Eddy energy sources and mesoscale eddies in the Sea of Okhotsk

Based on eddy-permitting ocean circulation model outputs, the mesoscale variability is studied in the Sea of Okhotsk. We confirmed that the simulated circulation reproduces the main features of the general circulation in the Sea of Okhotsk. In particular, it reproduced a complex structure of the East-Sakhalin current and the pronounced seasonal variability of this current. We established that the maximum of mean kinetic energy was associated with the East-Sakhalin Current. In order to uncover causes and mechanisms of the mesoscale variability, we studied the budget of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the Sea of Okhotsk. Spatial distribution of the EKE showed that intensive mesoscale variability occurs along the western boundary of the Sea of Okhotsk, where the East-Sakhalin Current extends. We revealed a pronounced seasonal variability of EKE with its maximum intensity in winter and its minimum intensity in summer. Analysis of EKE sources and rates of energy conversion revealed a leading role of time-varying (turbulent) wind stress in the generation of mesoscale variability along the western boundary of the Sea of Okhotsk in winter and spring. We established that a contribution of baroclinic instability predominates over that of barotropic instability in the generation of mesoscale variability along the western boundary of the Sea of Okhotsk. To demonstrate the mechanism of baroclinic instability, the simulated circulation was considered along the western boundary of the Sea of Okhotsk from January to April 2005. In April, the mesoscale anticyclonic eddies are observed along the western boundary of the Sea of Okhotsk. The role of the sea ice cover in the intensification of the mesoscale variability in the Sea of Okhotsk was discussed.     

Mafic Intrusions of ca. 2400 Ма Large Igneous Province in the Belomorian Mobile Belt: First Baddeleyite U–Pb ID-TIMS Data

Doklady Earth Sciences - U–Pb ID-TIMS dating of igneous baddeleyite from metamorphosed coronitic gabbronorites in the сentral part of the Belomorian mobile belt, Fennoscandian shield...     

白令海北部陆坡23 ka以来古生产力变化及其对海冰扩张的响应

本文基于白令海北部陆坡ARC6-B11岩心的沉积物粒度、颜色反射率、有机碳/氮含量和高分辨率化学元素XRF扫描数据,结合底栖和浮游有孔虫AMS14C测年资料,重建了研究区23 ka以来至中全新世的沉积记录,重点研究了海冰的扩张变化对生产力和沉积物输入的影响。研究结果显示,末次盛冰期白令海北部陆坡受到海冰南向扩张的影响而生产力较低,沉积物中砂粒级和冰筏碎屑（IRD）含量较高。HS 1时期由于受到常年冰的覆盖,沉积物中砂粒级和IRD含量存在低值,沉积物中较高的总有机碳（TOC）含量受陆源有机质的影响较大,异常的TOC含量峰值主要受到低海平面和海冰形成过程产生的富氧水团控制下的高浓度细粒物质携带的陆源有机质的快速沉积作用的影响,难以作为反映白令海古生产力的替代指标。B/A暖期和全新世生产力较高,在B/A暖期存在Ca/Ti峰值现象,Ca/Ti峰值现象的产生与碳酸盐补偿深度增加有关,水体通风条件的改变可能起到一定的作用,也不能忽视颗石藻对其产生的潜在影响。     

Ground-Level Ozone Concentration and the Health Status in Various Age Groups of Muscovites in Summer 2010

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - An elevation of the ozone level in surface air due to climate change and increasing atmospheric pollution can lead to an increase in the morbidity and...