Editorial: Special Issue on the 2006 Shallow Water Experiment     

Chapman  N. R. Lynch  J. F. 《Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of》2010,35(1):1-2

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Interpretation procedures for the determination of sediment parameters from time-dependent flux inputs     

Charles B. Officer  Daniel R. Lynch 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1982,61(1):55-62

A formulation for the effects of a time-dependent input flux to a sedimentation system consisting of a diffusive layer underlain by a non-diffusive medium has been developed. The intent is to provide interpretation procedures for the determination of sedimentation rate, diffusion coefficient and mixed layer thickness from observed tracer concentrations. They have been applied, for illustrative purposes, to published¹³⁷Cs and^239,240Pu measurements.  相似文献   

Peopling of the Americas: A reply to Irving Rouse     

Thomas F. Lynch 《Quaternary Research》1978,9(1):129-131

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Quaternary climate,environment, and the human occupation of the south-central Andes     

Thomas F. Lynch 《Geoarchaeology》1990,5(3):199-228

This paper reviews the paleoenvironmental context for Paleoindian and Early Archaic settlement of the south-central Andes. I attempt to reconcile proposals for late-glacial and early Holocene environmental changes that have originated in several Quaternary sciences. Most useful are the records of changing lake levels, geomorphological indicators of glacial advance and retreat, changes in vegetation as seen through pollen stratigraphy, the record of large mammal extinctions, and the archaeological settlement pattern itself. High lake stands in the central and south-central Andes, c. 12,500 to 11,000 B.P., seem to correspond to glacial retreat. Palynological studies also suggest higher temperatures, coincident with greater summer precipitation from 11,500 B.P. to perhaps 10,000 B.P., followed by some reduction in temperatures and then widespread aridity from about 8500 to 5000 B.P. Environmental change at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary was at least a major contributing factor to the extinction of horse and sloth around 10,000 B.P. Archaeology of the salt puna and Punta Negra region conforms well with the environmental record, showing human entry by the Early Archaic (11,000-8000 B.P.), subsequent depopulation and perhaps abandonment, then readaptation to more localized resources in the Late Archaic (5500-4000 B.P.).  相似文献   

Internal solitons in the northeastern south China Sea. Part I: sources and deep water propagation   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Ramp  S.R. Tswen Yung Tang Duda  T.F. Lynch  J.F. Liu  A.K. Ching-Sang Chiu Bahr  F.L. Hyoung-Rok Kim Yang  Y.-J. 《Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of》2004,29(4):1157-1181

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Experimental verification of a wireless sensing and control system for structural control using MR dampers     

Chin‐Hsiung Loh  Jerome P. Lynch  Kung‐Chun Lu  Yang Wang  Chia‐Ming Chang  Pei‐Yang Lin  Ting‐Hei Yeh 《地震工程与结构动力学》2007,36(10):1303-1328

The performance aspects of a wireless ‘active’ sensor, including the reliability of the wireless communication channel for real‐time data delivery and its application to feedback structural control, are explored in this study. First, the control of magnetorheological (MR) dampers using wireless sensors is examined. Second, the application of the MR‐damper to actively control a half‐scale three‐storey steel building excited at its base by shaking table is studied using a wireless control system assembled from wireless active sensors. With an MR damper installed on each floor (three dampers total), structural responses during seismic excitation are measured by the system's wireless active sensors and wirelessly communicated to each other; upon receipt of response data, the wireless sensor interfaced to each MR damper calculates a desired control action using an LQG controller implemented in the wireless sensor's computational core. In this system, the wireless active sensor is responsible for the reception of response data, determination of optimal control forces, and the issuing of command signals to the MR damper. Various control solutions are formulated in this study and embedded in the wireless control system including centralized and decentralized control algorithms. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Resolution issues in numerical models of oceanic and coastal circulation     

David A. Greenberg  Frédéric Dupont  Florent H. Lyard  Daniel R. Lynch  Francisco E. Werner 《Continental Shelf Research》2007

The baroclinic and barotropic properties of ocean processes vary on many scales. These scales are determined by various factors such as the variations in coastline and bottom topography, the forcing meteorology, the latitudinal dependence of the Coriolis force, and the Rossby radius of deformation among others. In this paper we attempt to qualify and quantify scales of these processes, with particular attention to the horizontal resolution necessary to accurately reproduce physical processes in numerical ocean models. We also discuss approaches taken in nesting or down-scaling from global/basin-scale models to regional-scale or shelf-scale models. Finally we offer comments on how vertical resolution affects the representation of stratification in these numerical models.  相似文献   

The use of a reduced form model to assess the sensitivity of a land surface model to biotic surface parameters     

J. Beringer  S. McIlwaine  A. Lynch  F. Chapin  G. Bonan 《Climate Dynamics》2002,19(5-6):455-466

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A morphological study of solar spicules     

D. K. Lynch  J. M. Beckers  R. B. Dunn 《Solar physics》1973,30(1):63-70

From improved spicule filtergrams obtained with the Sacramento Peak vacuum telescope we measured some spicule properties. The spicule diameter of 950 km was well resolved. A small decrease of diameter with height was observed confirming older observations. The expansion of the spicule was found to be at least an order of magnitude less than reported by Mouradian. Spicule counts are very sensitive to the threshold intensity of the observations. Counts, and their dependence on threshold intensity, height and wavelength are reported.On leave from the Astronomy Department, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.  相似文献   

Investigation of three‐dimensional wind flow behaviour over coastal dune morphology under offshore winds using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and ultrasonic anemometry     

D. W. T. Jackson  J. H. M. Beyers  K. Lynch  J. A. G. Cooper  A. C. W. Baas  I. Delgado‐Fernandez I 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2011,36(8):1113-1124

The behaviour of offshore‐directed winds over coastal dune and beach morphology was examined using a combination of modelling (3‐D computational fluid dynamics (CFD)) and field measurement. Both model simulations and field measurements showed reversal of offshore flows at the back beach and creation of an onshore sediment transport potential. The influence of flow reversals on the beach‐dune transport system and foredune growth patterns has previously received little attention. Detailed wind flow measurements were made using an extensive array of mast‐mounted, 3‐D ultrasonic anemometers (50 Hz), arranged parallel to the dominant incident wind direction. Large eddy simulation (LES) of the offshore wind flow over the dune was conducted using the open‐source CFD tool openFOAM. The computational domain included a terrain model obtained by airborne LiDAR and detailed ground DGPS measurements. The computational grid (~22 million cells) included localized mesh refinement near the complex foredune terrain to capture finer details of the dune morphology that might affect wind flows on the adjacent beach. Measured and simulated wind flow are presented and discussed. The CFD simulations offer new insights into the flow mechanics associated with offshore winds and how the terrain steering of wind flow impacts on the geomorphological behaviour of the dune system. Simulation of 3‐D wind flows over complex terrain such as dune systems, presents a valuable new tool for geomorphological research, as it enables new insights into the relationship between the wind field and the underlying topography. The results show that offshore and obliquely offshore winds result in flow reversal and onshore directed winds at distances of up to 20 m from the embryo dune toe. The potential geomorphological significance of the findings are discussed and simple calculations show that incoming offshore and obliquely offshore winds with mean velocities over 13 m s^?1 and 7 m s^?1, respectively, have the potential to create onshore‐directed winds at the back beach with mean velocities above 3.3 m s^?1. These are above the threshold of movement for dry sand and support previous conclusions about the significance of offshore winds in dune and beach budget calculations. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献