Main Cause of the Poloidal Plasma Motion Inside a Magnetic Cloud Inferred from Multiple-Spacecraft Observations

Although the dynamical evolution of magnetic clouds (MCs) has been one of the foci of interplanetary physics for decades, only few studies focus on the internal properties of large-scale MCs. Recent work by Wang et al. (J. Geophys. Res. 120, 1543, 2015) suggested the existence of the poloidal plasma motion in MCs. However, the main cause of this motion is not clear. In order to find it, we identify and reconstruct the MC observed by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)-A, Wind, and STEREO-B spacecraft during 19?–?20 November 2007 with the aid of the velocity-modified cylindrical force-free flux-rope model. We analyze the plasma velocity in the plane perpendicular to the MC axis. It is found that there was evident poloidal motion at Wind and STEREO-B, but this was not clear at STEREO-A, which suggests a local cause rather than a global cause for the poloidal plasma motion inside the MC. The rotational directions of the solar wind and MC plasma at the two sides of the MC boundary are found to be consistent, and the values of the rotational speeds of the solar wind and MC plasma at the three spacecraft show a rough correlation. All of these results illustrate that the interaction with ambient solar wind through viscosity might be one of the local causes of the poloidal motion. Additionally, we propose another possible local cause: the existence of a pressure gradient in the MC. The significant difference in the total pressure at the three spacecraft suggests that this speculation is perhaps correct.     

The complete mitochondrial genome of Parachiloglanis hodgarti and its phylogenetic position within Sisoridae

The complete mitogenome of Parachiloglanis hodgarti was sequenced and characterized, which is the first mitogenome of the genus Parachiloglanis within Sisoridae. The mitogenome is 16 511-bp long and included 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, two ribosomal RNAs, and one control region. The genome composition was A+T biased (58.64%) and exhibited a positive AT-skew (0.095) and a negative GC-skew (?0.283). Compared with other Sisoridae fishes, the characteristics of nucleotide skews, codon usage, and amino acid usage of the P. hodgarti mitogenome are more similar to those of non-Glyptosternoid fishes. Furthermore, the phylogenetic trees show that Sisoridae fishes fall into four major clades and P. hodgarti (Clade I) is basal to the Sisoridae family, forming a sister clade to the Glyptosternoids (Clade IV). The topological structures constructed in this study raised doubts over the traditional classification system. These results will help better understand the features of the P. hodgarti mitogenome and provide a reference for further phylogenetic research on Sisoridae species.

     

泥河湾盆地井儿洼剖面揭示的47～25 ka BP期间的气候环境演化

利用泥河湾盆地井儿洼剖面孢粉、粒度、碳酸盐含量、介形类壳体的δ18O及δ13C等多种环境代用指标,对泥河湾盆地47～25kaBP期间的古气候环境特征进行了探讨。结果表明,47～39kaBP期间,植被生长稀疏,降水较少,气候冷干。39～30kaBP期间,森林植被发育,入湖的粗颗粒物质增多,表明降水较多。同时介形类的大量繁殖造成碳酸盐含量的显著增高,以及介形类壳体δ18O和δ13C相对偏负,说明当时湖水的水热组合适宜,气候总体暖湿。自30kaBP开始,气候逐步恶化;25kaBP左右,井儿洼剖面沉积中断,气候转为冷干。总体而言,39～30kaBP期间,泥河湾盆地的气候暖湿,其暖湿的气候特征与青藏高原和西北地区的气候具有较好的一致性。     

基于光谱基线校正的季节性浑浊II类水体叶绿素a浓度遥感反演

水体Chl.a浓度是水质评价的一个重要指标,受悬浮物浓度季节性变化的影响,如何削弱悬浮物的光谱干扰,是实现内陆水体Chl.a浓度遥感高精度反演的难点之一.基于2011-2013年妫水河6次实测水体高光谱数据和水体Chl.a浓度数据,评价广泛应用的三波段模型和非线性拟合能力较好的支持向量机回归(SVR)模型的反演精度,使用基线校正和一阶微分方法来削弱实测高光谱中非Chl.a光谱信息.定义两种基线:750 nm的反射率值;500与750 nm的反射率值连线,基线校正为光谱反射率减去基线值.利用2013年7月的实测数据进行验证,结果表明,SVR模型比三波段模型更适合季节性浑浊水体的Chl.a浓度反演.通过基线校正筛选后的波段反射率组合作为输入变量能够提高SVR模型的反演精度,决定系数为0.68,均方根误差为3.38μg/L;线性基线校正提高三波段Chl.a估算模型的反演能力有限.     

汤西断裂带土壤气体地球化学特征与跨断层短水准变化的关系

为探究卫辉西代村跨断层短水准出现的趋势性变化与断裂活动间的相关性,在跨断层水准观测场地布设1条土壤气Rn和H₂浓度测线,复测周期与跨断层水准测量周期基本一致,分别于2018年4月、7月、10月开展3期土壤气Rn和H₂浓度测量。同时,为增加观测数据的可靠性,于2018年8月布设了1条与上述3期测线平行的测线并开展土壤气Rn和H₂浓度测量。4期土壤气H₂浓度测量结果显示,该区土壤气H₂浓度背景值处于较低水平,H₂浓度异常值所处位置主要集中在距起点150—210 m处,该处为断裂通过处。4期中Rn浓度最大值、背景值和均值的变化幅度均在正常范围内,Rn浓度异常值所处位置也主要集中在距起点150—210 m处,该处可能为断裂通过处。土壤气显示的断裂通过处与该区探槽显示的断裂位置一致。4期土壤气测量结果表明,近期汤西断裂带可能处于相对稳定状态,跨断层水准观测数据的趋势性变化与断裂活动之间相关性不大。     

Stone cover and slope factors influencing hillside surface runoff and infiltration: laboratory investigation

In this study, laboratory rainfall simulation in an extensive area was used to study the infiltration, and interception and storage from surface runoff in points with different stone cover percentages (0, 10, 20 and 30%) and slopes (5°, 10° and 20°). The experimental results of this study showed that the interrelationships among the slope, stone cover percentage, groundwater level, surface runoff amount, and interception and storage of the ponds were varied and irregular. No systematic patterns were detected for the change in the groundwater level, surface runoff amount, and interception and storage of the ponds with different stone cover percentages at different slopes and no threshold values were apparent. For a 5° slope, if the stone cover percentage was increased, the amount of surface runoff was reduced, the infiltration and the groundwater level experienced no significant change, and the interception and storage of the ponds increased. For a 10° slope, if the stone cover percentage was increased, the amount of surface runoff increased, the infiltration decreased, the groundwater level experienced no significant change or decreased slightly at certain points, and the interception and storage of the ponds increased. For a 20° slope, if the stone cover percentage was increased, the amount of runoff increased, the infiltration decreased, the groundwater level experienced no significant change or decreased slightly at certain points, and the interception and storage of the ponds increased. With or without stone cover, when the hydraulic conductivity of the top material is close to that of fine sand or laterite, an increase in the slope gradient decreased the amount of surface runoff and increased the storage amount of the ponds. As for the stone distribution, an interlaced style showed better performance in the interception and storage of ponds than that of a regular style. There was no significant change in the groundwater level. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

新型水玻璃−酯类注浆材料及其固沙体特性研究

针对风积沙边坡稳定性差和常用加固技术存在成孔困难、加固范围有限等问题,提出以二元酸酯为固化剂的新型水玻璃?酯类浆液对风积沙进行加固的思路。采用倒杯法和旋转黏度计对新型水玻璃?酯类浆液的凝胶时间、黏度时变性进行了系统测试,并通过三轴试验研究不同浆液填充率对固沙体强度和渗透性的影响规律。研究表明：新型水玻璃?酯类浆液凝胶时间在20 s～60 min之间,浆液黏度随时间增长呈现指数型增长变化,且凝胶之前黏度低;当浆液填充率从0%增加至100%,固沙体黏聚力由0 kPa线性增加至148.4 kPa,内摩擦角按抛物线变化规律从32.1o增加至37.8o,渗透系数从3.42×10?5 cm/s降低到8.74×10?7 cm/s;与水玻璃?磷酸浆液、水玻璃?硫酸浆液相比,新型水玻璃?酯类浆液固沙体抗压强度高。该研究结果为风积沙边坡加固提供了新的方法。     

松辽平原典型黑土区有机质的变化及影响因素分析

根据2003～2008年松辽平原中南部地区多目标区域地球化学调查成果,研究了典型黑土区有机质的分布特征,提出了绥化-哈尔滨-四平一线典型黑土区有机质含量具有纬度地带性分布特点,有机质由北向南逐渐降低.分析了土壤有机质的影响因素,认为土壤的成土母质和土壤质地是决定有机质含量的重要基础,湖相沉积物和土壤质地细腻,黏粒成分多,有机质含量高.气温和降水等气候条件是影响土壤有机质的主要因素,低温湿润气候条件有利于有机质积累.耕地开垦时间长、作物连作和化肥使用等人为因素降低了有机质含量.     

Drought Impacts on Vegetation Indices and Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Southwestern China During 2001–2012

Drought, as a recurring extreme climate event, affects the structure, function, and process of terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the increasing occurrence and intensity of the drought in the past decade in Southwestern China, the impacts of continuous drought events on vegetation in this region remain unclear. During 2001–2012, Southwestern China experienced the severe drought events from 2009 to 2011. Our aim is to characterize drought conditions in the Southwestern China and explore the impacts on the vegetation condition and terrestrial ecosystem productivity. The Standardized Precipitation Index(SPI) was used to characterize drought area and intensity and a light-use efficiency model was used to explore the effect of drought on the terrestrial ecosystem productivity with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer(MODIS) data. The SPI captured the major drought events in Southwestern China during the study period, indicated that the 12-year period of this study included both ‘normal' precipitation years and two severe drought events in 2009–2010 and 2011. Results showed that vegetation greenness(Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI and Enhanced Vegetation Index, EVI) both declined in 2009/2010 drought, but the 2011 drought resulted in less declines of vegetation greenness and productivity due to shorten drought duration and rising temperature. Meanwhile, it was about 5 months lapse between drought events and maximum declines in vegetation greenness for 2009/2010 drought events. In addition, forest, grassland and cropland revealed significant different ecosystem responses to drought. It indicated that grassland showed an early sensitivity to drought, while cropland was the most sensitive to water deficit and forest was more resilient to drought. This study suggests that it is necessary to detect the difference responses of ecosystem to drought in a regional area with satellite data and ecosystem model.     

Liebermannite,KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic,high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite

In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of liebermannite (IMA 2013-128), KAlSi₃O₈, a new, shock-generated, high-pressure tetragonal hollandite-type structure silicate mineral, in the Zagami basaltic shergottite meteorite. Liebermannite crystallizes in space group I4/m with Z = 2, cell dimensions of a = 9.15 ± 0.14 (1σ) Å, c = 2.74 ± 0.13 Å, and a cell volume of 229 ± 19 Å³ (for the type material), as revealed by synchrotron diffraction. In Zagami, liebermannite likely formed via solid-state transformation of primary igneous K-feldspar during an impact event that achieved pressures of ~20 GPa or more. The mineral name is in honor of Robert C. Liebermann, a high-pressure mineral physicist at Stony Brook University, New York, USA.