A comparison of continuous mass‐lumped finite elements with finite differences for 3‐D wave propagation     

Elena Zhebel  Sara Minisini  Alexey Kononov  Wim A. Mulder 《Geophysical Prospecting》2014,62(5):1111-1125

The finite‐difference method on rectangular meshes is widely used for time‐domain modelling of the wave equation. It is relatively easy to implement high‐order spatial discretization schemes and parallelization. Also, the method is computationally efficient. However, the use of finite elements on tetrahedral unstructured meshes is more accurate in complex geometries near sharp interfaces. We compared the standard eighth‐order finite‐difference method to fourth‐order continuous mass‐lumped finite elements in terms of accuracy and computational cost. The results show that, for simple models like a cube with constant density and velocity, the finite‐difference method outperforms the finite‐element method by at least an order of magnitude. Outside the application area of rectangular meshes, i.e., for a model with interior complexity and topography well described by tetrahedra, however, finite‐element methods are about two orders of magnitude faster than finite‐difference methods, for a given accuracy.  相似文献   

ET的遥感监测与流域尺度水资源管理   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

王介民刘绍民  孙敏章郭铌 W．Bastiaanssen 《干旱气象》2005,23(2):1-7

在水资源短缺、水环境质量恶化的形势下,为实现流域的真实节水,需要以卫星遥感监测的ET(蒸发蒸腾量)为依据,进行流域水资源的有效管理。这是一个新的理念和方法。文中综述了当前国际上几种较先进的遥感监测ET的方法。其中“陆面能量平衡算法(SEBAL)”,由于物理基础较好,近十多年来在许多国家有成功的业务化的应用,已被“GEF海河流域水资源和水环境综合管理”项目采用,以计算从日到季和年,从每个县每种土地利用到全流域的ET分布。以2002年的预分析为例介绍了有关结果。讨论了SEBAL的不足之处及改善意见。  相似文献   

An Analysis of Turbulent Heat Fluxes and the Energy Balance During the REFLEX Campaign     

Christiaan van der Tol  Wim Timmermans  Chiara Corbari  Arnaud Carrara  Joris Timmermans  Zhongbo Su 《Acta Geophysica》2015,63(6):1516-1539

Three eddy covariance stations were installed at the Barrax experimental farm during the Land-Atmosphere Exchanges (REFLEX) airborne training and measurement campaign to provide ground truth data of energy balance fluxes and vertical temperature and wind profiles. The energy balance closure ratio (EBR) was 105% for a homogeneous camelina site, 86% at a sparse reforestation site, and 73% for a vineyard. We hypothesize that the lower closure in the last site was related to the limited fetch. Incorporating a vertical gradient of soil thermal properties decreased the RMSE of the energy balance at the camelina site by 16 W m^?2. At the camelina site, eddy covariance estimates of sensible and latent heat fluxes could be reproduced well using mean vertical profiles of wind and temperature, provided that the Monin—Obukhov length is known. Measured surface temperature and sensible heat fluxes suggested high excess resistance for heat (kB^?1 = 17).  相似文献   

Turbulence in fast-mode shocks as a triggering mechanism in a solar flare     

Wim J. Weber 《Solar physics》1981,69(1):119-130

If a solar flare originates from the dissipation of magnetic energy, available in abundance in a larger region, this dissipation must take place very rapidly. A local topological change in the magnetic field structure may be sufficient to start the dissipation process. Such a change in topology might be obtained by fast reconnection in a smaller region, such as e.g. in the Sweet-Parker model, as a result of current-driven microinstabilities.Among the candidates satisfying the requirements to obtain large enough currents, such as magnetically neutral or current sheets and MHD shocks, the latter are shown to be most probable. In a fast MHD shock the (thermal) results of turbulence do in fact destroy the conditions for turbulence. However, in this work we show numerically that the nonlinear steepening mechanism of such a shock is able to restore the driving current for a large range of parameters and over a long time. This is still true if the most difficult threshold for turbulence, being that for Langmuir turbulence, is to be achieved. The critical parameter, not only for the occurrence of turbulence but also for the restoration of the driving current, is the shock thickness.  相似文献   

A simple low‐cost sand catcher for wind‐tunnel simulations     

Wim M. Cornelis  Donald Gabriels 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2003,28(9):1033-1041

A simple low‐cost sand catcher has been developed for use in wind‐tunnel experiments. It is 500 mm high with a 300 mm by 20 mm inlet opening, and is designed to measure total mass transport directly. The length is 280 mm and its walls slowly expand at an angle of 5·6°. The top view is similar to that of the widely used BSNE sampler. Each sidewall is vented with three ventilation screens. Two sets of experiments were conducted on dune sand and at different wind velocities to investigate to what degree the catcher samples isokinetically, ef?ciently and non‐selectively. The results indicate that the catcher measures suf?ciently isokinetically (inlet wind velocity over outside wind velocity >0·9). Catch ef?ciency was around 0·75 and the degree of non‐selectivity was >0·80 for 95 per cent of the particle sizes of the test material. It was also observed that the in?uence of wind velocity on the tested sampler characteristics was of minor importance so that no speci?c corrections need to be made for different wind velocities. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Chronic food limitation of egg production in populations of copepods of the genusAcartia in the San Francisco estuary     

Wim J. Kimmerer  Nissa Ferm  Mary Helen Nicolini  Carolina Peñalva 《Estuaries and Coasts》2005,28(4):541-550

Egg production of planktonic copepods, is commonly measured as a proxy for secondary production in population dynamics studies and for quantifying food limitation. Although limitation of copepod egg production by food quantity or quality is common in natural waters, it appears less common or severe in estuaries where food concentrations are often high. San Francisco Estuary, California, has unusually low concentrations of chlorophyll compared to other estuaries. We measured egg production rates of three species ofAcartia, with dominate the zooplankton biomass at salinity above 15 psu, on 36 occasions during 1999–2002. Egg production was determined by incubating up to 40 freshly collected individual copepods for 24 h in 140 ml of ambient water. Egg production was less than 10 eggs female⁻¹ d⁻¹ most of the year, but as high as 52 eggs female⁻¹ d⁻¹ during month-long spring phytoplankton blooms. Egg production was a saturating function of total chlorophyll concentration with a mean of 30 eggs female⁻¹ d⁻¹ above a chlorophyll concentration of 12±6 mg chl m⁻³. We take chlorophyll to be a proxy for total food ofAcartia, known to feed on microzooplankton as well as phytoplankton. These findings, together with long-term records of chlorophyll, concentration and earlier studies of abundance of nauplius larvae in the estuary, imply chronic food limitation ofAcartia species, with sufficient food for maximum egg production <10% of the time over the last 25 yr. These results may show the most extreme example of food limitation of copepod reproduction in any temperate estuary. They further support the idea that estuaries may provide suitable habitat forAcartia species by virtue of other factors than high food concentration.  相似文献   

Gender and urban poverty: Single mothers in Amsterdam     

Joos Droogleever Fortuijn  Wim Ostendorf 《GeoJournal》2004,61(3):239-246

Urban poverty in Western countries is usually defined in terms of social exclusion and integration. Welfare states can be characterized according to three modes of integration, namely market exchange, redistribution and reciprocity. This paper compares the mechanisms of the social integration of unemployed single mothers with those of unemployed men. In two deprived neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, unemployed single mothers and unemployed native-born men were interviewed about their coping strategies with respect to the labour market, social security institutions and social networks. Although the single mothers have serious financial problems, they are better integrated into society at large than the unemployed men are. The single mothers are strongly oriented towards the labour market, successful in getting support from the social security institutions, have strong and supportive social networks, and are integrated into their neighbourhoods. In the conclusion we challenge the idea of vulnerable single mothers and demonstrate the relatively successful integration of this category of women. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Health, Safety and Environmental Risks of Underground Co2 Storage – Overview of Mechanisms and Current Knowledge     

Kay Damen  André Faaij  Wim Turkenburg 《Climatic change》2006,74(1-3):289-318

CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) in geological reservoirs may be part of a strategy to reduce global anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. Insight in the risks associated with underground CO₂ storage is needed to ensure that it can be applied as safe and effective greenhouse mitigation option. This paper aims to give an overview of the current (gaps in) knowledge of risks associated with underground CO₂ storage and research areas that need to be addressed to increase our understanding in those risks. Risks caused by a failure in surface installations are understood and can be minimised by risk abatement technologies and safety measures. The risks caused by underground CO₂ storage (CO₂ and CH₄ leakage, seismicity, ground movement and brine displacement) are less well understood. Main R&D objective is to determine the processes controlling leakage through/along wells, faults and fractures to assess leakage rates and to assess the effects on (marine) ecosystems. Although R&D activities currently being undertaken are working on these issues, it is expected that further demonstration projects and experimental work is needed to provide data for more thorough risk assessment.  相似文献   

Species diversity and ecology of Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia     

Ian C. Campbell  Colin Poole  Wim Giesen  John Valbo-Jorgensen 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2006,68(3):355-373

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An evaluation of the role of daphnids in controlling phytoplankton biomass in clear water versus turbid shallow lakes     

Koenraad Muylaert  Steven Declerck  Jeroen Van Wichelen  Luc De Meester  Wim Vyverman 《Limnologica》2006,36(2):69-78

Phytoplankton and zooplankton were monitored during 2 years in four eutrophic shallow lakes (two turbid and two clear water) from two wetland reserves in Belgium. In each wetland, phytoplankton biomass was significantly higher in the turbid lake than in the clear water lake. Although total macrozooplankton biomass and the contribution of daphnids to total zooplankton biomass was comparable in the clear water and the turbid lakes, the grazing pressure of macrozooplankton on phytoplankton as estimated from zooplankton to phytoplankton biomass ratios was higher in the clear water lakes. Estimated grazing by daphnids in the clear water lakes was always high in spring. In summer, however, daphnid biomass was low or daphnids were even absent during prolonged periods. During those periods phytoplankton was probably controlled by smaller macrozooplankton or by submerged macrophytes through nutrient competition, allelopathic effects or increased sedimentation rates in the macrophyte vegetation.  相似文献