Late Weichselian relative sea-level changes and ice sheet history in southeast Greenland   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Antony J. Long  David H. Roberts  Matthew J.R. Simpson  Sue Dawson  Glenn A. Milne  Philippe Huybrechts 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2008,272(1-2):8-18

Relative sea-level (RSL) observations from the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) provide information regarding the timing and rate of deglaciation and constraints on geophysical models of ice sheet evolution. In this paper we present the first RSL record for the southeast sector of the GIS based on field observations completed close to Ammassalik. The local marine limit is c. 69 m above sea-level (asl) and is dated to c. 11 k cal. yrs BP (thousand calibrated years before present) and is a minimum date for ice free conditions at the study site. RSL fell to c. 24 m asl by 9.5 k cal. yrs BP and continued to fall at a decreasing rate to reach close to present by 6.5 k cal. yrs BP. Our chronology agrees with radiocarbon dates from offshore cores that indicate ice free conditions on the adjacent mid-shelf by 15 k cal. yrs BP. We compare the new RSL data with predictions generated using two recently published glaciological models of the GIS that differ in the amount and timing of ice loading and unloading over our study area. These two GIS models are coupled to the same Earth viscosity model and background (global) ice model to aid in the data-model comparison. Neither model provides a close fit to the RSL observations. Based on a preliminary sensitivity study using a suite of Earth viscosity models, we conclude that the poor data-model fit is most likely due to an underestimate of the local ice unloading. An improved fit could be achieved by delaying the retreat of a thicker ice sheet across the continental shelf. A thick ice sheet extending well onto the continental shelf is in agreement with other recent observations elsewhere in east and south Greenland.  相似文献   

CCAMLR process of risk assessment to minimise the effects of longline fishing mortality on seabirds     

S.M. Waugh  G.B. Baker  R. Gales  J.P. Croxall 《Marine Policy》2008

We describe the process used in the fisheries management system of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to minimise seabird bycatch, and the risk-assessment methodology developed to assist this. We examine the progress of several Regional Fishery Management Organisations in taking steps to address seabird bycatch. CCAMLR has the most advanced system of management among the RFMOS covered in this review, and has made the most demonstrable progress in reducing seabird bycatch levels in its longline fisheries. A combination of proven mitigation measures, extensive monitoring by independent observers, annual expert review of seabird bycatch rates and evolving fishery and mitigation practices have been instrumental in reducing seabird bycatch in CCAMLR fisheries.  相似文献   

Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?          下载免费PDF全文

Vanesa Barberón  Christian Sue  Matías Ghiglione  Gonzalo Ronda  Eugenio Aragón 《地学学报》2018,30(4):296-309

The Andes of southern Patagonia experienced a Miocene shift towards faster and higher angle subduction followed by the approach and collision of the Chile oceanic ridge. We present a kinematic study characterizing palaeostress fields computed from brittle tectonics to better constrain upper crustal deformation during this complex scenario. Although previous studies already suggested variable kinematics, it is striking that in a long‐lasting subduction environment, the computed palaeostress tensors are mostly strike‐slip (55%), while 35% are extensional, and only 10% compressive which are concentrated along a main frontal thrust. Cross‐cutting relationships and synsedimentary deformation indicate that a long‐lived strike‐slip regime was punctuated by a lower Miocene extensional event in the foreland before the main compressional event. The results are discussed in contrasting geodynamic models of plate coupling/decoupling versus direction and rate of convergence of the subducting plate, to explain the main mechanisms that control back‐arc deformation.  相似文献   

Chironomid-environment relations in northern North America     

Marie-Claude Fortin  Andrew S. Medeiros  Konrad Gajewski  Erin M. Barley  Isabelle Larocque-Tobler  David F. Porinchu  Sue E. Wilson 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2015,54(2-3):223-237

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Development and testing of a coupled ocean–atmosphere mesoscale ensemble prediction system     

Teddy R. Holt  James A. Cummings  Craig H. Bishop  James D. Doyle  Xiaodong Hong  Sue Chen  Yi Jin 《Ocean Dynamics》2011,61(11):1937-1954

A coupled ocean–atmosphere mesoscale ensemble prediction system has been developed by the Naval Research Laboratory. This paper describes the components and implementation of the system and presents baseline results from coupled ensemble simulations for two tropical cyclones. The system is designed to take into account major sources of uncertainty in: (1) non-deterministic dynamics, (2) model error, and (3) initial states. The purpose of the system is to provide mesoscale ensemble forecasts for use in probabilistic products, such as reliability and frequency of occurrence, and in risk management applications. The system components include COAMPS® (Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System) and NCOM (Navy Coastal Ocean Model) for atmosphere and ocean forecasting and NAVDAS (NRL Atmospheric Variational Data Assimilation System) and NCODA (Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation) for atmosphere and ocean data assimilation. NAVDAS and NCODA are 3D-variational (3DVAR) analysis schemes. The ensembles are generated using separate applications of the Ensemble Transform (ET) technique in both the atmosphere (for moving or non-moving nests) and the ocean. The atmospheric ET is computed using wind, temperature, and moisture variables, while the oceanographic ET is derived from ocean current, temperature, and salinity variables. Estimates of analysis error covariance, which is used as a constraint in the ET, are provided by the ocean and atmosphere 3DVAR assimilation systems. The newly developed system has been successfully tested for a variety of configurations, including differing model resolution, number of members, forecast length, and moving and fixed nest options. Results from relatively coarse resolution (～27-km) ensemble simulations of Hurricanes Hanna and Ike demonstrate that the ensemble can provide valuable uncertainty information about the storm track and intensity, though the ensemble mean provides only a small amount of improved predictive skill compared to the deterministic control member.  相似文献   

Evaluation of River Water Quality Simulations at a Daily Time Step – Experience with SWAT in the Axe Catchment,UK     

Matjaž Glavan  Sue White  Ian P. Holman 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2011,39(1):43-54

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) was established for the protection of surface waters (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters) and ground waters in the European Union. The main environmental objective is to achieve and maintain a good status for all waters by the target date of 2015. Models which are able to address the majority of environmental objectives are proposed within the WFD to inform the management changes required to meet current water policy goals. The use of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) catchment model is widespread throughout the world, especially to support river basin management as required by the WFD. This paper provides a critical evaluation of the use of the model by placing model performance in the Axe catchment, UK, in the context of international performance of the model. Within the constraints of the available data, SWAT represents hydrology, sediment and ortho‐phosphorus concentration well for this heterogeneous catchment, but the representation of daily nitrogen concentration dynamics is poor. Temporal aggregation of model outputs from daily to monthly improved the performance metrics for all the river outputs, including nitrate. Wider review of SWAT studies showed widespread reporting of monthly performance metrics within the SWAT studies, despite the model operating at a daily time step. Poor performance for nitrate identified in this current study may be a significant factor in the choice to not report daily results. This demonstrates the importance of ascertaining the reasons for the use of temporal aggregation in modelling studies.  相似文献   

Solute geochemical mass-balances and mineral weathering rates in small watersheds II: Biomass nutrient uptake,more equations in more unknowns,and land use/land cover effects     

Jason R. Price  Christopher R. Hardy  Karen Sue Tefend  David W. Szymanski 《Applied Geochemistry》2012

Paired watersheds are used to develop a deciduous nutrient uptake stoichiometry. The watersheds are those of the House Rock Run and the Brubaker Run located in the Pennsylvania Appalachian Piedmont, USA. These two watersheds are nearly identical with respect to bedrock, regolith, climate, geomorphology, morphometry, baseflow hydrology, and type and successional stage of forest vegetation. They only differ by the percentage of deciduous forest cover, with House Rock Run having 59% and Brubaker Run having 76%. From differences in their stream chemistries the biomass nutrient uptake stoichiometry of K_1.0Mg_1.0Ca_1.4 was determined. This stoichiometry applies to an aggrading deciduous biomass and differs from those previously used which were derived from net primary production (NPP) data. The difference may reflect that macronutrients in plant tissue may also originate from atmospheric inputs and/or decomposing biomass. Although this stoichiometry may not be applied to all deciduous forest-covered watersheds, it is likely an improvement over a stoichiometry determined from NPP data.  相似文献   

The HIPASS catalogue – I. Data presentation     

M. J. Meyer  M. A. Zwaan  R. L. Webster  L. Staveley-Smith  E. Ryan-Weber  M. J. Drinkwater  D. G. Barnes  M. Howlett  V. A. Kilborn  J. Stevens  M. Waugh  M. J. Pierce  R. Bhathal  W. J. G. de Blok  M. J. Disney  R. D. Ekers  K. C. Freeman  D. A. Garcia  B. K. Gibson  J. Harnett  P. A. Henning  H. Jerjen  M. J. Kesteven  P. M. Knezek  B. S. Koribalski  S. Mader  M. Marquarding  R. F. Minchin  J. O'Brien  T. Oosterloo  R. M. Price  M. E. Putman  S. D. Ryder  E. M. Sadler  I. M. Stewart  F. Stootman  A. E. Wright 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,350(4):1195-1209

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The HIPASS catalogue – II. Completeness, reliability and parameter accuracy     

M. A. Zwaan  M. J. Meyer  R. L. Webster  L. Staveley-Smith  M. J. Drinkwater  D. G. Barnes  R. Bhathal  W. J. G. de Blok  M. J. Disney  R. D. Ekers  K. C. Freeman  D. A. Garcia  B. K. Gibson  J. Harnett  P. A. Henning  M. Howlett  H. Jerjen  M. J. Kesteven  V. A. Kilborn  P. M. Knezek  B. S. Koribalski  S. Mader  M. Marquarding  R. F. Minchin  J. O'Brien  T. Oosterloo  M. J. Pierce  R. M. Price  M. E. Putman  E. Ryan-Weber  S. D. Ryder  E. M. Sadler  J. Stevens  I. M. Stewart  F. Stootman  M. Waugh  A. E. Wright 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,350(4):1210-1219

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Evaluation of Urban Local-Scale Aerodynamic Parameters: Implications for the Vertical Profile of Wind Speed and for Source Areas   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Christoph W. Kent  Sue Grimmond  Janet Barlow  David Gatey  Simone Kotthaus  Fredrik Lindberg  Christos H. Halios 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2017,164(2):183-213

Nine methods to determine local-scale aerodynamic roughness length \((z_{0})\) and zero-plane displacement \((z_{d})\) are compared at three sites (within 60 m of each other) in London, UK. Methods include three anemometric (single-level high frequency observations), six morphometric (surface geometry) and one reference-based approach (look-up tables). A footprint model is used with the morphometric methods in an iterative procedure. The results are insensitive to the initial \(z_{d}\) and \(z_{0}\) estimates. Across the three sites, \(z_{d}\) varies between 5 and 45 m depending upon the method used. Morphometric methods that incorporate roughness-element height variability agree better with anemometric methods, indicating \(z_{d}\) is consistently greater than the local mean building height. Depending upon method and wind direction, \(z_{0}\) varies between 0.1 and 5 m with morphometric \(z_{0}\) consistently being 2–3 m larger than the anemometric \(z_{0}\). No morphometric method consistently resembles the anemometric methods. Wind-speed profiles observed with Doppler lidar provide additional data with which to assess the methods. Locally determined roughness parameters are used to extrapolate wind-speed profiles to a height roughly 200 m above the canopy. Wind-speed profiles extrapolated based on morphometric methods that account for roughness-element height variability are most similar to observations. The extent of the modelled source area for measurements varies by up to a factor of three, depending upon the morphometric method used to determine \(z_{d}\) and \(z_{0}\).  相似文献