Lightning and Doppler radar observations of a squall line system

A typical squall line with damaging wind and hailstones occurred on 28 April 2006 in Shandong Province, middle eastern China, and caused great economic loss. The characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning (CG) in the squall line were studied in detail by combining the data from the ground-based CG location network, two Doppler radars and the Lightning Imaging Sensor on the TRMM satellite. Results show that positive CG flashes accounted for 54.7% of the total CG flashes. During the initial developing stage, the CG flash rate was lower than 0.5fl min^{− 1} and most of the CG flashes were positive. It increased significantly, up to 4.5fl min^{− 1}, along with the rapid development of the squall line, and the percentage of positive CG was more than 75% during this period. The CG flash rate began to decrease but the percentage of negative CG flash increased gradually and exceeded that of positive CG during the mature and dissipating stages. Positive CG flashes tended to occur on the right flank and negative ones on the left flank. Strong wind at the surface occurred in or near the regions with dense positive CG flashes. Almost all positive CG flashes occurred near the strong radar echo regions, in the front parts of the squall line. However, the negative CG flashes almost exclusively occurred in the regions with weak and uniform radar echoes. The total flash rate in the storm was very high, up to 136fl min^{− 1}, and its ratio of intracloud flashes (IC) to CG flashes was 35:1. Dense positive CG flashes corresponded to updraft regions, they did not occur in the core of the updraft, but just behind and close to the main updraft instead. The rear inflow jet, between 3 and 6 km, played an important role in the formation of the bow echo and very strong wind at surface. The CG distribution features in the squall line were obviously different from that of an ordinary MCS. The charge structure could be roughly described as an inverted charge structure.     

人工触发闪电中的M分量特征

利用2005-2008年期间在山东开展的人工触发闪电试验中所观测到的通道底部电流、不同距离垂直电场及高速摄像光学资料,对人工触发闪电10次回击之后的33次M分量电流波形进行了分析.结果表明,典型的M分量电流波形具有较对称的结构特征,峰值电流的几何平均值为743 A(标准偏差为0.55);波形10%～90%上升时间的几何...     

北京闪电综合探测网(BLNET):网络构成与初步定位结果

北京闪电综合探测网(Beijing Lightning NETwork, 简称BLNET)由10个观测站组成, 每个子站主要由闪电快、慢电场变化测量仪(也称快、慢天线)和闪电甚高频(VHF)辐射探测仪构成, 实现了对闪电的多频段的综合观测。本文首先详细介绍了BLNET的网络构成, 然后利用蒙特卡罗法对网络的定位误差进行了理论分析, 模拟结果表明网络内部水平定位误差小于200 m, 网络外部100 km处水平定位误差小于3 km, 最后利用Chan氏算法和Levenberg-Marquardt算法相结合的方法, 对发生在2013年7月7日的一次雷暴过程分别进行了地闪和云闪定位, 将定位结果和对应时次的雷达回波进行比较, 发现地闪和云闪都出现在大于30 dBZ的雷达回波区, 表明了探测网络和定位方法的可靠性。     

Land-Sea Contrast in the Lightning Diurnal Variation as Observed by the WWLLN and LIS/OTD Data

Data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) for the period 2005-2011 and data composite of the Lightning Imaging Sensor/Optical Transient Detector (LIS/OTD) for 1995-2010 are used to analyze the lightning activity and its diurnal variation over land and ocean of the globe. The Congo basin shows a peak mean annual flash density of 160.7 fl km-2 yr-1 according to the LIS/OTD. The annual mean land to ocean flash ratio is 9.6:1, which confirms the result from Christian et al. in 2003 based on only 5-yr OTD data. The lightning density detected by the WWLLN is in general one order of magnitude lower than that of the LIS/OTD. The diurnal cycle of the lightning activity over land shows a single peak, with the maximum activity occurring around 1400-1900 LT (Local Time) and a minimum in the morning from both datasets. The oceanic diurnal variation has two peaks: the early morning peak between 0100 and 0300 LT and the afternoon peak with a stronger intensity between 1100 and 1400 LT over the Pacific Ocean, as revealed from the WWLLN dataset; whereas the diurnal variation over ocean in the LIS/OTD dataset shows a large fluctuation.     

一次多回击闪电过程的物理特性分析

利用西藏那曲无狭缝光栅摄谱仪获得的一次多回击云对地闪电光谱,研究了各放电通道的温度及其变化。结果表明,一次闪电不同回击过程的通道温度有明显差异,闪电前期的温度通常较高,之后呈逐渐降低趋势。将闪电光谱与同步电学观测资料相结合,讨论了光谱特征、通道温度与闪电放电特性、电流热效应的相关性。数据分析显示,光谱总强度与辐射电场的变化幅度成正比;光谱总强度与放电电流的大小成正比;通道温度与回击过程传输的能量为正相关。     

Recent Advances in Research of Lightning Meteorology

Lightning meteorology focuses on investigating the lightning activities in different types of convective weather systems and the relationship of lightning to the dynamic and microphysical processes in thunder- storms. With the development and application of advanced lightning detection and location technologies, lightning meteorology has been developed into an important interdiscipline between atmospheric electricity and meteorology. This paper mainly reviews the advances of lightning meteorology research in recent years in China from the following five aspects： 1） development of advanced lightning location technology, 2） char- acteristics of lightning activity in different convective systems, 3） relationship of lightning to the dynamic and microphysical processes in thunderstorms, 4） charge structure of thunderstorms, and 5） lightning data assimilation techniques and application to severe weather forecasting. In addition, some important aspects on future research of the lightning meteorology are proposed.     

西藏措勤尼雄矿田滚纠铁矿侵入岩LA-ICP-MS 锆石 U-Pb年龄与地球化学特征

本文分析了尼雄矿田滚纠铁矿与成矿相关的花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩主量元素、微量元素并对其进行锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年。结果显示,岩石富硅(SiO₂平均分别66.76%和70.98%)、富碱(ALK平均为6.28%和7.70%),铝饱和指数均小于1.1,属中高K钙碱性I型花岗岩。两者具相似的稀土元素球粒陨石标配分模式图和微量元素原始地幔蛛网图,∑REE较低(∑REE分别是 130.6×10^-6和134.3×10^-6),弱Eu负异常(δEu分别为0.84和0.88),弱-中等轻重稀土分馏,(La/Yb)_N分别平均8.07和6.72。 Rb、Pb、Th等大离子亲石元素和稀土元素富集,Ba和U、Nb、Ta、P 、Ti等高场强元素亏损,显示弧岩浆作用特点,指示岩石形成于弧后伸展环境,岩浆源区具壳幔混源的特征。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年显示花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩分别形成于113.6±1.2Ma和112.6±1.6Ma,属早白垩世晚期岩浆活动产物。结合区域地质资料,认为滚纠铁矿与成矿相关的花岗闪长岩和二长花岗岩因班公湖-怒江洋壳向南俯冲,并于~113Ma发生冈底斯陆壳和羌塘陆壳对接,已俯冲的班公湖-怒江洋壳发生板片回转,导软流圈地幔流体上涌,其所带来的巨大热能引发岩石圈地幔和上覆地壳发生部分熔融,形成以壳源为主的壳幔混源岩浆,在弧后拉张环境下上侵形成。     

基于GIS的证据权重法在黑龙江省西北部金矿成矿预测中的应用

在分析了黑龙江西北部地区金矿床成矿特征的基础上,建立了区域金矿找矿模型,然后提取了各类找矿信息,并在GIS中构成了与成矿有关的地层、构造、岩浆岩、遥感、物探、化探异常等11个证据图层。用证据权重模型统计综合证据图层生成研究区成矿后验概率图。按照后验概率相对大小把预测区成矿可能性划分成三级,圈定5个Ⅰ级成矿远景区,为在黑龙江省西北部进一步找矿奠定了基础。     

甘肃中川地区雷暴的地闪特征

利用在甘肃中川地区一次雷暴过程的５站电场变化同步观测资料,对１９９６年８月１２日的４次地闪过程分析发现甘肃中川地区负地闪回击所中和的负电荷离地高度为２．７４～５．４１ｋｍ（对应环境温度为－２．０～－１５．０℃）,而正地闪回击所中和的正电荷离地高度低于２．０ｋｍ（对应环境温度为±５．０℃）。正地闪放电过程较负地闪中和的电荷量要大７倍左右。在雷暴初期及活跃期前期,地闪回击发生之前有持续１７０～３００ｍｓ的云内放电过程,它发生在云下部正电荷区和主负电荷区。与雷达回波的对比发现,负地闪发生在雷暴大于２０ｄＢｚ的强回波区或４０ｄＢｚ强回波边缘而正地闪却发生在相对较弱的回波区域。     

荷载变量相关下直立式防波堤的可靠度

为了探讨独立或相关荷载变量对结构可靠指标(β)值的影响,利用广义随机空间极限状态曲面上任一点处切平面法线来确定可靠指标,从而将在欧洲通用的确定直立式防波堤可靠指标的Hasofer和Lind方法推广至适用于波浪水平力与浮托力之间相关的情况.对一座直立堤实例的核算表明,在变量相关情况下采用改进的JC法或推广的HL法得出可靠指标值符合良好,而荷载相关时的可靠指标值则明显低于假定荷载独立时的结果.