The influence of pressure waves in tidal gravity records

For the reduction of atmospheric effects,observed gravity has initially been corrected by using the computed barometric admittance k of the in situ measured pressure,expressed in nms-2/hPa units and estimated by least squares method.However,the local pressure changes alone cannot account for the atmospheric mass attraction and loading when the coherent pressure field exceeds a specific size,i.e.,with increasing periodicities.To overcome this difficulty,it is necessary to compute the total atmospheric effect at each station using the global pressure field.However,the direct subtraction of the total gravity effect,provided by the models of pressure correction,is not yet satisfactory for S2 and other tidal components,such as K2 and P1,which include solar heating pressure tides.This paper identifies the origin of the problem and presents strategies to obtain a satisfactory solution.First,we set up a difference vector between the tidal factors of M2 and S2 after correction of the pressure and ocean tides effects.This vector,hereafter denoted as RES,presents the advantage of being practically insensitive to calibration errors.The minimum discrepancy between the tidal parameters of M2 and S2 corresponds to the minimum of the RES vector norm d.Secondly we adopt the hybrid pressure correction method,separating the local and the global pressure contribution of the models and replacing the local contribution by the pressure measured at the station multiplied by an admittance kATM.We tested this procedure on 8 stations from the IGETS superconducting gravimeters network(former GGP network).For stations at an altitude lower than 1000 m,the value of dopt is always smaller than0.0005.The discrepancy between the tidal parameters of the M2 and S2 waves is always lower than0.05% on the amplitude factors and 0.025° on the phases.For these stations,a correlation exists between the altitude and the value kopt.The results at the three Central European stations Conrad,Pecny and Vienna are in excellent agreement(0.05%) with the DDW99NH model for all the main tidal waves.

An approach to estimate tidal dissipation with single-point high-frequency ground wave radar data

Using the single-point ground wave （GW） radar data at Shensi Station and the water level data at three stations （Shengsi, Luchaogang and Daishan）, the authors obtained the flow vectors from the radial velocity of GW radar observation, and calculate four sub-tidal harmonic constants （O1, K1, M2 and S2）. The tidal characteristics derived from the GW radar dataset agreed well with those from the tidal gauge data. The authors also analyzed the tidal energy flux and tidal energy dissipation rate. There was a good relationship between the tidal energy dissipation rate and topography. The study showed a good way to calculate tidal energy dissipation rate using GW radar data.

A 2D Mathematical Model for Sediment Transport by Waves and Tidal Currents

In this study, the combined actions of waves and tidal currents in estuarine and coastal areas are considered and a 2D mathematical model for sediment transport by waves and tidal currents has been established in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Non-equilibrium transport equations of suspended load and bed load are used in the model. The concept of background concentration is introduced, and the formula of sediment transport capacity of tidal currents for the Oujiang River estuary is obtained. The Dou Guoren formula is employed for the sediment transport capacity of waves. Sediment transport capacity in the form of mud and the intensity of back silting are calculated by use of Luo Zaosen＇ s formula. The calculated tidal stages are in good agreement with the field data, and the calculated velocities and flow directions of 46 vertical lines for 8 cross sections are also in good agreement with the measured data. On such a basis, simulations of back silting after excavation of the waterway with a sand bar under complicated boundary conditions in the navigation channel induced by suspended load, bed load and mud by waves and tidal currents are discussed.

A numerical study on the impact of tidal waves on the storm surge in the north of Liaodong Bay

A storm surge is an abnormal sharp rise or fall in the seawater level produced by the strong wind and low pressure field of an approaching storm system.A storm tide is a water level rise or fall caused by the combined effect of the storm surge and an astronomical tide.The storm surge depends on many factors,such as the tracks of typhoon movement,the intensity of typhoon,the topography of sea area,the amplitude of tidal wave,the period during which the storm surge couples with the tidal wave.When coupling with different parts of a tidal wave,the storm surges caused by a typhoon vary widely.The variation of the storm surges is studied.An once-in-a-century storm surge was caused by Typhoon 7203 at Huludao Port in the north of the Liaodong Bay from July 26th to 27th,1972.The maximum storm surge is about 1.90 m.The wind field and pressure field used in numerical simulations in the research were derived from the historical data of the Typhoon 7203 from July 23rd to 28th,1972.DHI Mike21 is used as the software tools.The whole Bohai Sea is defined as the computational domain.The numerical simulation models are forced with sea levels at water boundaries,that is the tide along the Bohai Straits from July 18th to 29th（2012）.The tide wave and the storm tides caused by the wind field and pressure field mentioned above are calculated in the numerical simulations.The coupling processes of storm surges and tidal waves are simulated in the following way.The first simulation start date and time are 00：00 July 18th,2012; the second simulation start date and time are 03：00 July 18th,2012.There is a three-hour lag between the start date and time of the simulation and that of the former one,the last simulation start date and time are 00：00 July 25th,2012.All the simulations have a same duration of 5 days,which is same as the time length of typhoon data.With the first day and the second day simulation output,which is affected by the initial field,being ignored,only the 3rd to 5th day simulation results are used to study the rules of the storm surges in the north of the Liaodong Bay.In total,57 cases are calculated and analyzed,including the coupling effects between the storm surge and a tidal wave during different tidal durations and on different tidal levels.Based on the results of the 57 numerical examples,the following conclusions are obtained：For the same location,the maximum storm surges are determined by the primary vibration（the storm tide keeps rising quickly） duration and tidal duration.If the primary vibration duration is a part of the flood tidal duration,the maximum storm surge is lower（1.01,1.05 and 1.37 m at the Huludao Port,the Daling Estuary and the Liaohe Estuary respectively）.If the primary vibration duration is a part of the ebb tidal duration,the maximum storm surge is higher（1.92,2.05 and 2.80 m at the Huludao Port,the Daling Estuary and the Liaohe Estuary respectively）.In the mean time,the sea level restrains the growth of storm surges.The hour of the highest storm tide has a margin of error of plus or minus 80 min,comparing the high water hour of the astronomical tide,in the north of the Liaodong Bay.

Numerical simulation of characteristics of semidiurnal tidal waves in sea region around Taiwan

POM97, an oceanic model, has been used for the first time to the numerical study on the tidal waves of the as Regions around Taiwan. In this paper, we have got the result that the semidiurnal tidal waves of these area mainly are the co-operating tides which come from the south of 23'N of the western Pacific. Those semidiurnal tidal waves affecting the Taiwan Straits come respectively from the south and the north entrance of the channel, and the north tidal wave is stronger than the south one. The strongest tidal field is the area from the Meizhou Bay to the Xinhua Bay along the coast of Fujian Province, where the biggest amplitude of the M2 partial tide can reach 240 cm. The strongest tidal cur- rent fields lie in the Penghu watercourse, where the maximum velocity of the M2 partial tide can arrive at 196 m/s. In the horizontal structure of the tidal currets, we have found that there is a stream dot in the north of the channel, besides, there still exist four new ones. As for the vertical structure, it mainly is biassed to the right at the surface, and to the left near the bottom layer.

Surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands measured with high frequency surface wave radar

Based on the quasi-harmonic analysis of 11 d vector ocean currents obtained from two high frequency sur- face wave radars located at Zhujiajian Island and Shengshan Island, the spatial distribution characteristics of surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang Province, China are studied. The following conclusions are drawn from the analysis： the tidal current pattern in the open sea area to the east of Zhoushan Islands is primarily regular semidiurnal, which is significantly affected by the shallow water constituents. The directions of the major axes of tidal current ellipses of M2 lie approx- imately in the NW-SE direction. With the increasing of distance away from the coast, the directions of the tidal current ellipses gradually shift toward the E-W direction. The tidal currents are mainly reversing cur- rents. The spatial distribution of probable maximum current velocities decreases gradually from northeast to southwest which is basically in accordance with the spatial distribution of measured maximum current velocities. The residual currents near the coast are larger than those far away from the coast. The directions of the residual currents are basically north by east, and the angle to the due north increases gradually with the increasing distance away from the coast. The topography shows a certain impact on the spatial distri- bution of shallow water constituents, the rotation of tidal currents, the probable maximum currents and the residual currents.

GENERALIZED WAVE EQUATION FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR SOLVING TWO-DIMENSIONAL TIDAL WAVES

The study of tidal circulation has a long history . The numerical simulation of tidal flow has been developed greatly with the development of computer techniques in the past two decades. The generalized wave equation finite-element method is a relatively new numerical model for studying shallow water flow . This method was used to simulate tidal waves of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada . The very good agreement of the numerical results with the field data indicated that the model is an effective and promising numerical method for solving two-dimensional tidal wave problems .

Effects of Tidal Currents on Nonlinear Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea

The propagation and fission process of internal solitary waves （ISWs） with amplitudes of about 170 m are simulated in the northeast of the South China Sea （NSCS） by using the generalized Korteweg-de Vries （KdV） equation under continuous stratification. More attention is paid to the effects of the ebb and flood background currents on the fission process of ISWs. This kind of background current is provided by the composed results simulated in terms of monthly mean baroclinic circulation and barotropic tidal current. It is found that the obtained relation of the number of fission solitons to the water depth and stratification is roughly in accordance with the fission law derived by Djordjevic and Redekopp in 1978; however, there exists obvious difference between the effects of the ebb and flood background currents on the wave-lengths of fission solitons （defined as the distance between two neighboring peaks of ISWs）. The difference in nonlinearity coefficient a between the ebb and flood background currents is a main cause for the different wave-lengths of fission solitons.

Numerical simulation of sediment lifted by waves and transported by tidal currents

The analysis of the scabed processes of a muddy coast has been described in this paper. On the basisof the basic differential equation of tidal current and sediment movement influenced by waves, a numerical simulation system for sediment lifted by waves and transported by tidal currents and scabed processes has been established by using MADI method, and applied to the sea area of Tianjin Port with good results.

Internal solitary wave generation by the tidal flows beneath ice keel in the Arctic Ocean

A series of non-hydrostatic,non-linear numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the generation and evolution of internal solitary waves(ISWs)through the interaction of a barotropic tidal current with an ice keel in the Arctic Ocean.During the interaction process,the internal surge was generated at first,and then the wave gradually steepened due to non-linearity during its propagation away from the ice keel.The internal surge eventually disintegrated into multi-modal and rank-ordered ISW packets with the largest having an amplitude of O(10)m.Sensitivity experiments demonstrated that the ISWs’amplitudes and energy were proportional to the varying ice keel depths and barotropic tidal fl ow amplitudes,but were insensitive to the changing ice keel widths.Typical ISWs can enhance the turbulent dissipation rate of O(10^(-6))W/kg along their propagation path.Further,heat entrainment induced by the wave-ice interaction can reach O(10)MJ/m per tidal cycle.This study reveals a particular ISW generation mechanism and process in the polar ice environment,which could be important in impacting the energy transfer and heat balance in the Arctic Ocean.

Distribution of Vertical Turbulent Mixing Parameter Caused by Internal Tidal Waves and Solitary Waves in the South Yellow Sea

Many observations show that in the Yellow Sea internal tidal waves (ITWs) possess the remarkable characteristics of internal Kelvin wave, and in the South Yellow Sea (SYS) the nonlinear evolution of internal tidal waves is one of the mechanisms producing internal solitary waves (ISWs), which is different from the generation mechanism in the case where the semidiurnal tidal current flows over topographic drops. In this paper, the model of internal Kelvin wave with continuous stratification is given, and an elementary numerical study of nonlinear evolution of ITWs is made for the SYS, using the generalized KdV model (GKdV model for short) for a continuous stratified ocean, in which the different effects of background barotropic ebb and flood currents are considered. Moreover, the parameterization of vertical turbulent mixing caused by ITWs and ISWs in the SYS is studied, using a parameterization scheme which was applied to numerical experiments on the breaking of ISWs by Vlasenko and Hutter in 2002. It is found that the vertical turbulent mixing caused by internal waves is very strong within the upper layer with depth less than about 30m, and the vertical turbulent mixing caused by ISWs is stronger than that by ITWs.

Tidal wave anomalies of geoelectrical field before remote earthquakes

In this paper, geoelectrical field anomalies at Changli and Xingji station in Hebei Province were analyzed before five remote earthquakes. It was found that the anomalies mainly occurred two or three months before earthquakes, which is of importance to short-term and impendent earthquake prediction. There exhibited different characteristics in geoelectrical field anomalies, but they were closely related to tidal waves, for example, the increasing in ampli- tude at semidiurnal and semimonthly periods of tidal waves; the decreasing or disappearing in amplitude of tidal waves that should have been recorded normally at that time; while there accompanied incremental signals with high frequency, such as jump variations. It was thought that the formation mechanism of the geoelectrical anoma- lies before strong earthquakes resulted from stress-strain resonance effects when rock was weakened during the preparation process in seismic area, and then signals of electric field propagated to remote stations in free space or crust, and superposed on the geoelectric field tidal waves recorded at the stations, leading to increasing or decreasing in amplitude of geoelectrical tidal waves. The high frequency signals may be related to the variation of rock porosity, permeability and so on beneath the stations, as a result of the dynamic effects of remote earthquakes.

Study on the Tidal Wave System and Formation Mechanism of M_2 Tide in the Taiwan Strait

To study the Taiwan Strait （TS）, an unusual sea area, the numerical model in marginal seas of China is used to simulate and analyze the tidal wave motion in the strait. The numerical modeling experiments reproduce the amphidromic system of the M2 tide in the south end of the Taiwan strait, and consequently confirm the existence of the degenerate amphidromic system. On this basis, further discussion is conducted on the M2 system and its formation mechanism. It can be concluded that the tidal waves of the TS is consisted of the progressing wave from the north entrance and the degenerate amphidromic system from the south entrance, in which the progressing wave from the north entrance dominates the tidal wave motion in the strait. Except for the convergent effect caused by the landform and boundary, the degenerate amphidromic system produced in the south of the strait is another important factor for the following phenomena： the large tidal range in the middle of the strait, the concentrative zone of co-amplitude and co-phase line in the south of the strait. The degenerate amphidromic system is mainly produced by the incident Pacific Ocean tidal wave from the Luzon strait and the action by the shoreline and landform. The position of the amphidromic point is compelled to move toward southwest until degenerating by the powerful progressing wave from the north entrance.

Effect of Distortion Ratio on Local Scour Under Tidal Currents and Waves

Five generalized physical models of different distortion ratios were built according to DOU Guo-ren's similarity theory of total sediment transport modeling for estuarine and coastal regions. Experiments on local scour in front of groins were made under the actions of tidal currents and waves with clear and sediment entraining water. The scour depths under different dynamic actions are compared. The effect of the distortion ratio on the depth of scour hole is discussed. A relationship between scour depths for distorted and undistorted models is given.

中国海洋能研究现状及未来发展建议

随着全球人口的增长、能源结构的转型和对可持续能源需求的增加,中国面临着优化其能源体系的紧迫任务。作为清洁、可再生的能源形式,海洋能成为国内外能源研究的焦点,其在中国具有巨大的开发潜力。在分析中国海洋能分布特征和发展现状的基础上,总结了中国海洋能开发的趋势,对未来的海洋能产业提出了构建面向“双碳”战略的海洋能顶层发展规划、建立健全海洋能技术的政策等建议,助力中国海洋能技术稳步发展。

鄂尔多斯盆地本溪组碎屑障壁海岸砂体微相南北变化

在延长探区近1500口钻井资料的基础上,进行大量岩心和薄片观察以及砂厚和砂地比统计,探究鄂尔多斯盆地本溪组的砂体微相类型、平面形态和分布的沿岸变化及其控制因素。结果表明,延长气田本溪组总体均为中小潮差环境下的陆源碎屑障壁海岸沉积,但南部的甘泉—富县地区波浪作用较弱,形成了典型的障壁砂坝和障壁后沉积。北部延安—靖边南地区波浪作用较强,形成了改造障壁、浅滩和下切谷充填潮道3种主要微相砂体。障壁砂体呈平行岸线的带状或串珠状排列,近源和近岸分布;浅滩砂体呈多个分散的卵圆形远源远岸分布;潮道带砂体充填则受控于古地貌凹槽。该研究结果对延长气田和类似环境的储层识别和评价具有重要的指导意义。

基于挟沙力方法的潮滩剖面形态演变数值模型

为研究波流共同作用下的潮滩剖面形态演变,推导了基于切应力方法的挟沙力公式,开发了基于挟沙力方法的潮滩剖面形态演变数值模型,模拟结果与Delft3D模型基本一致,计算效率明显提升。分别采用切应力方法和挟沙力方法模拟潮滩形态的演变过程,挟沙力方法在潮间带上部区域的模拟效果优于切应力方法,更容易模拟出淤积条件下的上凸形剖面,整体剖面形态更接近实测剖面。计算模拟了潮滩剖面在不同波浪条件下的演变过程,波浪对潮滩形态有极强的塑造作用,入射波高的提升加剧了潮间带的侵蚀,形成明显的下凹形剖面。

瘤背石磺NR1基因的克隆和序列分析以及低频声音刺激对其表达的影响

长期栖息于潮间带的瘤背石磺能感知潮汐来临时产生的低频声音,本研究模拟潮汐的低频声音刺激瘤背石磺,探讨NR1型受体基因在瘤背石磺感应低频声音的行为中发挥的作用。首先通过c DNA末端扩增法(RACE)得到瘤背石磺NR1基因(OrNR1) cDNA全长,进行生物信息学分析,并通过实时荧光定量PCR (qRT-PCR)检测OrNR1基因在各组织以及不同低频声波刺激下神经节中的表达。结果显示,OrNR1基因全长2 434 bp,其中5'非编码区(UTR)长357 bp, 3'UTR长184 bp,1 893 bp开放阅读框共编码630氨基酸。瘤背石磺OrNR1蛋白分子质量约为70.29 ku,等电点为5.93,分子式为C3 153H4 911N833O924S32。OrNR1基因含有信号肽,一个预测的甘氨酸和谷氨酸结合位点,一个跨膜域,多序列比对结果表明各物种间NR1具有较高的保守性。系统进化树结果显示,瘤背石磺OrNR1基因与加州海兔亲缘关系最高,符合传统形态学分类。qRT-PCR结果显示,OrNR1在瘤背石磺不同组织均有表达,在神经节中相对表达量最高,其次是肝胰腺、腹足,而在口器和背部皮肤中表达量较低OrNR1在频率为200、160 Hz的低频声音刺激下表达量在不同时间组均显著高于对照组,40 Hz的低频声音刺激下2 h后表达量显著高于对照组;在120 Hz时OrNR1基因表达量受到抑制,不同组的表达量有显著差异。推测该基因在瘤背石磺低频声音感知中起到了重要作用。

网格尺度对三维水动力模型模拟滨海地区潮流特性影响的数值分析

构建了三门湾三维水动力模型,将计算结果与实测资料进行对比分析后设置了不同的网格尺度,对三个断面和四个典型点的潮流特性进行了分析。结果表明:当研究水域为港汊较多、地形复杂的海湾时,数值模拟计算值的相对偏差会随着网格尺度增大而增大,当网格尺度增大到一定值时,相对偏差会由于多种误差的正负累积而趋于稳定。地形是影响潮流计算的关键因素,在地形变化剧烈和水深较小的潮间带水域的潮差和流速值相对变化较大,在水深较大的平坦区域则几乎不受网格尺度的影响;流向对网格尺度的敏感程度较低,与网格尺度无明显关系;水平涡粘系数与网格面积呈正相关,且网格面积对流速变形率Sij较大处影响较大。综合分析,在进行潮流计算时,需要在地形复杂的岸边、水深较小的潮间带以及岛屿间进行网格的加密处理,考虑计算时间、模型计算的稳定收敛以及计算值的精确度等因素,确定合适的计算网格尺度,使得计算结果满足精度要求。

PPK技术在海洋倾倒区潮位测量中的方法研究

在分析传统潮位测量和RTK潮位测量缺陷的基础上,基于PPK技术开展海洋倾倒区潮位测量方法研究。系统介绍了PPK技术原理及PPK潮位测量体系,对数据进行后处理,利用姿态参数修正天线高,采用小波分析、拟合平滑的方法滤除波浪,提取大地高潮位信息,并基于EGM2008重力场模型结合水准控制点进行基准转换,得到85基准下的PPK潮位数据。试验结果表明,PPK潮位精度与验潮站潮位基本一致,可靠性高,能够广泛应用于海洋倾倒区潮位测量中。