Low-Frequency Variations, Chandler and Annual Wobbles of Polar Motion as Observed Over One Century

Polar motion data are available from the mid-19th century to the present. Basedon time series with a variety of sampling intervals (monthly, 0.05-year, 5-day anddaily), we have separated the low-frequency terms by low-pass filtering and theChandler and annual terms by recursive band-pass filtering of the pole coordinates.Using a simple unweighted least-squares fit to the filtered low-frequency terms, thelinear trends of the rotation pole were estimated. Assessing the estimates based onintercomparisons, the most reliable trend estimate was found. Using a Fast FourierTransform, we have computed the prograde, retrograde and total amplitude spectraof the low-frequency part of polar motion in order to reveal the long-periodic signals.The characteristics and time evolution of the Chandler and annual wobbles aredescribed by changes in their parameters (radii, directions and period lengths) overone century.     

基于冠层反射光谱的水稻产量预测模型

基于地面实测的水稻冠层反射光谱,计算了常用的8个植被指数,并在产量形成生理特征的基础上,系统分析了水稻籽粒产量及其构成因素与各植被指数之间的关系。结果表明,通过单一生育时期或某个生育阶段的光谱植被指数来直接估测产量精度较低。发现叶面积氮指数(叶片氮百分含量与叶面积指数的乘积)的变化趋势很好地反映了产量的形成过程,且与光谱植被指数极显著正相关,基于此建立了水稻的光谱植被指数-累积叶面积氮指数-产量估测模型(VICLANIYieldModel)。并将其与LAD-产量模型、多生育期复合估产模型进行了比较,表明本模型预测精度最高。     

On the physical meaning of the zonal components of the geopotential

The MacCullagh equation is of key importance in the study of the Earth. It connects the geometrical and the physical properties of the Earth through the geodynamical shape factor J₂. This second zonal geopotential coefficient is closely related to the flattening and to the angular spin velocity of the Earth as well as to its equatorial (A) and polar (C) moments of inertia. Through these moments of inertia the gravitational potential V is connected to the mass density distribution within the Earth.The main target of the present study is to obtain a generalized form of the MacCullagh equation for even orders n ≥ 2 by including the higher order zonal coefficients J_n connected with the higher (n ≥ 2) degree moments of inertia C_n and A_n. The higher the degree n, the higher is the weight of the near-surface (i.e. shallow) mass density distribution in J_n. The second part of this contribution deals with the temporal variations of J_n, dJ_n/dt for n ≥ 2.     

雅鲁藏布江江当宽谷地区沙源物质与现代沙漠化过程

对雅鲁藏布江江当宽谷附近地表堆积物的粒度和矿物分析结果表明，沙丘沙的平均粒径，分选性，主粒组构成以及矿物成分与附近原物质具有一性和继承性。河流冲积物是最主要的沙源，其次是积物和基岩风化物。     

Monthly botanical composition of the diet of cattle in the rangelands of Mendoza plain, Argentina

Monthly botanical composition of cattle diet was determined for the period July 1994 to June 1995 in faecal samples by microhistological analysis. Principal components and cluster analyses were used to evaluate diet homogeneity among months. November through March diets were mainly composed of grasses and forbs (50 to 73%). During the April–September period, shrubs represented 36 to 57% of the overall diet. In October more than half the diet came from two species, one shrub (32%) and one grass (25%) making this month very different from the rest. The composition of cattle diets was significantly correlated with temperature and/or rainfall.     

主成分与主成分估计

在测量数据处理中,当设计阵存在复共线时,最小二乘估计的性质将变得不好,本文应用主成分估计来改进最小二乘估计。一方面是因为主成分估计具有一些好的性质,另一方面与岭估计和广义岭估计相比,主成分估计的偏参数选取要简便得多,从而大大提高了实用价值。     

基于分布式水文模型的雅鲁藏布江径流水源组成解析

为开展河川径流的水源解析，构建过程描述和本构参数两方面均有较强物理性的分布式水文模型。以雅鲁藏布江为对象，利用水文分区曲线对降雨、融雪和融冰等不同水源主导的流量过程进行划分，以划分的流量过程线子集对相应水文过程参数进行分步率定，提高了水文模型参数的物理性，以此构建了雅鲁藏布江流域分布式水文模型及参数集，内部多个水文站点和流域雪水当量的验证表明模型具有良好的性能。基于模型解析了2001—2015年间雅鲁藏布江的径流水源组成，降雨、融雪、融冰水源对总径流量贡献的比例分别为66%、20%和14%。本文方法对高山寒区径流的水源解析有普遍意义，结果对理解气候变化下雅鲁藏布江径流变化趋势有参考价值。     

Aliphatic components of Victorian brown coal lithotypes

Victorian brown coal occurs in five major lithotypes distinguishable by colour index, petrography and bulk chemical analyses. The distributions of solvent extractable (free) and base hydrolysable (bound) n-alkanes, n-monocar?ylic acids, n-?,ω-dicar?ylic acids, n-ω-hydroxycar?ylic acids and n-alcohols were determined for samples of each of the five lithotypes (lithotype profile) and for seven samples of identical lithotype classification spanning a 100 m interval (depth profile) taken from a continuous bore core. The distributions of free molecular components in all classes are indicative of the predominant higher plant origin of this immature coal and provide strong support for the view that different lithotypes have derived from different, yet fairly specific paleobotanical communities. Despite an overall similarity in the distributions of aliphatic components from samples of identical lithotype classification, changes in the absolute concentrations and carbon preference indices (CPIs) of specific functional classes are observed in response to catagenetic influences even across the very small rank interval of the depth profile samples. Molecular distributions of bound components are similar to those of their free counterparts except that CPIs are generally lower and the relative contributions of lower molecular weight homologues (i.e. <C₂₂) are higher. Thedistributions of bound dicar?ylic acids and hydroxycar?ylic acids appear to reflect variations in the oxic/anoxic nature of the depositional paleoenvironments.