Simultaneous Observation of Solar Neutrons from the International Space Station and High Mountain Observatories in Association with a Flare on July 8, 2014     

Y. Muraki  D. Lopez  K. Koga  F. Kakimoto  T. Goka  L. X. González  S. Masuda  Y. Matsubara  H. Matsumoto  P. Miranda  O. Okudaira  T. Obara  J. Salinas  T. Sako  S. Shibata  R. Ticona  Y. Tsunesada  J. F. Valdés-Galicia  K. Watanabe  T. Yamamoto 《Solar physics》2016,291(4):1241-1265

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Benthic macrofauna in a shallow water carbonate sediment: major bioturbators at the Dry Tortugas     

A. F. D’Andrea  G. R. Lopez 《Geo-Marine Letters》1997,17(4):276-282

 Functional group analysis was used to determine the major bioturbators in the Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys. The surface community is dominated by surface deposit feeding polychaetes and burrowing bivalves capable of mixing the top 0–4 cm of the sediment on time scales of days to weeks. Bioturbation by the Notomastus sp. and Callianassa sp. deep community effectively removes primary sedimentary structures. Their fossilized burrow structures may be geologically important in this system. Surface microtopography is controlled by stabilizing and destabilizing forces that determine the potential for surface resuspension and sediment transport in the Dry Tortugas.  相似文献   

Interactions between Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and gillnets off Sardinia, Italy     

Diaz Lopez  Bruno 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2006,63(5):946-951

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Mapping of a major paleodrainage system in eastern Libya using orbital imaging radar: The Kufrah River     

Philippe Paillou  Mathieu Schuster  Stephen Tooth  Tom Farr  Ake Rosenqvist  Sylvia Lopez  Jean-Marie Malezieux 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2009,277(3-4):327-333

Over the last few decades, remote sensing has revealed buried river channels in a number of regions worldwide, in many cases providing evidence of dramatic paleoenvironmental changes over Cenozoic time scales. Using orbital radar satellite imagery, we mapped a major paleodrainage system in eastern Libya, that could have linked the Kufrah Basin to the Mediterranean coast through the Sirt Basin, possibly as far back as the middle Miocene. Synthetic Aperture Radar images from the PALSAR sensor clearly reveal a 900 km-long river system, which starts with three main tributaries (north-eastern Tibesti, northern Uweinat and western Gilf Kebir/Abu Ras) that connect in the Kufrah oasis region. The river system then flows north through the Jebel Dalmah, and forms a large alluvial fan in the Sarir Dalmah. The sand dunes of the Calanscio Sand Sea prevent deep orbital radar penetration and preclude detailed reconstruction of any possible connection to the Mediterranean Sea, but a 300 km-long link to the Gulf of Sirt through the Wadi Sahabi paleochannel is likely. If this connection is confirmed, and its Miocene antiquity is established, then the Kufrah River, comparable in length to the Egyptian Nile, will have important implications for the understanding of the past environments and climates of northern Africa from the middle Miocene to the Holocene.  相似文献   

Use of geomorphological units to improve drainage network extraction from a DEM : Comparison between automated extraction and photointerpretation methods in the Carraixet catchment (Valencia, Spain)     

Maria Jose Lopez García  Ana M. Camarasa   《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》1999,1(3-4)

Drainage networks are one of the main elements characterizing basins, and network topology and geometry form the basis of many hydrological and geomorphological models (eg Geomorphological Unitary Hydrograph). The identification and manual delineation of channel networks from maps or aerial photographs requires much time and effort. In the last two decades, algorithms and procedures for automated extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data have been developed and implemented in many specialized software applications. Nevertheless, automatically delineated channel networks do not always show close agreement with manually delineated networks. This paper describes a comparative analysis between a drainage network automatically extracted from a gridded digital elevation model, and the drainage network delineated manually from stereographic pairs of aerial photographs. The analysis showed that the automatic extraction technique may be adequate for catchment headwaters, but is inappropriate in the middle and lower basins, especially for alluvial fans and calcareous platforms. The paper suggests improving the automatic extraction technique by adapting it to operate with different parameters for each of the geomorphological units within the catchment.  相似文献   

Soil temperature and soil moisture dynamics in winter and spring under heavy snowfall conditions in North-Eastern Japan     

Alexander C. Brandt  Qiqin Zhang  Maximo Larry Lopez Caceres  Hideki Murayama 《水文研究》2020,34(15):3235-3251

Warm winters and high precipitation in north-eastern Japan generate snow covers of more than three meters depth and densities of up to 0.55 g cm⁻³. Under these conditions, rain/snow ratio and snowmelt have increased significantly in the last decade under increasing warm winters. This study aims at understanding the effect of rain-on-snow and snowmelt on soil moisture under thick snow covers in mid-winter, taking into account that snowmelt in spring is an important source of water for forests and agriculture. The study combines three components of the Hydrosphere (precipitation, snow cover and soil moisture) in order to trace water mobility in winter, since soil temperatures remained positive in winter at nearly 0.3°C. The results showed that soil moisture increased after snowmelt and especially after rain-on-snow events in mid-winter 2018/2019. Rain-on-snow events were firstly buffered by fresh snow, increasing the snow water equivalent (SWE), followed by water soil infiltration once the water storage capacity of the snowpack was reached. The largest increase of soil moisture was 2.35 vol%. Early snowmelt increased soil moisture with rates between 0.02 and 0.035 vol% hr⁻¹ while, rain-on-snow events infiltrated snow and soil faster than snowmelt and resulted in rates of up to 1.06 vol% hr⁻¹. These results showed the strong connection of rain, snow and soil in winter and introduce possible hydrological scenarios in the forest ecosystems of the heavy snowfall regions of north-eastern Japan. Effects of rain-on-snow events and snowmelt on soil moisture were estimated for the period 2012–2018. Rain/snow ratio showed that only 30% of the total precipitation in the winter season 2011/2012 was rain events while it was 50% for the winter 2018/2019. Increasing climate warming and weakening of the Siberian winter monsoons will probably increase rain/snow ratio and the number of rain-on-snow events in the near future.  相似文献   

Organic pollutants (PAHs, PCBs) in sediments from the Mar Piccolo in Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Cardellicchio N  Buccolieri A  Giandomenico S  Lopez L  Pizzulli F  Spada L 《Marine pollution bulletin》2007,55(10-12):451-458

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 17 parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in surface sediments from nine stations in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, Southern Italy). Total PAH concentrations ranged from 380 to 12,750 microg/kg d.w., while total PCB levels ranged from 2 to 1684 microg/kg d.w.; this values were higher than those found in others marine coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea. For PAHs, low molecular weight/high molecular weight, phenanthrene/anthracene and fluoranthene/pyrene ratio were used for discriminating between pyrolitic and petroleum origin. Results showed that PAHs were mainly of pyrolitic origin. PCB and PAH levels in sediments were compared with Sediments Quality Guidelines (ERM-ERL, TEL-PEL indexes) for evaluation probable toxic effects on marine organism. Finally, ERM and PEL quotients were used to evaluate the degree to which chemicals exceed guidelines. Results suggest an ecotoxicological risk for benthic organisms mainly in the first inlet, where high concentrations of PCBs were found in sediments influenced by harbour activities.  相似文献   

Changes in body condition and fatty acid composition of wild Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus, Steindachner, 1868) associated to sea cage fish farms     

Fernandez-Jover D  Jimenez JA  Sanchez-Jerez P  Bayle-Sempere J  Casalduero FG  Lopez FJ  Dempster T 《Marine environmental research》2007,63(1):1-18

Net-cage fish farms attract a great number of wild fishes, altering their behaviour and possibly their physiology. Wild Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus), sampled from populations aggregated around two Mediterranean fish farms and from two natural control populations, were analyzed for differences in body condition, stomach content and fatty acid composition. Pellets used to feed caged fish in both farms were also analyzed to identify their relationship with the fatty acid composition of tissue of wild fish. T. mediterraneus aggregated around the farms throughout the year although large seasonal changes in abundance and biomass occurred. Wild fish aggregated at farms mainly ate food pellets while control fish fed principally on juvenile fish and cephalopods. Wild fish that fed around the cages had a significantly higher body fat content than the control fish (7.30+/-1.8% and 2.36+/-0.7%, respectively). The fatty acid composition also differed between farm-associated and control fish, principally because of the significantly increased levels of linoleic (C18:2omega6) and oleic (C18:1omega9) acids and decreased docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6omega3) in farm-associated fish. The increased condition of wild fish associated with farms could increase the spawning ability of coastal fish populations, if wild fish are protected from fishing while they are present at farms. The fatty acids compositions could also serve as biomarkers to infer the influence of a fish farm on the local fish community, helping to better describe the environmental impact of fish farming.  相似文献   

Seasonal characteristics of tropical marine boundary layer air measured at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory     

L. J. Carpenter  Z. L. Fleming  K. A. Read  J. D. Lee  S. J. Moller  J. R. Hopkins  R. M. Purvis  A. C. Lewis  K. Müller  B. Heinold  H. Herrmann  K. Wadinga Fomba  D. van Pinxteren  C. Müller  I. Tegen  A. Wiedensohler  T. Müller  N. Niedermeier  E. P. Achterberg  M. D. Patey  E. A. Kozlova  M. Heimann  D. E. Heard  J. M. C. Plane  A. Mahajan  H. Oetjen  T. Ingham  D. Stone  L. K. Whalley  M. J. Evans  M. J. Pilling  R. J. Leigh  P. S. Monks  A. Karunaharan  S. Vaughan  S. R. Arnold  J. Tschritter  D. Pöhler  U. Frieß  R. Holla  L. M. Mendes  H. Lopez  B. Faria  A. J. Manning  D. W. R. Wallace 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2010,67(2-3):87-140

Observations of the tropical atmosphere are fundamental to the understanding of global changes in air quality, atmospheric oxidation capacity and climate, yet the tropics are under-populated with long-term measurements. The first three years (October 2006–September 2009) of meteorological, trace gas and particulate data from the global WMO/Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory Humberto Duarte Fonseca (CVAO; 16° 51′ N, 24° 52′ W) are presented, along with a characterisation of the origin and pathways of air masses arriving at the station using the NAME dispersion model and simulations of dust deposition using the COSMO-MUSCAT dust model. The observations show a strong influence from Saharan dust in winter with a maximum in super-micron aerosol and particulate iron and aluminium. The dust model results match the magnitude and daily variations of dust events, but in the region of the CVAO underestimate the measured aerosol optical thickness (AOT) because of contributions from other aerosol. The NAME model also captured the dust events, giving confidence in its ability to correctly identify air mass origins and pathways in this region. Dissolution experiments on collected dust samples showed a strong correlation between soluble Fe and Al and measured solubilities were lower at high atmospheric dust concentrations. Fine mode aerosol at the CVAO contains a significant fraction of non-sea salt components including dicarboxylic acids, methanesulfonic acid and aliphatic amines, all believed to be of oceanic origin. A marine influence is also apparent in the year-round presence of iodine and bromine monoxide (IO and BrO), with IO suggested to be confined mainly to the surface few hundred metres but BrO well mixed in the boundary layer. Enhanced CO₂ and CH₄ and depleted oxygen concentrations are markers for air-sea exchange over the nearby northwest African coastal upwelling area. Long-range transport results in generally higher levels of O₃ and anthropogenic non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) in air originating from North America. Ozone/CO ratios were highest (up to 0.42) in relatively fresh European air masses. In air heavily influenced by Saharan dust the O₃/CO ratio was as low as 0.13, possibly indicating O₃ uptake to dust. Nitrogen oxides (NO_x and NO_y) show generally higher concentrations in winter when air mass origins are predominantly from Africa. High photochemical activity at the site is shown by maximum spring/summer concentrations of OH and HO₂ of 9?×?10⁶ molecule cm^?3 and 6?×?10⁸ molecule cm^?3, respectively. After the primary photolysis source, the most important controls on the HO_x budget in this region are IO and BrO chemistry, the abundance of HCHO, and uptake of HO_x to aerosol.  相似文献   

Galaxy clusters in the line of sight to background quasars – II. Environmental effects on the sizes of baryonic halo sizes     

Nelson Padilla  Ivan Lacerna  Sebastián Lopez  L. Felipe Barrientos  Paulina Lira  Heather Andrews  Nicolás Tejos 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,395(2):1135-1145

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