States of maximum entropy production in a one-dimensional vertical model with convective adjustment   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

By TONI PUJOL  JOAQUIM FORT 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》2002,54(4):363-369

We investigate the hypothesis that the atmosphere is constrained to maximize its entropy production by using a one-dimensional (1-D) vertical model. We prescribe the lapse rate in the convective layer as that of the standard troposphere. The assumption that convection sustains a critical lapse rate was absent in previous studies, which focused on the vertical distribution of climatic variables, since such a convective adjustment reduces the degrees of freedom of the system and may prevent the application of the maximum entropy production (MEP) principle. This is not the case in the radiative-convective model (RCM) developed here, since we accept a discontinuity of temperatures at the surface similar to that adopted in many RCMs.
For current conditions, the MEP state gives a difference between the ground temperature and the air temperature at the surface ≈10 K. In comparison, conventional RCMs obtain a discontinuity ≈2K only. However, the surface boundary layer velocity in the MEP state appears reasonable (≈m s⁻¹). Moreover, although the convective flux at the surface in MEP states is almost uniform in optically thick atmospheres, it reaches a maximum value for an optical thickness similar to current conditions. This additional result may support the maximum convection hypothesis suggested by Paltridge (1978 ).  相似文献   

Data assimilation in a system with two scales—combining two initialization techniques     

By JOAQUIM BALLABRERA-POY  EUGENIA KALNAY  SHU-CHIH YANG 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》2009,61(4):539-549

An ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is used to assimilate data onto a non-linear chaotic model, coupling two kinds of variables. The first kind of variables of the system is characterized as large amplitude, slow, large scale, distributed in eight equally spaced locations around a circle. The second kind of variables are small amplitude, fast, and short scale, distributed in 256 equally spaced locations. Synthetic observations are obtained from the model and the observational error is proportional to their respective amplitudes. The performance of the EnKF is affected by differences in the spatial correlation scales of the variables being assimilated. This method allows the simultaneous assimilation of all the variables. The ensemble filter also allows assimilating only the large-scale variables, letting the small-scale variables to freely evolve. Assimilation of the large-scale variables together with a few small-scale variables significantly degrades the filter. These results are explained by the spurious correlations that arise from the sampled ensemble covariances. An alternative approach is to combine two different initialization techniques for the slow and fast variables. Here, the fast variables are initialized by restraining the evolution of the ensemble members, using a Newtonian relaxation toward the observed fast variables. Then, the usual ensemble analysis is used to assimilate the large-scale observations.  相似文献   

Fine-scale responses of phytoplankton to freshwater influx in a tropical monsoonal estuary following the onset of southwest monsoon     

SURAKSHA M PEDNEKAR  S G PRABHU MATONDKAR  HELGA DO R GOMES  JOAQUIM I GOES  SUSHMA PARAB  VIJAYA KERKAR 《Journal of Earth System Science》2011,120(3):545-556

In May of 2007, a study was initiated by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India, to investigate the influence of monsoonal rainfall on hydrographic conditions in the Mandovi River of India. The study was undertaken at a location ∼2 km upstream of the mouth of this estuary. During the premonsoon (PreM) in May, when circulation in the estuary was dominated by tidal activity, phytoplankton communities in the high saline (35–37 psu) waters at the study site were largely made up of the coastal neritic species Fragilaria oceanica, Ditylum brightwellii and Trichodesmium erythraeum. During the later part of the intermonsoon (InterM) phase, an abrupt decline in salinity led to a surge in phytoplankton biomass (Chlorophyll a ∼14 mg m^− 3), of a population that was dominated by Thalassiosira eccentricus. As the southwest monsoon (SWM) progressed and the estuary freshened salinity and Chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentrations decreased during the MoN, Skeletonema costatum established itself as the dominant form. Despite the low biomass (Chl a <2 mg m^− 3), the phytoplankton community of the MoN was the most diverse of the entire study. During the postmonsoon (PostM), the increase in salinity was marked by a surge in dinoflagellate populations comprising of Ceratium furca, Akashiwo sanguinea, and Pyrophacus horologium.  相似文献   

The blueschists along the Indus Suture Zone in Ladakh, NW Himalaya   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

K. HONEGGER  P. Le FORT  G. MASCLE  J.-L. ZIMMERMANN 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》1989,7(1):57-72

ABSTRACT Blueschists occur along the Indus Suture Zone in Ladakh as tectonic thrust slices, as isolated blocks within mélange units and as pebbles within continental detrital series. In the Shergol-Baltikar section high-pressure rocks within the Mélange unit lie between the Dras-Naktul-Nindam nappes in the north and the Lamayuru units in the south. The blueschists are imbricated with mélange formation of probably upper Cretaceous age. They are overlain discordantly by the Shergol conglomerate of post Eocene (Oligo-Miocene ?) age. Blueschist lithologies are dominated by volcanoclastic rock sequences of basic material with subordinate interbedding of cherts and minor carbonates. Mineral assemblages in metabasic rocks are characterized by lawsonite-glaucophane/crossite-Na-pyroxene-chlorite-phengite-titanite ± albite ± stilpnomelane. In the quartz bearing assemblages garnet is present but omphacite absent. P-T estimates indicate temperatures of 350 to 420°c and pressures around 9–11 kbar. Geochemical investigations show the primary alkaline character of the blueschist, which suggests an oceanic island or a transitional MORB type primary geotectonic setting. K/Ar isotopic investigations yield middle Cretaceous ages for both whole rocks and minerals. Subduction related HP-metamorphism affecting the Mesozoic Tethyan oceanic crust developed contemporaneously with magmatism in the Dras volcanic are and the Ladakh batholith. Subsequent collision of India with Asia obducted relics of subduction zone material which later became involved in nappe emplacement during the Himalayan mountain building.  相似文献   

The Four Plutonic Belts of the Transhimalaya-Himalaya: a Chemical, Mineralogical, Isotopic, and Chronological Synthesis along a Tibet-Nepal Section   总被引：31，自引：0，他引：31  

DEBON  FRANCOIS; FORT  PATRICK LE; SHEPPARD  SIMON M. F.; SONET  JACQUES 《Journal of Petrology》1986,27(1):219-250

The geochemistry (major, trace element, O- and Sr-isotope ratios)and petrology of the Transhimalaya, North Himalaya, High Himalayaand ‘Lesser Himalaya’ plutonic belts are comparedbased on the analyses of up to 492 samples. The composite Transhimalaya batholith is subalkaline or monzoniticin character rather than calc-alkaline. Its genesis was probablyclosely related to subduction processes associated with strike-slipmovement. It was emplaced on both sides of the boundary betweenan earlier metavolcanic arc and a continental margin. Two principalperiods of magmatic activity occurred: Upper Cretaceous and,particularly in this region, Eocene at the time of the India-Eurasiacollision when sediments may have become involved in the subductionprocess. Magmatic differentiation, characterized by two superimposedstages of evolution, and hybridization processes, involvingboth basic and acidic magmas, can account for the genesis ofthe different plutonic units. Although a continental contributionis implied, the isotopic data (6.8 < ¹⁸O < 9?2; 0?704< ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, < 0?707) preclude a significant contributionfrom either old crust or surface derived sediments. The North, High and ‘Lesser’ Himalaya plutonic beltsare fundamentally different and correspond to aluminous associationsof two groups of ages (Lower Palaeozoic for the ‘LesserHimalaya’ and part of the North Himalaya; Upper Cenozoicfor the High Himalaya and part of the North Himalaya). Theyare all high-¹⁸O (9 < ¹⁸O < 14) granites and adamelliteswith high initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ratios (0?709 to < 0?740). TheLower Palaeozoic group was generated within the Gondwana continentalcrust, independent of any true orogenesis, with a probable butlimited contribution from the mantle. High Himalaya and NorthHimalaya Cenozoic plutons are directly linked to the activityof the Main Central Thrust. They were derived by similar anatecticprocesses of the same continental source rocks. The small butdistinct chemical and mineralogical differences among the plutonsare related to the increase in the intensity of anatexis ongoing towards the north and the east.  相似文献