A Multi-Wavelength Simultaneous Study of the Composition of the Halley Family Comet 8P/Tuttle     

E. Jehin  D. Bockelée-Morvan  N. Dello Russo  J. Manfroid  D. Hutsemékers  H. Kawakita  H. Kobayashi  R. Schulz  A. Smette  J. Stüwe  M. Weiler  C. Arpigny  N. Biver  A. Cochran  J. Crovisier  P. Magain  H. Rauer  H. Sana  R. J. Vervack  H. Weaver  J.-M. Zucconi 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2009,105(2-4):343-349

We report on simultaneous optical and infrared observations of the Halley Family comet 8P/Tuttle performed with the ESO Very Large Telescope. Such multi-wavelength and coordinated observations are a good example of what can be done to support space missions. From high resolution optical spectroscopy of the CN (0,0) 388 nm and NH₂ (0,9,0) 610 nm bands using UVES at UT2 we determined ¹²C/¹³C = 90 ± 10 and ¹⁴N/¹⁵N = 150 ± 20 in CN and we derived a nuclear spin temperature of NH₃ of 29 ± 1 K. These values are similar to those found in Oort-Cloud and Jupiter Family comets. From low resolution long slit spectroscopy with FORS1 at UT2 we determined the CN, C₃ and C₂ production rates and the parent and daughter scale lengths up to 5.2 10⁵ km tailward. From high resolution IR spectroscopy with CRIRES at UT1 we measured simultaneously the production rates and mixing ratios of H₂O, HCN, C₂H₂, CH₄, C₂H₆, and CH₃OH.  相似文献   

Landscape variations in stream water SO₄ and δS_SO4 in a boreal stream network     

Louise Björkvald  Reiner Giesler  Christoph Humborg 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2009,73(16):4648-2683

Despite reduced anthropogenic deposition during the last decades, deposition sulphate may still play an important role in the biogeochemical cycles of S and many catchments may act as net sources of S that may remain for several decades. The aim of this study is to elucidate the temporal and spatial dynamics of both SO₄²⁻ and δ³⁴S_SO4 in stream water from catchments with varying percentage of wetland and forest coverage and to determine their relative importance for catchment losses of S. Stream water samples were collected from 15 subcatchments ranging in size from 3 to 6780 ha, in a boreal stream network, northern Sweden. In forested catchments (<2% wetland cover) S-SO₄²⁻ concentrations in stream water averaged 1.7 mg L⁻¹ whereas in wetland dominated catchments (>30% wetland cover) the concentrations averaged 0.3 mg L⁻¹. A significant negative relationship was observed between S-SO₄²⁻ and percentage wetland coverage (r² = 0.77, p < 0.001) and the annual export of stream water SO₄²⁻ and wetland coverage (r² = 0.76, p < 0.001). The percentage forest coverage was on the other hand positively related to stream water SO₄²⁻ concentrations and the annual export of stream water SO₄²⁻ (r² = 0.77 and r² = 0.79, respectively). The annual average δ³⁴S_SO4 value in wetland dominated streams was +7.6‰ and in streams of forested catchments +6.7‰. At spring flood the δ³⁴S_SO4 values decreased in all streams by 1‰ to 5‰. The δ³⁴S_SO4 values in all streams were higher than the δ³⁴S_SO4 value of +4.7‰ in precipitation (snow). The export of S ranged from 0.5 kg S ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ (wetland headwater stream) to 3.8 kg S ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ (forested headwater stream). With an average S deposition in open field of 1.3 kg S ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ (2002-2006) the mass balance results in a net export of S from all catchments, except in catchments with >30% wetland. The high temporal and spatial resolution of this study demonstrates that the reducing environments of wetlands play a key role for the biogeochemistry of S in boreal landscapes and are net sinks of S. Forested areas, on the other hand were net sources of S.  相似文献   

Spatial and temporal dynamics of nitrogen exchange in an upwelling reach of a groundwater-fed river and potential response to perturbations changing rainfall patterns under UK climate change scenarios     

Ann Louise Heathwaite  Catherine Heppell  Andrew Binley  Patrick Byrne  Katrina Lansdown  Mark Trimmer  Sami Ullah  Hao Zhang 《水文研究》2021,35(4):e14135

We report the complex spatial and temporal dynamics of hyporheic exchange flows (HEFs) and nitrogen exchange in an upwelling reach of a 200 m groundwater-fed river. We show how research combining hydrological measurement, geophysics and isotopes, together with nutrient speciation techniques provides insight on nitrogen pathways and transformations that could not have been captured otherwise, including a zone of vertical preferential discharge of nitrate from deeper groundwater, and a zone of rapid denitrification linking the floodplain with the riverbed. Nitrate attenuation in the reach is dominated by denitrification but is spatially highly variable. This variability is driven by groundwater flow pathways and landscape setting, which influences hyporheic flow, residence time and nitrate removal. We observed the spatial connectivity of the river to the riparian zone is important because zones of horizontal preferential discharge supply organic matter from the floodplain and create anoxic riverbed conditions with overlapping zones of nitrification potential and denitrification activity that peaked 10–20 cm below the riverbed. Our data also show that temporal variability in water pathways in the reach is driven by changes in stage of the order of tens of centimetres and by strength of water flux, which may influence the depth of delivery of dissolved organic carbon. The temporal variability is sensitive to changes to river flows under UK climate projections that anticipate a 14%–15% increase in regional median winter rainfall and a 14%–19% reduction in summer rainfall. Superimposed on seasonal projections is more intensive storm activity that will likely lead to a more dynamic and inherently complex (hydrologically and biogeochemically) hyporheic zone. We recorded direct evidence of suppression of upwelling groundwater (flow reversal) during rainfall events. Such flow reversal may fuel riverbed sediments whereby delivery of organic carbon to depth, and higher denitrification rates in HEFs might act in concert to make nitrate removal in the riverbed more efficient.  相似文献   

Object classification at the Nearby Supernova Factory     

S. Bailey  C. Aragon  R. Romano  R. C. Thomas  B. A. Weaver  D. Wong 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2008,329(3):292-294

We present the results of applying new object classification techniques to the supernova search of the Nearby Supernova Factory. In comparison to simple threshold cuts, more sophisticated methods such as boosted decision trees, random forests, and support vector machines provide dramatically better object discrimination: we reduced the number of nonsupernova candidates by a factor of 10 while increasing our supernova identification efficiency. Methods such as these will be crucial for maintaining a reasonable false positive rate in the automated transient alert pipelines of upcoming large optical surveys. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)  相似文献   

Spacecraft Reconnaissance of Asteroid and Comet Interiors     

Erik Asphaug  Louise Prockter 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2008,43(6):995-996

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Reply to comment on ‘Up‐scaling potential impacts on water flows from agricultural water interventions: opportunities and trade‐offs in the Osman Sagar catchment,Musi sub‐basin,India’. Hydrological Processes 27: 3905–3921 by Bouma et al.,          下载免费PDF全文

Kaushal K. Garg  Suhas P. Wani  Jennie Barron  Louise Karlberg  Johan Rockstrom 《水文研究》2014,28(8):3352-3355

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Land Injustices: Tracing the Impact of Land Development Projects on Farmers Land Justice in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania     

Camilla Louise Bjerkli  Niels Fold  Michael Sofer 《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2017,71(2):124-125

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Uv Line Profiles of Biv from a 10-Ps Krf-Laser-Produced Plasma     

Iglesias  E.  Griem  H.  Welch  B.  Weaver  J. 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1997,256(1-2):327-331

We use a KrF laser that generates pulses up to 8 × 10¹⁴ watt/cm² when focused onto a boron nitride target. We measured the line profile of the near UV, n = 0, n = 2 transitions of helium-like boron and we studied the triplet 1s2p³P-1s2s³S at 2825.85 (J = 1), 2821.68 (J = 2) and 2824.57 (J = 0) Å, at various positions from the target surface, in order to correlate details of this profile with the presence of self-generated magnetic fields and/or dynamic turbulence among other processes. We fitted the measured profiles to a 0-D model, that includes, Stark, Doppler, Zeeman and instrumental broadening. The effect of the magnetic field was included using an intermediate field calculations. Preliminary results of these measurements are presented and discussed.  相似文献   

The Rocky Mountains And The Southwest: Using Feature Names To Study Two Iconic Subregions In The American West          下载免费PDF全文

Chris Holtkamp  Russell Weaver  David R. Butler 《Geographical review》2018,108(3):410-432

Geographic regions can be defined in many ways, including via physiography, historical development patterns, language, and culture. After broadly surveying different methods of regionalization and their influences on studies of the American West, this article uses a vernacular‐mapping approach to: first, propose distinctive toponyms that are relatively unique to cultures situated in the American Rocky Mountains and Southwest areas; second, map the spatial distributions of these toponyms across the western American landscape; and, third, compare the resulting distributions to the geographies of western businesses that incorporate regional terms into their corporate names. Notably, while the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest are iconic American regions that have captured the imagination for centuries, their cultural geographies are relatively underexplored in the literature. This article makes a modest contribution to this research gap by using geographic information systems (GIS) to map high concentrations of culturally distinctive feature names. The results reveal that the boundaries of vernacular Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions correspond relatively well with boundaries delineated with physiographic characteristics  相似文献   

Implications of Warm Rain in Shallow Cumulus and Congestus Clouds for Large-Scale Circulations     

Louise Nuijens  Kerry Emanuel  Hirohiko Masunaga  Tristan L’Ecuyer 《Surveys in Geophysics》2017,38(6):1257-1282

Space-borne observations reveal that 20–40% of marine convective clouds below the freezing level produce rain. In this paper we speculate what the prevalence of warm rain might imply for convection and large-scale circulations over tropical oceans. We present results using a two-column radiative–convective model of hydrostatic, nonlinear flow on a non-rotating sphere, with parameterized convection and radiation, and review ongoing efforts in high-resolution modeling and observations of warm rain. The model experiments investigate the response of convection and circulation to sea surface temperature (SST) gradients between the columns and to changes in a parameter that controls the conversion of cloud condensate to rain. Convection over the cold ocean collapses to a shallow mode with tops near 850 hPa, but a congestus mode with tops near 600 hPa can develop at small SST differences when warm rain formation is more efficient. Here, interactive radiation and the response of the circulation are crucial: along with congestus a deeper moist layer develops, which leads to less low-level radiative cooling, a smaller buoyancy gradient between the columns, and therefore a weaker circulation and less subsidence over the cold ocean. The congestus mode is accompanied with more surface precipitation in the subsiding column and less surface precipitation in the deep convecting column. For the shallow mode over colder oceans, circulations also weaken with more efficient warm rain formation, but only marginally. Here, more warm rain reduces convective tops and the boundary layer depth—similar to Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) studies—which reduces the integrated buoyancy gradient. Elucidating the impact of warm rain can benefit from large-domain high-resolution simulations and observations. Parameterizations of warm rain may be constrained through collocated cloud and rain profiling from ground, and concurrent changes in convection and rain in subsiding and convecting branches of circulations may be revealed from a collocation of space-borne sensors, including the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and upcoming Aeolus missions.  相似文献