Construction of surface wind stress fields with high temporal resolution using ERS-1 scatterometer data     

Masahisa Kubota  Hidekazu Yokota 《Journal of Oceanography》1998,54(3):247-256

Wind stress fields with high temporal resolution over the North Pacific have been constructured by using ERS-1 scatterometer data. A simple objective analysis, a successive correction method, was used to construct the fields. Several necessary parameters used in the method are examined by a simulation based on the climatological data. The meridional decorrelation scale of the wind stress depends strongly on the season, while the zonal decorrelation scale is highly stable. We determined the decorrelation scale depending on the location and the time and applied to the successive correction method. The monthly mean field constructed by averaging the daily mean data is free from an aliasing error, which is a serious problem if a simple monthly averaging is applied. The daily wind stress data obtained in the present study represent small time- and spatial-scale variation and large amplitudes compared with data interpolated from simple monthly mean data. The satellite-derived data are also compared with in situ data obtained by meteorological buoys. The satellite wind speeds are lower than in situ wind speeds for every buoy. This underestimation is not due to the present objective analysis, but due to the original data, the ERS-1 Scatterometer Value-Added Product.  相似文献   

Morphology and tectonics of the Yap Trench   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Fujiwara  Toshiya  Tamura  Chiori  Nishizawa  Azusa  Fujioka  Kantaro  Kobayashi  Kazuo  Iwabuchi  Yo 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2000,21(1-2):69-86

We conducted swath bathymetry and gravity surveys the whole-length of the Yap Trench, lying on the southeastern boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate. These surveys provided a detailed morphology and substantial insight into the tectonics of this area subsequent the Caroline Ridge colliding with this trench. Horst and graben structures and other indications of normal faulting were observed in the sea-ward trench seafloor, suggesting bending of the subducting oceanic plate. Major two slope breaks were commonly observed in the arc-ward trench slope. The origin of these slope breaks is thought to be thrust faults and lithological boundaries. No flat lying layered sediments were found in the trench axis. These morphological characteristics suggest that the trench is tectonically active and that subduction is presently occurring. Negative peaks of Bouguer anomalies were observed over the arc-ward trench slope. This indicates that the crust is thickest beneath the arc-ward trench slope because the crustal layers on the convergent two plates overlap. Bouguer gravity anomalies over the northern portion of the Yap Arc are positive. These gravity signals show that the Yap Arc is uplifted by dynamic force, even though dense crustal layers underlie the arc. This overlying high density arc possibly forces the trench to have great water depths of nearly 9000 m. We propose a tectonic evolution of the trench. Subduction along the Yap Trench has continued with very slow rates of convergence, although the cessation of volcanism at the Yap Arc was contemporaneous with collision of the Caroline Ridge. The Yap Trench migrated westward with respect to the Philippine Sea Plate after collision, then consumption of the volcanic arc crust occurred, caused by tectonic erosion, and the distance between the arc and the trench consequently narrowed. Lower crustal sections of the Philippine Sea Plate were exposed on the arc-ward trench slope by overthrusting. Intense shearing caused deformation of the accumulated rocks, resulting in their metamorphism in the Yap Arc.  相似文献   

Comparative analysis of measurements of stratospheric aerosol by lidar and aerosol sonde above Ny-Ålesund in the winter of 1995 [Comparative analysis of lidar and OPC observations]     

Koichi Shiraishi  Masahiko Hayashi  Motowo Fujiwara  Takashi Shibata  Masaharu Watanabe  Yasunobu Iwasaka  Roland Neuber  Takashi Yamanouchi 《Polar Science》2011,5(4):399-410

Solid polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) layers observed by lidar and a balloon-borne optical particle counter (OPC) on 17 December 1995 are reexamined in a comparative analysis framework. The typical radius of solid particles in the observed PSC is determined through the comparative analysis to have been approximately 2.3 μm. A backward trajectory analysis for the air mass in which the solid particles were observed shows that the air mass had experienced temperatures 2–3 K below the frost point of nitric acid tri-hydrate (NAT) during the 4 days preceding the observations. The back-trajectory analysis traces the air mass back to northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island on 16 December, one day before the observations. A microphysical box model is used to investigate possible mechanisms of formation for the observed solid particles. The results of this model suggest that the solid particles formed under mesoscale temperature fluctuations associated with mountain lee wave activity induced by the relatively high terrestrial elevations of northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island.  相似文献   

Carbon dioxide stored and acidified low oxygen bottom waters in coastal seas,Japan     

Fumio Taguchi  Tateki Fujiwara 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2010,86(3):429-433

Recently carbon dioxide fluxes between sea water and air have been measured in many coastal seas to clarify whether the coastal seas are source or sink of CO₂. In this study behavior of CO₂ within the water column was studied in a semi-enclosed coastal sea: the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. It was found that seasonal formation of hypoxic water mass is highly related to CO₂ dynamics in coastal seas. Bacterial remineralization of organic matter consumes dissolved oxygen (DO) and releases dissolved CO₂ in the bottom water when summertime thermal stratification develops. The CO₂ accumulates within the low DO bottom water (hypoxic water) and causes increasing of carbonic acid content which results in low pH. Concentrations of dissolved CO₂ and pH are highly correlated with DO concentration. The summertime low DO and acidification (low pH) occur in the lower layer every year. The accumulated CO₂ during the summer season is dispersed to the atmosphere at the beginning of mixing season.  相似文献   

Simultaneous observations of meteors with the radar and TV systems     

Y. Fujiwara  M. Ueda  T. Nakamura  M. Tsutsumi 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1995,68(1-3):277-282

We have carried out a simultaneous observation of radar and optical meteors with the MU radar (Middle and Upper Atmosphere Radar), Shigaraki and TV camera systems. We usually obtained about 20 meteors per an hour with 85 mm lens, but very small part of them are simultaneously observed by the MU radar (< 5%), suggesting the significance of rectangular scatterring. We have analyzed about 20 simultaneous meteors with magnitudes from 0 to +5.5, most of which are overdense meteors. For Geminid meteors, a linear relation between the logarithm of the echo duration and the absolute magnitude of the TV meteor, was deduced.  相似文献   

Sedimentary processes in Zenisu deep-sea channel revealed by side-scan imagery     

吴时国  郭军华TOKUYAMA Hidekazu 《中国海洋湖沼学报》2005,23(4):368-375

1 INTRODUCTIONThe eastern Nankai Trough is a submarinetrench reflecting subduction zone where the earth'soceanic crust plunges beneath Japan Islands andcharacterized by extreme topographic relief (Fig.1).The convergent margin off Japan is characterizedmorphologically by numerous deep sea channels(such as the Nankai channel and Zenisu channel),which are closely related to the subduction proc-esses. Channel systems are considered to represent adistinct deep water sedimentation environmen…  相似文献   

Characteristics of planetary-scale waves simulated by a new venusian mesosphere and thermosphere general circulation model     

N. Hoshino  H. Fujiwara  M. Takagi  Y. Takahashi  Y. Kasaba 《Icarus》2012,217(2):818-830

We have developed a new general circulation model (GCM) for the venusian mesosphere and thermosphere (80-about 180 km). Our GCM simulations show that winds in the subsolar-to-antisolar direction (SS–AS) are predominant above about 90 km. A weak return flow of the SS–AS is seen below about 90 km. We performed GCM simulations imposing the planetary-scale waves (thermal tides, Rossby wave, and Kelvin wave) at the lower boundary. Although the diurnal and semidiurnal tides are damped below 95 km, the Rossby wave propagates up to around 130 km. However, the amplitude of the Rossby wave is too small (<1 m/s) to affect the general circulation. On the other hand, the Kelvin wave propagates up to about 130 km with a maximum zonal wind fluctuation of approximately 5.9 m/s on average. The amplitude of the Kelvin wave sometimes exceeds 10 m/s around the terminator. The Kelvin wave causes a temporal variation in the wind velocity at the altitude of the O₂-1.27 μm nightglow emission (about 95 km). Using a newly developed 1-D nightglow model and the composition distribution calculated from our GCM, we investigated the impact of the Kelvin wave on the nightglow distribution. Our results suggest that the Kelvin wave would cause temporal variations in the nightglow emission in the 23:50–00:20 LT region with an intensity of 1.1–1.3 MR and a period of approximately 4 days.  相似文献   

Rotation of fragments in catastrophic impact     

Akira Fujiwara  Akimasa Tsukamoto 《Icarus》1981,48(2):329-334

The rotation of fragments produced by catastrophic impacts into basalt targets was investigated using framing camera records taken by Fujiwara and Tsukamoto (1980, Icarus44, 142–153). Most of the cores have low rotation rates, of the order 1 rev · sec^?1 or less. Many spall fragments have high rotation rates in the strong shear field produced in the target material by impact.  相似文献   

Television meteor radiant mapping     

M. Ueda  Y. Fujiwara 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1995,68(1-3):585-603

We have carried out double-station TV meteor observations between 1990 and 1994. The orbits of 326 meteors have been determined from doubly observed meteors, and radiant distributions are studied. The mean magnitude of the observed meteors was as faint as +4.7, since I.I. (Image Intensifier) and Video cameras were used. Radiants were widely distributed over the celestial sphere. The velocity distribution showed some similarity with the distribution predicted by the theoretical radiant distribution from comets rather than that from asteroids. In all 13 showers including both major and minor meteor showers were detected from radiant distributions of the observed meteors; from the orbital elements and meteor velocities as well as from the radiant directions.  相似文献   

Microcracks induced in granite spheres by projectile impact at velocities ranging from 2.3 to 3.6 km/s     

S. Kawakami  Y. Kanaori  A. Fujiwara 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》1990,23(1):39-51

Summary Projectiles were impacted against granite spheres having a diameter of 15 cm at velocities ranging from 2.3 to 3.6 km/s. One target was fractured into a large core fragment and many shell-like fragments. Major cracks which divide the core fragment and many small shell-like fragments were formed along the caustic surface of the reflected shock waves that originated on the target surface. The shape of the caustic surfaces formed in spherical targets is called a cardioid. The other targets suffered impact cratering. They exhibit planar craters with no consicuous raised rim or depression. Microcrack distributions and microscopic effects of impact loading were observed on these targets. The site of extension fractures corresponds to grain boundaries, cleavage planes of biotite and feldspars, and along pre-existing microcracks. Kink bands of biotite were formed at the restricted regions beneath the center of the craters.  相似文献