极海洋型冰川是什么冰川——与景才瑞先生商榷

施雅风和谢自楚曾将中国现代冰川分为极大陆型冰川、亚大陆型冰川和海洋型冰川。这个分类方案因符合中国现代冰川的基本特征而得到广泛承认与应用。近年,景才瑞提出"极海洋型冰川"的概念,示意第四纪冰期时中国东部中低山地既然不存在基本的冰川类型,则可能存在一种比海洋型冰川更加高温湿润的特殊冰川。本文认为,这样类型的冰川是不存在的。海洋型冰川已经涵盖了处于融点冰温的临界冰川,即使再多的降水,也不能在正温条件下演变成冰川。故"极海洋型冰川"的概念是不能成立的。第四纪环境研究表明,冰期时大陆架广泛出露,西伯利亚-蒙古高压强迫下的冬季风加强,中国东部气候是朝着更加干旱的方向变化的,其海洋型特征也要大大降低。

极区海洋对全球气候变化的快速响应和反馈作用

分析了全球气候变化与极区海洋的相互作用;集成极区快速变暖促使极区海洋出现快速变化的各种现象,如海冰快速变薄和退缩,格陵兰冰盖严重融化,北冰洋和南大洋碳池的固碳能力下降以及极地海洋酸化等.研究提出:北冰洋夏季海冰覆盖面积快速退缩,海冰覆盖面积在2012年8月26日呈现了记录以来的最低值,有模型预测到2035年北冰洋夏季将会见不到海冰.格陵兰冰盖的消融对全球海平面的上升和大洋环流均会产生影响,格陵兰冰盖全部融化将会使全球海平面上升7 m.通过近10 a的观测发现极地海域对大气二氧化碳的吸收能力不升反降,海水对大气二氧化碳的吸收趋向饱和,南大洋和西北冰洋碳吸收能力变弱.有模式预测,到21世纪末,北冰洋表层海水pH值将会降低0.23～0.45,成为全球海洋酸化最严重的海区,而南大洋的表层海水二氧化碳浓度在21世纪下半叶或将超过600μatm的水平,极地海洋酸化对海洋食物链和生态系统的影响可能成为不可逆转的损害.这些极区海洋的快速变化将对全球气候变化产生反馈作用.

基于Fluent和FENSAP-ICE的极区海洋平台甲板结构结冰数值模拟

极区自然资源丰富却气候恶劣,海洋平台在此地区作业时甲板表面极易出现结冰现象。针对极区海洋平台甲板结构结冰问题,采用Fluent与FENSAP-ICE软件相结合的方法,分析在过冷雾和过冷雨条件下,距海面高度和结构特征长度对甲板结构结冰的影响。结果表明:当特征风速为5 m·s^−1、6 m·s^−1和7 m·s^−1时,在风速不变的条件下,随着距海面高度由2 m增加到20 m,结构表面的平均结冰厚度均逐渐增加且结构表面的结冰相对增长率逐渐减小;在特征风速为5 m·s^−1条件下,在距海面高度为20 m和80 m处,随着结构特征长度由1 m增加到30 m时,结构表面的平均结冰厚度均逐渐减小且减少程度逐渐减缓。

南极低温降解菌的筛选、鉴定与低温降解适应性分析

以南极海洋细菌为研究对象,采用2216E和MMC液体培养基结合的方法,从菌种库里筛选南极低温降解菌,进行石油烃降解率测定、表型特征确定和16SrRNA分子鉴定,构建系统发育树,并对南极低温降解菌NJ49的低温降解适应性进行了初步研究。结果表明,3株南极海洋细菌NJ41、NJ49和NJ289可以在以柴油为惟一碳源和能源的培养基中生长,被视为南极低温降解菌;16SrRNA分子鉴定结果表明,南极低温降解菌NJ41、NJ49和NJ289分别属于Planococcus、Shewanella和Pseudoalteromonas属;NJ49通过改变脂肪酸组分的膜修饰方式适应低温降解。

MODIS极区遥感应用研究进展

卫星遥感技术在极地区域的应用日益广泛,中分辨率成像光谱仪(Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer,即MODIS)则是遥感领域的重要卫星传感器之一。MODIS传感器,包括它的搭载平台、系统构成、硬件特征、波段范围及一般性应用都在文章中进行了全面性地描述。着重介绍了MODIS在极区遥感应用研究的进展,具体阐述了MODIS在极区地貌、极区大气和极区海洋方面的应用。在每个方面都列举分析了国内外的相关研究实例,充分说明了MODIS在极地区域的广泛应用现状。

海洋直流接地极对海底电缆的影响及其防护措施研究

高压直流接地极的作用包括将高压直流系统高达几千安培的运行电流散入大地进行回流,这一入地电流将会对地下金属设施造成直流干扰。笔者对海洋直流接地极对海底电缆的影响原理进行了分析,发现海洋直流接地极主要会对海底电缆的泄漏电流造成很大干扰,利用CDEGS仿真软件建立电缆和海岸海水土壤模型,对分段隔离法、排流法和异性导电媒质介入法等方法在海底电缆上的适用性进行仿真分析。得出结论:排流法不适用于海底电缆泄漏电流的防护;分段隔离法和异性导电媒质介入法可以明显降低海底电缆的泄漏电流。

The biofilm characteristics and enhanced performance of a marine microbial-electrolysis-cell-based biosensor under positive anodic potential

Microbial fuel cells have already been used as biosensors to monitor assimilable organic carbon(AOC).However,their signal production from AOC is known to be completely suppressed by dissoved oxygen(DO).In this study,two identical microbial electrolysis cell(MEC)based biosensors were inoculated with marine sediment and operated at two different anodic potentials,namely-300 mV and+250 mV relative to Ag/AgCl.The MEC biosensor operated under positive anodic potential conditions had electrochemically active microbial communities on the anode,including members of the Shewanellaceae,Pseudoalteromonadaceae,and Clostridiaceae families.However,the strictly anaerobic members of the Desulfuromonadaceae,Desulfobulbaceae and Desulfobacteraceae families were found only in the negative anodic potential MEC biosensor.The positive anodic potential MEC biosensor showed several other advantages as well,such as faster start-up,significantly higher maximum current production,fivefold improvement in the AOC detection limit,and tolerance of low dissolved oxygen,compared to those obtained from the negative anodic potential MEC biosensor.The developed positive anodic potential MEC biosensor can thus be used as a real-time and inexpensive detector of AOC concentrations in high saline and low DO seawater.

再论中国第四纪冰川

李四光教授生前曾致力于中国第四世纪冰川研究。其成果后来集于《中国第四世纪冰川》(科学出版社)与《李四光全集》(第二卷,湖北人民出版社)中。他与当时一些中外反对派进行了有理有据的辩论,基本上得到了大多数学者的同意。建国后又再一次引起不少人争鸣,最近一些新的研究成果迭出,很有再一次讨论其分布与冰川类型的必要。

Decadal Variability Shown by the Arctic Ocean Hydrochemical Data and Reproduced by an Ice-Ocean Model

The Arctic is experiencing a significant warming trend as well as a decadal oscillation. The atmospheric circulation represented by the Polar Vortex and the sea ice cover show decadal variabilities, while it has been difficult to reveal the decadal oscillation from the ocean interior. The recent distribution of Russian hydrochemical data collected from the Arctic Basin provides useful information on ocean interior variabilities. Silicate is used to provide the most valuable data for showing the boundary between the silicate-rich Pacific Water and the opposite Atlantic Water. Here, it is assumed that the silicate distribution receives minor influence from seasonal biological productivity and Siberian Rivers outflow. It shows a clear maximum around 100m depth in the Canada Basin, along with a vertical gradient below 100 m, which provides information on the vertical motion of the upper boundary of the Atlantic Water at a decadal time scale. The boundary shifts upward (downward), as realized by the silicate reduction (increase) at a fixed depth, responding to a more intense (weaker) Polar Vortex or a positive (negative) phase of the Arctic Oscillation. A coupled ice-ocean model is employed to reconstruct this decadal oscillation.

Effects of Uncertainties in the Position and Orientation of Both the Transmitter and Receivers on Marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Data

Simulation and interpretation of marine controlled-source electromagnetic(CSEM) data often approximate the transmitter source as an ideal horizontal electric dipole(HED) and assume that the receivers are located on a flat seabed.Actually,however,the transmitter dipole source will be rotated,tilted and deviated from the survey profile due to ocean currents.And free-fall receivers may be also rotated to some arbitrary horizontal orientation and located on sloping seafloor.In this paper,we investigate the effects of uncertainties in the transmitter tilt,transmitter rotation and transmitter deviation from the survey profile as well as in the receiver's location and orientation on marine CSEM data.The model study shows that the uncertainties of all position and orientation parameters of both the transmitter and receivers can propagate into observed data uncertainties,but to a different extent.In interpreting marine data,field data uncertainties caused by the position and orientation uncertainties of both the transmitter and receivers need to be taken into account.

NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS OF EFFECT OF SSTA OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN ON ATMOSPHERIC LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATION IN THE EXTRATROPICAL LATITUDE

Numerical experiments on forcing dissipation and heating response of dipole (unipole) are carried out using global spectral models with quasi-geostrophic barotropic vorticity equations. For each experiment model integration is run for 90 days on the condition of three-wave quasi-resonance. The results are given as follows: Under the effects of dipole (unipole) forcing source and basic flow intensity, there exist strong interactions among the three planetary waves and quasi-biweekly and intraseasonal oscillation of the three planetary waves. In the meantime, the changes in the intensity of dipole or unipole forcing source and basic flow have different frequency modulation effects on LFO in the middle and higher latitudes. The results of the stream function field of three quasi-resonant waves evolving with time confirm that the low-frequency oscillation exists in extratropical latitude.

An improved dual-polarized ratio algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval from passive microwave satellite data and inter-comparison with ASI,ABA and NT2

The dual-polarized ratio algorithm(DPR)for the retrieval of Arctic sea ice concentration from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS(AMSR-E)data was improved using a contrast ratio(CR)parameter.In contrast to three other algorithms(Artist Sea Ice algorithm,ASI;NASA-Team 2 algorithm,NT2;and AMSR-E Bootstrap algorithm,ABA),this algorithm does not use a series of tie-points or a priori values of brightness temperature of sea-ice constituents,such as open water and 100% sea ice.Instead,it is based on a ratio(a)of horizontally and vertically polarized sea ice emissivity at 36.5 GHz,which can be automatically determined by the CR.aexhibited a clear seasonal cycle:changing slowly during winter,rapidly at other times,and reaching a minimum during summer.The DPR was improved using a seasonala.The systematic diff erences in the Arctic sea ice area over the complete AMSR-E period(2002–2011)were-0.8% ±2.0% between the improved DPR and ASI;-1.3%±1.7% between the improved DPR and ABA;and-0.7% ±1.9% between the improved DPR and NT2.The improved DPR and ASI(or ABA)had small seasonal diff erences.The seasonal diff erences between the improved DPR and NT2 decreased,except in summer.The improved DPR identified extremely low ice concentration regions in the Pacific sector of the central Arctic(north of 83°N)around August 12,2010,which was confirmed by the Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition.A series of high-resolution MODIS images(250 m×250 m)of the Beaufort Sea during summer were used to assess the four algorithms.According to mean bias and standard deviations,the improved DPR algorithm performed equally well with the other three sea ice concentration algorithms.The improved DPR can provide reasonable sea ice concentration data,especially during summer.

3-D reconstruction of coastal bathymetry from AIRSAR/POLSAR data

This paper introduces a new method for reconstructing three-dimensional （3D） coastal bathymetry changes from Airborne AIRSAR/POLSAR synthetic aperture data. The new method is based on integration between fuzzy B-spline and Volterra algorithm. Volterra algorithm is used to simulate the ocean surface current from AIRSAR/POLSAR data. Then, the ocean surface current information used as input for continuity equation to estimate the water depths from AIRSAR/POLSAR data. This study shows that 3D ocean bathymetry can be reconstructed from AIRSAR/POLSAR data with root mean square error of ±0.03 m.

Electromagnetic fields from a horizontal electrical dipole buried in ocean

Marine controlled source electromagnetic signal could be used in mineral resource exploration,reservoir appraisal and communicative technique in ocean. It's necessary to study the electromagnetic generated by MCSEM. The propagation of the electromagnetic fields from a controlled source in the marine environment was studied with virtual interface method combined with discrete complex image method. Transmitter of finite length current source is approximated by dipole (HED) . A three-layered model is accepted,with sea water as intermediate conductive layer under air and a relatively high resistive seabed as basement,possibly containing a hydrogen layer of higher resistivity. The electromagnetic fields in whole space thus computed show that: (1) the spatial distribution of field component depends on its type; (2) inline Ex component is more sensitive to reservoir layer than that in broadside; (3) The airwave affects marine electromagnetic (MEM) exploration when sea water is relatively shallow; in the case of deep water MEM exploration,the airwave influence could be neglected; and (4) an appropriate frequency should be selected in order to balance the signal strength and electromagnetic induction effect.

Fine-resolution simulation of surface current and sea ice in the Arctic Mediterranean Seas

A free-resolution model is developed for ocean circulation simulation in the National Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics （LASG）, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is applied to simulate surface current and sea ice variations in the Arctic Mediterranean Seas. A dynamic sea ice model in elastic-viscous-plastic rheology and a thermodynamic sea ice model are employed. A 200-year simulation is performed and a dimatological average of a 10-year period （14lst-150th） is presented with focus on sea ice concentration and surface current variations in the Arctic Mediterranean Seas. The model is able to simulate well the East Greenland Current, Beaufort Gyre and the Transpolar Drift, but the simulated West Spitsbergen Current is small and weak. In the March climatology, the sea ice coverage can be simulated well except for a bit more ice in east of Spitsbergen Island. The result is also good for the September scenario except for less ice concentration east of Greenland and greater ice concentration near the ice margin. The extra ice east of Spitsbergen Island is caused by sea ice current convergence forced by atmospheric wind stress.

Measurements of ocean wave and current field using dual polarized X-band radar

A new ocean wave and sea surface current monitoring system with horizontally-(HH) and vertically-(VV) polarized X-band radar was developed.Two experiments into the use of the radar system were carried out at two sites,respectively,for calibration process in Zhangzi Island of the Yellow Sea,and for validation in the Yellow Sea and South China Sea.Ocean wave parameters and sea surface current velocities were retrieved from the dual polarized radar image sequences based on an inverse method.The results obtained from dual-polarized radar data sets acquired in Zhangzi Island are compared with those from an ocean directional buoy.The results show that ocean wave parameters and sea surface current velocities retrieved from radar image sets are in a good agreement with those observed by the buoy.In particular,it has been found that the vertically-polarized radar is better than the horizontally-polarized radar in retrieving ocean wave parameters,especially in detecting the significant wave height below 1.0 m.

The Role of Barrier Layer in Southeastern Arabian Sea During the Development of Positive Indian Ocean Dipole Events

Using data from Argo and simple ocean data assimilation (SODA), the role of the barrier layer (BL) in the southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS: 60°E-75°E, 0°-10°N) is investigated during the development of positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events from 1960 to 2008. It is found that warmer sea surface temperature (SST) in the northern Indian Ocean appears in June in the SEAS. This warm SST accompanying anomalous southeastern wind persists for six months and a thicker BL and a corresponding thinner mixed layer in the SEAS contribute to the SST warming during the IOD formation period. The excessive precipitation during this period helps to form a thicker BL and a thinner mixed layer, resulting in a higher SST in the SEAS. Warm SST in the SEAS and cold SST to the southeast of the SEAS intensify the southeasterly anomaly in the tropical Indian Ocean, which transports more moisture to the SEAS, and then induces more precipitation there. The ocean-atmosphere interaction process among wind, precipitation, BL and SST is very important for the anomalous warming in the SEAS during the development of positive IOD events.

Subpolar Gyre Index and the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Coupled Climate Model

The subpolar gyre index (SPG), derived from the analysis of sea surface height (SSH), is proposed to be a potential indicator for the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) based on observation as well as the Ocean General Circulation Model (OGCM). We investigated the correspondence between the SPG and the AMOC in a coupled climate model. Our results confirm that the SPG can be used as an early indicator for the AMOC in the subtropical North Atlantic. Changes in the SPG are closely related to variations in the air-sea heat exchange in the Labrador Sea, and variations in deep water formation and southward dense water transport with the deep western boundary current (DWBC) in the North Atlantic.

Unprecedented East Asian warming in spring 2018 linked to the North Atlantic tripole SST mode

An unusually warm East Asia in spring 2018,when exceptionally high surface air temperatures were recorded in large areas of Asia,such as northern China,southern China,and Japan,was investigated based on the ERA-Interim reanalysis.The East Asian warming anomalies were primarily attributed to a tripole mode of North Atlantic SST anomalies,which could have triggered anomalous Rossby wave trains over the North Atlantic and Eurasia through modulating the North Atlantic baroclinic instability.Atlantic-forced Rossby waves tend to propagate eastward and induce anomalously high pressure and anticyclonic activity over East Asia,leading to a northward displacement of the Pacific subtropical high.As a result,descending motion,reduced precipitation,and increased surface solar radiation due to less cloud cover appear over East Asia,accompanied by remarkably warm advection from the ocean to southern China,northern China,and Japan.The transportation of anomalously warm advection and the feedbacks between soil moisture and surface temperature were both favorable for the recordbreaking warmth in East Asia during spring 2018.The seasonal‘memory’of the North Atlantic tripole SST mode from the previous winter to the following spring may provide useful implications for the seasonal prediction of East Asian weather and climate.

Impact of Trans-Atlantic-Pacific Ocean Dipole–like pattern on summer precipitation variability over West Africa

Recent findings indicate that rainfall variability over West Africa is characterized by more positive anomalies in the last four decades.The authors demonstrate that the recent interannual rainfall variability is linked to an air–sea phenomenon that occurs in the tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific Ocean,and then propose the Trans-Atlantic-Pacific Ocean Dipole(TAPOD)index as a measure for this tropical ocean phenomenon,which is found to be closely correlated with the West African summer rainfall anomalies.Using observational and reanalysis datasets,composite analysis suggests that enhanced precipitation in West Africa is associated with the positive phase of the TAPOD,which is characterized by warm sea surface temperature anomalies(SSTAs)in the tropical Atlantic and cool SSTAs in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.During the positive phase of the TAPOD,there are significant westerly anomalies over the tropical Atlantic Ocean,which drives anomalous water vapor convergence over West Africa,leading to enhanced precipitation in the region.