Scattering of elastic waves by a 2-D crack using the Indirect Boundary Element Method (IBEM)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ursula Iturrarán-Viveros  Rossana Vai  Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma 《Geophysical Journal International》2005,162(3):927-934

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The Comet Nucleus Tour (Contour); A NASA Discovery Mission     

Cochran  Anita  Veverka  Joseph  Bell  James  Belton  Michael  Benkhoff  Johannes  Benkhoff  Andrew  Clark  Benton  Feldman  Paul  Kissel  Jochen  Mahaffy  Paul  Malin  Michael  Murchie  Scott  Neimann  Hasso  Owen  Tobias  Robinson  Mark  Schwehm  Gerhard  Squyres  Steve  Thomas  Peter  Whipple  Fred  Yeomans  Donald 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2000,89(1-4):289-300

In 1997, the COmet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR) was selected byNASA for a new start as part of the Discovery line. In this paper, we review the status of the mission, the mission timeline and the instruments to be flown. Detail is given of the science goals and how they are to be accomplished.  相似文献   

Spatial variability of phytoplankton, nutrients and new production estimates in the waters around Svalbard   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Georgina Owrid  Giorgio Socal  Giuseppe Civitarese  Anna Luchetta  Jozef Wiktor  Eva-Maria Nöthig  Inger Andreassen  Ursula Schauer  Volker Strass 《Polar research》2000,19(2):155-171

Phytoplankton dynamics and carbon input into Arctic and sub-Arctic ecosystems were investigated around Svalbard, in summer 1991. Phytoplankton biomass, species composition and dissolved nutrient concentrations were analysed from water samples collected along seven transects. Phytoplankton biomass was low especially to the north (Chlorophyll-a mean 0.3 pg 1- '), where flagellates dominated the communities and only ice-diatoms were present. To the west, the phytoplankton composition was representative of a summer Atlantic community, in a post-bloom state. Zooplankton grazing, mainly by copepods, appeared to be the main control on biomass to the west and north of Svalbard.
In the Barents Sea (east of Svalbard), an ice edge bloom was observed (Chlorophyll-a max. 6.8 pgl-') and the ice edge receded at a rate of approximately 1 1 km day-'. The phytoplankton community was represented by marginal ice species, especially Phaeocystis poucherii and Chaeroceros socialis. South of the ice edge, Deep Chlorophyll Maxima (DCM) were observed, as surface waters became progressively nutrient-depleted. In these surface waters, the phytoplankton were predominantly auto- and heterotrophic flagellates.
Carbon production measurements revealed high net production (new and regenerated) to the north of the Barents Sea Polar Front (BSPF); it was especially high at the receding ice edge (reaching 1.44gC m-'day-'). To the south, a low level of production was maintained, mainly through regenerative processes.  相似文献   

Short-lived thorium isotopes (Th, Th) as indicators of POC export and particle cycling in the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean     

J. K. Cochran  K. O. Buesseler  M. P. Bacon  H. W. Wang  D. J. Hirschberg  L. Ball  J. Andrews  G. Crossin  A. Fleer 《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》2000,47(15-16)

Repeated measurements of depth profiles of ²³⁴Th (dissolved, 1–70 and >70 μm particulate) at three stations (Orca, Minke, Sei) in the Ross Sea have been used to estimate the export of Th and particulate organic carbon (POC) from the euphotic zone. Sampling was carried out on three JGOFS cruises covering the period from October 1996 (austral early spring) to April 1997 (austral fall). Deficiencies of ²³⁴Th relative to its parent ²³⁸U in the upper 100 m are small during the early spring cruise, increase to maximum values during the summer, and decrease over the course of the fall. Application of a non-steady-state model to the ²³⁴Th data shows that the flux of Th from the euphotic zone occurs principally during the summer cruise and in the interval between summer and fall. Station Minke in the southwestern Ross Sea appears to sustain significant ²³⁴Th removal for a longer period than is evident at Orca or Sei. Particulate ²³⁴Th activities and POC are greater in the 1–70 μm size fraction, except late in the summer cruise, when the >70 μm POC fraction exceeds that of the 1–70 μm fraction. The POC/²³⁴Th ratio in the >70 μm fraction exceeds that in the 1–70 μm fraction, likely due in part to the greater availability of surface sites for Th adsorption in the latter. Particulate ²³⁴Th fluxes are converted to POC fluxes by multiplying by the POC/²³⁴Th ratio of the >70 μm fraction (assumed to be representative of sinking particles). POC fluxes calculated from a steady-state Th scavenging model range from 7 to 91 mmol C m⁻² d⁻¹ during late January–early February, with the greatest flux observed at station Minke late in the cruise. Fluxes estimated with a non-steady-state Th model are 85 mmol C m⁻² d⁻¹ at Minke (1/13–2/1/97) and 50 mmol C m⁻² d⁻¹ at Orca (1/19–2/1/97). The decline in POC inventories (0–100 m) is most rapid in the southern Ross Sea during the austral summer cruise (Smith et al., 2000. The seasonal cycle of phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II 47, 3119–3140. Gardner et al., 2000. Seasonal patterns of water column particulate organic carbon and fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II 47, 3423–3449), and the ²³⁴Th-derived POC fluxes indicate that the sinking flux of POC is 30–50% of the POC decrease, depending on whether steady-state or non-steady-state Th fluxes are used. Rate constants for particle POC aggregation and disaggregation rates are calculated at station Orca by coupling particulate ²³⁴Th data with ²²⁸Th data on the same samples. Late in the early spring cruise, as well as during the summer cruise, POC aggregation rates are highest in near-surface waters and decrease with depth. POC disaggregation rates during the same time generally increase to a maximum and are low at depth (>200 m). Subsurface aggregation rates increase to high values late in the summer, while disaggregation rates decrease. This trend helps explain higher values of POC in the >70 m fraction relative to the 1–70 m fraction late in the summer cruise. Increases in disaggregation rate below 100 m transfer POC from the large to small size fraction and may attenuate the flux of POC sinking out of the euphotic zone.  相似文献   

The role of the deep mixing in the Storfjorden shelf water plume     

Anna Akimova  Ursula SchauerSergey Danilov  Ismael Núñez-Riboni 《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2011,58(4):403-414

Hydrographic observations in deep Fram Strait evidence a plume of Storfjorden Brine-enriched Shelf Water in 1986, 1988 and 2002. The plume spreads along the continental slope over 600 km away from its formation area and reaches 2000 m depth. The plume is 30 to 80 m thick in the deep layer of Fram Strait; it is almost 0.4 °C warmer and 0.06 more saline than the ambient water. The velocity of the plume, observed by a moored current meter in Fram Strait, is 12.60±4.70 cm s⁻¹ .The hydrographic properties of the plume are used to study entrainment. A streamtube model with four entrainment parameterizations is applied. Two Froude-number dependent parameterizations lead to mixing mostly happening over the shelf break, where the Froude number is large. This is in agreement with the traditional view, but is inconsistent with the observed temperature and salinity of the Storfjorden plume. Therefore further entrainment assumptions (a constant and a volume-dependent entrainment) are tested. The volume-dependent entrainment scheme yields the best representation of entrainment in the Storfjorden plume. Our results emphasize the necessity of strong mixing in the deep layers in Fram Strait to achieve an agreement with observed properties of the plume.  相似文献   

Minor planet 1983TB: A dead comet?     

Anita L. Cochran  Edwin S. Barker 《Icarus》1984,59(2):296-300

IDS spectra of the Apollo asteroid 1983TB were obtained at McDonald Observatory on 2 December 1983 UT. These spectra were examined for cometary-type emission and none were found. The reflectance of 1983TB was found to be similar to an S-type asteroid.  相似文献   

Detection of [Ol] 1S-1D in Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock     

William D. Cochran 《Icarus》1984,58(3):440-445

Spectra of the $\text{[}\text{OI}\text{]}{}^1\text{D-}{}^3\text{P}$ “red” doublet and the ¹S-¹D “green” line in Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock (1983d) were obtained during its close approach to the Earth. This is the first unequivocal photoelectric detection of the green line in a cometary spectrum. The population ratio of the O (¹S) state to the O (¹D) state in the inner coma is ≦0.03. This ratio eliminates CO or CO₂ and points strongly to H₂O as the primary parent for excited oxygen atoms.  相似文献   

Seamount volcanism along the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean     

James R. Cochran 《Geophysical Journal International》2008,174(3):1153-1173

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Boundary element simulation of scattering of elastic waves by 3-D cracks     

Ursula Iturrarn-Viveros  Francisco J. Snchez-Sesma  Francisco Luzn 《Journal of Applied Geophysics》2008,64(3-4):70-82

Numerical modelling techniques are now becoming common for understanding the complicated nature of seismic wave propagation in fractured rock. Here the Indirect Boundary Element Method (IBEM) is applied to study scattering of elastic waves by cracks. The problem addressed in this paper is the diffraction of P and S waves by open 3-D cracks of arbitrary shape embedded in a homogeneous isotropic medium. The IBEM yields the value of the jump of displacements between opposite surfaces of the crack, often called Crack Opening Displacement (COD). This is used to evaluate the solution away from the crack. We use a multi-regional approach which consists of splitting a surface S into two identical surfaces S⁺ and S⁻ chosen such that the crack lies at the interface. The resulting integral equations are not hyper-singular and wave propagation within media that contain open cracks can be rigorously solved. In order to validate the method, we compare results of displacements of a penny-shaped crack for a vertical incident P-wave with the classic results by Mal (1970) obtaining excellent agreement. This comparison gives us confidence to study cases where no analytic solutions exist. Some examples of incidence of P or S waves upon cracks with various shapes are depicted and the salient aspects of the method are also discussed. Both frequency and time-domain results are included.  相似文献   

Visible and near-infrared spectrophotometry of the Deep Impact ejecta of Comet 9P/Tempel 1     

Klaus W. Hodapp  Greg Aldering  Anita L. Cochran  Emmanuel Pécontal  Nathalie Blanc  David K. Lynch  S. Mazuk  Richard C. Puetter 《Icarus》2007,187(1):185-198

We have obtained optical spectrophotometry of the evolution of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 after the impact of the Deep Impact probe, using the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) at the UH 2.2-m telescope, as well as simultaneous optical and infrared spectra using the Lick Visible-to-Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (VNIRIS). The spatial distribution and temporal evolution of the “violet band” CN (0-0) emission and of the 630 nm [OI] emission was studied. We found that CN emission centered on the nucleus increased in the 2 h after impact, but that this CN emission was delayed compared to the light curve of dust-scattered sunlight. The CN emission also expanded faster than the cloud of scattering dust. The emission of [OI] at 630 nm rose similarly to the scattered light, but then remained nearly constant for several hours after impact. On the day following the impact, both CN and [OI] emission concentrated on the comet nucleus had returned nearly to pre-impact levels. We have also searched for differences in the scattering properties of the dust ejected by the impact compared to the dust released under normal conditions. Compared to the pre-impact state of the comet, we find evidence that the color of the comet was slightly bluer during the post-impact rise in brightness. Long after the impact, in the following nights, the comet colors returned to their pre-impact values. This can be explained by postulating a change to a smaller particle size distribution in the ejecta cloud, in agreement with the findings from mid-infrared observations, or by postulating a large fraction of clean ice particles, or by a combination of these two.  相似文献