Storm-driven shelf-to-canyon suspended sediment transport at the southwestern Gulf of Lions     

A. Palanques  J. Guillén  P. Puig  X. Durrieu de Madron 《Continental Shelf Research》2008

Shelf-to-canyon suspended sediment transport during major storms was studied at the southwestern end of the Gulf of Lions. Waves, near-bottom currents, temperature and water turbidity were measured on the inner shelf at 28-m water depth and in the Cap de Creus submarine canyon head at 300 m depth from November 2003 to March 2004. Two major storm events producing waves H_s>6 m coming from the E–SE sector took place, the first on 3–4 December 2003 (max H_s: 8.4 m) and the second on 20–22 February 2004 (max H_s: 7 m). During these events, shelf water flowed downcanyon producing strong near-bottom currents on the canyon head due to storm-induced downwelling, which was enhanced by dense shelf water cascading in February 2004. These processes generated different pulses of downcanyon suspended sediment transport. During the peak of both storms, the highest waves and the increasing near-bottom currents resuspended sediment on the canyon head and the adjacent outer shelf causing the first downcanyon sediment transport pulses. The December event ended just after these first pulses, when the induced downwelling finished suddenly due to restoration of shelf water stratification. This event was too short to allow the sediment resuspended on the shallow shelf to reach the canyon head. In contrast, the February event, reinforced by dense shelf water cascading, was long enough to transfer resuspended sediment from shallow shelf areas to the canyon head in two different pulses at the end of the event. The downcanyon transport during these last two pulses was one order of magnitude higher than those during the December event and during the first pulses of the February event and accounted for more than half of the total downcanyon sediment transport during the fall 2003 and winter 2004 period. Major storm events, especially during winter vertical mixing periods, produce major episodes of shelf-to-canyon sediment transport at the southwestern end of the Gulf of Lions. Hydrographic structure and storm duration are important factors controlling off-shelf sediment transport during these events.  相似文献   

Detection of nighttime sea fog/stratus over the Huanghai Sea using MTSAT-1R IR data   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

GAO Shanhong  WU Wei  ZHU Leilei  FU Gang  HUANG Bin 《海洋学报(英文版)》2009,28(2):23-35

A dual channel difference (DCD) method is applied to detect nighttime sea fog/stratus over the Huanghai Sea using the infrared (IR) data of shortwave (3.5–4.0 μm) and longwave (10.3–11.3 μm) channels from the Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT)-1R, i.e., shortwave minus longwave brightness temperature difference (SLTD). Twenty-four sea fog events over the Huanghai Sea during March to July of 2006 and 2007 are chosen to determine a suitable value of SLTD for nighttime sea fog/stratus detection, and ...  相似文献   

He Conductivity in Cool White Dwarf Atmospheres     

S. Mazevet  M. Challacombe  P. M. Kowalski  D. Saumon 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,307(1-3):273-277

We investigate the conductivity of warm dense helium under conditions found in the atmospheres of cool white dwarfs using ab initio simulations. The calculations performed consist of quantum molecular dynamics simulations where the electronic wavefunction at each time step is obtained using density functional theory, while the ion trajectories are calculated using the resulting quantum mechanical forces. We use both conventional DFT (PW91) and hybrid (PBE0) functionals to calculate the conductivities that provide an estimate of the ionization fraction. While the calculations are in good agreement with the measurements for the equation of state, a significant discrepancy exists with the recently measured conductivity.  相似文献   

一次黄海海雾成因分析及数值模拟试验   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

程相坤  程航  徐杰  马雁军 《气象与环境学报》2013,29(6):15-23

根据GOES-9(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite）可见光卫星云图和韩国济州岛探空资料等,利用RAMS(Regional Atmospheric Modeling System)模式（6.1版）对2009年3月17-18日发生在黄海海域的一次大风条件下出现的海雾天气进行模拟。结果表明：与卫星云图所显示的雾区范围相比,模拟结果对海雾的生成、发展、移动都有较好吻合;云水混合比是影响大气水平能见度分布的主要因子,云水混合比大值区主要集中在距地面300 m以下的低空;雾区存在几个云水混合比大值区,并分布在不同的高度,说明海雾的团状不均匀结构;海上平流雾常发生在风速较大的情况下,RAMS模式对此具有一定的模拟能力。  相似文献   

梅州城区雾和霾的气候特征分析     

郭青  魏远强  曾东好  刘小燕  罗周霞 《广西气象》2013,(4):27-30

为了研究本地区雾和霾的规律和趋势,利用梅州市气象局1990-2008年近20a的雾日和霾日统计资料,通过线性回归分析的方法从年、季和持续时间上分析了梅州城区的雾、霾气候特征.结果表明：1990-2008年期间梅州城区雾日数呈逐渐显著性减少的趋势,年雾日数减少幅度为0.4561d/a,霾日数从2005年之后开始呈明显增加趋势;雾在冬季最多,秋季和夏季最少,霾在冬季最多,夏季最少.另外,霾一年四季均有出现,且出现的几率不断增加,持续时间也不断增长.  相似文献   

2013年9月大气环流和天气分析     

聂高臻  何立富 《气象》2013,39(12):1663-1670

2013年9月环流特征如下：极涡分裂,主体位于西半球;里海以北有阻塞形势出现,西太平洋副高强度较常年偏强、位置偏西。全国平均降水量69.3 mm,较常年同期偏多6.1%,华西部分地区秋雨明显,河南北部等地降水量不足常年20%,有中到重度气象干旱;全国平均气温16.8℃,较常年同期偏高0.2℃。9月我国的大范围强降水过程有2次,其中一次与热带气旋活动有关。9月共有8个热带气旋在南海和西北太平洋活动,较常年同期平均偏多3个,其中“天兔”是近40年来登陆粤东沿海的最强台风。全国17个省（区、市）发生风雹灾害;我国中东部出现雾霾天气。  相似文献   

2020年1月大气环流和天气分析     

江琪  桂海林  徐冉 《气象》2020,46(4):575-580

2016年1月大气环流主要特征为：北半球极涡呈偶极型分布,东亚大槽位置较常年同期偏东偏北,强度偏弱。1月,全国平均降水量为23.3 mm,较常年同期（13.2 mm）偏多77%,为1961年以来历史同期第二多。1月,全国平均气温为-3.6℃,较常年同期（-5.0℃）偏高1.4℃,月内冷空气较弱,我国中东部雾 霾天气频发,共有三次大范围持续性雾 霾过程,分别为1月3—5日、16—18日和22—28日。此外,月内共有四次降水过程。  相似文献   

2020年夏季海洋天气评述          下载免费PDF全文

向纯怡  黄彬  柳龙生 《山东气象》2020,40(4):11-21

2020年夏季（6—8月）,北半球极涡呈现明显的单极型分布,极涡主体位于北极圈内,中心偏向东半球,中高纬环流呈现4波型分布。6—7月,西太平洋副热带高压较常年平均偏强,且位置偏西偏南,不利于热带气旋活动。2020年夏季共有8个热带气旋在西北太平洋和南海生成,其中7月没有热带气旋生成。除西北太平洋和南海之外,其他热带洋面另有20个热带气旋生成,其中北大西洋11个,东太平洋8个,北印度洋1个。受偏南暖湿气流的影响,我国北方海域多海雾天气。同时受入海气旋活动影响,多海上大风过程。夏季近海海域共出现了7次比较明显的海雾过程,其中6月3次,7月1次,8月3次。大风过程出现了10次, 2次由热带气旋影响,7次与入海气旋活动有关。发生2 m以上的大浪过程12次,6—8月分别出现了4次、5次和3次。  相似文献   

Fast Oxidation Reaction of Nitrite by Dissolved Oxygen in the Freezing Process in the Tropospheric Aqueous Phase     

Norimichi Takenaka  Tohru Daimon  Akihiro Ueda  Keiichi Sato  Masaru Kitano  Hiroshi Bandow  Yasuaki Maeda 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1998,29(2):135-150

Nitrite oxidation in the tropospheric aqueous phase by freezing was evaluated by freezing a field sample. Nitrite oxidation by dissolved oxygen in the freezing process is much faster than by other oxidation processes, such as reactions with ozone, hydrogen peroxide or dissolved oxygen in an aqueous solution at pHs 3 to –6. At pH 4.5 and 25°C, the lifetime of nitrite in the aqueous phase is ca. 1 hr in oxidation by ozone (6×10^-10 mol dm^-3), ca. 10 hr in oxidation by H₂O₂ (2×10^-4 mol dm^-3), and 7.5 hr (Fischer and Warneck, 1996) in photodissociation at midday in summer. Under the same conditions at a temperature below 0°C, the lifetime of nitrite in the freezing process is estimated as ca. 2 sec when the droplets are frozen within a second. The reaction by freezing is affected by the presence of salts, such as NaCl or KCl, or orgnaic compounds, such as methanol or acetone. The results of freezing a field rain or fog sample showed that nitrite oxidation proceeds below pH 6, and the conversion ratio of nitrate from nitrite increases with decreasing pH. The oxidation of nitrite by freezing was also observed in freezing fog particles generated by an ultrasonic humidifier. The ratios of the concentrations of ions in the winter sample to those in the summer sample (or those in the fog sample) were almost the same values. However, the concentration of nitrite in the winter sample was lower than that estimated by the ratios of other ions. From the present study, it seems that the freezing process plays an important role in the nitrite sink process in the tropospheric aqueous phase.  相似文献   

中国东部海陆热力差异与华南冬季雾霾的气候学关联     

齐庆华 《地理科学》2021,41(9):1667-1675

根据中国东部冬季海陆热力分异和耦合作用关系,构建了纬向海陆热力差异指标。从大气环流和降水角度,揭示了局地海陆热力差异对中国东部相对湿度变化的影响。基于此,探讨了局地海陆热力差异与华南地区冬季雾霾形成、转化和趋势变化的气候学关联。结果表明：冬季海陆热力对比显著的耦合区位于华南地区和菲律宾海东部海域,形成的局地海陆热力差异具有约17 a左右的年代际变化,20世纪80年代初其由强转弱的趋势突变明显。局地海陆热力差异增强时,华南地区冬季东北风异常加强,由东中国海（渤海、黄海和东海）及日本海向华南地区的水汽输送和降水也呈现增强趋势,这有利于华南地区相对湿度的异常增加。受局地海陆热力差异调控,华南地区偏湿期和偏干期约以17 a的周期交替出现。20世纪80年代之前的偏湿期,华南地区雾日条件湿度基本保持不变,之后环境相对湿度逐渐降低,引起雾日偏少。由于华南地区本底（平均）相对湿度更利于霾的形成,在污染物排放或迁移累积增强的情形下,相对湿度的降低抑制霾向雾的转化,使得雾日持续减少,而霾日趋于增加,特别在21世纪初的偏干峰值期霾日增加速率达到最高。21世纪20年代华南地区相继进入偏干期,气候变暖导致饱和比湿加大,未来霾天气趋多趋强、持续时间长等极端特性和高危险性特点将更为突显。  相似文献