Wavelet analysis of lightning return stroke

In this investigation, time series consisting of electric field waveforms of 15 positive return strokes and 10 negative return strokes were analyzed. The data came from a summer thunderstorm in March in a range of about 200 km around São José dos Campos, São Paulo. The electric field recording system consisted of a flat plate antenna with a decay time constant of 260 μs and a sample rate of 800,000 samples per second. The bandwidth observed was up to 100 kHz and the recording system was synchronized with GPS time and located at São José dos Campos. Wavelet analysis of the electric field waveforms was done in order to investigate the behavior of the return stroke spectrum in time. The return stroke was suggested to be divided into two portions: initial stage and overshoot (for far return stroke) and initial stage and ramp (for close return stroke). The return stroke power spectrum was observed to be distributed in a frequency range with the peak value also distributed in a fraction of this range. Power peaks for ramps are stronger than power peaks for initial stage and overshoot. Finally, it was observed how powerful the wavelet is in the analysis of lightning.     

Response of the shortgrass steppe plant community to fire

Fire is an important driver of ecological pattern and process in grasslands worldwide, although its role in semi-arid systems is less well known. We used published studies and new experimental research to 1) provide a synthesis of existing knowledge of fire in the semi-arid grasslands of the North American Great Plains, and 2) assess the degree of similarity in semi-arid and mesic grassland responses to fire in this region. Based on published studies, burning has neutral to negative effects on aboveground productivity in semi-arid grasslands and variable effects on plant communities. To more rigorously assess fire effects, replicated experimental plots were established in ungrazed shortgrass steppe in northern Colorado and prescribed spring fire was applied in 2006 and 2007, 2006 only, or not at all. Aboveground net primary productivity decreased or remained unchanged with burning. Plant community changes included increases in perennial forbs, decreases in annual grasses and a positive response in annual forbs to the combination of fire and a wet spring in 2007. Combined, these results indicate that post-fire changes in productivity in semi-arid grasslands are neutral to negative, in contrast to positive responses in mesic grasslands, and not strongly negative as previously assumed.     

河南省县域农民人均纯收入时空演变分析

以县级区域为研究单元,采用空间自相关分析方法,利用1999-2007年时间序列数据,对河南省农民人均纯收入的时空演变过程进行分析,结果表明:1)收入相似的县域空间集聚始终非常显著,总体空间相关程度基本呈增加趋势;2)农村经济高收入核心区分布较稳定,以焦作、郑州、许昌为中心集中分布,在全省农村经济发展势能最高;3)农村经济塌陷核心区在空间上从豫西中部迁移到了豫东中部;4)呈现显著空间异质性的县域主要位于高收入核心区和低收入核心区的边缘,一直未形成明显的空间集聚;5)高收入核心区和低收入核心区始终呈现明显的空间分异,宏观空间分异表现为北高南低、中部高东西部低的总体空间分布特征。     

敦煌戈壁冬夏季地表辐射与能量平衡特征对比研究

利用敦煌戈壁夏（2006年7月）、冬（2007年1月1—10日）季观测得到的微气象资料,比较了夏、冬季敦煌戈壁的地表辐射平衡、能量平衡特征。分析了地表反照率（Albedo）与土壤特性的关系,发现地表反照率和表层土壤温度日变化呈反相关;冬季地表反照率和土壤湿度的线性相关差,夏季地表反照率和土壤湿度的线性相关性好;地表反照率和土壤热通量呈反相关,并且冬季二者的拟合性好于夏季。分析了降水前后各能量通量的变化,发现阵雨时感热H是变小的,降雨过后H和净辐射Rn有明显的增大,土壤热通量Gn在降雨过后也有增大,潜热LE变化微弱,对阵性降水强迫后的非平衡态的张弛时间大约为3 d。     

Input data selection for solar radiation estimation

Model input data selection is a complicated process, especially for non‐linear dynamic systems. The questions on which inputs should be used and how long the training data should be for model development have been hard to solve in practice. Despite the importance of this subject, there have been insufficient reports in the published literature about inter‐comparison between different model input data selection techniques. In this study, several methods (i.e. the Gamma test, entropy theory, AIC (Akaike's information criterion)/BIC (Bayesian information criterion) have been explored with the aid of non‐linear models of LLR (local linear regression) and ANN (artificial neural networks). The methodology is tested in estimation of solar radiation in the Brue Catchment of England. It has been found that the conventional model selection tools such as AIC/BIC failed to demonstrate their functionality. Although the entropy theory is quite powerful and efficient to compute, it failed to pick up the best input combinations. On the other hand, it is very encouraging to find that the new Gamma test was able to choose the best input selection. However, it is surprising to note that the Gamma test significantly underestimated the required training data while the entropy theory did a better job in this aspect. This is the first study to compare the performance of those techniques for model input selections and still there are many unsolved puzzles. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

辽宁及邻区电磁辐射在地震中的应用研究

通过省内、省外台站分布情况、台址情况、观测记录仪器使用情况,观测记录仪器的性能指标,如观测仪器探头类型、架（埋）设方式,记录仪器的采样率、分辨率,震例情况等从电磁辐射的发生机理出发进行深入细致的分析,找出地震前电磁辐射异常信息量、异常起始时间及持续时间与震中距、震级的关系。     

64层螺旋CT冠状动脉低剂量成像初探

目的:优化扫描模式,降低冠状动脉成像辐射剂量.方法:60名患者随机分为两组,每组30人.钙化积分分别应用430 mA和80 mA管电流扫描;延迟时间测定使用团注测定和智能跟踪:冠状动脉成像包括心电门控非管电流调节和管电流调节模式,分别计算所有组平均ED和图像SNR.结果:钙化积分平均ED从2.35±0.42降至0.42±0.03;延迟时间平均功从1.39±0.14降至0.13±0.04;两组冠状动脉成像平均ED从28.22±4.90降至21.14±1.54.两组钙化积分平均SNR组间比较有显著性差异,而两组冠状动脉成像模式平均SNR组间比较无显著性差异.结论:应用80 mA扫描钙化积分、智能跟踪测试延迟时间和心电门控调节管电流模式进行冠状动脉成像,可显著降低辐射剂量并获得诊断需要的图像.     

华北地区光合有效辐射的计算方法研究

2004年9月—2006年10月,选择华北地区的4个观测站开展了太阳辐射（光合有效辐射PAR、可见光辐射VIS、总辐射Q等）、气象参数等的综合测量,得到了PAR、VIS等的变化特征,结果表明：PAR/Q、VIS/Q、PAR/VIS相对稳定,有明显的日、逐日和季节变化,并受到水汽、散射因子、云等因素的影响。2004—2006年禹城、栾城、香河、兴隆地区VIS/Q,PAR/Q和PAR/VIS的平均值分别为0.39,1.95 mol/MJ和4.97 mol/MJ;0.39,1.94 mol/MJ和4.95 mol/MJ;0.43,2.16 mol/MJ和4.97 mol/MJ;0.42,2.03 mol/MJ和4.89 mol/MJ。建立了计算华北地区实际天气PAR、VIS小时累计值的经验公式及PAR与VIS转换关系式,计算值与观测值符合得都比较好。考虑水汽和散射因子时,PAR、VIS计算值与观测值的相对偏差分别为13.0%、12.4%。由于某些站点可能缺少直接或散射辐射,也可以只考虑水汽因子,此时,PAR、VIS的相对偏差分别为13.2%、12.8%。对于PAR、VIS的传输和计算来说,水汽因子的作用最为重要;散射因子的作用虽弱于水汽因子,但也不应该忽视。     

南海西沙海区5～6月份辐射通量研究--整体公式建立

将南海西沙海区2000年5～6月海面辐射通量（包括太阳短波辐射、海面反射辐射、大气逆辐射和海面长波辐射）与云量、海温、气温、水汽压等气象要素进行了对比分析,发现它们之间存在一定的相关关系,利用这些关系建立了适合于计算南海西沙海区的太阳短波辐射、大气逆辐射、海面长波辐射和海面反照度的经验公式.分析结果表明,采用本文经验公式计算的各辐射通量值与实测资料的误差较一般常用经验公式的计算误差均有不同程度的减小,计算结果与实测结果在变化趋势上也具有较好的一致性.     

Improved sea-ice radiative processes in a global coupled climate model

1Introduction Seaiceplaysanimportantroleinmoderating heatandmoistureexchangesbetweentheatmosphere andtheoceanathighlatitudes.Seaicealsointeracts withthebroaderclimatesystembythepositiveice albedofeedback(Curryetal.,1995),whichamplifies projectedclimatewarmingatthehighlatitudes,andby theoceanicfeedbackinvolvingicegrowthandmelt, whichinfluencesglobalthermohalinecirculation(i.e., theNorthAtlanticDeepWaterandtheAntarcticBot- tomWater)(Walsh,1983;Barryetal.,1993). Recently,theimplementationofas…