Coastal Gravity Anomalies from Retracked Geosat/GM Altimetry: Improvement, Limitation and the Role of Airborne Gravity Data

We process geophysical and waveform data records of the Geosat/GM (geodetic mission) satellite altimeter mission for waveform retracking and applications. An improved threshold retracker is developed. The performances of the Beta-5, threshold and improved threshold retrackers are assessed over waters around Taiwan. The improved threshold retracker outperforms the other two. The improvement in the accuracy of sea surface height (SSH) is investigated according to marine zone and the distance of waters to the shore. The improvement rate increases closer to the land, with the largest improvement rate of about 20% in waters within 10 km of the shore. Over waters around islands and coasts, there are still retracked SSHs with large errors. Least-squares collocation is used to compute gravity anomalies from the Geosat/GM altimeter data. Use of retracked SSHs improves the accuracy of gravity anomalies by about 11%. Adding airborne gravity data further improves the accuracy, especially in the immediate vicinity of the coasts. Tide model errors over coastal waters remain a problem in altimetry applications, even if the waveforms are properly retracked.     

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEA CURRENTS AND SEDIMENT DISPERSION IN THE YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY

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保持香港优良海港的环境地质地貌条件

主要阐述了香港作为世界最大集装箱海港的各种优势,同时指出为保持这种优势应注意的一些事项。     

月亮和太阳的潮汐位产生的地球形变位

采用径向成层的地球模型计算由月亮和太阳的潮汐位所产生的地球形变位。分析的基本出发点是牛顿万有引力位是由随时间变化的质量密度增量产生的;由质量守恒定律,质量密度增量来自未挠动的质量密度的散度和位移矢量场。对质量密度的径向成层模型,采用Dziewonski和Anderson的PREN地球模型(1981);对勒夫(Love)和志田(Shida)数,采用Varga和Denis的模型(1988);对月亮和太阳的潮汐位分别取至3和2阶。计算了地球的形变位。所得结果比用勒夫假定(即δW=K_L(γ)V_(?))计算的结果,相差20％。本文给出了详细的数字结果和讨论。     

一种二维和三维嵌套海洋流体动力学数值模式及其在北部湾潮汐和潮流数值模拟中的应用

研究设计了一种二维和三维嵌套、外模态和内模态分离的水动力学数值模式,既可用于潮汐,也可用于风暴潮的数值计算。该模型对全部海区进行二维计算,对其中重点关心的海区同时进行三维计算。在三维计算区域,采用了内、外模态既分离又耦合的计算技术。数值格式采用全部交错的网格结构,三维模型中垂直方向采用σ-坐标代替通常的z-坐标,垂直涡动粘性系数由混合长度理论确定,垂直粘性项采用隐式差分格式。作为算例,本文对南海北部湾潮波进行了细网格的数值计算。     

华南超过警戒水位的热带气旋暴潮统计分析

本文发现华南超过警戒水位的热带气旋暴潮在农历十七日出现最多,一年中在7月出现最多,以地区而论在珠江口地区出现最多。而超过1m以上警戒水位的热带气旋暴潮则全部集中在7月中旬～8月第1候和9月上旬,半数以上出现在粤西地区。     

黄海绿潮分布年际变化特征分析

2008-2015年,连续8年在黄海海域暴发大规模绿潮,但因暴发时间、规模及漂移路径的不同,对沿海地区造成的环境影响和经济损失大不相同。本文利用EOS/MODIS卫星的多通道资料,采用NDVI算法获取绿潮信息,给出了2007年以来5-8月所有无云或少云晴朗天气下黄海海面绿潮的分布情况。黄海绿潮覆盖面积变化每年呈现单峰值分布,MODIS卫星在5月中旬至6月初首次发现绿潮,随后30~40 d内达到覆盖面积峰值,7月快速消退,8月上旬完全消失。2007年绿潮出现首年覆盖面积极低,发现绿潮时面积均未超过50 km2;2008年和2009年绿潮覆盖面积峰值分别为3 110 km2和4 075 km2,自此绿潮灾害成为新的海洋环境事件;2010-2012年绿潮暴发规模异常低值,各年覆盖面积峰值均未超过1 800 km2,但从2013年开始绿潮规模逐渐攀升,到2015年绿潮覆盖面积峰值达5 629 km2,持续可达98 d,覆盖面积和持续时间为历年之最。绿潮漂移路径可归纳分为3类:2008年和2011年绿潮主体先北向漂移越过34°30'N后,西北向垂直于岸线漂移,主要对连云港、日照和青岛造成较大影响;2009年和2012年绿潮主体先北向漂移越过35°N后,东北向平行于岸线漂移,故只有少许绿潮上岸;2010年、2013-2015年绿潮主体北向漂移至近岸后东北向沿岸漂移,对日照、青岛和荣成沿海造成大面积影响。所有年份绿潮影响范围均限于南黄海内,东侧边界最远未越过124.2°E。     

Sea level anomalies in straits of Malacca and Singapore

This paper studies sea level anomaly (SLA) behaviour in Malacca and Singapore straits which serve part of a major maritime trade route between Indian and Pacific Ocean using both observed data and numerical model. Spatio-temporal behaviour of SLA in the region is analyzed based on 15 years of in-situ and remote sensing data. Results show that SLA signatures can be distinctly different in the two straits, with vastly opposite behaviours during certain months. By further analyzing spatial dependency of observed SLA in the region, SLA in Malacca and Singapore straits are found to be under the influence of Indian Ocean and South China Sea, respectively. Based on this insight, a numerical model is built with the appropriate non-tidal forcing derived from meteorological model and satellite dataset to properly represent SLA in Malacca and Singapore straits with Root Mean Square Error of less than 10 cm. With this well calibrated model, the effect of different types of forcing on volume flux through the straits is investigated. Combined tidal and non-tidal forcing in the model gives 4 to 7 × 10¹¹ m³ of annual net westward volume flux through the straits which is four to seven times higher than that of tidal forcing alone. Furthermore with this combined forcing, a distinct seasonal trend with westward net flow during northeast monsoon (November to March) and eastward net flow during southwest monsoon (May to September) can be observed through the straits in the model which is not observed with tidal forcing. The findings of this paper highlight the importance of these non-tidal forcing in the model to obtain accurate SLA and flow representation in the straits that is vital to environmental fate and transport modelling during operational forecast.     

海洋潮汐模型在浅海区域的应用

海洋潮汐和大气、海洋、海冰之间存在复杂的相互作用,它对地球气候有复杂而深远的影响。海潮对流经大陆沿岸或大陆架的洋流有很强烈的作用。潮汐流产生混合湍动;潮汐耗散和内潮波效应对海洋环流的传输和循环也有一定的影响。1995年前后,使用TOPEX／POSEIDON测高卫星资料。建立了十多个海潮模型。研究表明,1994-1996年期间发展起来的正压波海潮模型在深海的精度为2—3cm,空间分辨率为50km量级,在浅海区域的精度显著下降。近年来运用更加成熟精细的流体动力学理论模型,在数据同化技术中使用时间跨度更长的测高资料,已经建立了一些改进的海潮模型。该文使用验潮站潮汐常数、测高资料以及交叉点资料,评估了6个海潮模型在浅海区域(包括中国海海域)的表现,以应用于今后对海平面的研究。初步分析表明,浅海区域的海平面高度的误差仍然相当显著。要发展海洋潮汐模型需要进一步减小潮汐混淆效应,提高长周期潮汐的精度,尤其在浅海区域。模型的改进必将增进对潮汐现象的认识,促进学科间进行相互融合和相互渗透的研究(例如潮汐摩擦引起的月球自转的长期缓慢减速、地球内部结构的物理学研究等)。