Spatial-temporal variations in cold surge events in northern China during the period 1960–2016

Journal of Geographical Sciences - Among the most devastating extreme weather events, cold surge (CS) events frequently impact northern China. It has been reported that extreme weather events will...     

Quantifying the vertical distribution pattern of land-use conversion in the loess hilly region of northern Shaanxi Province 1995–2015

Journal of Geographical Sciences - The mountainous and hilly region plays an important role in ecological safety and production in China. However, recent studies have poorly characterized the...     

苏皖北部上元古界地球化学特征及其波浪式演化

本文应用多种数学地质方法研究苏皖北部上元古界的地球化学特征,并探讨了地球化学演化的波浪式特征及其与构造运动波动性的关系。作者认为,化学波浪是普遍存在的客观事实,其时空演化特征可以在一定范围内用来进行地层的划分和对比。     

Patterned fen development in northern Scotland: Hypothesis testing and comparison with ombrotrophic blanket peats

Patterned fens are part of the diverse Holocene peatland landscape of the Flow Country, northern Scotland. Their present vegetation and morphology allies them with boreal systems in Scandinavia and North America. However, previous work has shown that their mode of formation is rather different and has suggested a developmental model in which the poor fens have formed only recently and have arisen as a result of local hydrological change. These ideas are tested here by morphological, stratigraphical and macrofossil studies on three additional patterned fens covering a wider geographical and ecological range. Two sites corroborate the hypotheses of the earlier study, and one site which refutes the earlier findings can be shown to be dependent on different topographic controls. A comparison of two patterned fens with an ombrotrophic mire site in the same area shows that hydroseral processes dominate the early development of individual components of the mire complex. The time of initiation of patterned fens coincides with increasing surface wetness on the ombrotrophic mire. This may be due to climatic change and/or the coalescence of the constituent parts of the present integrated blanket mire system. The hydrological changes arising from this led to the emergence of the springs that currently supply the patterned fens with their water and elevated nutrient levels. The study supports the idea that landscape-scale research and conservation are essential for the understanding and hydrological integrity of blanket mire landscapes such as the Flow Country.     

Cladoceran and chironomid assemblages as qualitative indicators of water depth in subarctic Fennoscandian lakes

The relationship between surface-sediment cladoceran and chironomid communities to lake depth was analysed in 53 lakes distributed across timberline in northern Fennoscandia using multivariate statistical approaches. The study sites are small and bathymerically simple, with water depth ranging from 0.85-27.0 m (mean 6.36 m). Maximum lake depth was the most important factor in explaining the cladoceran distributions and the second most important factor in explaining the chironomid distributions in these subarctic lakes, as assessed on the basis of a series of constrained RDAs, Monte Carlo permutation tests, and variance partitioning. Quantitative inference models for maximum lake depth were created for both groups of animals. Well-performing calibration functions for predicting lake depth were obtained in each case using linear partial least squares (PLS) regression and calibration, weighted averaging (WA) with an 'inverse' deshrinking regression, and weighted averaging partial least squares (WA-PLS). Quantitative reconstructions of lake level fluctuations should be possible from cladoceran and chironomid core data with a root mean squared error of prediction (RMSEP), as estimated by jack-knifing, of about 1.6-3.0 m.     

中国北方地区40年来湿润指数和气候干湿带界线的变化

本文研究了中国北方地区 196 1～ 2 0 0 0年 4 0年间气候干湿带界线分布和 10年际变化。 4 0年来中国北方地区 ,在东经 10 0°以东地区 ,半干旱区和半湿润区的分界线不断波动向东推进 ,2 0世纪 90年代比 6 0年代向东和向南扩展 ,半干旱区面积扩大 ,半湿润区面积缩小 ,气候趋向干旱化 ;东经 10 0°以西地区 ,极端干旱区面积在缩小 ,湿润指数有增大趋势。如果把温度和湿润指数相结合 ,东经 10 0°以东的黄淮海区和黄土高原区为持续的干暖型 ;东经 10 0°以西的西北地区 ,则由干暖型向湿暖型转变 :河西走廊和东疆盆地转型的时间发生在 2 0世纪 70年代初 ,北疆山地绿洲荒漠地区转型的时间发生 2 0世纪 80年代中期前后。气候干湿带界线的变化取决于降水和潜在蒸发的变化速率。 4 0年来 ,在东经 10 0°以东地区 ,降水和潜在蒸发都呈下降趋势 ,但降水减少速率大于潜在蒸发下降速率 ;在东经 10 0°以西地区变湿的原因 ,研究认为除了降水有所增加外 ,潜在蒸发也在下降 ,而且潜在蒸发下降速率的绝对值大于降水增加速率。     

气候转暖及人类活动对北疆中小河流降水-径流关系的影响

利用近40 a来的水文气象资料,分析北疆20世纪80~90年代气候转暖及人类活动对北疆不同地区的中小河流降水-径流关系的影响,主要结论如下:①北疆西部的哈拉依灭勒河、卡琅古尔河,在1980年以后气候转暖的背景下,它们的自然降水-径流关系并无明显改变。②北部额尔齐斯河流域东部产流区平均高程较高的大青河,在90年代气候显著转暖的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系并无明显改变;而位于大青河东侧、流域平均高程较低、山区流域降水量较小的小青河,在90年代气候明显转暖的背景下,其自然降水径流关系发生了变化,所形成的自然地表径流量明显减少。③天山中部北坡的乌鲁木齐河,在80~90年代气候转暖的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,产流量明显偏多。④天山东部北坡的开垦河,在80~90年代气候转暖及人类活动影响的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,产流量减少。⑤乌鲁木齐近郊低山丘陵区的水磨河,在近40 a来的增温及人类活动影响的背景下,其自然降水-径流关系发生了变化,尽管乌鲁木齐年降水量有增加趋势,而其径流却是减少的。     

The characteristics of near-surface velocity during the upwelling season on the northern Portugal shelf

Observations made on the northern Portugal mid-shelf between May 13 and June 15,2002 were used to characterise the near-surface velocity during one upwelling season. It was found that in the surface mixed layer,the 'tidal current' was diurnal,but the tidal elevation was semi-diurnal. Both the residual current and the major axes of all tidal constituents were nearly perpendicular to the isobaths and the tidal current ellipses rotated clockwise;the major axis of the major tidal ellipse was about 3 cm s-1. The extremely strong diurnal current in the surface layer was probably due to diurnal heating,cooling,and wind mixing that induced diurnal oscillations,including the diurnal oscillation of wind stress. This is a case different from the results measured in the other layers in this area. The near-inertial spectral peaks occurred with periods ranging from 1 047 min to 1 170 min,the longest periods being observed in deeper layers,and the shortest in the surface layer. Weak inertial events appeared during strong upwelling events,while strong inertial events appeared during downwelling or weak subinertial events. The near-inertial currents were out of phase between 5 m and 35 m layers for almost the entire measurement period,but such relationship was very weak during periods of irregular weak wind. Strong persistent southerly wind blew from May 12 to 17 and forced a significant water transport onshore and established a strong barotropic poleward jet with a surface speed exceeding 20 cm s-1. The subinertial current was related to wind variation,especially in the middle layers of 15 m and 35 m,the maximum correlation between alongshore current and alongshore wind was about 0.5 at the 5 m layer and 0.8 at the 35 m layer. The alongshore current reacted more rapidly than the cross-shore current. The strongest correlation was found at a time lag of 20 h in the upper layer and of 30 h in the deeper layer. The wind-driven surface velocity obtained from the PWP model had maximum amplitude of about 7 cm s-1,corresponding to a wind stress at 0.1 Pa,and the horizontal velocity shear due to thermal wind balance had the order of 3 cm s-1. So the local wind and thermal wind would only explain a part of the strong surface velocity variations.     

近3 ka来东海陆架北部泥质沉积物地球化学特征

对东海陆架北部泥质区的FJ04孔进行了元素含量分析、粒度分析以及AMS14C测年,讨论了元素含量与沉积物粒度的关系,采用R型因子分析讨论了元素间的组合关系。研究表明,近3 ka来FJ04孔元素含量稳定,大部分元素含量随沉积物粒径变细呈增加趋势,Ca和Sr的含量呈减少趋势,Ba、Th和P与沉积物粒径的相关性很差。因子分析结果表明,FJ04孔元素含量变化是"元素粒度控制"、自生钙质组分加入、海水和孔隙水影响、源区风化程度以及沉积环境氧化还原状态等综合作用的体现。     

苏北低地系统及其对海平面上升的复杂响应

苏北低地位处我国沿海中部，地面平均高程３ｍ左右，平均坡降多在０．２‰－２‰之间，河渠水面比降平均迷０．０４‰，极易发生洪涝灾害。未来海平面上升，将对这一洪涝灾害频发地区带为严重的危害。本文通过剖析苏北低地系统状态与结构，考察低地系统对海平面上升的复杂响应过程，以寻求系统对未来全球变化的积极适应方式。