Response of mesopheric ozone to particle precipitation     

Paul J. Crutzen  Susan Solomon 《Planetary and Space Science》1980,28(12):1147-1153

In the mesosphere, water vapor photolysis is the major source of odd hydrogen (H, OH and HO₂) under normal conditions. The odd hydrogen produced may then be converted to H₂ by the reaction H + HO₂→ H₂ + O₂. This process is responsible for the calculated decrease in the H₂O mixing ratio and accompanying increase in the H₂ mixing ratio with altitude in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Charged particle precipitation events are calculated to produce the same effect, particularly in the 70–85 km region, thus temporarily resulting in enhanced conversion of H₂O to H₂ following such an event. Since odd hydrogen is produced predominantly by water vapor photolysis at these altitudes, decreased odd hydrogen concentrations are also anticipated. Odd hydrogen processes dominate ozone destruction in this region, and so an increase in ozone may occur if odd hydrogen concentrations decrease. We have examined the calculated time behavior of these processes in a numerical model using the August 1972 solar proton event as an example, and we present calculations indicating what might be observed in future events.  相似文献   

On the chemistry of H₂O H₂ and meteoritic ions in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere     

S. Solomon  E.E. Ferguson  D.W. Fahey  P.J. Crutzen 《Planetary and Space Science》1982,30(11):1117-1126

In the Earth's lower thermosphere and mesosphere, water vapor is photodissociated by absorption of Lyman alpha radiation. The hydrogen containing free radicals produced by this process lead to the formation of molecular hydrogen. Therefore, very small water vapor mixing ratios are expected at high altitudes, particularly in summer, when photolysis is especially rapid. We present one and two-dimensional model calculations regarding the distribution of H₂O and H₂ in the upper atmosphere.The ion chemistry of meteor ions in the lower thermosphere is also examined and it is shown that silicon ion densities can be used to infer water vapor concentrations near 100 km. The water vapor mixing ratios obtained are generally well below one part per million and are in good agreement with the model calculations.  相似文献   

Occurrence of small “Trigger” meanders in the Kuroshio off Southern Kyushu     

Harold Solomon 《Journal of Oceanography》1978,34(3):81-84

Current path records of the Kuroshio off southern Japan have been examined for the period 1960–1977. Together with previously published results (S.Yoshida, 1961;Shoji, 1972) this evidence indicates that all major changes in the path of the Kuroshio off Cape Shiono were preceded by the formation of a small trigger meander off Kyushu and its downstream propagation to Cape Shiono. The periods of occurrence of these trigger meanders, most of which decay without propagating downstream, are documented. Small meanders off Kyushu occur throughout the year, but all of those which triggered changes off Cape Shiono were initially generated in the period January–April.Contribution No. 4 of the Pacific International Research Association.  相似文献   

On the use of an externally deployed geophone package on an Ocean Bottom Seismometer     

Jeremy D. Duschenes  Timothy W. Barash  Paul J. Mattaboni  Sean C. Solomon 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1981,4(4):437-450

We describe a recent modification to the MIT Ocean Bottom Seismometer by which the geophones are housed in a separate package that is deployed on the sea floor about 1 m distance from the main unit several hours after the OBS reaches the ocean bottom. Records from deep-sea experiments and shallow-water tests show two improvements over records from geophones housed in the main instrument package. Signals recorded by the external geophones have a much better signal-to-noise ratio because tape recorder noise and instrument vibrations generated by water currents are effectively eliminated. As a result, the overall frequency response of the sensors to ground motion has a demonstrably smoother spectral shape. The second improvement is that the cross coupling of horizontal instrument motion to vertical ground motion is apparently greatly reduced because of the simpler design for the sensor package.  相似文献   

The renavigation of Sea Beam bathymetric data between 9° N and 10° N on the East Pacific Rise     

W. S. D. Wilcock  D. R. Toomey  G. M. Purdy  S. C. Solomon 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1993,15(1):1-12

We present a gridded Sea Beam bathymetric map of a 5100 km² area between 9° and 10° N on the East Pacific Rise (included as a color separate accompanying this issue). The raw bathymetric data are renavigated using a technique for calculating smooth adjustments to navigation that incorporates absolute constraints from satellite fixes and acoustically-located explosive shots, and relative constraints from the misfit of bathymetric data at ship track crossovers. We describe a back-projection technique for gridding the bathymetric data that incorporates an approximation for the power distribution within a narrow-beam echo sounding system and accounts for the variable uncertainties associated with multi-beam data. The nodal separation of the resulting map is ~ 80 m in both latitude and longitude, and the sampling of grid points within a 60 × 85 km² region is in excess of 99%. A formal analysis of variance is applied to the gridded bathymetric data. For each grid point, the difference between the variance of data from within a track versus data from between tracks provides an upper bound on the magnitude of bathymetric misfits arising from navigational errors. The renavigation results in an 88% reduction in this quantity. We also examine the effects of renavigation on the misfit of magnetic and gravity data at crossovers and compare our results with other bathymetric surveys. A striking feature of the final bathymetric map is the sinuous regional shape of the rise axis. In plan view, the local trend of morphology sometimes varies by up to 15° and the distances separating changes in morphological trend are about 10–20 km. In cross section the slopes of the rise flanks are notably asymmetric and show some correlation with the offset of the axial magmatic system as detected by seismic methods.  相似文献   

Nonlinear dynamics of a coupled surge-heave small-body ocean mooring system     

Oded Gottlieb  Solomon C.S. Yim 《Ocean Engineering》1997,24(5):479-495

An investigation of coupled surge-heave motion of a symmetric small-body ocean mooring system is carried out in this paper. The dynamical system, formulated using a Lagrangian approach in the vertical plane of motion, is characterized by a strong geometric mooring nonlinearity and includes a quadratic relative motion Morison form for the hydrodynamic damping. Numerical simulations reveal complex periodic and aperiodic solutions which include torus multiplying and chaotic motion. The onset of instabilities is discussed and a comparison with a limiting decoupled surge model is performed.  相似文献   

The effects of attenuation and site on the spectra of microearthquakes in the Jubilee Hills region of Hyderabad,India     

Saurabh Baruah  Devajit Hazarika  Naba K. Gogoi  P. Solomon Raju 《Journal of Earth System Science》2007,116(1):37-47

Microearthquake spectra from Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad are analyzed to observe the effect of attenuation and site on these spectra. The ratios of spectral amplitudes at lower and higher frequency are measured for three different stations at varying epicentral distances to estimate Q value for both P-and S-wave in near and sub-surface layer. Average estimates of Qp and Qs are 235 and 278 respectively. Value of Qs/Qp larger than 1.0 suggests dry crust for most of the Jubilee Hills region. The near-surface low Qp and Qs for 0 km to 0.9 km depth coincide with the soil layer, top and semi-weathered and highly fractured zone. In contrast, at a shallower depth beneath the Jubilee Hills area, Hyderabad, we obtain high Qp and Qs zone, which corresponds to the dense and high velocity rocks of the region. The varying corner frequencies for these spectra are inferred to be characteristics of site. Comparisons of disparity in spectral content with reference to hard rock site conclude that lithology of the northwest part of Jubilee Hills area amplify about twice the incoming seismic signal, as compared to the southern part best outlined at 8 to 10 Hz only.  相似文献   

Risk-based environmental decision-making using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (F-AHP)   总被引：1，自引：4，他引：1  

Solomon Tesfamariam  Rehan Sadiq 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2006,21(1):35-50

Environmental risk management is an integral part of risk analyses. The selection of different mitigating or preventive alternatives often involve competing and conflicting criteria, which requires sophisticated multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is one of the most commonly used MCDM methods, which integrates subjective and personal preferences in performing analyses. AHP works on a premise that decision-making of complex problems can be handled by structuring the complex problem into a simple and comprehensible hierarchical structure. However, AHP involves human subjectivity, which introduces vagueness type uncertainty and necessitates the use of decision-making under uncertainty. In this paper, vagueness type uncertainty is considered using fuzzy-based techniques. The traditional AHP is modified to fuzzy AHP using fuzzy arithmetic operations. The concept of risk attitude and associated confidence of a decision maker on the estimates of pairwise comparisons are also discussed. The methodology of the proposed technique is built on a hypothetical example and its efficacy is demonstrated through an application dealing with the selection of drilling fluid/mud for offshore oil and gas operations.  相似文献   

Geology and mineral potential of Ethiopia: a note on geology and mineral map of Ethiopia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Solomon Tadesse  Jean-Pierre Milesi  Yves Deschamps   《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2003,36(4):273-313

This work presents a geoscientific map and database for geology, mineral and energy resources of Ethiopia in a digital form at a scale of 1:2,000,000, compiled from several sources. The final result of the work has been recorded on CD-ROM in GIS format so that the map and the database could be available to users on a personal computer.Metallic resources (precious, rare, base and ferrous–ferroalloy metals) are widely related to the metamorphic meta-volcano-sedimentary belts and associated intrusives belonging to various terranes of the Arabian–Nubian Shield, accreted during the East and West Gondwana collision (Neoproterozoic, 900–500 Ma).Industrial minerals and rock resources occur in more diversified geological environments, including the Proterozoic basement rocks, the Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic sediments and recent (Cenozoic) volcanics and associated sediments.Energy resources (oil, coal, geothermal resources) are restricted to Phanerozoic basin sediments and Cenozoic volcanism and rifting areas.  相似文献   

Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Irradiance Measurements During Solar Cycle 22     

Thomas N. Woods  Gary J. Rottman  Scott M. Bailey  Stanley C. Solomon  John R. Worden 《Solar physics》1998,177(1-2):133-146

The solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) irradiance, the dominant global energy source for Earth's atmosphere above 100 km, is not known accurately enough for many studies of the upper atmosphere. During the absence of direct solar EUV irradiance measurements from satellites, the solar EUV irradiance is often estimated at the 30–50% uncertainty level using both proxies of the solar irradiance and earlier solar EUV irradiance measurements, primarily from the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (now Phillips Laboratory) rockets and Atmospheric Explorer (AE) instruments. Our sounding rocket measurements during solar cycle 22 include solar EUV irradiances below 120 nm with 0.2 nm spectral resolution, far ultraviolet (FUV) airglow spectra below 160 nm, and solar soft X-ray (XUV) images at 17.5 nm. Compared to the earlier observations, these rocket experiments provide a more accurate absolute measurement of the solar EUV irradiance, because these instruments are calibrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with a radiometric uncertainty of about 8%. These more accurate sounding-rocket measurements suggest revisions of the previous reference AE–E spectra by as much as a factor of 2 at some wavelengths. Our sounding-rocket flights during the past several years (1988–1994) also provide information about solar EUV variability during solar cycle 22.  相似文献