Indices of monsoon circulation     

A. I. Degtyarev  T. G. Smirnova  N. V. Degtyareva 《Russian Meteorology and Hydrology》2007,32(1):28-34

Results are analyzed of study of the monsoon circulation indices: those determined from wind speed in the lower and upper troposphere and those characterizing the precipitation intensity. Averaged space distribution and monthly mean annual cycle of the monsoon circulation indices are presented. Seasonal changes in precipitation intensity in the main monsoon regions are also considered.  相似文献   

Paleozoic northward drift of the North Tien Shan (Central Asia) as revealed by Ordovician and Carboniferous paleomagnetism   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Mikhail L. Bazhenov  Adam Q. Collins  Kirill E. Degtyarev  Natalia M. Levashova  Alexander V. Mikolaichuk  Vladimir E. Pavlov  Rob Van der Voo   《Tectonophysics》2003,366(1-2):113-141

Three new Middle–Late Ordovician and two new Early Carboniferous paleomagnetic poles have been obtained from the North Tien Shan Zone (NTZ) of the Ural–Mongol belt in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Paleolatitudes for the Carboniferous are unambiguously northerly and average 15.5°N, whereas the Ordovician paleolatitudes (6°, 9°, and 9°) are inferred to be southerly, given that a very large (180°) rotation of the NTZ would be necessary during the middle Paleozoic if the other polarity option was chosen. Thus, the NTZ drifted northward during much of the Paleozoic; east–west drift cannot be determined, as is well known, from paleomagnetic data. In addition, detailed thermal demagnetization analysis reveals two overprints, one of recent age and the other of Permian age, which is a time of strong deformation in the NTZ. The paleolatitude of the combined Permian overprint is 30.5+2°N. The paleolatitudes collectively track those predicted for the area by extrapolation from Baltica very well, but are different from those of Siberia for Ordovician times. This finding is compatible with Sengör and Natal'in's [Sengör, A.M.C., Natal'in, B.A., 1996. Paleotectonics of Asia: fragments of a synthesis. In: Yin A., Harrison, M. (Eds.), The Tectonic Evolution of Asia. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, pp. 486–640] model of tectonic evolution of the Ural–Mongol belt and disagrees with the models of other researchers. Declinations of the Ordovician and Early Carboniferous results range from northwesterly to northeasterly, and are clearly affected by local relative rotations, which seem characteristic for the entire NTZ, because the Permian overprint declinations also show such a spread. Apparently, the important latest Paleozoic–Triassic deformation involved shear zone-related rotations as well as folding and significant granitic intrusions.  相似文献   

Environmental observations in the Gulf of Gdansk and Pomeranian Bay following the summer flood of 1997     

Elzbieta Lysiak-pastuszak  Natalia Drgas  Irena Ciszewska  Elzbieta Niemkiewicz 《Ocean Dynamics》1998,50(2-3):109-127

Summary In July and at the beginning of August 1997 a study was undertaken in the Gulf of Gdańsk and Pomeranian Bay to follow the immediate effects of the flood which occurred within the Polish rivers — Wisla and Odra — drainage areas. The study included measurements and observations of meteorological and hydrodynamic parameters, basic physico-chemical variables, certain persistent organic pollutants as well as heavy metals and the level of sanitary pollution. The paper presents an overview of environmental conditions in the bays, based on hydrochemical data, subsequent to the inflow of the flood crests. Results of biological investigations, carried out solely in the Pomeranian Bay, on phytoplankton abundance, biomass, species composition and Zooplankton diversity are also presented in the paper. The results of measurements were evaluated in comparison with long-term (1979–1996) monitoring data and control measurements carried out in the last decade of August. It was found out that the impact of flood water was restricted to internal areas of both bays and the negative environmental effects appeared only locally.

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Umweltuntersuchungen in der Danziger und der Pommerschen Bucht nach der Sommerflut 1997

Zusammenfassung Im Juli und Anfang August 1997 fand in der Danziger und in der Pommerschen Bucht eine Untersuchung mit dem Ziel statt, die unmittelbaren Auswirkungen der Flut, die sich in den Einzugsgebieten der polnischen Flüsse Weichsel und Oder ereignet hatte, festzustellen. Die Untersuchung umfa?te Messungen und Beobachtungen meteorologischer, hydrodynamischer und physisch-chemischer Parameter, bestimmter best?ndiger organischer Schadstoffe sowie Messungen von Schwermetallen und Messungen zum Grad der Verunreinigungen durch Colibakterien. Die Arbeit gibt einen überblick über Umweltbeeintr?chtigungen in den betroffenen Gebieten im Anschlu? an den Einstrom des Hochwassers basierend auf hydrochemischen Daten. Ergebnisse biologischer Untersuchungen in der Pommerschen Bucht, speziell auf den Gehalt an Phytoplankton, Biomasse und deren Zusammensetzung sowie auf Zooplanktonvielfalt, werden gezeigt. Die Ergebnisse der Messungen wurden im Vergleich mit Daten aus Langzeitreihen (1979–1996) und Kontrollmessungen in der letzten Dekade des August bewertet. Es wurde festgestellt, da? der Einflu? des Hochwassers sich auf die inneren Gebiete beider Buchten beschr?nkte und negative Umweltver?nderungen nur lokal auftraten.

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Radio sounding of the circumsolar plasma using polarized pulsar pulses     

T. V. Smirnova  I. V. Chashei  V. I. Shishov 《Astronomy Reports》2009,53(3):252-261

We present the results of radio sounding observations probing the inner solar wind near the minimum of the solar-activity cycle, using polarized pulses from PSR B0525+21 and PSR B0531+21 received when the lines of sight toward these pulsars were close to the Sun. The observations were obtained in June 2005 and June 2007 on the Large Phased Array of the Lebedev Physical Institute at 111 MHz. An upper limit for the scattering of giant pulses from PSR B0531+21 due to their passage through the turbulent solar-wind plasma is determined. The arrival-time delays for pulses from PSR B0531+21 are used to derive the radial dependence of the mean density of the circumsolar plasma. The resulting density distribution indicates that the acceleration of fast, high-latitude solar-wind outflows continues to heliocentric distances of 5–10R _⊙, where R _⊙ is the solar radius. The mean plasma density at heliocentric distances of about 5R _⊙ is 1.4 × 10⁴ cm^?3, substantially lower than at the solar-activity maximum. This is associated with the presence of polar coronal holes. The Faraday rotation measure at heliocentric distances of 6–7R _⊙ is estimated. Deviations of the spatial distribution of the magnetic field from spherical symmetry are comparatively modest in the studied range of heliocentric distances.  相似文献   

Studies of Star-forming Complexes in the Galaxies NGC 628, NGC 2976, and NGC 3351     

Smirnova  K. I.  Wiebe  D. S. 《Astronomy Reports》2019,63(6):445-459

The parameters of the radiation of interstellar matter in star-forming complexes in the high-metallicity galaxies NGC 628, NGC 2976, and NGC 3351, which have different morphological types, are analyzed. The relationship between the emission in Hα and in lines of CO and HI is considered, as well as the relationship between Hα and the emission of dust in the infrared range (IR). The fluxes and surface brightnesses in the UV and IR correlate well with the Hα emission. The HI emission also correlates well with Hα, while the correlation between the CO and Hα emission is much weaker. The ratio of the fluxes at 8 and 24 µm decreases with increasing Hα flux. This may be due to changes in the properties of the dust ensemble (a decrease in the mass fraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) or to changing excitation conditions. Analysis of the kinematics of the CO lines shows that the CO flux grows with increasing velocity scatter ΔV when ΔV ? 70 km/s. Preliminary evidence for the existence of star-forming complexes with higher values of ΔV is provided, when the increase in the velocity scatter is accompanied by a decrease in the CO luminosity of the complex.

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Anisotropic Scattering of the Radio Emission of the Pulsar B0833–45 in the Vela Supernova Remnant     

Popov  M. V.  Andrianov  A. S.  Burgin  M. S.  Zuga  V. A.  Rudnitskii  A. G.  Smirnova  T. V.  Soglasnov  V. A.  Fadeev  E. N. 《Astronomy Reports》2019,63(5):391-403

Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of the pulsar B0833–45 have been carried out as part of the scientific program of the RadioAstron mission. Ground support was provided by the Long Baseline Array, which includes radio telescopes in Australia and other countries in the southern hemisphere. The VLBI observations of the pulsar are analyzed in order to derive the parameters characterizing the scattering of the pulsar radio emission: the angular size of the scattering disk, the spatial scale of the diffraction pattern, the drift velocity of this pattern relative to the observer, the pulse scattering time scale, and the characteristic scintillation time and frequency scales, as well as the index of the electrondensity fluctuation spectrum. Comparison of these values with the predictions of the theory of scattering on a thin screen enables the determination of the position of the effective screen along the line of sight. Estimates made using various methods give distances to the screen from the observer of 0.79 to 0.87 times the total distance to the pulsar. Although the position of the screen is beyond the boundary of the Vela supernova remnant, this object may play the dominant role in the scattering. The scattering disk is an ellipse with a 2:1 axis ratio and with the inferred position angle of the major axis being ≈ 50°, based on the changes in the visibility-function amplitude for various orientations of the projected baseline. This conclusion is supported by the shape of the visibility-function amplitude as a function of the delay.

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Non-explosive magma–water interaction in a continental setting: Miocene examples from the Eastern Cordillera (central Andes; NW Argentina)     

Luigina Vezzoli  Massimo Matteini  Natalia Hauser  Ricardo Omarini  Roberto Mazzuoli  Valerio Acocella 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2009,71(5):509-532

The Middle-Upper Miocene Las Burras–Almagro-El Toro (BAT) igneous complex within the Eastern Cordillera of the central Andes (∼24°S; NW Argentina) has revealed evidence of non-explosive interaction of andesitic magma with water or wet clastic sediments in a continental setting, including peperite generation. We describe and interpret lithofacies and emplacement mechanisms in three case studies. The Las Cuevas member (11.8 Ma) comprises facies related to: (i) andesite extruded in a subaqueous setting and generating lobe-hyaloclastite lava; and (ii) marginal parts of subaerial andesite lava dome(s) in contact with surface water, comprising fluidal lava lobes, hyaloclastite, and juvenile clasts with glassy rims. The Lampazar member (7.8 Ma) is represented by a syn-volcanic andesite intrusion and related peperite that formed within unconsolidated, water-saturated, coarse-grained volcaniclastic conglomerate and breccia. The andesite intrusion is finger-shaped and grades into intrusive pillows. Pillows are up to 2 m wide, tightly packed near the intrusion fingers, and gradually become dispersed in the host sediment ≥50 m from the parent intrusion. The Almagro A member (7.2 Ma) shows evidence of mingling between water-saturated, coarse-grained, volcaniclastic alluvial breccia and intruding andesite magma. The resulting intrusive pillows are characterized by ellipsoidal and tubular shape and concentric structure. The high-level penetration of magma in this coarse sediment was unconfined and irregular. Magma was detached in apophyses and lobes with sharp contacts and fluidal shapes, and without quench fragmentation and formation of a hyaloclastite envelope. The presence of peperite and magma–water contact facies in the BAT volcanic sequence indicates the possible availability of water in the system between 11–7 Ma and suggests a depositional setting in this part of the foreland basin of the central Andes characterized by an overall topographically low coastal floodplain that included extensive wetlands.  相似文献   

Reconstructing the largest explosive eruptions of Mt. Ruapehu,New Zealand: lithostratigraphic tools to understand subplinian–plinian eruptions at andesitic volcanoes     

Natalia Pardo  Shane J. Cronin  Alan S. Palmer  Karoly Németh 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(3):617-640

We analysed the tephra record of Mt. Ruapehu for the period 27,097 ± 957 to ~10,000 cal. years BP to determine the largest-scale explosive eruptions expected from the most active New Zealand andesitic volcano. From the lithostratigraphic analysis, a systematic change in the explosive behaviour is identified from older deposits suggesting dry magmatic eruptions and steady eruptive columns, characterised by frothy to expanded pumice fabrics, to younger deposits that are products of unsteady conditions and collapsing columns, characterised by microvesicular, fibrous, and colour-banded pumice fabrics. The end-members were separated by eruptions with steady columns linked to water–magma interaction and highly unstable conduit walls. Dry magmatic eruptions producing steady plinian columns were most common between 27,097 ± 957 and shortly after 13,635 + 165 cal. years BP. Following this time, activity continued with eruptions that produced dominantly oscillating unsteady columns, which engendered pyroclastic density currents, until ~10 ka when there was an abrupt transition at Mt. Ruapehu since which eruptions have been an order of magnitude lower in intensity and volume. These data demonstrate long-period transitions in eruption behaviour at an andesitic stratovolcano, which is critical to understand if realistic time-variable hazard forecasts are to be developed.  相似文献   

Modulation of radio source radiation at a frequency of 37 GHz by long-period oscillations of a nearby sunspot     

V. V. Smirnova  A. A. Solov’ev  A. Riehokainen  J. Kallunki 《Geomagnetism and Aeronomy》2015,55(7):991-994

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Assessment of the Accuracy of SRTM C- and X-Band High Mountain Elevation Data: a Case Study of the Polish Tatra Mountains   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Natalia Kolecka  Jacek Kozak 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2014,171(6):897-912

Global digital elevation models (DEMs) are an invaluable source of information in large area studies. Of particular interest are shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) data that are freely available for the scientific community worldwide. Prior to any application, global datasets should be evaluated using reference data of higher accuracy. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the accuracy of the SRTM C-band (version 4) DEM and SRTM X-band DEM of mountainous areas located in Poland and to examine the quality of data in relation to topographic parameters, radar beam geometry, initial voids in data and the presence of forest cover. A DEM from the Central National Geodetic and Cartographic Inventory, Poland, served as a reference. The study consisted of three steps: (i) the computation of vertical errors of the SRTM C- and X-band DEMs, (ii) the examination of any systematic bias in the data, and (iii) the analysis of the relationships between the elevation errors and terrain slope, aspect, local incidence angle, occurrence of voids and land cover. We found that the SRTM C- and X-band DEMs have mean errors equal to 4.31 ± 14.09 and 9.03 ± 37.40 m and root mean square errors equal to 14.74 and 38.47 m, respectively. Only 82 % of the C-band DEM and 74 % of the X-band DEM vertical errors had absolute values below 16 m. We found that the most important factors determining the occurrence of high errors were the distribution of initial voids and high slope angles for the C-band DEM, and local incidence angle, slope, aspect and radar beam geometry for the X-band DEM. In both cases, the presence of forest cover increased the mean error by approximately 10 m.  相似文献