Recovery of North-East Atlantic temperature fields from profiling floats: Determination of the optimal float number from sampling and instrumental error analysis

Argo is an international project that is deploying an array of temperature and salinity profiling floats over the global ocean. Here we use the error formulation derived from Optimal Statistical Interpolation to estimate statistical errors associated with the recovery of the temperature field in the North-East Atlantic ocean. Results indicate that with the present distribution of floats (119 in the considered domain), scales of wavelength larger than 500 km can be recovered with a relative uncertainty (rms error relative to the standard deviation of the field) of about 7% at 50 m, 8% at 200 m and 10% at 1000 m. This corresponds to mean absolute errors of 0.111 °C at 50 m, 0.104 °C at 200 m and 0.073 °C at 1000 m.The splitting of total errors into instrumental and sampling contributions reveals that, in the present scenario, errors are more due to the small number of floats than to instrumental errors, especially at upper levels. For scales larger than 500 km this will hold true until 200–250 floats are deployed (less than 200 for deep levels). In such a simulated scenario, the number of observations and the technology become approximately equally limiting factors for the accuracy of the temperature field mapping, with total relative errors of less than 2% at upper levels and about 3% at 1000 m.     

潜堤对平均沿岸流及沿岸流不稳定的影响

潜堤是防止海岸侵蚀的常用护岸建筑物,准确的掌握潜堤前后水动力特性十分必要.本文以斜坡上梯形潜堤为研究对象,基于港池沿岸流实验,通过变换潜堤的位置来分析潜堤对平均沿岸流的影响,通过增加潜堤来观察其对沿岸流不稳定波动频率的影响.结果表明,潜堤离岸越近,垂直岸方向的沿岸流分布有向岸偏移的趋势,同时,会使得沿岸方向上游流速增加越大,使总的沿岸方向的流速分布更均匀;增加潜堤会使沿岸流不稳定某些频率的波动明显加强,同时也会使沿岸流不稳定波动出现新的高频部分.     

Mixing in the surface boundary layer of a tropical freshwater reservoir

A combined observational-modeling study was conducted to investigate turbulence mixing, and the relation to surface forcing, in the surface boundary layer (SBL) of a tropical, high-altitude, freshwater reservoir. A suite of vertical profiles of temperature microstructure, collected at three different stations of one-day duration each, provided estimates of dissipation rates of turbulence kinetic energy, , and temperature variance, χ. Numerical simulations of and χ, using state-of-the-art, public domain, two-equation turbulence closure models, compared favorably with the observations and reproduced the dynamics of daytime wind mixing as well as the vertical and temporal turbulence structure during nighttime convective conditions.Two independent estimates of vertical eddy diffusivities in the stably stratified (daytime) SBL, computed from the microstructure measurements, agreed closely, and the near surface heat and buoyancy fluxes, computed from the diffusivities, were similar to those computed independently from surface meteorology. Model generated eddy diffusivities agreed closely with the observed values, except those generated by K profile parameterization (KPP) model simulations. The good agreement provides confidence that nutrient fluxes in the SBL may be accurately computed from the models when forced with regularly measured surface meteorological parameters. The consequences are important for estimation of daily primary productivity rates in the euphotic zone and the ability to predict algal blooms such as those observed in the present reservoir.     

蓬莱海域的潮汐潮流特征分析

基于2007年10月的水文测验资料,分析了蓬莱海域沿岸东西两侧在不同潮波系统控制下的潮汐潮流变化特性.分析结果表明:蓬莱东岸属正规半日潮,蓬莱西岸属不正规半日混合潮,潮流的性质与潮汐不同,东、西两岸的潮流都为不正规半日混合潮流.潮波自北黄海经渤海口门以接近前进波的形态向渤海内传播.     

基于FVCOM的象山港海域潮汐潮流与温盐结构特征数值模拟

基于有限体积法的FVCOM模型,建立了象山港海域的三维潮汐潮流和温盐数值模型,计算中考虑了潮流、风、太阳辐射和径流因素的影响。模拟结果与2009年的监测资料进行了对比验证,结果表明建立的模型可以模拟该海域的水流运动和温盐分布特征。通过对数值结果分析得到了该海域的同潮图、潮流椭圆图、潮流性质和温盐分布等。结果表明,象山港的潮汐属于非正规半日浅海潮;M2分潮流椭圆长轴从口门到湾顶逐渐减小,其走向与岸线的方向基本一致;狭湾内呈现往复流特征而口门外开阔海域呈旋转流特征。湾口和湾顶部有着显著的温度差和盐度差,海水温度由湾口向湾顶部逐渐增大,盐度分布则正好相反。狭湾内距离湾口不同位置的横向温度、盐度垂向分布结构特征各不相同。     

非缓坡非均匀流场中多向不规则波传播数学模型的建立

根据线性波动的叠加原理和波浪方向谱理论,在文献[1]的非缓坡非均匀流场的规则波基本方程的基础上,推导出了非缓坡非均匀流场中的多向不规则波传播变形的偏微分方程,并使用有限差分方法建立了数学模型。该模型避开了求解波动势函数的困难,直接求解波动能量的空间分布,可采用简单的有限差分数值方法求解,对空间步长没有限制,适合非缓坡复杂地形及存在流场的情况下大面积波浪场(波高和波向)的计算。     

Hydrography, currents and distribution of suspended matter during a dumping experiment in the western Baltic Sea at a site near Warnemünde

During a dumping experiment on 20/21 June 2001, an extensive data record was collected to understand the dynamical processes in the water column of the investigation area and to validate model results. Weak westerly winds with strongly changing cloud coverage characterized the meteorological situation. During the second day the wind calmed down and moved shortly to easterly directions. The water column was characterized by a strong vertical stratification with discontinuity layers in temperature and salinity in 12 and 16 m. The current regime was dominated by outflow at the water surface and inflow along the German coast, with strong current shearing in the dumping area. The suspended matter clouds could be identified by optical methods and ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) scattering intensity. During the experiment the suspended matter plumes were only visible at the surface up to 1 h after the dumping. The aerial photographs document that the particle clouds at the surface drifted to the west and, after approximately 40 min, they were only weakly visible. The fine material was concentrated in the discontinuity layer leading to substantially higher values of optical parameters and suspended matter concentration than measured in the surface clouds. Due to the vertical current shears the material was transported in the water column in different directions. At the first day the maximum of the suspended matter in the discontinuity layer was in the north-western corner and in the bottom layer in the northeast corner of the dumping area. Strong wind conditions after the dumping led to periodical resuspension processes.     

Effect of surface roughness and initial gap on the vortex-induced vibrations of a freely vibrating cylinder in the vicinity of a plane wall

We studied the effects of the surface roughness and initial gap on the responses of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a circular cylinder near a stationary plane wall, employing numerical methods. The VIV response amplitudes, lock-in regions, hydrodynamic forces, VIV trajectories and flow fields for three different surface roughnesses and two different initial gaps were systematically compared. The results reveal that the reduced velocity range can be divided into three regions based on the VIV amplitude as pre-lock-in, lock-in, and post-lock-in regions. The width of the lock-in region is not sensitive to the variation of the roughness. The mean drag coefficient has a decreasing tendency with the increased roughness. For a small initial gap, the clockwise wall boundary layer vortices has coalesced with the clockwise vortices shed from the upper side of the cylinder, which further suppresses the shedding of the counter-clock wise vortices from the lower side of the cylinder. The vortex shedding flow pattern displays a weak 2S mode. However, for a large initial gap, there is no coalescing action operating in the wake region and hence most of the vortex shedding flow patterns show an asymmetric 2S mode.     

Errors in dynamical fields inferred from oceanographic cruise data: Part I. The impact of observation errors and the sampling distribution

Diagnostic studies of ocean dynamics based on the analysis of oceanographic cruise data are usually quite sensitive to observation errors, to the station distribution and to the synopticity of the sampling. Here we present an error analysis of the first two sources. The third one is evaluated in Part II of this work (J. Mar. Sys. (2005), this issue). For observed variables and those linearly related to them, we use the Optimal Statistical Interpolation (OI) formulation. For variables which are not linearly related to observed variables (e.g., the vertical velocity), we carry out numerical experiments in a consistent way with OI statistics. Best results are obtained when some kind of scale selection or spatial filtering is applied in order to suppress small scales that cannot be properly resolved by the station distribution.The formulation is first applied to a high resolution (SeaSoar) sampling aimed to the recovery of mesoscale features in a region of large spatial variability (noise-to-signal fraction of the order of 0.002). Fractional errors (rms error divided by the standard deviation of the field) are estimated in about 2% for dynamic height and between 4% and 20% for geostrophic vorticity and vertical velocity. For observed variables, observation errors and sampling limitations are shown to contribute in similar amounts to total errors. For derived variables, sampling errors are by far the dominant contribution. For less dense samplings (e.g., equally spaced CTD stations), fractional errors are about 6% for dynamic height and between 15% and 30% for geostrophic vorticity and vertical velocity. For this sampling strategy, errors of all variables are mostly associated with sampling limitations.     

Review on the seasonal variation of the surface circulation in the Japan/East Sea

The seasonal variation of the surface circulation in the Japan/East Sea (JES) and the Tsushima/Korea Straits (TKS) is reviewed and discussed, focusing on mesoscale and submesoscale variabilities.The monsoon modified by coastal geographical features near Vladivostok generates a dipole of vortex off Vladivostok which induces dramatic changes in the surface circulation in the northwest JES, splitting the Subpolar Gyre into two smaller gyres by generating the Vladivostok Dome. Between these two smaller gyres, the Northwest Thermal Front is formed and current reversal is induced along the North Korean coast. The winter monsoon also induces a current reversal along the Sakhalin coast. The volume transport of the surface Subpolar Gyre has two maxima in January and August. The maximum in August is induced by the summer intensification of the Liman-North Korean Cold Current and the shallow and narrow surface coastal jet generated by the sea ice and snow melting. The maximum in January is induced by the northwest monsoon and associated cooling.Salient features in the TKS are the submesoscale variabilities. In the western channel, submesoscale eddies with length scale of about 80 km and time scale of 5–6 days develop in the cold period. On the lee side of the Tsushima Islands, Karman-like vortex pairs are generated in the warm period. Anticyclonic vortices generated at the northern tip of the Tsushima Islands have a time scale of 5 to 8 days, length scale of 35 to 60 km, and propagate toward the JES with a phase speed of 8 cm/s. Cyclonic vortices south of the anticyclonic counter part of the vortex pairs are rather stationary with intermittent occasional propagation toward the east. The development of stratification seems to be necessary for the development of Karman-like vortex pairs.Summarizing the results above, a schematic surface circulation with seasonal change is proposed.     

施工产生的悬浮泥沙对附近海域水质影响的定量预测分析

为了全面地了解珠海港LNG航道附近海域的潮流分布特征,在查阅有关该海域及其附近海域水文特征的基础上,结合模拟区附近的测流站、验潮站资料以及有关前期工作资料,采用数值模拟方法对工程海区及其附近海域的潮流场状况进行了数值模拟计算,再现了模拟区的潮流运动过程和特征。在海域潮流场进行模拟计算的基础上,对挖泥施工过程产生的悬浮物的扩散浓度场进行预测,以此来分析建设施工期间对附近海域水质的影响。     

波浪荷载作用下防波堤地基软化特性的试验研究

长江口防波堤在建造期间遭到了强热带风暴的袭击,致使一部分沉箱结构或沉入土中1~5 m,或偏移初始位置20m。本文通过动三轴试验模拟了波浪荷载作用下地基的变化情况,试验结果显示,沉箱的过度沉陷和侧移是由于强风暴使得软粘土强度弱化所引起的。根据试验结果,提出了竖向排水联合堆载预压的方法来加固软土地基,为证明该方法的有效性,在加固的软土地基上对防波堤进行了重建。重建后经历几次强风暴该防波堤无损坏迹象。     

Experiments on the survival of six brackish macro-invertebrates from the Baltic Sea after dredged spoil coverage and its implications for the field

Physical disturbance by disposal of dredged materials in estuarine and coastal waters may result in burial of benthic fauna. Survival rates depend on a variety of factors including the type and amount of disposed materials and the lifestyle of the organisms. Laboratory burial experiments using six common macrobenthic invertebrates from a brackish habitat of the western Baltic Sea were performed to test the organisms' escape reaction to dredged material disposal. Experimental lab-results were then extrapolated to a field situation with corresponding bottom topography and covering layer thicknesses at experimental field disposal study sites. Resulted survival rates were then verified by comparison with results of an earlier field study at the same disposal sites.Our experimental design in the lab included the disposal of two types of dredged material (i.e. ‘till’ and ‘sand/till mixture’) and two covering layer depths (i.e. 10–20 cm and 14–40 cm). All three bivalves Arctica islandica (Linnaeus), Macoma balthica (Linnaeus), Mya arenaria (Linnaeus) and the polychaete Nephtys hombergii (Savigny) successfully burrowed to the surface of a 32–41 cm deposited sediment layer of till or sand/till mixture and restored contact with the overlying water. These high escape potentials could partly be explained by the heterogeneous texture of the till and sand/till mixture with ‘voids’. The polychaete Bylgides (Harmothoe) sarsi (Malmgren) successfully burrowed through a 16 cm covering layer whereas the polychaete Lagis koreni (Malmgren) showed almost no escaping reaction. No general differences in escape behaviour after burial were detected between our test species from the brackish habitat and those reported in the literature for the same species in marine environments. However, a size-dependence in mobility of motile polychaetes and M. arenaria was apparent within our study. In comparison to a thick coverage, thin covering layers (i.e. 15–16 cm and 20 cm) increased the chance of the organisms (N. hombergii and M. arenaria) to reach the sediment surface after burial. This was not observed for the other test species. While crawling upward to the new sediment surfaces burrowing velocities of up to 8 cm d^− 1 were observed for the bivalves and up to 20 cm d^− 1 for N. hombergii. Between 17 and 79% of the test organisms showed burrowing activity after experimental burial. The survival rate (defined as the ability to regained contact with the sediment surface) ranged from 0 to 33%, depending on species and on burial depth. The organisms reached the sediment surface by burrowing (polychaetes and bivalves) and/or by extending their siphons to the new sediment surface (bivalves). The extrapolation of laboratory survival rates to the two disposal sites was obtained based on the in situ thicknesses of the dredged spoil layers measured by multi-beam echo sounder. This resulted in total average survival rate estimates for the test species of 45 and 43% for the two disposal sites. The results obtained during the laboratory tests and the following extrapolation to the field were verified by the range of results from a previous field study, using grab sampling shortly before and after a disposal event in June 2001. The effect of dredged material disposal on the tested Baltic Sea benthic macrofauna was assessed by extrapolating the verified laboratory results to the field.     

Depth estimation of surface cracks based on the measurement of crack opening deformation and numerical–experimental iteration

We propose a new method to estimate the depth of a surface crack based on the measurement of crack opening deformation (COD) by using strain gauges. Through finite-element (FE) analysis of several surface cracks with different crack depth, it was found that the distribution of crack depth along the crack line can be approximated by multiplying a certain proportional α to the distribution of COD per unit nominal strain (normalized COD). The strain gauges are cemented just on the crack line and at a reference position, and the normalized CODs are measured under the impact load excited by hammer punching. The surface crack depth is estimated from the normalized COD measurements by a numerical–experimental iteration method based on FE analysis. The estimated distribution of the surface crack depth along the crack line shows good agreement with the shape of a real crack depth.     

保定市地表水资源特性分析

对保定市降水、径流、等水文水资源因素进行了阐述,对它们的年际年内变化及区域空间变化规律有了进一步的认识。通过区域水资源组成分析了保定市水资源特性。为今后合理开发利用水资源提供可靠依据。     

舟山钓梁二期围垦工程潮流泥沙数值分析

通过建立平面二维潮流泥沙数学模型并采用实测资料对模型进行验证,模拟了钓梁二期围垦工程南堤实施前后的潮流场,分析了围垦南堤建设后对螺门码头附近海域潮流的影响及冲淤变化情况。研究结果表明:围垦南堤的实施使得码头群东侧海区流速减小较明显。围垦南堤实施后钓梁湾内海域整体呈现淤积状态,平均淤积强度在0.8 m/a左右,码头前沿海域平均淤积强度约为1.1 m/a。     

沥青路面常见病害成因分析及其防治措施

由于沥青路面具有许多优点,在我国得到了广泛的应用。但沥青混路面也常常出现诸如开裂、泛油、松散、车辙、水破坏等常见病害,严重影响了沥青路面使用功能和寿命。本文分析了沥青路面常见病害的成因,并提出相应的防治措施。     

Distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments of the Mackenzie Shelf and Amundsen Gulf, Beaufort Sea (Canada)

In order to document long-term climate cycles and predict future climate trends for the Arctic, we need to look at the geological records to establish the link between historical and pre-historical sea-surface parameters. Dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts) are used as proxy indicators of sea-surface parameters (temperature, salinity, sea-ice cover, primary productivity) jointly with transfer functions and a modern dinocyst reference database, to reconstruct the evolution of sea-surface conditions at decadal and millennial timescales. Here we present the surface distribution of recent dinocyst assemblages from 34 surface sediment samples collected on the Mackenzie Slope/Amundsen Gulf during the 2004 CASES (Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study) cruise. Dinocyst concentrations in surface sediments are relatively high outside the Mackenzie plume area and increase gradually eastward toward Amundsen Gulf. The cysts of autotrophic dinoflagellates are dominant throughout the study area, while the maximum abundance of heterotrophic taxa is found within the Mackenzie plume. Hierarchical clustering analyses allowed defining two dinocyst assemblages. Assemblage I is located on the Mackenzie Slope and southern Amundsen Gulf, while Assemblage II is located within the Cape Bathurst Polynya area in northern Amundsen Gulf. Both assemblages are dominated by Operculodinium centrocarpum, but are distinguished on the basis of the relative abundance of Islandinium minutum, a taxon generally associated with sea ice. I. minutum is found in lower abundance in the Cape Bathurst Polynya.     

天津港至南排河岸段海域悬沙运动遥感分析

利用Landsat-5/7卫星影像资料和实测含沙量资料,建立天津港—南排河岸段海域悬沙遥感模式,对表层水体悬沙分布及泥沙运动情况进行分析。研究表明,该海域含沙量均呈现从近岸至外海递减,具有明显的层次性;相对较高的含沙区域主要集中在-2m等深线以内,其表层含沙量一般在0.3kg/m3以上;沿岸线走向,含沙量的大小及分布范围总体呈现自北向南有所增大的特点;悬沙分布受季节性影响较大,冬季大风掀沙使得冬季含沙量明显大于夏季;当海域吹向岸风时近岸的含沙量要比吹顺岸风或离岸风时近岸含沙量高。     

西北太平洋波浪数据库的开发与应用

基于中国船舶科学研究中心有关人员编著的《西北太平洋波浪统计集》一书，提出了一个西北太平洋波浪数据库系统，并介绍了它的主要功能、组成结构和应用实例。该数据库系统能有效地应用于舰船和海洋平台的设计。