Modelling the multiphase near-surface chemistry related to ozone depletions in polar spring     

Matthias Piot  Roland von Glasow 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2009,64(2-3):77-105

Near-total depletions of ozone have been observed in the Arctic spring since the mid 1980s. The autocatalytic reaction cycles involving reactive halogens are now recognized to be of main importance for ozone depletion events in the polar boundary layer. We present sensitivity studies using the model MISTRA in the box-model mode on the influence of chemical species on these ozone depletion processes. In order to test the sensitivity of the chemistry under polar conditions, we compared base runs undergoing fluxes of either Br₂, BrCl, or Cl₂ to induce ozone depletions, with similar runs including a modification of the chemical conditions. The role of HCHO, H₂O₂, DMS, Cl₂, C₂H₆, HONO, NO₂, and RONO₂ was investigated. Cases with elevated mixing ratios of HCHO, H₂O₂, DMS, Cl₂, and HONO induced a shift in bromine speciation from Br / BrO to HOBr/HBr, while high mixing ratios of C₂H₆ induced a shift from HOBr/HBr to Br/BrO. The shifts from Br/BrO to HOBr/HBr accelerated the aerosol debromination, but also increased the total amount of deposited bromine at the surface (mainly via increased deposition of HOBr). For all NO_y species studied (HONO, NO₂, RONO₂) the chemistry is characterized by an increased bromine deposition on snow reducing the amount of reactive bromine in the air. Ozone is less depleted under conditions of high mixing ratios of NO_x. The production of HNO₃ led to the acid displacement of HCl, and the release of chlorine out of salt aerosol (Cl₂ or BrCl) increased.  相似文献   

Polarization Models for Rayleigh Scattering Planetary Atmospheres     

Esther Buenzli  Hans M. Schmid  Franco Joos 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2009,105(2-4):153-157

We present Monte Carlo simulations for the polarization of light reflected from planetary atmospheres. We investigate dependencies of intensity and polarization on three main parameters: single scattering albedo, optical depth of a scattering layer, and albedo of a Lambert surface underneath. The main scattering process considered is Rayleigh scattering, but isotropic scattering and enhanced forward scattering on haze particles are also investigated. We discuss disk integrated results for all phase angles and radial profiles of the limb polarization at opposition. These results are useful to interpret available limb polarization measurements of solar system planets and to predict the polarization of extra-solar planets as a preparation for VLT/SPHERE. Most favorable for a detection are planets with an optically thick Rayleigh-scattering layer. The limb polarization of Uranus and Neptune is especially sensitive to the vertically stratified methane mixing ratio. From limb polarization measurements constraints on the polarization at large phase angles can be set.  相似文献   

History of solar telescopes     

Oskar von der Lühe 《Experimental Astronomy》2009,25(1-3):193-207

Solar observations have been done with telescopes since their invention—already Galileo looked at the Sun. Despite the Sun’s unusual brightness, telescopes which specialize in solar observations are fairly recent, dating from the late nineteenth century onwards. Today, many solar telescopes have rather little in common with nighttime telescopes. They are adapted to high light flux, a limited range of declination, and to the specifications of solar spectrographs and polarimeters. This paper presents the history of the modern optical solar telescope on the ground and in space, the accompanying evolution of scientific capabilities, and a brief outlook into the future.  相似文献   

Erosion-driven uplift of the modern Central Alps   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Jean-Daniel Champagnac  Fritz Schlunegger  Kevin Norton  Friedhelm von Blanckenburg  Luca M. Abbühl  Marco Schwab 《Tectonophysics》2009,474(1-2):236

We present a compilation of data of modern tectono-geomorphic processes in the Central European Alps which suggest that observed rock uplift is a response to climate-driven denudation. This interpretation is predominantly based on the recent quantification of basin-averaged Late Holocene denudation rates that are so similar to the pattern and rates of rock uplift rates as determined by geodetic leveling. Furthermore, a GPS data-based synthesis of Adriatic microplate kinematics suggests that the Central Alps are currently not in a state of active convergence. Finally, we illustrate that the Central Alps have acted as a closed system for Holocene redistribution of sediment in which the peri-Alpine lakes have operated as a sink for the erosional products of the inner Central Alps.While various hypotheses have been put forward to explain Central Alpine rock uplift (e.g. lithospheric forcing by convergence, mantle processes, or ice melting) we show with an elastic model of lithospheric deformation, that the correlation between erosion and rock uplift rates reflects a positive feedback between denudation and the associated isostatic response to unloading. Thus, erosion does not passively respond to advection of crustal material as might be the case in actively converging orogens. Rather, we suggest that the geomorphic response of the Alpine topography to glacial and fluvial erosion and the resulting disequilibrium for modern channelized and associated hillslope processes explains much of the pattern of modern denudation and hence rock uplift. Therefore, in a non-convergent orogen such as the Central European Alps, the observed vertical rock uplift is primarily a consequence of passive unloading due to erosion.  相似文献   

Large Proton Anisotropies in the 18 August 2010 Solar Particle Event     

R. A. Leske  C. M. S. Cohen  R. A. Mewaldt  E. R. Christian  A. C. Cummings  A. W. Labrador  E. C. Stone  M. E. Wiedenbeck  T. T. von Rosenvinge 《Solar physics》2012,281(1):301-318

The solar particle event observed at STEREO Ahead on 18?August 2010 displayed a rich variety of behavior in the particle anisotropies. Sectored rates measured by the Low Energy Telescope (LET) on STEREO showed very large bidirectional anisotropies in 4??C?6?MeV protons for the first ???17?hours of the event while inside a magnetic cloud, with intensities along the field direction several hundred to nearly 1000 times greater than those perpendicular to the field. At the trailing end of the cloud, the protons became isotropic and their spectrum hardened slightly, while the He/H abundance ratio plunged by a factor of approximately four for about four hours. Associated with the arrival of a shock on 20?August was a series of brief (<?10?minute duration) intensity increases (commonly called ??shock spikes??) with relatively narrow angular distributions (???45^° FWHM), followed by an abrupt decrease in particle intensities at the shock itself and a reversal of the proton flow to a direction toward the Sun and away from the receding shock. We discuss the STEREO/LET observations of this interesting event in the context of other observations reported in the literature.  相似文献   

Warming the early earth—CO₂ reconsidered     

Philip von Paris  Heike Rauer  J. Lee Grenfell  Beate Patzer  Barbara Stracke  Franz Schreier 《Planetary and Space Science》2008,56(9):1244-1259

Despite a fainter Sun, the surface of the early Earth was mostly ice-free. Proposed solutions to this so-called “faint young Sun problem” have usually involved higher amounts of greenhouse gases than present in the modern-day atmosphere. However, geological evidence seemed to indicate that the atmospheric CO₂ concentrations during the Archaean and Proterozoic were far too low to keep the surface from freezing. With a radiative-convective model including new, updated thermal absorption coefficients, we found that the amount of CO₂ necessary to obtain 273 K at the surface is reduced up to an order of magnitude compared to previous studies. For the late Archaean and early Proterozoic period of the Earth, we calculate that CO₂ partial pressures of only about 2.9 mb are required to keep its surface from freezing which is compatible with the amount inferred from sediment studies. This conclusion was not significantly changed when we varied model parameters such as relative humidity or surface albedo, obtaining CO₂ partial pressures for the late Archaean between 1.5 and 5.5 mb. Thus, the contradiction between sediment data and model results disappears for the late Archaean and early proterozoic.  相似文献   

Photospheric cancelling magnetic features and associated phenomena in a stratified solar atmosphere     

B. von Rekowski  A. W. Hood 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,385(4):1792-1812

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Solar coronal heating by magnetic cancellation – III. Thermodynamics     

B. von Rekowski  A. W. Hood 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,384(3):972-986

We present two-dimensional numerical magnetohydrodynamics simulations of a coronal X-ray bright point (XBP) caused by a cancelling magnetic feature (CMF). Cancellation is driven by converging motions of two magnetic bipolar sources. These sources are initially disconnected from each other so that both, the CMF and the associated reconnection/heating event (i.e. the XBP), are modelled in a self-consistent way. In the initial state, there is no X-point but two separatrices are present. Hence, the reconnection/heating and the cancellation phases have not yet started. Our numerical experiments end shortly after the converging magnetic bipole has fully cancelled. By this time, reconnection in the inner domain has ceased and occurs only at the base. Solving the energy equation with various heating and cooling terms included, and considering different bottom boundary conditions, reveals that the unrealistically high temperatures produced by Ohmic heating are reduced to more moderate temperatures of 1.5–2 MK consistent with observations of XBPs, if thermal conduction is included and density and temperature are fixed at the base.  相似文献   

Precipitation in the Karakoram-Himalaya: a CMIP5 view     

Elisa Palazzi  Jost von Hardenberg  Silvia Terzago  Antonello Provenzale 《Climate Dynamics》2015,45(1-2):21-45

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Osteuropa und die zyklische Gliederung der Erdgeschichte     

Serge von Bubnoff 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1949,37(1):60-71

Zusammenfassung Die epirogenetische Geschichte Osteuropas (Fennosarmatiens) läßt sich seit dem Kambrium in 11 Zyklen der Transgression und Regression gliedern, die vermutlich den PulsationenGrabaus entsprechen. Bei im allgemeinen gleichzeitigem und gleichsinnigem Verlauf zeigen sich regional gewisse Unterschiede oder Phasendifferenzen, indem einige stabilere Teile Sarmatiens die einzelnen Zyklen nur verzögert oder überhaupt nicht mitmachen. Diese Pulsationen sind nicht identisch mit den vom Verf. angenommenen Großzyklen Westeuropas, sondern werden von ihnen überlagert, allerdings in regelmäßiger Weise, derart, daß mehrere Pulsationen einen Großzyklus zusammensetzen. Durch diese Überlagerung entstehen Phasendivergenzen, welche den Gesamtvorgang komplizieren, ohne seine Gesetzmäßigkeit aufzuheben. Eine dritte Ursache für regionale Unterschiede besteht in dem vom Verf. schon früher betonten zyklischen Abdrehen der tektogenetischen Beanspruchung, welche zwischen alpidisch und uralisch wechselt. Da, entsprechend dem Großgefüge, im Westen die alpidische, im Osten die uralische Bewegungstendenz vorwiegt, entstehen zwangsläufig zeitliche Differenzen, die zu einer weiteren Komplikation des Bildes beitragen. Der Verf. legt aber Wert auf die Feststellung, daß diese Differenzen und Komplikationen in dem Wesen der zyklischen Prozesse begründet sind und ihre Gesetzmäßigkeit nicht nur nicht aufheben, sondern im Gegenteil dazu dienen können, die tieferen Ursachen des erdgeschichtlichen Rhythmus zu ergründen.  相似文献