Data processing for the Active Particle-induced X-ray Spectrometer and initial scientific results from Chang'e-3 mission

The Active Particle-induced X-ray Spectrometer(APXS) is an important payload mounted on the Yutu rover, which is part of the Chang'e-3 mission. The scientific objective of APXS is to perform in-situ analysis of the chemical composition of lunar soil and rock samples. The radioactive sources,55 Fe and109Cd, decay and produce α-particles and X-rays. When X-rays and α-particles interact with atoms in the surface material, they knock electrons out of their orbits, which release energy by emitting X-rays that can be measured by a silicon drift detector(SDD). The elements and their concentrations can be determined by analyzing their peak energies and intensities. APXS has analyzed both the calibration target and lunar soil once during the first lunar day and again during the second lunar day. The total detection time lasted about 266 min and more than 2000 frames of data records have been acquired. APXS has three operating modes: calibration mode, distance sensing mode and detection mode. In detection mode, work distance can be calculated from the X-ray counting rate collected by SDD. Correction for the effect of temperature has been performed to convert the channel number for each spectrum to X-ray energy. Dead time correction is used to eliminate the systematic error in quantifying the activity of an X-ray pulse in a sample and derive the real count rate. We report APXS data and initial results during the first and second lunar days for the Yutu rover. In this study, we analyze the data from the calibration target and lunar soil on the first lunar day. Seven major elements, including Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti and Fe, have been identified. Comparing the peak areas and ratios of calibration basalt and lunar soil the landing site was found to be depleted in K, and have lower Mg and Al but higher Ca, Ti, and Fe. In the future,we will obtain the elemental concentrations of lunar soil at the Chang'e-3 landing site using APXS data.     

Solitary Wave Simulated by the Water Column Collapsing Method

China Ocean Engineering - Although solitary waves with large ratio of wave height to water depth are difficult to produce in laboratory settings by traditional wave generating methods, a water...     

信息化对旅游经济效率的影响及其作用机制研究

基于31个省（市、区）的平衡面板数据,利用DEA模型测度各研究单元的旅游经济效率,并分别考察信息基础设施与信息技术消费对于提升旅游经济效率的作用。研究发现：① 信息化并未从整体上提升中国旅游经济效率,这初步证实了“索洛悖论”和“戈登效应”在旅游部门的存在性;② 信息化对旅游经济效率的促进作用主要得益于信息基础设施的驱动,但信息技术消费对旅游经济效率产生显著的抑制作用,旅游经营主体对信息技术的应用不足是主要原因;③ 中国三大地区的旅游经济效率依然存在东部＞中部＞西部的梯度特征,规模效率在空间上以胡焕庸线为分界线,东侧地区的效率值整体高于西侧,总体表现出与地区经济发展水平一致的空间分布规律,且空间分异不断扩大,西部地区应着重提高信息技术消费对旅游经济效率的促进作用。     

Case Study on the γ-algorithm:Possible Tests from the Luminosity versus Displacement Correlation of High Mass X-Ray Binaries

Using the apparent correlation of luminosity(Lx)versus displacement(R)of high mass X-ray binaries(HMXBs),we aim to constrain the common envelope(CE)mechanism,wh...     

Soil microbial community response to seawater intrusion into coastal aquifer of Donghai Island,South China

Due to the sea level rise and the excessive exploitation of freshwater, seawater intrusion is becoming a critical issue. To clarify the degree of seawater intrusion in Donghai Island and the microbial community structure and functional response to seawater intrusion, groundwater samples and sediment samples were collected at profiles A, B; the profiles were along the direction of groundwater flow, perpendicular to the coastline, a hydrogeochemical survey and soil microbial community analysis were also performed. The hydrogeochemistry analysis showed that the chemical type of groundwater was Na–Cl, brackish water was dominant in the area, and coastal groundwater was strongly affected by seawater intrusion. The effect of seawater intrusion on structural and functional diversity of soil microbes was analyzed from soil samples of the study area, by polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). The results of DGGE patterns and phylogenetic tree show that the extent of seawater intrusion has directly influenced soil microbial community structure. The changes of microbial community structure might be related to the major elements’ concentrations in groundwater. Phylogenetic affiliation indicated that γ-proteobacteria were dominated in the profile A, while β-proteobacteria were mainly appeared in the profile B. The Flavobacteriaceae was only appeared at the shrimp ponds nearby.     

Advances in Geochemical Study of Phytolith Occluded Carbon

Phytoliths, also called amorphous silica particles, have a great geochemical stability and could occlude a certain amount of organic carbon during the forming process. At present, phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) is recognized as one of long-term stable carbon sequestration mechanisms and has significant influence on regulating global climate change. At the same time, PhytOC isotope research has great value for paleo-environment, paleo-climate reconstruction and other fields. Therefore, more scholars pay attention to the PhytOC geochemical research. Based on the current research status, we summarized the current state of understading about phytolith forming process, elemental composition, geochemical stability, PhytOC sink and PhytOC isotope application for paleo-environment reconstruction. We also summarized the main problems of geochemical research on phytolith and PhytOC, which will make great contribution to further research on phytolith geochemical research.     

Meso—Cenozoic lithospheric thermal structure in the Bohai Bay Basin,eastern North China Craton

The Bohai Bay Basin is a region where part of the North China Craton has been thinned and destroyed. It has experienced two periods of crustal thinning that occurred during the Cretaceous and Paleogene, but investigations of its Mesozoic and Cenozoic lithospheric thermal structure are limited. Therefore, in this study,the distributions of mantle heat flow, crustal heat flow, and Moho temperatures during the Meso-Cenozoic are calculated based on analyses of the thermal history of the Bohai Bay Basin. The results indicate that the ratio of mantle heat flow to surface heat flow peaked during the late stages of the early Cretaceous and during the middle to late Paleogene. The corresponding mantle heat flow was more than 65% of the surface heat flow. Moho temperatures reached three peaks: 900-1100℃ in the late stages of the early Cretaceous;820-900℃ in the middle to late Paleogene; and(in the Linqing Depression, Cangxian Uplift, and Jizhong Depression) 770-810℃ during the early Neogene. These results reveal that the Bohai Bay Basin experienced significant geological change during the Cretaceous, including the transformation of lithospheric thermal structure from "cold mantle and hot crust" before the Cretaceous to "hot mantle and cold crust" after the Cretaceous. The results also indicate that the basin experienced two large-scale rifting events.Therefore, this work may provide the thermal parameters for further investigations of the geodynamic evolution of eastern China.     

Anti-Phase Relationship Between the East Asian Winter Monsoon and Summer Monsoon During the Holocene?

The relationship between the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) and East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) during the Holocene is complicated and remains controversial. In this study, analysis of grain size and benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotope, as well as accelerator mass spectrometry ¹⁴C dating was performed on a sediment core retrieved from the newly revealed muddy deposit on the northern South China Sea continental shelf. The history of the EAWM and EASM were reconstructed for the last 8200 a BP. Further analysis in conjunction with previously published paleo-climate proxies revealed that the relationship between the EAWM and EASM during the Holocene is more complex than a simple and strict anti-phase one-both negative and positive correlations were identified. The EAWM and EASM are negatively correlated around 7500, 4800, 4200, 3200, and 300 a BP (cooling periods), while positively correlated around 7100, 3700, and 2100 a BP (warm periods). In particular, both the EAWM and EASM intensified during the three positive correlation periods. However, we also found that the relationship between these two sub-monsoons is anti-phase during the final phase of particularly hot periods like Holocene Optimum and Medieval warm period. The possible impact from variations of solar irradiance on the relationship between the EAWM and EASM was also discussed.     

基于多时相主被动遥感的漓江水面监测与水质参数反演(2016-2020年)

以漓江流域为研究区域,以2016-2020年Landsat 8 OLI、GF-1、Sentinel-2A及Sentinel-1A逐月影像为数据源,选用归一化水指数(NDWI)、改进型归一化水指数(MNDWI)、增强型水体指数(EWI)、归一化差值池指数(NDPI)、后向散射系数(S)与主被动遥感加权指数(JQ)提取漓江...     

基于集合经验模态分解的新疆地区温度场预测评估

综合运用经验正交分解法(EOF),集合经验模态分解(EEMD)和最小二乘支持向量机（LS SVM）,构建新疆地区候平均温度距平场预测模型。采用EEMD分别对经过EOF分解得到的前3个模态的时间系数进行分解,对分解得到的结果运用最小二乘支持向量机进行预测并重构得到了各个时间系数的预测结果,将时间系数预测的结果与空间场重构得到了候平均温度距平场的计算结果,在候平均的基础上计算得到了旬平均的结果,在旬平均的基础上计算得到了月平均的结果。通过采用距平相关系数(ACC〖WTBZ〗),预报技巧(SS)〖WTBZ〗和同号率对结果进行评估显示,对于候平均预测,其在前20候内的预测较为理想,平均ACC〖WTBZ〗达到了0.32,平均SS〖WTBZ〗达到了0.70,平均同号率达到了0.80。对于旬平均的预测,其在前10旬内较为理想,10旬以内平均ACC〖WTBZ〗达到了0.50,平均SS〖WTBZ〗达到了0.50,平均同号率达到了0.50。对于月平均的预测,3个月的预测平均ACC〖WTBZ〗达到了0.50,平均SS〖WTBZ〗达到了0.50,平均同号率达到了0.80。3个月内的短期气候预测具有较高的水平。