Empty marine container logistics: facts,issues and management strategies     

Sotirios Theofanis  Maria Boile 《GeoJournal》2009,74(1):51-65

With the global container population exceeding 25 million TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) and the annual production of new boxes exceeding 3 million TEU it is estimated that around 1.5 million TEU of empty containers are sitting in yards and depots around the world waiting for use. Although utilization rates have improved since 2004, container utilization depends on the very dynamic nature of container transportation, and the container building and leasing industries. Owing primarily to the chronic trend of increasing trade imbalances across the oceans, and despite recent trends along some trade routes, the empty container management problem has become a major issue for the container shipping industry during the last decade. This paper examines and analyzes empty container logistics at a global, interregional, regional and local level. Special consideration is given to key factors affecting the empty container logistics management and strategies implemented by ocean carriers and other stakeholders to better manage empty containers.

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东北印度洋两类主要的深水沉积序列及其对喜马拉雅隆升的响应   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

方念乔  丁旋  张振国  刘豪  魏华玲 《地质科学》2009,44(4):1181-1198

东北印度洋存在两种典型的深水沉积序列,它们分别分布在孟加拉深海扇与东经90°海岭。深海扇以浊流沉积和半远洋沉积作用为主,沉积组份主要来自喜马拉雅山系直接剥蚀的物质材料; 海岭以远洋沉积作用为主,沉积组份主要来自海洋环境下生成的钙质浮游生物壳体。两类沉积序列在物质组成和形成机理上存在着根本差别,但在聚积过程中都受到以喜马拉雅隆升为代表的构造运动的显著影响。本文应用DSDP218、ODP717、ODP758及其它来自东北印度洋的资料和样品,通过沉积学、微古生物学与古海洋学的综合研究,实现了9 Ma以来扇区近源相、远源相和岭区沉积记录中的事件对比。我们的工作表明,在东北印度洋所记录的众多与喜马拉雅山系隆升有关的地质事件中, 35 Ma和08 Ma代表了最具规模和影响的两个演化阶段。  相似文献   

Numerical simulations of the Mediterranean sea outflow: impact of the entrainment parameterization in an isopycnic coordinate ocean model   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Matheos P. Papadakis  Eric P. Chassignet  Robert W. Hallberg 《Ocean Modelling》2003,5(4):325-356

Gravity current entrainment is essential in determining the properties of the interior ocean water masses that result from marginal sea overflows. Although the individual entraining billows will be unresolvable in large-scale ocean models for the foreseeable future, some large-scale simulations are now being carried out that do resolve the intermediate scale environment which may control the rate of entrainment. Hallberg [Mon. Wea. Rev. 128 (2000) 1402] has recently developed an implicit diapycnal mixing scheme for isopycnic coordinate ocean models that includes the Richardson number dependent entrainment parameterization of Turner [J. Fluid Mech. 173 (1986) 431], and which may be capable of representing the gravity current evolution in large-scale ocean models. The present work uses realistic regional simulations with the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) to evaluate ability of this scheme to simulate the entrainment that is observed to occur in the bottom boundary currents downstream of the Mediterranean outflow. These simulations are strikingly similar to the observations, indicating that this scheme does produce realistic mixing between the Mediterranean outflow and the North Atlantic Central Water. Sensitivity studies identify the critical Richardson number below which vigorous entrainment occurs as a particularly important parameter. Some of these experiments also show meddies detaching from the Mediterranean undercurrent at locations that appear to be highly influenced by topographic features.  相似文献   

Vertical distribution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the Western Mediterranean Sea in relation to the hydrological characteristics     

C. Santinelli  G. P. Gasparini  L. Nannicini  A. Seritti   《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2002,49(12)

Vertical profiles of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from eight hydrological stations in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Sardinia Channel and Algerian Sea, are reported. DOC exhibits concentrations ranging from 58 to 88 μM in surface water, 43–57 μM in the intermediate layer and 49–63 μM in deep waters. The assessment of the hydrological characteristics allows different water masses in the study area to be identified; moreover, different hydrological processes are observed in the Tyrrhenian and Algerian basins. DOC exhibits different values in the different water masses. The lowest DOC concentrations (43–46 μM) were found in the Tyrrhenian Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW). Correlations between DOC and apparent oxygen utilization (AOU), investigated within each water mass, exhibit different behaviors in the intermediate and deep waters, suggesting the occurrence of different processes of oxygen consumption in the different water masses.  相似文献   

初夏西北太平洋副高东西变动对中国南部降水东西差异的影响   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

晏红明  肖子牛  薛建军 《地球物理学报》2021,64(3):765-781

西北太平洋副热带高压(以下简称副高)是影响中国气候的大尺度环流系统,为了进一步了解副高对中国气候的影响,本文利用站点观测资料和大气环流再分析资料,通过资料诊断分析和数值模拟方法,探讨了6月副高东西变动对中国南部降水的影响,以及影响副高东西变动的前期海洋因子.结果表明副高东西变动对中国西南和华南地区降水的影响明显不同:副高偏东有利于降水西南偏多而华南偏少,偏西则降水变化刚好相反.其原因与副高东西变化引起的环流差异有关,华南降水与副高东(西)变动时西太平洋地区副高西北侧的东北(西南)风异常以及东亚中低纬度地区异常经向波列的变化直接有关,而西南降水异常不仅与副高东西变动在东南亚地区引起的纬向风异常有关,与青藏高原大地形动力作用对副高北侧异常纬向风的变化也有十分密切的联系.此外,副高东西变动时影响西南和华南地区的水汽来源不同,影响西南的水汽主要来源于赤道印度洋80°E附近越赤道气流,而影响华南的水汽主要来源于副高南侧偏东气流从西北太平洋地区输送的水汽.进一步分析发现前期冬春季热带西北太平洋和赤道西太平洋海温变化的偶极差异与后期初夏副高东西变动有密切联系,冬春季西北太平洋暖海温和赤道西太平洋冷海温变化有利于后期初夏副高偏西,相反则有利于副高偏东,数值模拟结果在一定程度证实了资料诊断分析结果.  相似文献   

阿留申—阿拉斯加俯冲带及周边地区地幔过渡带结构研究     

肖勇  张瑞青  况春利 《地球物理学报》2021,64(3):838-850

利用国家测震台网固定台站和“中国地震科学台阵探测”项目在南北地震带北段布设的宽频带流动台阵记录到的极远震事件,通过SS前驱波震相研究,获得了阿留申—阿拉斯加俯冲带东段及邻区下方410 km和660 km间断面的埋深和起伏形态特征.为增强对SS前驱波震相的识别,我们采用了时差校正和共反射点叠加分析.叠加结果显示,毗邻阿留申俯冲带的白令海、阿拉斯加半岛、以及阿拉斯加中南部和东部地区下方,410 km和660 km间断面的埋深基本呈正相关关系,因而具有正常的过渡带厚度.这表明在阿留申—阿拉斯加俯冲带东段,北太平洋板块还没有俯冲到地幔过渡带深度范围内.其次,在阿拉斯加西部地区下方,660 km间断面出现明显下沉,而上覆的410 km间断面埋深接近于全球平均值,从而导致过渡带明显加厚.据此,我们推测在阿拉斯加西部地区下方地幔过渡带底部可能存在库拉残留板块.  相似文献   

An analysis of bomb radiocarbon trends in the Pacific     

Amala Mahadevan   《Marine Chemistry》2001,73(3-4)

The post-nuclear time-series curves of Δ¹⁴C from corals at different locations in the surface of the Pacific Ocean show a variation in the shape, amplitude and timing of the peak, with the subtropical records peaking first, followed by the western, and then eastern tropical records with lower maxima. This work takes an in-depth look at the processes that shape the time histories of Δ¹⁴C in surface waters at different locations in the Pacific. A one-dimensional (1-D) model is used to examine whether convection and diffusion can delay the peaking of the Δ¹⁴C time series. Using the three-dimensional (3-D) MIT general circulation model (GCM), the distribution and evolution of Δ¹⁴C is simulated “offline” from 1955 onwards at 1° resolution globally. The GCM is used to tease apart the contribution of various processes, viz. advection, air–sea flux, convection and diffusion, to altering the Δ¹⁴C content of surface waters at different locations in the Pacific. A time history of ¹⁴C column inventories from the model is constructed to examine the role of horizontal advection in supplying tropical locations with ¹⁴C much after the peak atmospheric flux. This model analysis supports the idea of ¹⁴C-rich waters from the subtropics being transported to the western tropics via the subsurface, and then being advected eastward in the equatorial undercurrent and upwelled in the east.  相似文献   

Atmospheric inputs of trace metals to the northeast Atlantic Ocean: the importance of southeasterly flow     

Lucinda Spokes  Tim Jickells  Kym Jarvis 《Marine Chemistry》2001,76(4)

The study of aerosols and rainwater presented here demonstrates that episodic atmospheric deposition events associated with southeasterly flow are quantitatively significant for large areas of the North Atlantic Ocean. This paper considers aluminium and manganese, with predominantly crustal sources, and lead and zinc, which are mobilised into the atmosphere primarily through anthropogenic activity. High levels of all trace metals are associated with southeasterly flow from Europe as the air passes over heavily populated and industrialised regions before reaching the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Fluxes calculated using the 1% HNO₃ acid soluble metal concentration show that, although the climatological norm for this area is westerly flow, short-lived southeasterly transport events dominate the input of trace metals to this ocean region. This material may be toxic to phytoplankton or may be represent a new source of nutrients to the biological community. A significant decrease in atmospheric lead levels in polluted air is seen between June 1996 and May 1997, reflecting the decrease in use of leaded fuels in Europe. Comparing atmospheric flux values to sediment trap metal fluxes shows that the atmosphere represents the dominant source of zinc to the deep ocean, whereas an additional, non-atmospheric, manganese source this required, perhaps from mobilisation of sedimentary material from the continental shelf or long range advection of manganese rich Saharan material.  相似文献   

三维数值模式用于海底摩擦系数的研究     

虞旭日  汪景庸 《海洋科学》1991,15(6):57-60

本文讨论了在风暴潮和潮汐作用下海底摩擦力与平均流速的关系公式,即;利用湍流能量损耗理论得到了一个新的求拖曳系数C_b的公式;并且通过一个三维模式,在理想的矩形海区中计算了各种条件下的C_b分布。  相似文献   

鄂尔多斯西缘地区地震动高频衰减特性初步研究     

包金哲  王树波  张帆 《震灾防御技术》2021,16(2):293-301

以鄂尔多斯西缘地区（34°N—42°N,103°E—109°E）为研究对象,基于2007—2020年研究区域内14个强震动台站记录到的116条强震记录（1≤M_S≤8）,采用加速度反应谱法,通过MATLAB软件编程拟合鄂尔多斯西缘地区kappa值与震中距的线性回归关系。研究结果表明,鄂尔多斯西缘地区强震台站高频衰减参数kappa0值为0.01545～0.06560 s;等效剪切波速（V_S20、V_S30）与震中距存在对数关系;随着V_S20、V_S30的增大,kappa0值逐渐减至0。  相似文献