3D Hydrodynamical Simulations of Colliding Wind Binaries: TheoryConfronts Observations     

Doris Folini  Rolf Walder 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2000,274(1-2):189-194

The link between gas dynamical models and observations is crucial. The general progress in numerical simulations must be accompanied by predictions for observable quantities, which not only allow to test the models or parts of them against observations but which also improve the understanding of observational data. In this paper we focus on predictions for observations, for three examples of 3Dhydrodynamical simulations of binary star systems, and the techniques required for their derivation. The examples include synthetic, optically thin Doppler broadened line profiles for colliding wind symbiotic binaries, the UV light curve of an accretion model for the symbiotic binary RW Hya, and the X-ray light curve of the WR+O binaryγ Velorum. The main purpose is to emphasize the importance of such studies and to illustrate the capabilities of the emploiedtools. The tools are all contained in the A-MAZE code package we have developed and are publicly available. Seminar for Applied Mathematics This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Delineation of flood generating processes and their hydrological response          下载免费PDF全文

Luise Keller  Ole Rössler  Olivia Martius  Rolf Weingartner 《水文研究》2018,32(2):228-240

Knowledge about flood generating processes can be beneficial for numerous applications. Especially in the context of climate change impact assessment, daily patterns of meteorological and catchment state conditions leading to flood events (i.e., storylines) may be of value. Here, we propose an approach to identify storylines of flood generation using daily weather and snow cover observations. The approach is tested for and applied to a typical pre‐Alpine catchment in the period between 1961 and 2014. Five precipitation parameters were determined that describe temporal and spatial characteristics of the flood associated precipitation events. The catchment's snow coverage was derived using statistical relationships between a satellite‐derived snow cover climatology and station snow measurements. Moreover, (pre‐) event snow melt sums were estimated using a temperature‐index model. Based on the precipitation and catchment state parameters, 5 storylines were identified with a cluster analysis: These are (a) long duration, low intensity precipitation events with high precipitation depths, (b) long duration precipitation events with high precipitation depths and episodes of high intensities, (c) shorter duration events with high or (d) low precipitation intensity, respectively, and (e) rain‐on‐snow events. The event groups have distinct hydrological characteristics that can largely be explained by the storylines' respective properties. The long duration, high intensity storyline leads to the most adverse hydrological response, namely, a combination of high peak magnitudes, high volumes, and long durations of threshold exceedance. The results show that flood generating processes in mesoscale catchments can be distinguished on the basis of daily meteorological and catchment state parameters and that these process types can explain the hydrological flood properties in a qualitative way. Hydrological simulations of daily resolution can thus be analysed with respect to flood generating processes.  相似文献   

Topographic variation in soil erosion and accumulation determined with meteoric 10Be     

Julia Marquard  Rolf E. Aalto  Timothy T. Barrows  Beth A. Fisher  Anthony K. Aufdenkampe  John O. Stone 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2019,44(1):98-111

Understanding natural soil redistribution processes is essential for measuring the anthropogenic impact on landscapes. Although meteoric beryllium-10 (¹⁰Be) has been used to determine erosion processes within the Pleistocene and Holocene, fewer studies have used the isotope to investigate the transport and accumulation of the resulting sediment. Here we use meteoric ¹⁰Be in hilltop and valley site soil profiles to determine sediment erosion and deposition processes in the Christina River Basin (Pennsylvania, USA). The data indicate natural erosion rates of 14 to 21 mm 10⁻³ yr and soil ages of 26 000 to 57 000 years in hilltop sites. Furthermore, valley sites indicate an alteration in sediment supply due to climate change (from the Pleistocene to the Holocene) within the last 60 000 years and sediment deposition of at least 0.5–2 m during the Wisconsinan glaciation. The change in soil erosion rate was most likely induced by changes in geomorphic processes; probably solifluction and slope wash during the cold period, when ice advanced into the mid latitudes of North America. This study shows the value of using meteoric ¹⁰Be to determine sediment accumulation within the Quaternary and quantifies major soil redistribution occurred under natural conditions in this region. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Active Galactic Nuclei     

Martin Haas  Peter Biermann  Rolf Chini  Jochen Heidt  Wolfram Kollatschny  Helmut Meusinger  Ralf Siebenmorgen 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2005,326(7):535-558

D01 Direct evidence of the receding ‘torus’ around active galactic nuclei of FRII radio galaxies and quasars D02 Infrared emission from a clumpy and dusty torus around AGN D03 Size and properties of AGN narrow–line regions from emission–line diagnostics D04 Structural Variability of Intraday Variable Sources D05 Stability of self‐gravitating accretion disks in galactic centers D06 Supermassive Binary Black Holes in AGN D07 The extreme flare in III Zw 2: Evolution of a radio jet in a Seyfert galaxy D08 Radio Linear and Circular Polarization from M81* D09 A fundamental relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Dark Matter Haloes D10 Hunting for radio‐quiet BL Lacs – the 2dF BL Lac survey D11 The Eddington limit in accretion discs D12 Molecular Tori in AGN: A search using excited states of OH D13 The X‐Ray Properties of Radio‐Loud Core‐Dominated AGN: The 2 cm‐X‐Sample D14 The X‐Ray Properties of Radio‐Loud Core‐Dominated AGN: Extension to the High Redshift Regime D15 Line Profile Variability in AGN D16 Jet Superwind Interaction D17 Radio Interferometric Observations of AGN – Probing the Nucleus of M87 with 20 Schwarzschild radii resolution D18 The ISO–2MASS AGN survey D19 Supermassive binary black holes driving the activity of galactic nuclei D20 Proton acceleration at quasi‐perpendicular shocks: A case study for Active Galactic Nuclei D21 Super‐luminal shocks in Active Galactic Nuclei D22 Unconventional quasars from the variability and proper motion survey D23 Radio observations of starburst and AGN activity in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies D24 Kinematics in Active Galactic Nuclei at Parsec Scales: the VLBA 2cm Survey D25 Three‐dimensional models of clumpy tori in Seyfert galaxies D26 Silicate emission in active galaxies ‐ From LINERs to QSOs D27 Discovery of 10 µm silicate emission in quasars. – Evidence of the AGN unification scheme. D28 Near‐IR adaptive optics imaging of luminous infrared galaxies D29 Interferometric observations of the Circinus galaxy with MIDI D30 Infrared Interferometry of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1068  相似文献   

Vague Spatio‐Thematic Query Processing: A Qualitative Approach to Spatial Closeness     

Rolf Grütter  Thomas Scharrenbach  Bettina Waldvogel 《Transactions in GIS》2010,14(2):97-109

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The influence of flow discharge variations on the morphodynamics of a diffluence–confluence unit on a large river          下载免费PDF全文

Christopher R. Hackney  Stephen E. Darby  Daniel R. Parsons  Julian Leyland  Rolf Aalto  Andrew P. Nicholas  James L. Best 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2018,43(2):349-362

Bifurcations are key geomorphological nodes in anabranching and braided fluvial channels, controlling local bed morphology, the routing of sediment and water, and ultimately defining the stability of their associated diffluence–confluence unit. Recently, numerical modelling of bifurcations has focused on the relationship between flow conditions and the partitioning of sediment between the bifurcate channels. Herein, we report on field observations spanning September 2013 to July 2014 of the three‐dimensional flow structure, bed morphological change and partitioning of both flow discharge and suspended sediment through a large diffluence–confluence unit on the Mekong River, Cambodia, across a range of flow stages (from 13 500 to 27 000 m³ s^?1). Analysis of discharge and sediment load throughout the diffluence–confluence unit reveals that during the highest flows (Q = 27 000 m³ s^?1), the downstream island complex is a net sink of sediment (losing 2600 ± 2000 kg s^?1 between the diffluence and confluence), whereas during the rising limb (Q = 19 500 m³ s^?1) and falling limb flows (Q = 13 500 m³ s^?1) the sediment balance is in quasi‐equilibrium. We show that the discharge asymmetry of the bifurcation varies with discharge and highlight that the influence of upstream curvature‐induced water surface slope and bed morphological change may be first‐order controls on bifurcation configuration. Comparison of our field data to existing bifurcation stability diagrams reveals that during lower (rising and falling limb) flow the bifurcation may be classified as unstable, yet transitions to a stable condition at high flows. However, over the long term (1959–2013) aerial imagery reveals the diffluence–confluence unit to be fairly stable. We propose, therefore, that the long‐term stability of the bifurcation, as well as the larger channel planform and morphology of the diffluence–confluence unit, may be controlled by the dominant sediment transport regime of the system. © 2017 The Authors. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.  相似文献   

Hyper‐resolution global hydrological modelling: what is next?          下载免费PDF全文

Marc F. P. Bierkens  Victoria A. Bell  Peter Burek  Nathaniel Chaney  Laura E. Condon  Cédric H. David  Ad de Roo  Petra Döll  Niels Drost  James S. Famiglietti  Martina Flörke  David J. Gochis  Paul Houser  Rolf Hut  Jessica Keune  Stefan Kollet  Reed M. Maxwell  John T. Reager  Luis Samaniego  Edward Sudicky  Edwin H. Sutanudjaja  Nick van de Giesen  Hessel Winsemius  Eric F. Wood 《水文研究》2015,29(2):310-320

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Impact of the arc length on GNSS analysis results   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

Simon Lutz  Michael Meindl  Peter Steigenberger  Gerhard Beutler  Krzysztof Sośnica  Stefan Schaer  Rolf Dach  Daniel Arnold  Daniela Thaller  Adrian Jäggi 《Journal of Geodesy》2016,90(4):365-378

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Columbite SN3: A New Potential Reference Material for U-Pb Dating by LA-ICP-MS     

Lu Xiang  Rucheng Wang  Rolf L. Romer  Xudong Che  Huan Hu  Zhimin Tang 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2023,47(3):609-628

Columbite-tantalite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating is a fast and useful method to determine the age of rare-metal deposits and fingerprint the provenance of columbite-tantalite ore concentrates. Accurate LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating requires matrix-matched reference materials. We analysed three columbite-tantalite samples (SN3, HND and RL2) from China using ID-TIMS and LA-ICP-MS to assess their potential as reference materials for in situ U-Pb dating. Coltan 139 and these three columbite-tantalite samples with variable compositions yielded internally consistent LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages when using each other for calibration and the weighted mean ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages are comparable to respective ID-TIMS ages. Composition-dependent U-Pb fractionation seems to be insignificant under the LA-ICP-MS conditions used. Sample SN3 has a low percentage of heterogeneity for ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages (4%) with low common Pb contributions (f₂₀₆ < 1%) and shows a good potential in calibrating unknown samples as primary reference material for LA-ICP-MS analysis. Samples RL2 and HND have altered sections characterised by high LREE contents, flat LREE patterns and old ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U apparent ages, and are not suited as reference materials. The low ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb intercepts for samples RL2 and HND lack geological meaning but provide strong evidence that the disturbed U-Pb systematics with anomalous apparent ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages is a secondary feature.  相似文献   

Risk acceptance criterion for tanker oil spill risk reduction measures     

Psarros G  Skjong R  Vanem E 《Marine pollution bulletin》2011,62(1):116-127

This paper is aimed at investigating whether there is ample support for the view that the acceptance criterion for evaluating measures for prevention of oil spills from tankers should be based on cost-effectiveness considerations. One such criterion can be reflected by the Cost of Averting a Tonne of oil Spilt (CATS) whereas its target value is updated by elaborating the inherent uncertainties of oil spill costs and establishing a value for the criterion’s assurance factor. To this end, a value of $80,000/t is proposed as a sensible CATS criterion and the proposed value for the assurance factor F = 1.5 is supported by the retrieved Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs’ Annual Reports. It is envisaged that this criterion would allow the conversion of direct and indirect costs into a non-market value for the optimal allocation of resources between the various parties investing in shipping. A review of previous cost estimation models on oil spills is presented and a probability distribution (log-normal) is fitted on the available oil spill cost data, where it should be made abundantly clear that the mean value of the distribution is used for deriving the updated CATS criterion value. However, the difference between the initial and the updated CATS criterion in the percentiles of the distribution is small. It is found through the current analysis that results are partly lower than the predicted values from the published estimation models. The costs are also found to depend on the type of accident, which is in agreement with the results of previous studies. Other proposals on acceptance criteria are reviewed and it is asserted that the CATS criterion can be considered as the best candidate. Evidence is provided that the CATS approach is practical and meaningful by including examples of successful applications in actual risk assessments. Finally, it is suggested that the criterion may be refined subject to more readily available cost data and experience gained from future decisions.  相似文献