Meteorological inventory of rain-on-snow events in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and satellite detection assessment using passive microwave data     

Caroline Dolant  A. Langlois  L. Brucker  A. Royer  A. Roy  B. Montpetit 《自然地理学》2018,39(5):428-444

The spatial and temporal distributions of rain-on-snow (ROS) events across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) remain poorly understood owing to their sporadic nature in time and space. This situation motivated the development of remote sensing detection algorithms. This paper uses a large meteorological dataset across the CAA to adapt an existing ROS-detection algorithm developed in a previous study by our group. Results highlight the spatial distribution and evolution of ROS occurrences reported since 1985 at 14 weather stations across the CAA. Results show that >600 ROS events were inventoried since 1985, for which >70% were classified as pure rain (liquid form) and 30% as mixed precipitation (solid/liquid). Of the pure rain events, 75% occurred during spring, 14% during fall, 8% during summer and <1% during winter. Such events can have significant impacts on ungulate grazing conditions through the creation of ice layers, causing serious problems for caribou calf survival, especially during the migration period. This paper introduces an adaptation for larger scale Arctic application of a detection algorithm (sensitivity analysis on the detection threshold) with an error of ~5%. The validation, however, remains limited due to a short study period and limited number of sites.  相似文献   

Spectroscopic survey of the Galaxy with Gaia– II. The expected science yield from the Radial Velocity Spectrometer     

M. I. Wilkinson  A. Vallenari  C. Turon  U. Munari  D. Katz  G. Bono  M. Cropper  A. Helmi  N. Robichon  F. Thévenin  S. Vidrih  T. Zwitter  F. Arenou  M.-O. Baylac  G. Bertelli  A. Bijaoui  F. Boschi  F. Castelli  F. Crifo  M. David  A. Gomboc  A. Gómez  M. Haywood  U. Jauregi  P. de Laverny  Y. Lebreton  P. Marrese  T. Marsh  S. Mignot  D. Morin  S. Pasetto  M. Perryman  A. Pr&#;a  A. Recio-Blanco  F. Royer  A. Sellier  A. Siviero  R. Sordo  C. Soubiran  L. Tomasella  Y. Viala 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,359(4):1306-1335

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Interannual variability and predictability of African easterly waves in a GCM     

Fabrice Chauvin  Jean-François Royer  Hervé Douville 《Climate Dynamics》2005,24(5):523-544

The interannual variability of African Easterly Waves (AEWs) is assessed with the help of spatio-temporal spectral analysis (STSA) and complex empirical orthogonal functions methods applied to the results of ten-member multiyear ensemble simulations. Two sets of experiments were conducted with the Météo-France ARPEGE-Climat GCM, one with interactive soil moisture (control), and the other with soil moisture relaxed towards climatological monthly means calculated from the control. Composites of Soudano–Sahelian AEWs were constructed and associated physical processes and dynamics were studied in the frame of the waves. It is shown that the model is able to simulate realistically some interannual variability in the AEWs, and that this dynamical aspect of the West African climate is potentially predictable (i.e. signal can be extracted from boundary conditions relatively to internal error of the GCM), especially along the moist Guinean coast. Compared with ECMWF 15-year reanalysis (ERA15), the maximum activity of AEWs is located too far to the South and is somewhat too zonal, but the main characteristics of the waves are well represented. The major impact of soil moisture relaxation in the GCM experiments is to reduce the seasonal potential predictability of AEWs over land by enhancing their internal variability.  相似文献   

The Mid-Rivera-Transform Discordance: Morphology and Tectonic Development     

William L. Bandy  Fran?ois Michaud  Carlos A. Mortera Guti��rrez  J��r?me Dyment  Jacques Bourgois  Jean-Yves Royer  Thierry Calmus  Marc Sosson  Jose Ortega-Ramirez 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2011,168(8-9):1391-1413

To better define the morphotectonic elements and tectonic development of the Mid-Rivera-Transform Discordance, multibeam bathymetric, seafloor backscatter, multichannel seismic reflection and total field marine magnetic data were collected along the entire Rivera Transform west of 107°W during the BART and FAMEX campaigns of the N.O. L??Atalante conducted in 2002. These data show that, although the transform tectonized zone of the Rivera Transform west of 107°30??W is a single continuous morphologic basin, this basin consists of two distinct morphotectonic domains: an eastern domain which morphologically is a deep rhombochasm within which organized seafloor spreading has occurred, and a western ??leaky transform?? domain. These new data, in conjunction with the results of previous studies, support the idea that the Rivera-Pacific Euler pole is migrating southward towards the eastern half of the Rivera Transform, and further indicate a recent (<0.14?Ma), and most likely ongoing, clockwise reorganization of the principle transform displacement zones of the Rivera Transform west of 108°W. We propose that the Mid-Rivera-Transform Discordance owes its origin to this eastward progressing, clockwise reorganization of the transform segments that is occurring in response to recent changes in Rivera-Pacific relative plate motion.  相似文献   

Linking Cree hunters’ and scientific observations of changing inland ice and meteorological conditions in the subarctic eastern James Bay region, Canada     

Marie-Jeanne S. Royer  Thora Martina Herrmann  Oliver Sonnentag  Daniel Fortier  Kenel Delusca  Rick Cuciurean 《Climatic change》2013,119(3-4):719-732

For the Cree First Nation communities of the eastern James Bay region in the Canadian Subarctic, local weather plays a key role in traditional subsistence activities. There is rising concern among the Cree about changes in inland ice conditions as they pose challenges to Cree livelihood, health and culture. Here we contrast Crees’ observations of inland ice conditions and long-term measurements obtained to foster interdisciplinary climate change research between scientists and Cree communities. We compiled qualitative observations of inland ice conditions and compared them with long-term measurements (> 25 years) of air temperature, precipitation and snow depth from three meteorological stations in the Cree territory. Cree hunters observed a weakening of lake ice cover (e.g., change in ice composition and structure, increased rain in winter). Trend analysis of long-term measurements showed a significant increase in mean autumn air temperature as well as in winter and autumn precipitation. By contrasting Cree hunters’ observations with climate data, we identified that an increase in fall and winter precipitation could be causing a weakening of inland ice through a change in its composition (i.e., snow ice instead of congelation ice). We conclude that Cree and scientific knowledge are complementary when investigating and understanding climate change in the Subarctic.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Regional hydrological cycle changes in response to an ambitious mitigation scenario     

H. Huebener  M. G. Sanderson  I. Höschel  J. Körper  T. C. Johns  J.-F. Royer  E. Roeckner  E. Manzini  J.-L. Dufresne  O. H. Otterå  J. Tjiputra  D. Salas y Melia  M. Giorgetta  S. Denvil  P. G. Fogli 《Climatic change》2013,120(4):961-963

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The nature of the late B-type stars HD 67044 and HD 42035     

R. Monier  M. Gebran  F. Royer 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2016,361(4):139

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Curvature Attribute from Surface-Restoration as Predictor Variable in Kupferschiefer Copper Potentials     

Pablo Mejía-Herrera  Jean-Jacques Royer  Guillaume Caumon  Alain Cheilletz 《Natural Resources Research》2015,24(3):275-290

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Late Pleistocene (MIS 3–4) climate inferred from micromammal communities and δO of rodents from Les Pradelles,France     

Aurélien Royer  Christophe Lécuyer  Sophie Montuire  Gilles Escarguel  François Fourel  Alan Mann  Bruno Maureille 《Quaternary Research》2013

The middle Paleolithic stratigraphic sequence of Les Pradelles (Charente, France) spans from the end of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 4 until the middle of MIS 3. Micromammal remains are present in all the stratigraphic levels, offering a rare opportunity to address the questions of both environmental and climatic fluctuations throughout this period. Climate modes were studied through the taphonomy, biodiversity and oxygen isotope compositions of phosphate (δ¹⁸O_p) from 66 samples of rodent tooth enamel. The δ¹⁸O_p values from the lower sedimentary levels provide summer mean air temperatures of 19 ± 2°C (level 2/1) and of 16 ± 2°C (levels 2A, 2B and 4A). Within the middle of sequence (level 4B), a paleobiodiversity change can be identified with an increase of Dicrostonyx torquatus, which is associated with the largest amplitude in δ¹⁸O_p values and the highest maximal δ¹⁸O_p values. At the top of the sequence (level 5-2), a biodiversity change is observed with the increase of Microtus arvalis, but without any change in δ¹⁸O_p values. The association of cold rodent species with unexpected high and large amplitudes in the δ¹⁸O_p values of their teeth, possibly indicative of aridity, suggests their deposition during a Heinrich event.  相似文献   

Interpretation of coastal wind transfer functions with momentum balances derived from idealized numerical model simulations     

Sung Yong Kim  Ganesh Gopalakrishnan  Aurelien Ponte 《Ocean Dynamics》2015,65(1):115-141

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