Construction and analysis of a coral reef trophic network for Qilianyu Islands,Xisha Islands

Qilianyu Islands coral reefs (QICR), located in the northeastern part of the South China Sea, has been affected by human activities and natural disturbance. To characterize the trophic structure, ecosystem properties and keystone species of this region, a food-web model for the QICR is developed using methods involving a mass-balance approach with Ecopath with Ecosim software. Trophic levels range from 1.00 for detritus and primary producers to 3.80 for chondrichthyes. The mean trophic transfer efficiency for the entire ecosystem is 13.15%, with 55% of total energy flow originating from primary producers. A mixed trophic impact analysis indicates that coral strongly impacts most components of this ecosystem. A comparison of our QICR model with that for other coral reef ecosystems suggests that the QICR ecosystem is immature and/or is degraded.     

中国区域治理中公私合作伙伴关系研究

以新国家空间理论视角阐释中国区域治理中公私合作伙伴关系的产生逻辑和运行机制。本文认为建构公私合作伙伴关系旨在空间修复发展资源分配不均、经济发展失衡和政府管制失灵。首先,中央政府根据行政等级、职能和区划来调整多层级政府权力关系,并依据企业产权属性推进政府和市场权力再分配以修复治理困境。其次,中央政府以行政激励促进公私合作,达成区域整体利益最优并构建资源分配秩序。同时,地方政府联盟以辖区利益最大化为导向,推动中央政府和社会资本融入地方治理。最后,多层级政府以行政命令界定公私部门责任边界,或构建公共服务体系来解决市场失灵。中国区域治理不仅是国家权力跨尺度重构以实现国家管制,也是以跨越公私边界的权力、责任与利益的相互作用构建新的区域治理体制。     

华南一次飑线升尺度增长过程的机制分析

利用中国自动站与CMORPH降水产品融合的逐时降水量0.1°×0.1°网格数据集、1°×1°NCEP再分析气象资料、常规观测资料和高分辨率的WRF数值模拟资料对2016年4月13日前后发生在华南的一次飑线升尺度增长过程进行了动力和热力环境条件分析。飑线形成前,对流层高层有急流,华南位于急流入口区右侧,有利于高空辐散。高空有弱槽存在,并且温度槽落后于高度槽,有利于槽发展。近地面上有低压系统控制,并且有风场的辐合,加强了抬升运动。模拟的结果表明:WRF模式成功模拟了此次飑线升尺度过程,飑线的降水量和落区较为接近实况。与以往的飑线过程相比,此次飑线过程中,升尺度阶段有效位能较初始对流阶段要高,但是整个华南地区对流有效位能始终处于中低水平。除了天气尺度系统的影响,多种中尺条件的配合对这次飑线升尺度发展很有利。低层的垂直风切变、低位涡和较高温度递减率是触发条件,提供了一定的不稳定条件和抬升条件。低层风场转向加强,垂直风切变的方向改变,充足的水汽供应和后部入流的加深加剧了不稳定和垂直抬升运动,是促进β中尺度飑线升尺度的重要条件。冷池在升尺度阶段不明显,但冷池对维持成熟阶段的α中尺度飑线结构很重要。     

A STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF LATENT HEAT PARAMETERIZATION SCHEME ON PREDICTION SKILL OF ENSO WITH A SIMPLE OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLED

This study revises Weare’s latent heat parameterization scheme and conducts an associated theoretic analysis. The revised Weare’s scheme is found to present potentially better results than Zebiak’s scheme. The Zebiak-Cane coupled ocean-atmosphere model, initialized by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis of wind stress anomaly at 925 hPa, is referred to as the ZCW coupled model. The atmosphere models of the ZCW coupled model that use Zebiak’s scheme and the revised Weare’s scheme are referred to as the ZCW0 and ZCWN atmosphere models, respectively. The coupled ocean-atmosphere models that use Zebiak’s scheme and the revised Weare’s scheme are referred to as the ZCW0and ZCWN coupled models, respectively. The simulations between the ZCW0 and ZCWN atmosphere models and between the ZCW0 and ZCWN coupled models are analyzed. The results include: (1) The evolution of heat, meridional wind and divergence anomalies simulated by similar ZCW0 and ZCWN atmosphere models, although the magnitudes of the former are larger than those of the latter; (2) The prediction skill of the Ni?o3 index from 1982 to 1999 by the ZCWN coupled model shows improvement compared with those by the ZCW0 coupled model; (3) The analysis of El Ni?o events in 1982/1983, 1986/1987, and 1997/1998 and La Ni?a events in 1984/1985, 1988/1989, and 1998/2000 suggests that the ZCWN coupled model is better than the ZCW0 coupled model in predicting warm event evolution and cold event generation. The results also show the disadvantage of the ZCWN coupled model for predicting El Ni?o     

Dependence of the accuracy of precipitation and cloud simulation on temporal and spatial scales

Precipitation and associated cloud hydrometeors have large temporal and spatial variability, which makes accurate quantitative precipitation forecasting difficult. Thus, dependence of accurate precipitation and associated cloud simulation on temporal and spatial scales becomes an important issue. We report a cloud-resolving modeling analysis on this issue by comparing the control experiment with experiments perturbed by initial temperature, water vapor, and cloud conditions. The simulation is considered to be accurate only if the root-mean-squared difference between the perturbation experiments and the control experiment is smaller than the standard deviation. The analysis may suggest that accurate precipitation and cloud simulations cannot be obtained on both fine temporal and spatial scales simultaneously, which limits quantitative precipitation forecasting. The accurate simulation of water vapor convergence could lead to accurate precipitation and cloud simulations on daily time scales, but it may not be beneficial to precipitation and cloud simulations on hourly time scales due to the dominance of cloud processes.     

基于ECHAM5模式预估2050年前中国旱涝格局趋势

 利用ECHAM5/MPI-OM气候模式输出的2001-2050年逐月降水量资料,考虑IPCC采用的3种排放情景（A2：温室气体高排放情景;A1B:温室气体中排放情景;B1：温室气体低排放情景）,计算其标准化降水指数,分析了中国2050年前3种排放情景下的旱涝格局。结果表明：3种情景下旱涝趋势空间分布不同,其中A2情景下旱涝格局同1961-2000年观测到的旱涝格局相似,均存在一条由东北向西南的干旱带;而A1B和B1情景下旱涝格局则发生了很大的变化,尤其B1情景下出现了"北涝南旱"的格局。未来50 a干旱面积在A2情景下呈略增加趋势;A1B和B1情景下为减少趋势。3种情景下干旱频率的空间分布也各不相同。     

Estimation of areal precipitation in the Qilian Mountains based on a gridded dataset since 1961

Based on a 0.5°×0.5° daily gridded precipitation dataset and observations in meteorological stations released by the National Meteorological Information Center, the interannual variation of areal precipitation in the Qilian Mountains during 1961-2012 is investigated using principal component analysis (PCA) and regression analysis, and the relationship between areal precipitation and drought accumulation intensity is also analyzed. The results indicate that the spatial distribution of precipitation in the Qilian Mountains can be well reflected by the gridded dataset. The gridded data-based precipitation in mountainous region is generally larger than that in plain region, and the eastern section of the mountain range usually has more precipitation than the western section. The annual mean areal precipitation in the Qilian Mountains is 724.9×10⁸ m³, and the seasonal means in spring, summer, autumn and winter are 118.9×10⁸ m³, 469.4×10⁸ m³, 122.5×10⁸ m³ and 14.1×10⁸ m³, respectively. Summer is a season with the largest areal precipitation among the four seasons, and the proportion in summer is approximately 64.76%. The areal precipitation in summer, autumn and winter shows increasing trends, but a decreasing trend is seen in spring. Among the four seasons, summer have the largest trend magnitude of 1.7×10⁸ m³×a^-1. The correlation between areal precipitation in the mountainous region and dry-wet conditions in the mountains and the surroundings can be well exhibited. There is a negative correlation between drought accumulation intensity and the larger areal precipitation is consistent with the weaker drought intensity for this region.     

关于2011年3月东日本M_W9.0地震与M_W7.3地震关系的讨论

2011年3月日本MW7.3地震51h之后,发生了东日本MW9.0地震并引发巨大灾难。地震学家多角度、多方法探讨了两次地震之间的关系,结果判断日本MW7.3地震是东日本9.0级地震的前震。本文计算了MW7.3前震和2005~2011年沿日本海沟一系列7级左右地震对MW9.0地震的静态库仑应力,结果显示其并未直接触发MW9.0主震,但对主震震中位置及周边区域的应力加载效应是明确的。利用Suito等(2011)基于GPS数据计算的板间地震滑移速率,分析了一般地震与有广义前震的地震在震后和同震释放能量的不同来分析2005年以来日本海沟发生的5次7级左右地震与MW9.0地震的关系。总的来说,日本MW7.3地震是东日本MW9.0地震的前震,从长时间尺度的GPS时间序列分析来看,2005~2011年日本海沟一系列7级左右地震可能是东日本MW9.0地震的广义前震。     

鲜水河断裂的几何形态对地震发生的影响

本文整理分析了鲜水河断裂的几何特征以及从1327年有记录以来6级以上历史地震的断层破裂位置和长度。选用速率和状态依赖性摩擦本构关系代表断裂区域物理性质,构建了鲜水河断裂3D物理模型模拟强震周期性。模拟结果与历史地震的发震有较好的一致性,主要表现在:1模拟结果在第二次地震周期之后,明显出现分段现象与鲜水河断裂分段的几何特征较为一致;2断裂北西端结构较为简单,地震发震情况也偏单一,在7级以上地震发震之前有6级以上地震的发生,此类现象与模拟结果一致;3断裂中段结构复杂,不仅存在分段还有轻度弯曲,模拟结果显示中段地震逐渐减小,破裂长度逐步缩短,并且出现级联破裂现象与历史地震较为吻合;43D模拟结果中,地震破裂区域起始与终止位置大都发生在断层转折的区域,特别是在乾宁和康定两处断层出现弯曲的位置,这与鲜水河断裂历史地震发震情况十分相似。     

Torrential rainfall responses to ice microphysical processes during pre-summer heavy rainfall over southern China

In this study,the effects of key ice microphysical processes on the pre-summer heavy rainfall over southern China during 3-8 June 2008 were investigated.A series of two-dimensional sensitivity cloud-resolving model simulations were forced with zonally uniform vertical velocity,zonal wind,horizontal temperature,and water vapor advection data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP)/Global Data Assimilation System(GDAS).The effects of key ice microphysical processes on the responses of rainfall to large-scale forcing were analyzed by comparing two sensitivity experiments with a control experiment.In one sensitivity experiment,ice crystal radius,associated with depositional growth of snow from cloud ice,was reduced from 100 μm in the control experiment to 50 μm,and in the other sensitivity experiment the efficiency of the growth of graupel from the accretion of snow was reduced to 50% from 100% in the control experiment.The results show that the domain-mean rainfall responses to these ice microphysical processes are stronger during the decay phase than during the onset and mature phases.During the decay phase,the increased mean rain rate resulting from the decrease in ice crystal radius is associated with the enhanced mean local atmospheric drying,the increased mean local hydrometeor loss,and the suppressed mean water vapor divergence.The increased mean rain rate caused by the reduction in accretion efficiency is related to the reduced mean water vapor divergence and the enhanced mean local hydrometeor loss.