The value of technology and of its evolution towards a low carbon economy   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Massimo Tavoni  Enrica De Cian  Gunnar Luderer  Jan Christoph Steckel  Henri Waisman 《Climatic change》2012,114(1):39-57

This paper assesses the economic value associated with the development of various low-carbon technologies in the context of climate stabilization. We analyze the impact of restrictions on the development of specific mitigation technologies, comparing three integrated assessment models used in the RECIPE comparison exercise. Our results indicate that the diversification of the carbon mitigation portfolio is an important determinant of the feasibility of climate policy. Foregoing specific low carbon technologies raises the cost of achieving the climate policy, though at different rates. CCS and renewables are shown to have the highest value, given their flexibility and wide coverage. The costs associated with technology failure are shown to be related to the role that each technology plays in the stabilization scenario, but also to the expectations about their technological progress. In particular, the costs of restriction of mature technologies can be partly compensated by more innovation and technological advancement.  相似文献   

Distribution and transport of sedimentary trace metals in the tidal portions of the Kennebec/Androscoggin River system, Maine, USA     

Peter Foster Larsen  Henri E. Gaudette 《Marine pollution bulletin》2010,60(8):1325-1335

Previous investigations suggest that contaminant transport from the large Kennebec/Androscoggin watershed is an important large-scale process in mid-coast Maine. To investigate this phenomenon, we determined the concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sn and Zn in the surface sediments of 47 stations in the tidal Kennebec/Androscoggin system. Most stations exhibited elevated metal concentrations. Highest levels were found in the main stem of the system. Distribution patterns lead to the conclusion that metals enter the system from the watershed and are transported to the nearshore Gulf of Maine. The coarse-grained, ebb tide dominated flow prevents the accumulation of contaminants in the estuary. This supports the hypothesis of Larsen and Gaudette (1995) that the Kennebec and Androscoggin watersheds are sources for contaminants observed in the nearshore Gulf of Maine.  相似文献   

Total organic carbon fluxes of the Red River system (Vietnam)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

Thi Phuong Quynh Le  Viet Nga Dao  Emma Rochelle‐Newall  Josette Garnier  XiXi Lu  Gilles Billen  Thi Thuy Duong  Cuong Tu Ho  Henri Etcheber  Thi Mai Huong Nguyen  Thi Bich Ngoc Nguyen  Bich Thuy Nguyen  Nhu Da Le  Quoc Long Pham 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2017,42(9):1329-1341

Riverine transport of organic carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the oceans plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. The Red River is located in Southeast Asia where river discharge, sediment loads and fluxes of elements (carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) associated with suspended solids have been dramatically altered over past decades as a result of reservoir impoundment and land use, population, and climate change. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) concentrations were measured monthly at four stations of the Red River system from January 2008 to December 2010. The results reveal that POC changed synchronically with total suspended solids (TSS) concentration and with the river discharge, whereas no clear trend was observed for DOC concentration. The mean value of total organic carbon (TOC = DOC + POC) flux in the delta of the Red River was 31.5 × 10¹³ ± 4.0 × 10¹³ MgC.yr^?1 (range 27.9–35.8 × 10¹³ MgC.yr^?1 which leads to a specific TOC flux of 2012 ± 255 kgC.km^?2.yr^?1 during this 2008–2010 period. About 80% of the TOC flux was transferred to the estuary during the rainy season as a consequence of the higher river water discharge. The high mean value of the POC:Chl‐a ratio (1585 ± 870 mgC.mgChl‐a^?1) and the moderate C:N ratio (7.3 ± 0.1) in the water column system suggest that organic carbon in the Red River system is mainly derived from erosion and soil leaching in the basin. The effect of two new dam impoundments in the Red River was also observable with lower TOC fluxes in 2010 compared with 2008. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Variations of the suspended matter and the particulate organic carbon in the entry of the Gironde Estuary,France   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Lin Rong-gen  Etcheber Henri 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1994,12(1):54-60

The effects of using different types of glass fiber filters (GF/F, GF/C) and of sample treatments were evaluated. Studies on the variation of suspended matter (SM) and particulate organic carbon (POC) showed that: 1) the transversal and day to night variations are important and must be taken into account in order to get a correct river flux; 2) no regular seasonal variations of SM and POC were observed, as they are controlled essentially by the climatological, hydrologic, physiochemical, biological, and geological conditions of the drainage area. Contribution No 2246 from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.  相似文献   

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L. Denis Delorme  Luc De Meester  Henri J. Dumont  H. E. Wright Jr. 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1990,3(1):75-79

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Analysis of two-decade meteorological and air quality trends in Rome (Italy)     

Di Bernardino  Annalisa  Iannarelli  Anna Maria  Diémoz  Henri  Casadio  Stefano  Cacciani  Marco  Siani  Anna Maria 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2022,147(1-2):291-305

Theoretical and Applied Climatology - The extreme temperature events are a concern in recent years due to climate variability particularly in India as there is an increase in the temperature...  相似文献   

Evaluation of long-range transport and deposition of desert dust with the CTM MOCAGE     

By M. MARTET  V.-H. PEUCH  B. LAURENT  B. MARTICORENA  G. BERGAMETTI 《Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology》2009,61(2):449-463

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Ensemble Optimal Interpolation: multivariate properties in the Gulf of Mexico   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

FRANÇOIS COUNILLON  LAURENT BERTINO 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》2009,61(2):296-308

High-resolution models can reproduce mesoscale dynamics and the variability in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), but cannot provide accurate locations of currents without data assimilation (DA). We use the computationally cheap Ensemble Optimal Interpolation (EnOI) in conjunction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) model for assimilating altimetry data. The covariance matrix extracted from a historical ensemble, is three-dimensional and multivariate. This study shows that the multivariate correlations with sea level anomaly are coherent with the known dynamics of the area at two locations: the central part of the GOM and the upper slope of the northern shelf. The correlations in the first location are suitable for an eddy forecasting system, but the correlations in the second location show some limitations due to seasonal variability. The multivariate relationships between variables are reasonably linear, as assumed by the EnOI. Our DA set-up produces little noise that is dampened within 2 d, when the model is pulled strongly towards observations. Part of it is caused by density perturbations in the isopycnal layers, or artificial caballing. The DA system is demonstrated for a realistic case of Loop Current eddy shedding, namely Eddy Yankee.  相似文献   

Asynchronous data assimilation with the EnKF   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

By PAVEL SAKOV  GEIR EVENSEN  LAURENT BERTINO 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》2010,62(1):24-29

This study revisits the problem of assimilation of asynchronous observations, or four-dimensional data assimilation, with the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF). We show that for a system with perfect model and linear dynamics the ensemble Kalman smoother (EnKS) provides a simple and efficient solution for the problem: one just needs to use the ensemble observations (that is, the forecast observations for each ensemble member) from the time of observation during the update, for each assimilated observation. This recipe can be used for assimilating both past and future data; in the context of assimilating generic asynchronous observations we refer to it as the asynchronous EnKF. The asynchronous EnKF is essentially equivalent to the four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var). It requires only one forward integration of the system to obtain and store the data necessary for the analysis, and therefore is feasible for large-scale applications. Unlike 4D-Var, the asynchronous EnKF requires no tangent linear or adjoint model.  相似文献   

Sedimentary processes and origin of sediment gravity-flow deposits on the western Algerian margin during late Pleistocene and Holocene     

Pierre Giresse  Henri Pauc  Jacques Déverchère 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2009,26(5):695-710

Seven piston cores retrieved from the Algerian margin from Oran to 80 km east of Algiers were studied to identify sediment gravity-flow deposits and their sources. At the foot of the slope, five sediment cores indicate a decreasing frequency of turbidite sequences from the transgressive systems tract to the highstand systems tract resulting in lower off-shelf sediment fluxes during the last highstand episode. There is an approximately log-normal frequency distribution of bed thickness that increases for larger grain-size class, but this relationship is frequently altered by truncation of the top of the turbidite sequence. In the deep basin off Algeria, two sediment cores indicate that turbidite sequences are both thicker and more preserved than at the foot of the slope and are observed through the entire sediment core implying various origin of the gravity flow (eustatic change, seismicity).  相似文献