Glacial Cover Assessment from 1993 to 2021 Using Normalized Difference Snow Index with Landsat Imagery in the Colorado Front Range, USA

Cirque glaciers found on the Colorado Front Range, USA are sensitive to climate change and are important for water supply and the delivery of water downstream. These glaciers are shrinking at a rapid rate in response to the global climate change, and thus it is important to track and analyze them. One of the ways to monitor these glaciers is by using multispectral satellite imagery (Landsat imagery). In this article, the feasibility of tracking glacial area via Landsat satellites has been discussed and the trend of 13 glaciers in the Colorado Front Range Region has been analyzed from 1993 to 2021. In this period, the total glacial area across 13 glaciers in the Colorado Front Range Region has decreased by 63.6%, and a significant correlation (p-value p < 0.05) found with the annual global average temperature indicates that the retraction of glaciers is likely a response to the global warming.

Typicality Analysis on A Meiyu Front Rainstorm in Yangtze-Huaihe

By Doppler weather radar and satellite cloud data,the Meiyu front rainstorm which occurred in the north of Huaihe River and the north region of Yangtze-Huaihe was analyzed during July 1-2,2006.The characteristics of infrared satellite cloud,radar basic reflectivity and Doppler radial velocity were discussed in this rainstorm,such as the echo intensity,the characteristics of velocity field and so on.The reasons for this rainstorm were analyzed by these characteristics.The combination of radar and satellite data in the role of forecasting Meiyu front rainstorm was studied.

Atypical Occlusion Process Caused by the Merger of a Sea-breeze Front and Gust Front

An atypical occlusion process that occurred in North China on 14 July 2011 is studied based on both observations and a real-data Weather Research and Forecasting （WRF） model simulation. The results show that this atypical occlusion process was significantly different from the traditional, synoptic-scale occlusion process that occurs within extratropical cyclones. It was caused by the merger of two cold-type mesoscale fronts. One of the fronts developed from the gust front of convective storms, while the other was a sea-breeze front. As the two fronts moved towards each other, the warm air between them was squeezed and separated from the surface. An atypical occluded front was formed when the two fronts merged, with the warm air forced aloft. This kind of occlusion is termed a ＂merger＂ process, different from the well-known ＂catch-up＂ and ＂wrap-up＂ processes. Moreover, local convection was found to be enhanced during the merger process, with severe convective weather produced in the merger area.

The Thermodynamic and Dynamical Features of Double Front Structures During 21-31 July 1998 in China

The daily 1°× 1° data of the Aviation （AVN） model, the black body temperature （TBB） data of cloud top, and cloud images by geostationary meteorological satellite （GMS） are used to identify a dew-point front near the periphery of the western Pacific subtropical high （WPSH）. The results clearly demonstrate the existence of the dew-point front, and its thermodynamic and dynamic structural characteristics are analyzed in detail. The dew-point front is a transitional belt between the moist southwest monsoon flow and the dry adiabatic sinking flow near the WPSH, manifested by a large horizontal moisture gradient in the mid-lower troposphere and conjugated with the mei-yu front to form a predominant double-front structure associated with intense rainfall in the mei-yu period. The mei-yu front is located between 30° and 35°N, vertically extends from the ground level to the upper level and shifts northward. The dew-point front is to the south of the mei-yu front and lies up against the periphery of the WPSH. Generally, it is located between 850 hPa and 500 hPa. On the dew-point front side, the southwesterly prevails at the lower level and the northeasterly at the upper level; this wind distribution is different from that on the mei-yu front side. Vertical ascending motion exists between the two fronts, and there are descending motions on the north side of the mei^yu front and on the south side of the dew-point front~ which form a secondary circulation. The dynamics of the double fronts also have some interesting features. At the lower level, positive vertical vorticity and obvious convergence between the two fronts are clearly identified. At the mid-lower level, negative local change of the divergence （corresponding to increasing convergence） is often embedded in the two fronts or against the mei-yu front. Most cloud clusters occur between the two fronts and propagate down stream in a wave-like manner.

A Study on the Meiyu Front Using TRMM/PR Data during the 1998 GAME/HUBEX

A method is investigated to analyze the structure and the synoptic characteristics of a frontal rain belt according to the combination of TRMM/PR images and conventional weather data during the 1998 GAME/HUBEX. The space-borne precipitation radar (PR) provides some detailed characteristics and inner structures of the frontal rain belt over a large area, and the synoptic analysis for this frontal case is also presented. It is demonstrated that the traditional theories of radar meteorology are still applicable, while PR has great advantages for showing the spatial distribution of rainfall and has potential value for analyzing the characteristics of the Meiyu front.

A Study on the Nonlinear Stability of Fronts in the Ocean on a Sloping Continental Shelf

The baroclinic nonlinear stability of fronts in the ocean on a sloping continental shelf is studied, the model equations, called the frontal geostrophic model, developed by Cushman—Roisin et al.(1992) for describing the dynamics of surface density fronts in the ocean are developed and the two—layer frontal geostrophic model for fronts on a sloping continental shelf is first obtained. The nonlinear stability criteria for the fronts on a sloping bottom are obtained by using Arnol’d (1965, 1969) variational principle and a prior estimate method. It is shown that our result is better than the former works. Key words Fronts in the ocean - Frontal geostrophic model - Nonlinear stability This Work was supported by “ the National Key Programme for Developing Basic Sciences” G199804901-1 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China “ Research Programme for Excellent State Key Laboratory” under Grant No. 49823002 and No. 49805002.

Environmental Renovation and Improvement Strategies for the Great Relics——A Case Study of Landscape Planning for the Front Hall Relics of the Weiyang Palace in China

Through introducing concepts of great relics and its protective planning theories, construction of relics park is a characteristic protection mode for cultural heritage in China, and also a useful exploration in the combination of theories and practices of great relics protection. Moreover, it is also the best means of protecting great relics ever found. Taking landscape planning of the front hall relics of the Weiyang Palace, relics of the front hall was believed to have great scientific value, so its environmental renovation and improvement should be based on scientific landscape planning, the whole relics should be protected and displayed scientifically and completely, landscape elements introduced as the effective texture by applying ecological patterns according to actual conditions, new techniques favorable for the protection and scientific research of relics adopted to provide a new strategy for the construction of great ruins park in China.

Frontogenesis,Evolution and the Time Scale of Front Formation

Observational study shows that, in some cases, the frontal structure displays the features of gravitative flows. It seems that the formation of discontinuity is an important problem in the study of the frontogenesis which is usually defined as an increasing of the scalar gradient. In this paper, the characteristic features of air flow with initial imbalance between the wind and the density fields are studied. Much attention is paid on the condition for the formation of discontinuity and its time scale. It is found that the initial distribution of density plays an important role in the formation of the discontinuity which happens in short time duration.

禁诉令的终结?——评欧盟法院就the “FRONT COMOR”案的裁决

从欧盟就"FRONT COMOR"轮碰撞损害代位求偿纠纷案裁决出发,分析英国法院禁诉令的起源、发展,以及欧盟法院裁决否定英国在欧盟范围内签发禁诉令的权力所引起的争议,并就中国的应对提出一些相应的措施。

Thermal fronts and cross-frontal heat flux in the southern Huanghai Sea and the East China Sea

Synoptic features in/around thermal fronts and cross-frontal heat fluxes in the southern Huanghai./Yellow Sea and East China Sea （HES） were examined using the data collected from four airborne expendable bathythermograph surveys with horizontal approxmately 35 km and vertical 1 m（from the surface to 400 m deep） spacings. Since the fronts are strongly affected by HES current system, the synoptic thermal features in/around them represent the interaction of currents with surrounding water masses. These features can not be obtained from climatological data. The identified thermal features are listed as follows ： （ 1 ） multiple boundaries of cold water, asymmetric thermocline intrusion, locally-split front by homogeneous water of approxmately 18 ℃, and mergence of the front by the Taiwan Warm Current in/around summertime southern Cheju - Changjiang/Yangtze front and Tsushima front; （2） springtime frontal eddy-like feature around Tsushima front; （3） year-round cyclonic meandering and summertime temperature-inversion at the bottom of the surface mixed layer in Cheju - Tsushima front; and （4） multistructure of Kuroshio front. In the Kuroshio front the mean variance of vertical temperature gradient is an order of degree smaller than that in other HES fronts. The southern Cheju- Changjiang front and Cheju -Tsushima front are connected with each other in the summer with comparable cross-frontal temperature gradient. However, cross-frontal heat flux and lateral eddy diffusivity are stronger in the southern Cheju - Changjiang front. The cross-frontal heat exchange is the largest in the mixing zone between the modified Huanghai Sea bottom cold water and the Tsushima Warm Current, which is attributable to enhanced thermocline intrusions.

Vertical structure of low-level atmosphere over the southeast Indian Ocean fronts

During the 25th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition, GPS radiosondes were launched to detect the atmos- pheric vertical structure over the southeast Indian Ocean frontal region. Some low-level characteristics along the cruise are studied based on in-situ observation. The observations reveal that vertical distributions of the low-level wind field and air temperature field on both sides of the Subantarctic Front are very different. A stronger （weaker） vertical gradient is on the cold （warm） side, which demonstrates that the mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interaction is active in the southeast Indian Ocean frontal region. A low-level jet is observed over the Subantarctic Front, with speed up to 14 m＇s-1. For the Antarctic polar front, low-level wind speed near the sea surface is greater than that aloft, in contrast with the situation of the Subantarctic Front. Comparing satellite remote sensing data and widely-used reanalysis datasets with our in-situ observations, differences of varying magnitudes are found. Air temperature from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder （AIRS） data has a limited difference. The European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Interim Re-Analysis （ERA Interim） dataset is much more consistent with the observations than the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research （NCEP/NCAR） Reanalysis 1 in the southeast Indian Ocean frontal region.

A Study on Frontal Motion over Orography

In order to study the characteristic features of the frontal motion over mountains, a frontal model is designed inthis paper. The analytical solution of the model with the assumption of semigeostrophic approximation and no frichon is obtained and compared with numerical solution without the assumption. It assumes that the front is a free surface betWeen two nuid layers with different densihes. It also assumes that the mountain and the front are indefinitelylong. Therefore, the motion of such a front can be determined by the one-dimensional shallow water equationsystem. By making a series of experiments, we confirm the rule further that front can be retarded when climbing themountain and accelerated when going down the mountains. We also found some interesting characteristics of frontalstructure influenced by topography in addihon.

Interaction of Mesoscale Convection and Frontogenesis

On the basis of the MM5 simulation data of the severe storm that occurred over the southeastern part of Hubei province on 21 July 1998, the interaction of mesoscale convection and frontogenesis is dealt with using the thermodynamical equation and frontogenetical function. The results show that the outbreak of the severe storm is closely related to the local frontogenesis. In fact, the interaction between the shearing instability of the low-level jet (LLJ) and the topographic forcing generates an gravity-inertia wave as well as local frontogenesis (the ?rst front), which consequently induce the onset of the severe storm. From then on, owing to the horizontal and vertical advection of the potential temperature, the new frontogenesis (the second front) is formed to the northeast side of the severe storm, which initiates the second rain belt. Meanwhile, a two-front structure emerges over the southeastern part of Hubei province. Accompanied with the further intensi?cation of the convection, the rain droplets evaporation cooling strengthens the ?rst front and weakens the second front, resulting in single front structure over the southeastern part of Hubei province in the period of the strong convection.

Strong and Weak Property of Travelling Wave Front Solutions for a Class of Degenerate Parabolic Equations

In this paper we study the strong and weak property of travelling wave front solutions for a class of degenerate parabolic equations. How the strong and weak property changes under the effects of wave speed and reaction diffusion terms are showed.

波前追踪(Front Tracing)方法

简要介绍一些目前十分盛行的波前追踪方法，包括VOF方法，LevelSet方法等等，并列出了大量文献供读者参考．最后对波前追踪方法的应用前景提出了一点看法。

A phase Ⅱ study of paclitaxel and nedaplatin as front-line chemotherapy in Chinese patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of paclitaxelnedaplatin combination as a front-line regimen in Chinese patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).METHODS:A two-center,open-label,single-arm phaseⅡstudy was designed.Thirty-nine patients were enrolled and included in the intention-to-treat analysis of efficacy and adverse events.Patients received 175mg/m2of paclitaxel over a 3 h infusion on 1 d,followed by nedaplatin 80 mg/m2in a 1 h infusion on 2 d every3 wk until the documented disease progression,unac-ceptable toxicity or patient’s refusal.RESULTS:Of the 36 patients assessable for efficacy,there were 2 patients(5.1%)with complete response and 16 patients(41.0%)with partial response,giving an overall response rate of 46.1%.The median progression-free survival and median overall survival for all patients were 7.1 mo(95%CI:4.6-9.7)and 12.4 mo(95%CI:9.5-15.3),respectively.Toxicities were moderate and manageable.Grade 3/4 toxicities included neutropenia(15.4%),nausea(10.3%),anemia(7.7%),thrombocytopenia(5.1%),vomiting(5.1%)and neutropenia fever(2.6%).CONCLUSION:The combination of paclitaxel and nedaplatin is active and well tolerated as a first-line therapy for patients with metastatic ESCC.

英语空间图式“Front-Back”的隐喻性扩展

认知语言学认为,一些基本的意象图式在构造人类的经验范畴中起重要作用,语言的概念系统在很大程度上有赖于这样的扩展。研究表明,英语中的空间图式“Front-Back”不仅被用来表述时间范畴,还用来表述“形势”“重要性”“注意力”“事物的进展”等多种抽象范畴。研究基本图式向其他范畴隐喻性的扩展,除了理论意义以外,还具有非常重要的应用价值。

Diagnostic Study on the Structural Characteristics of a Typical Mei-yu Front System and Its Maintenance Mechanism

In this paper, a typical mei-yu front process with heavy rainfall from June 12 to 15 in 1998 is analyzed. The results show that the mei-yu front is a front system which consists of an iso-theta(e) dense area with strong horizontal gradient, a deep-convective cloud tower band, a passageway transporting warm and moist air flow from the summer monsoon surge in the mid and low levels to the south of the mei-yu front, and a migrating synoptic scale trough to the north of the mei-yu front, which transports cold and dry air southward in the mid and upper levels. The maintenance of the mei-yu front is realized by: (1) is a positive feedback between the moist physical process enhancing frontogenesis and the development of the strong convective system in front of the mei-yu front; (2) the sustaining system to the north of the mei-yu front which is a migrating synoptic scale trough transporting cold and dry air to the mei-yu front and positive vorticity to the mesoscale system in front of the mei-yu front.

Variations of oceanic fronts and their influence on the fishing grounds of Ommastrephes bartramii in the Northwest Pacific

Two predominant currents, the warm Kuroshio Current and the cold Oyashio Current, meet in the North- west Pacific Ocean. The dynamics of physical oceanographic structures in this region, including frontal zones and meandering eddies, result in a highly productive habitat that serves as a favorable feeding ground for various commercially important species. Neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii, is an im- portant oceanic squid, which is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean. Based on the catch data col- lected by Chinese squid jigging fleets and relevant environmental data, including sea surface temperature （SST） and fronts （represented by gradients of SST and thermocline） during 1998-2009, the variations of oceanic fronts and their influence on the fishing grounds of O. bartramii were evaluated, and the differ- ences in distribution of fishing grounds of O. bartramii in 2000 and 2002 were compared by describing the differences in vertical temperature between 0-300 m. It was found that the preferred horizontal tem- perature gradient of SST for O. bartramii tended to be centered at 0.01-0.02~C/nm, which attracted nearly 80% of the total fishing effort, and the preferred horizontal temperature gradients at the 50 m and 105 m layers were mainly located at 0.01-0.03~C/nm, which accounted for more than 70% of the total fishing effort during August-October. The preferred vertical temperature gradient within the 0-50 m layer for O. bartramii tended to be centered at 0.15-0.25~C/m during August and September and at 0.10-0.15~C/m in October, implying that the mixed surface layer was distributed at depths of 0-50 m. It was concluded that the vertical temperature gradient was more important than the horizontal temperature gradient in playing a role in forming the fishing ground. The results improved our understanding of the spatial dynamics of the 0. bartramii fishery.

Modal Wave Number Tomography for South China Sea Front

Monitoring of the South China Sea is always one of the focuses in the field of ocean engineering for its particular geographic position. The modal wave number tomography is proposed for monitoring the front and numerical simulation is performed for the front of the South China Sea. With the empirical orthonormal function (EOF) applied to reduce the parameter search space, the perturbation inversion method is used for inversing sound speed profiles. The 2-D ocean environment used for numerical simulation is selected from the ocean area, located in 20°N, 118°E～20°N, 125°E, near the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea. The ocean environment sound speed distribution in the ocean area under study is obtained from the assimilation of multi-source remote sensing data. The numerical simulation shows that the modal wave number tomography can inverse the average sound speed profile, therefore,it can be used to monitor ocean internal structures such as ocean fronts and eddies which affect sound speed distribution.