Correlations between forest fires in British Columbia, Canada, and sea surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean

Correlations and cross-correlations between forest fires in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean were evaluated. British Columbia has a long Pacific Ocean coastline; given that there may be teleconnections between the province's forest fires and climate variability over the ocean, significant correlations may exist between forest fires and the sea surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean. Fire occurrences and areas burned through lightning-caused and human-caused fires were analyzed against individual 1° × 1° grid cells of anomalies in the sea surface temperature to determine correlations for the period 1950-2006. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) for vast areas of the ocean were found between occurrences of lightning-caused fires and sea surface temperature anomalies for time lags of 1 and 2 years, whereas significant correlations between occurrences of human-caused fires and sea surface temperature anomalies occurred extensively for many time lags. To support the results of this approach, correlations between fire data and the Niño 3.4, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and Arctic Oscillation indices were tested for the same period. Significant correlations were found between fire occurrences and these indices at certain time lags. Overall, fire occurrence appeared to be more extensively correlated with sea surface temperature anomalies than was area burned. These results support the hypothesis that teleconnections exist between fire activity in British Columbia and sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, and the correlations suggest that linear regression models or other regression techniques may be appropriate for predicting fire severity from the sea surface temperatures of one or more previous years.     

气候异常对交通运输影响的对策研究

在概述我国交通运输的构成以及这年发展的基础上,分析了不同气候异常类型对不同交通运输系统在不同阶段的影响,提出了交通运输防御气候异常的战略性对策和在不同气候异常情况下防御气候灾害的战术性对策。     

嵊州、新昌地震与低空大气增温异常

从嵊州、新昌地震 (1998 0 8 17T 1∶4 6ML4 5)的地震地质构造环境、卫星热红外异常与近地表大气增温异常等三个方面 ,进行了研究。认为地震前几日 ,震区及周围大面积的突发性低空大气增温异常与卫星红外异常是一种临震前兆 ,并总结了增温异常的时空演变规律与地震活动的关系。     

武汉20世纪90年代暴雨异常的物理环境变化背景探讨

根据武汉1951－2000年50年暴雨日数资料，应用Mann-Kendall统计方法对暴雨邓列进行年限突变检验。揭示出武汉暴雨在1979年发生突变，20世纪80年代后暴雨出现频数明显上升，强度增大，90年代达到最大，同时指出武汉20世纪90年代暴雨日数和暴雨量异常的显著特征，着重从西太平洋副热带高压，阻塞高压，太平洋海温等重要物理环境因子的突变出发，探讨造成20世纪90年代武汉暴雨异常的物理变化背景，结果表明，在武汉暴雨异常多的90年代与暴雨异常少的70年代，所对应的大气，海洋环境背景显著不同，90年代北半球500hPa月平均高度场是处于几十年中正异常最大的阶段，西太平洋副热带高压持续偏南，偏强，西伸脊点偏西，东亚中高纬度环流异常，维持稳定的阻塞高压形势，赤道东太平洋海温（SST）出现最大正距平，为近50年来的异常增温时期，厄尔尼诺（ENSO）事件发生频繁。     

Laboratory-scale study of the suppression of PCDD/F emission during coal and MSW co-incineration

The experimental test of co-incinerating Chinese raw municipal solid waste （MSW） and coal in a laboratory-scale tubular reactor was first reported in present study, and the emission of normal gas components and the effects of the S/Cl molar ratio or coal mixing percentages on polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans （PCDDs/Fs） emission were investigated and discussed. The results indicated that OCDD was the only PCDD homologues since others like TCDD-HpCDD was hardly detected, while as the categories of PCDF homologues were comparatively much more general. The amount of PCDD was much larger than that of PCDF in all operating conditions. Since ZPCDF/∑PCDD〈〈1, the dominant role of the precursor formation was proven in our experimental conductions. With increasing the coal addition to MSW （from 0 to 16%）, PCDD and PCDF were reduced considerably. Coal and MSW may suppress the PCDD/F emissions efficiently （over 95%） during the MSW incineration process. The PCDD/F suppression results of the present study could be helpful guidance to the industrial application of Chinese MSW and auxiliary coal co-incineration processes. The PCDD/F stack emission data of two industrial incinerators using co-incineration technology in China seem to have a great positive reduction of PCDDs/Fs.     

大气环流异常与地震关系初探

本文以海城、乌恰地震为例分析了我国强震前特大干旱的大气环流特征。表明强地震前的气象异常是显著的，且大气环流相对于多年平均环流具有明显的干旱特征，从而揭示了地震与大气环流异常之间的相互联系，这对提高强地震中长期预测的准确率有一定实际意义。     

用标准偏差建立的异常从属函数

用标准偏差建立了一种新的异常从属函数。用该方法显示出，苍山地震前淮北和泗县台地倾斜，大同－阳高地震前阳原和大同台站地电阻率的μ值均有不同程序的异常反应。     

佳木斯台形变观测对东北地区几次浅震"场兆"异常的探讨

大地震在主破裂前往往行成地壳变形,高应力作用下进入峰值后的变形阶段,反映到地倾斜观测日均值曲线上,表现为固体潮形变趋势异常,这些异常能否指示远距离的地震,近年来不少研究者发现,远场前兆往往出现在对应力、应变变化反应灵敏的特殊构造部位.佳木斯台可能处于这种特殊的构造部位,对东北地区浅源地震短期前兆异常"场兆"的趋势性变化具有一定的意义.     

北京数字化地电阻率干扰识别与异常分析

整理分析了北京地区数字化地电阻率观测数据中的各种干扰因素,并研究了北京及邻近地区4级以上地震前数字化地电阻率的短临异常特征。为利用数字化地电阻率数据及时识别干扰,准确捕捉地震短临异常信息提供了可借鉴的实例。     

Preterm delivery rate and fetal outcome in structurally affected twin pregnancies: A retrospective matched control study

Data from 23 twin pregnancies with one structurally affected fetus were compared with data from 23 twin pregnancies with proven absence of structural fetal anomalies and matched for maternal age, parity, and year of delivery. The preterm delivery rate ( < 37 weeks) was high in both groups but not significantly different (57 vs. 48 per cent). Perinatal mortality was significantly higher in the structurally affected twin pregnancies (65 vs. 9 per cent). In the affected twins, birth weight of the anomalous fetus was significantly lower than that of the normal co-twin. Since there was no difference in the incidence of maternal disease (hypertensive disorders, diabetes), it was concluded that the higher perinatal mortality was determined mainly by the nature of the anomaly and not by the preterm delivery rate.