Robust multiple update-rate Kalman filter for new generation navigation signals carrier tracking

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Spatiotemporal variability of alpine precipitable water over arid northwestern China

For a better understanding of the precipitable water in the arid northwestern China (NWC), we surveyed the water vapour variability on both sides of the alpine range crests based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission monthly precipitation data (TRMM 3B43). There were 12 target zones and 23 subzones in six mountain systems representatively selected according to alpine hydrogeomorphology. They were used for comparative analyses in time and space. Comparisons between the two sides of the range crests revealed that there is more precipitable water on the south slopes of the Qilian, Altun, Kunlun, and Altai Mountains, on the north slope of the Tian Mountains, and on the east slope of Helan Mountains. High correlations were detected between precipitable water for both sides of the range crests in target zones, while low correlations were found among precipitable water separately averaged in the Kunlun, Tian, and Qilian Mountains including both sides of the range crests. The proportion of precipitable water during the rainy season gradually increased from west to east along the mountains. Temporally, precipitation presented synchronous increases or decreases on the two sides of the range crests in most of the target zones during the time period from 1998 to 2016, and an overall increase in alpine annual precipitable water was found in the area, except for the decrease in the Altun and western Tian Mountains. The summer decay dominated the decrease in these two target zones, while strengthened conveyance was observed in other seasons, especially in spring and autumn, which compensated for, and led to, total increases in precipitable water in most of the target zones. All of the above findings were indicative of differences in vapour transport from outside areas into diverse alpine systems in the arid NWC, which could be schematically evidenced by the spatial patterns of monthly and annual water vapour conveyance retrieved from the TRMM precipitation data.     

张集线旧堡隧道工程地质条件和岩体结构特征研究

新建的张集铁路（张家口 集宁段）旧堡隧道是全线关键性控制工程,位于河北省万全县旧堡乡与尚义县土夭村之间,隧道穿越由晚太古代马市口组(Arm)麻粒岩和黑云母斜长片麻岩组成的一套高级变质岩建造,断裂构造极为发育,岩体破碎。原设计Ⅱ、Ⅲ级围岩洞段占隧道线路总长的71.8%,而已施工揭露的工程地质条件较差,全部变更为Ⅲ级加强及Ⅳ、Ⅴ级围岩,变更率高达80.3%。施工过程中多次发生挤压大变形、塌方、突涌水等施工地质灾害,共处理大塌方段8处小塌方21处计130m,处理大变形18段计550m。本文分析了DK30+520～910洞段地层岩性、地质构造、地应力、地下水等隧道围岩主要工程地质条件,从结构面和工程地质岩组的物理力学特性出发,研究了该洞段特殊的岩体结构,指出该隧道围岩岩体结构特征主要受与隧道轴线小角度相交的构造挤压破碎带及软硬交替产出的岩组控制,隧道围岩变形破坏受岩体结构控制作用明显,并总结了施工中可能遇到的几种岩体结构。该研究对类似工程地质条件地区隧道工程围岩分类、支护设计和施工有一定的借鉴意义。     

Geochemical characteristics of the oceanic island-type volcanic rocks in the Chiang Mai zone,northern Thailand

The oceanic island volcanic rocks in the Chiang Mai zone, northern Thailand, are usually covered by Lower Carboniferous and Upper Permian shallow-water carbonate rocks, with the Hawaii rocks and potash trachybasalt being the main rock types. The alkaline series is dominant with sub-alkaline series occurring in few cases. The geochemical characteristics are described as follows: the major chemical compositions are characterized by high TiO₂, high P₂O₅ and medium K₂O; the rare-earth elements are characterized by right-inclined strong LREE-enrichment patterns; the trace element patterns are of the upward-bulging K-Ti enrichment type; multi-component plots falling within the fields of oceanic island basalts and alkali basalts, belonging to the oceanic island-type volcanic rocks, which are similar to the equivalents in Deqin and Gengma (the Changning-Menglian zone) of Yunnan Province, China.     

Natural occurrence of higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols in a deep petroleum reservoir in the Mobile Bay gas field

A series of higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols, including thiatetramantanes, tetramantanethiols, thiapentamantanes, pentamantanethiols, thiahexamantanes, hexamantanethiols and thiacylcohexamantane, was discovered in a gas condensate produced from a very deep (6274 m, 20,585 ft) petroleum reservoir in the Bon Secour Bay in the Mobile Bay gas field, located offshore Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. This appears to be the first reported natural occurrence of these compounds. Several isomers of higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols were identified using full scan gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with GC-sulfur chemiluminescence detection (GC-SCD) and GC × GC-time of flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-TOFMS). These higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols are associated with abundant lower homologs including thiaadamantanes, thiadiamantanes, thiatriamantanes and their thiol groups. The origin of these compounds in petroleum has not been reported. It is speculated that similar to lower thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols, higher ones are possibly formed from the sulfurization of their precursor diamondoids during TSR, a conclusion supported by the occurrence of open-cage higher diamondoidthiols and sulfur isotopic data of higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols isolated from the Mobile Bay condensate. The presence of higher thiadiamondoids and diamondoidthiols is indicative of the occurrence of TSR and can be used to predict sour gas production.     

不同方法确定的雷击密度对防雷分类的影响

利用江西1955—2011年气象观测资料和2004—2011年雷电监测资料,对比分析了分别依照《建筑物防雷设计规范》（GB50057—2010,简称新规范）和（GB50057—94,简称旧规范）计算的年平均雷击大地密度（Ngn和Ngo）,计算了江西实际雷击大地密度,研究新规范的实施对防雷分类的影响。结果表明,年平均雷暴日小于116.40 d时,Ngn〉Ngo;大于116.40 d时,则相反;等于48.5 d时,两者相差最大,约为1.12次（/km2.a）。相较于旧规范,按照新规范划入第二类、第三类防雷建筑物数量偏多。按照新规范,计算得到的雷击大地的年平均密度比江西实测值大30%,即江西地区的同一建筑物,依照Ngn划定的建筑物防雷类别可能高于利用实测雷击大地密度计算结果划定的建筑物防雷类别。     

Temporal and geographical variation in the onset of climatological spring in Northeast China

Indications of earlier onset of spring have been observed in behavior of diverse animal and plant species in the Northern Hemisphere in response to recent climate warming. Knowledge of changes in the spring onset is a critical requirement for understanding ecosystem adaption to climate change, especially for agricultural regions. In this study, we present a climatological approach for detecting the temporal and spatial variability in onset of spring with particular emphasis on how they vary along geographical parameters. Yearly dates for spring onset were computed for 71 climate stations in Northeast China based on daily surface air temperature records. These analyses were conducted for the two study periods (1960–2004 and 1979–2004). We also examined the boundary shifts of spring onset for three selected dates between the periods of 1960–1978 and 1979–2004. The results showed that advancement of spring onset was more pronounced for the period of 1979–2004 than for the period of 1960–2004 (4.0 vs. 2.2 days/decade). For the 22 stations where the spring advancement was statistically significant in the two periods, the mean rate of advancement was ?0.6 days/decade during the period of 1960 to 1978. The trends of advancement of spring onset decreased with both increasing latitude and altitude up to 300 m above sea level, and these geographical effects were clearer during 1979–2004. Analysis of boundary shifts of three specific dates revealed that the spring onset has moved to higher latitudes for each date with an average shift of about 1° of latitude (about 110 km). Our results suggest that attempts to address how ecosystems will adapt to spring advancement associated with climate warming should consider the differences in response rates and geographical effects across the study area.     

南海北部陆坡区神狐海域构造特征及对水合物的控制

通过对南海北部陆坡区神狐海域高精度2D和3D地震资料的精细解释,在研究区共识别出4种构造类型,分别为气烟囱(流体底辟)、区域大尺度断层、深水扇中的正断层和滑移体中的滑脱断层。气烟囱具有直立的通道形态,其内部结构可划分为杂乱反射带、模糊反射带和顶部强振幅区域。大尺度断层位于水合物钻探区的西北部和东北部,断层规模大,对深部地层表现出明显的控制作用。深水扇中的正断层广泛发育于上新世的深水扇中,特别是在水合物钻探区西部进积特征明显的深水扇中,正断层的数量更多。滑移体中的滑脱断层在神狐海域的第四纪地层中非常常见,在剖面上呈雁列式分布。研究结果表明,大尺度断层由于和水合物钻探区的距离较远,对于水合物的成藏可能不起控制作用。气烟囱和规模小数量多的断裂体系为含气流体的运移提供了垂向和侧向的输送通道,构成了水合物的流体运移体系。当富含甲烷气体的流体通过这些垂向-侧向的运移通道时,在合适的温压条件下,被适于水合物聚集的沉积体所捕获,就有可能形成水合物。水合物钻探区内东西部构造特征的差异,使得研究区内形成了不同的流体运移体系,这可能是控制钻探区水合物不均匀性分布的一个关键因素。     

Spatial and temporal analysis of drought risk during the crop-growing season over northeast China

Northeast China as an important agricultural zone for commercial and economic crop in China suffered from increased drought risk that seriously threatened agricultural production and food security in recent decades. Based on precipitation datasets from 71 stations from 1960 to 2009 and on the reliable statistical methods of the Mann–Kendall test, Sen’s slope and the Standardized Precipitation Index, we analyzed the temporal and spatial variation of drought occurrence during the crop-growing season (from May to September) and summer (from June to August). The results showed that regional mean precipitation during the crop-growing season and summer over the last 40 years has decreased at the rate of ?1.72 and ?1.12 mm/year, respectively. According to timescale analysis of abrupt changes, there were two distinct time series (1965–1983 and 1996–2009) with decreasing precipitation trends at a 95 % confidence level. A comparison between the two time series of these two periods demonstrated that more frequent and more severe drought occurred during 1996–2009. Furthermore, drought risk in recent decades has become even more serious both in severity and in extent. Especially in the crop-growing season of 2001 and summer of 2007, over 25 % (2.0 × 10⁵ km²) of study area experienced severe drought (serious and extreme droughts). Our results highlight the urgent need for the development of effective drought adaptations for cropland over northeast China.     

Genetic parameters estimation for growth traits in cultured tiger pufferfish (fugu), Takifugu rubripes

The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic parameters of the growth performance of Takifugu rubripes. Heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated for body weight (BW), body length (BL), total length (TL), chest measurement (CM) and trunk length (TKL) of T. rubripes from measurements of progeny at 6 months and 12 months. The results showed that the heritability was 0.37 for BW6, 0.19 for BL6, 0.35 for TL6, 0.29 for CM6, 0.26 for TKL6, 0.36 for BW12, 0.26 for BL12, 0.25 for TL12, 0.31 for CM12 and 0.15 for TKL12. The range of genetic correlations estimated at 6 months was 0.025–0.725 and ?0.002–0.706 at 12 months. The results indicated that genetic improvement for faster growth rate or increased body weight in cultured T. rubripes was effective. Based on selection theory, the selection strategy for traits with medium heritability is flexible. Considering that these growth traits do not reach the high level of heritability, family selection should be expected. Given positive genetic correlations among BW, BL, TL, CM, and TKL at 6 months, the five traits could be improved simultaneously through selective breeding. As there was high genetic correlation only between BW12, BL12 and TL12, and negative correlations between TKL12 and BL12 as well as between CM12 and TL12, and only BW, BL and TL at 12 months could be improved simultaneously.