On the parameterization of interleaving and turbulent mixing using CTD data from the Azores Frontal Zone

CTD-data obtained in the Azores Frontal Zone using a towed undulating vehicle are analyzed to study the relationship between characteristics of intrusions and mean parameters of the thermohaline field. A self-similar dependence between intrusion intensity and hydrological parameters is obtained. The most well-founded interpretation of the empirical dependence is as follows: (a) the main source supporting intrusive layering is the salt finger convection; (b) the abrupt decrease of intrusion intensity with the reduction of geostrophic Richardson number obtained from the analysis is explained by the beginning of turbulence when salt fingers do not work any longer, so the “driving force” for intrusive motion disappears. These results are consistent with the conclusions of the paper [Kuzmina N.P., Rodionov V.B., 1992. About the influence of baroclinicity upon generation of the thermohaline intrusions in the oceanic frontal zones. Izvestiya Akad. Nauk SSSR, Atmosperic and Oceanic Physics 28 (10–11), 1077–1086]. These conclusions imply that there are three main mechanisms of intrusive layering at oceanic fronts, namely the 2D baroclinic instability of geostrophic flow, the vertical shear instability and the thermohaline instability where the driving source of intrusive motion is double diffusive convection. The baroclinic and thermohaline instabilities can generate intrusions of large vertical scale, while vertical shear instability usually gives rise to thin turbulent layers. Turbulence in these thin layers can prevent salt finger convection and thus destroy the energy source of the intrusive motion conditioned by thermoclinicity. Therefore, the baroclinicity plays two parts in the processes of the intrusive layering: (1) it prevents double-diffusion interleaving by means of turbulence, and (2) it generates intrusions due to the 2D baroclinic instability of geostrophic current. Using features of thermohaline interleaving as a specific tracer of turbulent mixing, we have estimated turbulent mixing coefficient as k_tRi^−0.8 (Ri>1), where Ri is the geostrophic Richardson number. Application of the proposed approach to other frontal zones is discussed.     

Formation of Denmark Strait overflow water and its hydro-chemical composition

The dense overflow across the Denmark Strait is investigated with hydrographic and hydro-chemical data and the water mass composition of the Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is determined by multivariate analysis. Hydrographical properties, the transient tracers CFC-11 and CFC-12, oxygen and nutrients are utilized for the water mass definitions. Distribution and characteristics of water masses north of Denmark Strait are described, the important water masses at the sill and the variability on weekly time-scales are discussed, and the entrainment and mixing of water into the overflow plume in the northern Irminger Basin is calculated. The analysis indicates that water masses both from the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean are important for the formation of DSOW. It is found that water masses transported with the East Greenland Current make up about 75% of the overflow at the sill. The overflow at, and shortly south of, the sill is inhomogeneous with a low-salinity component dominated by Polar Intermediate Water. The high-salinity component of the overflow is mainly of Arctic origin. The water mass composition, and the short-term variability for 7 repeats of sections close to the sill are described, and these illustrate that the overflow is in fact a composite of a number of water masses with different formation and transport histories. This indicate that the overflow is a robust feature, but that it responds to variations in the circulation or atmospheric forcing that influences the formation of intermediate and deep water masses within the Arctic Mediterranean and the North Atlantic. At a section about 400 km south of the sill the overflow is well mixed and modified by entrainment of, mainly, Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water and Labrador Sea Water, together constituting 30% of the overflow plume. The entrainment of Middle Irminger Water dominates shortly downstream of the sill, before the overflow plume reaches too deep but the entrainment seems to be intermittent in time.     

环抱式港池水体交换研究--以连云港徐圩港区为例

环抱式港池普遍存在水体交换能力较弱的问题,水体交换通道是提高港区水体交换能力主要方法之一。文中以规划中的连云港徐圩港区为例,建立对流扩散模型,通过计算研究徐圩港区对流与扩散之间的关系,分析港区水体交换机理和主要影响因素;通过设置水体交换通道探讨其对港区水体交换功能改善的主要影响因素。研究表明：对流作用在徐圩港区水体交换中占有绝对优势,增大流速可提高港区的水体交换能力;水体交换通道的断面面积及断面形状对港区的水体交换效果影响较大。     

Using OMP analysis to observe temporal variability in water mass distribution

Previous optimum multiparameter analyses have investigated spatial distribution of water masses and reported successful results. This study tests the method further with application to a time series to examine temporal variability in water mass distribution. Observations collected from the Sargasso Sea are utilised, mainly to detect well-documented property changes that have occurred in Labrador Sea Water, but also possible fluctuations in water mass contributions as a whole.The results show much structure and variability in the contributions of Central Water and upper deep waters in the depth range 900–2000 m. It is proposed that the passage of warm and cold core eddies is indicated by these changes in relative contributions of water masses, although quantitative comparison of satellite altimetry data with the model results is not conclusive.Significant irregularities in the distribution of Labrador Sea Water are also revealed by the model. Through-flow of modified (since the early 1990s) Labrador Sea Water is denoted in the results by an apparent absence from mid-1995 to early 1998. This suggests a transit time of 5–6 years between the Labrador Sea and Bermuda, which is consistent with observational findings described in the literature.     

Calculation of the coefficient and dynamics of water diffusion in graphite joints

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矿物掺合料对除冰盐环境下混凝土氯离子扩散中劣化效应系数的影响

采用化学分析方法,测定了高强混凝土(HSC)和高性能混凝土(HPC)在3种氯盐环境中的自由氯离子分布规律。根据F ick第二扩散定律和相关公式计算了混凝土中氯离子扩散的劣化效应系数(K)。结果表明:在除冰盐环境下,不掺掺合料的HSC存在劣化现象;掺加粉煤灰(FA)的HPC不存在劣化现象;掺加硅灰(SF)能减小混凝土的劣化程度,掺量为5%时效果最佳;双掺硅灰和粉煤灰(SF FA)的HPC不存在劣化现象。     

混合砂对C60海工混凝土耐久性的影响及机理分析

采用级配不合格的机制砂与河砂按一定比例混合后得到了合格的混合砂,研究了不同比例组成的混合砂对混凝土耐久性的影响,并采用化学结合水法、热重分析法以及SEM等测试方法分析了混合砂对混凝土耐久性的影响机理。结果表明：混合砂混凝土试件的氯离子扩散系数要低于纯河砂混凝土试件,且混凝土氯离子扩散系数的变化趋势随机制砂比例的提高而降低;混凝土的抗硫酸盐耐蚀系数随机制砂比例的提高而降低,原因是提高机制砂的比例会提高混凝土的密实度,导致抗压强度比变化不大;不同比例组成的混合砂的级配不同,同时混合砂中的石粉可参与胶凝材料的水化进程,混合砂对混凝土耐久性的影响是这两因素的综合体现。     

基于分层系数法与混合比法的长江口盐淡水混合规律研究

采用长江口4条入海汊道3个月的水文测验资料,研究长江口的盐度分布格局和盐淡水混合情况,运用分层系数法和混合比法对长江口实测盐度数据进行分析。结果表明:北支汊道的盐度最高,洪、枯变幅大,全年均为垂向均匀混合型;南支3条汊道盐度从高到低依次为南槽、北槽、北港;盐淡水混合强度从高到低依次为南槽、北槽、北港,这与长江口北港分流量大于北槽、北槽分流量大于南槽的格局相对应;枯季的混合强度大于洪季,大潮的混合强度大于小潮。盐淡水的混合强度呈周期性变化,涨急前后垂向混合程度最大,涨潮的混合强度高于落潮时的混合强度。     

南汇东滩对长江口与杭州湾泥沙交换的影响研究

南汇东滩位于长江口与杭州湾的交汇处,是长江口与杭州湾水沙交换的重要通道,文章结合水动力特征指出南汇东滩是长江口外一个特殊的潮流动能减弱区,潮滩南北两侧潮流动能相对较强,涨落潮时过境泥沙易于落淤。根据长江口外的盐淡水混合类型分布及实测泥沙粒径组成指出风浪天气下南汇东滩是南槽淤积泥沙的主要物质来源,部分泥沙经南槽出海后随涨潮流进入杭州湾,大风天气下南汇东滩与杭州湾北岸地形演变成相反趋势,进一步证明南汇东滩是长江口与杭州湾泥沙交换的中转站。文章最后结合Lagrange质点运动轨迹分析了边滩不同区域质点的运动趋势,发现潮滩南北两侧质点运动趋势相反,提出边滩泥沙运动分界点的位置。研究表明南汇东滩特殊的动力机制对长江口与杭州湾北岸的岸滩演变具有重要的影响。     

On the dense water spreading off the Ross Sea shelf (Southern Ocean)

In this study, current meter and hydrological data obtained during the X Italian Expedition in the Ross Sea (CLIMA Project) are analyzed. Our data show a nice agreement with previous data referring to the water masses present in this area and their dynamics. Here, they are used to further analyze the mixing and deepening processes of Deep Ice Shelf Water (DISW) over the northern shelf break of the Ross Sea. In more detail, our work is focused on the elementary mechanisms that are the most efficient in removing dense water from the shelf: either classical mixing effects or density currents that interact with some topographic irregularity in order to drop to deeper levels, or also the variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) which, in its meandering, can push the dense water off the shelf, thus interrupting its geostrophic flow. We also discuss in detail the (partial) evidence of dramatic interactions of the dense water with bottom particulate, of geological or biological origin, thus generating impulsive or quasi-steady density-turbidity currents. This complex interaction allows one to consider bottom particular and dense water as a unique self-interacting system. In synthesis, this is a first tentative analysis of the effect of bottom particulate on the dense water dynamics in the Ross Sea.     

Autumn net copepod abundance and assemblages in relation to water masses on the continental shelf of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Copepod species diversity, abundance and assemblages in relation to water masses over the continental shelf of the Yellow Sea (YS) and East China Sea (ECS) were studied extensively based on the net plankton samples in autumn 2000. Multivariate analysis based on copepod assemblage resulted in recognition of five groups (Groups 1−5) corresponding to the water masses. Groups 1 and 2 delineated from inshore stations with low salinity YS Surface Water, and offshore stations with YS Cold Water in the YS. Group 3 located in the joint area of YS and ECS mainly with Mixed Water. Groups 4 and 5 in the ECS delineated two assemblages mainly from inshore and shallow stations with ECS Mixed Water in the southeastern ECS, and offshore stations along the ECS shelf edge controlled by saline Kuroshio Water. Salinity and temperature were more important in characterizing copepod assemblage of the continental shelf than chlorophyll a.     

波浪模型试验中水密度对相似性的影响

在海浪作用下的防波堤或护岸工程等水工物理模型试验中,一般采用淡水模拟海水。由于模型中淡水密度小于工程中的海水密度,会导致模型中水工建筑物或块体受到的浮力、压力、波浪力等比用海水时小,并使模型中水工建筑物或块体的稳定性相似受到影响。从工程角度考虑,这种影响是偏于危险的。文中基于重力相似准则,推导了考虑原型和模型水密度差异的相似关系。海水压力及波浪力可采用新的相似关系,对于可以控制密度的水工建筑物或人工块体,通过减小密度的办法减小质量,保证其运动相似。对于原型块石,为满足运动相似,可直接减小其质量,体积也相应减小。利用本文修正方法,将使波浪模型试验数据更接近真实情况,研究成果更科学、合理。     

常压燃料电池系统膜增湿器与焓轮增湿器性能比较

为比较用于大功率燃料电池系统的膜增湿器和焓轮增湿器性能,基于一维扩散方程建立了膜增湿器性能分析模型,基于表面扩散方程建立了焓轮增湿器性能分析模型,模拟了各操作参数对二者性能的影响,模拟结果与实验数据符合良好。分析表明,低空气流量、高进气温度和高转轮转速有利于提高焓轮增湿器表面扩散系数,膜增湿器内水含量梯度随空气流量增加而减小并在进气温度约40℃时达到最小值;焓轮增湿器动态响应能力优于膜增湿器。     

A redefinition of water masses in the Vietnamese upwelling area

A redefinition of characteristic water masses in the Vietnamese upwelling area is presented based on five interdisciplinary cruises during different seasons and 331 CTD casts. In contrast to the previous definition of Rojana-anawat et al. (2001), we clearly can define water masses which serve as end members of mixing. This new definition is useful for an improved understanding of geographical positions of different water masses with respect to climate variability, the phytoplankton distribution and complex nutrient cycle in this area.     

典型舰船舱壁结构隔振优化设计

基于波动理论,探索了船体结构布置阻振质量后的振动波传递的机理,讨论了振动波入射角度、阻振质量截面尺寸对其隔振性能的影响。从阻抗失配的角度出发,开展双层壳动力舱段典型舱壁结构隔振优化设计。综合运用刚性阻振质量锯、阻振质量环路,初步给出了具有高传递损失特性的舱壁结构形式。结果表明：隔振优化设计后舱壁结构在有效降低了动力舱段结构振动与声辐射的同时,更加显著地隔离了结构噪声向邻近舱段的传递。     

Hydrographic conditions affecting two fishing grounds of Mallorca island (Western Mediterranean): during the IDEA Project (2003–2004)

This paper describes the hydrographic conditions observed during six surveys carried out during 2003 and 2004, in the framework of the “IDEA Project” (acronym for “Influence of oceanographic structure and dynamics on demersal populations in waters of the Balearic Islands”). The surveys were developed on the shelf and slope of Mallorca Island, in particular in two fishing grounds at the north and south of the Mallorca channel. Periodic movements of the fishing fleet between these two areas have been regularly reported, suggesting a seasonal variability of the resources which could be in turn associated with the hydrodynamic variability. With this motivation, water masses affecting these grounds have been identified and their seasonal variability has been studied. Different oceanographic and environmental conditions have been found between the two fishing grounds. These differences are related to the presence of mesoscale structures, associated with the Western Mediterranean Intermediate Water (WIW) at the north of the Ibiza channel and big gyres detached from the Algerian Current. The former has been shown to have influence on the regional oceanic circulation and the latter could affect the progress of fresh Atlantic Water (AW) towards the channels and make possible the presence of high salinity values at intermediate waters at the south of Mallorca Island. Historical data from other oceanographic cruises carried out in the region are finally used to discuss the interannual variability of these mesoscale structures.     

Chemical and physical fronts in the Bohai, Yellow and East China seas

Associated with strong mixing and stirring, as well as enhanced bioproductivity and ecotones, oceanic fronts have garnered worldwide attention in recent years. Research into oceanic fronts, especially thermal fronts, has gained momentum since the advent of satellites and their increased accessibility. Yet, studies of salinity and nutrient fronts —particularly those that are subsurface are few and far between. This study reviews the most widely accepted facts about surface and subsurface temperature and salinity fronts in the Bohai, Yellow and East China seas and their seasonal variations. The distribution of nutrients in the surface and bottom waters are mapped and nutrient fronts, for the first time, are identified systematically.These fronts are generally strongest in winter when southward flowing coastal currents are influenced most by winter monsoons, and the contrasts between these cold, fresh, nutrient-rich currents and the northward flowing warm, saline but nutrient-poor Kuroshio are strongest. Surface fronts are generally weakest in summer when coastal currents may be weaker and temperature, salinity and nutrient contrasts are diminished. The existence of fronts and why some are disconnected are mainly related to oceanic features such as topography, boundaries between water masses and current flow patterns. Three latitudinal temperature and nutrient fronts in the southern East China Sea in winter may suggest eastward flowing currents. These currents have not been described previously.     

硅烷防护对混凝土抗氯离子渗透性的影响

通过室内快速试验和实海暴露试验,研究硅烷防护对混凝土氯离子渗透性的影响。研究表明:硅烷浸渍层能够有效降低氯离子对混凝土的侵蚀,减小混凝土氯离子扩散系数和表面氯离子浓度,其中氯离子扩散系数降低幅度在50%以上,可显著提高混凝土结构使用寿命;且硅烷浸渍层能够减小处于干湿交替区域混凝土结构"对流层"的深度。     

双螺旋折流板换热器最佳螺旋角的研究

为了研究换热器的传热性能与双螺旋折流板换热器的螺旋角的关系，通过建立多个不同螺旋角的管壳式换热器模型，运用数值计算的技术手段对其进行模拟，并对其数值模拟结果进行对比分析。结果表明：双螺旋折流板换热器存在最佳螺旋角使得换热器的换热性能最优。相同换热器结构的条件下，壳程进口流量对双螺旋折流板换热器的最佳螺旋角没有影响。随着壳径的增大，双螺旋折流板式换热器的最佳螺旋角有下降趋势。     

Winter intensification and water mass evolution from yearlong current meters in the Northeast Water Polynya

In the summer of 1992, four current meter moorings were deployed in and later retrieved from the Northeast Water (NEW) polynya on the East Greenland Shelf by the USCGC Polar Sea. The moorings provided hourly temperature, salinity and current data for approximately one year. In the NEW, the circulation intensified and steadiness increased during winter. This intensification was most readily observed at 150 m on the southern side of Westwind trough. The surface layer freshened from summer through December due to ice-melt and freshwater runoff mixing down to at least 75 m. From December through early spring, salinity increased probably due to brine rejected during ice formation. Wintertime events showed water at 75 m with temperatures at the freezing point. Knee Water (KW) was not observed in the current meter data. However, a warmer and fresher than KW watermass was observed at 150 m over the shelf and may result from mixing outside the NEW among KW and the major water masses influencing the region. Polar Water and Atlantic Intermediate Water. Several short-lived events of 3 to 7 days duration perturbed the T-S character at each of the current meters. We believe that these T-S shifts were anticyclonic eddies advecting through the NEW polynya. During such perturbations, T-S values found generally at 75 m were observed at 150 m and T-S values generally at 150 m were observed at 250 m. On the northern side of the Westwind trough, the current meter data provided direct evidence for westward flow into the western extent of the trough at a depth of 250 m. This southwesterly current along the northwest slope of the trough at 250 m is in agreement with the summertime ADCP measurements made in 1992 aboard Polar Sea, and is consistent with the flow inferred from summer hydrography measured from Polarstern in 1993.