Urban seagrass: status of Posidonia oceanica facing the Genoa city waterfront (Italy) and implications for management     

Montefalcone M  Albertelli G  Morri C  Bianchi CN 《Marine pollution bulletin》2007,54(2):206-213

A system of five adjacent Posidonia oceanica meadows facing the waterfront of Genoa city (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean) was investigated over different spatial scales (meters-kilometers) using three environmental indices: conservation index (CI), substitution index (SI) and phase-shift index (PSI). CI revealed differences mostly at large spatial scale, distinguishing the poor condition of the meadows closest to Genoa centre and harbour from the comparatively healthy condition of the farthest meadows. SI showed differences mostly at small spatial scale (i.e., within meadows), suggesting the influence of local factors in the re-colonisation of regressed meadows by the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa and/or the invasive alga Caulerpa racemosa. Mapping of PSI showed that the meadows closest to Genoa centre and harbour have undergone a nearly total phase shift and have no real potential for recovery: attempts to re-establish P. oceanica there might be a waste of time and money. On the contrary, the meadows farthest from Genoa centre and harbour showed a comparatively low level of phase shift and could still fully recover given specific management actions.  相似文献   

A merger tree with microsolar mass resolution: application to γ-ray emission from subhalo population     

Carlo Giocoli  Lidia Pieri  Giuseppe Tormen  Jorge Moreno 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,395(3):1620-1630

Observations of the southern Cepheid ℓ Car to yield the mean angular diameter and angular pulsation amplitude have been made with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer at a wavelength of 696 nm. The resulting mean limb-darkened angular diameter is 2.990 ± 0.017 mas (i.e. ± 0.6 per cent) with a maximum-to-minimum amplitude of 0.560 ± 0.018 mas corresponding to 18.7 ± 0.6 per cent in the mean stellar diameter. Careful attention has been paid to uncertainties, including those in measurements, in the adopted calibrator angular diameters, in the projected values of visibility squared at zero baseline, and to systematic effects. No evidence was found for a circumstellar envelope at 696 nm. The interferometric results have been combined with radial displacements of the stellar atmosphere derived from selected radial velocity data taken from the literature to determine the distance and mean diameter of ℓ Car. The distance is determined to be 525 ± 26 pc and the mean radius  169 ± 8 R_⊙  . Comparison with published values for the distance and mean radius shows excellent agreement, particularly when a common scaling factor from observed radial velocity to pulsation velocity of the stellar atmosphere (the p -factor) is used.  相似文献   

B-Pol: detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation     

Paolo de Bernardis  Martin Bucher  Carlo Burigana  Lucio Piccirillo 《Experimental Astronomy》2009,23(1):5-16

B-Pol is a medium-class space mission aimed at detecting the primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation through high accuracy measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. We discuss the scientific background, feasibility of the experiment, and implementation developed in response to the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals. See for the full list of collaboration members and a full copy of the B-Pol proposal.  相似文献   

A comparison among olive flowering trends in different Mediterranean areas (south-central Italy) in relation to meteorological variations     

Fabio Orlandi  Carlo Sgromo  Tommaso Bonofiglio  Luigia Ruga  Bruno Romano  Marco Fornaciari 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2009,97(3-4):339-347

Phenological observations of the anthesic phases of olive flowering in a central Mediterranean area were recorded over a 9-year period. The aim of this research was to compare the flowering dates in relationship to the meteorological changes. Pollen emission from anthers was monitored by remote instrumentation placed directly in olive groves and phenological data regarding daily pollen concentrations (pollen/m³) were recorded using a pollen monitoring methodology. The rhythm of the phenological phases emerged as dependent on the meteorological trend of the spring forcing temperature. Generally, the phenomenon of pollen emission occurred progressively earlier prior to 2001, while in the following 5 years, the trend seemed to be inverted, showing a progressive delay of flowering. The spring quarterly mean temperature trends registered by GISS data in Europe confirmed the presence of diverse meteorological behavior during the study period, probably causing the biological divergences that were monitored. The principal result of the present contribution is to evidence the relativity of empirical investigations and observations considering different time intervals. This is due to the partial, brief series (9 years) of flowering dates which have to be considered as part of a longer series (26 years) in order to have a complete vision of the true phenomenon.  相似文献   

    

Carlo Trombetti 《Journal of Geodesy》1970,44(2):97-98

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A statistical investigation of polar auroras     

Maurizio Giorgi  Giovanni P. Gregori  Carlo Valenti 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1968,71(1):42-50

Summary The magnetosphere depends on the astronomical orientation of the geomagnetic field with respect to the solar wind. The statistical distribution of polar auroras must therefore depend on the orientation of the geomagnetic field with respect to the ecliptic plane. We have investigated this peculiar feature of auroras that we call auroral astronomical geometry. We give here some preliminary results concerning a limited set of pre-IGY auroras. The criteria that we have chosen to prepare the auroral collection are also briefly summarized. The results conform to the hypothesis of the auroral origin from the magnetospheric neutral sheet. Auroral particles are found to impinge over the earth with low angles with respect to the ecliptic plane (40°). Only in a 4-hours interval around midnight they are found to impinge with angles up to 70°. Definite evidence of these facts requires further investigation with a larger amount of data. — We have also prepared a complex code for recording the morphological features of each aurora, namely: standard information, movement. intensity, color, sunlight illumination, period of pulsation, location in the sky among stars and planets, time evolution, duration and general features of the auroral display. It is well known in fact that the auroral morphology affects auroral heights and latitudes, etc.; presumably it should also affect its astronomical geometry, which we will investigate later.Presented at the Inter-Union Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial Physics — Belgrade 1966.  相似文献   

Paleomagnetic record of two successive Miocene geomagnetic reversals in western Crete     

Jean-Pierre Valet  Carlo Laj 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1981,54(1):53-63

Two geomagnetic reversals(R→N followed by N→R) have been recorded in a sequence of Miocene marine clays of Tortonian-Messinian age in western Crete (Greece). The time span of each transition is found to be of the order of 5000–10,000 years. The transitional VGP paths are largely constrained in longitude either near the site longitude(R→N) or opposite to it(N→R). A normalized magnetization intensity record has also been obtained and its variations during reversals are found to be in excellent agreement with the predictions of Hoffman's phenomenological model.  相似文献   

Misure magnetiche in Albania     

Carlo Morelli 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1944,6(1-2):14-22

Riassunto Il campo magnetico terrestre in Albania è stato studiato (per la prima volta) dall'Istituto Geografico Militare attraverso l'esecuzione di una rete del 1⁰ crdine (65 stazioni assolute nei tre elementiD, H edI a circa 20 Km l'una dall'altra). I risultati sono compendiati in una carta magnetica della regione, scala 1750.000, isolinee al 1942.0. Oltre a due zone molto estese di anomalie dovute a rocce eruttive del periodo eocenico nell' Albania settentrionale e sud-orientale, sono messe in evidenza altre tre importanti anomalie regionali nella regione a NE di Scutari, a SO di Kruja, a NE di Korcia ed una locale a SE di Valona. L'esame geofisico indica come probabile causa per la prima e la terza la presenza di rocce basiche a profondità non molto rilevanti (dell' ordine di qualche Km).

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Zusammenfassung Das erdmagnetische Feld in Albanien ist (zum ersten Mal) von Ital. Mil. Geogr. Institut studiert worden. Ein magnetisches Netz erster Ordnung von 65 Stationen (ungefähr 20 Km Punktabstand) inD, H undI wurde gemessen. Die Ergebnisse sind in einer Karte dargestellt, Massstab 1750.000, Isolinien am 1942,0. Ausser zwei ausgedehnten Störgebieten von Eruptivgesteinen (Eozän) in Nord-und Süd-Ost-Albanien, sind drei andere Regionalstörungen im Gebiet NO von Scutari, SW von Kruja und NW Koriza, und eine Lokalstörung SO von Valona zu erkennen. Die erste und die dritte sind wahrscheinlich den Ergussgesteinen zuzuschreiben.

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Dott.Carlo Morelli, Capo della Sezione Geomagnetica dell'Istituto Geografico Militare.  相似文献   

The problem of rock assimilation by Somma-Vesuvius magma     

Carlo Savelli 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1967,16(4):328-353

New chemical and modal analyses are presented of magmatic rocks and pyroxenes nodules from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano and of trachytes from the surrounding area. Geochemical evidence is employed in checking the generally accepted suggestion that magma composition develops from that of trachyte into phonolitic tephrite and finally into tephritic leucitite (vesuvite) by assimilation of dolomite. At the Somma stage of the volcano, phonolitic tephrites (tephritic phonolites) alone have been produced. Vesuvius lavas (tephritic leucitites) are comparatively high in K₂O, CaO, F, Cl, Mn, Cu, Sr and Ba and low in SiO₂ and Nb. The formation of vesuvites by assimilation of dolomitic sedimentary rocks, combined with gravity-separation of early-formed pyroxenes from a trachytic or tephritic magma, is improbable as shown by chemical balances between the respective igneous and sedimentary rocks.  相似文献   

Interference Testing for Atmospheric HOx Measurements by Laser-induced Fluorescence     

Xinrong Ren  Hartwig Harder  Monica Martinez  Ian C. Faloona  David Tan  Robert L. Lesher  Piero Di Carlo  James B. Simpas  William H. Brune 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2004,47(2):169-190

Accurate OH and HO₂ (collectively called HO_x) measurements by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) may be contaminated by spurious signals from interfering atmospheric chemicals or from the instrument itself. Interference tests must be conducted to ensure that observed OH signal originates solely from ambient OH and is not due to instrument artifacts. Several tests were performed on the Penn State LIF HO_x instrument, both in the laboratory and in the field. Theseincluded measurements of the instrument's zero signal by using either zero air or perfluoropropylene to remove OH, examination of spectral interferences from naphthalene, sulfur dioxide, and formaldehyde, and tests of interferences by addition of suspected interfering atmospheric chemicals, including ozone, hydrogen peroxide, nitrous acid, formaldehyde, nitric acid, acetone, and organic peroxy radicals (RO₂). All tests lacked evidence ofsignificant interferences for measurements in the atmosphere, including highly polluted urban environments.  相似文献