Impacts of Reference Time Series on the Homogenization of Radiosonde Temperature

Using radiosonde temperatures of 92 selected stations in China,the uncertainties in homogenization processes caused by different reference series,including nighttime temperature,the NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) and ERA-40 (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) forecasting background,are examined via a two-phase regression approach.Although the results showed limited consistency in the temporal and spatial distribution of identified break points (BPs) in the context of metadata events of instrument model change and correction method,significant uncertainties still existed in BP identification,adjustment,and impact on the estimated trend.Reanalysis reference series generally led to more BP identification in homogenization.However,those differences were parts of global climatic shifts,which may have confused the BP calculations.Discontinuities also existed in the reanalysis series due to changes in the satellite input.The adjustment values deduced from the reanalysis series ranged widely and were larger than those from the nighttime series and,therefore,impacted the estimated temperature trend.     

中国GTS1-2型电子探空仪阳江国际比对结果分析

根据世界气象组织阳江第八届国际探空比对资料,对中国GTS1-2型探空仪系统开展了系统性评估。初步评估结果表明：GTS1-2型探空仪温度传感器系统偏差在0.2℃之内（高度在33 km以下）,标准偏差在1℃之内;气压传感器系统偏差在0.7 hPa之内,标准偏差在1 hPa之内;位势高度系统偏差在40 gpm之内,标准偏差在320 gpm之内;温度、气压、位势高度一致性较好,但是还需进一步改善高空辐射误差修正软件;湿度测量结果与其他国家有一定的差距,具体表现温度在-30℃～-50℃,时间常数明显增大,变化幅度变小,反应滞后;风向风速与GPS导航卫星定位测风的结果比较接近。     

Groundwater potential estimation using vertical electrical sounding measurements in the semi-arid Khanasser Valley region,Syria

Abstract

Traditional and polar vertical electrical sounding (VES) techniques were used for computing and characterizing the transmissivity of the Quaternary and Palaeogene aquifers in the Khanasser Valley, northern Syria. The VES technique with its different applied approaches is inexpensive, easy and gives rapid results with high spatial resolution. The Dar-Zarrouk parameters were determined to estimate the groundwater potential of the aquifers. The results show the mean transmissivity of the Quaternary aquifer to be 49 m²/d (minimum: 10 m²/d; maximum: 131 m²/d; standard deviation: 32 m²/d), and that of the Palaeogene aquifer is 0.94 m²/d (minimum: 0.31 m²/d; maximum: 1.54 m²/d; standard deviation: 0.33 m²/d).

Editor D. Koutsoyiannis

Citation Asfahani, J., 2013. Groundwater potential estimation using vertical electrical sounding measurements in the semi-arid Khanasser Valley region, Syria. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (2), 468--482.     

近50年我国探空温度序列均一化及变化趋势

利用1958—2005年我国116个站探空温度序列研究了我国高空温度变化趋势。首先通过静力学质量控制和两相回归法对原始序列进行了均一化处理。我国探空温度序列存在明显的间断点, 间断点的订正对于序列的趋势影响较为显著。缺测率是影响我国探空温度序列应用性的重要因子, 也是区域平均趋势统计中台站取舍的指标, 减少台站总数会削弱我国对流层升温和平流层降温的变化趋势。分析表明: 70%作为最小资料有效率标准最为合理。为满足最小资料有效率, 选取92个站统计我国高空温度变化趋势的区域平均值。结果表明: 1958-2005年, 平流层下层和对流层上层降温, 对流层中、低层升温; 高空温度变化趋势与研究时段明显相关, 1958-1978年我国高空大气整层均为降温; 1979—2005年, 对流层中低层升温最为明显, 增暖的幅度随高度增加而减小, 400 hPa以上各层转为降温。对流层的升温始于20世纪80年代, 升温幅度与全球尺度的平均值有所不同。     

中央气象台探空资料客观分析业务系统的研究与实现

研发了基于Cressman线性插值方法的探空资料客观分析业务系统。针对客观分析在业务工作中的问题,提出几种解决方法：①提出了在观测场中找出可疑站点的检测算法,避免了可疑观测值对分析场的影响;②通过对分析的等值线进行后处理操作,做到分析结果与观测数据一致,不增加或者漏掉高低值中心;③提出了对分析场进行自适应平滑处理的方法,即保留了小面积高低值中心,又提高了等值线的光滑与美观程度。试验结果显示：使用该方法得到的探空资料客观分析结果与观测数据较一致,在等值线的光滑程度上接近预报员的手工分析结果,从而证明了本文所提方法的可行性和有效性。     

基于GNSS及探空仪数据的大气折射指数反演新方法

提出一种综合GNSS及探空仪数据的对流层折射指数剖面反演模型新方法,利用GNSS观测数据直接采用参数估计计算测站高精度ZTD（zenith troposphere delay）值,结合探空数据构建测站上空折射指数分层剖面反演模型。通过BJFS（北京站）、WUHN（武汉站）、WIND（Windhoek站）和DARW（Darwin站）的实测数据进行相应计算与验证。结果表明,该反演模型与基于探空数据的反演模型精度相当,二者均优于Hopfield模型。同时该方法计算简便,且在模型建立后可以大大减少探空仪观测。     

Lithospheric structure of the Trans-European Suture Zone along the TTZ–CEL03 seismic transect (from NW to SE Poland)

The large-scale CELEBRATION 2000 seismic experiment investigated the velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle between western portion of the East European Craton (EEC) and the eastern Alps. This area comprises: the Trans-European Suture Zone, the Carpathian Mountains, the Pannonian Basin and the Bohemian Massif. This experiment included 147 chemical shots recorded by 1230 seismic stations during two deployments. Good quality data along 16 main and a few additional profiles were recorded. One of them, profile CEL03, was located in southeastern Poland and was laid out as a prolongation of the TTZ profile performed in 1993. This paper focuses on the joint interpretation of seismic data along the NW–SE trending TTZ–CEL03 transect, located in the central portion of the Trans-European Suture Zone. First arrivals and later phases of waves reflected/refracted in the crust and upper mantle were interpreted using two-dimensional tomographic inversion and ray-tracing techniques. This modelling established a 2-D (quasi 3-D) P-wave velocity lithospheric model. Four crustal units were identified along the transect. From northwest to southeast, thickness of the crust varies from 35 km in the Pomeranian Unit (NW) to 40 km in the Kuiavian Unit, to 50 km in the Radom–Łysogóry Unit and again to 43 km in the Narol Unit (SE). The first two units are thought to be proximal terranes detached from the EEC farther to the southeast and re-accreted to the edge of the EEC during the Early Palaeozoic. The origin of the remaining two units is a matter of dispute: they are either portions of the EEC or other proximal terranes. In the area of the Polish Basin (first two units), the P-wave velocity is very low (V_p < 6.1 km/s) down to depths of 15–20 km indicating that a very thick sedimentary and possibly volcanic rock sequence, whose lower portion may be metamorphosed, is present. The velocity beneath the Moho was found to be rather high, being 8.25 km/s in the northwestern portion of the transect, 8.4 km/s in the central sector, and 8.1 km/s in the southeastern sector.     

Electrical structure of the crust in South Eastern Tibet

As part of the Sino-French earth science programme in Tibet, magnetotelluric and geomagnetic soundings were carried out in the southwestern part of Tibet. Eight magnetotelluric sounding sites and nineteen geomagnetic stations were occupied along roughly north-south profiles. The magnetotelluric profile runs from Lhozag to the south of Yangbajain to the north. The geomagnetic profile runs from Lang Kartse to Gulu. These experiments indicate a conductive layer at about 25 km in depth. This layer corresponds to the isotherm 1100°C. Shallow conductive structures related to the presence of significant partial melting were evidenced to the south of the Zangbo suture. A conductive structure was also evidenced at about 15 km in depth below the Nyainquentanglha range. This structure may correspond to partial melting due to the presence of fluids at the dipping plane between two overthrusting crustal blocks.     

Magnetotelluric studies of the East-European Craton and adjacent regions

Magnetotelluric method is widely applied to study the Russian part of the East-European Craton, as well as the Caucasus and the Urals: several thousand soundings were performed during the last few years. Their periods range is approximately from 0.003 to 3000 seconds, which allows to study the sedimentary cover and the consolidated crust. Resistivity cross-sections along several regional profiles which run across the tectonic structures of the East-European Craton and the adjacent folded systems were obtained, mainly using 1D and 2D interpretational tools. MT investigations provided important information about the structure and reservoir properties of sedimentary complexes, the state of active geodynamic regions, the graphitization and fluid regime of the consolidated crust, and the permeable and fluid-saturated crustal zones.