Aspects of the large-scale tropical atmospheric circulation     

BRIAN HOSKINS  RICHARD NEALE  MARK RODWELL  GUI-YING YANG 《Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology》1999,51(1):33-44

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Potential vorticity-based interpretation of the evolution of"The Greenhouse Low", 2–3 February 1991     

BY JÓN EGILL KRISTJÁNSSON  SIGURDUR THORSTEINSSON  GUDMUNDUR FREYR ULFARSSON 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1999,51(2):233-248

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Notes on the appropriateness of "bred modes" for generating initial perturbations used in ensemble prediction     

BY RONALD M. ERRICO    ROLF LANGLAND 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1999,51(3):431-441

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Are two modes of thermohaline circulation stable?     

BY SYUKURO MANABE  RONALD J. STOUFFER 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》1999,51(3):400-411

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Quaternary chronostratigraphy: the nomenclature of terrestrial sequences     

PHILIP L. GIBBARD  RICHARD G. WEST 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2000,29(4):329-336

There is a long-standing tradition of dividing Quaternary stratigraphical sequences on the basis of climate. This climatostratigraphical approach, begun on terrestrial sequences in the last century, led to the widespread adoption of glacial, interglacial, stadial and interstadial subdivisions as standard. However, the limitations of the approach resulted in its replacement by local sequences of chronostratigraphical stages from the 1950s. The subsequent establishment of the detail and complexity of ocean-core sequences has encouraged increasing use of the terminology developed for these records to the terrestrial and shallow marine succession. The view is expressed that it is advisable to separate and retain regional chronostratigraphies for each sequence-type, and that these should be correlated using event-based stratigraphy where possible. This should ensure both the highest precision and lack of ambiguity and a securely-based synthesis of the relations between the terrestrial and ocean isotope sequences, a synthesis which is fundamental to understanding the nature and detail of regional and global climate change.  相似文献   

Humans,megafauna and environmental change in tropical Australia     

MICHAEL I. BIRD  LINDSAY B. HUTLEY  MICHAEL J. LAWES  JON LLOYD  JON G. LULY  PETER V. RIDD  RICHARD G. ROBERTS  SEAN ULM  CHRISTOPHER M. WURSTER 《第四纪科学杂志》2013,28(5):439-452

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Subglacial bedforms and conditions associated with the 1991 surge of Skeiðarárjökull, Iceland     

RICHARD I. WALLER  THAIENNE A. G. P. VAN DIJK  ÓSKAR KNUDSEN 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2008,37(2):179-194

Much previous research at surge-type glaciers has sought to identify features diagnostic of surge-type behaviour. However, in comparatively little work have subglacial landform–sediment characteristics been used to reconstruct changing basal processes and conditions during surge events. Subglacial bedforms described in this article are associated with the 1991 surge of Skeiðarárjökull, Iceland, and include a series of drumlins with superimposed flutes and basal crevasse-fill ridges. The drumlins were formed by the subglacial erosion of ice-contact fans. Sedimentary evidence indicates a shift from rigid-bed to soft-bed conditions during the surge. The presence of eroded but undeformed fan sediments suggests that they acted as a rigid bed when initially overridden. Subsequent deposition of a layer of deformation till resulted in a change to soft-bed conditions and the generation of flutes and subglacial crevasse-fill ridges. The lack of mixing between this till and the underlying stratified sediments indicates that subglacial sediment deformation was restricted to a thin layer and that its deposition resulted in a cessation of subglacial erosion. The drumlin is therefore a composite of both rigid-bed and soft-bed processes that illustrates changes in basal conditions and processes during the course of the event. The limited time frame in which the drumlin formed and the presence of kettleholes across its surface are distinctive features that may warrant further investigation in the search for features diagnostic of past surge events.  相似文献   

Preparing For Hyperseed MAC: An Observing Campaign To Monitor The Entry Of The Genesis Sample Return Capsule     

PETER JENNISKENS  PAUL WERCINSKI  JOE OLEJNICZAK  GARY ALLEN  PRASUN N. DESAI  GEORGE RAICHE  DEAN KONTINOS  DOUG REVELLE  JASON HATTON  RICHARD L. BAKER  RAY W. RUSSELL  MIKE TAYLOR  FRANS RIETMEIJER 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2004,95(1-4):339-360

The imminent return of the Genesis Sample Return Capsule (SRC) from the Earth’s L1 point on September 8, 2004, represents the first opportunity since the Apollo era to study the atmospheric entry of a meter-sized body at or above the Earth’s escape speed. Until now, reentry heating models are based on only one successful reentry with an instrumented vehicle at higher than escape speed, the 22 May 1965 NASA “FIRE 2” experiment. In preparation of an instrumented airborne and ground-based observing campaign, we examined the expected bolide radiation for the reentry of the Genesis SRC. We find that the expected emission spectrum consists mostly of blackbody emission from the SRC surface (T∼ ∼2630 K@peak heating), slightly skewed in shape because of a range of surface temperatures. At high enough spectral resolution, shock emission from nitrogen and oxygen atoms, as well as the first positive and first negative bands of N₂⁺, will stand out above this continuum. Carbon atom lines and the 389-nm CN band emission may also be detected, as well as the mid-IR 4.6-μm CO band. The ablation rate can be studied from the signature of trace sodium in the heat shield material, calibrated by the total amount of matter lost from the recovered shield. A pristine collection of the heat shield would also permit the sampling of products of ablation.  相似文献   

Modelling snowdrift sublimation and its effect on the moisture budget of the atmospheric boundary layer     

RICHARD BINTANJA 《地球，A辑:动力气象学与海洋学》2001,53(2):215-232

A one‐dimensional atmospheric surface layer model including turbulent diffusion and gravitational settling of suspended snow particles is used to simulate vertical profiles of snowdrift sublimation rates and the associated effects on the humidity and temperature profiles in the lowest 10 m. The simulations show that the thermodynamic feedback effects associated with snowdrift sublimation, i.e., strong increases in humidity and cooling, can significantly reduce the snowdrift sublimation rate, in particular in strong winds when large numbers of particles are being suspended. This negative feedback occurs because snowdrift sublimation depends on the undersaturation and temperature. Mechanisms that take away moisture from the surface layer, such as entrainment or horizontal advection of dry air, tend to weaken this feedback and enhance modelled snowdrift sublimation as the air generally remains undersaturated. Near the surface, however, the thermodynamic feedbacks dominate in strong winds, reducing the upward moisture flux from the surface. Then, snowdrift sublimation is the main contributor to the upward moisture flux at 10 m. Interestingly, in strong winds, the simulated total upward moisture flux in snowdrifting conditions is less than that in similar non‐drifting conditions. Hence, the model results indicate that occurrence of snowdrift sublimation may, counterintuitively, eventually lead to a reduction of the surface‐atmosphere moisture transport.  相似文献   

PERIPHERALISATION AND INDUSTRIAL CHANGE     

RICHARD LE HERON 《New Zealand geographer》1991,47(2):94-94

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