Chukchi Sea Ice Conditions for the Last Few Centuries: Reconstruction from Sedimentation Records

For the first time, the reconstruction of variations in the duration over several hundred years was conducted on the basis of models developed by comparing hydrometeorological observations and detailed scanning of the chemical composition of bottom sediments accumulated during the corresponding period. The gauge models for the reconstruction of air temperature and ice cover of the water area for three sites in the northern part of the Chukchi Sea have been developed. During the reconstruction, an insignificant increase in the duration of the ice-free period during the Little Ice Age was established, which does not coincide with the changes in the temperature regime that took place. It is concluded that the dynamics of the inflow of warm Pacific waters through the Bering Strait had the predominant influence on the ice regime of the Chukchi Sea.     

Numerical Modeling and Spatial Moment Analysis of Thermal Fronts in a Coupled Fracture-Skin-Matrix System

In this study, the behavior of thermal fronts along the fracture is studied in the presence of fracture-skin in a coupled fracture-matrix system. Cold water is injected into the fracture, which advances gradually towards production well, while extracting heat from the surrounding reservoir matrix. The heat conduction into the fracture-skin and the rock-matrix from the high permeability fracture is assumed to be one dimensional perpendicular to the axis of fluid flow along the fracture. Constant temperature cold water is injected through an injection well at the fracture inlet. The fluid flow takes place along the horizontal fracture which ensures connectivity between the injection and production wells. Since the rock-matrix is assumed to be tight, the permeability of fracture-skin as well as the rock-matrix is neglected. The present study focuses on the heat flux transfer at the fracture-skin interface as against the earlier studies on fracture-matrix interface, and the sensitivity of additional heterogeneity in the form of fracture skin in a conventional fracture-matrix coupled system is studied. The behavior of thermal fronts for various thermal conductivity values of the fracture-skin and rock-matrix is analyzed. Spatial moment analysis is performed on the thermal distribution profiles resulting from numerical studies in order to investigate the impact on mobility and dispersion behavior of the fluid in the presence of fracture-skin. The presence of fracture skin affects the heat transfer significantly in the coupled fracture-matrix system. The lower order spatial moments indicate that the effective thermal velocity increases with increase in skin thermal conductivity and a significant thermal dispersion is observed at the inlet of the fracture owing to the high thermal conductivity of the fracture-skin at the early stages. Furthermore the higher spatial moments indicate that the asymmetricity increases with decrease in skin thermal conductivity unlike the case with half fracture aperture and fluid velocity and the kurtosis is maximum with higher skin thermal conductivity which implies enhanced heat extraction from the fracture-skin into the fracture. Results suggest that the amount of heat extraction by the circulating fluid within the fracture from the reservoir not only depends on the rock-matrix module of the reservoir characteristics but also the fracture-skin characteristics of the system and subsequently influence the reservoir efficiency.     

Hydrothermal and thermal treatment of natural clinoptilolite zeolite from Bigadiç, Turkey: An experimental study

The clinoptilolite rich zeolite from Bigadiç which was formed from alteration of volcanic glass were treated with acidic (HCl, H₃BO₃, H₃PO₄), alkaline (KOH, NaOH) solutions. Hydrothermally treated and untreated samples were heat treated at 400, 550 and 700°C. XRD, ICP-MS and N₂ gas adsorption were used for physicochemical characterization of zeolites. Considering the Si/Al > 4 and Na+K/Ca+Mg < 1 ratios, zeolite sample is included to earth alkali clinoptilolite class (Heu II) which is also revealed by thermal treatments. Since zeolite structure contains low alkalies it was at collapsed 550°C. The removal of oxide elements efficiency of acids and alkalies were in the order of HCl > H₃PO₄ > HBO₃ > KOH > NaOH. XRD analysis indicated that the structure of zeolite was not altered with acids and alkali treatments. The structure of zeolite treated with HCl and other acids started to deform at 400 and 550°C respectively. In treatment with HCl, Si/Al ratio increases with significant a decrease in K content which resulted in a decrease in the heat stability of zeolite. No change was observed in the structure and thermal stability of clinoptilolite after alkali treatments. The fact that although significant amount of Na is removed with H₃BO₃ acid and Na is increased with NaOH but the thermal stability remains the same indicates that Na cation is not an important parameter as much as K. HCl and H₃PO₄ acid treatments increased the surface area depending on the dissolution of amorphous material and H₃PO₄ was found to be more effective. However, the total pore size decreased due to formation of new micropores.     

A GRAPHIC METHOD TO AID SPECIFIC DETERMINATION OF FUSULINOIDS AND SOME RESULTS OF ITS APPLICATION TO THE FUSULIN?E FROM N. CHINA.——WITH 2 PLATES AND 20 TEXT-FIGURES.

本篇分为三节:第一节论研究(竹廷)蜗之方法及其各部分之名称;并猎取古生物学家迄今历史之结果而加以批评。第二节专述中国北部已发见之(竹廷)蜗。第三节讨论本篇所述各种(竹廷)蜗生存之时代及其棲息流徙之情形。     

Modeling of emission spectra of the flaring red dwarf EV Lac: Active regions,flares, and microflares

Echelle spectrograms of the flaring red dwarf EV Lac obtained on the Nordic Optical Telescope are used to study the chromosphere of the star during the impulsive flare of 23:19 UT on August 30, 1994, and in two nearby time intervals when UBV RI photometry showed the star to be in a quiescent state. The high spectral resolution of the observations enabled the detection of broad Balmer emission wings in the nonflaring state, which are interpreted as evidence for microflares. Semiempirical models for active regions in the chromosphere, flares, and microflares are constructed and used to compare the main physical characteristics of these structures. The place of the detected microflares in the overall energetics of flare events in EV Lac is discussed.     

泥炭沼泽有机地球化学研究进展

近几十年来，国内外泥炭沼泽地球化学研究取得了一系列重要进展，特别是在脂类化合物和稳定同位素等方面。泥炭沼泽是一个良好的地质档案，泥炭纤维素碳、氢和氧同位素组成和比值是环境变化的综合参数，沉积脂类化合物含有反映有机质母源先质的骨架结构，这些标志物高分辨率地记录了全新世以来古气候、古植被和古环境的演变信息，在当今全球变化研究中占有相当重要的地位。本文综述了泥炭沼泽地球化学研究进展，侧重于泥炭沼泽脂类化合物和稳定同位素等标志物的地球化学研究现状和发展趋势；侧重论述了研究技术的发展、定性说明到定量分析的过渡、研究精度的提高及存在的问题，分析了这些分子标志物与植被演替、气候变迁和环境变化间的对应关系，指出了我国在该方面的薄弱之处以及需加强的领域。     

The Green Corona and Magnetic Fields

We present results of a study of the green corona (530.3 nm, Fexiv) and photospheric magnetic fields over the period 1976–1999 when both quantities were observed by ground-based observatories. By comparing both the limb green-line intensities and photospheric magnetograms we have found a relation between the strength of magnetic field and coronal intensities. This relation enables us to extend solar surface magnetic fields since 1976 back to 1939. From 1947 to 1992 the magnetic field strength grew at the cycle maxima by a factor of 1.5–2. On the other hand, both the green corona intensity and magnetic field strength in the present cycle are smaller compared to cycle 22, by a factor of 2. No relationship was found between the green corona intensities and magnetic field polarity as was previously supposed. Behavior for the green corona intensities is different between high-latitude and mid-latitude regions, and this break occurs at the heliographic latitude of ± 45°. Homogeneous coronal data set cannot be directly used to derive `the tilt angle', even though some similarities between the green coronal holes, poleward branches in the green corona and prominences and the tilt angle can be found.     

2022年6月19日广东佛山龙卷的双极化相控阵雷达特征

利用X波段双极化相控阵雷达等多源观测资料,分析了2022年6月19日早晨广东佛山超级单体龙卷的环境条件和对流风暴的结构及演变特征。龙卷母体风暴是在强西南季风天气背景下的一条东北-西南向飑线南端发展起来的。环境条件具备较大对流有效位能、低抬升凝结高度和强垂直风切变等有利于超级单体龙卷发生发展的热力和动力条件;低空风暴相对螺旋度、超级单体复合指数和强龙卷指数的显著增强对超级单体龙卷的发生有较好指示意义。具有高时空分辨率的佛山南海X波段双极化相控阵雷达探测到了龙卷母体微型超级单体的发展过程和龙卷涡旋的演变特征：对流单体在前侧低层入流的加强下逐渐形成钩状回波和反射率弱回波空洞;中气旋首先在2.5km附近高度形成后向低层伸展,随着后侧下沉气流的加强,低层涡旋旋转增强,当低层中气旋旋转速度超过22m·s-1(强中气旋)且直径紧缩至1.5km以内时,龙卷即将触地,龙卷涡旋特征(TVS)和龙卷碎片特征(TDS)出现是龙卷触地的主要特征,龙卷发生在反射率弱回波空洞、TVS和TDS附近。     

Spatial galaxy distribution function for a three-component system

We derive the distribution function and the allied thermodynamic quantities for a system of galaxies with three mass species. A new clustering parameter b ₃ that inherently takes into account the masses and the number of galaxies of each kind, emerges directly from the calculations. Our general conclusion is that the inclusion of the third component does not significantly effect the overall features of the distribution function.     

Yin-bo QIAN Xian-mei RAO Rui-z

the multiple phase screen method,could numerically simulate the turbulence effects,thermal blooming and their mutual effects for laser atmospheric propagation. Four types of propagation paths and ten kinds of optical turbulence profiles are also included into the program, which make it possible to simulate the propagating process and the atmospheric effects for laser beam with a circular or rectangular aperture under currently available conditions.Moreover,the beam propagating process can be visualized simultaneously by utilizing open graphics library (OpenGL).With the friendly user interface