Preliminary regional estimation of carbon sink flux by carbonate rock corrosion: A case study of the Pearl River Basin

The formation of carbonate rocks has had a dramatic sink effect on atmospheric CO2 throughout geological time.The wide global distribution of carbonate rocks and their strong sensitivity to climate change mean that carbonate rock corrosion consuming air/soil CO2 can play an important role in the global carbon cycle.The carbon sink accounts for 12.00%-35.29% of the missing carbon in the global carbon cycle.Using the Pearl River Basin as a case study,we analyzed comprehensively the factors impacting karstific...     

Improved acetone sensing properties of flat sensors based on Co-SnO2 composite nanofibers

Co-SnO2 composite nanofibers were synthesized by an electrospinning method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Gas sensors were fabricated by spinning these nanofibers onto flat ceramic substrates, which had signal electrodes and heaters on their top and bottom surfaces, respectively. Compared with sensors loaded with pure SnO2 nanofibers, the Co-SnO2 nanofiber sensors exhibited improved acetone sensing properties with high selectivity and rapid response and recovery times. The response was 33 when the sensors were exposed to 100 μL/L acetone at 330°C, and the corresponding response with 100 μL/L of ethanol was only 6. The response and recovery times to acetone were about 5 and 8 s, respectively. These results indicate Co-SnO2 composite nanofibers are good candidates for fabrication of high performance acetone sensors for practical application.     

Learning from nature: Fabrication of colloidal PCs with controllable wettability

Colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) with desired wettabilities are of particular importance in various applications. Inspired by biological PCs, such as those of butterfly wings and peacock feathers, which all have evolved to have specific wettability, Professor Song Yanlin and his group in the Laboratory of New Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences developed unique approaches to engineer colloidal PCs with desired wettability, based on the well-designed building blocks of latex particles. The range of wettability of these col- loidal PC films could be tailored from superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity and even superoleophobicity, by varying the surface     

The effects of the guide field on the structures of electron density depletions in collisionless magnetic reconnection

Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are performed to investigate the formation of electron density depletions in collisionless magnetic reconnection.In anti-parallel reconnection,the quadrupole structures of the out-of-plane magnetic field are formed,and four symmetric electron density depletion layers can be found along the separatrices due to the effects of magetic mirror.With the increase of the initial guide field,the symmetry of both the out-of-plane magnetic field and electron density depletion layers is distorted.When the initial guide field is sufficiently large,the electron density depletion layers along the lower left and upper right separatrices disappear.The parallel electric field in guide field reconnection is found to play an important role in forming such structures of the electron density depletion layers.The structures of the out-of-plane magnetic field By and electron depletion layers in anti-parallel and guide field reconnection are found to be related to electron flow or in-plane currents in the separatrix regions.In anti-parallel reconnection,electrons flow towards the X line along the separatrices,and are directed away from the X line along the magnetic field lines just inside the separatrices.In guide field reconnection,electrons can only flow towards the X line along the upper left and lower right separatrices due to the existence of the parallel electric field in these regions.     

Angular dependent NEXAFS study of the molecular orientation of PTCDA multilayers on Au （111） surface

The molecular orientation of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (PTCDA) multilayers adsorbed on Au (111) surface has been investigated using angular dependent O K-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The significant angular dependence of important resonant structures (π* and σ*) reveals that PTCDA molecules adopt an ordered geometry on the substrate surface. The average tilt angle of the PTCDA molecular planes is 27°±10° from the Au (111) surface.     

Emission inventories of primary particles and pollutant gases for China

Detailed high-resolution emission inventories of primary particles(PM2.5,BC and OC) and pollutant gases(SO2,NOx,NH3,CO and VOCs) for China in 2007 were constructed on the basis of the latest fuel consumption data,mostly at the county level,and from socio-economic statistics and data on fossil and biomass fuels obtained from government agencies.New emission factors reflecting local features were also used.The calculated emissions were 13.212 Mt PM2.5,1.4 Mt BC,2.946 Mt OC,31.584 Mt SO2,23.248 Mt NOx,16.017 Mt NH3,164.856 Mt CO and 35.464 Mt VOCs.The national and regional emissions were gridded with 0.5°× 0.5° resolution for use in air quality models.Larger emissions were found in eastern and central China than in western China.The emissions estimated here are roughly equal to those obtained in previous studies,but with different contributions from because of seasonal changes in residential heating and biomass combustion.Finally,uncertainties in inventories were analyzed.     

Operational properties and matrix representations of quantum measures

Denoted by M(A), QM(A) and SQM(A) the sets of all measures, quantum measures and subadditive quantum measures on a σ-algebra A, respectively. We observe that these sets are all positive cones in the real vector space F(A) of all real-valued functions on A and prove that M(A) is a face of SQM(A). It is proved that the product of m grade-1 measures is a grade-m measure. By combining a matrix M _μ to a quantum measure μ on the power set A _n of an n-element set X, it is proved that μ ≪ ν (resp. μ ⊥ ν) if and only if M _μ ≪ M _ν (resp. M _μ M _ν =0). Also, it is shown that two nontrivial measures μ and ν are mutually absolutely continuous if and only if μ·ν∈QM(A _n ). Moreover, the matrices corresponding to quantum measures are characterized. Finally, convergence of a sequence of quantum measures on A _n is introduced and discussed; especially, the Vitali-Hahn-Saks theorem for quantum measures is proved.     

2010年7月8日英山特大暴雨过程的成因分析

利用GFS(0.5°×0.5°)6 h再分析资料、LAPS资料以及FY-2c卫星云图资料、武汉区域雷达拼图产品和自动站实时资料,对2010年7月8日发生在英山的特大暴雨过程进行了分析.结果表明:控制湖北地区的副高南退时,副高外围东移的短波槽引导北方冷空气下滑是此次过程的触发机制;低层切变、低空急流、露点锋和地面辐合线引起了低层辐合、中层辐散、低层θse锋生及中上层θse锋区下移,提供了有利的动力条件;750～1 000 hPa的高湿区是水汽条件;温度槽温度脊的配合、对流有效位能的持续增加和湿位涡上正下负的配置为此次过程提供了不稳定能量.     

基于ASD光谱仪的悬浮泥沙光学衰减系数研究

 设计了基于ASD光谱仪的玻璃水槽实验,测量人工光源穿透不同水深、不同质量浓度含沙水体的辐亮度,以纯水为参照,得出了某一粒径组成下不同质量浓度悬浮泥沙在350~920 nm波段范围内的光学衰减系数。实验泥沙样本的光学衰减系数光谱特征单一,随着波长的增大逐渐减小,表现为一条略倾的曲线,且正比于泥沙质量浓度。在0~0.15 m深度范围内的,相同质量浓度的泥沙光学衰减系数随水深的变化可以忽略不计。从350~920 nm,实验泥沙样本的单位质量浓度光学衰减系数从0.084缓慢减小至0.069 m²/g。     

基于粒子群优化的有序盲信号分离算法

为了按照规范四阶累积量的绝对值有序分离出源信号,提出了一种新的基于粒子群优化的有序盲信号分离算法.本算法采用信号的规范四阶累积量作为代价函数,使用粒子群优化算法代替传统的梯度算法对代价函数进行优化,通过消源去相关方法从混合信号中消去已分离出的源信号成分,逐次按序提取出源信号,解决了梯度算法容易陷入局部极值而不能正确提取...