Modeling the Warming Impact of Urban Land Expansion on Hot Weather Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model: A Case Study of Beijing,China

The impacts of three periods of urban land expansion during 1990–2010 on near-surface air temperature in summer in Beijing were simulated in this study, and then the interrelation between heat waves and urban warming was assessed. We ran the sensitivity tests using the mesoscale Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with a single urban canopy model,as well as high-resolution land cover data. The warming area expanded approximately at the same scale as the urban land expansion. The average regional warming induced by urban expansion increased but the warming speed declined slightly during 2000–2010. The smallest warming occurred at noon and then increased gradually in the afternoon before peaking at around 2000 LST—the time of sunset. In the daytime, urban warming was primarily caused by the decrease in latent heat flux at the urban surface. Urbanization led to more ground heat flux during the day and then more release at night, which resulted in nocturnal warming. Urban warming at night was higher than that in the day, although the nighttime increment in sensible heat flux was smaller. This was because the shallower planetary boundary layer at night reduced the release efficiency of near-surface heat. The simulated results also suggested that heat waves or high temperature weather enhanced urban warming intensity at night. Heat waves caused more heat to be stored in the surface during the day, greater heat released at night, and thus higher nighttime warming. Our results demonstrate a positive feedback effect between urban warming and heat waves in urban areas.     

基于定量化植物防御效应的臭氧通量模型的优化

继SUM06、AOT40之后,基于气孔臭氧累计吸收通量（AFstY）的研究方法被广泛应用于臭氧风险评估中.然而通量模型中的阈值Y并不能很好地代表植物对臭氧的抗氧化能力以及自我修复能力,如何动态模拟植物自身的防御机制对于提高臭氧风险评估的准确性尤为重要.本文基于前人的研究成果探讨如何定量化植物对臭氧的防御效应,运用光合定量方法动态模拟伤害阈值并计算臭氧有效吸收通量,运用SODA模型从气孔吸收和质外体解毒两个方面探讨细胞内抗坏血酸对臭氧原生质膜通量的影响,旨在为臭氧通量模型研究开辟一个新的视角,并为后续的臭氧胁迫效应研究打下基础.     

陆面面积平均通量的参数化问

目前,气候和大气边界层物理研究中一个十分重要的研究方向就是面积平均通量的参数化问题。本文对这一研究方向中存在的问题、可能的解决方法和目前的研究进展情况进行了阐述,简要介绍了非均匀陆面影响的高度及其尺度划分,阐述了混合高度、参考层高度（观测高度和模式第一层高度）、近地层高度、内边界层高度、平衡层高度、粗糙度副层和边界层高度等之间的关系及其在非均匀尺度划分中的作用,并且阐述了整体输送公式在不同尺度的非均匀陆面中存在的问题及相应的可能解决办法。同时还对中尺度的非均匀陆面驱动的一类非经典中尺度环流的参数化,即中尺度通量的参数化问题进行了评述。最后针对内蒙古草原实验和青藏高原实验等具体问题,提出了边界层观测和非均匀陆面参数化方法的几点问题。     

Short term variability of Particle fluxes and its relation to variability in sea surface temperature and chlorophylla field detected by Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS) off Sanriku, northwestern North Pacific in the spring of 1997

A sediment trap experiment was carried out in conjunction with an over flight of Ocean Color Temperature Scanner (OCTS) on board Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) at 40°N, 143°E off Sanriku in April to May 1997. Short term variability of particle fluxes was examined at depths of 450 m and 600 m from April 6 to May 1 with a sampling interval of two days, and at 450 m with one day interval from 2nd to 10th May. Daily averaged mass flux at 450 m and 600 m was 815 mg m⁻²d⁻¹ and 862 mg m⁻²d⁻¹, respectively. A sharp increase in mass flux was observed during the period from April 26 to April 29 with the highest mass flux of 8 g m⁻²d⁻¹. About 85% of the total mass flux for the entire duration (26 days) was collected within these 4 days. Trapped material during the peak flux period was mainly composed of diatoms dominated byThalassiosira spp. and resting spores ofChaetoceros spp. This suggested that the peak flux was the result of (a) diatom bloom(s) in the euphotic column. Current meter records at 420 m showed that on April 26 and 27, the period when the peak flux was observed, the southwestward current had diminished in strength and changed its direction northwestward. Low current speeds appeared to have enhanced trap efficiency to help form the peak flux. A time series of OCTS Intensive-LAC (Local Area Coverage: Region B) images from mid-March to early May was examined todetect phytoplankton bloom(s). In the March 26th Chl image, high concentration region was restricted to the southwest off Cape Erimo, but spread around the warm core ring (WCR) 93A by April 10. East of the WCR93A, high Chl concentration remained steady until May, but to the west of the WCR93A, Chl decreased rapidly before the 19th of April. From this observation we suspect that the peak flux observed at the end of April originated from a bloom, which ceased on the 17th or 18th of April, in the region north of 40°N and west of 143°E. Taking the current meter records into account, the source region for the trapped material is most likely around southwest of the Cape Erimo.     

Net Zooplankton and the biological pump off Sanriku, Japan

Taxonomic composition, size composition, standing stock, and chemical composition of mesozooplankton were determined to examine the contribution of their fecal pellets to the vertical flux of organic carbon at the outside, the edge, and the center of the warm core ring. The warm core ring significantly affects not only their taxonomic composition and size composition but also their standing stock and chemical composition. The zooplankton at the center of the warm core ring was characterized by the absence of carnivores at the top of the size-trophic relation and filter feeding planktonic tunicates at the bottom. Zooplankton carbon biomass at the outside of the ring was one-third less than that at the center of the ring. The vertical flux of fecal pellets obtained from the pellet volume (12.3 mgC m⁻²d⁻¹) contributed 19 to 96% of the flux (13 to 64 mgC m⁻² d⁻¹) estimated from the body carbon and the fecal pellet production rate. The estimated flux of fecal pellets was 6 to 27% of vertical carbon flux (236 mgC m⁻²d⁻¹) determined by the sediment traps. Microscopic determination of fecal pellets and plankton in the sediment trap samples indicated high grazing activity during the sinking process. Those observations might suggest that particles other than fecal pellets contributed significantly to the vertical carbon flux and fecal pellets were settled directly without loss or being recycled within the surface mixed layer.     

九龙江口水体中1995年有机物的转移

1995年3个航次调查研究结果表明,九龙江口水体总有机物的含量受悬浮物含量控制。在S＜5的低盐度区,悬浮泥沙和有机物产生明显的絮凝沉降;在S＞5的广阔海域,它们的迁移接近于理想混合。估算得出九龙江河流的入海通量约：悬浮泥沙为9．8×105t／a;总COD为3．2×104t／a,其中溶解态COD为2.1×104t／a,约占2／3,为水体有机物的主要形态,如换算为溶解有机碳,则DOC的平均通量为3．2×104t／a。     

青藏高原东部长江流域盆地地表化学剥蚀通量剥蚀速率大气CO2净消耗率研究

2000-2002年期间,笔者对青藏高原东部长江流域溶质载荷分别进行了取样分析并对流域盆地化学剥蚀通量、剥蚀速率和大气CO2净消耗率进行了计算。结果表明,流域盆地化学剥蚀速率以河源区楚玛尔河最高为2.34×10^6mol/a/km^2,沱沱河最低为1.40×10^6mol/a/km^2,四大支流雅砻江为1.69×10^6mol/a/km^2,金沙江为1.74×10^6mol/a/km^2,大渡河为1.57×10^6mol/a/km^2,岷江为1.88×10^6mol/a/km^2;流域盆地ФCO2估算结果以大渡河最高为101.81×10^3mol/a/km^2,楚玛尔河最低为7.55×10^3mol/a/km^2,金沙江为44.38×10^3mol/a/km^2,雅砻江为69.64×10^3mol/a/km^2,岷江为81.90×10^3mol/a/km^2,沱沱河为21.90×10^3mol/a/km2^。并对长江流域地表化学剥蚀速率主要控制因素进行了讨论。