MGS electron density profiles: Analysis of the peak magnitudes     

Jane L. Fox  Katherine E. Yeager 《Icarus》2009,200(2):468-479

We analyze here the behavior of the magnitudes of the F₁ and E peaks of the electron density profiles measured by the Radio Science Subsystem of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, as a function of solar zenith angle χ and solar flux. For each of the 658 days of data in the six occultation seasons in the northern hemisphere, we choose one profile to analyze, which is that for which the F₁ peak is the median value. We assume that the variations of the measured peak densities can be represented as Aa(cosχ) and as Bb(F_10.7), where F_10.7 is the usual solar flux proxy, appropriately shifted to the orbital position of Mars. To minimize the effect of solar activity, we divide the data into 6 F_10.7 bins, fit the data in each bin, and derive the values of the exponent a and the coefficient AF10.7 for each bin. The median values that we derive for the exponent a is 0.46 for the F₁ peak, and 0.395 for the E peak. To minimize the effect of SZA, we divide the data into eight SZA bins, and derive the exponent b and the coefficient Bχ for each SZA bin. We argue that the last three SZA bins should be excluded because the fits were poor, due partly to the small number of data points in each of these bins. If we do so, the median values of b that we derive are 0.27 and 0.40 for the F₁ and E peaks, respectively. Finally we derive a 3-parameter fit to all the data, which expresses the variability of the peak densities as a function of a^′(cosχ) and b^′(F_10.7) simultaneously. The fitted values of the exponents a^′ and b^′ for the F₁ peak are 0.45 and 0.26, respectively; for the E peak, the values are 0.39 and 0.46, respectively. We compare our results to Chapman theory, and to those of other investigators.  相似文献   

Computer model of wind, waves, and longshore currents during a coastal storm     

William T. Fox  Richard A. Davis Jr. 《Mathematical Geology》1979,11(2):143-164

A mathematical model has been developed to forecast or hindcast wind, waves, and longshore currents during the passage of a coastal storm. Storm intensity is a function of the barometric pressure gradient which is modeled by rotating an inverted normal curve around the center of an ellipse. The length and orientation of the major and minor axes of the ellipse control the size and shape of the storm. The path of the storm is determined by a sequence of storm positions for the hindcast mode, and by interpolated positions assuming constant speed and direction for the forecast mode. The site location, shoreline orientation, and nearshore bottom slope provide input data for the shore position. The geostrophic wind speed and direction at the shore site are computed from the latitude and barometric pressure gradient. The geostrophic wind is converted into surface wind speed and direction by applying corrections for frictional effects over land and sea. The surface wind speed and direction, effective fetch, and wind duration are used to compute wave period, breaker height, and breaker angle at the shore site. The longshore current velocity is computed as a function of wave period, breaker height and angle, and nearshore slope. The model was tested by comparing observed data for several coastal locations with predicted values for wind speed, wave period and height, and longshore current velocity. Forecasts were made for actual storms and for hypothetical circular and elliptical storms.  相似文献   

Automatic Dem Generation for Antarctic Terrain     

Andrian J. Fox  & Michael J. Gooch 《The Photogrammetric Record》2001,17(98):275-290

Automatic digital elevation model (DEM) generation has become an established technique within mapping agencies. This paper assesses the effectiveness of automatic DEM generation using area-based matching for glaciated terrain in Antarctica. DEM accuracy is assessed by comparison with check data acquired using analytical photogrammetry and independent field measurements.An optimum DEM collection strategy is identified. DEM success is linked to ground terrain type and it is found that areas of a DEM which can be collected successfully are relatively insensitive to changes in the collection strategy. A method of isolating unsuccessful areas of a DEM for manual editing is tested for Antarctic terrain. In this example, over 90% success is achieved in identifying erroneous DEM results measured against check data.  相似文献   

Hydrocarbon status in Florida real estate canals     

W.G. Hansen  G. Bitton  J.L. Fox  P.L. Brezonik 《Marine pollution bulletin》1977,8(3):57-62

The level of hydrocarbons present in the sediments of real estate canals on the east and west coast of Florida was determined using gas chromatography. Although the amount of alkanes present was found to be comparatively low, the ratio of the amount of odd carbon-numbered alkanes to even carbon-numbered alkanes suggested that canals on the Gulf of Mexico are receiving an influx of petroleum products. In addition, the most probable number technique was used to enumerate total aerobic heterotrophic bacteria, aerobic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, sulfate reducing bacteria, and sulfate-reducing hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria present in the canal sediments. Results showed significantly higher numbers of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria in the sediments of the west coast canals.  相似文献   

The relationship between dissolved humic acids and soluble iron in estuaries     

Lewis E. Fox 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1984,48(4):879-884

Dissolved humic acid and soluble iron appear to be chemically unassociated in estuaries despite their coincident removal. This conclusion is supported by differences in the aggregation kinetics of soluble iron and dissolved humic acid, the inability of extracted humic acid to stabilize laboratory preparations of ferric hydroxide, and decreasing ratios of humic acid carbon to soluble iron along the axes of some estuaries.  相似文献   

Empirically derived relationships between fractal dimension and power law form frequency spectra     

Christopher G. Fox 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1989,131(1-2):211-239

Fractal analysis and Fourier analysis are independent techniques for quantitatively describing the variability of natural figures. Both methods have been applied to a variety of natural phenomena. Previous analytical work has formulated relationships between the fractal dimension and power law form frequency spectrum.Mandelbrot (1985) has shown that difficulties arise when the ruler method for measuring dimensionality is applied to other than self-similar figures. Since an investigator presumably does not know in advance the dimensionality of a natural profile, it is essential to quantify the nature of the discrepancy for self-affine cases. In this study, a series of experiments are conducted in which discrete random series of specified spectral forms are analyzed using the fractal ruler method. The various parameters of the fractal measurement are related to the parameters of the spectral model. In this way, empirical relationships between the techniques can be derived for discrete, finite series which simulate the results of applying the fractal method to observational data.The results of the study indicate that there are considerable discrepancies between the results predicted by theory and those derived empirically. The fundamental power law form of length versus resolution pairs does not hold over the entire region of analysis. The predicted linear relationship between fractal dimension and exponent of the frequency spectrum does not hold, and the spectral signals can be extended beyond the limits of dimension inferred by theory. Root-mean-square variability is also shown to be linearly related to the fractal intercept term. An investigation of the effect of nonstationary sampling is conducted by generating signals composed of segments of differing spectral characteristics. Fractal analyses of these signals appear identical to those conducted on stationary series.The discrepancies between theoretical prediction and empirical results described in this study reflect the difficulties of applying analytically derived techniques to measurement data. Both Fourier and fractal techniques are formulated through rigorous mathematics, assuming various conditions for the underlying signal. When these techniques are applied to discrete, finite length, nonstationary series, certain statistical transformations must be applied to the data. Methods such as windowing, prewhitening, and anti-aliasing filters have been developed over many years for use with Fourier analysis. At present, no such statistical theory exists for use with fractal analysis. It is apparent from the results of this study that such a statistical foundation is required before the fractal ruler method can be routinely applied to observational data.  相似文献   

中国西部地区猎隼(Falco cherrug)繁殖生物学与保护     

马鸣  梅宇  Eugene Potapov  吴逸群  Andrew Dixon  Dimitar Ragyov  徐峰  Nicholas C.Fox 《干旱区地理》2007,30(5):654-659

自2001-2006年,中国科学院与英国鸟类研究中心联合对新疆准噶尔盆地和昆仑山、青海玉树地区、西藏那曲地区的猎隼(Falco cherrug)分布状况与繁殖生态进行深入调查。考察行程上万公里。卫星跟踪显示在俄罗斯、蒙古繁殖的猎隼迁往青藏高原越冬。但是,实地调查表明,在新-青-藏还有一些繁殖种群;繁殖区的海拔高度从600 m,上升至5 200 m。根据观察,猎隼喜欢沿用旧巢,多数巢属于"垃圾巢"。因为高原缺乏合适的巢材,那些人类遗弃的皮管、铁丝、皮带、破布、汽车零件、骨片、绳子等垃圾充斥于巢穴之中。考察期间,共找到100多只猎隼成鸟、约35个猎隼巢或巢区;分布地点涉及昆仑山脉、准噶尔盆地、卡拉麦里山脉、北塔山、可可西里、唐古拉山脉等,包括新疆奇台、且末、青河、塔城,青海楚玛尔河、五道梁、曲麻莱、雁石坪、玉树,西藏安多、那曲等。猎隼巢址多位于悬崖凹陷处(21个)、河岸砂土洞(5)、桥梁(2)等处;巢高于地面7~30 m。通常沿用渡鸦、大鵟、棕尾鵟、金雕的旧巢,有同步繁殖现象。附近有鼠兔、雪雀、地鸦、岩鸽、石鸡、沙鸡等活动。巢区沿着山脉或者丘陵连续分布,巢间距最近2.5 km,通常4~8 km或更远。在准噶尔盆地其繁殖密度1.1~1.6对/1 000 km2。通常4~5月产卵,窝卵数3~5枚;5月上旬和中旬已有部分幼鸟出壳。虽然在中国捕捉猎隼现象十分猖獗,但考察结果依然令人振奋。建议中国猎隼研究小组(CSRG)积极开展国际合作,通过卫星跟踪、GPS定位、电子微芯片标记(PIT)、DNA指纹图谱分析、人工猎隼栖架和巢穴招引技术等,不断完善监测手段和管理机制,为猎隼的保护与合理利用做出努力。  相似文献   

Soil properties controlling seepage erosion contributions to streambank failure     

G. V. Wilson  R. K. Periketi  G. A. Fox  S. M. Dabney  F. D. Shields  R. F. Cullum 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2007,32(3):447-459

The majority of sediment leaving catchments may be from streambank failure. Seepage erosion of unconsolidated sand above a restrictive layer is an important erosion process in incised streams that leads to streambank failure by undercutting banks. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of soil properties on seepage erosion and the resulting streambank failure. Seepage flow and sediment concentrations were measured in situ at eight locations along the banks of a deeply incised stream in northern Mississippi. Using field observations as a guide, the soil profile conditions of a shallow (45 cm) streambank, consisting of 30 cm of topsoil, a 10 cm conductive layer, and a 5 cm restrictive layer, were mimicked in laboratory lysimeter experiments to quantify the hydrologic properties controlling seepage erosion and bank failure under a 40 cm head. The time to flow initiation and the flow rate were linearly related to the slope of the restrictive layer. Seepage erosion began within minutes of flow initiation and resulted in substantial (3 to 34 cm) undercutting of the bank. Sediment concentrations of seeps were as high as 660 g l^?1 in situ and 4500 g l^?1 in the lysimeters. Sediment concentrations were related to the layer slope, thereby indicating the importance of detailed site characterization. The USDA‐ARS Streambank Stability model demonstrated the increase in instability of banks due to undercutting by seepage erosion, but failed to account for the sediment loss due to sapping for stable banks and overestimated the sediment loads for failed banks. Published in 2006 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Measuring streambank erosion due to ground water seepage: correlation to bank pore water pressure,precipitation and stream stage   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Garey A. Fox  Glenn V. Wilson  Andrew Simon  Eddy J. Langendoen  Onur Akay  John W. Fuchs 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2007,32(10):1558-1573

Limited information exists on one of the mechanisms governing sediment input to streams: streambank erosion by ground water seepage. The objective of this research was to demonstrate the importance of streambank composition and stratigraphy in controlling seepage flow and to quantify correlation of seepage flow/erosion with precipitation, stream stage and soil pore water pressure. The streambank site was located in Northern Mississippi in the Goodwin Creek watershed. Soil samples from layers on the streambank face suggested less than an order of magnitude difference in vertical hydraulic conductivity (K_s) with depth, but differences between lateral K_s of a concretion layer and the vertical K_s of the underlying layers contributed to the propensity for lateral flow. Goodwin Creek seeps were not similar to other seeps reported in the literature, in that eroded sediment originated from layers underneath the primary seepage layer. Subsurface flow and sediment load, quantified using 50 cm wide collection pans, were dependent on the type of seep: intermittent low‐flow (LF) seeps (flow rates typically less than 0·05 L min^?1), persistent high‐flow (HF) seeps (average flow rate of 0·39 L min^?1) and buried seeps, which eroded unconsolidated bank material from previous bank failures. The timing of LF seeps correlated to river stage and precipitation. The HF seeps at Goodwin Creek began after rainfall events resulted in the adjacent streambank reaching near saturation (i.e. soil pore water pressures greater than ?5 kPa). Seep discharge from HF seeps reached a maximum of 1·0 L min^?1 and sediment concentrations commonly approached 100 g L^?1. Buried seeps were intermittent but exhibited the most significant erosion rates (738 g min^?1) and sediment concentrations (989 g L^?1). In cases where perched water table conditions exist and persistent HF seeps occur, seepage erosion and bank collapse of streambank sediment may be significant. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

The removal of dissolved humic acid during estuarine mixing     

L.E. Fox 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》1983,16(4):431-440

A simple method for the determination of dissolved humic acid based on carbon analysis is presented. This method was used to measure the distribution of dissolved humic acids in seven coastal plain estuaries located in the middle-Atlantic United States. Results indicate that 100% of the dissolved humic acid was removed during estuarine mixing, although concurrent measurements of dissolved organic carbon showed either production or conservative behavior in regions of the estuary where humic acid removal was observed. It is apparent from these observations that removal of dissolved humic acid is a minor part of the estuarine transport of dissolved organic carbon.Laboratory experiments carried out by mixing river water with sea water demonstrated that salt-induced removal of dissolved humic acid was insignificant in two of three estuaries studied. These results suggest in situ removal of dissolved humic acid may not be universally caused by increasing estuarine salinity.  相似文献