Simulation of Surface Air Temperature by GCMs,Statistical Downscaling and Weather Generator: Higher-Order Statistical Moments

The third and fourth statistical moments, that is, skewness and kurtosis, are compared for daily maximum temperature in summer and daily minimum temperature in winter between observations, outputs of two global climate models, four versions of statistical downscaling, and weather generator. The comparison is performed at six stations in central Europe. None of the simulation models can be considered as superior to the others. Causes of a good correspondence with and differences from observations are identified e.g. in the treatment of physics in the models, imperfections in physical parameterizations, or a linear transfer of properties from predictors onto predictands in statistical downscaling.     

地下介质和物流运移的综合成像方案

目的：借鉴描述冷暖气流等多科参数(气压、温度和湿度、风速、风向、水蒸汽密度等)的动态三维显示,初步解决了暴雨和天气预报的难题,促进了天气预报的成功,在地球科学中起到了示范作用。从而联想到在地下介质和物流运移过程的综合成像。资料和方法本文总结了地面和地下探测手段的多样性,列举了天然地震CT的精度已能达到l～5km的量级,地震人工曝破作勘探可以达到10～20米的成像分辨率,地下电阻率和电磁成像可以分辨到l—2米的量级;将磁共振(MRI)用于地下成像可得到地下水分布的动态观测深度,概括了这三方面的前沿性进展,并与震源的空间分布和地应力相结合,进而设计出综合性的观测系统。发展地下水、岩浆、地应力和活断层结构和地震破裂面等多种参数的动态显示,设计出一套观测系统,并阐述言的科学意义。结果和结论：将以上三方面的观测方法综合起来;可在有火山喷发危险的区域,具有诱发地震危险的大型水库地区,和在发生了强烈地震的地区,为了抗震救灾,有必要同时进行以上三个系统的观测,引入可视化数字科技,便于了解地下水和岩浆的过移过程及相关参数的变化,并配合当前已有的综合监测系统（震源空间分布、地震应力和其他前兆等）,服务于保障大型水库的安全、促进强震预测,及对火山喷发、矿井塌陷、突出的监测预报。     

Site amplification at Avcılar, Istanbul

Avcılar is the suburb of Istanbul that was most heavily damaged during the August 17, 1999 M_w 7.4 Izmit earthquake. Strong ground motion caused fatalities and damage in Avcılar despite being 90 km from the epicenter. We deployed five portable seismograph stations equipped with Reftek 24-bit recorders and L4C-3D seismometers for 2 months, in order to understand why the local site response was different from elsewhere in Istanbul. A reference station was placed on a hard rock site, and the remaining four stations were placed on other geological units, in areas that had experienced varying levels of damage. We calculated frequency-dependent ground amplification curves by taking the ratios of the spectra at soft and hard rock sites. We obtained similar site response curves for most earthquakes at each site in the frequency range of 0.3–1.6 Hz, and observed no significant site amplification beyond 2.0 Hz at any site. The overall characteristics of the recorded S-waveforms and our modeling of the calculated site amplification curves are consistent with amplification as a result of trapping of seismic energy within a 100–150 m thick, low-velocity subsurface layer. We also review the applicability of microtremor measurements to estimate local site effects at Avcılar. For these data, we used ratios of spectra of horizontal to vertical components to obtain each site response. These results are compared with standard spectral ratios. These microtremor measurements provide consistent estimates of the amplification at most sites at the higher end of the frequency band, namely above 1 Hz. The results from both methods indeed agree well in this part of the frequency band. However, the microtremor method fails to detect amplification at lower frequencies, namely <1.0 Hz.     

Control issues relating to real‐time substructuring experiments using a shaking table

Real‐time substructuring is a method of dynamically testing a structure without experimentally testing a physical model of the entire system. Instead the structure can be split into two linked parts, the region of particular interest, which is tested experimentally, and the remainder which is tested numerically. A transfer system, such as a hydraulic actuator or a shaking table, is used to impose the displacements at the interface between the two parts on the experimental substructure. The corresponding force imposed by the substructure on the transfer system is fed back to the numerical model. Control of the transfer system is critical to the accuracy of the substructuring process. A study of two controllers used in conjunction with the University of Bristol shaking table is presented here. A proof‐of‐concept one degree‐of‐freedom mass–spring–damper system is substructured such that a portion of the mass forms the experimental substructure and the remainder of the mass plus the spring and the damper is modelled numerically. Firstly a linear controller is designed and tested. Following this an adaptive substructuring strategy is considered, based on the minimal control synthesis algorithm. The deleterious effect of oil‐column resonance common to shaking tables is examined and reduced through the use of filters. The controlled response of the experimental specimen is compared for the two control strategies. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparative Study of Nucleation by Different Alcoholic Solutions of Benzoin, and Benzoin Dust

Nucleation properties of different alcoholic solutions of Benzoin and Benzoin dust have been studied by varying the seeding temperature in a laboratory Cold Chamber. In the present study, three different alcoholic solutions are being used and these are due to the standard Ethyl alcohol, one higher alcohol i.e. Isopropyle alcohol and one lower alcohol i.e. Methyl alcohol. In addition, Benzil dust and droplets of Acetone and Chloroform have been used to examine if these agents have any ice nucleation ability. It has been observed that all alcoholic solutions of Benzoin have sufficient ice nucleation ability at the negative side of 0^°C, with the maximum concentration occurring at −14.4^°C. In case of Benzoin dust, the nucleation ability is better on the positive side of 0^°C than the negative side. On the other hand, Benzil dust has insignificant nucleation ability and the droplets of two other agents have no nucleation ability at all.Considering the chemical as well as crystalline structure, one can conclude that the presence of OH group in the seeding molecule plays the central role in ice nucleation/hydrate crystal formation. In fact, a number of supplementary experiments like crystal growth in an incubator, XRD analysis and NMR study are performed to identify the nature of crystals formed by Benzoin dust above 0^°C. One can conclude that these are hydrate crystals of Benzoin with water caging around Benzoin crystals.     

Ideal Resonance Problem: the Post-Post-Pendulum Approximation

Explicit construction of the solutions of the Hamiltonian system given by H = H ₀(J) – A(J) cos (ideal resonance problem), two orders of approximation beyond the well-known pendulum approximation. The given solutions are valid for libration amplitudes of order . The procedure used is extended to allow the construction of the solutions of Hamiltonians with perturbations involving two degrees of freedom; the post-pendulum solution of an example of this kind is constructed.     

核磁共振找水方法在河南某地区的试验结果

利用核磁共振技术直接找水是一种新方法。本文论述该方法的原理、仪器装备,并以NUMIS系统在河南某地试验结果为例,说明本方法找水的有效性。     

小肝癌的MR诊断：几种序列FMPPGR动态增强及延迟扫描的特点

小肝癌的ＭＲ诊断：几种序列ＦＭＰＰＧＲ动态增强及延迟扫描的特点刘爱莲，郎志谨，袁越，傅维利大连医科大学附属一院放射科，１１６０１１大连市友谊医院外科摘要：本文总结了３６例经病理及临床证实的小肝癌的ＭＲ征象，探讨了小肝癌的Ｔ１ＭＩ，Ｔ２ＷＩ抑脂ＳＥ序列...     

Electron spin resonance of stabilized free radicals in sedimentary organic matter

Electron spin resonance (ESR) is evaluated as a method to study the thermal degradation of sedimentary organic matter which consists mainly of kerogen. Whole rock and separated kerogen samples were pyrolysed stepwise (ambient to 700°C at 50°C increments), extracted and analysed for elemental composition and ESR spectra at each step. Whole rock samples give rise to complex spectra which include those of paramagnetic metals and are therefore unsuitable in most cases for this purpose.The ESR parameters g value, ΔH and N_g differ for different types of immature organic matter. An increase in N_g,shift of g value to 2.0026–2.0028 and reduction in h are the main trends during pyrolysis and in natural heating of sedimentary organic matter.The peak generations of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons coincide with maxima of free radical density. ESR spectroscopy in combination with complementary geochemical characterization of the sedimentary organic matter can serve to indicate maturity with respect to peak oil-gas generation.     

An improved method of measuring tropospheric NO2 and RO2 by matrix isolation and electron spin resonance

A cryogenic system for the airborne and ground based sampling of ambient radicals by matrix isolation is described. The trapped radicals, e.g., NO₂ and RO₂, are analyzed by ESR. The technique has been improved, mainly by addition of water vapor to the sampled air, to yield a collection efficiency of (90±10)% and a lower detection limit of about 20 ppt, but it still does not distinguish between the different RO₂. Careful calibration reduced the measurement error (1 ) to ±10% for NO₂ and ±15% for HO₂. Two diurnal variations of RO₂ and NO₂ at ground level and vertical profiles in the lower troposphere are presented.