Wave turbulence and intermittency in directional wave fields

The evolution of surface gravity waves is driven by nonlinear interactions that trigger an energy cascade similarly to the one observed in hydrodynamic turbulence. This process, known as wave turbulence, has been found to display anomalous scaling with deviation from classical turbulent predictions due to the emergence of coherent and intermittent structures on the water surface. In the ocean, waves are spread over a wide range of directions, with a consequent attenuation of the nonlinear properties. A laboratory experiment in a large wave facility is presented to discuss the sensitivity of wave turbulence on the directional properties of model wave spectra. Results show that the occurrence of coherent and intermittent structures become less likely with the broadening of the wave directional spreading. There is no evidence, however, that intermittency completely vanishes.     

Dynamics of the thermocline in the equatorial region of the Pacific ocean

This paper is devoted to the subsurface current dynamics in equatorial regions, where the hallmark of a strong stratification is a sharp interface (thermocline), separating two layers of different density, and whose depth is dependent upon the strength of the winds above the ocean's surface. We give here a few monotonicity results concerning the dynamics of the thermocline in the equatorial region. The most important one asserts that the level of the thermocline decreases as the strength of the wind at ten meters above the ocean surface, denoted |U_w|, increases. Moreover, the strength of the current at the thermocline decreases as |U_w| increases.     

Organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics: Analytical methodologies and occurrence in oceans

The massive use of plastics in several products has generated microplastic debris worldwide. Besides their negative effect on marine organisms by ingestion, microplastics are a contamination vector due to their capacity to transport organic pollutants around our planet. To evaluate the magnitude of this issue, it is necessary to know what kinds of contaminants are adsorbed on microplastics, as well as their concentrations. In order to assess the adsorption and desorption of pollutants from microplastics, effective and reliable extraction procedures are required. In this overview, literature reports, in which extraction, separation and determination methods have been applied to analyse the organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics, are revised and discussed. Furthermore, the worldwide occurrence of organic compounds found on microplastics in oceans is reviewed and the results obtained from different geographical areas and their global distribution trends are compared. Priority organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hexachlorocyclohexanes, polychlorinated benzenes, perfluoroalkyl substances or bisphenol analogues, have been widely found on microplastic samples. Future research that focuses on different kinds of emerging pollutants is required.     

Landsat-8的舟山近岸海域总悬浮物遥感反演与时空变异研究

总悬浮物(TSM)是海洋水质和水环境评价的主要参数之一。舟山海域位于杭州湾边缘,泥沙含量多,总悬浮物长期处于高浓度状态,其分布与动态变化对近岸水质、水循环以及该区域的渔业、旅游业都有较大影响。Landsat-8卫星影像作为一种应用广泛、空间分辨率高、便于获取的光学信息,可以为舟山海域的TSM观测提供有力的技术手段。利用舟山近岸海域实测TSM吸收系数a_p(440)和水面光谱,开发了基于Landsat-8反演TSM的最优模型,发现基于近红外和蓝色波段比B5/B2的S-函数和线性函数模型反演精度较好,相对于线性模型,S-函数具有更强的鲁棒性,该模型形式为a_p=3.72/(0.009+e-5.249B5/B2),克服了常用函数模型（如线性、对数、指数函数）应用于实际卫星影像时出现光谱幅度范围受限的困难。海岸带内陆复杂水体水色遥感的另一难点是大气校正,以往的研究往往只采用某种大气校正模型,但该模型不一定适合研究水域,从而使得校正结果并不一定是最优的。在本研究中,验证比较了FLAASH,6S和ACOLITE三种大气校正方法面向Landsat-8水色反演的校正结果,发现ACOLITE方法获取的光谱形状最准确,误差最小,特别在蓝色波段,明显好于FLAASH和6S方法。将最优模型应用于舟山近岸海域2013到2018年的10幅Landsat-8图像。实测数据和反演结果显示：舟山近岸海域的TSM吸收系数a_p(440)的变化范围在1.64～417.04 m-1,均值118.47 m-1,TSM吸收占水体总吸收的90%以上,该海域实测的水面光谱形状呈现典型的河口海岸带复杂浑浊水体的光谱特征,很多光谱曲线具有双峰特征,遥感反射率幅值较大,特别是红色、近红外波段,由于受河口高浓度TSM的影响,遥感反射率高于远海较清洁的海水;衢山、洋山、宁波等近岸区域的TSM浓度明显高于东极、嵊泗等远海区域,随河口羽化区呈现由高到低的梯度变化,在近岸区域分布复杂,外海区域分布较为均匀。在时间分布上具有冬季浓度远高于夏季的特点,其中12月最高,最大值为413.32 m-1,8月最低,最小值为3.69 m-1,5月、10月期间也有TSM的局部峰值。这些TSM时空变异特征表明舟山海域悬浮物的分布和变化一方面受地形、海流、潮汐、季风、台风等自然环境因素的影响,另一方面也受如海运、港口建设、海岛旅游等人类活动的较大影响。     

Interferences in the analysis of nanomolar concentrations of nitrate and phosphate in oceanic waters

This paper reports on investigations into interferences with the measurements of nanomolar nitrate + nitrite and soluble reactive phosphate (SRP) in oceanic surface seawater using a segmented continuous flow autoanalyser (SCFA) interfaced with a liquid-waveguide capillary flow-cell (LWCC). The interferences of silicate and arsenate with the analysis of SRP, the effect of sample filtration on the measurement of nanomolar nitrate + nitrite and SRP concentrations, and the stability of samples during storage are described.The investigation into the effect of arsenate (concentrations up to 100 nM) on phosphate analysis (concentrations up to 50 nM) indicated that the arsenate interference scaled linearly with phosphate concentrations, resulting in an overestimation of SRP concentrations of 4.6 ± 1.4% for an assumed arsenate concentration of 20 nM. The effect of added Si(OH)₄ was to increase SRP signals by up to 36 ± 19 nM (at 100 μM Si(OH)₄). However, at silicate concentrations below 1.5 μM, which are typically observed in oligotrophic surface ocean waters, the effect of silicate on the phosphate analysis was much smaller (≤0.78 ± 0.15 nM change in SRP). Since arsenate and silicate interferences vary between analytical approaches used for nanomolar SRP analysis, it is important that the interferences are systematically assessed in any newly developed analytical system.Filtration of surface seawater samples resulted in a decrease in concentration of 1.7-2.7 nM (±0.5 nM) SRP, and a small decrease in nitrate concentrations which was within the precision of the method (±0.6 nM). A stability study indicated that storage of very low concentration nutrient samples in the dark at 4 °C for less than 24 h resulted in no statistically significant changes in nutrient concentrations. Freezing unfiltered surface seawater samples from an oligotrophic ocean region resulted in a small but significant increase in the SRP concentration from 12.0 ± 1.3 nM (n = 3) to 14.7 ± 0.6 nM (n = 3) (Student's t-test; p = 0.021). The corresponding change in nitrate concentration was not significant (Student's t-test; p > 0.05).     

基于盲解卷积的水声信号恢复技术

信号在环境复杂多途严重的水声波导中传输后,接收到的信号时间长度被拉长,信号是失真的。在许多实际应用中,常常希望从已失真的接收信号中把原始信号波形恢复出来。本文利用盲解卷积技术对水声信号恢复进行研究。理论推演表明,在垂直阵条件下用人造的格林函数可成功地代替水声信道真实的格林函数,可以把非线性关系化解为线性关系,从而推导出依靠基阵记录下的信息去确定声源宽带信号原始波形和环境传播特征的公式和步骤。声场数值计算对6种海底类型进行,恢复后的宽带信号与原始信号的归一化相关系数均大于0.945,对硬海底多途严重的情况,收效特别明显,证明该方法的有效性。在青岛海试中恢复后信号的相关系数平均值为0.933,在青岛海试中利用这种解卷积技术去恢复信号是成功的。     

Effect of acidification treatment and morphological stability of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer proton‐exchange membranes for fuel‐cell use above 100 °C

Directly copolymerized wholly aromatic sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers derived from 4,4′‐biphenol, 4,4′‐dichlorodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3′‐disulfonated, and 4,4′‐dichlorodiphenyl sulfone (BPSH) were evaluated as proton‐exchange membranes for elevated temperature operation (100–140 °C). Acidification of the copolymer from the sulfonated form after the nucleophilic step (condensation) copolymerization involved either immersing the solvent‐cast membrane in sulfuric acid at 30 °C for 24 h and washing with water at 30 °C for 24 h (method 1) or immersion in sulfuric acid at 100 °C for 2 h followed by similar water treatment at 100 °C for 2 h (method 2). The fully hydrated BPSH membranes treated by method 2 exhibited higher proton conductivity, greater water absorption, and less temperature dependence on proton conductivity as compared with the membranes acidified at 30 °C. In contrast, the conductivity and water absorption of a control perfluorosulfonic acid copolymer (Nafion 1135) were invariant with treatment temperature; however, the conductivity of the Nafion membranes at elevated temperature was strongly dependent on heating rate or temperature. Tapping‐mode atomic force microscope results demonstrated that all of the membranes exposed to high‐temperature conditions underwent an irreversible change of the ionic domain microstructure, the extent of which depended on the concentration of sulfonic acid sites in the BPSH system. The effect of aging membranes based on BPSH and Nafion at elevated temperature on proton conductivity is also discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 2816–2828, 2003     

深海富钴结核微区X射线荧光光谱分析和数据挖掘

西太平洋富钴结核是近年来新发现的海底固体矿产资源,富含Mn,Fe,Co,Ni和Cu等多种关键金属元素。富钴结核是一种非均质的地球化学和矿物学集合体,粒径约6 cm的结核在生长过程中记录了数千万年的海洋沉积历史,亟需高分辨率的分析技术揭示古海洋环境信息。采用微区X射线荧光光谱仪（μ-XRF）,对C3BC1704富钴结核开展多元素面扫描,获得了原位高分辨率多元素的信号强度数据,评价了μ-XRF技术在富钴结核中的应用质量。元素信号谱峰特征和数据频谱分布结果显示,富钴结核中Mn,Fe,Ti,Co,Ca和Ni等元素信号强度敏感,数据呈现相对较好的正态分布特征,可用于定量或半定量分析;Si,Cu和Al等元素信号较弱,数据呈现左偏的正态分布特征,建议相关数据仅作参考。μ-XRF获得的数据量庞大且彼此独立,本研究将不同元素连接成彼此关联的多维矩阵,实现了数据的位置信息和特征元素之间的数学运算和筛选,了解了金属元素的分布和变化特征,揭示了富钴结核生长过程的环境变化。结果显示,Mn和Fe等元素在生长层中波动剧烈,金属元素在富钴结核中的分布极不均匀,显示出多成因类型的交替微层和7个大的生长周期旋回。C3BC1704富钴结核主体暴露在海水中,金属元素主要来自海水,化学组成指示为典型的水成成因。进一步定量分析结果显示,Mn,Cu和Ni等元素含量从内部向外围呈现同步降低的趋势,Fe,Ti和Co等元素含量则呈现同步升高的趋势,这些特征指示早期偏向于成岩富集环境,晚期则以水成富集为主。富钴结核金属元素的分布和变化特征,清晰呈现了富钴结核的生长结构,揭示了富钴结核生长过程的环境变化,有利于富钴结核的成矿模型的构建。     

动态水声环境不确定性的预报与估计

水声环境具有强烈的时空易变性,为了解其变化中的规律和产生的不确定性,将POM海洋数值模型和水声传播模型FOR3D进行耦合,建立海洋—声学耦合数值模式。对海区的温盐等环境参数和水下声场进行预报,给出了典型断面的温度垂直结构、实验海区声速剖面和传播损失。同时,采用集合卡尔曼滤波(EnKF)方法结合海洋—声学耦合数值模式分析了水声环境的不确定性,对不同深度与频率下,传播损失的均值与满足90%的可能区间进行了计算,同时给出了不同点声速、传播损失、声纳作用距离的不确定性直方图。和实验数据的对比结果表明该方法具有较高的有效性,能对水声环境的不确定性进行合理的预报与估计。     

Combining reverse osmosis and pulsed electrical current electrodialysis for improved recovery of dissolved organic matter from seawater

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the oceans is one of the largest dynamic reservoirs of carbon on earth, comparable in size to the atmospheric reservoir of carbon (as CO₂) in the atmosphere, or to the amount of carbon in all terrestrial and aquatic biota. The concerted efforts of earth scientists, atmospheric scientists, and biologists who study global biogeochemical cycles and the earth's climate have yielded a rather detailed understanding of carbon in the atmosphere and in biota. Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is far less well characterized, principally because it exists as a highly diluted mixture of perhaps millions of organic compounds in a highly saline aqueous solution. Prior to 2007, only around 1/3 of marine DOM was typically recovered from seawater for research purposes, regardless of the method of isolation. In 2007, reverse osmosis (RO) and electrodialysis (ED) were coupled to achieve recoveries of 64–93% of marine DOM. The level of residual salts in the concentrated samples, however, still precluded the characterization of marine DOM by solid-state NMR, mass spectrometry, or even elemental analysis. This paper describes a major improvement to the RO/ED method, in which pulsed ED is used (at sea) to reach roughly 100-fold greater removal of salts compared to non-pulsed ED while maintaining comparable recoveries of DOM.