Estimation of gross primary production in wheat from in situ measurements

Gross primary production (GPP) is a parameter of significant importance for carbon cycle and climate change research. Remote sensing combined with other climate and meteorological data offers a convenient tool for large scale GPP estimation. This paper presents a study of GPP estimation using three methods with in situ measurements of canopy reflectance, LAI, and the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). First, because LAI is considered as an indicator of the factor of absorbed PAR (f_APAR), it provides reasonable estimates of GPP for all types of wheat with coefficient of determination R² of 0.7353. The second method uses four kinds of vegetation indices (VIs) to estimate GPP because these indices are suggested to be reliable candidates in the estimation of light use efficiency (LUE). Good determination coefficients were acquired in estimating GPP with R² ranging from the lowest of 0.7604 for NDVI to the highest of 0.8505 for EVI. A new method was proposed for the estimation of GPP following the Monteith logic, which considering GPP as a product of VI × VI × PAR. Results indicated that this method can provide the best estimates of GPP as determination coefficient R² increased largely compared to the other two methods. EVI × EVI × PAR was demonstrated to be the most suitable for the estimation of GPP with the highest R² of 0.9207, which was about 10% larger as compared to GPP estimated from the single EVI. These results will be helpful for the development of new models of GPP estimation with all remote sensing inputs.     

Composite eddy structures on both sides of the Luzon Strait and influence factors

Combining Argo observations with satellite remote sensing data during the period of 2002–2014, the mean three-dimensional structures of mesoscale eddies on both sides of the Luzon Strait (LS) were obtained via a composite method and analyzed to statistically examine the influences of background marine environment and the Kuroshio current on the eddy structures. The significant signals of temperature and salinity anomalies within the composite eddies extend much deeper in the region east of the LS (zone E) than those in the region west of the strait (zone W) because of stronger eddy intensity and larger vertical gradients of background temperature and salinity in the deep layer in zone E. In the vertical structure of temperature anomaly within the eddies, two cores occur at around 200 and 400 dbar depths, respectively, in zone E and only one core is centered at about 100 dbar in zone W. There is a clear three-core sandwich pattern in the vertical structure of salinity anomaly within the eddies in zone E. The Kuroshio water trapped in the eddy is responsible for abnormally positive salinity anomaly in the surface layer of the anticyclonic eddy center in zone W. On both sides of the LS, an asymmetric dipole structure in the surface layer gradually turns into a monopole one at depths, which resulted from the competition between horizontal advection effect and eddy pumping effect. The Kuroshio current influences the distribution patterns of isotherms and isohalines and enhances background temperature and salinity horizontal gradients on both sides of the LS, determining the orientations of dipole temperature and salinity structures within eddies.     

堇青石矿物学研究进展：——Ⅱ人工合成堇青石的物理性质

工业用的堇青石多为人工合成，一些堇青石是在最终材料制作之前预先合成的，一些是在材料的制作和使用过程中生成的。堇青石具有许多优良的性能，包括低的热膨胀性，优良的抗热震性，较高的机械强度，低的介电常数和高的电阻率。随着材料生成条件不同，堇青石的物理性质也有较大变化     

新疆哈密黄山东镁铁—超镁铁杂岩体中橄榄石的化学成分及其岩石学意义

黄山东镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体中的橄榄石为主要造岩矿物,其化学成分与寄主岩(?)有关,具有一定的变化范围:角闪辉长岩相中为透铁橄榄石(Fo:64—73);超镁铁岩相中为贵橄榄石(Fo:81—85);在化学成分中,TiO_2,Al_2O_3和CaO;FcO,MnO和CoO;MgO和NiO各自呈正相关,而组与组之间却表现为负相关或相关性不明显。由此得出:杂岩体的侵入序次为角闪辉长岩相在先,超镁铁岩相在后;杂岩体的原始岩浆为玄武岩浆,在其侵位过程中曾发生过金属硫化物的深部熔离作用并由富MgO到富FeO演化;岩浆开始结晶的温度为1783℃,该温度同时也代表了母岩浆温度的下限。     

Determination of Sm‐Nd Isotopic Compositions in Fifteen Geological Materials Using Laser Ablation MC‐ICP‐MS and Application to Monazite Geochronology of Metasedimentary Rock in the North China Craton

In this study, we report both ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd and ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd values in twelve minerals (apatite, titanite, monazite and eudialyte) based on analyses over 4 years using LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS. The positive correlation between the measured β_Sm and β_Nd (r² = 0.9981) over this time in our laboratory demonstrates the excellent long‐term stability of the method. Compared with the normal method, Sm and Nd signal intensities were improved by a factor of 2.9 with the use of X skimmer and Jet sample cones in combination with the addition of nitrogen at 3–6 ml min^?1 to the central gas flow. The enhancement of signal intensity benefits the accurate in situ determination of the Sm‐Nd isotopes of samples poor in these elements. ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd values were also determined in two manganese nodules and GSMC Co‐rich crust with low mass fractions of Nd (94–293 μg g^?1). Generally, most of the obtained Sm‐Nd isotopic compositions in these geological materials are consistent with published values. ‘External reproducibility’ (2s) of ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd and ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd was typically better than 0.06‰ and 2.5‰, respectively, demonstrating that the Durango, Otter Lake, NW‐1 and MAD apatites, the Khan, and OLT‐1 titanites, MGMH#117531 monazite and LV01 eudialyte are promising candidate reference materials for in situ Sm‐Nd isotopic determinations. The Trebilcock, Mae Klang and 44069 monazites are only suitable for in situ Nd isotopic determinations because of their heterogeneous Sm/Nd compositions. The heterogeneous Sm‐Nd composition of titanite BLR‐1 demonstrates that it is not a suitable reference material for in situ Sm‐Nd isotopic determinations. Deep‐sea samples (NOD‐A‐1 and NOD‐P‐1 manganese nodule, GSMC Co‐rich crust) with low mass fractions of Nd also show homogenous Nd isotopic compositions. Sm‐Nd isotopic ratios of a monazite (MQG‐22) from the North China Craton were measured as a case study and gave a ¹⁴⁷Sm‐¹⁴³Nd isochron age of 1792 ± 35 Ma (MSWD = 3.2) consistent with the published metamorphic age of the host metasedimentary rocks. The results for both candidate reference materials and geological samples demonstrate that the in situ LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS analytical protocol described is feasible and robust for research in geological evolution.     

咸阳机场一次阵风锋的探测和自动识别

利用西安多普勒雷达观测资料、NCEP再分析资料和自动气象站资料,对2016年6月4日发生在咸阳机场附近的一次阵风锋天气展开研究。这次过程是由蒙古低涡主导,低涡后部的冷空气南下触发对流引起的,阵风锋过境时咸阳机场产生了2.2mm降水和19.7m·s^(-1)的大风天气,多架次航班受到影响。从雷达回波的分析发现,这次阵风锋的特征表现为,生命史2h左右,回波强度5~25dBz,长度约70km,平均移速达49.7km·h^(-1),伴有明显的窄带回波和辐合线。对雷达基数据进行质量控制后,设计了自动识别软件,在强度场上利用双向梯度算法,以及速度场上使用Shear参量算法,根据窄带回波和辐合线的空间一致性,对该阵风锋的位置和强度进行识别。最后利用临界成功指数对这个软件进行评估,本次阵风锋的识别率达到83.33%,表明该软件能够识别阵风锋,可在业务中使用。     

1949—2009年欧亚大陆强冷空气活动频次的变化特征

利用NCEP/NCAR提供的1949—2009年sig995层逐日平均温度资料,分析了近60 a欧亚大陆强冷空气活动频次年际变化的地区差异,并讨论了强冷空气活动的区域特征以及各区域强冷空气活动的变化特征。结果表明:欧亚大陆强冷空气活动可分为34个变化区,按照年代际变化及地理位置相邻可进一步归纳为9类地区。9类地区的强冷空气活动年频次存在共同变化特征,例如在20世纪60年代末至80年代中期普遍偏少;但也存在差异,例如80年代中期至90年代初高纬度地区偏多,而较低纬度的中国以及周边地区偏少。值得注意的是,新地岛周边地区以及西伯利亚中、南部地区强冷空气活动频次始于20世纪90年代中期的下降趋势延续至今,近几年欧亚大陆多数地区强冷空气活动频次偏少。     

中国长江中下游梅雨锋暴雨形成机理以及监测与预测理论和方法研究

国家重点基础研究发展规划项目“我国重大天气灾害形成机理与预测理论研究”经过项目全体科学家的 5a研究 ,取得了一系列重要的研究成果 :(1)提出了基于多种实时观测资料的梅雨锋暴雨的多尺度物理模型 ;(2 )建立了梅雨锋暴雨的天气学模型 ;(3)梅雨锋是由多个不同尺度系统构成的梅雨锋系 ,它具有介于温带锋系结构与热带辐合带结构之间的副热带锋系结构 ,在长江中下游有时可表现为双锋结构。锋前的湿物理过程与锋上强对流系统发展形成的正反馈过程以及梅雨锋系的不同尺度系统的相互作用是梅雨锋维持与发展的重要机制 ;(4 )提出了多种中尺度暴雨的定量卫星遥感反演理论和方法 ,并形成一系列新的反演产品 ;(5 )成功地研究了双多普勒雷达同步探测和反演中尺度暴雨三维结构的理论和方法 ;(6 )发展了配有三维变分同化系统的中尺度暴雨数值预报模式系统 ,在 2 0 0 3年淮河抗洪救灾中发挥了积极作用。上述研究成果表明该项目已经圆满地完成了预定的目标与任务。     

三峡库区降水—径流关系及径流量预报模型研究

利用2000—2007年长江上游各分流域面雨量实测资料、雷达遥测面雨量资料以及各水文站的历史资料,对流域降水量、洪水传播时间、径流数据以及基流值进行了针对性处理;通过单日产流Pa+P—R(降水量加前期影响雨量—径流)分析和场次洪水总量Crr—P(a径流系数—前期影响雨量)分析,结合各分流域拟合效果及检验,研究了三峡库区降水—径流关系,证明采用雷达遥测的降水数据作为降水量输入来预报各分流域未来时段内产流量是最佳选择,由此建立了三峡库区径流量的预报模型。