Factors influencing the concentration of negative air ions during the year in forests and urban green spaces of the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen, China

Negative air ions(NAIs)benefit the mental and physical health of humans,but rapid urbanization can decrease the abundance of NAIs.Quantifying the spatial and seasonal distribution of NAIs and determining the factors that infl uence the concentration during urbanization is thus essential.In the present study of a typical developing urban district in southern China,negative air ion concentrations(NAICs)in 60 forests sites and 30 urban green spaces were quantifi ed on seven consecutive days in each of the four seasons.Large seasonal variations in NAIC were revealed in forests and urban green spaces with trough values in summer.NAIC progressively decreased from forests to urban green spaces and was infl uenced by local land morphology,vegetation characteristics,and climatic factors.The vast,heavily vegetated northeastern region was the richest area for NAIs,whereas the narrow central region(urbanized area)was the poorest,implying dramatic impacts of urbanization on the spatial distribution of NAIs.The relationship between air temperature and NAIC was better fi tted with a quadratic equation than a linear equation.Moreover,the NAIC was more sensitive to local morphology in urban green spaces than in urban forests,indicating the vulnerability of NAIs in urbanized areas.Therefore,the appropriate design of local urban morphology is critical.

The spatial-temporal pattern and influencing factors of negative air ions in urban forests, Shanghai, China

Negative air ions are natural components of the air we breathe Forests are the main continuous natural source of negative air ions （NAI）. The spatio-temporal patterns of negative air ions were explored in Shanghai, based on monthly monitoring in 15 parks from March 2009 to February 2010. In each park, sampling sites were selected in forests and open spaces. The annual variation in negative air ion concentrations （NAIC） showed peak values from June to October and minimum values from December to January. NAIC were highest in summer and autumn, intermediate in spring, and lowest in winter. During spring and summer, NAIC in open spaces were significantly higher in rural areas than those in suburban areas. However, there were no significant differences in NAIC at forest sites among seasons. For open spaces, total suspended particles （TSP） were the dominant determining factor of NAIC in sum- mer, and air temperature and air humidity were the dominant determining factors of NAIC in spring, which were tightly correlated with Shanghai＇s ongoing urbanization and its impacts on the environment. R is suggested that urbanization could induce variation in NAIC along the urban-rural gradient, but that may not change the temporal variation pattern. Fur- thermore, the effects of urbanization on NAIC were limited in non-vegetated or less-vegetated sites, such as open spaces, but not in well-vegetated areas, such as urban forests. Therefore, we suggest that urban greening, especially urban forest, has significant resistance to theeffect of urbanization on NAIC.

Characteristics and quantitative of negative ion in salt aqueous solution by Raman spectroscopy at-170℃

The results from Raman spectroscopy analysis of salt aqueous solutions at ?170℃ demonstrate that for those clearly sharp iron peaks whose Raman wavenumber is close to each other such as NO 3? and CO 32?, their original shape could be restorable by the stripping technique, and that ice’s sharp characteristic peak (3090―3109 cm?1) is steady, while the spectrum band of the complex compound (nCl?―[H+―OH?]n) chlorine ion combined chemically with water molecule is 3401―3413 cm?1. On the other hand, the research shows that the higher the negative iron concen-tration, the stronger its Raman characteristic peak intensity and the smaller the ice’s. Based on the number of data and theoretical work, the strong correlation of the molar concentration of negative ion with the Si /SH 2 O band area ratio is built up. Moreover, the developed Raman method is successfully used in the component analysis of the field fluid inclusions from Silurian sandstone in Tarim basin.

Research Status and Key Technologies of Geo-Electromagnetic Magnetic Induction Sensor

According to different applications,the performance parameters of the several Geo-Electromagnetic Magnetic Induction Sensors( GEMISs) which are the most representative in the world are compared. After discussing the several key technologies for improving the performance of GEMISs,the main conclusions are as follows: the application bandwidth can be expanded by adopting flux negative feedback( 1 m Hz-10 k Hz);"laminated"core structure is useful for suppressing eddy current loss; the effective permeability of the core has increased observably after adding flux concentrators to the two ends of the core; the chopper amplifier is a useful method to suppress 1/f noise for reducing the GEMIS's output noise; the indoor calibration scheme based on"long straight solenoid"proposed to obtain sensor sensitivity. Accordingly,the problem how to reduce the noise of GEMIS is urgent need to be solved,which will improve the performance of GEMIS. And there is plenty of work requires further study on parameters ' optimization of coil and core. In the future,miniaturization,intelligence and three-axis measurement are the development directions of GEMIS.

Breaking efficiency limit of thermal concentrators by conductivity couplings

The concentrating efficiency of a thermal concentrator can be reflected in the ratio of its interior to exterior temperature gradients,which, however, has an upper limit in existing schemes. Here, we manage to break this upper limit by considering the couplings of thermal conductivities and improve the concentrating efficiency of thermal concentrators. For this purpose, we first discuss a monolayer scheme with an isotropic thermal conductivity, which can break the upper limit but is still restricted by its geometric configuration. To go further, we explore another degree of freedom by considering the monolayer scheme with an anisotropic thermal conductivity or by adding the second shell with an isotropic thermal conductivity, thereby making the concentrating efficiency completely free from the geometric configuration. Nevertheless, apparent negative thermal conductivities are required, and we resort to external heat sources realizing the same effect without violating the second law of thermodynamics. Finite-element simulations are performed to confirm the theoretical predictions, and experimental suggestions are also provided to improve feasibility. These results may have potential applications for thermal camouflage and provide guidance to other diffusive systems such as static magnetic fields and dc current fields for achieving similar behaviors.