Mesoscale eddy effects on the wintertime vertical mixing in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water

Mesoscale eddy effects on the wintertime vertical mixing in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water （NPSTMW） are studied using hydrographic data from Argo profiling floats deployed in the Kuroshio recirculation region in February and March of 2001. Anticyclonic （warm） eddy enhances the wintertime vertical mixing and results in the deep mixed layer and the deep thermocline. Consequently, a large volumetric water mass with low potential vorticity corresponding to the prototype of NPSTMW tends to be formed. By contrast, cyclonic （cold） eddy is unfavorable for the vertical mixing process and halts the deepening of the mixed layer and thus the formation of mode water. Further analysis shows that cyclonic eddies prevail in the late 1990s in the formation region of NPSTMW, which lead to significant suppression of the wintertime vertical mixing （96-98） and thus are unfavorable for the formation of NPSTMW; while the situation is completely reversed in the early 1990s （93-95）.     

Dust storm in Asia continent and its bio-environmental effects in the North Pacific： A case study of the strongest dust event in April, 2001 in central Asia

The iron hypothesis, first proposed by John Martin in 1990[1], suggests that some surface oceans such as North and Equatorial Pacific Oceans have high nutrient but low chlorophyll (HNLC). Thus iron coming from terrestrial dusts is the primary factor limit…     

北京大学濮祖荫教授被推选为国际著名期刊Journal of Geophysical Research——Space Physics的主编

北京大学地球与空间科学学院濮祖荫教授被美国地球物理学会任命为Journal of Geophysical Research（Space Physics）的新一届亚洲与太平洋区域主编，任期为4年（2006-2009）．     

云南降水场与太平洋海温场典型相关分析

 利用典型相关理论分析云南省5月份降水场与头年5月至当年4月各月太平洋热带海温距平场之间的关系,得出一些有意义的结果.并通过1994～1995年的预报,效果较理想.     

四种鳕鱼的形态学研究

本文对蓝鳕（Micromesistus poutassou），远东宽突鳕（Eleginus gracilis），大西洋鳕（Gadus morhua）和太平洋鳕（G.macrocephalus）等4种经济鳕鱼类进行了细致的观察，对其分节及量度特征进行了测定分析，发现所测数据与国内外资料存在一些差异，并补充描述了各种的身孔、牙齿等形态特征。统计检验表明，蓝鳕的第1臂鳍鳍条数，鳃耙数与其他鳕鱼存在显著差异，远东宽突鳕的脊椎骨数与其他鳕鱼存在显著差异，大西洋鳕和太平洋鳕在上述性状上的差异不明显，但2者的体色有明显差异，从形态特征聚类分析图得知宽突鳕属与鳕属亲缘关系近，而蓝鳕属与鳕属亲缘关系远。     

北半球50hpa高度距平场与赤道东太平洋海温场关系的初步分析

本文以 EOF 方法为基础,对北半球50hpa 位势高度距平场与赤道东太平洋海温场之间的关系进行了分析指出,当前期冬季50hpa 高纬地区位势高度较常年偏高(低),中纬地区偏低(高)时,对应着赤道东太平洋地区当年5月及9～11月海温较常年偏低(高),而7月120W 以东大部分地区偏高(低),120W 以西大部分地区则偏低(高).并表明,前期冬季 50hpa位势高度距平场的变化对厄尔尼诺及反厄尔尼诺事件的发生有预报出示意义.交叉谱计算发现,赤道东太平洋海温场与50hpa 场在周期2～3.2年的频带上凝聚谱达最大.     

赤道太平洋大气低频振荡与海表水温的关系

通过对８０年代赤道太平洋地区海表水温资料及欧洲中期数值天气预报中心大气资料的分析,发现热带大气低频振荡,与赤道太平洋ＳＳＴ异常存在反相变化特征,ＳＳＴ正异常对应弱的大气低频振荡,ＳＳＴ负异常对应强的大气低频振荡。相关场分析进一步证实了这种负相关,并指出印度尼西亚地区大气低频振荡的异常对赤道中东太平洋ＳＳＴ变化起着很重要的作用。     

东亚冬季风活动异常与热带太平洋海温异常

利用中国科学院大气物理研究所全球海－气耦合（ＩＡＰ ＣＧＣＭ１）模式４０ａ的积分结果以及１０ａ的观测结果,了东亚冬季风活动异常与热带太平洋海表水温（ＳＳＴ）异常之间的密切关系。强东亚冬季风年的热带ＳＳＴＡ场在中西太平洋为正距平,东太平洋为负距平,在弱东亚冬季风年的情况基本相反,西太平洋为负距平,中东太平洋则为正距平。强东亚冬季风活动在中西太平洋正ＳＳＴＡ区以西以东产生西风距平和东风距平,从而加强这     

A weak El Nio event in 2002 detected by the astronomical observation

Using the length-of-day (LOD) data series derived from astronomical observations made by various modern space techniques, southern oscillation index (SOI) and anomalies of sea surface temperature (SST) in tropical Pacific Ocean, the inter-annual components of these data series are obtained by the technique of band filtering from January 1962 to October 2002. It is found that a new ENSO event has already occurred in 2002 and been detected by the interannual LOD. It is shown by the wavelet analysis that the component with a period of about 4-6 years and the quasi-biennial component are out of phase during 2001-2002, which consequently suggests that the new ENSO event cannot be a strong one.