The correlation of whistler occurrence rate at a low latitude with thunderstorm activity at its conjugate region and with solar activity

The correlations of occurrence rate of whistlers in January during one solar cycle (1977–1987) at a low latitude station (Yamaoka, geomag. lat. 25°, L=1.26) with thunderstorm activity near its conjugate region and also with solar activity have been investigated, and it is found that the occurrence rate has no correlation with the lightning flashes near the conjugate point, while it is negatively correlated with solar activity. On the basis of these findings it is suggested that the ionospheric absorption is of major importance in the long-term variation of whistler occurrence rate, with the duct formation being of secondary effect, while the lightning activity is only a necessary condition for whistler occurrence.     

Seasonal Variability in Circulation Pattern and Residence Time of Suo-Nada

The development and evolution of the persistent counterclockwise circulation in Suo-Nada have been studied in detail using a three-dimensional numerical model. The realistic circulation has been reproduced from the monthly climatological fields of salinity, temperature along the open boundary, wind, heat flux and buoyancy input from twenty-two major rivers surrounding the basin. The seasonal variation of fresh-water discharge from the rivers proved to be the most important forcing mechanism driving the circulation. The expansion and contraction of coastal low salinity water well corresponded with the development of counterclockwise circulation from spring to summer and dissipation from autumn to winter. The circulation was found to be vertically homogenous and quasi-barotropic. However, confined along the coastal zone is an estuarine flow (i.e., oppositely directed currents in the upper and lower layers) whose horizontal dimension conforms to the period of maximum buoyancy flux from the rivers. This indicates that the flow pattern in Suo-Nada can be separated into two distinct regions where the relative dominance of estuarine circulation plays a significant role. Furthermore, the monthly water exchange capacity for autonomous purification of the basin has been evaluated from the average residence time of conservative material based on the calculated current field. It is demonstrated that the kinetic energy of the basin is directly responsible in promoting water exchange in Suo-Nada. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

追述1953年一个引起暴雨的小低气压

20世纪50年代初,已经认识到冷空气的参与是长江中下游雨季（特别是梅雨季节）降水过程的必要条件。而对冷空气的来源有两种不同的看法：一种比较早的意见认为,鄂霍次克海及其附近海面来的极地海洋变性气团（mPk）,是梅雨季节降水的冷空气主要来源;因而认为梅雨锋系是极地海洋变性气团（mPk）与热带海洋变性气团（mTw）或赤道海洋变性气团（mew）交绥的结果。第二种看法,也就是后来几年的看法,认为大陆来的极地大陆变性气团（cPk）才是梅雨季节冷空气的主要来源。     

瞬变电磁系统探测海底电导率的研究

选择在海洋工程与环境地质等方面有应用前景的海洋瞬变电磁法作为研究对象．研究了在高导海水中探测海底电导率的电磁感应理论,研制了共轴水平磁偶极-偶极装置（HRHR）的瞬变探测系统和解释软件．经东海海域实地试验,取得了良好效果,证实了瞬变电磁探测的有效性和方法优势．目前,它可作为海底地质填图的主要手段．经拓展后可用于海底分层和基底深度的探测．     

基于小波熵水淹层识别方法探索

储层的孔隙度和电阻率曲线间微差形态波形的复杂程度隐含着储层含油气性的信息,油层水淹程度不同,其时频平面上小波系数能量团存在着显著差异,随水淹程度加重,其能量团分布由复杂逐渐趋于简单单调.油层水淹信息映射在其小波系数能量熵特征上,可使油层水淹信息得到放大,更易于水淹程度识别.基于测井信息的小波熵识别水淹层的方法,对利用传统测井解释理论判别比较困难的低阻油层有较强的识别能力.     

Energetics of lateral eddy diffusion/advection：Part Ⅳ. Energetics of diffusion/advection in sigma coordinates and other coordinates

Gravitational potential energy （GPE） source and sink due to stirring and cabbeling associated with sigma dif fusion/ advection is analyzed. It is shown that GPE source and sink is too big, and they are not closely linked to physical property distribution, such as temperature, salinity and velocity. Although the most frequently quoted advantage of sigma coordinate models are their capability of dealing with topography; the exces sive amount of GPE source and sink due to stirring and cabbeling associated with sigma diffusion/advec tion diagnosed from our analysis raises a very serious question whether the way lateral diffusion/advection simulated in the sigma coordinates model is physically acceptable. GPE source and sink in three coordinates is dramatically different in their magnitude and patterns. Overall, in terms of simulating lateral eddy diffu sion and advection isopycnal coordinates is the best choice and sigma coordinates is the worst. The physical reason of the excessive GPE source and sink in sigma coordinates is further explored in details. However, even in the isopycnal coordinates, simulation based on the Eulerian coordinates can be contaminated by the numerical errors associated with the advection terms.     

Determination of active units with different kinematic property and their activity pattern in North China based on the data from GPS remeasurements

Based on the high-accuracy data obtained from the GPS measurements carried out in 1992, 1995 and 1996, the isochronous active units with different kinematic property inside the North China area have been distinguished, 4 active units and 1 transition zone with distinct differential movement have been determined. They are Ordos-Yinshan unit, Yanshan unit, Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong (Jin-Ji-Lu) unit, Jiaodong-Liaoning-Shandong (Jiao-Liao-Lu) unit and Yanshan-Hebei (Yan-Ji) transition zone. The relative movements among the neighboring units in this period have been given. 1 The compressive movement between Ordos-Yinshan unit and Yanshan unit is not obvious with an amount of 0.4±1.3 mm/a. 2 Jin-Ji-Lu unit moves E40°S off the Ordos-Yinshan unit and the magnitude is 4.4±1.0 mm/a. 3 Relative to the Yan-Ji transition zone of differential movement, Yanshan unit shifts W38°N with a value of 2.4±1.3 mm/a and Jin-Ji-Lu unit moves eastward 35° by south with an amount of 2.3±0.9 mm/a. 4 Jin-Ji-Lu unit has a tensional left-lateral movement of 4.7±1.4 mm/a in the direction of E37°S relative to Yanshan unit. 5 Some area near Tanlu belt which is located in the southern part of Jin-Ji-Lu block has a southward movement 14° by west with a magnitude of 1.5±1.1 mm/a off the Jin-Ji-Lu unit. 6 Relative to Jin-Ji-Lu unit, Jiao-Liao-Lu unit has a trend of clockwise movement with a tensional right-lateral motion at the north end which neighbors Yanshan unit and a compressive motion at the south end. It should be noted that the errors given in the paper are obtained based on the divergence among the displacements of the sites in the unit, rather than the value calculated from the displacement error of the sites. The analyzed results indicate that: 1 Shanxi tectonic zone and Yan-Ji transition zone are the major tectonic active zones to show the frame and magnitude of interior relative movement in North China area, and others are the secondary tectonic active zones; 2 The complete horizontal deformation in the North China area is not homogeneous nor successive; 3 The kinetic model of North China area might be "mantle dragging plus boundary coupling". Foundation item: The National Key Basic Research Project Mechanism and Prediction of Continental Earthquakes (G1998040700).     

川中广安地区上三叠统须六段储层特征及控制因素分析

广安地区上三叠统须六段为辫状河三角洲平原分流河道的大套砂岩复合体沉积,以中—细粒长石岩屑砂岩、岩屑砂岩为主;孔隙度主要分布在3%~15%之间,渗透率主要分布在0.01×10-3~1×10-3μm2之间。主、次分流河道为该区有效储层,复合砂体内渗透层与致密层交互分布形成了复杂的储层分布特征。在此基础上,结合成岩作用分析储层物性的影响因素认为,物源成分的不同影响储层发育富集区的分布,沉积演化特征控制储层发育层段,沉积微相控制层内非均质性。在煤系地层酸性环境下,强烈压实作用是形成普遍低渗的主要原因。主分流河道沉积的中、粗粒长石岩屑砂岩次生孔隙较发育,是主要的储层岩石类型。