Methods for determining minimum freshwater inflow needs of Texas bays and estuaries     

Gary L. Powell  Junji Matsumoto  David A. Brock 《Estuaries and Coasts》2002,25(6):1262-1274

In response to legislative directives beginning in 1975, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) jointly established and currently maintain a data collection and analytical study program focused on determining the effects of and needs for freshwater inflows into the state's 10 bay and estuary systems. Study elements include hydrographic surveys, hydrodynamic modeling of circulation and salinity patterns, sediment analyses, nutrient analyses, fisheries analyses, freshwater inflow optimization modeling, and verification of needs. For determining the needs, statistical regression models are developed among freshwater inflows, salinities, and coastal fisheries. Results from the models and analyses are placed into the Texas Estuarine Mathematical Programming (TxEMP) model, along with information on salinity viability limits, nutrient budgets, fishery biomass ratios, and inflow bounds. The numerical relationships are solved within the constraints and limits, and optimized to meet state management objectives for maintenance of biological productivity and overall ecological health. Solution curves from the TxEMP model are verified by TWDB’s hydrodynamic simulation of estuarine circulation and salinity structure, which is evaluated against TPWD’s analysis of species abundance and distribution patterns in each bay and estuary system. An adequate system-wide match initially verifies the inflow solution. Long-term monitoring is recommended in order to verify that implementation of future water management strategies maintain ecological health of the estuaries and to provide an early warning of needs for adaptive management strategies.  相似文献   

Profiles and Source Apportionment of Nonmethane Volatile Organic Compounds in Winter and Summer in Xi’an,China, based on the Hybrid Environmental Receptor Model     

Jian SUN  Zhenxing SHEN  Yue ZHANG  Wenting DAI  Kun HE  Hongmei XU  Zhou ZHANG  Long CUI  Xuxiang LI  Yu HUANG  Junji CAO 《大气科学进展》2021,38(1):116-131

Summer and winter campaigns for the chemical compositions and sources of nonmethane hydrocarbons(NMHCs)and oxygenated volatile organic compounds(OVOCs)were conducted in Xi’an.Data from 57 photochemical assessment monitoring stations for NMHCs and 20 OVOC species were analyzed.Significant seasonal differences were noted for total VOC(TVOC,NMHCs and OVOCs)concentrations and compositions.The campaign-average TVOC concentrations in winter(85.3±60.6 ppbv)were almost twice those in summer(47.2±31.6 ppbv).Alkanes and OVOCs were the most abundant category in winter and summer,respectively.NMHCs,but not OVOCs,had significantly higher levels on weekends than on weekdays.Total ozone formation potential was higher in summer than in winter(by 50%)because of the high concentrations of alkenes(particularly isoprene),high temperature,and high solar radiation levels in summer.The Hybrid Environmental Receptor Model(HERM)was used to conduct source apportionment for atmospheric TVOCs in winter and summer,with excellent accuracy.HERM demonstrated its suitability in a situation where only partial source profile data were available.The HERM results indicated significantly different seasonal source contributions to TVOCs in Xi’an.In particular,coal and biomass burning had contributions greater than half in winter(53.4%),whereas traffic sources were prevalent in summer(53.1%).This study’s results highlight the need for targeted and adjustable VOC control measures that account for seasonal differences in Xi’an;such measures should target not only the severe problem with VOC pollution but also the problem of consequent secondary pollution(e.g.,from ozone and secondary organic aerosols).  相似文献   

湖光岩玛珥湖沉积记录的近250年重金属元素污染历史   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

鲁海燕  曹军骥  韩永明  吴枫 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2010,(1)

以湖光岩玛珥湖为研究对象,在放射性核素137Cs和210Pb精确定年的基础上,分析了沉积岩心柱中重金属元素V、Ni、Cu、Zn、Pb的垂直变化特征,探讨了近250年来湖泊沉积物重金属的污染历史,并利用富集系数法和地质累积指数法评价了重金属的污染程度。结果表明:1880年前,各元素含量基本保持稳定;1880—1920年,Ni、Cu、Zn、Pb含量增加可能与这一时期工业发展及战争有关;20世纪20年代Pb含量突然增加反映了全球含铅汽油的使用;Zn元素含量在1950年增加及20世纪70年代后期的明显增大,分别与新中国建立后工业的发展及中国改革开放后工业活动的显著增加相一致;1975—1990年,Pb含量的增加很可能与1978年改革后开放工业和交通发展有关;表层V、Zn、Pb元素含量的减少可能与80年代后环保事业的发展有关。V、Ni、Cu、Zn受人类活动影响较小,基本上属于无污染或轻微污染状态,Pb在20世纪20年代前为无污染或轻微污染,20年代后为中等程度的污染。  相似文献   

Wind and buoyancy driven intermediate-layer overturning in the Sea of Okhotsk     

Junji Matsuda  Humio Mitsudera  Tomohiro Nakamura  Keisuke Uchimoto  Takuya Nakanowatari  Naoto Ebuchi 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2009,56(9):1401-1418

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China's EarthLab——Forefront of Earth System Simulation Research     

Zhaoyang CHAI  He ZHANG  Mulan ZHANG  Xiao TANG  Weipeng ZHENG  Jiang ZHU  Guangqing ZHOU  Junji CAO  Qingcun ZENG 《大气科学进展》2021,38(10):1611-1620

This article introduces "EarthLab ", a major new Earth system numerical simulation facility developed in China.EarthLab is a numerical simulation system for a physical climate system, an environmental system, an ecological system, a solid earth system, and a space weather system as a whole with a high-performance scientific computing platform.EarthLab consists of five key elements—namely: a global earth numerical simulation system, a regional high-precision simulation system, a supercomputing support and management system, a database, data assimilation and visualization system, and a high-performance computing system for earth sciences. EarthLab helps to study the atmosphere, hydrosphere,cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, as well as their interactions, to improve the accuracy of predictions by integrating simulations and observations, and to provide a scientific foundation for major issues such as national disaster prevention and mitigation. The construction and operation of EarthLab will involve close cooperation with joint contributions and shared benefits.  相似文献   

Evolution of carbon dioxide-bearing saline fluids in the mantle wedge beneath the Northeast Japan arc     

Yoshitaka?KumagaiEmail author  Tatsuhiko?Kawamoto  Junji?Yamamoto 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2014,168(4):1056

Lherzolite xenoliths containing fluid inclusions from the Ichinomegata volcano, located on the rear-arc side of the Northeast Japan arc, may be considered as samples of the uppermost mantle above the melting region in the mantle wedge. Thus, these fluid inclusions provide valuable information on the nature of fluids present in the sub-arc mantle. The inclusions in the Ichinomegata amphibole-bearing spinel–plagioclase lherzolite xenoliths were found to be composed mainly of CO₂–H₂O–Cl–S fluids. At equilibrium temperature of 920 °C, the fluid inclusions preserve pressures of 0.66–0.78 GPa, which correspond to depths of 23–28 km. The molar fraction of H₂O and the salinity of fluid inclusions are 0.18–0.35 and 3.71 ± 0.78 wt% NaCl equivalent, respectively. These fluid inclusions are not believed to be fluids derived directly from the subducting slab, but rather fluids exsolved from sub-arc basaltic magmas that are formed through partial melting of mantle wedge triggered by slab-derived fluids.  相似文献   

Chemical composition of rainwater at Lijiang on the Southeast Tibetan Plateau: influences from various air mass sources     

Ningning Zhang  Junji Cao  Yuanqing He  Shun Xiao 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2014,71(2):157-174

Daily rainwater samples collected at Lijiang in 2009 were analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, major ion (SO₄ ^2?, Cl^?, NO₃ ^?, Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and NH₄ ⁺) concentrations, and δ¹⁸O. The rainwater was alkaline with the volume-weighted mean pH of 6.34 (range: 5.71 to 7.11). Ion concentrations and δ¹⁸O during the pre-monsoon period were higher than in the monsoon. Air mass trajectories indicated that water vapor from South Asia was polluted with biomass burning emissions during the pre-monsoon. Precipitation during the monsoon was mainly transported by flow from the Bay of Bengal, and it showed high sea salt ion concentrations. Some precipitation brought by southwest monsoon originated from Burma; it was characterized by low δ¹⁸O and low sea salt, indicating that the water vapor from the region was mainly recycled monsoon precipitation. Water vapor from South China contained large quantities of SO₄ ^2?, NO₃ ^?, and NH₄ ⁺. Throughout the study, Ca²⁺ was the main neutralizing agent. Positive matrix factorization analysis indicated that crustal dust sources contributed the following percentages of the ions Ca²⁺ 85 %, Mg²⁺ 75 %, K⁺ 61 %, NO₃ ^? 32 % and SO₄ ^2? 21 %. Anthropogenic sources accounted for 79 %, 68 %, and 76 % of the SO₄ ^2?, NO₃ ^? and NH₄ ⁺, respectively; and approximately 93 %, 99 %, and 37 % of the Cl^?, Na⁺, and K⁺ were from a sea salt source.  相似文献   

Development of a Ground-Based LIF Instrument for Measuring HOx Radicals: Instrumentation and Calibrations     

Yugo Kanaya  Yasuhiro Sadanaga  Jun Hirokawa  Yoshizumi Kajii  Hajime Akimoto 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2001,38(1):73-110

An instrument for measuringtropospheric OH/HO₂ radicals by laser-inducedfluorescence developed in our laboratory is presentedin detail. It is based on FAGE (fluorescence assay bygas expansion) technique and OH is both excited anddetected at 308 nm corresponding to its A-X(0,0) band.The alignment of the laser beam, the design of thesample gas inlet, and the devices for the fluorescencedetection are optimized so as to reduce the backgroundsignal while keeping the OH sensitivity as high aspossible. A thermalized position of the expanding gasbeam is probed in our system and we did not observe asevere decrease of the HO_x sensitivities under humidconditions. An optical fiber is used for deliveringthe laser light to the fluorescence detection cellmounted outside at a high position. Thus the laserbeam alignment is by far simplified and is made highlyreproducible, once settled properly. For thecalibration, two methods are employed: a system withlaser absorption measurements of OH and a system ofsimultaneous photolysis of H₂O and O₂. Thecalibration factors are compared well within thecombined uncertainty. Using the latter system, theconversion efficiency of HO₂ to OH by NO additionis measured to be around 90%. The detection limitsfor OH and HO₂ (S/N = 2) are estimated to be3.3 × 10⁶ and 3.6 × 10⁶cm^–3 at noon,respectively, with an integration time of 1 min. Theresults of test observations at our institute are alsopresented.  相似文献   

Seismic intensity distribution of shallow earthquakes due to rupture velocities and faulting modes     

Junji Koyama  Sihua Zheng 《地震科学（英文版）》1992,5(1):101-113

Isoseismals of seismic intensity distributions are represented by earthquake source size, faulting mode, and rupture velocity of fault propagation. Unilateral faulting forms egg—shaped isoseimals, while bilateral faulting forms elliptical ones. It is found that the ratio of major to minor axes of isoseismals is sensitive to rupture velocity. Rupture velocity, faulting mode, and fault trend have been determined from the seismic intensity maps of the 1964 Niigata and the 1983 Japan Sea earthquakes in China by matching theoretical isoseismals. Rupture velocities thus estimated are mostly 70% to 90% of shear wave velocity. The difference would be considered as follows: short—waves which determine the seismic intensity are strongly dependent on the rupture of small—scale fault heterogeneities and on the jerky—onsets and abrupt terminations of local rupture propagations. On the other hand, rupture velocity from long—waves represents an average rupture propagation along the whole fault length. Faulting mode and fault trend estimated from seismic intensity maps match with each earthquake faulting independently determined. This suggests that the present method would be applicable to some historical earthquakes with known seismic intensity distribution to obtain detailed information on the faulting process.  相似文献   

Preface     

K. Yagi  S. Akimoto 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1978,41(4):299-300

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