的频谱特征是影响结构动力反应的重要因素。以集集地震动记录为数据基础,对反映地震动频谱特征的4个参数周期(反应谱卓越周期Tp,平滑化反应谱卓越周期To,傅氏幅值谱平均周期Tm和反应谱特征周期Tg)进行了研究。依据理论模型,经非线性回归分析,给出了不同场地上地震动各周期分量随断层距变化的经验公式。结果表明,不同的频谱参数周期反映地震动不同的频谱特征;同一场地上各周期随断层距的增大而增大;To和Tm具有较好的可估性。     

The catalogue of Quaternary volcanoes of the Greater Caucasus based on geochronological,volcanological and isotope-geochemical data

A catalogue of Quaternary volcanoes of the Greater Caucasus has been compiled based on recent geological, petrological-geochemical and isotope-geochronological data obtained in the last decades. This catalogue provides insight into the evolution of the youngest magmatism in this part of the Alpine-Himalayan fold belt at the modern level of knowledge. The catalogue is given as a set of tabular data on 74 volcanic edifices that have been found and described in literature in varying detail, including their coordinates, absolute height, type of edifice and the predominant type of eruption, age, as well as main petrographic, isotope-geochemical characteristics, and the chemical composition of the products of magmatic activity. For the sake of convenience, the volcanoes of the Kazbek and Elbrus neovolcanic areas representing two main areals of young magmatism at the Greater Caucasus are described separately. In addition, data on the Kazbek area are grouped by traditionally distinguished volcanic centers. Text presents general information on the Quaternary volcanic activity within the Greater Caucasus, its geochronology, spatiotemporal distribution, and petrogenesis of the youngest volcanic rocks.     

A preliminary study on sediment flux in the Changjiang Delta during the postglacial period

During the last 7000 years since the Changjiang Delta was formed, how much sediment brought by the Changjiang River remained in the modern Changjiang Delta? And how much sediment was delivered into the sea and adjacent coasts? These are very important que…     

Gas exchange between Baikal and the atmosphere during under-ice period

In the under-ice period, gas exchange between Baikal and the atmosphere is taking place through a system of coastal and perennial fractures and airholes in the ice, as well as through the surface of the ice-free part of the lake at the Angara source [24]. The total area of the open water never exceeds 0.03% of lake water area. The emission of CO₂ in the course of ice sublimation over the entire period is ≤0.02 g CO₂ from 1 m². The transport of dissolved gases from under-ice water into the atmosphere is limited by molecular diffusion in microfractions of ice cover. The narrow daily variations of CO₂ in the air in lake coastal zone is due to the effect of populated localities on its coast and large coniferous forests, which serve as diffuse sources of CO₂, as well as diurnal variations of the direction and velocity of air mass transport by local winds.     

Earthquakes in northeastern Russia during the preinstrumental period of observations

The parameters of earthquakes in northeast of Russia that occurred in 1735–1910 and were published in New Catalog of Earthquakes in USSR from Ancient Times trough 1975 have been specified based on the initial data presented (1977). Special attention has been paid to the conformity between the initial data, the available solution methods, and the resulting parameter values. The macroseismic data from the preinstrumental and instrumental observational periods have been compared.     

Some F2-layer effects during the January06-11,1997 cedar storm period as observed with theMillstoneHill incoherent scatter facility

An observed daytime negative storm effect on 10 January and strongpost-midnight N_m F₂ increases on 7 and 8 January followed by a steep T_e decrease down to T_n are analyzed. Daytime neutral composition and T_n(h) were inferred from incoherent scatter (IS) radar observations using aself-consistent approach to F₂ -layer modelling. Observed daytime T_e , T_i , N_e profiles were corrected for the disturbed day using the calculated ioncomposition. The main reason for the observed N_m F₂ negative storm effectis the O/(N₂ O₂ ) ratio decrease in the thermosphere. The calculated O/N₂ ratio at hm F₂ is less by a factor of 3.7 than MSIS prediction for 10January and is close to MSIS for quiet days. Strong Nm F₂ night-time increase by afactor of 3 is due to a plasma compression mechanism under the action of observed EB drift(westward E-field) moving plasma from higher L shells to lower ones and squeezing it into the F₂ -region. Moderate (1-2)10 ⁸ cm ^-2 s ^-1 O fluxes in agreement with IS observations were shown to be sufficient to account for the night-timeN_m F₂ increase. This elevation in the F₂ -region electron densityis shown to be the main reason for the observed steep Te post-midnight decrease. 1999 ElsevierScience Ltd. All rights reserved.     

WAVERYS: a CMEMS global wave reanalysis during the altimetry period

Ocean Dynamics - As part of the Copernicus Marine Service, WAVERYS is the multi-year wave reanalysis that provides global wave data with a fine grid resolution of 1/5°. This wave reanalysis...     

Organochlorine pesticides in fish from the southern Baltic Sea: levels, bioaccumulation features and temporal trends during the 1995-2006 period

The levels of HCH isomers, HCB and summation DDTs were determined in five species of Baltic fish collected during 1995-2006. Some downward time trends of HCH isomer, pp'-DDE and pp'-DDD concentrations in Baltic fish were observed; in contrast, HCB and DDT concentrations did not exhibit any obvious trend. Concentrations of summation HCHs expressed on a lipid weight basis were very similar in all species studied. In contrast, concentrations of summation DDTs varied in tested species. The most abundant HCH isomer was beta-HCH and among DDT-related compounds, pp'-DDE prevailed. In our investigations the sampling sites were not a crucial factor for organochlorine pesticide concentrations and patterns observed in fish, but the occurrence of several inter-species differences in the bioaccumulation features of OC pesticides were observed. For cod there was a positive correlation between fish size (length) and summation DDT concentration. In herring, sprat and salmon samples, summation DDT concentrations were negatively correlated with fat content.     

The impacts of mountain pine beetle disturbance on the energy balance of snow during the melt period

Mountain snowpacks provide most of the annual discharge of western US rivers, but the future of water resources in the western USA is tenuous, as climatic changes have resulted in earlier spring melts that have exacerbated summer droughts. Compounding changes to the physical environment are biotic disturbances including that of the mountain pine beetle (MPB), which has decimated millions of acres of western North American forests. At the watershed scale, MPB disturbance increases the peak hydrograph, and at the stand scale, the ‘grey’ phase of MPB canopy disturbance decreases canopy snow interception, increases snow albedo, increases net shortwave radiation, and decreases net longwave radiation versus the ‘red’ phase. Fewer studies have been conducted on the red phase of MPB disturbance and in the mixed coniferous stands that may follow MPB‐damaged forests. We measured the energy balance of four snowpacks representing different stages of MPB damage, management, and recovery: a lodgepole pine stand, an MPB‐infested stand in the red phase, a mixed coniferous stand (representing one successional trajectory), and a clear‐cut (representing reactive management) in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest in Montana, USA. Net longwave radiation was lower in the MPB‐infested stand despite higher basal area and plant area index of the other forests, suggesting that the desiccated needles serve as a less effective thermal buffer against longwave radiative losses. Eddy covariance observations of sensible and latent heat flux indicate that they are of similar but opposite magnitude, on the order of 20 MJ m^?2 during the melt period. Further analyses reveal that net turbulent energy fluxes were near zero because of the temperature and atmospheric vapour pressure encountered during the melt period. Future research should place snow science in the context of forest succession and management and address important uncertainties regarding the timing and magnitude of needlefall events. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ionospheric disturbances in the east-Asian region during the geomagnetic period in November 2004

Results of the studies of ionospheric parameter variations during the intense geomagnetic storm on November 7–11, 2004, in the 20°–80° N, 60°–180° E sector are presented. The data of ionospheric stations and the results of total electron content (TEC) measurements at the network of the GPS ground-based receivers and of the GPS receiver onboard the CHAMP satellite were used. Periods of total absorption and blanketing sporadic E layers were observed at high latitudes, whereas durable negative disturbances typical of geomagnetic storms of high intensity were detected at midlatitudes. In the afternoon hours of local time on November 8, 2004, a large-scale ionospheric disturbance of a frontal type was detected on the basis of foF2 and TEC measurements. The disturbance propagated southwestward at a mean velocity of about 200 m/s. The comparison of the relative amplitude of this large-scale disturbance according to the total electron content (～70%) and foF2 (～80%) measurements made it possible to assume a large vertical scale of the disturbance.     

Radio observations during the decay period of the sovjetic satellite 58-delta two

Summary During the decay period of Sputnik III between March 14, and April 6, 1960 it was found by measurements of its revolution period that the braking varies considerably from one day to the next one.

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Zusammenfassung Während der Untergangs-Periode des Sputnik III zwischen dem 14. März und dem 6. April 1960 wurde durch Messungen seiner Umlaufzeit festgestellt, dass der Abbremsungsvorgang von Tag zu Tag beträchtlich variiert.

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Work done on contrat with US Airforce, No. AF 61(052)-165.     

高密度蓝藻厌氧分解过程与污染物释放实验研究

采用批次培养实验模拟高密度蓝藻堆积发生的厌氧分解过程,分析蓝藻的分解速率及污染物释放规律.厌氧分解实验中,设置三组蓝藻初始密度分别为2.23×1012、1.19×1013、4.47×1013cells/L,得到叶绿素a的分解速率常数分别为0.074、0.133、0.081 d-1.蓝藻厌氧分解过程中水体呈酸性,电导率呈上升趋势,最高值为949μS/cm.化学需氧量持续升高,而UV254值先升高后降低,说明水体中有机物浓度增大,并逐渐由大分子分解为小分子有机物.蓝藻厌氧分解释放出大量溶解态氮、磷,溶解态有机氮逐渐被降解为无机氮,铵态氮含量占90%以上.研究表明,高密度蓝藻堆积发生厌氧分解可释放大量有机物和溶解态营养盐至水体中,并且随着蓝藻密度升高,污染物释放强度增大.因此水华期间应及时打捞蓝藻,以避免蓝藻大量堆积死亡导致水源区水质下降并影响自来水出水质量.     

Sky luminance distribution in Pamplona (Spain) during the summer period

In this work the outdoor daylight conditions in Pamplona (South Europe) during the summer period have been studied. The selected sky type (from fifteen standards) at a given moment is the one exhibiting the lowest RMSD when comparing the theoretical and experimental luminance distributions in the sky hemisphere. Two year data of luminance distribution registered every 10 min in 145 positions of the sky hemisphere have been used for selecting the sky type. The most frequent sky type in Pamplona is V.5 (cloudless polluted with a broad solar corona), with an occurrence of 29.5%. This result coincides with the one observed in a previous study in Athens.Six types of sky (V.5, IV.4, III.4, III.3, V.4 y II.2) out of the fifteen standards become practically the 80% of all the studied ones. Regarding a possible use in daylight climate studies, the frequency of occurrence of the fifteen types of sky for fourteen solar elevation intervals has been included.