Patos Lagoon outflow within the Río de la Plata plume using an airborne salinity mapper: Observing an embedded plume     

Derek Burrage  Joel Wesson  Carlos Martinez  Tabare Pérez  Osmar Möller Jr.  Alberto Piola 《Continental Shelf Research》2008

Major river systems discharging into continental shelf waters frequently form buoyant coastal currents that propagate along the continental shelf in the direction of coastal trapped wave propagation (with the coast on the right/left, in the northern/southern hemisphere). The combined flow of the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers, which discharges freshwater into the Río de la Plata estuary (Lat. ∼36°S), often gives rise to a buoyant coastal current (the ‘Plata plume’) that extends northward along the continental shelf off Uruguay and Southern Brazil. Depending upon the prevailing rainfall, wind and tidal conditions, the Patos/Mirim Lagoon complex (Lat. ∼32°S) may also produce a freshwater outflow plume that expands across the inner continental shelf. Under these circumstances the Patos outflow plume can be embedded in temperature, salinity and current fields that are strongly influenced by the larger Plata plume. The purpose of this paper is to present observations of such an embedded plume structure and to determine the dynamical characteristics of the ambient and embedded plumes.  相似文献   

基于特征的海洋锋线过程时空数据模型分析与应用     

薛存金  苏奋振  周成虎 《地球信息科学学报》2007,9(5):50-56,128

客观世界存在时空场,大部分地理实体或现象在时空域具有动态变化特性,其空间、时间和属性是过程的统一体,传统的GIS时空数据模型在描述、表达、组织与分析这类数据时面临许多挑战。然而,基于特征的数据模型和以过程为对象的时空数据组织在动态数据的描述与表达的方面具有独特的优势。本文探讨了基于特征的线过程时空数据模型组织的六元组框架体系,实现空间、时间和属性的一体化存储和地理实体的动态分析。在分析线时空过程特性的基础上,归纳总结出3大类12个类别的线过程,进一步提出了基于特征的线过程时空数据模型(Feature-based Line Process Spatio-temporal Data Model)的概念;利用文件层次分块结构对时空线过程数据进行了组织与存储。最后以海洋锋为实例,探讨了该模型在时空数据组织、时空查询、时空过程提取和时空过程可视化等方面的应用。结果表明,该模型能够很好地应用于具有时空过程特性的线数据中,也为时空数据模型的总体设计提供借鉴。  相似文献   

对广东海洋大学海洋特色定位的思考     

张建刚 《广东海洋大学学报》2007,27(5):114-116

海洋世纪呼唤海洋科技人才,召唤海洋高等教育,广东海洋大学必须增强海洋意识、加强海洋观教育、普及海洋知识、整合现有海洋资源、重新架构学科专业,才能彰显广东海洋大学的"海洋"办学特色。  相似文献   

A two-dimensional analytical solution of groundwater responses to tidal loading in an estuary and ocean     

L. Li  D. A. Barry  C. Cunningham  F. Stagnitti  J. -Y. Parlange 《Advances in water resources》2000,23(8):176

Previous studies on tidal dynamics of coastal aquifers have focussed on the inland propagation of oceanic tides in the cross-shore direction, a configuration that is essentially one-dimensional. Aquifers at natural coasts can also be influenced by tidal waves in nearby estuaries, resulting in a more complex behaviour of head fluctuations in the aquifers. We present an analytical solution to the two-dimensional depth-averaged groundwater flow equation for a semi-infinite aquifer subject to oscillating head conditions at the boundaries. The solution describes the tidal dynamics of a coastal aquifer that is adjacent to a cross-shore estuary. Both the effects of oceanic and estuarine tides on the aquifer are included in the solution. The analytical prediction of the head fluctuations is verified by comparison with numerical solutions computed using a standard finite-difference method. An essential feature of the present analytical solution is the interaction between the cross- and along-shore tidal waves in the aquifer area near the estuary’s entry. As the distance from the estuary or coastline increases, the wave interaction is weakened and the aquifer response is reduced, respectively, to the one-dimensional solution for oceanic tides or the solution of Sun (Sun H. A two-dimensional analytical solution of groundwater response to tidal loading in an estuary, Water Resour Res 1997;33:1429–35) for two-dimensional non-interacting tidal waves.  相似文献   

Tectonics of the Laptev Sea – Moma `Rift' Region: Investigation with Seismologic Broadband Data     

Dieter Franke  Frank Krüger  Klaus Klinge 《Journal of Seismology》2000,4(2):99-116

Based on teleseismic broadband data, mainly recorded from stationsof the Incorporated Research Institute for Seismology (IRIS) and theGräfenberg (GRF) array in Germany, the focal mechanism and thefocal depth of the largest earthquakes in northeastern Siberia in thetime interval 1976–1996 were determined. For 9 events the relativeanelastic attenuation of the shear wave with respect to the compressionalwave along the travel paths could be calculated. Using the slip vectorsfrom the best constrained focal mechanisms and additional slip vectorsfrom Jemsek et al. (1986) and Parfenov et al. (1988), we obtained the North American–Eurasian pole of rotation west of the Cherskii mountainsat 67.1^° N, 132.3^° E.The investigation shows that the extension of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridgeinto the continental shelf acts as a continental graben structure.Actually, the crustal extension is concentrated on the eastern LaptevSea area and the seismicity of the western part of the Laptev Sea canbe explained by the assumption of a separate microplate. In the continentsoutheast of the Laptev Sea a series of northwest trending depressions,known as the Moma `Rift', are observed. Although in this region elevatedheat flow, recent volcanism and a low crustal thickness were found (i.e.Duchkov and Sokolova, 1985; Devyatkin, 1985), there is only a poorcorrelation between the seismicity and the rift valleys. So the Momastructures seem to be related to an aborted rift structure.  相似文献   

Phytoplankton, nutrients and hydrography in the frontal zone between the Southwest Indian Subtropical gyre and the Southern Ocean     

J. F. Read  M. I. Lucas  S. E. Holley  R. T. Pollard 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2000,47(12):2341-2367

A survey was made of the Southwest Indian Ocean frontal region between 30 and 50°E containing the Agulhas Return, Subtropical and Subantarctic Fronts. From CTD, SeaSoar and extracted samples the distribution of nitrate, silicate and chlorophyll a is shown to be strongly linked to the front and water mass structure, varying zonally and meridionally. Surface chlorophyll a concentrations were low to the north and south leaving a band of elevated chlorophyll between the Subtropical and Subantarctic Fronts. The low concentration of chlorophyll a to the north, in Subtropical Water, was clearly due to nitrate limitation. Between the Subtropical and Subantarctic Fronts, where the chlorophyll a concentrations were highest, the surface layer showed silicate depletion limiting diatom growth. South of the Subantarctic Front there were deep extending, low concentrations of chlorophyll a, but despite plentiful supplies of macro-nutrients and a well-stratified surface layer, high concentrations of chlorophyll a were absent. Changes from west to east were associated with the meandering of the Southern Ocean Fronts, especially the Subtropical Front, and their strength and proximity to each other. Concentrations of chlorophyll a peaked where the Agulhas Return, Subtropical and Subantarctic Fronts were in close proximity. Combined frontal structures appear to have particularly pronounced vertical stability and are associated with enhanced upwelling of nutrients and leakage of nutrients across the front. Light levels are high within the shallow stable layer. Such conditions are clearly favourable for biological growth and support the development of larger-celled phytoplankton communities.  相似文献   

Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the western Philippine Sea     

Mamoru Kato  Thomas H. Jordan 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1999,110(3-4):263-283

We investigate the seismic structure of the western Philippine Sea using two sets of seismological observations: ScS reverberations, which provide the layering framework for a regional upper mantle model, and observations of frequency-dependent phase delays for direct S waves, surface-reflected phases (sS, SS, sSS), and surface waves (R₁, G₁), which constrain the velocity and anisotropy structure within the layers. The combined data set, comprising 17 discontinuity amplitudes and layer travel times from the ScS-reverberation stack and more than 1000 frequency-dependent phase delays, was inverted for a path-averaged, radially anisotropic model. Mineralogical estimates of the bulk sound velocity and density are incorporated as complementary constraints. The final model, PHB3, is characterized by a 11.5-km thick crust, an anisotropic lid bounded by a sharp negative G discontinuity at 89 km, an anisotropic low-velocity layer extending to 166 km, a subjacent high-gradient region, and transition-zone discontinuities at depths of 408 km, 520 km and 664 km. The lid is slower than in a comparable model for the Tonga–Hawaii corridor (PA5), but also significantly thicker, requiring a compositional variation between the two regions. We explore the hypothesis that the thickness of the oceanic lid is controlled by the melting depth at the spreading centers during crust formation, and that the thicker crust and lid in the Philippine Sea results from deeper melting owing to a higher potential temperature and perhaps a higher water content in the upper mantle.  相似文献   

用超导重力仪的潮汐观测资料研究海潮模型   总被引：19，自引：4，他引：15  

孙和平  许厚泽  罗少聪  徐建桥 《测绘学报》1999,28(2):115-120

系统研究了潮汐观测资料中海潮模型的适应性问题,用基于数值离散褶积积分方法获得的海潮负荷对武昌超导重务仪观测资料作负荷改正。结果说明,海潮负荷改正后的重力场观测残差大大降低了,与理论潮汐参数模型相比,８个主要潮流的平均振幅因子由改正前的１．３８％降至０．１３％和０．２６％。  相似文献   

Estimation of new production in the North Sea: consequences for temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Richardson  Katherine; Pedersen  Flemming Bo 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1998,55(4):574-580

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山东半岛东北部海域悬浮体季节分布及控制因素   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

朱颖涛  冯秀丽  朱龙海  胡日军  姜胜辉 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2021,41(2):30-42

基于2018年山东半岛东北部海域冬、夏两季悬浮体浓度、浊度及水温和盐度调查资料,分析了研究区水体悬浮体浓度的季节性变化,探讨了其控制因素。结果表明:夏季浊度在0.2~37.8FTU之间变化,冬季浊度在1.5~100.1FTU之间变化,均表现为底高表低、东高西低的特征。夏季水温分层明显,表现为表层高、底层低的特征,盐度整体无明显变化;冬季温盐垂向上混合均匀,平面上表现为近岸低温低盐水体向远岸高温高盐水体的过渡。悬浮体浓度分布受潮流、波浪、温跃层和温盐锋面等因素影响。夏季,悬浮体垂向上受到温跃层影响,底层悬浮体难以向表层输运;平面上潮混合和波浪差异性作用阻碍了悬浮体的水平输运。冬季,强风浪促使悬浮体垂向混合剧烈,表层悬浮体浓度明显较夏季变高;平面上沿岸流和黄海暖流形成的温、盐锋面阻碍了水团间悬浮体的输运。  相似文献