强对流降水过程动力因子分析和预报研究

利用对流涡度矢量垂直分量,湿热力平流参数和波作用密度等动力因子对2009年7月8日发生在我国华北南部地区的强对流降水过程进行诊断分析,结果表明,这些动力因子能够综合描述降水系统水平风场垂直切变,涡度扰动以及位温平流和广义位温(及其扰动)的经向梯度等动力学和热力学特征,在降水区对流层中低层表现为强信号,在非降水区表现为弱信号.利用美国NCEP/NCAR 0.5度GFS的6 h,12 h,18 h和24 h预报资料计算分析2009年6月2日至10月1日动力因子对观测降水的指示预测作用,结果表明,动力因子对观测 关键词： 对流涡度矢量垂直分量 湿热力平流参数 波作用密度     

一次强云对地闪电首次回击过程的光谱分析

利用无狭缝光栅摄谱仪, 获得了一次强云对地闪电首次回击过程400～600 nm范围的光谱, 将原子结构的理论应用于闪电光谱的研究, 用多组态Dirac-Fock方法, 计算了有关光谱线的波长﹑振子强度以及相应的激发态能量等参数, 并重新辨认了波长为419.0和425.3 nm的谱线. 结合相应的光谱跃迁参数和电学观测资料对试验光谱进行了分析, 并发现, 回击通道的光谱结构及特性与闪电放电的强度密切相关, 在强闪电回击过程中, 激发能量较高的OⅡ离子谱线增强. 根据光谱特征推断, 强闪电回击通道的峰值温度应高于过去的估算值.     

台风莫拉克(2009)暴雨过程中位势切变形变波作用密度诊断分析和预报应用

在水平风场切变形变的基础上引入物理量——位势切变形变, 把水平风场的垂直分量和切变形变与广义位温的空间梯度结合起来. 该物理量的二阶扰动被定义为波作用密度, 在局地直角坐标系中推导了能够描述中尺度扰动系统发展演变的波作用方程. 对2009年登陆台风莫拉克引发的暴雨过程进行诊断分析, 结果表明, 台风中心区切变形变向涡度的转化显著, 该转化通过纬向风的经向梯度实现. 纬向风速的经向梯度与广义位温垂直梯度的耦合引起位涡和位势切变形变之间的转化, 以至于位势切变形变和位涡的异常值区分别位于台风环流的外侧和内侧. 波作用密度因能够描述水平扰动风场的垂直切变和切变形变以及凝 结潜热函数扰动梯度而与观测降水联系紧密. 相关统计分析表明, 2009年夏季波作用密度与6 h观测降水存在明显滞后相关性, 对未来6 h降水有一定的指示意义. 另外, 波作用密度通量散度和扰动非地转风位涡是影响波作用密度局地变化的主要物理因素. 基于波作用密度与观测降水的良好相关性, 建立了波作用密度暴雨预报方程. 2009年登陆台风"苏迪罗", "天鹅", "莫拉菲"和"巨爵"的暴雨预报个例分析和长时间序列的ETS评分计算表明, 波作用密度对台风暴雨具有较好的预报效果, 其预报降水能力略优于美国全球预报系统(GFS)的直接降水预报. 关键词： 位势切变形变 波作用密度 波作用通量散度 台风暴雨     

An Experimental Study of the Two-Phase Flow Adjacent to a Wire in Nucleate Boiling Under an Electric Field

An experimental study of the two-phase flow near a heated wire in nucleate pool boiling is presented. A nonuniform electric field of cylindrical geometry was imposed to the heater. The two-phase flow parameters were measured using specifically developed local phase-detection optical probes. The study includes experiments varying the vertical distance from the heater (z) and measurements of the void fraction and the impact rate in a plane perpendicular to the heater (y-z). The results show that the void fraction decreases with applied voltage and with z. The dependence of the void fraction and the impact rate with heat flux is complex, with a strong decrement in the impact rate and void fraction near the critical heat flux when voltage is applied. The maximum void fraction and impact rate move from the vertical centerline (z) to a position 3 heater radii away.     

Electrothermal efficiency, temperature and thermal conductivity of plasma jet in a DC plasma spray torch

A study was made to evaluate the electrothermal efficiency of a DC arc plasma torch and temperature and thermal conductivity of plasma jet in the torch. The torch was operated at power levels from 4 to 20 kW in non-transferred arc mode. The effect of nitrogen in combination with argon as plasma gas on the above properties was investigated. Calculations were made from experimental data. The electrothermal efficiency increased significantly with increase in nitrogen content. The plasma jet temperature and thermal conductivity exhibited a decrease with increase in nitrogen content. The experiment was done at different total gas flow rates. The results are explained on the basis of dissociation energy of nitrogen molecules and plasma jet energy loss to the cathode, anode and the walls of the torch     

Synthesis of Ge-Sn at high pressure and high temperature in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell

Ge–Sn compound is predicted to be a direct band gap semiconductor with a tunable band gap. However, the bulk synthesis of this material by conventional methods at ambient pressure is unsuccessful due to the poor solubility of Sn in Ge. We report the successful synthesis of Ge–Sn in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LHDAC) at ~7.6 GPa &; ~2000 K. In situ Raman spectroscopy of the sample showed, apart from the characteristic Raman modes of Ge TO (Г) and β-Sn TO (Г), two additional Raman modes at ~225 cm^?1 (named Ge–Sn₁) and ~133 cm^?1 (named Ge–Sn₂). When the sample was quenched, the Ge–Sn₁ mode remained stable at ~215 cm^?1, whereas the Ge–Sn₂ mode had diminished in intensity. Comparing the Ge–Sn Raman mode at ~225 cm^?1 with the one observed in thin film studies, we interpret that the observed phonon mode may be formed due to Sn-rich Ge–Sn system. The additional Raman mode seen at ~133 cm^?1 suggested the formation of low symmetry phase under high P–T conditions. The results are compared with Ge–Si binary system.     

High‐pressure Raman spectroscopy of nanoparticle polyacetylene in a poly(vinyl‐butyral) matrix

The pressure‐induced Raman shifts of six vibrational bands of 20% and 50% trans‐polyacetylene nanoparticles in poly(vinyl‐butyral) matrix films (NPA/PVB) were studied from 0 to 45 kbar using a diamond anvil cell (DAC). The Raman shifts did not depend on the thickness of the two samples studied. Two of the vibrational bands displayed peak positions that depended on the isomeric compositions, with the 20% trans‐NPA/PVB bands being slightly blue‐shifted relative to the 50% trans‐NPA/PVB bands over the 45 kbar pressure range. The Raman bands of NPA/PVB associated with the trans form initially exhibited a relatively large shift at low pressures (P < 10 kbar) along with a drastic change in their band profile. In order to investigate the relative shielding of the vibrational modes studied, a Grüneisen analysis of the pressure‐induced shifts was conducted by estimating the parameters of the Murnaghan equation of state for solid polyacetylene (PA). Four of the six vibrational modes were found to be sensitive to compression of the interchain void space, while the other two modes were insensitive, indicating that they are relatively shielded from the compression of the sample. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

In-situ ultrasonic calibrations of pressure and temperature in a hinge-type double-stage cubic large volume press

Here, simultaneous in-situ calibration of pressures and temperatures was performed in a hinge-type second-stage cubic large volume press (LVP) up to 15 GPa and 1400 K by an acoustic travel-time approach. Based on the recently reported P-t_S and P-T-t_P-t_S equations for Al₂O₃ buffer rod, the cell pressures and temperatures in the chamber of LVP were in-situ determined, in comparison with those by conventional off-line (or fixed-points) pressure calibration method and direct thermocouple measurement, respectively. It is found that the cell pressures of the LVP chamber are significantly reduced after annealing at simultaneous high pressures and high temperatures, owing to the stress relaxation as accumulate in the LVP chamber. This acoustic travel-time method is verified to be a good way for precise determination of thermal (cell) pressures at high temperature conditions, and is of great importance and necessity to conduct in-situ physical property measurements under extreme high P-T conditions, especially when the precious synchrotron x-ray/neutron diffraction beams are not available.     

Spectroscopy of <Superscript>17</Superscript>C and (sd )<Superscript>3</Superscript> structures in heavy carbon isotopes

The structure of ¹⁷C has been investigated using the three-neutron transfer reaction (¹²C,⁹C) on a ¹⁴C target at 231MeV incident energy, the reaction Q-value is Q ₀ = - 46.930MeV. Eleven new states up to 16.3MeV excitation energy were identified. The same reaction has also been used on a ¹²C target ( Q ₀ = - 38.787MeV), and excited states in ¹⁵C up to 19MeV were observed. In ¹⁷C the three transferred neutrons populate (sd )³ configurations on the ¹⁴C core. The comparison of levels populated by the (¹²C,⁹C) reaction in ¹⁷C, ¹⁶C and ¹⁵C reveals a strong similarity of their properties. This concerns especially nine states in each of the three carbon isotopes, which show practically the same excitation energies except a constant mean shift of +5.82MeV for ¹⁶C and +6.65MeV for ¹⁵C with respect to ¹⁷C. The triples of states from the three isotopes, which correspond to each other, have also similar widths and cross-section ratios. It is concluded that the same (sd )³ structures are populated in the three carbon isotopes. The observed levels of ¹⁷C are also compared to the levels of ¹⁹O with known assignments and to shell model calculations, and their decay properties are discussed.     

Kinetics and thermodynamics of the Li/Li+ couple in tetrahydrofuran at low temperatures (195–295 K)

Kinetic and thermodynamic (formal potential) data relating to the synthetically useful Li/Li⁺ couple in tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent at a range of temperatures (196–295 K) are reported. Formal potentials, have been measured versus the standard reference electrode, in THF. At 295 K the following data have been obtained using a mathematical model to simulate the electro‐deposition (metal deposition and growth kinetics) processes of lithium (Li) on a platinum microelectrode; a of ?3.48 ± 0.005 V, = ?9.2 (±0.5) × 10^?4 V K^?1, the standard electrochemical rate constant, k₀ = 1 (± 0.1) × 10^?4 cm s^?1, transfer coefficient, α = 0.57 ± 0.03 and diffusion coefficient, D = 8.7 ± 0.1 × 10^?6 cm² s^?1. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dynamical study of the Cs<Superscript>+</Superscript>(<Superscript>1</Superscript>S<Subscript>0</Subscript>)+Mg(3 <Superscript>1</Superscript>S<Subscript>0</Subscript>) non adiabatic collision system in the few keV energy range

The dynamics of collisional processes between Mg atoms and caesium ions is studied using the hemiquantal (HQ) approach with special attention to the collisional channels leading to Mg(3 ¹P) and Cs(6 ²P) states, for which the corresponding emission excitation functions have been previously measured in our laboratory. The radial and angular non-adiabatic couplings between the manifold of quasimolecular states have been determined using an ab initio configuration interaction calculation. The cross-sections for the different channels, as a function of the laboratory collisional energy, are compared with experimental values. The dynamical calculations indicate that, for the inelastic processes considered, the range of relevant impact parameters is small, active collisions being of the head-on type. .     

Phonon anomalies and structural transition in spin ice Dy2Ti2O7: a simultaneous pressure‐dependent and temperature‐dependent Raman study

We revisit the assignment of Raman phonons of rare‐earth titanates by performing Raman measurements on single crystals of O¹⁸ isotope‐rich spin ice and nonmagnetic pyrochlores and compare the results with their O¹⁶ counterparts. We show that the low‐wavenumber Raman modes below 250 cm⁻¹ are not due to oxygen vibrations. A mode near 200 cm⁻¹, commonly assigned as F_2g phonon, which shows highly anomalous temperature dependence, is now assigned to a disorder‐induced Raman active mode involving Ti⁴⁺ vibrations. Moreover, we address here the origin of the ‘new’ Raman mode, observed below T_C ~ 110 K in Dy₂Ti₂O₇, through a simultaneous pressure‐dependent and temperature‐dependent Raman study. Our study confirms the ‘new’ mode to be a phonon mode. We find that dT_C/dP = + 5.9 K/GPa. Temperature dependence of other phonons has also been studied at various pressures up to ~8 GPa. We find that pressure suppresses the anomalous temperature dependence. The role of the inherent vacant sites present in the pyrochlore structure in the anomalous temperature dependence is also discussed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.