Seasonal marine feeding and body condition of sea trout (Salmo trutta) at its northern distribution     

Rikardsen  A.H.; Amundsen  P-A.; Knudsen  R.; Sandring  S. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2006,63(3):466-475

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Eine Methode zur Registrierung der räumlichen Verteilung der Globalstrahlung in einem Pflanzenbestand     

Niels Rodskjer  Alois Kornher 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》1967,15(1-2):186-190

Zusammenfassung Mit zwei Pyranometern wird gleichzeitig und auf gleichem Papier die Globalstrahlung über und in einem Pflanzenbestand registriert. Im Laufe der Registrierung bewegt sich der Strahlungsempf?nger im Bestand mit konstanter Geschwindigkeit entlang einer horizontalen Bahn. Die Apparatur und die Durchführung der Messung werden beschrieben.

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Summary Global radiation above and within a stand of plants is recorded simultaneous and on the same strip of paper. While the record is effectuated the receiver of the radiation is moved horizontally through the stand with constant speed. The equipment and the practical measuring are described.

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Résumé On a enregistré simultanément et sur la même bande d'enregistrement le rayonnement global au moyen de deux pyranomètres placés l'un au-dessus. l'autre à l'intérieur d'une culture. Durant l'enregistrement, l'appareil situé entre les plantes se dépla?ait de long d'une trajectoire horizontale et à une vitesse constante. On décrit ici l'appareillage et l'exécution des mesures.

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From smallholders to transnationals: The impact of changing consumer preferences in the EU on Ghana’s pineapple sector     

Niels Fold  Katherine V. Gough   《Geoforum》2008,39(5):1687-1697

This paper explores the impact that a new type of pineapple, and subsequent changing consumer preferences in the Global North, has had on the livelihoods of pineapple growers in Ghana. The paper starts by tracing how research and development in Costa Rica by the world’s largest producers of pineapple, Del Monte and Dole, have resulted in a new variety MD2. This new pineapple type has been marketed in the EU through campaigns carried out by plantation companies via supermarkets. Consumer preferences have subsequently switched to MD2 away from the varieties which previously dominated the market, including the Ghanaian grown Smooth Cayenne. Ghanaian smallholders have experienced a dramatic drop in the demand for Smooth Cayenne and are unable to switch to growing MD2. The Ghanaian pineapple sector is consequently being restructured with large-scale pineapple farms, principally run by transnational companies, growing large quantities of MD2 for export. Through a detailed empirical study of the changing livelihoods of pineapple growers in two settlements in Ghana, we show how smallholders have been affected in differing ways as transnational companies have increasingly entered the market. Recent attempts to incorporate smallholders as producers of niche pineapple products are discussed. The paper illustrates the mutual benefits of linking global value chain analysis with livelihood analysis.  相似文献   

Patterns of population change in Ghana (1984–2000): urbanization and frontier development     

Lasse Moller-Jensen  Michael H. Knudsen 《GeoJournal》2008,73(4):307-320

The study addresses population dynamics in Ghana on the urban and regional levels between 1984 and 2000. At the urban level, the development trends are analyzed for urban localities (population above 5,000) on the basis of geo-coded census data. Potential driving forces for rapid population growth related to size, location, accessibility and facility counts are examined using bivariate and multivariate analysis. An index of weighted accessibility relative to other urban localities provides significant explanation at the national level, as does initial locality size. At the regional level, population development is analyzed to provide insight into the rural–urban relations. The level of urbanization is steadily increasing but varies considerably between regions. Areas of high population growth are found in some rural areas that have a remote location relative to the large urban centers. This seems to indicate the existence of ‘frontier’ regions, i.e. areas that experience a high degree of in-migration by people aiming to undertake specific farming activities. A high proportion of the population growth in these areas appears to take place in relatively small towns. The paper concludes with a more in-depth discussion of the development characteristics of Ghana’s Western Region. This region has experienced one of the highest regional population growth rates, mainly due to its status as a ‘frontier’ for cocoa production.

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Coupled rainfall and water vapour stable isotope time series reveal tropical atmospheric processes on multiple timescales     

Niels C. Munksgaard  Costijn Zwart  Jordahna Haig  Lucas A. Cernusak  Michael I. Bird 《水文研究》2020,34(1):111-124

High-frequency stable isotope data are useful for validating atmospheric moisture circulation models and provide improved understanding of the mechanisms controlling isotopic compositions in tropical rainfall. Here, we present a near-continuous 6-month record of O- and H-isotope compositions in both water vapour and daily rainfall from Northeast Australia measured by laser spectroscopy. The data set spans both wet and dry seasons to help address a significant data and knowledge gap in the southern hemisphere tropics. We interpret the isotopic records for water vapour and rainfall in the context of contemporaneous meteorological observations. Surface air moisture provided near-continuous tracking of the links between isotopic variations and meteorological events on local to regional spatial scales. Power spectrum analysis of the isotopic variation showed a range of significant periodicities, from hourly to monthly scales, and cross-wavelet analysis identified significant regions of common power for hourly averaged water vapour isotopic composition and relative humidity, wind direction, and solar radiation. Relative humidity had the greatest subdiurnal influence on isotopic composition. On longer timescales (weeks to months), isotope variability was strongly correlated with both wind direction and relative humidity. The high-frequency records showed diurnal isotopic variations in O- and H-isotope compositions due to local dew formation and, for deuterium excess, as a result of evapotranspiration. Several significant negative isotope anomalies on a daily scale were associated with the activity of regional mesoscale convective systems and the occurrence of two tropical cyclones. Calculated air parcel back trajectories identified the predominant moisture transport paths from the Southwest Pacific Ocean, whereas moisture transport from northerly directions occurred mainly during the wet season monsoonal airflow. Water vapour isotope compositions reflected the same meteorological events as recorded in rainfall isotopes but provided much more detailed and continuous information on atmospheric moisture cycling than the intermittent isotopic record provided by rainfall. Improved global coverage of stable isotope data for atmospheric water vapour is likely to improve simulations of future changes to climate drivers of the hydrological cycle.  相似文献   

Towards an integrated arid zone water management using simulation-based optimisation   总被引：5，自引：3，他引：2  

Jens Grundmann  Niels Schütze  Gerd H. Schmitz  Saif Al-Shaqsi 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2012,65(5):1381-1394

For ensuring both optimal sustainable water resources management and long-term planning in a changing arid environment, we propose an integrated Assessment-, Prognoses-, Planning- and Management tool (APPM). The new APPM integrates the complex interactions of the strongly nonlinear meteorological, hydrological and agricultural phenomena, considering the socio-economic aspects. It aims at achieving best possible solutions for water allocation, groundwater storage and withdrawals including saline water management together with a substantial increase of the water use efficiency employing novel optimisation strategies for irrigation control and scheduling. To obtain a robust and fast operation of the water management system, it unites process modeling with artificial intelligence tools and evolutionary optimisation techniques for managing both water quality and quantity. We demonstrate some key components of our methodology by an exemplary application to the south Al-Batinah region in the Sultanate of Oman which is affected by saltwater intrusion into a coastal aquifer due to excessive groundwater withdrawal for irrigated agriculture. We show the effectiveness and functionality of a new simulation-based water management system for the optimisation and evaluation of different irrigation practices, crop pattern and resulting abstraction scenarios. The results of several optimisation runs indicate that due to contradicting objectives, such as profit-oriented agriculture versus aquifer sustainability only a multi-objective optimisation can provide sustainable solutions for the management of the water resources in respect of the environment as well as the socio-economic development.  相似文献   

Geochemical controls on sediment reactivity and buffering processes in a heterogeneous aquifer     

Carlos Descourvières  Niels Hartog  Bradley M. Patterson  Carolyn Oldham  Henning Prommer 《Applied Geochemistry》2010

The injection and recovery of oxic water into deep anoxic aquifers may help to alleviate short- and long-term imbalance between freshwater supply and demand. The extent and structure of physical and geochemical heterogeneity of the aquifer will impact the water quality evolution during injection, storage and recovery. Water–sediment interactions within the most permeable parts of the aquifer, where the bulk of the injectant will penetrate, may dominate, however, water quality may also be impacted by interactions within the finer-grained, less permeable but potentially highly reactive media. In this study, the heterogeneity of the reductive capacity of an aquifer selected for water reuse projects was characterised, the amount, type and reactivity of the sedimentary reductants present determined, and the relationship between reductive capacity and sedimentary lithologies quantified. The average potential reductive capacities (PRC_TOT), based on total organic C and pyrite concentrations of the sediment, were quantified for sands (382 μmol O₂ g⁻¹), clays (1522 μmol O₂ g⁻¹), and silts (1957 μmol O₂ g⁻¹). Twenty-seven samples, spanning the three different lithologies, were then incubated for 50 days and the measured reductive capacities (MRC) determined for the sands (29.2 μmol O₂ g⁻¹), silts (136 μmol O₂ g⁻¹), and clays (143 μmol O₂ g⁻¹). On average, the MRC were 10% of the PRC_TOT. The main consumers of O₂ were pyrite (20–100%), sedimentary organic matter (SOM; 3–56%), siderite (3–28%) and Fe(II)-aluminosilicates (8–55%). The incubation data plus hydrogeochemical modelling, indicated that pH-buffering was controlled firstly by dissolution of trace level carbonates, followed by dissolution of feldspars. Zinc, Co, Ni, Cd and Pb were readily mobilized during incubation.  相似文献   

Evaluating the salinity distribution of a shallow coastal aquifer by vertical multielectrode profiling (Denmark)     

Søren Erbs Poulsen  Keld Rømer Rasmussen  Niels Bøie Christensen  Steen Christensen 《Hydrogeology Journal》2010,18(1):161-171

A monitoring system, including five groups of piezometers and five vertical multielectrode profiling probes (VMEP), has been installed in an aquifer beneath a coastal dune in Denmark. In order to assess the salinity distribution within the aquifer, geoelectrical data were gathered in March, June and September 2008, by measuring a dipole-dipole and gradient array using multielectrode profiling. Interpretation of the processed resistivity data was performed by regularized inversion using a one-dimensional, horizontally layered model of formation resistivity. The standard deviation on estimated layer log-resistivity was 0.01–0.03. By estimating two parameters of a power function, observed fluid conductivities derived from samples of porewater were related to corresponding estimated formation resistivities. The conductivity profiles correlate with a winter situation in March with high sea level, active recharge and significant wave activity, causing increased hydraulic heads, a thicker freshwater lens and salt water overlying freshwater close to the sea. In June, the thickness of the freshwater lens is reduced due to less recharge and prevailing offshore winds, imposing density-stable conditions and a sharper transition between fresh and brackish water. During the autumn, aquifer recharge is enhanced and hydraulic heads increase, resulting in a thicker freshwater lens.  相似文献   

Preface to the Special Issue on Airborne Geophysics     

Niels B. Christensen 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2009,67(3):193

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An “ESA-Affordable” Laue-lens     

Niels Lund 《Experimental Astronomy》2005,20(1-3):211-217

With ESA’s INTEGRAL mission gamma-ray astronomy has advanced to the point where major scientific advances must be expected from detailed studies of the many new point sources. The interest in developing focusing telescopes operating in the soft gamma-ray regime up to 1 MeV is therefore mounting rapidly. Telescopes based on Laue diffraction of gamma-rays from crystals appear as one promising route, although the practical difficulties of realizing a large scale Laue lens are certainly not small. In this paper I have attempted to develop an optimized lens design considering the size and mass constraints of a specific medium size launch vehicle. The introduction of the lens mass as a primary design driver has some surprising effects for the choice of material for the crystals and new tradeoff considerations are introduced.  相似文献