Earthshine and Asteroseismology Telescope (East) Network

Several automated optical telescopes have been setup at appropriate longitudes around the globe to study earthshine variations and asteroseismology. The first telescope has been setup at Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain in October 2004. The intensity of earthshine relates to the average of Earth’s albedo, and in turn relates to the global temperature of the Earth. A global network is necessary because each site can measure the earthshine reflected from only a part of the Earth. The network will also be used for asteroseismology study. It can measure photometric variations of pulsating stars. The long-term and continuous measurements allow the accurate determination of mode frequencies of stellar pulsations, which provides information on the properties of stellar interior.     

Phase coherence of MHD waves in the solar wind

Large amplitude MHD waves are commonly found in the solar wind. Nonlinear interactions between the MHD waves are likely to produce finite correlation among the wave phases. For discussions of various transport processes of energetic particles, it is fundamentally important to determine whether the wave phases are randomly distributed (as assumed in quasi-linear theories) or they have a finite coherence. Using a method based on a surrogate data technique and a fractal analysis, we analyzed Geotail magnetic field data (provided by S. Kokubun and T. Nagai through DARTS at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) to evaluate the phase coherence among the MHD waves in the earth's foreshock region. The correlation of wave phases does exist, indicating that the nonlinear interactions between the waves is in progress. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

街道峡谷湍流流动的风洞试验与数值计算

在１：２５０的风洞模型上,测量街道峡谷的平均流速,湍流度等参数,分析了街道峡谷内的湍流流动状态,探讨了屋顶来流风在街道峡谷内产生复杂流场的主要特征,并用三维湍流流模型对风洞试验模型进行了数值计算,试验和计算结果为研究街道峡谷风环境以及街道峡谷的传热传质过程提供了基础。     

湍流附面层壁面摩擦应力的测量方法

 本文讨论了不可压和可压湍流附面层壁面摩擦应力的测量方法,对Presto管、Stanton管、底层隔板、表面热膜和计算Preston管法进行了校准和测量比较。     

A Possible Transfer Mechanism for the 11-Year Solar Cycle to the Lower Stratosphere

Observational evidence of the 11-year solar cycle (SC) modulation of stratosphere temperatures and winds from the ERA-40 dataset is reviewed, with emphasis on the Northern winter hemisphere. A frequency modulation of sudden warming events is noted, with warmings occurring earlier in solar minimum periods than in solar maximum periods. The observed interaction between the influence of the SC and the quasi biennial oscillation (QBO) on the frequency of sudden warmings is noted as a possible clue for understanding their mechanism of influence. A possible transfer route for the 11-year solar cycle from the equatorial stratopause region to the lowest part of the stratosphere is proposed, via an influence on sudden warming events and the associated induced meridional circulation. SC and QBO composites of zonal wind anomalies show anomalous wind distributions in the subtropical upper stratosphere in early winter. Mechanistic model experiments are reviewed that demonstrate a sensitivity of sudden warmings to small wind anomalies in this region. Various diagnostics from these experiments are shown, including EP fluxes and their divergence and also the synoptic evolution of the polar vortex, in order to understand the mechanism of the influence. Some recent GCM experiments to investigate the SC/QBO interaction are also described. They simulate reasonably well the observed SC/QBO interaction of sudden warming events and appear to support the hypothesis that tropical/subtropical upper stratospheric wind anomalies are an important influence on the timing of sudden warmings.     

风洞模拟近地面大气边界层

本文通过大气边界层风洞的模拟实验，介绍一种在风洞中模拟近地面大气边界层的方法。根据大风地区的现场实测资料，对大气的风剖面及湍流度等有关参数，提出了一些特殊的要求。常规的模拟方法难以保证与实际风环境的相似，为此专门研制了一种在保证平均风剖面相似的前提下，可使气流产生大湍流度的装置，简称湍流度调节器。通过对模拟边界层的平均风速，湍流度及风速谱的测量分析，证明与实际风区大风环境的风结构相当一致。为解决实     

多卜勒湍流检测

对湍流目标进行检测,是多卜勒效应在现代机载气象雷达中的应用。鉴于目前在新型机载气象雷达中普遍装备了湍流信号处理电路,本文就有关的湍流目标及其检测原理和方法作简要介绍。     

大曲率弯道和叶栅内的湍流数值模拟

本文在贴体曲线坐标系下应用非交错网格技术，发展了适于求解复杂流动的压力修正算法，采用速度的协变物理分量为动量方程的求解变量，推导得出一个适于任何曲线坐标系下控制单元体界面流通量的插值模式，可以有效地抑制不合理的波动压力场，计算表明，算法稳定收敛，计算值与试验值吻合良好，同时能预示通道内复杂的流动现象。     

风洞试验中风剖面的模拟及近流场特性分析

首先简单介绍了日本东京工艺大学风工程研究中心新建的开环流低速边界层风洞中风剖面模拟的试验情况.基于试验结果,采用被广泛应用的三角尖劈加上布置粗糙元的方法,成功地模拟出日本建筑学会定义的四类不同场地对应的风剖面.通过对试验数据的比较分析,就所采用的立方体粗糙元及三角尖劈对最终模拟得到的风剖面特性的影响进行了比较分析.其次,对风剖面模拟及特性判定中的几个重要问题,如三角尖劈的形状优化、风速功率谱的一致性、积分尺度的分析方法等进行了分析.最后,基于以上分析,对在边界层风洞中模拟预定的风剖面提出几点参考意见.     

Langmuir Turbulence and Solar Radio Bursts

Langmuir waves and turbulence resulting from an electron beam-plasma instability play a fundamental role in the generation of solar radio bursts. We report recent theoretical advances in nonlinear dynamics of Langmuir waves. First, starting from the generalized Zakharov equations, we study the parametric excitation of solar radio bursts at the fundamental plasma frequency driven by a pair of oppositely propagating Langmuir waves with different wave amplitudes. Next, we briefly discuss the emergence of chaos in the Zakharov equations. We point out that chaos can lead to turbulence in the source regions of solar radio emissions. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.