常规信息对遥感海表流场的修正方法

从美国NOAA系列卫星AVHRR资料得到海表温度(SST)图能大面积同步地反映出某一时刻海表面温度分布实况,而海表温度结构反映出一定的海流信息.因此,从有时间序列的SST图的变化规律可定性地看出水团的移动情况.如果借助计算机技术,利用连续SST图就可反演海表流场,得到大面积同步的海表流场图.     

利用卫星资料分析黄海海表温度的年际与年代际变化

海表温度长期变化在一定程度上反映了海域的气候变化信号,卫星遥感资料是获取高时空分辨率水温长期变化的有效手段。基于国家海洋局1982—1999年黄海断面监测器测数据的2 954组水温数据对时空匹配的卫星(NOAA/AVHRR)反演海表温度(SST)进行校验,计算得到卫星反演SST系统偏差为(0.18±1.00)℃。卫星反演的水温空间分布以及长期变化趋势与器测趋势较为一致,可以用来研究海域SST长期变化规律。利用校验后1982-01～2011-08NOAA/AVHRR的SST数据,分析了该时段黄海冬夏季代表月2、8月海表水温的变化规律。结果显示:(1)近30a,黄海冬季水温有2次跃迁:1989—1990年由冷至暖的状态跃迁,2000-2001年出现由暖至冷的状态转变;1990年代冬季水温达最高,相比1880年代,水温升高1.07℃,新世纪水温稍有降低,水温较1990年代下降了0.53℃,温度变化较大区域位于北黄海、山东半岛沿岸,苏北浅滩毗邻海区,该区SST与局地经向风场存在显著正相关,且北极涛动通过影响冬季风间接影响黄海水温变化;(2)夏季海表水温在1994—1995年呈现由冷至暖的状态跃迁,冷、暖期水温相差0.57℃,水温变化较显著的区域为黄东海分界处,其具体变化机制需深入研究。     

卡尔曼滤波在卫星红外、微波海表温度数据融合中的应用

卫星红外波段测量海表温度具有空间分辨率高的优点,但受云的影响而导致数据空间覆盖率低;微波辐射计具有全天候、穿透性优势,但空间分辨率低,而且近岸区域受到陆地电磁波的干扰,不能反演有效的海表温度.由于单一卫星传感器获取的数据存在一定的局限性和差异性,因此根据不同卫星传感器的特点,将红外、微波传感器卫星数据进行数据融合具有重要的实际应用意义.卡尔曼滤波是一种最优化自回归数据处理算法,本文将卡尔曼滤波法应用于红外和微波卫星海表温度数据融合研究,给出全天候、高分辨率的海表温度.研究区域为西北太平洋区域:10°N～50°N,105°E～145°E,研究数据时间为2008年3月.     

日本利用遥感数据推进渔业生产

日本信息服务中心自1985年以来就利用卫星测得的海表面温度(SST)来预报捕鱼区的位置.从NOAA极轨卫星上AVHRR获得的数据通过GOES-TAP数据传播系统,并与其它有关的各种数据相结合,形成海表面温度变化的成像.这些成像用来预报捕鱼区,这些预报很快传送到捕鱼队.     

最小方差算法反演NOAA/AMSU海面大气温度垂直廓线

利用最小方差算法对NOAA/AMSU(Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit)探测资料在105°E~135°E、0~30°N海域范围内的大气温度垂直廓线进行了反演研究。利用NCEP再分析资料对算法的反演性能进行了验证;并与中国海洋大学卫星地面站SeaSpace/TeraS-can软件系统反演的温度廓线进行了比较。结果表明:该算法在中国区域具有较好的反演精度和适应能力;总体上改善了TeraScan软件的反演结果,尤其提高了对流层大部分区域的反演精度。本研究为地面站ATOVS(Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder)数据的进一步利用提供了一种较好的理论参考。     

VIIRS和AVHRR海表温度场空间精细度估算

对上层海洋次中尺度过程研究至关重要的卫星海表温度(Sea Surface Temperature,SST)场的空间精细度一直未受到足够重视。由于卫星SST产品反演噪声的影响和实测数据的缺乏等原因,目前对卫星SST场空间精细度的研究受到较大限制。本研究开发了一套估算卫星SST场空间精细度的方法,将Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership卫星Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite(Suomi-NPP/VIIRS)和NOAA-15卫星Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer(NOAA-15/AVHRR)Level-2 SST场的空间能量谱与长时间在同一航线反复观测的高空间分辨率实测海温数据的空间能量谱进行了比较。研究发现VIIRS SST场夜间沿扫描方向在1.5~50 km尺度对海表温度空间能量的分布特征和变化趋势描述准确,日变化导致VIIRS白天场次中尺度空间谱能量相对夜晚有所增加。AVHRR SST场空间谱能量在次中尺度相比VIIRS有较大升高。     

西北太平洋NOAA AVHRR海表温度日变化校正研究

白天,太阳辐射将海面上层加热,会出现海表温度日变化的情况,该变化对海气热交换以及海洋生态等的研究具有重要意义,且在不同海域有着不尽相同的变化规律。文章首先介绍了海表温度日变化经验和数值模型,然后在西北太平洋海域范围内,利用美国国家海洋和大气管理局(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,NOAA)的改进型甚高分辨率辐射计(Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer,AVHRR)海表温度数据、美国宇航局"水"卫星Aqua上先进微波扫描辐射计(Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS,AMSR-E)的海面风速和经计算得到的太阳辐射强度数据,通过对已有经验模型系数进行重新回归拟合,得到在该海域NOAAAVHRR海表温度数据日变化的经验模型。验证结果显示,重新回归系数后的模型在西北太平洋海域内计算所得的海表温度日变化大小与AVHRR数据本身计算所得结果相比,其平均偏差为0.01℃,标准偏差为0.22℃,可以在该海域内较好地对NOAAAVHRR海表温度数据进行日变化校正。     

HJ-1B 卫星海表温度定量反演业务化算法研究——以中国北部海区为例

利用中国2008年9月发射的自主 HJ-1B 卫星热红外遥感影像数据,基于实测数据对已有海表温度反演的单窗算法进行了改进与简化,重新订正了大气透射率和大气平均作用温度估算方程,建立了基于实测数据验证的 HJ-1B 卫星海表温度定量反演业务化算法.将本算法与段四波等的改进算法用于实验海区海表温度的反演,反演结果与卫星同步实测海温数据的对比表明:本研究算法反演结果与现场同步实测海表温度平均误差约为0.76,℃段四波等改进算法反演结果平均误差约为1.09℃.本算法为 HJ-1B 卫星海表温度产品的业务化应用提供了便捷可行的方案     

卫星遥感海表温度反演结果再处理研究

针对东海渔区的海洋渔业应用,以中国东海渔区(121°～124°E,29°～32°N)NOAA level-2B SST反演数据为例,通过不同空间内插方法的对比分析,得到最优内插模型,继而获取海表温度图像和海温等值线图,为海洋渔业提供必要的基础资料.     

利用遥感SST反演上层海洋三维温度场

通过统计相关分析验证了一个简单的温度参数模型在太平洋海域的较好适用性。基于Argo观测资料及WOA09气候态温度数据,采用最大角度法求得此模型的相关参数,并利用高分辨率卫星遥感海表温度反演了太平洋上层海域空间分辨率为1°×1°的气候态月平均三维温度场。与实测资料的比较分析表明反演结果是较为真实可靠的,并可作为海洋数值模式积分的初猜场,为实现现场观测(如:Argo)与卫星观测的优势互补,构建太平洋海域完整的三维温度分析场提供一种新途径。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Phylogenetic diversity and phenotypic characterization of cultivable bacterioplankton isolated from polar oceans

A set of 27 marine planktonic bacteria isolated from the polar regions was characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing and physiological and biochemical testing. More than half of these bacteria were positive for caseinase, gelatinase and 13-glucosidase, and could utilize glucose, maltose or malic acid as carbon source for cell growth. Twelve isolates expressed nitrate reduction activities. Except for one antarctic isolate BSwlO175 belonging to Actinobacteria phylum, these isolates were classified as γ-Proteobacteria, suggesting that γ-Proteobacteria dominated in cultivable marine bacterioplankton at both poles. Genus Pseudoalteromonas was the predominant group in the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea, and genus ShewaneUa dominated in cultivable bacterioplankton in the Prydz Bay. With sequence similarities above 97%, genus Psychrobacter was found at both poles. These 27 isolates were psychrotolerant, and significant 16S rDNA sequence similarities were found not only between arctic and antarctic marine bacteria （ 〉 99% ）, but also between polar marine bacteria and bacteria from other aquatic environments （ ≥ 98.8% ）, including temperate ocean, deep sea, pond and lake, suggesting that in the polar oceans less temperature-sensitive bacteria may be cosmopolitan and have a bipolar, even global, distribution at the species level.     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Deep-Sea Sediment Compression Curves: Some Controlling Factors, Spurious Overconsolidation, Predictions, and Geophysical Reproduction

Oedometer tests have been carried out on 70 undisturbed surficial clays (at approximately 250 mm below the mudline), mostly collected by free-fall corers from sites widely scattered throughout the deep-sea North Atlantic. Acoustic measurements were also made, initially on contiguous samples and ultimately on the same sample using a geophysically instrumented oedometer which also collected electrical resistivity data. Apart from those quiescent areas below the carbonate compensation depth, such as north of the West Indies where very fine clays exist, most of the samples are silty clays whose geotechnical-geophysical properties are dependent on the type of clay minerals present (and their ability to take in moisture), the sand-size fraction, and the quantity of carbonate present. Thus the pure clays have high compressibilities which decrease on the addition of coarse particles, while the converse is true for the acoustic parameters, these increasing with the sand fraction. Using the notion of the intrinsic compression line for all samples, and comparison to it of the measured compression curves, it is clear that, contrary to some previously held ideas, most deep-sea clays are normally consolidated; the addition of carbonate has the effect of creating an open, stronger sediment skeleton. Interestingly, where information is available, the variation with depth of a sample's acoustic velocity follows the void ratio pressure relationship of the compression curve. This allows the construction of an in-situ sediment compression curve using the in-situ geophysical observations.