Shifts in vegetation growth in response to multiple factors on the Mongolian Plateau from 1982 to 2011

The Mongolian Plateau (MP) steppe is one of the largest steppe environments in the world. To monitor the terrestrial vegetation dynamics on the MP and to ascertain what the driving forces, this study examined the vegetation dynamics in Republic of Mongolia (M) and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IM) of China from the period 1982 to 2011, based on the satellite-derived GIMMS NDVI3g (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) data across three biomes (desert, grassland and forest). The results are as followed: (1) Vegetation coverage in IM was generally greater than that in M. Before 2002, time series of NDVI over the MP increased at an average rate of 0.05% yr⁻¹. Additionally, after 2002, the NDVI increased at a rate of 0.21% yr⁻¹. From 1982 to 2011, the area of IM and M with positive anomalies in the NDVI increased at a separate rate of 1.82% yr⁻¹ and 1.76% yr⁻¹, respectively. (2) At the biome scale, the inter-annual forest NDVI variation in IM and desert NDVI for the entire MP had a significant increasing trend (0.06% yr⁻¹ and 0.04% yr⁻¹, respectively). (3) Climate forcing was a dominant controlling factor affecting the vegetation, and the anthropogenic behavior exhibited no significant value in the whole region. However, overgrazing was the most important reason for the regional degradation, particularly in IM. (4) In the future, the forest biome will go to recovery, whereas both the grassland and desert biomes are predicted to degrade continuously.     

Effects of matrix grain size on the kinetics of intergranular diffusion

A linear relationship exists between the mean volume of garnet porphyroblasts and the squared inverse of mean matrix grain diameter for six samples of garnetiferous mica quartzite with identical thermal histories and similar mineralogy and modes. This relationship accords with theoretical predictions of the dependence of intergranular diffusive fluxes on the volume fraction of grain edges that function as diffusional pathways during porphyroblast growth. The impact of matrix grain size is large: compared to a rock with a 1‐mm matrix, a rock with a 10‐μm matrix would experience rates of diffusion‐controlled porphyroblast growth that are 10 000 times faster, and characteristic length scales for chemical equilibration that are 100 times larger. Precursor grain sizes may therefore exert a major influence on crystallization kinetics. If matrix coarsening occurs during prograde reaction, a decrease in the volume fraction of diffusional pathways will tend to counteract the exponential thermal increase in diffusive fluxes. The impact of such matrix grain growth, although difficult to assess without firm knowledge of coarsening rates in polymineralic aggregates, might be significant for matrices finer than c. 100 μm at temperatures above c. 500–600 °C, but is likely negligible for coarser grain sizes and lower temperatures.     

田阳三化螟蛾盛发高峰初日气象预警模型

三化螟为水稻主要害虫之一,单食水稻,在田阳一年发生完全4个世代,开展各世代螟蛾盛发高峰期气象预警,对科学适时防螟灭虫,虫口夺粮意义重大。利用农业植保部门提供的三化螟蛾盛发高峰期虫情资料和气象部门气象观测同期资料,采用逐步回归方法,建立三化螟蛾盛发高峰初日气象预警模型。结果表明:各世代预警模型输出的盛发高峰初日与实况误差3天的拟合正确率为82.2%～92.9%。试报2015—2016年,第1世代预报与实况误差为3天,第2代至第4世代误差为1～2天。三化螟蛾盛发高峰初日气象预警模型的拟合正确率、试报结果误差范围比较理想,可投入日常业务应用。     

基于标准有效温度和不舒适指标研究南京热舒适状况

采用标准有效温度和不舒适指标,分析了南京市热舒适状况。以南京市2010年全年的逐时气温和相对湿度资料为基础,计算了2010年逐月每小时气温和相对湿度平均值。通过假定在均匀的环境条件下,遮阴的室内,伏案工作活动量为1.0 met,夏季服装热阻为0.6 clo,春、秋、冬季服装热阻为0.9 clo,室内风速约为0.125 m/s,计算出各月逐时标准有效温度和不舒适指标。结果表明,南京市的热舒适状况具有明显的季节变化和日变化特征。季节变化特征显示：夏冬两季热舒适度偏低,夏季平均标准有效温度和不舒适指标分别为27.6℃和0.7,人体感觉偏热;冬季平均标准有效温度和不舒适指标分别为9.4℃和-2.8,人体感觉偏冷;春秋两季热舒适度指数高,春季平均标准有效温度和不舒适指标分别为19.7℃和-0.8,秋季为17.2℃和-1.3,人体普遍感觉舒适,但舒适期持续时间短,全年约62天。就日变化特征而言,冬季白天人体热舒适度普遍高于夜间,夏季则相反。上述结果能够较好地反映南京市人体的普遍热舒适感,可为旅游、建筑、医疗、交通等相关行业和部门提供参考。     

防雹作业用弹量的计算

利用各地冰雹资料以及冰雹从０℃层等温线到地面的降落过程中的融化情况，并参考各地防雹作业的实际用弹量，提出雹源含水量的近似计算方法，推导出每个炮点一次防雹作业用弹量的计算公式。     

气候变暖对天水市川灌地玉米生长发育的影响及对策研究

通过1985~2004年20 a气象资料分析得出,影响川灌地玉米产量的主要气象因子是播种—拔节期日较差累积值和乳熟—成熟期≥10℃有效积温。20世纪90年代以来,热量条件的显著增加并由此带来水热之间配置的不适宜性是造成玉米产量出现较大波动的主要气候原因,分析得出作物获得较高产量适宜的光温、温水、光水、光温水的配置量化关系。同时,提出了相应的农业对策和管理建议。     

The Influence of Primary Production Rate on the Population Dynamics of Patella granulans, an Intertidal Limpet

Abstract. The production rates of intertidal algae at seven study sites in the Saklanha Bay area. South Africa, were measured monthly for 15 months. Algae grew rapidly and formed extensive, permanent mats on shores that were enriched with nutrients from the dissolved guano of seabirds. The most significant correlate of limpet (Patella granulans) growth was the rate of algal production; more rapid limpet growth on nutrient-rich shores, combined with the effects of predation by African Black Oystercatchers Haematopus moquini on limpets, led to differences in the size structures and life-history patterns of populations of limpets on enriched and unenricheci shores. The rate of primary production affected relationships between intertidal organisms at all trophic levels and influenced patterns of organization within the community.     

The Effects of Zn, Mn, and Co Accumulation on Growth and Chemical Composition of Fucus vesiculosus L under Different Temperature and Salinity Conditions

Abstract. Combined effects of temperature, salinity, and metal enrichment (Zn, Mn, Co) on the growth rate and chemical composition of Fucus vesiculosus L. were studied in culture. Factorial combinations of two temperatures and three salinities were used. The results indicated that the accumulation of Zn and Mn into algal tissue was enhanced by dilution of the media, whereas Co accumulation exhibited maxima at the medium salinity. Zn accumulation was enhanced by temperature, while the opposite was true for Mn and Co.
In the presence of metals the usual dilution-induced changes in growth activity and chemical composition of Fucus plants were altered, while responses to the temperature factor remained unchanged. In diluted media, growth activity and mannitol content decreased along with a simultaneous increase of protein content. In the presence of Zn and Mn the mannitol content exhibited peaks at the medium salinity; in the presence of Co the dilution-induced pattern remained unchanged. Salinity-induced changes in growth and protein content were altered in the presence of metals. Maxima in growth rates were found at the medium salinity. Growth was higher in extremely diluted media than in scawater, indicating an inversion of responses to the salinity factor. Both the growth rate and mannitol content were lowest under the influence of Zn.