MODULATION OF TC GENESIS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC BY ATMOSPHERIC INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION

The influence of intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) on TC genesis over the northwestern Pacific is studied through comparing analyses of the more and less TC years from 1979 to 2006. It is indicated that the ISO strongly affects the TC genesis. In the years for more TC genesis, the ISO is weak and propagates insignificantly in the area to the west of the Philippines, but the ISO is strong in the area to the east of the Philippines and propagates significantly northwestward. In this situation, the Walker cell shifts gradually westward from the tropical western Pacific to the tropical eastern Indian Ocean. Convergent winds appear in the lower atmosphere while divergent winds in the upper atmosphere, suggesting the presence of enhanced ascending flow over the 140-160°E region and a favorable condition for TC genesis. Moreover, in the years for less TC genesis, the ISO gradually becomes stronger in the area to the west of the Philippines and significant eastward propagation prevails from the eastern Indian Ocean to the area around 120°E; the ISO is weak in the area to the east of the Philippines. During these years, the Walker circulation gradually moved eastward, with convergent winds in the upper troposphere and divergent winds in the lower troposphere. Sinking motion was significant, unfavorable for the TC genesis over the Northwestern Pacific.     

International Association of Geoanalysts'Protocol for the Certification of Geological and Environmental Reference Materials

This protocol has been developed by the International Association of Geoanalysts to demonstrate procedures for the certification of geological and environmental reference materials to comply to the fullest extent possible with recommendations of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO Guide 35). A practical approach is described on the assumption that certifications will be normally be based on collaborative analysis programmes in which participating laboratories are preselected on the basis of performance in a proficiency testing programme or on the basis of other criteria of merit.     

THE EXCITING MECHANISM OF TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION TO EL NINO EVENT

The data analyses indicated that the occurrence of EL Nino event is closely related to intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) in the tropical atmosphere: The intraseasonal oscillation is very strong in tile tropics (particularly over the equatorial western Pacific) prior to the occurrence of El Nino; But the ISO is evidently reduced and the quasistationary system is enhanced after the outbreak of El Nino. A simple air-sea coupled model study shows that the periodical self-excited oscillation can be produced in the air-sea-coupled system, but the pattern is different from the observed ENSO mode. When there is external (atmospheric) forcing with interannual time scale, a coupled mode, which looks like the ENSO mode, will be excited in the air-sea system. Synthesizing the results in data analyses and the theoretical investigation. the mechanism of ISO in the tropical atmosphere exciting the El Nino event can be suggested : The interannual anomalies (variations) of the tropical ISO play an important role in the exciting El Nino event through the air-sea interaction.     

Certificate of Analysis of the Reference Material BRP-1 (Basalt Ribeirão Preto)

Reference materials (RM) are essential to achieve traceability of measurements. Specific uses of RM in analytical laboratories are the validation of methods, the calibration of instruments, the quality control and the demonstration of proficiency. This paper describes the certification of a new geochemical reference material, named BRP-1 (Basalt Ribeirão Preto), and acts as the certificate of analysis for this RM. The rock sample was crushed and pulverised at the USGS (Denver, USA), homogenised and split into 1920 bottles, with 55 g each. BRP-1 was transported back to Brazil and the homogeneity between and within bottles was assessed to demonstrate sufficient homogeneity for certification. The chemical characterisation was performed by twenty-five laboratories. Each laboratory received two bottles of BRP-1 and one of BCR-2 (Basalt Columbia River) used for quality control (QC). Reference values and uncertainties were calculated for forty-four constituents of BRP-1, following ISO Guide 35 recommendations and the IAG Protocol. The calculation of each reference value included data of proven traceability from at least ten laboratories using two or more analytical techniques and the uncertainties combines the characterisation and between bottle homogeneity contributions.     

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Titan's 3-micron spectral region from ISO high-resolution spectroscopy

The near-infrared spectrum of Titan, Saturn's largest moon and one of the Cassini/Huygens' space mission primary targets, covers the 0.8 to 5 micron region in which it shows several weak CH₄ absorption regions, and in particular one centered near 2.75 micron. Due to the interference of telluric absorption, only part of this window region (2.9-3.1 μm) has previously been observed from the ground [Noll, K.S., Geballe, T.R., Knacke, R., Pendleton, F., Yvonne, J., 1996. Icarus 124, 625-631; Griffith, C.A., Owen, T., Miller, G.A., Geballe, T., 1998. Nature 395, 575-578; Griffith, C.A., Owen, T., Geballe, T.R., Rayner, J., Rannou, P., 2003. Science 300, 628-630; Geballe, T.R., Kim, S.J., Noll, K.S., Griffith, C.A., 2003. Astrophys. J. 583, L39-L42]. We report here on the first spectroscopic observations of Titan covering the whole 2.4-4.9 μm region by two instruments on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in 1997. These observations show the 2.75-μm window in its complete extent for the first time. In this study we have also used a high-resolution Titan spectrum in the 2.9-3.6 μm region taken with the Keck [Geballe, T.R., Kim, S.J., Noll, K.S., Griffith, C.A., 2003. Astrophys. J. 583, L39-L42; Kim, S.J., Geballe, T.R., Noll, K.S., Courtin, R., 2005. Icarus 173, 522-532] to infer information on the atmospheric parameters (haze extinction, single scattering albedo, methane abundance, etc.) by fitting the methane bands with a detailed microphysical model of Titan's atmosphere (updated from Rannou, P., McKay, C.P., Lorenz, R.D., 2003. Planet. Space Sci. 51, 963-976). We have included in this study an updated version of a database for the CH₄ absorption coefficients [STDS, Wenger, Ch., Champion, J.-P., 1998. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 59, 471-480. See also http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/LPUB/TSM/sTDS.html for latest updates; Boudon, V., Champion, J.-P., Gabard, T., Loëte, M., Michelot, F., Pierre, G., Rotger, M., Wenger, Ch., Rey, M., 2004. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 228, 620-634]. For the atmosphere we find that (a) the haze extinction profile that best matches the data is one with higher (by 40%) extinction in the atmosphere with respect to Rannou et al. (2003) down to about 30 km where a complete cut-off occurs; (b) the methane mixing ratio at Titan's surface cannot exceed 3% on a disk-average basis, yielding a maximum CH₄ column abundance of 2.27 km-am in Titan's atmosphere. From the derived surface albedo spectrum in the 2.7-3.08 micron region, we bring some constraints on Titan's surface composition. The albedo in the center of the methane window varies from 0.01 to 0.08. These values, compared to others reported in the other methane windows, show a strong compatibility with the water ice spectrum in the near-infrared. Without confirming its existence from this work alone, our data then appear to be compatible with water ice. A variety of other ices, such as CO₂, NH₃, tholin material or hydrocarbon liquid cannot be excluded from our data, but an additional unidentified component with a signature around 2.74 micron is required to satisfy the data.     

Validation of measurements of land plot area using UAV imagery

This paper analyzes the potential use of very high resolution UAV imagery to measure the area of land plots to monitor land policies. The method used to monitor land is to measure the area of a set of land plots. Compared to traditional methods based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements or imagery obtained from aerial or satellite platforms, UAV systems lead to improved cost savings in this task without losing accuracy. The tests were conducted on 25 plots representing all the characteristics of a region (e.g. size, shape, border conditions and land use). We determined technical tolerance as a buffer using ISO 5725. We also assessed the relationship between the buffers obtained for the land plots and the characteristics of the plots. Technical tolerance in the digitized plots was within the range established by the European Union. This result shows the validity of UAV systems for land policy monitoring.     

SWDC-4A联合POS进行集成传感器定向研究

主要介绍利用国产轻型组合宽角数字测绘相机SWDC-4A联合POS搭载轻型飞机A2C进行航测试验研究,探讨相机联合POS进行集成传感器定向测图的精度。试验采用将POS数据解算的定位定向参数参与到摄影测量区域网平差中,采用统一的数学模型和算法确定像片精确外方位元素的方法,并以常规空三结果对其进行验证,实验结果表明：采用地面元分辨率为6厘米的航摄影像,通过33个地面检查点的验证,表明SWDC-4A联合POS的集成传感器定向满足1:500测图要求。     

南海夏季风季节内振荡的年际变化研究

利用NCEP/NCAR风场、 垂直速度再分析资料和NOAA的逐日向外长波辐射 (简称OLR) 资料, 运用Butterworth带通滤波方法, 对南海夏季风季节内振荡 (简称ISO) 的特征和年际变化情况进行了初步研究。气候平均状况下ISO在亚洲季风区存在5个活动中心, 其中包括南海南部地区 (5°N～15°N, 110°E～120°E)。气候平均状况下南海ISO在5～9月有三次比较明显的活跃过程。以850 hPa风在西南方向上的投影 (Vsw) 经30～60天带通滤波后的绝对值在南海区域的夏季平均定义了当年南海夏季风ISO活动指数, 以此确定了南海夏季风ISO活跃年和不活跃年, 并由此提取了两者在逐日序列和水平分布场特征上的差异。通过对南海夏季风ISO活跃年与不活跃年ISO信号差别的研究发现: 在南海夏季风ISO活动较活跃年份的一个完整周期的8个位相合成中, 低频对流中心从热带印度洋西部东传到达南海后, 受Walker环流和西太平洋副热带高压底层东风气流阻挡等其它动力和热力因素的影响转向东北传。春季南海地区较强的Walker环流和对流活动有可能作为南海夏季风ISO活跃的前期信号。     

The GeoPT Proficiency Testing Programme as a Scheme for the Certification of Geological Reference Materials

ISO Guide 35:2017 provides, for the first time, an alternative way of characterising certified reference materials using proficiency testing. In this paper, the properties of assigned values derived from the well‐established GeoPT proficiency testing scheme are examined. This scheme, designed for laboratories that undertake the routine analysis of silicate rocks and related materials, routinely has over 100 participants contributing results. Following a detailed assessment of the metrological properties of GeoPT assigned values in relation to Guide 35 recommendations, it is demonstrated that these values may be regarded as certified values, provided a number of criteria are met. These criteria include the following: a demonstration of sufficient homogeneity of the candidate CRM; circulation, when judged to be appropriate, of an established matrix‐matched CRM for co‐analysis in that round; the robust statistical analysis of data sets using GeoPT established criteria; a decision whether assigning a value is justified (including a requirement of a minimum of fifteen valid results); and an expert group to manage the certification and the maintenance of appropriate records. In summary, the GeoPT proficiency testing scheme, subject to the arrangements summarised above, is considered to be competent for the certification of geological reference materials.