Multi-technique monitoring of ocean tide loading in northern France     

Muriel Llubes  Nicolas Florsch  Jean-Paul Boy  Martine Amalvict  Pascal Bonnefond  Marie-Noëlle Bouin  Stphane Durand  Marie-France Esnoult  Pierre Exertier  Jacques Hinderer  Marie-Franoise Lalancette  Frdric Masson  Laurent Morel  Joëlle Nicolas  Mathilde Vergnolle  Guy Wppelmann 《Comptes Rendus Geoscience》2008,340(6):379-389

We have organised afield study of ocean tide loading in the northwestern part of France, where tidal amplitudes are known to be among the highest in the world. GPS and gravimetric techniques have already proved their capability to measure such weak and high-frequency signals. In this study, these classical observations are complemented with less usual techniques, such as tiltmeter and Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) measurements. We present here the preliminary results for a common period of observations spanning from 12–19 May 2004. Additional measurements from the French Transportable Laser Ranging Station (FTLRS) were available during September and October 2004. Observation residuals are computed as the difference between the observed and the predicted time signals. We obtain small RMS residuals for GPS measurements (2.5/3.1/4.5 mm for the eastward, northward and upward components), for absolute and relative gravimetry (9 nm/s² and 13 nm/s²) and for tiltmeters (0.05 μrad for EW component). We also fit the amplitude of the main M2 tidal constituent to FTLRS observations and we find a value of 3.731 cm, which is comparable to the theoretical value.  相似文献   

Rural transformation: Cherry growing on the Guanzhong Plain,China and the Adelaide Hills,South Australia     

Robinson  Guy M.  Song  Bingjie 《地理学报(英文版)》2019,29(5):675-701

Journal of Geographical Sciences - This paper echoes a tradition in agricultural geography by focusing on a single crop: cherries. It illustrates how developments associated with globalisation and...  相似文献   

Estuarine resources use by juvenile Flagfin mojarra (Eucinostomus melanopterus) in an inverse tropical estuary (Sine Saloum,Senegal)     

Ndombour Gning  François Le Loc'h  Omar T. Thiaw  Catherine Aliaume  Guy Vidy 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2010

The Flagfin mojarra, Eucinostomus melanopterus, is a marine spawner whose young individuals are common in the Sine Saloum inverse estuary (Senegal). The species offers the opportunity to study both the use of the estuarine nursery resources and the impact of the particular environment of the inverse estuary on these resources. This will lead to a better understanding of the functioning of the nursery. We investigated the resources used by juvenile Flagfin mojarra by coupling stomach contents and stable isotopes methods.  相似文献   

Benthic indicators and index approaches in the three main estuaries along the French Atlantic coast (Seine, Loire and Gironde)     

Jean-Claude Dauvin  Guy Bachelet  Anne-Laure Barillé  Hugues Blanchet  Xavier de Montaudouin  Nicolas Lavesque  & Thierry Ruellet 《Marine Ecology》2009,30(2):228-240

The three main estuaries in the French Atlantic coast – the Seine, Loire and Gironde, all with high tidal regimes – are interfaces between the continental and the coastal ecosystems. The Seine and Gironde are highly contaminated, whereas the Loire remains in a more natural state. Both the Seine and Gironde have suffered from harbour construction, and as a result, their biological units are extremely compartmentalized. Benthic species and communities have adapted to tolerate temporal physical and chemical changes ( e.g. salinity, substrata, depth, and levels of fine particles and oxygen) and human activities ( e.g. dredging, shipping traffic, and habitat reduction). Although numerous bio-indicators and indices are used to define the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of coastal waters, very few of them were developed specifically for environments with a mosaic of conditions and salinity levels, including freshwater. The main problem appears to be that all the indices for determining anthropogenic stress examine the abundances of stress-tolerant species, which may also be able to tolerate natural stressors such as those occurring in estuaries. This paper takes a look at the development status of the benthic indicators and index approaches used in the three main estuaries along the French Atlantic coast. In addition, it examines the adaptation of the different benthic indicators to the taxonomic sufficiency principle, and the adaptation of the Benthic Opportunistic Polychaetes Amphipods index (BOPA) and the Benthic Opportunistic Annelida Amphipod index (BO2A) for use in the freshwater zones of transitional waters ( i.e. up to the upper limit of the tidal range). Several perspectives are discussed in light of the diverse disturbances and the heterogeneity of such stressed zones, such as the use of multimetric and scoring approaches.  相似文献   

Seasonal-scale nearshore morphological evolution: Field observations and numerical modeling     

P. Ruggiero  D.J.R. Walstra  G. Gelfenbaum  M. van Ormondt   《Coastal Engineering》2009,56(11-12):1153-1172

A coupled waves–currents-bathymetric evolution model (DELFT-3D) is compared with field measurements to test hypotheses regarding the processes responsible for alongshore varying nearshore morphological changes at seasonal time scales. A 2001 field experiment, along the beaches adjacent to Grays Harbor, Washington, USA, captured the transition between the high-energy erosive conditions of winter and the low-energy beach-building conditions typical of summer. The experiment documented shoreline progradation on the order of 10–20 m and on average approximately 70 m of onshore sandbar migration during a four-month period. Significant alongshore variability was observed in the morphological response of the sandbar over a 4 km reach of coast with sandbar movement ranging from 20 m of offshore migration to over 175 m of onshore bar migration, the largest seasonal-scale onshore migration event observed in a natural setting. Both observations and model results suggest that, in the case investigated here, alongshore variations in initial bathymetry are primarily responsible for the observed alongshore variable morphological changes. Alongshore varying incident hydrodynamic forcing, occasionally significant in this region due to a tidal inlet and associated ebb-tidal delta, was relatively minor during the study period and appears to play an insignificant role in the observed alongshore variability in sandbar behavior at kilometer-scale. The role of fully three-dimensional cell circulation patterns in explaining the observed morphological variability also appears to be minor, at least in the case investigated here.  相似文献   

Planetary rings,by Larry W. Esposito     

Guy Consolmagno SJ 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2007,42(2):301-302

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Distribution and sedimentary characteristics of tsunami deposits along the Cascadia margin of western North America   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Robert Peters  Bruce Jaffe  Guy Gelfenbaum 《Sedimentary Geology》2007,200(3-4):372-386

Tsunami deposits have been found at more than 60 sites along the Cascadia margin of Western North America, and here we review and synthesize their distribution and sedimentary characteristics based on the published record. Cascadia tsunami deposits are best preserved, and most easily identified, in low-energy coastal environments such as tidal marshes, back-barrier marshes and coastal lakes where they occur as anomalous layers of sand within peat and mud. They extend up to a kilometer inland in open coastal settings and several kilometers up river valleys. They are distinguished from other sediments by a combination of sedimentary character and stratigraphic context. Recurrence intervals range from 300–1000 years with an average of 500–600 years. The tsunami deposits have been used to help evaluate and mitigate tsunami hazards in Cascadia. They show that the Cascadia subduction zone is prone to great earthquakes that generate large tsunamis. The inclusion of tsunami deposits on inundation maps, used in conjunction with results from inundation models, allows a more accurate assessment of areas subject to tsunami inundation. The application of sediment transport models can help estimate tsunami flow velocity and wave height, parameters which are necessary to help establish evacuation routes and plan development in tsunami prone areas.  相似文献   

Sea-breeze scaling from numerical model simulations,part II: Interaction between the sea breeze and slope flows     

Aurore Porson  Douw G. Steyn  Guy Schayes 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,122(1):31-41

Numerical model simulations of sea-breeze circulations in the presence of idealized topography are subjected to dimensional analysis in order to capture the dynamics of the sea-breeze circulation combined with an upslope-flow circulation. A secondary objective is to reconcile previous results based on observations. The analysis is based on a scaling analysis of sea-breeze speed, depth and volume flux. This study is motivated by the fact that the literature of sea breezes interacting with upslope flows is generally qualitative. Results show clear scaling regimes and strong interaction between the two thermally driven circulations. We distinguish three regimes, depending on slope length, slope angle, stability and surface heat flux. The first and third regimes obey the scaling laws of pure sea-breeze scaling. The second regime shows a significant decrease in the scaled volume flux relative to pure sea-breeze scaling. Dynamical relations in the second regime show a strong influence on the circulation of upslope stable air advection.  相似文献   

Various regimes of cosmic ray diffusion in turbulent magnetic fields     

Guy Laval 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):27-34

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Les bulles chromospheriques     

Zadig Mouradian  Guy Simon 《Solar physics》1975,42(2):311-323

The purpose of this work is to study some characteristics of roundish features which are observed on Hα filtergrams, above the solar chromosphere, at the limb. The ‘Bulles’ - chromospheric bubbles - so called for their apparent shape, move upwards into the low corona and fade out when their material is completely ionised (Figures 1 to 3). The physical data for nine observed bubbles listed in Table I are: lifetime (2), average height (3), ascending velocity (4), lateral velocity (5), angle of the movement with the normal to the solar limb (6), intensity in Hα (7) and diameters (8). The time variations of some of these properties are pictured in Figure 4. It is noted that all measured velocities are super-sonic. We discuss the relation between the ascending velocity and the maximum height reached by the bubbles (Figure 5) and compare it with the one obtained by Rush and Roberts for spicules. The study of their diameters shows that the vertical diameter is generally greater than the horizontal one. Their ratio is a function of speed and becomes equal to unity when the bubble velocity reaches 70 km s^?1 (Figure 6). The bubbles seem to diffuse in the corona as spicules do. We also compare the properties of bubbles with some already known chromospheric features (Table II) and there seems to be a link between bubbles and Becker's grains. Finally, we, however, propose two hypothesis regarding the origin of bubbles: (i) they are related to spicules, or (ii) they are accelerated in the low chromosphere by the divergence of the magnetic field.  相似文献