Feedback Mechanisms For The Atmosphere And Ocean Surface

Two kinds of feedback mechanisms in the coupling process between the atmosphere and ocean surface are identified in this paper. One is a negative feedback mechanism, which is effective in the dynamic interaction processes through momentum flux exchange. In this mechanism,the ocean extracts momentum from the atmosphere as a forcing field to generate waves, which decelerates atmospheric motions, lessening the intensity of synoptic systems. The second is a positive feedback mechanism, which is effective in the thermal interaction processes through heat flux exchange. This is a mechanism that is effective in the transport of sensible and latent heat fluxes to the atmosphere from the underlyingocean surface. As a result, the atmosphere obtains energy from the ocean, which intensifies atmospheric motions. For storm conditions typical of North Atlantic mid-latitudes, we consider these thermal and dynamical nteractions, the dominance of one over the other, and related implications for storm intensification.     

Nonlinear magneto-acoustic waves in the solar atmosphere

The weakly nonlinear evolution of quasi-isentropic magnetoacoustic waves in the solar atmosphere is analyzed. The plasma is assumed to be initially homogeneous, in thermal equilibrium and with a straight and homogeneous magnetic field frozen in. Additionally, the plasma is assumed to be cooled by the standard cooling function in the range of 10⁴ K<T<10⁷ K and heated by a mechanism which is proportional to the density and temperature. The range of temperature where the plasma is isentropically unstable, the e-folding time for thermal instability and the corresponding time and length-scale for wave breaking are found.     

波形反演方法及其在新疆地区转换波测深中的应用

利用天然地震记录直达P波后续20s内的波形信息,研究了地壳、土地慢速度结构反演的方法、唯一性、精度及应注意的问题,并将求解有条件极值的惩罚数法和求解无条件极值的单纯形法引入到波形反演.数值计算证明,波形反演方法对记录的误差有压制作用,在深源、远震、各向同性水平层状近似合理的前提下,可用一个地震事件在射线平面内的二分量记录反演台站区地壳、上地幔P、S波速度结构.在新疆天山地区转换波流动台站观测中,选择出较好的记录进行波形反演,给出了该转换被测深剖面上6个台站下方的地壳、上地慢P、S波速度结构.通过塔里木盆地内一测点上波形反演和地震勘探结果的对比证明,波形反演方法具有满意的精度.