The impacts of opening the Drake Passage(DP) on the oceanic general circulation are *** the DP is open,wind stress at mid-and high latitudes gives rise to a wind-driven gyre,which induces a meridional heat exchange be...
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The impacts of opening the Drake Passage(DP) on the oceanic general circulation are *** the DP is open,wind stress at mid-and high latitudes gives rise to a wind-driven gyre,which induces a meridional heat exchange between mid-and high latitudes in the Southern *** the opening of the DP,the Antarctic Circumpolar Current(ACC) forms and its associated strong temperature front blocks the heat transport from mid-latitudes to high latitudes.A simple box model is formulated,in which the effects of the wind stress(for the case of DP closed) and the thermal front(for the case of DP open) on the variability of Antarctic Bottom Water(AABW) and North Atlantic Deep Water(NADW) are *** sensitivity experiments demonstrate that:(1) When the DP is closed,the enhancement of the wind-driven gyre leads to the decline of AABW formation in the Southern Ocean and the increase of NADW formation in the North *** a result,water in high latitudes of the Southern Ocean becomes warmer,so does the bottom water of global ocean.(2) When the DP is open,there is no formation of AABW until the intensity of thermal front along ACC exceeds a threshold value(it is 4.03℃ in our model).Before the formation of AABW,temperature in most of the oceans is higher than that after the formation of AABW,which usually leads to the cooling of high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere and the bottom water in global *** the strength of the thermal front is lower than the critical value,there is no AABW formation,and temperature in most of the oceans is slightly *** results demonstrate that during the opening of the DP,changes in wind stress and the formation of the thermal front in the Southern Ocean can substantially affect the formation of AABW and NADW,thus changing the state of meridional overturning circulation in the global ocean.
We use multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-DFA) method to investigate the multifractal behavior of the interevent time series in a modified Olami-Feder-Christensen (OFC) earthquake model on assortative...
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We use multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-DFA) method to investigate the multifractal behavior of the interevent time series in a modified Olami-Feder-Christensen (OFC) earthquake model on assortative scale-free networks. We determine generalized Hurst exponent and singularity spectrum and find that these fluctuations have multifraetal nature. Comparing the MF-DFA results for the original interevent time series with those for shuffled and surrogate series, we conclude that the origin of multifractality is due to both the broadness of probability density function and long-range correlation.
The instrumental record of global surface temperature since the 1850s shows multidecadal variability (MDV) superimposed on a secular global warming trend. The unprecedented rate of warming in the late 20th century coi...
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The instrumental record of global surface temperature since the 1850s shows multidecadal variability (MDV) superimposed on a secular global warming trend. The unprecedented rate of warming in the late 20th century coincided with a pronounced upswing in MDV.
The advances in understanding the South China Sea (SCS) western boundary current (SCSwbc) have been reviewed since the works of Dale (1956) and Wyrtki (1961) in the middle of the 20th century. The features of ...
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The advances in understanding the South China Sea (SCS) western boundary current (SCSwbc) have been reviewed since the works of Dale (1956) and Wyrtki (1961) in the middle of the 20th century. The features of the pattern of SCSwbc and the oceanic phenomena associated with it are focused on. The current is driven mainly by monsoon over the SCS and partially by winds over the tropical Pacific governed by the island rule. The SCSwbc exhibits strong seasonal variation in its direction and patterns. In winter, the current is strong and flows southwestward along the South China shelf and slope from the east of Dongsha Islands to the northern central Vietnamese coast, then turns to the south along the central and southern Vietnamese coast, and finally partially exits the SCS through the Karimata Strait. In summer and early fall, the SCSwbc can be divided into three segments based on their characteristics. The southern segment is stable, flowing northward from the Karimata Strait up to about 11 N, where it separates from the coast forming an eastward offshore current. The separation of the current from Vietnamese coast induces some striking features, such as upwelling and cold sea-surface temperature. The middle segment off the central Vietnamese coast may have a bimodal behavior: northward coastal current and meandering current in early summer (June–July), and cyclonic gyre in later summer and early fall (August–September). The northern segment is featured by the summer SCS Warm Current on the South China shelf and a southwestward subsurface current along the continental slope.
Image presents the basic physical features of an object. Geometry, on the other hand, provides us a powerful way to quantify the information reflected by images or their shapes. Traditional geometry however finds limi...
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Image presents the basic physical features of an object. Geometry, on the other hand, provides us a powerful way to quantify the information reflected by images or their shapes. Traditional geometry however finds limitation in describing the differences between highly irregular objects,which requires us to find new approaches to measure an object and quantify its difference from another. In this paper, we define some scalars in two dimensions to meet this demand. These approaches, grounded on circularity, convexity and cavity, describe the geometry of shapes in statistic sense, and they can also be applied to qualify the differences of shapes.
Continuous observation in late April 2005 on the northwestern shelf of the South China Sea reveals vigorous strong currents, the maximum velocity of which exceeds 3.8 m/s. The strong currents occurred around spring ti...
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Continuous observation in late April 2005 on the northwestern shelf of the South China Sea reveals vigorous strong currents, the maximum velocity of which exceeds 3.8 m/s. The strong currents occurred around spring tide period, when the internal tide waves were also expected to be vigorous. analysis shows that the major peaks of the current power spectrum are in low frequency band. Using a numerical method applied to the actual ocean stratification, we find that the amplitude profiles of the strong current are similar to that of the currents induced by some low-mode internal waves (at diurnal or semi-diurnal frequency). It indicates that the temporal and spatial features of strong currents were possibly induced by low frequency internal waves.
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魏鸣刘国庆王成刚葛文忠许秦Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather
Ministry of EducationNanjing University Nanjing 210093 P.R.China School of Science
Nanjing University of TechnologyNanjing 210009 P. R. China National Severe Storms Laboratory
NOAA 1313 Halley Circle Norman OK 73069 USAhe aim is to put forward the optimal selecting of weights in variational problemin which the linear advection equation is used as constraint. The selection of the functionalweight coefficients ( FWC) is one of the key problems for the relevant research. It wasarbitrary and subjective to some extent presently. To overcome this difficulty thereasonable assumptions were given for the observation field and analyzed field variationalproblems with " weak constraints" and " strong constraints" were considered separately. Bysolving Euler' s equation with the matrix theory and the finite difference method of partialdifferential equation the objective weight coefficients were obtained in the minimumvariance of the difference between the analyzed field and ideal field. Deduction results showthat theoretically the optimal selection indeed exists in the weighting factors of the costfunction in the means of the minimal variance between the analysis and ideal field in terms ofthe matrix theory and partial differential ( corresponding difference ) equation if thereasonable assumption from the actual problem is valid and the differnece equation is stable.It may realize the coordination among the weight factors numerical models and theobservational data. With its theoretical basis as well as its prospects of applications thisobjective selecting method is probably a way towards the finding of the optimal weightingfactors in the variational problem.
The aim is to put forward the optimal selecting of weights in variational problemin which the linear advection equation is used as constraint. The selection of the functionalweight coefficients ( FWC) is one of the ke...
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The aim is to put forward the optimal selecting of weights in variational problemin which the linear advection equation is used as constraint. The selection of the functionalweight coefficients ( FWC) is one of the key problems for the relevant research. It wasarbitrary and subjective to some extent presently. To overcome this difficulty, thereasonable assumptions were given for the observation field and analyzed field, variationalproblems with " weak constraints" and " strong constraints" were considered separately. Bysolving Euler' s equation with the matrix theory and the finite difference method of partialdifferential equation, the objective weight coefficients were obtained in the minimumvariance of the difference between the analyzed field and ideal field. Deduction results showthat theoretically the optimal selection indeed exists in the weighting factors of the costfunction in the means of the minimal variance between the analysis and ideal field in terms ofthe matrix theory and partial differential ( corresponding difference ) equation, if thereasonable assumption from the actual problem is valid and the differnece equation is *** may realize the coordination among the weight factors, numerical models and theobservational data. With its theoretical basis as well as its prospects of applications, thisobjective selecting method is probably a way towards the finding of the optimal weightingfactors in the variational problem.
Frequency stability analysis of on-orbit Navstar clocks is performed by the Naval Research laboratory using both the broadcast and the precise post-processed ephemerides. The phase offset between the Navstar clock and...
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Frequency stability analysis of on-orbit Navstar clocks is performed by the Naval Research laboratory using both the broadcast and the precise post-processed ephemerides. The phase offset between the Navstar clock and the reference clock is computed from pseudorange measurements obtained by dual-frequency GPS receivers at the five GPS monitor sites and at the U.S. Naval Observatory precise-time site. The broadcast ephemerides are generated at the GPS master control station by a Kalman filter using data collected from the five GPS monitor stations. The precise post-processed ephemerides are generated by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) using data collected from the GPS monitor sites and from five additional DMA monitor sites. In this paper the frequency stability is estimated for two Navstar caesium clocks-a Block I caesium clock (Navstar 9) and a Block II caesium clock (Navstar 23)-using both the broadcast and the precise ephemerides. A significant improvement in the estimate of the frequency stability of the Block II clocks has been achieved using the precise ephemeris.
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