低纬高原罕见“雷打雪”中尺度特征分析

应用常规高空资料、FY-2C卫星红外和水汽图像、加密自动站地面观测资料,结合新一代多普勒雷达探测资料,综合分析了2008年2月28日夜间至29日凌晨发生在云南的"雷打雪"罕见天气现象.结果表明:南支槽和冷空气、西南低空急流的共同影响,是其发生的有利天气背景,其中强对流天气就发生在急流与锋面相互作用的湿度锋湿区内斜压不稳定的环境中.中-γ尺度对流云团生成并逐渐增强为中-β尺度对流云团是形成此次复杂对流天气的直接中尺度系统.多普勒雷达回波中,PPI上有回波强度达25～33dBz的"人字形"回波、钩状回波以及阵风锋的出现,相应VPPI上出现逆风区、低层零线"S"形暖平流及"牛眼"结构是"雷打雪"天气中降雨转为冰雹、阵雪过程中,中尺度对流系统由弱变强的典型特征.地面逐时温、压、湿、风的迅速演变特征表现为雷暴发生前增温增湿和增压,温度、气压出现峰值,且气压曲线显示为圆顶状的中尺度雷暴高压特征;风的变化则表现为风向呈逆时针旋转,偏北风增大并出现风速峰值.雷暴过境时,要素显示为降温增湿,出现露点锋.     

近45年深层地温变化趋势分析

利用1961-2005年拉萨0.8 m,1.6 m和3.2 m逐月平均地温,采用气候倾向率、累积距平、信噪比等气候诊断方法,分析了近45年深层平均地温的变化趋势,以及异常、突变等气候特征.结果表明:近45年拉萨0.8 m和1.6 m年平均地温呈极显著的增温趋势,倾向率为(0.58～0.69℃)/10a;0.8 m和1.6 m平均地温倾向率春季最大,秋季最小;3.2 m平均地温却以夏季升幅最大,冬季最小;与同时期平均气温的增温幅度比较,地温增幅更大;20世纪60-90年代0.8 m和1.6 m年平均地温呈明显的逐年代升高趋势;季平均地温20世纪60-70年代均偏低,80年代大部分季节仍略偏低,90年代都表现为正距平;0.8 m,1.6 m和3.2 m年平均地温均在1999年出现了异常偏暖,异常偏冷现象仅发生在1.6 m土层上,时间为1963年;夏季深层平均地温异常偏暖均发生在1999年;冬季0.8 m 和1.6 m平均地温多异常偏冷年份,主要发生在20世纪60年代;1999,2002－2005年冬季3.2 m平均地温异常偏暖;夏、秋季平均地温的气候突变出现在1986年,冬、春季发生在1983年.     

1954年～2006年介休市降水及干旱气候变化特征分析

根据山西省介休市气象局1954年-2006年的降水等资料,分析了介休市近53年来的降水及干旱气候变化．得出：a）近53a来,介休市降水量总体呈减少趋势,减少速度为22．1mm／10a,显著高于全国水平。20世纪90年代减少趋势尤为显著。在季节上,夏、秋降水减少明显,说明降水减少主要是由夏、秋季降水减少造成。b）53年间介休市有2个明显干燥期：20世纪60年代中后期至70年代中期和90年代中后期至本世纪初。干燥系数四季均有增大趋势,但春季增大最为明显。     

一次持续空气污染过程的气象条件分析

2004年12月24-30日,淄博地区出现一次持续一周的强空气污染过程.本文分析了这次过程的主要污染物浓度变化特征和造成强污染的天气形势特点以及主要的气象变量分布特征.结果表明:高空维持稳定纬向环流、逆温层结持续存在、混合层厚度增加、低空风速小,导致污染物不能及时随大气扩散,污染物浓度增大.     

黄河中下游夏季降水时空分布及演变特征

利用黄河中下游地区44个测站1978-2005#夏季(6-8月)降水资料,采用EOF和REOF方法分析了黄河中下游夏季降水时空分布及演变特征,结果表明,黄河中下游地区夏季降水可分为全地区一致、陕西省北中部和晋陕两省交界处为中心、晋陕豫三省交界处为中心、晋陕两省北部为中心、河南省西北部为中心等多种分布型.     

Assessing probability of surface manifestation of liquefaction at a given site in a given exposure time using CPTU

This paper is a follow-up to a previous paper on the subject of liquefaction potential index (LPI), a parameter that is often used to characterize the potential for surface manifestation of liquefaction at a given site subjected to a given shaking level (represented by a pair of peak ground surface acceleration a_max and moment magnitude M_w). In the previous paper by Juang and his coworkers, the LPI was re-calibrated for a piezocone penetration test (CPTU) model, and a simplified model based on LPI was created for computing the conditional probability of surface manifestation of liquefaction (P_G). In this paper, the model for this conditional probability P_G is extended into a complete framework for assessing the probability of surface manifestation of liquefaction in a given exposure time at a given site subjected to all possible ground motions at all seismic hazard levels. This new framework is formulated and demonstrated with an example site in 10 different seismic regions in the United States.     

New insights into the origin of perylene in geological samples

The origin of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) perylene in sediments and petroleum has been a matter of continued debate. Reported to occur in Phanerozoic organic matter (OM), fossil crinoids and tropical termite mounds, its mechanism of formation remains unclear. While a combustion source can be excluded, structural similarities to perylene quinone-like components present in e.g. fungi, plants, crinoids and insects, potentially suggest a product-precursor relationship. Here, we report perylene concentrations, ¹³C/¹²C, and D/H ratios from a Holocene sediment profile from the Qingpu trench, Yangtze Delta region, China. Perylene concentrations differ from those of pyrogenic PAHs, and rise to prominence in a stratigraphic interval that was dominated by woody vegetation as determined by palynology including fungal spores. In this zone, perylene concentrations exhibit an inverse relationship to the lignin marker guaiacol, D/H ratios between −284‰ and −317‰, similar to the methoxy groups in lignin, as well as co-variation with spores from wood-degrading fungi. ¹³C/¹²C of perylene differs from that of land plant wax alkanes and falls in the fractionation range expected for saprophytic fungi that utilise lignin, which is isotopically lighter than cellulose and whole wood. During progressive lignin degradation, the relative carbon isotopic ratio of the perylene decreases. We therefore hypothesise a relationship of perylene to the activity of wood-degrading fungi. To support our hypothesis, we analysed a wide range of Phanerozoic sediments and oils, and found perylene to generally be present in subordinate amounts before the evolutionary rise of vascular plants, and to be generally absent from marine-sourced oils, few exceptions being attributed perhaps to a contribution of marine and/or terrestrial-derived fungi, anoxia (especially under marine conditions) and/or contamination of core material by fungi. A series of low-molecular-weight aromatic quinones bearing the perylene-backbone were detected in Devonian and Cretaceous sediments, potentially representing precursor components to perylene.     

Distribution and significance of novel low molecular weight sterenes in an immature evaporitic sediment from the Jinxian Sag,North China

An unusual series of C₂₂–C₂₇ monounsaturated sterenes and C₂₄–C₃₀ tetracyclic terpanes (17,21-secohopanes) were detected in relatively high concentrations in an immature evaporitic marl sediment of the Jinxian Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, North China. The site of unsaturation in these novel sterenes is assigned tentatively to the D ring on the basis of mass spectral interpretation, which also distinguishes them from reported unsaturated sterenes. Other hydrocarbon biomarker or stable isotope characteristics are indicative of microbial (e.g. methyl hopanes), phytoplankton or higher plant (depleted δ¹³C values of isoprenoids and hopanes) inputs and an anoxic carbonate depositional environment (hexacyclic hopanes; tetracyclic terpanes). The hydrocarbon composition showed no obvious biodegradation and the relatively high concentration of unsaturated terpenoids (e.g. gammacerene) and low values of other established maturity parameters (T_s/T_m = 0.23; R_o = 0.44%; T_max = 417 °C), are consistent with sediments of low maturity. The novel, low molecular weight sterenes and the tetracyclic terpanes may be early diagenetic products of microbial sources in a carbonate environment.