The START initiative (co-sponsored by IGBP, WCRP and HDP) has as its primary objective development of regional frameworks to support regional research related to global change, associated capacity building and synthesis scientific assessments related to policy development. START now has six regional networks under development in South-East Asia, Northern Africa, East Asia, South Asia, the Meditteranean, and Southern Africa. Issues before START include the coordination of regional activities with that of sponsoring programmes, the need for a more elaborated HDP, and the development of thematic programming that will secure multi-donor, multi-year support. 相似文献
We report the results of the South Indian Strain Measuring Experiment (SISME) designed to determine whether strain related
to microseismicity in the past century may have deformed the networks of the 19th century Great Trigonometrical Survey of
India (GTS). More than a dozen GTS points were measured between Mangalore, Madras, and Kanyakumari in southernmost India using
GPS geodesy to determine regional deformation. Detailed measurements were made near two of the original baselines of the survey
to determine the reliability of dilatational strain data for the network. The regional measurements revealed negligible regional
dilatational (+ 11.2 + 10 microstrain) and shear strain changes (0.66± 1.2μradians) in the southernmost 530 km of India. In
addition to these measurements, we determined the rate of northward and eastward motion of a point in Bangalore (1991–1994)
in the ITRF92 reference frame to be 39 ± 3.5 mm/year, and 51 ± 11 mm/year respectively. This is consistent with NUVEL-1A plate
motion estimate for India. Simultaneous measurements to a point near Kathmandu reveal that the Indian plate and the Southern
Himalaya are moving approximately in unison, placing an upper limit on the rate of creep processes beneath the lesser Himalaya
of ≈6 mm/year, and suggesting relatively rigid behavior of the Indian plate north of Bangalore. The stability of the Indian
plate is confirmed by the absence of significant changes in the lengths of the two baselines at Bangalore and Cape Comorin,
which, within the limits of experimental error have not changed since 1869. The measurements place an upper limit for recent
deformation in the southern peninsula, and hence a lower limit for the renewal time for intraplate earthquakes in the region
of approximately 10,000 years, assuming shear failure strain of approximately 100 μradians. This, in turn, implies that recurrence
intervals for Peninsular Earthquakes far exceed the length of the written historic record, suggesting that the characterisation
of seismic recurrence intervals from historical studies is likely to be fruitless. In contrast, the SISME experiment demonstrates
that the noise level of geodetic studies based on 19th century GTS data is less than 0.02 μstrain/year, providing considerable
scope for delineating regions of anomalously high seismogenic strain, by GPS measurements at all available trig points of
the 19th century GTS survey. 相似文献
We present software for spherical harmonic analysis (SHA) and spherical harmonic synthesis (SHS), which can be used for essentially
arbitrary degrees and all co-latitudes in the interval (0°, 180°). The routines use extended-range floating-point arithmetic,
in particular for the computation of the associated Legendre functions. The price to be paid is an increased computation time;
for degree 3,000, the extended-range arithmetic SHS program takes 49 times longer than its standard arithmetic counterpart.
The extended-range SHS and SHA routines allow us to test existing routines for SHA and SHS. A comparison with the publicly
available SHS routine GEOGFG18 by Wenzel and HARMONIC SYNTH by Holmes and Pavlis confirms what is known about the stability of these programs. GEOGFG18 gives errors <1 mm for latitudes [-89°57.5′, 89°57.5′] and maximum degree 1,800. Higher degrees significantly limit the range
of acceptable latitudes for a given accuracy. HARMONIC SYNTH gives good results up to degree 2,700 for almost the whole latitude range. The errors increase towards the North pole and
exceed 1 mm at latitude 82° for degree 2,700. For a maximum degree 3,000, HARMONIC SYNTH produces errors exceeding 1 mm at latitudes of about 60°, whereas GEOGFG18 is limited to latitudes below 45°. Further extending the latitudinal band towards the poles may produce errors of several
metres for both programs. A SHA of a uniform random signal on the sphere shows significant errors beyond degree 1,700 for
the SHA program SHA by Heck and Seitz. 相似文献
Cussac cave was investigated to assess the cave air temperature variations and to understand its ventilation regime. This cave is located in an active karst system in the south west part of France. It has a single entrance and is considered as a cold air trap. In this study, air mass exchanges were probed. Measurements of temperature and Pco2 with a 30-min frequency were made in several locations close to the cave entrance. Speed of the air flow was also measured at the door of cave entrance. Results show that cave air Pco2 varies from 0.18 to 3.33 %. This cave appears to be a CO2 source with a net mass of 2319 tons blown in 2009. Carbon-stable isotope of CO2 (13Cco2) ranges from −20.6 ‰ in cold season to −23.8 ‰ in warm season. Cave air is interpreted as a result of a mix between external air and an isotopically depleted air, coming from the rock environment. The isotopic value of the light member varies through time, from −23.9 to −22.5 ‰. Furthermore, this study ascertains that the cave never stops in communicating with the external air. The ventilation regime is identified. (1) In cold season, the cave inhales at night and blows a little at the warmest hours. However, in warm season, (2) cave blows at night, but (3) during the day, a convection loop takes place in the entrance area and prevents the external air from entering the cave, confirming the cold air trap.
The High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE) will be able to perform multiwavelength observations of-ray and X-ray bursts. HETE will potentially be able to localize-ray bursts to a precision of 20 arc-minutes if significant X-ray flux is detected from the burst; a precision of 20 arc-seconds is possible if there is also significant UV radiation from the burst. HETE will broadcast information about bursts detected within seconds of their detection. This VHF-band broadcast will be received at a number of secondary ground stations (SGS) dedicated to HETE, and forwarded to a central distribution site at MIT, from which it is sent to interested observers via Internet. 相似文献
The Explosive Transient Camera (ETC) has been performing automatic observations of the night sky since 1990. Since the launch of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, the times and localizations of-ray bursts detected by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) have been compared with ETC observations to determine whether the ETC had observed a -ray burst in progress. To date, six temporal and spatial correlations have been found, but no new optical radiation has been detected. In this paper, we present current results of ETC/BATSE correlated observations and describe plans for future observations. 相似文献
Most applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) make only use of the amplitude information in just one image. Interferometric SAR (InSAR) makes use mainly of the phase measurements in two or more SAR images of the same scene, acquired at two different moments and/or at two slightly different locations. By interference of the two images, very small slant-range changes of the same surface can be inferred. These slant-range changes can be related to topography and/or surface deformations. InSAR thus has the potential of mapping centimeter-scale ground displacements over a region many tens of kilometers in size at a resolution of a few meters making it one of the most promising space-geodetic techniques for monitoring Earth's surface deformations. The goal of this paper is to discuss some of the potential new applications of InSAR for the monitoring of deformations, and to show its major limitations. Some potential new applications of InSAR related to surface-change detection including earthquake and crustal studies, the monitoring of volcanoes and anthropogenic effects, and the monitoring of glaciers and ice sheets are presented. The discussion on the limitations of InSAR for surface-change detection focuses on atmospheric perturbations and the problem of temporal decorrelation. 相似文献
Geochemical studies on the Hohonu Batholith, of the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, have recognised two distinct but
chemically related suites of mid-Cretaceous granitoids. The suites are characterised by restricted radiogenic isotopic compositions
(Sr(i) = 0.7062 to 0.7085; ɛNd(i) = −4.4 to −6.1), and represent melting of a mafic lithosphere source followed by interaction with Ordovician metasediments.
The two suites (Te Kinga Suite and Deutgam Suite) are distinguished by contrasting contents of Al2O3, Na2O, Sr, Ba, Eu and HREE, attributable to different residual asssemblages controlled by differing H2O contents during melting of a metabasaltic source. The relatively mafic, metaluminous, I-type Deutgam Suite represents magmas
derived by dehydration melting in equilibrium with an amphibolitic (plagioclase + amphibole) residue. In contrast, the peraluminous,
high silica compositions of the Te Kinga Suite were produced by melting at higher H2O contents, reducing the stability of plagioclase and resulting in a melt in equilibrium with a plagioclase-free eclogitic
(garnet + amphibole) residue. Residual plagioclase during generation of the Deutgam Suite resulted in lower Al2O3, Na2O, Sr, Ba and Eu contents, whereas residual garnet during generation of the Te Kinga suite resulted in depleted HREE contents.
The mid-Cretaceous granitoids of the Hohonu Batholith were generated during a period of rapid tectonic transition from crustal
thickening during collision to crustal thinning and core complex formation during extension.
Received: 23 July 1996 / Accepted: 21 August 1997 相似文献
Compositions of major components in suspended matter,collected by centrifugation, in situ pumping andsediment traps, in the Gulf of Biscay during the OMEXproject were determined and compared. The resultsshow a strong and rapid decrease in the concentrationof biogenic fraction in the upper 200 m of the watercolumn which may be attributed to the preferentialremoval of this component due to the production offaecal pellets and to the formation of marine snow. Concurrent decrease with depth of the organic andinorganic carbon contents demonstrate the importanceof the respiration of organic matter and thedissolution of calcium carbonate in the oceanic carboncycling. Lithogenic and carbonate fluxes across thecontinental slope in the Goban Spur area wereevaluated based on sediment trap records. The rate ofproduction of calcium carbonate in the surface waters(100 g CaCO3 m-2y-1), deduced from theprimary production measurements, is much largercompared to the fluxes of this component observed inthe sediment traps (5–21 g CaCO3 m-2y-1)and to its rate of burial (9–31 gCaCO3 m-2y-1). It strongly suggeststhe occurrence of carbonate dissolution, even inwaters oversaturated with respect to the mineral phaseconsidered. This is likely to be associated with therespiration of organic matter within the faecalpellets, or at the surface of biogenic calcite oraragonite 相似文献