Surface wave simulation during winter with sea ice in the Bohai Sea

Sea ice can attenuate wave energy significantly when waves propagate through ice covers.In this study,a third-generation wave model called simulating wave nearshore(SWAN)was advanced to include damping of wave energy due to friction in the boundary layer below the ice.With the addition of an eddy viscosity wave-ice model,the resulting new SWAN model was applied to simulate wave height in the Bohai Sea during the freezing winter.Its performance was validated with available buoy data near the ice edge,and the new model showed an improvement in accuracy because it considered the ice effect on waves.We then performed a wave hindcast for the Bohai Sea during a freezing period in the winter of 2016 that had the severest ice conditions in recent years and found that the mean significant wave height changed by approximately 16.52%.In the Liaodong Bay,where sea ice concentration is highest,the change reached 32.57%,compared with the most recent SWAN model version.The average influence of sea ice on wave height simulation was also evaluated over a five-year(2013-2017)hindcast during January and February.We found that the wave height decrease was more significant in storm conditions even the eddy viscosity wave-ice model itself showed no advantage on damping stronger waves.     

Implementing marine XML for observed CTD data in a marine data exchange platform

In order to archive,quality control and disseminate a large variety of marine data in a marine data exchange platform,a marine XML has been developed to encapsulate marine data,which provides an efficient means to store,transfer and display marine data.This paper first presents the details of the main marine XML elements and then gives an example showing how to transform CTD-observed data into Marine XML format,which illustrates the XML encapsulation process of marine observed data.     

Columbite SN3: A New Potential Reference Material for U-Pb Dating by LA-ICP-MS

Columbite-tantalite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating is a fast and useful method to determine the age of rare-metal deposits and fingerprint the provenance of columbite-tantalite ore concentrates. Accurate LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating requires matrix-matched reference materials. We analysed three columbite-tantalite samples (SN3, HND and RL2) from China using ID-TIMS and LA-ICP-MS to assess their potential as reference materials for in situ U-Pb dating. Coltan 139 and these three columbite-tantalite samples with variable compositions yielded internally consistent LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages when using each other for calibration and the weighted mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages are comparable to respective ID-TIMS ages. Composition-dependent U-Pb fractionation seems to be insignificant under the LA-ICP-MS conditions used. Sample SN3 has a low percentage of heterogeneity for ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages (4%) with low common Pb contributions (f₂₀₆ < 1%) and shows a good potential in calibrating unknown samples as primary reference material for LA-ICP-MS analysis. Samples RL2 and HND have altered sections characterised by high LREE contents, flat LREE patterns and old ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U apparent ages, and are not suited as reference materials. The low ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb intercepts for samples RL2 and HND lack geological meaning but provide strong evidence that the disturbed U-Pb systematics with anomalous apparent ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages is a secondary feature.     

海南省台风气象服务效益评估研究

考虑到台风气象服务效益影响因子的复杂性,利用2000—2015年海南省台风灾害损失数据和防御台风灾害行为效益评估三级指标体系调查问卷的统计数据,着重考虑防台减灾中政府组织领导、部门联防、公众防御能力、气象服务水平及不可避免损失因子,基于逆推算法构建了海南省台风气象服务效益评估模型,从防台减灾总效益中分离出其中的气象服务效益,实现了海南省台风气象服务效益的客观化定量化评估。结果表明:海南省台风灾害气象服务效益占台风直接经济损失的14%～49%,这与台风灾害过程中不可避免损失因子密切相关;2000—2015年海南台风灾害气象服务效益和台风直接经济损失均处于增长的态势,这表明当地社会经济的快速发展一定程度上使台风直接经济损失增长,同时伴随政府决策、部门联防、公众防御及气象服务能力的不断增强,气象服务效益将得到提升;台风气象服务效益与台风直接经济损失具有极高的相关性,一定程度上表明了当台风灾害影响较重时,气象服务显得尤其重要。     

判别地下水异常的干扰性与前兆性的原则及其应用实例

提出了地下水干扰异常识别与排除的4个“相关性”原则,即成因上的相关性、空间上的相关性、时间上的相关性与强度上的相关性;提出了地下水前兆异常确认的4个判据,即首先是非干扰性异常,其次是有震例与理论模式的支持,再次是已有前兆映震理论或模式的支持,最后是有其它测项与学科异常的配套.还介绍了利用上述原则与判据排除江苏省宿迁市大...     

Opportunities and challenges in rebuilding tornado-impacted Greensburg,Kansas as “stronger,better, and greener”

A May 2007 tornado destroyed 95% of aging, declining Greensburg, Kansas. The city took the opportunity to build back “stronger, better, and greener,” enforcing upgraded codes, requiring city-owned buildings to meet LEED Platinum level standards, and recommending energy-efficiency housing in a new Sustainable Comprehensive Plan. Using information collected from surveys of Greensburg tornado survivors, interviews, and publications, we examined the housing-related recovery, including the emergency provision of temporary shelter and rebuilding permanently. Although temporary shelter kept residents nearby for rebuilding, given the gap between insurance policy limits on the aging housing stock and rebuilding costs, housing affordability is a critical issue in Greensburg’s recovery. Local, state, and federal support have made construction of municipal buildings at LEED Platinum level and some affordable and green housing projects possible. However, far greater public and private sector funding for affordable workforce housing, in conjunction with broader economic and job development, is needed.     

Spatiotemporal distributions and influences on snow density in China from 1999 to 2008

Ground snow observation data from 1999 to 2008 were used to analyze the temporal and spatial distribution of snow density in China. The monthly maximum density shifted from north to south during the period from October to the following January, and then moved back from south to north during the period from January to April. The maximum snow density occurred at the border between Hunan and Jiangxi provinces in January, where snow cover duration was short and varied remarkably. Snow density in Northeast China and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region were also high and showed less variation when the snow cover duration was long. Ground observation data from nine weather stations were selected to study changes of snow density in Northeast and Northwest China. A phase of stable snow density occurred from the middle ten days of November to the following February; non-stationary density phases were observed from October to the first ten days of November and from March to April. To further investigate the effects of climatic factors on snow density, correlations between snow density and precipitation, air temperature, snow depth and wind velocity for Northeast and Northwest China were analyzed. Correlation analysis showed that snow depth was the primary influence on snow density.     

北京太平庄井流体物理化学多项动态的对比观测研究

在北京太平庄井详细观察观测与研究了井水位、水温、流量、水化学离子、溶解气与逸出气及井区土壤气与气象因素等３７项地下流体及其影响因素的短期动态。根据试验观察结果，本文初步解释出以地固体潮、大气大无畏民不动力条件的变动为共同基础的该井各测项短期－动态的内在联系，文中还对比分析了溶解气－逸出气－土壤气，水温－地温－气温等同类测项动态间的联系。     

地表过程与人类活动对硅产出影响的研究进展

硅元素是地球第二大组成元素,深刻影响着地表物质循环,是陆海相互作用研究、全球碳循环研究的关键元素之一.从自然风化、生物过程和人类活动3个方面综述了国内外有关地表过程对硅产出影响的研究进展,重点分析了生物过程和人类活动在硅生物地球化学循环过程中的作用.综合分析指出,应着重开展生物参与下原生/次生硅酸盐矿物风化速率的研究,重视高等植物在区域硅循环中的作用;富营养化与筑坝对于河流硅的滞留都十分重要,因筑坝产生的水库清水下泄在中下游河道产生的潜在效应很可能对河口硅输入产生重要的影响.应采用地球化学示踪技术,加强这方面的定量研究、模型研究、过程研究以及系统的综合性研究,特别是对流域地表过程的改变以及与筑坝、富营养化过程的联合作用,应进行深入的多学科交叉综合研究.