Planetary accretions in jet streams     

W. -H. Ip 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1974,31(1):57-79

The problem of planetary accretion in a jet stream is studied using the model developed by Alfvén and Arrhenius. We find that there are basically three types of planetary accretion: namely, fast process _c < _i , slow process _c ~ _i and delayed process _c > _i where _c is the characteristic time of the occurrence of catastrophic accretion and _i the time-scale of mass injection to the planetary system (3×10⁸ yr). These different time scales of accretion are found to be closely related to the primordial thermal profiles and equatorial inclinations of the planets. Finally, Venus' retrograde rotational spin is shown to be a possible result of accretion process in a jet stream.  相似文献   

On the interpretation of the observed cometary scintillations     

W. -H. Ip  D. A. Mendis 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1975,35(1):L1-L4

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Origin of Mercury’s double magnetopause: 3D hybrid simulation study with A.I.K.E.F.     

Joachim Müller  Sven Simon  Yung-Ching Wang  Uwe Motschmann  Daniel Heyner  Josef Schüle  Wing-Huen Ip  Gero Kleindienst  Gavin J. Pringle 《Icarus》2012,218(1):666-687

During the first and second Mercury flyby the MESSENGER spacecraft detected a dawn side double-current sheet inside the Hermean magnetosphere that was labeled the “double magnetopause” (Slavin, J.A. et al. [2008]. Science 321, 85). This double current sheet confines a region of decreased magnetic field that is referred to as Mercury’s “dayside boundary layer” (Anderson, M., Slavin, J., Horth, H. [2011]. Planet. Space Sci.). Up to the present day the double current sheet, the boundary layer and the key processes leading to their formation are not well understood. In order to advance the understanding of this region we have carried out self-consistent plasma simulations of the Hermean magnetosphere by means of the hybrid simulation code A.I.K.E.F. (Müller, J., Simon, S., Motschmann, U., Schüle, J., Glassmeier, K., Pringle, G.J. [2011]. Comput. Phys. Commun. 182, 946–966). Magnetic field and plasma results are in excellent agreement with the MESSENGER observations. In contrast to former speculations our results prove this double current sheet may exist in a pure solar wind hydrogen plasma, i.e. in the absence of any exospheric ions like sodium. Both currents are similar in orientation but the outer is stronger in intensity. While the outer current sheet can be considered the “classical” magnetopause, the inner current sheet between the magnetopause and Mercury’s surface reveals to be sustained by a diamagnetic current that originates from proton pressure gradients at Mercury’s inner magnetosphere. The pressure gradients in turn exist due to protons that are trapped on closed magnetic field lines and mirrored between north and south pole. Both, the dayside and nightside diamagnetic decreases that have been observed during the MESSENGER mission show to be direct consequences of this diamagnetic current that we label Mercury’s “boundary-layer-current“.  相似文献   

Contesting Chinatown: Place-making and the Emergence of ‘Ethnoburbia’ in Brisbane,Australia     

Ip  David 《GeoJournal》2005,64(1):63-74

This paper juxtaposes the actual areas of settlement and settlement activities of Chinese migrants in Brisbane’s southern suburbs since the mid-1980s, with the concomitant, ‘government planned’ construction of the city’s Chinatown as an ‘exotic,’ ‘ethnic,’ and ‘cosmopolitan’ landmark. It argues that while the latter, as with Chinatowns in other Australian and world cities, has continued to appropriate the symbols of so-called ‘Chineseness’ to sell the locale to non-Chinese, the former, in recalling the notion of ‘ethnoburbia,’ significantly evinces actual Chinese migrants’ agency and role in place-making. In the process, these migrants have not only established a local, ethnically meaningful environment, but also challenged the still current metonymic Western image of the Chinese as preferring life in ‘ethnic’ urban enclaves that had its origin from early Chinese settlement and fundamentally detached from the lives of other ethnic groups per se. Indeed greater recognition and comprehension of such locales may go a long way to illustrate that many Chinese living in Australia today do not fit the territorial, place-based identity often associated with them in the imagination of mainstream society.  相似文献   

Europa's Oxygen Exosphere and Its Magnetospheric Interaction     

W.-H. Ip 《Icarus》1996,120(2):317-325

The newly detected oxygen atmosphere of Europa is modeled by invoking charged particle sputtering with H₂O and O₂molecules as the main ejecta. The magnetospheric corotating ions could provide the required source strength (∼3 × 10²⁶sec⁻¹) of O₂molecules if a fraction (∼20%) of the exospheric ions were recycled to Europa's surface where they produce additional sputtering product. Two exospheric components are expected to form: an extended corona with a size of a few satellite radii which is composed of sputtered molecules in ballistic motion, and a thermal population with a surface density of 10⁸–10⁹cm⁻³and a scale height of about 20 km. The electron impact ionization of this exosphere would lead to an Io-like interaction with the jovian magnetosphere with a field-aligned Birkeland current of about 5 × 10⁵A.  相似文献   

Currents in the cometary atmosphere     

W.-H. Ip 《Planetary and Space Science》1979,27(2):121-125

If the structure of the magnetic field and electric current in the cometary type I tail can be represented by an electric current circuit, disruption of the cross-tail current system may lead to a current discharging through the cometary ionosphere, and the dissipation of the magnetic energy stored in the tail. From the point of view of energy budget, a tail-aligned magnetic field on the order of 10γ will be sufficient to produce a strong ionization effect of the cometary atmosphere.  相似文献   

Applications of rough set theory to river environment quality evaluation in China   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

W. C. Ip  B. Q. Hu  H. Wong  J. Xia 《Water Resources》2007,34(4):459-470

Very often, inexact, uncertain, or vague hydrological data are encountered in water researches. Statistical and fuzzy set theories are applied to deal with hydrological uncertainty problems. In this paper, the basic concept of the rough set theory is introduced and its application to hydrological data is illustrated. The proposed method is applied to water environment and environment quality evaluation of the Hang Jiang River, a major branch of the Yangtze River, in China. Our numerical applications suggest that the rough set theory is a useful tool for analysis of inexact, uncertain, or vague hydrological data.  相似文献   

De novo transcriptomic profile in the gonadal tissues of the intertidal whelk Reishia clavigera     

Kevin K.Y. Ho  Priscilla T.Y. Leung  Jack C.H. Ip  J.W. Qiu  Kenneth M.Y. Leung 《Marine pollution bulletin》2014

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Modeled Interaction of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Solar Wind Inside 2 AU     

M. Rubin  T. I. Gombosi  K. C. Hansen  W.-H. Ip  M. D. Kartalev  C. Koenders  G. Tóth 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2015,116(3):141-157

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Multi-scale variability and trends of precipitation in North China   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

W. Ch. Ip  L. Zhang  H. Wong  J. Xia 《Water Resources》2011,38(1):18-28

The issue of water shortage and related eco-environmental degradation in North China is one of the major emerging problems in China. Precipitation is the most key factor for water resources. Based on the historical flood/dryness grade dataset during the period of 1470–2000 obtained from 25 gauging stations in North China, the multi-scale variability and trends are analyzed by means of power spectral and continuous wavelet transform. It is found that the precipitation is characterized by obvious seasonal changes, quasi biennial oscillations, inter-annual 4–7 year component and inter-decadal 19-year periodicity. The MK test results showe that step changes occurred around 1914 and 1964 in the annual precipitation. As for the historical flood/dryness grade time series, it is characterized by 4∼5 year ENSO mode inter-annual oscillation, quasi-10 year inter-decadal variability, quasi-24 year component and 50–80 year centurial periodicity. However, the scales of these variations have decreased significantly since the 1970s. The trend for precipitation change in North China has been negative for last 30 years. Further research shows that North China will continue to become dryer until 2015 and may change to a wetter regime after 2020. These findings should be helpful for future decision-making to ensure sustainable water resource management in North China.  相似文献