Laboratory Simulations of Bow Shocks and Magnetospheres     

W. Horton  C. Chiu  T. Ditmire 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,298(1-2):395-401

Laboratory experiments using a plasma wind generated by laser-target interaction are proposed and analyzed to investigate the creation of a shock in front of the magnetosphere and the dynamo mechanism. The proposed experiments and simulations are thought to be relevant to understanding the electron acceleration mechanisms at work in shock-driven magnetic dipole confined plasma in compact magnetized stars.  相似文献   

Diatom, Pollen, and Chemical Evidence of Postglacial Climatic Change at Big Lake, South-Central British Columbia, Canada     

Joseph R. Bennett  Brian F. Cumming  Peter R. Leavitt  Marian Chiu  John P. Smol  Julian Szeicz   《Quaternary Research》2001,55(3):332

Postglacial climatic conditions were inferred from cores taken from Big Lake in southern British Columbia. Low concentrations of nonarboreal pollen and pigments near the base of the core suggest that initial conditions were cool. Increases in both aquatic and terrestrial production suggest warmer and moister conditions until 8500 cal yr B.P. Hyposaline diatom assemblages, increases in nonarboreal pollen, and increased concentrations of pigments suggest the onset of arid conditions from 8500 to 7500 cal yr B.P. Slightly less arid conditions are inferred from 7500 until 6660 cal yr B.P. based on the diatoms, small increases and greater variability in biogenic silica and pigments, and higher percentages of arboreal pollen. At 6600 cal yr B.P., changes in diatoms, pigments, biogenic silica, and organic matter suggest that Big Lake became fresh, deep, and eutrophic until 3600 cal yr B.P., when water levels and nutrients decreased slightly. Our paleoclimatic inferences are similar to pollen-based studies until 6600 cal yr B.P. However, unlike these studies, our multiple lines of evidence from Big Lake imply large changes in effective moisture since 6000 cal yr B.P.  相似文献   

Sample preparation for analyzing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in sediment by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry     

Yulin L. Tan  Ada Kong  Yue-on Chiu 《Estuaries and Coasts》1993,16(3):427-432

A sample preparation technique was developed to isolate and separate two classes of combustion-produced pollutants: three- to six-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F), from sediment samples for interference-free analyses by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The method involves soxhlet extraction with methylene chloride, sulfur removal with activated copper powder, gel filtration chromatography with Sephadex LH-20, polarity separations of PAH and PCDD/F with prepacked silica gel solid-phase extraction columns, and isolation of PCDD/F from polychlorinated biphenyls with microalumina columns. Stringent procedural controls were established to achieve clean isolations and recoveries of 70% or better for each step in the method. The prepared sample extracts were analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Electron impact ionization was used for PAH, and negative chemical ionization with methane as a reagent gas was used for PCDD/F. Reproducible results were obtained. The method is simple and has the advantage of conserving sample consumption since two classes of compounds can be analyzed from the same sample. This can be critical in sediment core analyses where sample size is usually limited.  相似文献   

A preliminary study of crustal structure in Taiwan region using receiver function analysis   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kwang-Hee Kim  Jer-Ming Chiu  Honn Kao  Qiyuan Liu  Yih-Hsiung Yeh 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,159(1):146-164

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Comparison of TRMM and water district rain rates over New Mexico   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

Long S. CHIU  Zhong LIU  Jearanai VONGSAARD  Stanley MORAIN  Amy BUDGE  Paul NEVILLE  Chandra BALES 《大气科学进展》2006,23(1):1-13

This paper compares monthly and seasonal rain rates derived from the Version 5 (V5) and Version 6 (V6) TRMM Precipitation Radar (TPR, TSDIS reference 2A25), TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI, 2A12), TRMM Combined Instrument (TCI, 2B31), TRMM calibrated IR rain estimates (3B42) and TRMM merged gauge and satellite analysis (3B43) algorithms over New Mexico (NM) with rain gauge analyses provided by the New Mexico water districts (WD). The average rain rates over the NM region for 1998–2002 are 0.91mmd?1 for WD and 0.75, 1.38, 1.49, 1.27, and 1.07mmd?1 for V5 3B43, 3B42, TMI, PR and TCA; and 0.74, 1.38, 0.87 and 0.97 mm d?1 for V6 3B43, TMI, TPR and TCA, respectively. Comparison of V5 3B43 with WD rain rates and the daily TRMM mission index (TPR and TMI) suggests that the low bias of V5 3B43 for the wet months (summer to early fall) may be due to the non-inclusion of some rain events in the operational gauge analyses that are used in the production of V5 3B43. Correlation analyses show that the WD rain rates vary in phase, with higher correlation between neighboring WDs. High temporal correlations (>0.8) exist between WD and the combined algorithms (3B42, 3B43 and TCA for both V5 and V6) while satellite instrument algorithms (PR, TMI and TCI) are correlated best among themselves at the monthly scale. Paired t-tests of the monthly time series show that V5 3B42 and TMI are statistically different from the WD rain rates while no significant difference exists between WD and the other products. The agreements between the TRMM satellite and WD gauge estimates are best for the spring and fall and worst for winter and summer. The reduction in V6 TMI (?7.4%) and TPR (?31%) rain rates (compared to V5) results in better agreement between WD estimates and TMI in winter and TPR during summer.  相似文献   

Navigating ethnicity: segregation,placemaking, and difference     

Francesca Chiu 《Urban geography》2019,40(4):582-583

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Marine 3D seismic volumes from 2D seismic survey with large streamer feathering     

Lin  Liang-Fu  Hsu  Ho-Han  Liu  Char-Shine  Chao  Kuo-Han  Ko  Chia-Chun  Chiu  Shye-Dong  Hsieh  Hsin-Sung  Ma  Yu-Fang  Chen  Song-Chuen 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2019,40(4):619-633

Marine Geophysical Research - Strong ocean current influences a marine seismic survey and forces the streamer off-course from the survey line. The sideway drift of the streamer results in that the...  相似文献   

Internal solitons in the northeastern south China Sea. Part I: sources and deep water propagation   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Ramp  S.R. Tswen Yung Tang Duda  T.F. Lynch  J.F. Liu  A.K. Ching-Sang Chiu Bahr  F.L. Hyoung-Rok Kim Yang  Y.-J. 《Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of》2004,29(4):1157-1181

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A very cool brown dwarf in UKIDSS DR1     

S. J. Warren  D. J. Mortlock  S. K. Leggett  D. J. Pinfield  D. Homeier  S. Dye  R. F. Jameson  N. Lodieu  P. W. Lucas  A. J. Adamson  F. Allard  D. Barrado y Navascués  M. Casali  K. Chiu  N. C. Hambly  P. C. Hewett  P. Hirst  M. J. Irwin  A. Lawrence  M. C. Liu †  E. L. Martín  R. L. Smart  L. Valdivielso  B. P. Venemans 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,381(4):1400-1412

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Erratum     

Liang-Tai George Chiu 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》1981,24(2):227-227

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