The significance of water column nitrification in the southeastern Bering Sea

Nitrate is considered the nutrient that limits new primary production in the southeastern Bering Sea shelf.Nitrate regenerated through biological nitrification has the potential to significantly support primary production as well.Here we use measurements of the specific rate of water column nitrification in a 1-D ecosystem model to quantify the resupply of nitrate from nitrification in the middle shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea.Model sensitivity studies reveal nitrification rate is an important control on the dominant phytoplankton functional type,and the amount of nitrate in summer bottom waters and in the winter water column.Evaluation of nitrification using the model supports the hypothesis that increases in late-summer nitrate concentrations observed in the southeastern Bering Sea bottom waters are due to nitrification.Model results for nitrate replenishment exceed previously estimated rates of 20-30%based on observations.The results of this study indicate that nitrification,potentially the source of up to～38%of the springtime water column nitrate,could support～24%of the annual primary production.     

1999年夏季白令海陆坡区海流动力分析

利用中国首次北极科学考察白令海调查资料计算了白令海东部陆坡区 58- 60°N范围内海流的流幅、流速和流量 ,并获得如下结论 :(1 )白令海东陆坡区陆坡流由东南向西北变化 ,流速由东南向西北逐渐增加 ,在 58°N处 ,最大流速达到 1 0cm/s,到 60°N处 ,最大流速达到 30cm/s,是历年调查中最高的 ;流幅由东南向西北不断增宽 ,在 58°N处 ,最大流幅约 1 0 0km ,到 60°N处 ,最大流幅达到 2 1 0km ,流量由东南向西北也不断增加 ,在 58°N处 ,最大流量 5 .3Sv ,到 60°N处 ,最大流量达到 1 0 .2Sv ;(2 )陆坡流的近陆架一侧陆坡逆流的北界位置在 58°N处 ,其表层流幅宽度为 70km ,流速达到 5cm/s以上 ,在 59°N处其影响深度可以直达海底 ,,陆坡逆流的流速降低 ,流幅增宽到 1 1 0km ,60°N附近为陆坡逆流的北界 ,未观测到陆坡逆流 ;(3)陆架坡折锋强化了陆坡流。     

Simultaneous inversion of seismic data

Summary. The resolving power of different data sets, consisting of surface-wave dispersion measurements and S travel times, are compared for a continental structure. The shear velocity in the low-velocity zone can be resolved in some detail with higher-mode phase-velocity data. Sufficient resolution for small density contrasts (0.03 g cm⁻³) until depths of ∼ 300 km can be reached if higher-mode group velocities are available as well, even at a precision as low as 0.10 km/s. At greater depths the density is not resolved, and here travel-time data are superior to higher modes in resolving the shear velocity.     

Oxygen isotopic composition and its application to the study of tracing oceanographical process in Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea

In this paper, the 18 O distribution of surface water from the central sea areas of the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea was studied. The δ 18 O value of surface water from the Bering Sea is averagely -0.5‰; the δ 18 O contents of the Chukchi Sea are distributionally lower in northeast and higher in southwest; the δ 18 O value at the margin of Canadian Basin is -2.8‰, and averagely -0.8‰ in the southern area of the Chukchi Sea. The δ 18 O vertical distribution in some deep water stations from the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea is also studied. In the southern margin of Canadian Basin, the δ 18 O value is -2‰ -3‰ for surface layer and rises to 0 at 100 m depth layer. In the Bering Sea, the δ 18 O is about -0.5‰ for surface layer and increases to 0 at the depth of 300 m. The NO tracer can reflect obviously three water masses vertically distributed in the central Bering Sea: the upper Bering water mass, the middle Bering water mass and the deep Pacific water mass. The distributive ranges of NO and temperature for the various water masses are T<7℃, NO>780 μmol/dm 3 and T≥7℃, NO>650 μmol/dm 3 for upper Bering water mass, T<4℃, 550相似文献   

白令海CO_2源汇与控制因素研究进展

白令海是北冰洋太平洋扇区的边缘海,是亚北极生态系统向北极生态系统过渡的典型区域,白令海CO_2源汇的研究可为高纬度边缘海相关的研究提供重要的参考。在全球持续变暖的背景下,白令海正在发生着一些气候和环境的变化,这些变化对CO_2源汇以及控制CO_2源汇的生物地球化学过程产生重要影响。对目前白令海CO_2源汇特征及其控制因素相关研究进行了归纳总结,预测了白令海CO_2源汇的未来变化趋势并提出了展望。以往的研究都认为白令海是一个大气CO_2的汇区,但是碳汇研究结果差异较大,最近的研究结果表明白令陆架区的碳汇约–6.81 Tg C·a~(–1)(1 Tg=10~(12)g),整个白令海的碳汇约–34 Tg C·a~(–1)。在未来白令海气候和环境变化继续加剧的条件下,使得白令海碳汇增强或减弱的因素将同时存在,因此,未来白令海的碳汇是增强还是减弱尚无定论。     

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。     

1982～2010年中国东北地区植被NPP时空格局及驱动因子分析

应用逐像元线性回归模型方法,整合应用MODIS和AVHRR NDVI数据集,构建1982~2010年覆盖东北地区的8 km空间分辨率的NDVI数据集,进而应用CASA模型估算得到东北地区29 a NPP数据集,模拟精度在75%以上。29 a平均的东北地区植被NPP总量为6.5×108tC/a。植被NPP的分布受植被类型、气候、地形因素的综合影响。NPP地域差异明显,山地区植被>平原区植被>高原区植被,变化最大的植被类型为草地植被。过去29 a间,植被NPP呈显著上升趋势(P<0.01)。气候变化和土地利用变化均是影响植被时空格局的重要因素。     

颠覆列车强风数值模式参数敏感性对比分析

新疆的三十里风区是著名的风口,兰新线和南疆铁路线横穿此地,时有列车被强风颠覆,对铁路运输影响很大,急需大风精细预报。数值模式中有许多参数,如何确定改进预报最显著的参数是个问题。采用MM5V3模式做模拟实验,设计3重嵌套,最小格距3km,用30″数字高程数据生成模式地形。分析表明,3km格距模式分辨率对地形有较为精确的表达。无论东西剖面还是南北剖面,3km所预报的风场更为详细,风速预报更准确;不仅可以预报出强的下坡风,亦可以预报出地形波列。对强风预报而言,模式水平分辨率是一个敏感因子。     

空间分辨率对总初级生产力模拟结果差异的影响

利用模型分析气候变化对陆地生态系统功能的影响,是当前全球变化生态学的研究热点,然而模型模拟不确定性来源之一就是空间异质性的问题。空间异质性是尺度的函数,基于气象和遥感数据驱动的生态系统过程模型（BEPS模型）,分别模拟2003-2005年中国生态系统通量观测与研究网络（ChinaFLUX）长白山站、千烟洲站、海北站及当雄站在1 km和8 km空间分辨率下的总初级生产力（GPP）的时间动态变化,并结合土地覆盖类型及叶面积指数(LAI)的差异,探讨两种空间分辨率输入数据对GPP模拟结果的影响。结果表明：① 差异性主要是由于8 km范围内混合像元导致LAI的不同,4个站点月均差异值分别为0.85、1.60、0.13及0.04;② 两种空间分辨率均能较好地反映各站点GPP的季节动态变化,与GPP观测值的相关性R²为0.79~0.97 (1 km)、0.69~0.97(8 km),月均差异值为11.46~29.65 gC/m²/month (1 km)、11.87~24.81 gC/m²/month (8 km);③ 4个通量站点在两种空间分辨率下的GPP月均差异值分别为14.43,12.05,4.79,3.22 gC/m²/month,不同空间分辨率的模拟结果在森林站的差异大于草地站,且生长季的差异大于非生长季。因此,模型在模拟大尺度、长时间序列GPP时,为了提高模型模拟效率,适度降低空间分辨率是可行的,但应尽量减小低空间分辨率对于森林生态系统以及生长季GPP模拟上的误差。     

Glacial rebound of the British Isles—II. A high-resolution, high-precision model

Observations of ice movements across the British Isles and of sea-level changes around the shorelines during Late Devensian time (after about 25 000 yr BP) have been used to establish a high spatial and temporal resolution model for the rebound of Great Britain and associated sea-level change. The sea-level observations include sites within the margins of the former ice sheet as well as observations outside the glaciated regions such that it has been possible to separate unknown earth model parameters from some ice-sheet model parameters in the inversion of the glacio-hydro-isostatic equations. The mantle viscosity profile is approximated by a number of radially symmetric layers representing the lithosphere, the upper mantle as two layers from the base of the lithosphere to the phase transition boundary at 400 km, the transition zone down to 670 km depth, and the lower mantle. No evidence is found to support a strong layering in viscosity above 670 km other than the high-viscosity lithospheric layer. Models with a low-viscosity zone in the upper mantle or models with a marked higher viscosity in the transition zone are less satisfactory than models in which the viscosity is constant from the base of the lithosphere to the 670 km boundary. In contrast, a marked increase in viscosity is required across this latter boundary. The optimum effective parameters for the mantle beneath Great Britain are: a lithospheric thickness of about 65 km, a mantle viscosity above 670 km of about (4-5) 10²⁰ Pa s, and a viscosity below 670 km greater than 4 × 10²¹ Pa s.     

Modelling spatial patterns of urban growth in Africa

The population of Africa is predicted to double over the next 40 years, driving exceptionally high urban expansion rates that will induce significant socio-economic, environmental and health changes. In order to prepare for these changes, it is important to better understand urban growth dynamics in Africa and better predict the spatial pattern of rural-urban conversions. Previous work on urban expansion has been carried out at the city level or at the global level with a relatively coarse 5–10 km resolution. The main objective of the present paper was to develop a modelling approach at an intermediate scale in order to identify factors that influence spatial patterns of urban expansion in Africa. Boosted Regression Tree models were developed to predict the spatial pattern of rural-urban conversions in every large African city. Urban change data between circa 1990 and circa 2000 available for 20 large cities across Africa were used as training data. Results showed that the urban land in a 1 km neighbourhood and the accessibility to the city centre were the most influential variables. Results obtained were generally more accurate than results obtained using a distance-based urban expansion model and showed that the spatial pattern of small, compact and fast growing cities were easier to simulate than cities with lower population densities and a lower growth rate. The simulation method developed here will allow the production of spatially detailed urban expansion forecasts for 2020 and 2025 for Africa, data that are increasingly required by global change modellers.     

任意地形实际天气条件下小时入射短波辐射模型——以黑河流域为例

建立了一个任意地形和实际天气条件下,能够计算大范围、长时间、高时空分辨率的太阳入射短波辐射模型,模型采用简化的辐射传输参数化方案和NCEP/NCAR资料相结合的方法,并成功应用于黑河流域2002年度每小时、1 km×1 km分辨率的总辐射、直接辐射和散射辐射的计算,所应用的地面资料仅为流域的地形信息。鉴于模型中总辐射是根据直接辐射和散射辐射推算的,而黑河流域2002年度缺乏直接辐射和散射辐射实测资料,模型采用分别位于黑河山区西水、中游临泽和下游额济纳旗3套自动观测仪器的总辐射资料进行验证,西水实测总辐射与计算总辐射的R2＝0.71,而临泽和额济纳旗R2分别为0.90和0.91,但各站点均出现部分结果相差很大的情况。出现地域差异和部分结果相差很大的主要原因是由于总云量资料时空分辨率低造成的,另外计算和实测数据空间尺度的不一致也部分造成山区计算效果较差。     

楚科奇海和白令海的海洋低温微生物调查

在 1 999年北极夏季期间对楚科奇海和白令海的海洋低温微生物进行了调查。在楚科奇海 ,海洋细菌和海洋真菌的检出率分别为 1 0 0 %和 >94% ,其相应的总量一般分别为 >1 0 3 cells/cm3 和 1 0 1— 1 0 3 cells/cm3 ;在大多数站位 ,海洋细菌的总量通常都高于海洋真菌的总量 ;从表层至 1 0 m或 3 0 m深层的海水区域 ,分布有丰富的海洋微生物。调查结果还显示 ,不同站位间的海洋微生物总量存在明显差异 ,海冰的融化和海水中的盐度可能是影响这一海区海洋微生物总量的重要因素。在白令海 ,海洋细菌的检出率为 1 0 0 % ,其总量一般在 1 0 2 — 1 0 3 cells/cm3 ;海洋真菌的检出率 >84% ,其总量一般也在 1 0 2 — 1 0 3 cells/cm3 。白令海不同站位间的海洋微生物总量也存在较大的差异。调查结果证实在楚科奇海和白令海的确存在大量的低温海洋微生物 ,在所研究的海洋细菌中 ,分别有 81 %的楚科奇海细菌和 88.9%的白令海细菌能够在低温条件下 (<1 0℃ )良好生长 ,而且有部分菌株能够在低温条件下分解利用淀粉或纤维素等多糖物质以满足自身生长的营养需求。这些海洋低温菌株为进一步开发利用这些海域的海洋微生物资源提供了充足的材料     

白令海峡治理的合作机制研究

近年来随着北极冰盖的融化,北极通航已成为可能,而白令海峡作为北极航道重要的出口/入口,其战略地位也将逐步显现并被各国关注。在讨论白令海峡的治理与合作时,首先要明确白令海峡是用于国际航行的海峡,而作为海峡沿岸国的美国和俄罗斯对于白令海峡的管控与合作将成为影响未来北极航行的重要因素。为同时保障海峡沿岸国与使用国的利益,可借鉴马六甲海峡的治理经验,在现有治理机制的基础上进一步深化海峡沿岸国与海峡使用国的合作机制。中国作为海峡使用国也有必要积极参与白令海峡的合作治理。     

基于GWR模型的陕西秦巴山区TRMM降水数据降尺度研究

应用TRMM降水数据,进行国内典型区域降尺度相关研究,可弥补应用气象站点数据研究带来的局限。以陕西秦巴山区为研究区,基于TRMM降水数据和NDVI数据,应用GWR模型和比例指数,获得GWR年、月降尺度数据并进行检验,最后分析地形对降尺度结果的影响。结果表明：获得的1 km分辨率的GWR降尺度降水数据,具有较强的细节表现能力;降尺度数据与实测降水数据年尺度上相关系数为0.88,月为0.93,相关性较好;与TRMM原始数据对比,降尺度结果降水值略小,整体低估降水;区内秦岭山地GWR降尺度结果精度变化幅度最小,相似地形条件下,海拔越高,GWR降尺度结果表现越好;采用GWR模型进行秦巴山区TRMM降水数据的降尺度研究,具有较强的适用性。     

全球多尺度海岸线数据在珠江口岸线的精度评价及适用性分析

以珠江口为研究区,对全球自洽分层高分辨率地理数据库(GSHHG)中的全分辨率、高分辨率、中分辨率、低分辨率和粗分辨率等5种海岸线数据开展评价与适用性分析,评估5个尺度海岸线数据的长度及其分形维数差异,并选择珠江口两岸部分区域为例,以不同时期陆地资源卫星Landsat影像为基础,对比不同尺度GSHHG海岸线数据与实际数据...     

Improved ocean-geoid resolution from retracked ERS-1 satellite altimeter waveforms

The ocean geoid can be inferred from the topography of the mean sea surface. Satellite altimeters transmit radar pulses and determine the return traveltime to measure sea-surface height. The ERS-1 altimeter stacks 51 consecutive radar reflections on board the satellite to a single waveform. Tracking the time shift of the waveform gives an estimate of the distance to the sea surface. We retrack the ERS-1 radar traveltimes using a model that is focused on the leading edge of the waveforms. While earlier methods regarded adjacent waveforms as independent statistical events, we invert a whole sequence of waveforms simultaneously for a spline geoid solution. Smoothness is controlled by spectral constraints on the spline coefficients. Our geoid solutions have an average spectral density equal to the expected power spectrum of the true geoid. The coherence of repeat track solutions indicates a spatial resolution of 31  km, as compared to 41  km resolution for the ERS-1 Ocean Product. While the resolution of the latter deteriorates to 47  km for wave heights above 2  m, our geoid solution maintains its resolution of 31  km for rough sea. Retracking altimeter waveform data and constraining the solution by a spectral model leads to a realistic geoid solution with significantly improved along-track resolution.     

楚科奇海和白令海沉积地层中甾醇的物源组成及其周边气候效应

楚科奇海 C-8短柱沉积样中检出甾醇化合物碳数 C_(27)、C_(28)、C_(29)和C_(30)双键位置在5-和5,22-及22,24-的甾醇;白令海 B2-9短柱沉积样中检出甾醇化合物碳数 C27、C28和 C29双键位置在5-和5,22-及22-的甾醇。从两个海域的甾醇组合特征来看,主要来自陆源碎屑物质以及海洋硅质生物自生源组成。研究还表明楚科奇海和白令海沉积地层(2-0cm)中甾醇异常记录对应时间段约20世纪80年代-90年代未,保存着北极增暖的信号,这是北极海域生态环境对周边气候变化作出的响应。     

A Review of “Hazards,Vulnerability, and Environmental Justice”

A relatively simple modeling approach for estimating spatially distributed surface energy fluxes was applied to two small watersheds, one in a semi-arid climate region and one in a sub-humid region. This approach utilized a combination of ground-based meteorological data and remotely sensed data to estimate ‘instantaneous’ surface energy fluxes at the time of the satellite or aircraft overpasses. The spatial resolution in the watershed grid cells, which was on the order of 100-400 km, was selected to be compatible with ground measurements used for validation. The model estimates of surface energy fluxes compared well with ground-based measurements of surface flux (typically within approximately 40 Wm^?2). The model accuracy may be slightly less for bare soil surfaces due to an overestimation of the soil heat flux. In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of computing spatially distributed values of surface energy fluxes, these maps were used to qualitatively infer the dominant factors controlling the energy fluxes for the time period shortly following precipitation events in the basins. For the semi-arid watershed, values of sensible heat flux varied considerably over the watershed and displayed a pattern very similar to that of the spatially variable cumulative precipitation for at least one to eight days prior to the image acquisition. Due to the large fraction of exposed bare soil in a semi-arid ecosystem, even very small precipitation events had a strong influence on the pattern of sensible heat fluxes observed shortly after the event (less than 24 hours). For the sub-humid watershed, the fluxes tended to be more uniform across the watershed, and were influenced by a combination of precipitation total and land cover type.