Diagnostic model construction and example analysis of habitat degradation in enclosed bay: II. spatiotemporal variations in habitat degradation in Sansha Bay

The process of habitat degradation varies in habitat type and driving force which shows certain spatial and temporal heterogeneity on regional scales. In the present study, a new diagnostic model for enclosed bay habitat degradation was established, with which the spatial and temporal variation patterns of habitat degradation during 1991–2012 in Sansha Bay, Fujian, China was investigated. The results show that anthropogenic disturbance is the major controlling factor for the habitat degradation in large temporal heterogeneity in the bay. On the other hand, the habitat degradation experienced signifi cant spatial variations among six sub-bays. Under the joint action of temporal and spatial heterogeneity, the degradation trend in growing scale shows a more signifi cant correlation with the distribution of local leading industries along shorelines. Therefore, we quantifi ed the main characters of habitat degradation in Sansha Bay, and have understood the relationship between the status of habitats spatio-temporal variation value and the main controlling factor leading to the changes. However, a defi ciency of this research is the lack of or inaccessible to the detailed data, which shall be better solved in the future study for accessing more data from more sources.     

Long-period (30 days1 year) electromagnetic sounding and the electrical conductivity of the lower mantle beneath Europe

The C -response connects the magnetic vertical component and the horizontal gradient of the horizontal components of electromagnetic variations and forms the basis for deriving the conductivitydepth profile of the Earth. Time-series of daily mean values at 42 observatories typically with 50 years of data are used to estimate C -responses for periods between 1 month and 1  yr. The Z : Y method is applied, which means that the vertical component is taken locally whereas the horizontal components are used globally by expansion in a series of spherical harmonics.
In combination with results from previous analyses, the method yields consistent results for European observatories in the entire period range from a few hours to 1  yr, corresponding to penetration depths between 300 and 1800  km.
1-D conductivity models derived from these results show an increase in conductivity with depth z to about 2  S  m^-1 at z =800  km, and almost constant conductivity between z =800 and z =2000  km with values of 310  S  m^-1, in good agreement with laboratory measurements of mantle material. Below 2000  km the conductivity is poorly resolved. However, the best-fitting models indicate a further increase in conductivity to values between 50 and 150  S  m^-1.     

两侧铰接地下连续墙的试验研究及数值分析

地下连续墙用于平面不规则形状基坑支护时,对任意直线段墙体,其受力与变形实际上是三维的,而不是一般经验简化方法假设的二维变形与受力,并应考虑相邻墙体之间的相互作用。采用考虑墙土相互影响的地下连续墙与土共同作用的三维有限元方法,研究了墙端铰接和墙端自由两种边界条件对等刚度及变刚度墙体内力与变形的影响,计算结果表明,建议的理论计算方法与模型试验结果吻合较好。通过与模型试验实测值的对比,指出了以往采用平面有限元进行分析的方法的不足,并重点分析了墙端铰接对墙体横向弯矩的影响,研究结果表明,三维变形产生的横向弯矩是可观的,必须加以考虑。     

Wave to wave and wave to zonal mean flow kinetic energy exchanges during contrasting monsoon years

Fourier analysis of the monthly mean northern hemispheric geopotential heights for the levels 700 mb and 300 mb are undertaken for the months of April through to August. The wave to wave and wave to zonal mean flow kinetic energy interactions are computed for specified latitude bands of the northern hemisphere during the pre-monsoon period (April to May) and monsoon period (June through to August) for bad monsoon years (1972, 1974, 1979) and for years of good monsoon rainfall over India (1967, 1973, 1977). Planetary scale waves (waves 1 to 4) are the major kinetic energy source in the upper atmosphere during the monsoon months. Waves 1 and 2 in particular are a greater source of kinetic energy to other waves via both wave to wave interactions as well as wave to zonal mean flow interactions in good monsoon years than in bad monsoon years. The zonal mean flow shows significantly larger gains in the kinetic energy with a strengthening of zonal westerlies in good monsoon years than in bad monsoon years.     

减饱和砂土缓倾场地的液化性状分析

减饱和法是一种通过减小砂土地基的饱和度,从而提高地基抗液化强度的新方法。基于减饱和砂土中流体模量同步更新的改进算法对减饱和砂土离心机振动台试验进行了数值分析,并与单一流体模量的简化算法进行了对比分析。结果表明：由于改进算法中考虑了因孔压变化引起的等效流体模量的变化,其计算结果更接近试验结果,而简化算法低估了减饱和砂土的孔压积累。基于改进算法开展了不同饱和度、倾斜角度的缓倾场地上液化变形的数值模拟研究,分析发现超孔隙水压力增长的速度及其峰值随着饱和度的增加而增大,饱和度从100%降低至96.4%,同一深度处的超孔压峰值降低约20%～65%,加速度响应的峰值也有明显的降低;沿地基深度0.75 m到9.00 m,侧向位移减少约20%～50%,表明饱和度的降低对抑制倾斜场地上可液化砂土层的侧向变形有显著效果,随着地基深度的减小,饱和度对于侧向位移的影响越来越明显。     

Analysis of RC slab–beam–column sub‐assemblages subjected to bidirectional lateral cyclic loading using a new 3D macroelement

An existing two‐dimensional macroelement for reinforced concrete beam–column joints is extended to a three‐dimensional macroelement. The three‐dimensional macroelement for beam–column joints consists of six rigid interface plates and uniaxial springs for concrete, steel, and bond–slip, which model the inside of a beam–column joint. The mechanical models for the materials and the stiffness equation for the springs are also presented. To validate the model, we used test results from three slab–beam–column sub‐assemblages subjected to bi‐lateral cyclic load. It is revealed that the new joint model is capable of capturing the strength of beam–column joints and the bidirectional interaction in joint shear response, including the concentration of damage in the beam–column joint, the pinching nature in hysteretic behavior, the stiffness degradation, and strength deterioration resulting from cyclic and bidirectional loading. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

安徽省植被和地表温度季节变化及空间分布特征

卫星遥感广泛应用于宏观、大范围、动态连续的植被和地表温度监测研究。利用2001—2008年MODIS卫星遥感资料, 分析了安徽省归一化植被指数 (NDVI) 和地表温度 (LST) 的季节、月变化和空间分布特征,探讨了代表城市区域的NDVI和LST时空分布及其相关性。结果表明:安徽省NDVI和LST季节变化显著,具有典型地域特征;受当地气候影响,植被、农作物类型地域差异较大,导致LST季节变化以及空间分布不同;城市中心向郊区过渡时,植被覆盖度在不断增加,伴随着NDVI的增加,LST下降;城市LST明显高于郊区值,呈现热岛效应。研究表明,当地气候和植被分布共同决定了LST的分布状况,这将为安徽省合理进行农业区划、科学监测生态环境以及有效评估土地利用与热岛效应提供重要参考依据。     

A 1000-year record of Mg/Li and Li/Ca ratios of ostracod shells in Lake Qinghai,NE Tibetan Plateau

正1 Introduction Lake Qinghai,famous as the largest inland saline lake in China,located on the high-altitude northeastern Tibetan Plateau,and four junctional zones of the East Asian summer monsoon(EASM),Indian summer monsoon(ISM),East Asian winter monsoon and the westerly jet stream prevail,making it sensitive to global climate change     

北黄海獐子岛邻近海域大型底栖动物群落结构和季节变化

本文以2009年8月-2010年6月在北黄海獐子岛海域4个季度航次调查的大型底栖动物资料为基础,分析了该海域大型底栖动物群落的结构和季节变化。结果表明,4个航次共采集了211种底栖动物,调查海域主要优势种为薄索足蛤(Thyasira tokunagai)、斑角吻沙蚕(Goniada maculata)、紫蛇尾(Ophiopholis mirabilis)、博氏双眼钩虾(Ampelisca bocki)和短角双眼钩虾(Ampelisca brevicornis),各季节的优势种组成有明显变化;运用聚类分析和MDS研究了其群落结构,将该区域大型底栖动物分为3个群落,即,群落I--位于调查区北部的美原双眼钩虾(Ampelisca miharaensis)-短角双眼钩虾(Ampelisca brevicornis)-斑角吻沙蚕群落,群落II--位于獐子岛邻近的紫蛇尾(Ophiopholis mirabilis)-日本倍棘蛇尾群落(Amphioplus japonicus),群落III--位于南部区域的薄索足蛤-浅水萨氏真蛇尾(Ophiura sarsii vadicola)群落,各群落有一定的季节变化;运用ABC曲线分析了4个季节群落受扰动情况,表明该海域环境良好,受扰动较小,夏季受扰动略大于其它季节。     

INTERCOMPARISON OF THE INTERDECADAL VARIATIONS OF SUMMER PRECIPITATION IN CHINA SIMULATED BY AOGCMS FROM THE IPCC-DDC

Simulations of the interdecadal variations of summer rainfall over China are assessed from 5 coupled AOGCMs from the Data Distribution Center (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change (IPCC) under the IPCC-Special Report in Emission Scenarios (SRES) A2 and B2 scenario. We examined their ability in simulating the interdecadal variations of summer precipitation over China from 1951 to 1990. The difference before and after the mid-1960’s and the late 1970’s is given respectively to check the capability of the models, especially in reproducing the rainfall jump in North China. We also investigated the interdecadal variations simulated by the models in the 1990’s and the average of 2001-2020 in the future under the scenario A2 and B2. The analysis shows that the current AOGCMs is not good enough in simulating the interdecadal variations of summer precipitation in China. The interdecadal variations of summer rainfall simulated by most of the models cannot reproduce the observation in North China. Higher resolution models are suggested to well simulate the interdecadal variability in regional scale.