First Imaging of Coronal Mass Ejections in the Heliosphere Viewed from Outside the Sun – Earth Line     

Richard A. Harrison  Christopher J. Davis  Christopher J. Eyles  Danielle Bewsher  Steve R. Crothers  Jackie A. Davies  Russell A. Howard  Daniel J. Moses  Dennis G. Socker  Jeffrey S. Newmark  Jean-Philippe Halain  Jean-Marc Defise  Emmanuel Mazy  Pierre Rochus  David F. Webb  George M. Simnett 《Solar physics》2008,247(1):171-193

We show for the first time images of solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) viewed using the Heliospheric Imager (HI) instrument aboard the NASA STEREO spacecraft. The HI instruments are wide-angle imaging systems designed to detect CMEs in the heliosphere, in particular, for the first time, observing the propagation of such events along the Sun – Earth line, that is, those directed towards Earth. At the time of writing the STEREO spacecraft are still close to the Earth and the full advantage of the HI dual-imaging has yet to be realised. However, even these early results show that despite severe technical challenges in their design and implementation, the HI instruments can successfully detect CMEs in the heliosphere, and this is an extremely important milestone for CME research. For the principal event being analysed here we demonstrate an ability to track a CME from the corona to over 40 degrees. The time – altitude history shows a constant speed of ascent over at least the first 50 solar radii and some evidence for deceleration at distances of over 20 degrees. Comparisons of associated coronagraph data and the HI images show that the basic structure of the CME remains clearly intact as it propagates from the corona into the heliosphere. Extracting the CME signal requires a consideration of the F-coronal intensity distribution, which can be identified from the HI data. Thus we present the preliminary results on this measured F-coronal intensity and compare these to the modelled F-corona of Koutchmy and Lamy (IAU Colloq. 85, 63, 1985). This analysis demonstrates that CME material some two orders of magnitude weaker than the F-corona can be detected; a specific example at 40 solar radii revealed CME intensities as low as 1.7×10⁻¹⁴ of the solar brightness. These observations herald a new era in CME research as we extend our capability for tracking, in particular, Earth-directed CMEs into the heliosphere.  相似文献   

利用卫星影像获得汶川地震之同震地表变形来探讨其断层几何模型(英文)     

郭昱廷  Yue-Gau Chen  Mong-Han Huang  John Suppe  Francois Ayoub  Yu-Ju Kuo 《国际地震动态》2010,(6):32-32

On 12th May 2008, a MW7.9 earthquake occurred on the Longmenshan fault in the mountains to the west of Sichuan Province, which shook many Asian cities and killed at least 69 000 people.  相似文献   

Monitoring water flow in a clay-shale hillslope from geophysical data fusion based on a fuzzy logic approach     

Gilles Grandjean  Clément Hibert  François Mathieu  Emilie Garel  Jean-Philippe Malet 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2009,341(10-11):937-948

Seismic and electrical resistivity tomography allow subsurface characterization from acoustic P-waves (Vp), shear S-waves (Vs) velocities, and electrical resistivity (ρ). Both geophysical methods were used to monitor water flow during a controlled rainfall experiment on a clay-shale hillslope located in the Laval catchment at Draix (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France). The objectives of the rainfall experiment were to analyse the water infiltration processes and identify possible water pathways by combining multi-method observations. The seismic data provide information on fissure density and the electrical resistivity data provide information on soil water content within the hillslope. Changes of the Vp and electrical resistivity fields with time show some similar pattern. To go further in the analysis of the water flow a geophysical data fusion strategy based on fuzzy set theory is applied. The computed fuzzy cross-sections based on expert hypotheses show the possibility for the material to be saturated during the rainfall experiment. The data fusion process is repeated in time for each acquisition set. The relative difference between the obtained fuzzy cross-sections is calculated and reveals possible locations where water may be transferred within the hillslope.  相似文献   

The planet formation imager     

John D. Monnier  Stefan Kraus  Michael J. Ireland  Fabien Baron  Amelia Bayo  Jean-Philippe Berger  Michelle Creech-Eakman  Ruobing Dong  Gaspard Duchêne  Catherine Espaillat  Chris Haniff  Sebastian Hönig  Andrea Isella  Attila Juhasz  Lucas Labadie  Sylvestre Lacour  Stephanie Leifer  Antoine Merand  Ernest Michael  Stefano Minardi  Christoph Mordasini  David Mozurkewich  Johan Olofsson  Claudia Paladini  Romain Petrov  Jörg-Uwe Pott  Stephen Ridgway  Stephen Rinehart  Keivan Stassun  Jean Surdej  Theo ten Brummelaar  Neal Turner  Peter Tuthill  Kerry Vahala  Gerard van Belle  Gautam Vasisht  Ed Wishnow  John Young  Zhaohuan Zhu 《Experimental Astronomy》2018,46(3):517-529

The Planet Formation Imager (PFI, www.planetformationimager.org) is a next-generation infrared interferometer array with the primary goal of imaging the active phases of planet formation in nearby star forming regions. PFI will be sensitive to warm dust emission using mid-infrared capabilities made possible by precise fringe tracking in the near-infrared. An L/M band combiner will be especially sensitive to thermal emission from young exoplanets (and their disks) with a high spectral resolution mode to probe the kinematics of CO and H₂O gas. In this paper, we give an overview of the main science goals of PFI, define a baseline PFI architecture that can achieve those goals, point at remaining technical challenges, and suggest activities today that will help make the Planet Formation Imager facility a reality.  相似文献   

High-resolution modelling of a coastal harbour in the presence of strong tides and significant river runoff     

Paquin  Jean-Philippe  Lu  Youyu  Taylor  Stephanne  Blanken  Hauke  Marcotte  Guillaume  Hu  Xianmin  Zhai  Li  Higginson  Simon  Nudds  Shannon  Chanut  Jérôme  Smith  Gregory C.  Bernier  Natacha  Dupont  Frédéric 《Ocean Dynamics》2020,70(3):365-385

Ocean Dynamics - In the context of Canada’s Ocean Protection Plan (OPP), improved coastal and near-shore modelling is needed to enhance marine safety and emergency response capacity in the...  相似文献   

Modeling Geodetic Processes with Levy \alpha -Stable Distribution and FARIMA     

Jean-Philippe Montillet  Kegen Yu 《Mathematical Geosciences》2015,47(6):627-646

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Slip-partitioning and fore-arc deformation at the Sunda Trench, Indonesia     

Baroux  Avouac  Bellier  & Sébrier 《地学学报》1998,10(3):139-144

Oblique subduction at the Sunda Trench has produced transpressive deformation of the plate leading edge. A major feature is the right-lateral Great Sumatran Fault (GSF) which probably absorbs a significant fraction of the trench-parallel shear. The kinematics of Sunda relative to Australia are discussed on the basis of available GPS data, and geologically determined slip rates on the GSF. In spite of the uncertainty on the plate motion, several robust conclusions can be drawn. The predicted obliquity of the convergence increases northward along the Sumatra Trench, up to about 30°. Slip partitioning is nearly complete along the northern segment of the Sumatra Trench, where the GSF probably accommodates most of the trench parallel shear. Along the southern segment, where obliquity is less than about 20°, slip-partitioning is not complete as indicated by oblique thrusting at the subduction. There, only a fraction of the trench parallel motion of Australia relative to SE Asia is accommodated along the GSF. These observations suggest that the leading edge behaves like a plastic wedge, except that slip-partitioning, although incomplete, is observed even at low obliquities.  相似文献   

A decision aid tool for equity issues analysis in emission permit allocations     

Kathleen Vaillancourt  Jean-Philippe Waaub 《Climate Policy》2013,13(5):487-501

Abstract

In the long term, the Kyoto Protocol will be insufficient to stabilize the greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere; quantified commitments will also be essential for major developing countries (and the US). International cooperation mechanisms, such as permit trading systems, can help achieve global economic efficiency. However, the initial allocation of emission permits raises many debates on equity. The main objective is to propose a decision aid tool for decision makers, which is capable of providing relevant information on various equitable permit allocation schemes and burden sharing. A dynamic multicriteria model is proposed to share the global quantity of permits among 15 regions, taking into account multiple definitions of equity and regional interests. The World-MARKAL energy model is used to compute the gross reduction cost (before permit exchanges) for each region. Afterward, it is possible to calculate their net reduction costs (after permit exchanges) according to different allocation schemes. A realistic simulation of the tool provides examples of results, i.e. ranges of permit allocations and net costs for each region. Finally, some recommendations are proposed to policy makers to design a decision process adapted to the global context of negotiations.  相似文献   

Cold Dust and Very Cold Excess Emission in the Galaxy   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Hervé Bourdin  Françcois Boulanger  Jean-Philippe Bernard  Guilaine Lagache 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2002,281(1-2):243-246

We provide insight in the origin of the far-IR to mm emission from galaxies by presenting a decomposition of the Galaxy emission where we separate the contributions from dust in the atomic gas and dust associated with quiescent molecular gas as a function of Galacto-centric distance. This decomposition leaves a puzzling very cold emission excess with a brightness independent of Galactic longitude that might be pointing at interstellar matter in the outer Galaxy not traced by H I nor CO emission. This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data and the curvature of space     

Jean-Philippe Uzan  Ulrich Kirchner  George F. R. Ellis 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,344(4):L65-L68

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