Using helicopter electromagnetic data to predict groundwater quality in fractured crystalline bedrock in a semi-arid region, Northeast Brazil     

Oderson Antônio de Souza Filho  Adalene Moreira Silva  Armando Zaupa Remacre  Sérgio Sacani Sancevero  Anne Elizabeth McCafferty  Mônica Mazzini Perrotta 《Hydrogeology Journal》2010,18(4):905-916

Geostatistical modeling, using airborne and borehole electromagnetic data, was used to estimate electrical conductivity in groundwater within fractured paragneisses and migmatites in a semi-arid climate in northeastern Brazil. Despite the geologic heterogeneity of crystalline aquifers, the use of high resolution helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) data enabled the characterization of groundwater electrical conductivity where data from drilled wells were insufficient. The tacit assumption is that HEM measurements can be used to relate rock electrical conductivity to groundwater electrical conductivity. In this study, the HEM data were used as an external drift variable in non-stationary estimation and stochastic simulation to identify the variability of groundwater electrical conductivity. Validation tests, comparing predicted values for groundwater conductivity with measurements in new wells, confirmed the success of these models in locating fresh groundwater sources in crystalline bedrock.  相似文献   

On the sun's pole-equator flux differences     

Gaetano Belvedere  Lucio Paternò 《Solar physics》1977,52(1):191-198

We study the possibility that large flux differences between the poles and the equator at the bottom of the solar convective zone are compatible with the small differences observed at the surface. The consequences of increasing the depth of the convective zone due to overshooting are explored.A Boussinesq model is used for the convective zone and we assume that the interaction of the global convection with rotation is modelled through a convective flux coefficient whose perturbed part is proportional to the local Taylor number. The numerical integration of the equations of motion and energy shows that coexistence between large pole-equator flux differences at the bottom and small ones at the surface is possible if the solar convective zone extends to a depth of 0.4R . The angular velocity distribution inside the convective zone is in agreement with the -dynamo theories of the solar cycle.  相似文献   

A new inherent damping model for inelastic time‐history analyses          下载免费PDF全文

J. Enrique Luco  Armando Lanzi 《地震工程与结构动力学》2017,46(12):1919-1939

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Effect of spatial resolution of satellite images on estimating the greenness and evapotranspiration of urban green spaces     

Hamideh Nouri  Pamela Nagler  Sattar Chavoshi Borujeni  Armando Barreto Munez  Sina Alaghmand  Behnaz Noori  Alejandro Galindo  Kamel Didan 《水文研究》2020,34(15):3183-3199

Urban green spaces (UGS), like most managed land covers, are getting progressively affected by water scarcity and drought. Preserving, restoring and expanding UGS require sustainable management of green and blue water resources to fulfil evapotranspiration (ET) demand for green plant cover. The heterogeneity of UGS with high variation in their microclimates and irrigation practices builds up the complexity of ET estimation. In oversized UGS, areas too large to be measured with in situ ET methods, remote sensing (RS) approaches of ET measurement have the potential to estimate the actual ET. Often in situ approaches are not feasible or too expensive. We studied the effects of spatial resolution using different satellite images, with high-, medium- and coarse-spatial resolutions, on the greenness and ET of UGS using Vegetation Indices (VIs) and VI-based ET, over a 780-ha urban park in Adelaide, Australia. We validated ET with the ground-based ET method of Soil Water Balance. Three sets of imagery from WorldView2, Landsat and MODIS, and three VIs including the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index 2 (EVI2), were used to assess long-term changes of VIs and ET calculated from the different imagery acquired for this study (2011–2018). We found high correspondence between ET-MODIS and ET-Landsat (R² > 0.99 for all VIs). Landsat-VIs captured the seasonal changes of greenness better than MODIS-VIs. We used artificial neural network (ANN) to relate the RS-ET and ground data, and ET-MODIS (EVI2) showed the highest correlation (R² = 0.95 and MSE =0.01 for validation). We found a strong relationship between RS-ET and in situ measurements, even though it was not explicable by simple regressions; black box models helped us to explore their correlation. The methodology used in this research makes a strong case for the value of remote sensing in estimating and managing ET of green spaces in water-limited cities.  相似文献   

Granulometric selectivity in Liza ramado and potential contamination resulting from heavy metal load in feeding areas     

Sílvia Pedro  Vera Canastreiro  Isabel Caçador  Eduarda Pereira  Armando C. Duarte  Pedro Raposo de Almeida 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2008

The stomach contents of thin-lipped grey mullets Liza ramado were analysed in terms of granulometric composition and compared to the sediment of potential feeding areas in the Tagus estuary. Total organic matter (TOM) content and heavy metal content were determined in the surface sediment of three areas and eight trace elements were quantified: Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn. The three sampled areas did not differ in TOM; and the heavy metal content was below Effects Range-Low level for most elements. The mean observed concentrations were present in the following sequence: Zn > Pb > Cr > Cu ≈ Ni > Co > Cd > Hg. Stomach contents granulometric composition provided information about the feeding selectivity of the mullets. Sediment fractions with particle size between 20 and 50 μm are preferred, independently of the fishes' length. Smaller standard length (SL) fishes have a higher positive selection of fine grained sediments than those with a larger SL. Finer fractions usually have higher concentration of heavy metals, which makes younger specimens of the thin-lipped grey mullet potentially more exposed to heavy metal load in the estuary. Metal concentration was not independent from the sampling point, presenting higher values near the margins and the estuary tidal drainage system. This means that during the first period of each tidal cycle, the mullets will feed first on the most contaminated areas, as a consequence of their movement following the rising tide to feed on previously exposed areas.  相似文献   

Nekhoroshev estimate for isochronous non resonant symplectic maps     

Armando Bazzani  Stefano Marmi  Giorgio Turchetti 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》1989,47(4):333-359

We prove that non resonant isochronous symplectic maps in a neighborhood of an elliptic fixed point are stable for exponentially long times with the inverse of the distance from the fixed point. In the proof we make use of the majorant series method together with an idea for optimizing remainder estimates first applied to Hamiltonian problems by Nekhoroshev.  相似文献   

Interpretation of the solar-like pulsational behaviour of η Bootis     

Maria Pia Di Mauro  JØrgen Christensen-Dalsgaard  Lucio Paternò  Francesca D'Antona 《Solar physics》2004,220(2):185-198

HR 5235, better known as η Bootis, is a bright and well-known star for which very accurate observations have recently enabled Kjeldsen et al. (2003) and Carrier, Bouchy, and Eggenberger (2003) not only to confirm the presence of solar-like oscillations, but also to identify the excitation in the oscillation spectrum of several p-mode frequencies with harmonic degrees l = 0 – 2. Here we show how such observational success, through the calculation and the investigation of theoretical structure models and the comparison of the observed oscillation spectra with the predicted p-mode frequencies of oscillations, permits one to draw conclusions about the actual evolutionary state of this star and on the physical properties of its internal structure. The computation of the structure models is based on the use of updated global parameters and includes overshooting from the convective core. In particular, we consider the effect on the stellar structure, and hence on the theoretical frequencies, of employing different equations of state and different formalisms to describe the convective energy transport.  相似文献   

Understanding Geological Data Distribution and Orientation via Correspondence Analysis     

Manuel Francisco Pereira  Paulo Sérgio Lucio 《Mathematical Geology》2007,39(7):673-695

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Re-visiting large historical earthquakes in the Colombian Eastern Cordillera     

Cristina?DimatéEmail author  Luis?Rivera  Armando?Cisternas 《Journal of Seismology》2005,9(1):1-22

A re-assessment of the historic seismicity of the central sector of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera (EC) is made by revision of bibliographic sources, by calibration with modern instrumental earthquakes, and by interpretations in terms of current knowledge of the tectonics and seismicity of the region. Throughout the process we have derived an equation to estimate M_w for shallow crustal earthquakes in Colombia using the length of isoseismal VIII, L_VIII: We also derived an equation to evaluate M_w for Colombian crustal earthquakes using the rupture length, L, estimated generally from the aftershock distribution of strong earthquakes: We calculated average attenuation parameters for intermediate depth and shallow earthquakes that may be used, combined with other observations, to estimate the focal depth of historical events. Our final picture shows three distinct regions of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera (EC) where historical earthquakes are distributed. (a) The southern sector, from the Páramo de Sumapaz down to the Colombian Massif where the largest crustal earthquakes have occurred (1827, M 7 3/4; 1967, M_w = 7.0). (b) The central sector, between the Páramo de Sumapaz and Tunja with moderate to large earthquakes associated to the reverse faults on the piedmonts (the 1805 earthquake, M 6 3/4, on the western flank, and the 1743, 1923 and 1995 with M 6 1/2, 6 3/4, and 6.5, respectively, on the eastern flank). (c) The northern sector, to the north of Tunja, which is characterized by recurrent earthquakes probably associated with major reverse faults in the axial zone (e.g., 1646, I₀ = VIII; 1724, M 6 3/4; 1755, I₀ VIII; and 1928, M 5 3/4). Two events appear to be related to the axial faults to the south of Bogotá: those in 1644 (M 6) and 1917 (M = 7.1). The 1785 earthquake might have been an intraplate event in the subducting plate under the EC. Events in 1616 and 1826, which caused damage along the axial zone of the Cordillera near Bogotá, have no historical records precise enough to allow the estimation of their location and size, but their epicentres are probably not farther than some tens of kilometers from Bogotá.  相似文献   

Recorded ground motion and site effects evaluation for the April 6, 2009 L��Aquila earthquake     

M. Maugeri  A. L. Simonelli  A. Ferraro  S. Grasso  A. Penna 《Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering》2011,9(1):157-179

On April 6, 2009 a M_L = 5.8 earthquake hit the city of L’Aquila on the Apennine chain in central Italy. Notwithstanding the moderate-size event the L’Aquila city and several small villages along the Aterno river valley suffered severe damage, because of the unusual strong motions, mainly due to proximity to the fault (estimated hypocentral depth of about 10 km). In this paper the main features of the recorded motion are discussed. Four accelerometric stations were located within the surface projection of the fault and recorded peak values ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 g. The recorded motions were characterised by short durations and high peak accelerations both in the horizontal and vertical directions. The strong portions of vertical and horizontal motions occurred almost simultaneously due to the short travel paths of P and S waves from the fault to the ground surface near the fault area. Hence site response analyses were performed for the sites where recording stations were located. The geotechnical subsoil model was derived by boreholes, in situ dynamic tests (D-H and SDMT) and by laboratory tests (RCT). One-dimensional numerical analyses were carried out employing the well known computer code EERA. The numerical model was calibrated, in the linear equivalent range, by comparing numerical results with the horizontal acceleration recorded components.  相似文献