Factors controlling the seasonality of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

By analyzing observational data, previous studies have indicated that the tropical Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is active during the boreal winter but relatively weak during the boreal summer. However, the factors that control seasonal MJO variation are not clear. To quantitatively understand the relative contributions of the occurrence frequency of enhanced MJO events and their averaged strength and lifespan to seasonal MJO amplitude, we defined the MJO events of 1979–2014 and analyzed their features in different seasons by using the Real-time Multivariate MJO (RMM) index and the newly proposed RMM-r index. The results indicate that the MJO events show a higher frequency of occurrence, a stronger intensity and a longer duration during the boreal winter (Dec.–Feb.) and spring (Mar.–May). However, the frequency, strength and lifespan of MJO events are all reduced during the boreal summer (Jun.–Aug.) and autumn (Sep.–Nov.). The enhanced MJO events in winter–spring also show a large ratio of variance for eastward to westward components. To elucidate how large-scale background fields affect seasonal MJO variation, a series of sensitivity experiments was conducted by using a 2.5-layer model that can simulate MJO-like features. It is found that the variation in low-level moisture (vertical wind shear) is the key large-scale factor affecting the seasonal variation in MJO strength (in propagation). In comparison with the summer–autumn seasons when the MJO is relatively weakened, the relatively abundant low-level moisture near the equator during boreal winter–spring may strengthen the development of MJO convection and circulation, whereas the relatively weak easterly shear (or the westerly shear anomaly) is conducive to the enhancement of an eastward-propagating MJO component.     

太湖梅梁湾三维水动力学的研究──Ⅰ.模型的建立及结果分析

建立了一个太湖梅梁湾三线水动力学模型,模拟了框架湾的水平及垂直流场分布。结果表明：（1）表面流场与风向一致,而底层流场与表面流场的方向完全相反,表现为很明显的补偿流;（2）水平流速基本上自表层向下递减,过渡层的流速比表层和底层小;（3）在风场的作用下可产生垂直环流系统,其中在东南风的作用下产生逆时针的垂直环流（由南向北看）,而在西北风的作用下产生顺时针垂直环流;（4）垂直速度自岸边向湖中心递减,其量级远小于水平流速。     

斜压海洋动力学的一种三维数值模式──Ⅱ.温度、盐度和垂直涡动粘性系数的计算

根据海水温度和盐度平流扩散方程给出一种数值计算方案并采用混合长度理论给出垂直涡动粘性系数的计算方法。对于温度和盐度方程,其平流过程采用了Lax－Wendroff格式,水平扩散采用显格式,垂直扩散采用隐格式。时间步长主要受平流过程的Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy条件限制。垂直涡动粘性系数计算依据Prandtl混合长度理论,并考虑了海水层化的抑制作用,因而其数值与流场及密度场结构有关。温度、盐度及垂直涡动粘性系数的计算与动力方程中内模态的计算同步进行。应用本模式模拟渤、黄、东海由潮流、密度流和风海流迭加而成的综合海流,得出了良好的结果。     

Renovation of a failed constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage

 Acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned underground mines significantly impairs water quality in the Jones Branch watershed in McCreary Co., Kentucky, USA. A 1022-m² surface-flow wetland was constructed in 1989 to reduce the AMD effects, however, the system failed after six months due to insufficient utilization of the treatment area, inadequate alkalinity production and metal overloading. In an attempt to improve treatment efficiencies, a renovation project was designed incorporating two anoxic limestone drains (ALDs) and a series of anaerobic subsurface drains that promote vertical flow of mine water through a successive alkalinity producing system (SAPS) of limestone beds overlain by organic compost. Analytical results from the 19-month post-renovation period are very encouraging. Mean iron concentrations have decreased from 787 to 39 mg l^–1, pH increased from 3.38 to 6.46 and acidity has been reduced from 2244 to 199 mg l^–1 (CaCO₃ equivalent). Mass removal rates averaged 98% for Al, 95% for Fe, 94% for acidity, 55% for sulfate and 49% for Mn during the study period. The results indicate that increased alkalinity production from limestone dissolution and longer residence time have contributed to sufficient buffering and metal retention. The combination of ALDs and SAPS technologies used in the renovation and the sequence in which they were implemented within the wetland system proved to be an adequate and very promising design for the treatment of this and other sources of high metal load AMD. Received: 29 June 1998 · Accepted: 15 September 1998     

从地形变资料探讨丽江7.0级地震的前兆特征

讨论了地震孕育发生的物理机制是“拉疏隆起－压缩凹陷”模式的形成机理及其特征;根据这一理性认识,应用丽江７．０级地震之前滇西地区的地形变资料,较确切出得出了本区有强震发生,并且可以认为孕震体是在丽江至玉龙雪山东麓地区;根据发震前夕所观测到孕震体的“拉疏隆起－压缩凹陷”的区域大小与幅度值及岩层的弹性应变,可近似计算震级的大小。     

利用FG5绝对重力仪观测数据确定重力垂直梯度

本文建立了利用FG5实测数据求解重力垂直梯度的数据处理模型与算法.通过对多次自由落体实验的下落距离拟合残差叠加求均值,发现下落距离观测量中存在明显的有色噪声.通过对有色噪声的建模,并以剩余残差为依据选取可靠的下落时段,解算测站点的重力垂直梯度.利用本文所提出的数据处理方法分别对FG5-214绝对重力仪在两个测站上的观测数据进行处理,以相对重力仪测量的重力垂直梯度结果为参考值,本文处理得到的重力垂直梯度结果相比于未考虑有色噪声并依据经验选取下落时段的解算方法得到了显著改善.     

宽频带超导重力仪的研制进展

本文报道一种构建宽频带高分辨率超导重力仪（SG）的方法.与已商业化的GWR超导重力仪类似,新型超导重力仪同样使用磁悬浮超导检验质量来构建弹簧振子结构,不同的是弹簧振子的固有频率更高,可以有效覆盖地脉动频带.同时,利用基于超导量子干涉器件（SQUID）的位移传感技术,大幅提高了位移传感灵敏度,以保证仪器在测量带宽扩展之后仍具有与GWR仪器相当的测量分辨率,从而实现对时变重力信号与地球背景噪声信号的同时高分辨观测.宽频带超导重力仪核心部件垂向超导加速度计（VSA）的设计、组装和初步测试已经完成.结果表明,加速度计的噪声本底为8 μGal/Hz^1/2@0.1 Hz,实现了对地脉动信号的高分辨率测量.而为了将仪器噪声本底降低到GWR仪器水平,加速度计的固有频率需要进一步减小,该部分参数优化工作正在进行.本文将对垂向超导加速度计的工作原理、结构和测试结果进行详细介绍.     

一种数字三分量地震微测井仪器设计

针对当前地震微测井仪器在施工和数据采集方面的难题,从提高数据采集质量及仪器功能性方面提出了几种改进方法.主要利用MEMS加速度传感器结合多路并行处理采集方法设计了数字检波器,并集成姿态检测技术直接实现水平分量数据的校正功能,保证系统采集的质量;提出了Ethernet-RS485分布式总线自动控制技术,实现各级联探管的随机组合,同时采用电动方式控制探管操作,提高系统的集成化程度.文中详细分析了利用姿态检测技术实现水平分量数据校正的方法,解决了级联探管随机组合控制和震源激发方位的判定问题.仪器单节探管支持三分量并行采集,有效分辨率达18位,参数可远程配置,同时具备快速显示探管姿态的功能,且支持远程控制,非常适于复杂环境下的工程勘探,整个系统实现全数字化操作且仅需四芯电缆互连,从而缩小了设备的体积和重量,降低施工布线的复杂性.     

重力场向下延拓Milne法

重力场向下延拓能够突出局部和浅部的异常信息,分离叠加的异常特征.但是向下延拓通常具有过程不稳定、下延深度小、结果不准确等问题.针对向下延拓所存在的不足,本文利用重力场及其垂向一阶导数,基于辛普森(Simpson)求积公式,推导出重力场向下延拓米尔尼(Milne)公式.将本文向下延拓方法应用于模型数据,向下延拓模型结果及误差曲线表明,相对于向下延拓快速傅里叶变换(FFT)法和积分迭代法,向下延拓Milne法的深度更大,相对误差更小;相对模型值,向下延拓Milne法能够获得稳定且准确的结果.对加拿大乃查科(Nechako)盆地地区实测航空重力数据进行本文方法向下延拓验证,处理结果表明,相对于实测异常,本文方法向下延拓结果能够很好还原实测数据,并且在进一步向下延拓中反映原始异常的趋势,增强局部和细小异常信息.     

Current Vertical Motion Analysis of Northwestern Margin of Ordos Based on Precise Leveling

Ordos block was squeezed by the Qinghai-Tibetan block and North China block, and the tectonic activity was intense. In the periphery of Ordos block, there was a series of folds zones and compressed faults with complicate structures. This paper used three-phase data of 1980,1990 and 2014 to calculate vertical velocity of Northwestern margin of Ordos and the analytical results indicated that ① the Hetao basin between the rise of Yinshan fault block and Ordos fault block showed relatively subsidence, in which Linhe basin was the most evident and the subsidence rate was about 2-4mm/a. The subsidence rate of Jartai -Yinchuan rift zone on the western margin of Ordos block was about 2mm/a; ② the whole testing zone exhibited the evident inherited movement characterized by mountain rise and basin subsidence; ③the two leveling section through the northern margin fault and Dengkou-Benjing fault showed that the difference between vertical velocities on two sides of the fault was less than 0.5mm/a.