Formulation, implementation and examination of vertical coordinate choices in the Global Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM)   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：3  

Charlie N. Barron  A. Birol Kara  Paul J. Martin  Robert C. Rhodes  Lucy F. Smedstad 《Ocean Modelling》2006,11(3-4):347-375

A 1/8° global version of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) is described with details of its formulation, implementation, and configuration of the vertical coordinate. NCOM is a baroclinic, hydrostatic, Boussinesq, free-surface ocean model that allows its vertical coordinate to consist of σ coordinates for the upper layers and z-levels below a user-specified depth. This flexibility allows implementation of a hybrid σ–z coordinate system that is expected to mitigate some of the weaknesses that can be associated with either pure coordinate option. For the global NCOM application, the σ–z coordinate is used to allow terrain-following σ coordinates in the upper ocean, providing better resolution and topographic fidelity in shelf regions where flow is most sensitive to its representation. Including z coordinates for deeper regions efficiently maintains high near-surface vertical resolution in the open ocean. Investigation into the impact of the selected coordinate system focuses on differences between atmospherically-forced free-running (no assimilation) global solutions using σ–z and pure z coordinates. Comparisons with independent temperature observations indicate that global NCOM using the σ–z coordinate has improved skill relative to its z coordinate implementation. Among other metrics, we show that in comparison with time series of surface temperature from National Oceanic Data Center (NODC) buoys, mostly located in coastal regions, root mean squared differences (RMSD) improved for 63% and correlation improved for 71% of the stations when σ–z coordinates were used instead of pure z. For the exclusively open-ocean Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoys, differences between the simulations were small, with the σ–z showing smaller RMSD for 45% of the stations and higher correlation for 65% of the stations. Additional comparisons using temperature profile observations further confirm a tendency for improved performance using the hybrid σ–z coordinates.  相似文献   

A warm,equable Cretaceous: The nature of the problem     

Eric J. Barron 《Earth》1983,19(4):305-338

The nature of the problem of warm equable paleoclimates is defined by investigating the mid-Cretaceous period. The problem consists of three components: (1) defining precisely the climatic state during any specified interval of geologic time; (2) specifying the external climatic forcing factors which may have been important; and (3) understanding the climatic response to any specific modifying influence. These components are characterized by limitations of critical importance in understanding paleoclimates. The nature of the problem of a warm Cretaceous is defined both qualitatively and quantitatively within these limits.  相似文献   

The use of coexisting calcite-ankerite solid solutions as a geothermometer     

B. J. Barron 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1974,47(1):77-80

Limited solid solution of Mg and Fe²⁺ occurs in calcite coexisting with dolomiteankerite. This substitution is strongly temperature-dependent. Experimentally determined calcite compositions co-existing with a dolomite phase are available in the binary system CaCO₃-MgCO₃ between 500° C and 900° C (Harker and Tuttle, 1955). This information is extrapolated to lower temperatures and is combined with three synthetic calcite-ankerite pairs determined at 400° C, 450° C and 500° C (Rosenberg, 1967).The compositions of six naturally occurring calcites coexisting with ankerites from Sofala, N.S.W. are not accurately known, but X-ray determined compositional limits assuming firstly Mg substitution then Fe substitution yield maximum and minimum values for both possibilities. These limits are plotted on the ternary CaCO₃-MgCO₃-FeCO₃ together with the experimentally derived solvus isotherms. Assuming equilibration at constant temperature, actual compositions of these natural calcites plot along the 415° C isotherm.  相似文献   

Template plotting of reactions involving water-carbon dioxide mixtures     

Lawrence M. Barron 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》1974,44(1):81-83

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Continental drift and the global pattern of sedimentation     

President Dr. William W. Hay  Eric J. Barron  James L. Sloan II  John R. Southam 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1981,70(1):302-315

The breakup of Pangaea through rifting and separation of the continents has special implications for the global pattern of sedimentation. The important initial conditions of Pangaea are area, elevation, the nature of the drainage and climate. The development of interior uplifts associated with rifting caused significant reorganization of drainage systems. Rifting and continental breakup result in unique sediment sequences on passive margins.The initial rift valleys were probably occupied by stratified fresh water lakes due to the equable Mesozoic climate, and during this phase might have accumulated about 7.5×10²¹ g of organic carbon; this would be 14% of the earth's total organic carbon concentrated on only 0.3% of the earth's surface. The sediments rich in organic carbon are expected to be typically overlain by evaporites.Sedimentation on the continental shelf is a complex interplay of thermal subsidence, sea level changes, sediment supply and isostatic adjustment.Beyond the shelf break, sedimentation rates in the world ocean appear to change significantly with time; during the Aptian-Albian, Campanian-Maastrichtian, Middle Eocene and Late Miocene-Quaternary overall sedimentation rates were about an order of magnitude higher than during the intervening periods. This variation is likely to be related to changing sediment supply responding to changes in sea level.

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Zusammenfassung Das Aufbrechen Pangaeas durch Spaltung und Separation der Kontinente hat spezielle Auswirkungen auf die globale Sedimentationsverteilung. Die bedeutenden Anfangsbedingungen Pangaeas sind Größe, Höhe, Abfluß- und Klimasituation. Die Entwicklung innerer Aufwölbungen, zusammen mit Spaltenbildung, hat eine entscheidende Reorganisation der Abflußsysteme bewirkt. Spaltung und Aufbrechen des Kontinents resultieren in einer einzigartigen Sedimentationsfolge an den passiven Rändern.Die anfänglichen Spaltungstäler waren wahrscheinlich von geschichteten Süßwasserseen eingenommen, hervorgerufen vom ausgeglichenen mesozoischen Klima. Während dieser Zeit können sich dort etwa 7,5 · 10²¹ g organischer Kohlenstoffe angesammelt haben, d. h. 14 % der weltweiten organischen Kohlenstoffe auf nur 0,3 % der Erdoberfläche. Die kohlenstoffreichen Sedimente sind typischerweise von Evaporiten überlagert.Sedimentation auf dem kontinentalen Schelf ist ein komplexes Zusammenspiel von Temperatursenkung, Wasserspiegelschwankungen, Sedimentsangebot und isostatischem Gleichgewicht.Jenseits des Schelfabhanges scheinen die Sedimentationsraten im Weltmeer signifikant mit der Zeit zu schwanken. Während des Aptiums-Albs, des Campaniums-Maastrichts, des Mittleren Eozäns und des Späten Miozän-Quartärs lagen die gesamten Sedimentationsraten um eine Größenordnung höher als in den dazwischenliegenden Zeiträumen. Diese Variation hängt wahrscheinlich mit einem geänderten Sedimentsangebot zusammen, das von Wasserspiegelschwankungen hervorgerufen wird.

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Résumé La dislocation de la Pangée, par fracturation (rifting) et séparation des continents, entraîne des implications particulières en ce qui concerne les modèles de sédimentation à l'échelle du globe. Les conditions initiales importantes de la Pangée sont la surface, l'altitude, la nature du drainage et le climat. Le développement de soulèvements intérieurs en association avec les processus de fracturation (rifting) fut la cause d'une importante réorganisation du système de drainage. Sur les marges continentales passives, des séquences sédimentaires uniqes résultent de ces processus de caussure (rifting), et de dislocation.Les vallées médianes (rifts) initiales ont été probablement occupées par des lacs à eaux douces stratifiées, dues au climat égal du Mésozoique, et ont pu durant cette période accumuler environ 7.5×20²¹ g. de carbone organique; cette quantité serait l'équivalent de 14% du carbone organique total du globe, concentrés sur 0.3% de sa surface. Les sédiments riches en carbone organique sont supposés être typiquement recouverts par des dépôts évaporitiques.La sédimentation sur le plateau continental se trouve en interaction complexe avec la subsidence thermique, les fluctuations du niveau des océans, les apports en sédiments et les ajustements isostatiques.Au delà de la limite externe du plateau continental, les taux de sédimentation dans les océans semblent varier de manière importante dans le temps; durant l'Aptien-Albien, le Campanien-Maastrichtien, L'Eocène moyen et le Miocène supérieur-Quaternaire, les taux d'ensemble de sédimentation ont été environ d'un ordre de grandeur plus élevé que durant les périodes intermédiaires. Cette variation est vraisemblablement liée aux changements des apports en sédiments, en réponse aux fluctuations du niveau océanique.

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Book reviews     

Michel M. Verstraete  Eric J. Barron  William M. Stigliani 《Climatic change》1988,12(1):95-101

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Modelling the combination of birefringence retardations from strain envelopes around multiple inclusions in diamond     

L. M. Barron  B. J. Barron  T. P. Mernagh 《Australian Journal of Earth Sciences》2017,64(4):557-564

A paleo-alluvial 0.21 ct yellow diamond (L058) from Bingara (NSW) has three inclusions of coesite (two subequant crystals and one thin plate), each under more than 3.1 GPa internal pressure as measured by Raman spectroscopy. These inclusions cause overlapping birefringent retardation stress/strain haloes in the host diamond, visible under cross-polarised light. The complicated retardation pattern is quantified by mapping targeted retardation contours (170 nm, 270 nm and 380 nm) onto a photo of the diamond. A mathematical model of retardation is developed for each inclusion, and then the combined light retardations (CLR) are calculated using radial and tangential components with spherical and elliptical geometries. The CLR model reproduces most features of the measured data, but remaining differences may be due to local release of stress/strain by two short fractures radiating from one inclusion.  相似文献   

Up‐scaling potential impacts on water flows from agricultural water interventions: opportunities and trade‐offs in the Osman Sagar catchment,Musi sub‐basin,India     

Kaushal K. Garg  Suhas P. Wani  Jennie Barron  Louise Karlberg  Johan Rockstrom 《水文研究》2013,27(26):3905-3921

Agricultural water management (AWM) has been shown to improve and secure yields in the tropics and has been suggested as an important way to combat poverty in the region. In this paper, we describe potential impacts on upstream and downstream flows of extensive AWM interventions, using the watershed development programme of the Osman Sagar catchment of Musi sub‐basin, Andhra Pradesh semi‐arid India, as an example. Various AWM interventions are compared with a non‐intervention state and the current state of the study area, using 31 years of data by application of the calibrated and validated ARCSWAT 2005 (Version 2.1.4a) modelling tool. Different AWM interventions contribute to improved livelihoods of upstream smallholder farmers by increasing soil moisture availability and groundwater recharge, which can subsequently be used for irrigation. The result is higher crop production and hence larger incomes. Moreover, lower flow intensities and sediment losses reduced by 30–50%, reducing the risk of flooding and sediment accumulation in the Osman Sagar drinking water reservoir. On the other hand, AWM interventions are predicted to result in reduced total water inflows to the Osman Sagar reservoir from 11% of the total annual rainfall (754 mm) recorded at present, to 8% if AWM interventions were implemented at large scale throughout the catchment. A cost–benefit analysis of AWM interventions showed that the highest net economic returns were achieved at intermediate intervention levels (only in‐situ AWM). Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Contrasting patterns in the abundance of fish communities targeted by fishers on two coral reefs in southern Mozambique     

T Sancelme  J Goetze  S Jaquemet  MG Meekan  A Flam  AM Watts 《African Journal of Marine Science》2020,42(1):95-107

Coastal populations of maritime countries in eastern Africa rely on fish as a primary source of protein, but baseline information on the abundance of fish communities on these coastlines is often lacking. We used baited remote underwater video stations to compare the abundance and diversity of reef fishes targeted by fishing at two sites in southern Mozambique, one at Lighthouse Reef within the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park and the other to the south at San Sebastian Reef on the San Sebastian Peninsula. Fish that are known targets of fisheries (mostly small-scale and artisanal) had an abundance that was almost three-times greater at San Sebastian Reef (80.22 ind. h^–1 [SE 18.00]) than at Lighthouse Reef (29.70 ind. h^–1 [SE 8.91]). Similarly, there was greater mean species richness at San Sebastian Reef (38.74 species h^–1 [SE 2.79]) than at Lighthouse Reef (25.37 species h^–1 [SE 3.66]). The main drivers of targeted fish abundance were habitat and depth, with shallow (<15 m) and mixed reef areas having the greatest abundance and richness. More sampling was done over sand habitat at Lighthouse Reef, which likely led to the lower abundance and species richness observed at this site; however, that finding could also be attributable to the fact that protection is provided to only a section of available coral reef habitat in a small area. Nevertheless, fish community structure was comparable between the sites, with similar proportions of carnivores (78–81%), herbivores (12–14%) and omnivores (7–8%). Our findings highlight the variation in species abundance and assemblages of coral-reef fish targeted by fishing in Mozambique and emphasise the importance of localised environmental variables as a driver of these patterns. To ensure maximum protection of Lighthouse Reef fish communities, we recommend an extension of the no-take zone to include the entire reef complex.  相似文献   

Validation of interannual simulations from the 1/8° global Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM)     

A. Birol Kara  Charlie N. Barron  Paul J. Martin  Lucy F. Smedstad  Robert C. Rhodes 《Ocean Modelling》2006,11(3-4):376-398

A 1/8° global version of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) is used for simulation of upper-ocean quantities on interannual time scales. The model spans the global ocean from 80°S to a complete Arctic cap, and includes 19 terrain-following σ- and 21 fixed z-levels. The global NCOM assimilates three-dimensional (3D) temperature and salinity fields produced by the Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System (MODAS) which generates synthetic temperature and salinity profiles based on ocean surface observations. Model-data intercomparisons are performed to measure the effectiveness of NCOM in predicting upper-ocean quantities such as sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS) and mixed layer depth (MLD). Subsurface temperature and salinity are evaluated as well. An extensive set of buoy observations is used for this validation. Where possible, the model validation is performed between year-long time series obtained from the model and time series from the buoys. The statistical analyses include the calculation of dimensionless skill scores (SS), which are positive if statistical skill is shown and equal to one for perfect SST simulations. Model SST comparisons with year-long SST time series from all 83 buoys give a median SS value of 0.82. Model subsurface temperature comparisons with the year-long subsurface temperature time series from 24 buoys showed that the model is able to predict temperatures down to 500 m reasonably well, with positive SS values ranging from 0.18 to 0.97. Intercomparisons of MLD reveal that the model MLD is usually shallower than the buoy MLD by an average of about 15 m. Annual mean SSS and subsurface salinity biases between the model and buoy values are small. A comparison of SST between NCOM and a satellite-based Pathfinder data set demonstrates that the model has a root-mean-square (RMS) SST difference of 0.61 °C over the global ocean. Spatial variations of kinetic energy fields from NCOM show agree with historical observations. Based on these results, it is concluded that the global NCOM presented in this paper is able to predict upper-ocean quantities with reasonable accuracy for both coastal and open ocean locations.  相似文献