A dataset of global ocean surface currents for 1999-2007 derived from Argo float trajectories: Comparison with surface drifter and TAO measurements

A dataset of surface current vectors with error estimate from 1999 to 2007 is derived from the trajectories of the Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography （Argo） drifting on surface over the global ocean. The error of the estimated surface currents is about 4.7 cm s-1 which is equivalent to the accuracy of the currents determined from the surface drifters. Geographically, the Argo-derived surface currents can fill many gaps left by the Global Drifter Program due to the greater number of floats, and can provide a complementary in situ observational system for monitoring global ocean surface currents. The surface currents from the Argo floats are compared with the surface drifter-derived currents and the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean program （TAO） measurements. The comparisons show good agreement for both the current amplitude and the direction of surface currents. Results indicate the feasibility of obtaining ocean surface currents from the Argo array and of combining the surface currents from Argo and the ocean surface drifters for in situ mapping of the global surface currents. The authors also make the dataset available to users of interest for many types of applications.     

写好电视天气预报解说词的几点体会

电视天气预报解说词不仅应具备新闻特征,注重气象热点,实现事实的真实,而且文字应通俗、易懂、生动、形象和富于文采,以体现艺术的真实,更重要的是善于将气象科学语言转化成电视语言。     

南京地区闪电定位资料与探空资料的应用分析

利用江苏省闪电定位系统的观测资料,结合南京探空资料,分析了以南京探空站为中心的1°×1°的经纬度范围内,在两次探空放球时间段内所发生的闪电情况.分析表明,沙氏指数、700 hPa与1000 hPa假相当位温θse差、500 hPa与700 hPa假相当位温θse差、1000 hPa温度、500 hPa温度对南京地区闪电活动的实时预警有比较明显的作用,并定义了闪电概率指数,可用于预报0～30 min内闪电的发生概率.本研究对南京地区雷电实时监测与预警有参考价值.     

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.     

在非匀质波动中应用拉格朗日函数平均法应注意的问题

本文主要讨论了变分原理在解决有关非均质波动中存在的问题,并分析了使用普通变分原理、限制性变分原理、多重尺度法对惯性重力内波方程进行研究的结果,发现使用变分原理,限制性变分原理都是有条件的,即它们仅对某些类型的方程才有效,而对于有些方程用不同的方法,可得到不同的结果.这些对以后正确使用变分原理有一定的参考价值.     

1880-2006年中国夏季雨带类型的年代际变化特征

 利用1880-2006年中国东部地区夏季降水量及1951-2006年中国160个站夏季降水量和北半球大气环流资料,在夏季降水分型的基础上,研究了夏季雨型的年代际变化规律,分析了夏季各类雨型所对应的北半球500 hPa环流场的主要特征。结果表明：东部季风区和西部区存在着20～40 a左右的年代际振荡趋势,东北区则表现为明显的15 a左右的年代际变化特点;东部季风区四类雨型东亚大气环流差异显著,西部区二类雨型和东北区二类雨型欧亚大气环流的配置基本都相反。     

快速冷却电子的精确同步辐射谱与GRB辐射

普遍认为内激波中电子的同步辐射是γ射线暴快速光变辐射的主要辐射机制,但理论预言与观测结果始终符合不好.确认在内激波中电子因辐射损失而快速冷却,分析指出以往研究中求得的快速冷却电子同步辐射谱只是一个粗略的结果,由数值计算求得单电子快速冷却时的精确同步辐射谱,从而用一个统一模型合理解释观测到的长γ暴低能谱指数α的分布,拟合α与vFv谱的峰值能量Ep之间的相关.     

Cosmic‐ray rejection for single spectroscopic CCD images by means of template matching

This article describes a novel algorithm for cosmic‐ray rejection in single spectroscopic CCD images. This algorithm is based on a variation of template matching. It focuses on identifying those pixels belong to spectra, while other conventional algorithms tried to locate the cosmic‐ray hits directly. The main principle is applying template matching to find suspicious blocks, which is followed by surface patching to locate the legitimate pixels accurately. Therefore, the rest pixels are the ones corrupted by cosmic‐ray hits. Meanwhile, almost all the parameters are automatically extracted from the images. Examples of its performance are given for both simulated and observed images. It shows an advantage of significantly low false alarm rate with relatively high detection rate (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)