Current and Turbidity Variations in the Western Part of Suo-Nada, the Seto Inland Sea, Japan: A Hypothesis on the Oxygen-Deficient Water Mass Formation

A hydrographic survey and a 25-hour stationary observation were carried out in the western part of Suo-Nada in the summer of 1998 to elucidate the formation mechanism of the oxygen-deficient water mass. A steep thermocline and halocline separated the upper layer water from the bottom water over the observational area except for near the Kanmon Strait. The bottom water, in comparison with the upper layer water, indicated lower temperature, higher salinity, lower dissolved oxygen, higher turbidity, and higher chlorophyll a. Turbidity in the upper layer water changed with semi-diurnal period while the bottom water turbidity showed a quarter-diurnal variation, though the M₂ tidal current prevailed in both waters. From the turbidity distribution and the current variation, it is revealed that the turbidity in the upper layer water is controlled by the advection due to the M₂ tidal current. On the other hand, the quarter-diurnal variation in the bottom water turbidity is caused by the resuspension of bottom sediments due to the M₂ tidal current. The steep thermocline and halocline were maintained throughout the observation period in spite of the rather strong tidal currents. This implies an active intrusion of the low temperature and high salinity water from the east to the bottom of Suo-Nada. Based on the observational results, a hypothesis on the oxygen-deficient water mass formation was proposed; the periodical turbidity variation in the bottom water quickly modifies the oxygen-rich water in the east to the oxygen-deficient bottom water in Suo-Nada in a course of circulation.     

Modelling the population dynamics of Calanus in the Fair Isle current of northern Scotland

The population dynamics of a marine zooplankton species in the Fair Isle Current off northern Scotland have been investigated by modelling and field study. An age- and weight-structured model of a population of the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus was embedded in a biomass based ecosystem model comprising nutrients, phytoplankton, and other non-Calanus zooplankton. The model was configured to represent a Lagrangian water column drifting in the Fair Isle Current off the north of Scotland during June 1988, with physical characteristics derived from the results of a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the northwest European shelf. The time-series results from the model were compared to data from a semi-synoptic field study by assuming the system to be short-term steady state and transposing the spatially resolved field observations into pseudo-time series along the modelled column drift track. The hydrodynamic model correctly reproduced the general physical characteristics of the system which were destratification of an initially stratified water column as a result of advection through a tidally energetic mixing zone, and subsequent re-establishment of stratification with distance downstream. The biological components of the model were broadly successful at reproducing the main features of the phytoplankton biomass response to the physical processes. The field data indicated that, despite the short-term changes in phytoplankton abundance along the drift track, the stage composition and biomass of the Calanus population was relatively stable. However, the model revealed that the main diagnostic features of the response were at the individual level, reflected in the weight at age distribution and reproductive output. The study highlights the difficulty of obtaining adequate data for testing complex models of zooplankton responses to short-term spatio-temporal variations in physical forcing.     

一次大面积降雪多普勒速度特征

利用CINRAD／CC多普勒雷达速度回波资料分析了2002年12月15—16日凌晨新疆北部沿天山一带的大面积降雪过程。结果表明：速度资料中的冷(暖)平流和辐合(散)与降雪的形成、维持和消散关系密切。逆风区和速度梯度大的区域附近一般与反射率因子较大值区域相对应。而且，速度回波分布变化较强度回波分布变化提前，对降雪的短时预报有一定指导意义。     

One-temperature accretion flows with advection and nonthermal e pair production

By means of the self-similar relations of the hot flow with advection and nonthermal e^± pair production, we examine the radial structure of such a flow. Some typical features have been confirmed, and several new results obtained: there exists a critical radius r_cr; the local cooling rate is inversely proportional to the square of the mass of the central object; the pair density in the accretion flow with advection is higher than in the SLE disk.     

Large Aperture Scintillometer Used Over A Homogeneous Irrigated Area, Partly Affected By Regional Advection

Scintillometer measurements were collected over an irrigated wheat field ina semi-arid region in northwest Mexico. Conditions were unstable in the morning andstable during the afternoon, while latent heat fluxes remained high throughout the day.Regional advection was observed during near-neutral conditions. Monin–Obukhovsimilarity relationships for the structure parameter of temperature were verified in both unstable and stable conditions, but were violated close to near-neutral conditions. We found that, using additional measurements of radiation, soil heat flux and windspeed, areally averages of both sensible and latent heat fluxes can be reliably predicted by large aperture scintillometer measurements, as long as the net radiation is greater than zero.     

2018年台风“摩羯”和“温比亚”路径的影响因子分析

利用中国气象局(CMA)提供的热带气旋最佳路径资料和欧洲中心(ECMWF)提供的ERA interim再分析资料,对2018年两个北上影响山东的台风"摩羯"和"温比亚"路径差异的原因进行分析发现:"摩羯"和"温比亚"台风路径的差异主要与周围天气系统分布差异有关,两台风均先后受到副热带高压和大陆高压的影响,"温比亚"还受高空槽的影响,使其转向角度较大,而台风与高压系统相互作用形成的引导气流是影响这两个台风路径的主要因素。"摩羯"和"温比亚"的最佳引导气流均位于台风中心5个纬度半径内,不同阶段所受引导气流的高度存在差异,台风登陆前中低层引导气流对台风移向的指示作用均优于高层,登陆后转向前纬向引导气流均优于经向,但稳定性稍差,转向后除"温比亚"经向引导气流相关较差外均整层相关较好,中高层略优于低层,且高层风(300～200hPa)可以提前12h预报台风转向。此外,台风总是向着台风附近的正涡度平流方向移动,正涡度平流越强,台风移动越快。     

Sensitivity of the tropical nonlinear stationary Kelvin and Rossby waves to the vertical structure of heating

Idealized experiments using linear (LM) and nonlinear (NM) multilevel global spectral models have been carried out to investigate and understand the impact of nonlinearities on the stationary wave response in the tropical atmosphere and its sensitivity to the vertical profile of heating. It is found that nonlinearities exert a dominant influence on the low-latitude stationary Kelvin and Rossby waves particularly in the vicinity of the forcing region. Our study shows that nonlinear effects on the upper tropospheric response produce prominent eastward displacement of the anticyclonic vorticity and horizontal shifts of the maximum equilibrium divergence relative to the prescribed heating. These changes due to nonlinear terms are found to be quite sensitive to the vertical structure of diabatic heating. The strongest nonlinear effects are found to occur when the vertical level under consideration is strongly forced from below. Detailed vorticity budget calculations indicate that stronger nonlinear contributions from stretching and horizontal advection of relative vorticity favour the generation of upper tropospheric anticyclonic circulation and its eastward displacement. Larger vertical advection and twisting terms appear to oppose the generation of upper tropospheric anticyclonic vorticity. It is found that the nonlinear terms which affect the vorticity generation in the upper levels are crucially controlled by the vertical profile of heating. The mid-tropospheric response due to deep convective heating in the NM is characterized by anomalous equatorial westerlies in the low-latitude Rossby regime and exhibits prominent ageostrophic motions. Such nonlinear effects appear probably because of a vertical shift of the low level circulation anomalies in the NM. In the case of shallow convective heating the occurrence of anomalous zonal flows and ageostrophic motions in the low latitude regions of the NM takes place near the level of the maximum heating. Our study shows that large heating amplitudes and small vertical gradient of heating at a given vertical level together favour generation of anomalous zonal flows and ageostrophic motions in the near equatorial regions. These anomalous basic flows in the low-latitudes have implications on the propagation of transients from the tropics to midlatitudes. Non-linear effects on the lower tropospheric stationary waves are prominently seen in the case of strong low level heating which produces a large strengthening of the lower tropospheric cyclonic anomalies that exhibit distinct eastward shifts in the NM relative to the LM.     

论地体综合构造热演化-试以青藏为例

作者在论述地体绘合构造热演化研究的意义和论证构造演化和热演化之间存在着成因联系的基础上，结合青藏工作实际，系统地阐述了:(1)在构造热演化模型设计中必须遵循概全性与概略性相结合的原则;模型因子应是概全的，但模拟的方法则是简略的;(2)以构造演化为框架、以热演化为本构的研究方法。文中列出了包括放射性生热(Q_r，地体应变生热(Q_s)，断层摩擦生热(Q_f) .岩石圈底熔减薄增热(Q_b)等多元热源项在内的二维昨稳态热传导一平流方程，作为应用有限差分与有限单元相结合方法求解宏观地质区构造热演化课题的通用方程。