Star formation in the circumnuclear environment of NGC 1068     

Richard I. Davies  Hajime Sugai  & Martin J. Ward 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(2):388-396

We present near-infrared emission-line images of the circumnuclear ring in NGC 1068. We have measured the Brγ fluxes in a number of star-forming complexes and derived the extinction for each of these by comparison with Hα. We investigate the star-forming histories of these regions and find that a short burst of star formation occurred coevally throughout the ring within the last 30–40 Myr, and perhaps as recently as 4–7 Myr ago. The 1–0 S(1) flux and S(1)/Brγ ratios indicate that as well as fluorescence, shock-excited H₂ emission contributes to the total flux. There is excess H₂ flux to the north-west where the ionization cone crosses the ring, and we show that it is possible that the non-stellar continuum from the Seyfert nucleus which produces the high-excitation lines could also be causing fluorescence at the edges of molecular clouds in the ring. The nuclear 1–0 S(1) is more extended than previously realized but only along the bar's major axis, and we consider mechanisms for its excitation.  相似文献   

ROSAT ASCA observations of X-ray luminous starburst galaxies: NGC 3310 and 3690     

A. L. Zezas    I. Georgantopoulos  & M. J. Ward 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(4):915-925

We present ROSAT [High Resolution Imager (HRI) and Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC)] and ASCA observations of the two luminous ( L _x ∼ 10⁴¹⁻⁴² erg s⁻¹) star-forming galaxies NGC 3310 and 3690. The HRI shows clearly that the sources are extended with the X-ray emission in NGC 3690 coming from at least three regions. The combined 0.1–10 keV spectrum of NGC 3310 can be described by two components, a Raymond–Smith plasma with temperature kT  = 0.81^+0.09_−0.12 keV and a hard power law, Γ = 1.44^−0.20_−0.11 (or alternatively a harder Raymond–Smith plasma with kT  ∼ 15 keV), while there is no substantial excess absorption above the Galactic column value. The soft component emission is probably a super wind while the nature of the hard emission is more uncertain with the likely origins being X-ray binaries, inverse Compton scattering of infrared photons, an active galactic nucleus or a very hot gas component (∼10⁸ K). The spectrum of NGC 3690 is similar, with kT  = 0.83^+0.02_−0.04 keV and Γ = 1.56^+0.11_−0.11. We also employ more complicated models such as a multi-temperature thermal plasma, a non-equilibrium ionization code or the addition of a third softer component, which improve the fit but not at a statistically significant level (2σ). These results are similar to recent results on the archetypal star-forming galaxies M82 and NGC 253.  相似文献   

Land degradation is not a necessary outcome of communal pastoralism in arid Namibia   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

David Ward    Ben T. Ngairorue  Johannes Kathena  Rana Samuels  Yanay Ofran 《Journal of Arid Environments》1998,40(4):357-371

In Otjimbingwe, a region of arid south-central Namibia, human population densities are high and these communal pastoralists own large numbers of livestock. Such situations are commonly perceived to lead to the ‘tragedy of the commons'. This region lends itself to a comparison of the effects of communal and commercial farming (with private land ownership) because the communal area is completely surrounded by commercial farms. In spite of far higher stocking densities on the communal areas and the absence of an overall grazing strategy, we found no evidence of the ‘tragedy of the commons' on Otjimbingwe. Indeed, the communal areas did not differ in a number of soil and vegetation parameters from the commercial farms. These results point both to the resilience of arid environments to high stocking levels and the over-riding influence of abiotic variables on environmental quality.  相似文献   

On the consistency of earthquake moment rates, geological fault data, and space geodetic strain: the United States   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Steven N. Ward 《Geophysical Journal International》1998,134(1):172-186

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CENSUS OF GREY SEALS BY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. R. Hiby  D. Thompson  A. J. Ward 《The Photogrammetric Record》1988,12(71):589-594

The factors determining resolution in aerial photography of wildlife concentrations are considered and two developments that improve resolution with inexpensive equipment are described. Firstly, a rocking camera mount has been constructed that compensates for apparent image motion resulting from forward movement of the aircraft. The mount allows slower shutter speeds to be used so that aerial surveys can be conducted using high resolution colour film under poor light conditions. Secondly, critical prefocusing to the survey flying height is carried out, even for lenses of short focal length. Aerial photography of grey seal breeding colonies is used to illustrate these developments.  相似文献   

Editorial: Symposium on Cretaceous Stage Boundaries, Copenhagen 18–21 October 1983     

Malcolm Hart  Editor  Peter Ward  Editor 《Cretaceous Research》1984,5(4):301

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Chemical characteristics of laboratory produced tarballs     

M Savage  C.H Ward 《Marine pollution bulletin》1984,15(5):174-178

Artificial tarballs were made in the laboratory from four crude petroleums. Relative to the parent petroleum, a decrease in aromatic hydrocarbon content for all samples was observed, as was a decrease in saturate content for three of four samples and an increase in compounds containing nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen for three samples. The asphaltene content also increased for three samples. The saturate, aromatic and asphaltic content of the artificial tarballs was compared to values for natural tarballs reported in the literature.  相似文献   

Editorial     

Kevin Ward 《Urban geography》2018,39(1):1-2

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Occupational paths towards commercial agriculture: The key roles of farm pluriactivity and the commons     

Ward Anseeuw  Catherine Laurent 《Journal of Arid Environments》2007,70(4):659

In South Africa, “black” and “coloured” farmers engaged in several occupational activities are often considered as being “not interested in farming” or “not serious”. However, in Namaqualand the large majority of “coloured” farmers and especially the most successful ones are pluriactive and have off-farm incomes. Investigations were therefore carried out in that region to better understand the role of pluriactivity. Observations focus on middle-income households from the mining sector entering into small-scale commercial farming. Based on surveys in both non-farm and farm sectors, the results show that, for many households, access to sufficient farm assets depends strongly on the employment situation of the sector of origin and requires a level of investment which can be reached only progressively. This obliges these households to rely on off-farm incomes and communal land at least during the early transitional stage. These results stress the importance of taking into account the diversity of paths and of differentiating the various stages in the transitional period between two occupational activities. Finally, the paper emphasises the importance of taking these specific situations into consideration in the management of the commons.  相似文献   

Semidiurnal tides from the extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM) and comparisons with TIMED Doppler interferometer (TIDI) and meteor radar observations     

J. Du  W.E. Ward  J. Oberheide  T. Nakamura  T. Tsuda 《Journal of Atmospheric and Solar》2007,69(17-18):2159

The extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (extended CMAM) is a general circulation model, which extends from the surface to about 210 km. Spatial complex spectral analysis is applied to horizontal winds simulated by the extended CMAM to obtain semidiurnal tidal amplitudes and phases (from e5 to w5) in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region. The dominant w2 migrating component and the presence of eight nonmigrating tides (w3, w4, w5, e1, e2, e3, e4 and e5) in the mid-latitudes are identified. Components w1 and s0, which tend to maximize at high latitudes, will be discussed separately in a later paper. The migrating semidiurnal tide (w2) has amplitudes reaching over 20 m s⁻¹ for both zonal and meridional winds in the mid-latitude region. Its form compares well to the published results. The amplitudes of nonmigrating semidiurnal tides are non-negligible compared with the migrating semidiurnal tides. The amplitudes for w3 and e2 exceed 12 and 8 m s⁻¹, respectively.Comparisons are made with four nonmigrating semidiurnal components (w3, w4, e1 and e2) derived from the TIMED Doppler interferometer (TIDI) wind measurements between 85 and 105 km altitude and between 45°S and 45°N latitude. Overall, the basic CMAM and TIDI latitudinal structures of the amplitudes agree well and the agreement between the annual mean amplitudes varies with component. Relative to the TIDI results, the CMAM seasonal variations of w4 are in good agreement, of e2 are in reasonable agreement, of w3 are in partial agreement and of e1 are in poor agreement.The 11 semidiurnal components from the model are superimposed to generate the total semidiurnal winds at Jakarta (6°S, 106°E) and Kototabang (0°, 100°E) and are compared with measurements from two equatorial meteor radar stations at these sites. The relative contributions of components to the reconstructed amplitude vary from month to month. The CMAM reconstructions are generally larger than the radar results by a factor varying between one and two. The phases in the radar data are typically stationary with respect to height, whereas they generally decrease with height in the CMAM reconstruction.  相似文献