Effects on the Ionosphere Due to Phenomena Occurring Below it   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

E. Kazimirovsky  M. Herraiz  B. A. De La Morena 《Surveys in Geophysics》2003,24(2):139-184

The terrestrial thermosphere and ionosphere form the most variable part of theEarth's atmosphere. Because our society depends on technological systems thatcan be affected by thermospheric and ionospheric phenomena, understanding,monitoring and ultimately forecasting the changes of the thermosphere–ionosphere system are of crucial importance to communications, navigation and the exploration of near-Earth space. The reason for the extreme variability of the thermosphere–ionosphere system isits rapid response to external forcing from various sources, i.e., thesolar ionizing flux, energetic charged particles and electric fields imposed via the interaction between the solar wind, magnetosphere and ionosphere, as well as coupling from below (meteorological influences) by the upward propagating, broad spectrum,internal atmospheric waves (planetary waves, tides, gravity waves) generated in thestratosphere and troposphere. Thunderstorms, typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes andeven seismological events may also have observable consequences in the ionosphere.The release of trace gases due to human activity have the potential to cause changes inthe lower and the upper atmosphere.A brief overview is presented concerning the discoveries and experimentalresults that have confirmed that the ionosphere is subject to meteorologicalcontrol (especially for geomagnetic quiet conditions and for middle latitudes).D-region aeronomy, the winter anomaly of radiowave absorption, wave-liketravelling ionospheric disturbances, the non-zonality and regional peculiaritiesof lower thermospheric winds, sporadic-E occurrence and structure, spread-Fevents, the variability of ionospheric electron density profiles and Total ElectronContent, the variability of foF2, etc., should all be considered in connection withtropospheric and stratospheric processes. Ionospheric weather, as a part of spaceweather, (i.e., hour-to-hour and day-to-day variability of the ionospheric parameters)awaits explanation and prediction within the framework of the climatological, seasonal,and solar-cycle variations.  相似文献   

Covariance functions and models for complex-valued random fields   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

S.?De IacoEmail author  M.?Palma  D.?Posa 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2003,17(3):145-156

In Geostatistics, primary interest often lies in the study of the spatial, or spatial-temporal, correlation of real-valued random fields, anyway complex-valued random field theory is surely a natural extension of the real domain. In such a case, it is useful to consider complex covariance functions which are composed of an even real part and an odd imaginary part. Generating complex covariance functions is not simple at all, but the procedure, developed in this paper, allows generating permissible covariance functions for complex-valued random fields in a straightforward way. In particular, by recalling the spectral representation of the covariance and translating the spectral density function by using a shifting factor, complex covariances are obtained. Some general aspects and properties of complex-valued random fields and their moments are pointed out and some examples are given.  相似文献   

地基GPS遥感观测安徽地区水汽特征   总被引：9，自引：3，他引：9  

毕研盟毛节泰  杨光林李成才 《气象科技》2004,32(4):225-228

对2002年6～7月安徽地区肥西、桐城、寿县、无为、芜湖、滁州6个GPS观测站的数据，结合相应的地面温度、气压等气象数据反演了时间间隔为30min连续变化的水汽总量。这一解算结果由解算方法分析达到1～2mm量级精度，达到了数值天气预报和气候研究的要求。利用这些资料，分析了上述地区水汽变化特征。单站水汽的持续积累和源源不断的水汽输送是强降水系统发生发展的必要条件，为了研究水汽来源及水汽量的大小，结合NCEP资料计算了一次强降雨过程中水汽通量值。  相似文献   

重庆雾的天气成因   总被引：3，自引：4，他引：3  

刘德 周国兵向波  李永华李梗 《气象科技》2004,32(6):461-466

在对重庆雾进行天气学分类基础上，利用合成方法分析了几次典型辐射雾和雨雾的环流形势、流场特征以及雾的垂直环流结构，揭示出两类雾的形成原因。分析表明，辐射雾产生在经向环流背景下，中亚地区高压脊为主要影响系统；经向垂直剖面表现为青藏高原东侧的对流层中层有一发展完好的顺时针旋转的垂直经向环流，其前部的下沉气流顺着地形坡地下滑时在四川盆地强迫出一个逆时针旋转的垂直环流，使重庆附近低层的下沉气流得到加强；夜间辐射降温明显，并有贴地逆温存在，大气层结较稳定。雨雾发生在亚洲地区经向环流相对较弱的背景下，青藏高原低压槽和地面冷锋为主要影响系统；垂直环流结构表现为高空低压槽发展东移时在四川盆地诱生一逆时针旋转的垂直环流，其东侧的上升支正好与地面弱冷空气入侵四川盆地时形成的顺时针旋转的垂直环流的上升支相耦合，使重庆附近上升气流加强，地面附近暖湿气流较活跃，明显增湿过程对雨雾形成起到重要作用。  相似文献   

Diesel oil and PCB-degrading psychrotrophic bacteria isolated from Antarctic seawaters (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Maria De  Domenico  Angelina Lo Giudice  Luigi Michaud  Marcello Saitta  Vivia Bruni 《Polar research》2004,23(2):141-146

Fifty-seven Antarctic marine bacteria were examined for their ability to degrade commercial diesel oil as the sole organic substrate at both 4 °C and 20 °C. Based on the preliminary screening, two isolates (B11 and B15) with high capacity to degrade diesel oil were selected and their biodegradation efficiency was quantified by gas chromatographic analysis. As expected for psychrotrophs, diesel oil biodegradation was slower at 4 °C than at 20 °C. The two strains also mineralized the C₂₈ n-paraffin octacosane at 20 °C and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at 4 °C and 20 °C.  相似文献   

Earthquake behavior of structures with copper energy dissipators     

Juan C. De la Llera  Carlos Esguerra  Jos L. Almazn 《地震工程与结构动力学》2004,33(3):329-358

The earthquake behavior of structures with supplemental copper dampers is evaluated in this study. The investigation is divided into two parts: (i) an experimental work with seven pairs of hourglass copper dampers of different aspect ratios and side profiles; and (ii) a parametric study of 6‐, 12‐, and 25‐story planar structures with elastic as well as inelastic behavior in the primary structure and copper dampers. The copper used in this study is electrolytic tough pitch (ETP) copper C11000; probably the most commonly used of all coppers; ductile, with a low‐yield, and highly resistant to corrosion. Experimental results demonstrate that all copper plates reached stable angular distortions of the order of γ=25%, which implies transverse distortions in the devices larger than 40mm. The behavior of the devices is highly dependent on the aspect ratio of the plate, h/t, and a recommendation is made to use plates in the range 11 h/t≤18. Plates beyond this range exhibit either large stress and strain concentrations in the neck of the device or a strong influence of axial deformations in their cyclic behavior. The inelastic earthquake response of structures with such devices shows that drift reduction factors of the order of 30 to 40% can be achieved with reasonably economic designs. It is also shown that the efficiency of these devices depends on the soil conditions and flexibility of the primary structure. Finally, it is concluded that supplemental copper dampers are a good alternative for drift reduction in a wide range of structural layouts, ranging from coupled shear‐wall systems to moment‐resisting frames, and for impulsive as well as non‐impulsive ground motions. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Analysis,testing, and implementation of seismic isolation of buildings in Chile     

Juan C. De la Llera  Carl Lüders  Patricio Leigh  Henry Sady 《地震工程与结构动力学》2004,33(5):543-574

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A band selection technique for spectral classification   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

De Backer  S. Kempeneers  P. Debruyn  W. Scheunders  P. 《Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE》2005,2(3):319-323

In hyperspectral remote sensing, sensors acquire reflectance values at many different wavelength bands, to cover a complete spectral interval. These measurements are strongly correlated, and no new information might be added when increasing the spectral resolution. Moreover, the higher number of spectral bands increases the complexity of a classification task. Therefore, feature reduction is a crucial step. An alternative would be to choose the required sensor bands settings a priori. In this letter, we introduce a statistical procedure to provide band settings for a specific classification task. The proposed procedure selects wavelength band settings which optimize the separation between the different spectral classes. The method is applicable as a band reduction technique, but it can as well serve the purpose of data interpretation or be an aid in sensor design. Results on a vegetation classification task show an improvement in classification performance over feature selection and other band selection techniques.  相似文献   

Uptake and depuration of PAHs and chlorinated pesticides by semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and green-lipped mussels (Perna viridis)     

Bruce J. Richardson  Edmund S.-C. Tse  Sharon B. De Luca-Abbott  Michael Martin  Paul K.S. Lam 《Marine pollution bulletin》2005,51(8-12):975

Semi-batch seawater experiments were conducted to follow the uptake and release of selected PAHs (anthracene, fluorathene, pyrene and B[a]P) and organochlorine pesticides (α-HCH, aldrin, dieldrin, p,p′-DDT) in semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and green-lipped mussels (Perna viridis). Mathematical models were applied to describe the uptake and elimination curves of the contaminants for SPMDs, and kinetic parameters, such as uptake rate constants, and equilibrium triolein/water partitioning coefficients were calculated. SPMD data showed a good fit to estimate rate constant and partition coefficient equations, but only those contaminants which partitioned mainly in the dissolved phase (α-HCH and dieldrin) were well explained for mussels. Poor conformity of the other contaminants indicated mussels uptake by routes other than diffusion, such as ingestion of algae. An apparent equilibrium state was only noted for α-HCH in mussels. Aldrin was not detected in mussels in the first few days of exposure, indicating potential metabolism of this compound. B[a]P was not detected in the triolein of SPMDs, which suggests that the membrane may act as a reservoir. Loss of spiked B[a]P from the triolein was evident in a depuration experiment, which may indicate transfer to the membrane. Rate constants for mussels were higher than those for SPMDs, but the reverse was true for partition coefficients. Overall, mussels and SPMDs had similar uptake rates for all compounds in this study, excluding p,p′-DDT and dieldrin. Contaminant elimination took place more rapidly in mussels, implying that SPMDs are better candidates for detecting episodic discharge of organic contaminants.  相似文献   

Exploring the role of topography in small channel erosion     

L. M. De Santisteban  J. Casalí  J. J. Lpez  J. V. Girldez  J. Poesen  J. Nachtergaele 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2005,30(5):591-599

Erosion caused by concentrated flows in agricultural areas is responsible for important soil losses, and rapid sediment transfer through the channel network. The main factors controlling concentrated flow erosion rates include the erodibility of soil materials, soil use and management, climate and watershed topography. In this paper, two topographic indices, closely related to mathematical expressions suggested by different authors, are used to characterize the influence of watershed topography on gully erosion. The AS1 index is defined as the product of the watershed area and the partial area‐weighted average slope. The AS2 index is similar to the AS1 but uses the swale slope as the weighting factor. Formally, AS2 is the product of the watershed area and the length‐weighted average swale slope. From studies made using different ephemeral gully erosion databases, it is shown that a high correlation consistently exists between the topographic indices and the volume of eroded soil. The resulting relationships are therefore useful to assess soil losses from gully erosion, to identify the most susceptible watersheds within large areas, and to compare the susceptibility to gully erosion among different catchments. This information is also important in studying the response of natural drainage network systems to different rainfall inputs. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献