Aircraft wind measurement considering lift-induced upwash     

Timothy L. Crawford  Ronald J. Dobosy  Edward J. Dumas 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1996,80(1-2):79-94

Flow distortion is a universal consideration in the measurement of wind. Usually the distortion results from deflection of the flow by the support. Instruments mounted on airplanes, however, experience an additional deflection associated with lift, which changes rapidly and continuously during flight. In front of the airplane, this deflection appears as upwash. Characteristic upwash contamination ranges from 0.5 to 2.5 m s^-1, depending on wing loading, flight speed, and forward distance from the wing to the measurement location. On pressure-radome installations the distance from the wing is usually small and the potential for upwash contamination large. Sensors mounted at the end of long probes attached to smaller airplanes with light wing loading are less susceptible to upwash contamination. Since wing loading also depends on the local vertical wind velocity the upwash velocity is directly correlated with vertical wind velocity. Generally, empirical corrections are derived from flight tests. We develop a simple method from principles of aerodynamics which explains these corrections in terms of upwash. The applicability of our approach to moderate upwash is demonstrated with data collected from the NOAA Long-EZ research airplane. More severe upwash conditions require a more sophisticated correction beyond the scope of this paper, but basically derived from the same principles.Oak Ridge Associated Universities, assigned to NOAA/ATDD  相似文献   

A displacement discontinuity approach to modelling the creep behaviour of rock and its discontinuities     

A. M. Crawford  J. H. Curran 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》1983,7(2):245-268

Using the correspondence principle of viscoelasticity the Displacement Discontinuity Method has been extended to model the rate-dependent behaviour of a jointed rock mass. The intact rock is assumed to behave as a linear viscoelastic material while, in general, a non-linear rate-dependent behaviour of the rock joints can be accounted for. A number of numerical examples are presented which illustrate the accuracy and potential of the method for analysing complex engineering problems.  相似文献   

A mapping of the electron localization function for the silica polymorphs: evidence for domains of electron pairs and sites of potential electrophilic attack     

G. V. Gibbs  D. F. Cox  T. D. Crawford  M. B. Boisen Jr  M. Lim 《Physics and Chemistry of Minerals》2002,29(5):307-318

The electron localization function, η, evaluated for first-principles geometry optimized model structures generated for quartz and coesite, reveals that the oxide anions are coordinated by two hemispherically shaped η-isosurfaces located along each of the SiO bond vectors comprising the SiOSi angles. With one exception, they are also coordinated by larger banana-shaped isosurfaces oriented perpendicular to the plane centered in the vicinity of the apex of each angle. The hemispherical isosurfaces, ascribed to domains of localized bond-pair electrons, are centered ～0.70 Å along the bond vectors from the oxide anions and the banana-shaped isosurfaces, ascribed to domains of localized nonbonding lone-pair electrons, are centered ～0.60 Å from the apex of the angle. The oxide anion comprising the straight SiOSi angle in coesite is the one exception in that the banana-shaped isosurface is missing; however, it is coordinated by two hemispherically shaped isosurfaces that lie along the bond vectors. In the case of a first-principles model structure generated for stishovite, the oxide anion is coordinated by five hemispherically shaped η-isosurfaces, one located along each of the three SiO bond vectors (ascribed to domains of bonding-electron pairs) that are linked to the anion with the remaining two (ascribed to domains of nonbonding-electron pairs) located on opposite sides of the plane defined by three vectors, each isosurface at a distance of ～0.5 Å from the anion. The distribution of the five isosurfaces is in a one-to-one correspondence with the distribution of the maxima displayed by experimental Δρ and theoretical ??²ρ maps. Isosurface η maps calculated for quartz and the (HO) ₃ SiOSi(OH) ₃ molecule also exhibit maxima that correspond with the (3,?3) maxima displayed by distributions of ??²ρ. Deformation maps observed for the SiOSi bridges for the silica polymorphs and a number of silicates are similar to that calculated for the molecule but, for the majority, the maxima ascribed to lone-pair features are absent. The domains of localized nonbonding-electron pair coordinating the oxide anions of quartz and coesite provide a basis for explaining the flexibility and the wide range of the SiOSi angles exhibited by the silica polymorphs with four-coordinate Si. They also provide a basis for explaining why the SiO bond length in coesite decreases with increasing angle. As found in studies of the interactions of solute molecules with a solvent, a mapping of η-isosurfaces for geometry-optimized silicates is expected to become a powerful tool for deducing potential sites of electrophilic attack and reactivity for Earth materials. The positions of the features ascribed to the lone pairs in coesite correspond with the positions of the H atoms recently reported for an H-doped coesite crystal.  相似文献   

Which way to the Moon?     

Andrew J Ball  Ian A Crawford 《Astronomy& Geophysics》2006,47(4):4.17-4.19

Andrew Ball and Ian Crawford report on NASA's planning for a return to the Moon, with some thoughts on opportunities open to the UK.  相似文献   

Adapting to climate change: Public water supply in England and Wales   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nigel W. Arnell  E. Kate Delaney 《Climatic change》2006,78(2-4):227-255

This paper describes an assessment of the ways in which water supply companies in England and Wales are adapting to climate change, evaluated in the context of a model of the adaptation process. The four components of the model are (i) awareness of and concern about the potential impacts of climate change, (ii) adaptation strategy, (iii) the concept of an adaptation space from which options are selected, and (iv) the notion that three groups of factors influence awareness, strategy and option selection: susceptibility to change, internal characteristics of the organisation, and regulatory and market context.Public water supply in England and Wales is provided by private sector companies, subject to environmental and economic regulation. Hydrological simulations suggest that climate change has the potential to reduce the reliability of supply sources over the next few decades. The industry in December 2004 completed a review of investment requirements over the next five years.Awareness of climate change is high in the water industry, but by developing assessment procedures and incorporating them into the investment review the regulators forced companies to consider explicitly the potential impacts of climate change in a consistent and rigorous manner. These analyses combined climate change with other pressures on water resources, and in practice companies did not attribute specific investment decisions or proposals to climate change or indeed any other individual drivers. The broad strategy adopted by all water supply companies – to maintain standards of service – is determined by regulatory controls and market considerations, but the degree of concern about the impacts of climate change and precise adaptation options necessary to address supply-demand imbalances varied between water supply companies, reflecting local geographic conditions. The water supply companies and regulators have different perspectives on the relative merits of supply-side and demand-side measures, reflecting different organisational priorities.The 2004 investment review determined that no specific actions were necessary to deal with future climate change, but that measures set in place – in terms of methodologies and investment in investigations into specific resource developments – provided a sound foundation for more specific actions in the next investment review in five years time. The paper concludes by summarising the factors assisting and constraining adaptation over the next few decades.  相似文献   

Detection of iodine monoxide radicals in the marine boundary layer using laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy     

Lisa K. Whalley  Kate L. Furneaux  Tom Gravestock  Helen M. Atkinson  Catherine S. E. Bale  Trevor Ingham  William J. Bloss  Dwayne E. Heard 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》2007,58(1):19-39

A Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) instrument has been developed to detect iodine monoxide (IO) radicals in the atmosphere. An all solid-state Nd:YAG pumped Ti:Sapphire laser operating at approximately 445 nm was used to excite the (2,0) band of the IO A²Π_3/2 ← X²Π_3/2 electronic transition, with off-resonance fluorescence in the (2,5) band detected at 521 nm. The sensitivity of the instrument was determined by calibration. IO (between 10 and 150 pptV) was generated following the 184.9 nm photolysis of N₂O/CF₃I/N₂ mixtures with O₃ actinometry used to determine the photolysis flux. The detection limit was determined to be 0.3 pptV for a 300 s integration period, with an uncertainty of 23% (1σ). The instrument was deployed in August/September 2006 during the RHaMBLe (Reactive Halogens in the Marine Boundary Layer) campaign in Roscoff, France. Located on a small jetty, a few metres from the water’s edge at high tide, the instrument measured significant levels of IO on 11 days, with a maximum of 27.6 ± 3.2 pptV observed on one day (averaged over 10 s) representing the highest IO mixing ratio recorded in the marine boundary layer to date. IO displayed a clear diurnal profile with a maximum at low tide during the daytime. These results represent the first point measurements of IO in the atmosphere by LIF.  相似文献   

The ROSAT Brightest Cluster Sample — I. The compilation of the sample and the cluster log N–log S distribution     

H. Ebeling    A. C. Edge    H. Bo¨hringer    S. W. Allen    C. S. Crawford    A. C. Fabian    W. Voges  & J. P. Huchra 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(4):881-914

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Could the Observable Universe Be Inside of a Black Hole?     

Rosa Doran  Paulo Crawford 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1998,261(1-4):301-302

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Spatially resolved optical spectroscopy of the Herbig Ae/Vega-like binary star HD 35187     

S. K. Dunkin  & I. A. Crawford 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,298(1):275-284

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A clinoenstatite-bearing cumulate Olivine Pyroxenite from Howqua,Victoria     

Anthony J. Crawford 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1981,75(4):353-367

The Howqua Olivine Pyroxenite of eastern Victoria, Australia, intrudes a metamorphosed sequence of Cambrian high-Mg lavas. It crystallized an unusual mineral assemblage: Cr-rich magnesiochromite, olivine (Fo₉₄), and protoenstatite (now inverted to polysynthetically-twinned clinoenstatite). Residual liquid crystallized strongly-zoned interstitial pyroxenes followed by pargasite. Pargasite, often showing quench habit, crystallized in interstitial glass which is now altered to serpentine.The extremely refractory nature of the cumulus phases indicates a very high temperature of crystallization for liquidus olivine and chromite from a high-MgO, low-Al₂O₃ parent liquid similar in some respects to Archaean peridotitic komatiites. The suggested origin by hydrous melting of depleted mantle peridotite, plus other compositional and mineralogical similarities (especially the olivine-liquid reaction producing protoenstatite) indicate that the parent magma of the Howqua Olivine Pyroxenite had many features in common with the high-SiO₂, high-MgO clinoenstatite-bearing boninitic lavas of the Western Pacific. It is interpreted as a more extreme melt with affinities to boninite and it demonstrates that ultramafic magmas existed in the Cambrian.  相似文献