Keck and VLT AO observations and models of the uranian rings during the 2007 ring plane crossings     

Imke de Pater  David E. Dunn  Daphne M. Stam  Mark R. Showalter  Heidi B. Hammel  Michiel Min  Markus Hartung  Seran G. Gibbard  Marcos A. van Dam  Keith Matthews 《Icarus》2013

We present observations of the uranian ring system at a wavelength of 2.2 μm, taken between 2003 and 2008 with NIRC2 on the W.M. Keck telescope in Hawaii, and on 15–17 August 2007 with NaCo on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Of particular interest are the data taken around the time of the uranian ring plane crossing with Earth on 16 August 2007, and with the Sun (equinox) on 7 December 2007. We model the data at the different viewing aspects with a Monte Carlo model to determine: (1) the normal optical depth τ₀, the location, and the radial extent of the main rings, and (2) the parameter Aτ₀ (A is the particle geometric albedo), the location, and the radial plus vertical extent of the dusty rings. Our main conclusions are: (i) The brightness of the ? ring is significantly enhanced at small phase and ring inclination angles; we suggest this extreme opposition effect to probably be dominated by a reduction in interparticle shadowing. (ii) A broad sheet of dust particles extends inwards from the λ ring almost to the planet itself. This dust sheet has a vertical extent of ∼140 km, and Aτ₀ = 2.2 × 10⁻⁶. (iii) The dusty rings between ring 4 and the α ring and between the α and β rings are vertically extended with a thickness of ∼300 km. (iv) The ζ ring extends from ∼41,350 km almost all the way inwards to the planet. The main ζ ring, centered at ∼39,500 km from the planet, is characterized by Aτ₀ = 3.7 × 10⁻⁶; this parameter decreases closer to the planet. The ζ ring has a full vertical extent of order 800–900 km, with a pronounced density enhancement in the mid-plane. (v) The η_c ring is optically thin and less than several tens of km in the vertical direction. This ring may be composed of macroscopic material, surrounded by clumps of dust.  相似文献   

Characterizing turbulent overturns in CTD-data     

《Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans》2014

We are concerned with the shape of overturns due to irreversible effects of turbulent mixing through internal wave breaking in the ocean. Vertical (z) overturn displacements (d) are computed from ship-borne SeaBird-911 CTD-data using the well-established method of reordering unstable portions in vertical density profiles. When displayed as a function of z, the displacements d(z) reveal a characteristic zigzag shape. Here, we primarily investigate the particular slope (z/d) of this zigzag signature after assigning the displacements to the end-point depths. Using model-overturns we show that this slope equals ½ for a solid-body-rotation, while a more sophisticated Rankine-vortex overturn-model, here employed in the vertical, has slopes slightly >½ in the interior and >1 along the sides. In the case of a near-homogeneous layer, displacement-points fill a parallelogram with side-edges having a slope of 1. The models are used to interpret overturn shapes in NE-Atlantic-Ocean-data from moderately deep, turbulent waters above Rockall Bank (off Ireland) and from deep, weakly stratified waters above Mount Josephine (off Portugal). These are compared with salinity-compensated intrusion data in Mediterranean-outflow-waters in the Canary Basin. Dynamically, most overturns are found to resemble the half-turn Rankine-vortex model and very few a, small-only, solid-body-rotation. Additionally, the usefulness and uselessness of upcast-CTD-data are discussed for overturn characterization.  相似文献   

玉树地震前电离层VLF信号信噪比变化   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

姚丽  陈化然  何宇飞 《地震学报》2013,35(3)

2010年4月13日23点49分38秒(世界时),青海省玉树县发生了Ms7.1地震.根据法国DEMETER卫星电场探测仪(ICE)实验数据,研究震区上空半径500 km范围内电离层10-20 kHz甚低频(VLF)电场频谱信噪比发现,玉树地震前3个不同频率的地面VLF发射站信号对应的信噪比均出现相同的变化特征,即震前DEMETER卫星1个重访周期内的平均信噪比明显减弱,而2009年相同时段和区域的平均信噪比并未出现相似变化趋势.分析认为,玉树地震孕震期信噪比衰减现象很可能是由地震-电离层耦合所致.  相似文献   

Radio observations of the first three-months of Fermi AGN at 4.8 GHz     

《天体物理学报》2012,(2):147-157

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X-ray spectroscopy of clusters of galaxies     

Naomi Ota 《天体物理学报》2012,(8):973-994

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Influence of microscopic particle interaction models on the flux of atmospheric antiprotons     

Arunava Bhadra  Partha S. Joarder 《Astroparticle Physics》2012,35(6):277-286

We study the effect of particle interaction models on the theoretical estimates of atmospheric antiproton flux by comparing the BESS observations of antiproton spectra with the spectra obtained by means of a full three dimensional Monte Carlo simulation program. For such a purpose, we use two popular microscopic interaction models, namely FLUKA and UrQMD, to simulate antiproton spectra at multiple observation levels. In this article, we further compare the atmospheric antiproton fluxes predicted by a few popular microscopic high energy particle interaction models with each other to get an idea about the influence of such models at energies beyond the BESS upper cutoff up to about 100 GeV. We find that the simulated antiproton flux has strong dependence on the choice of interaction models. The present analysis seems to further indicate that the theoretical prediction of galactic antiproton spectrum may be uncertain by an appreciable amount due to our limited knowledge of particle interaction characteristics.  相似文献   

Temporal and spatial variability of Chl-a and SST on the South Atlantic Bight: Revisiting with cloud-free reconstructions of MODIS satellite imagery     

Travis N. Miles  Ruoying He 《Continental Shelf Research》2010

Daily, cloud-free data interpolating empirical orthogonal function (DINEOF) reconstructions of sea-surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll (Chl-a) satellite imagery are compiled into monthly mean images for a six-year period (2003–2008) and used to identify their spatial and temporal variability on the South Atlantic Bight. Monthly-mean SST has the highest variability on the inner-shelf, decreasing seaward approaching the more stable temperatures of the Gulf Stream (GS). Monthly-mean Chl-a concentrations are similarly highest on the inner shelf throughout the year and decrease cross-shelf toward the nutrient depleted open ocean. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses on SST and Chl-a show a clear seasonal cycle in their 1st mode of variability, with SST lagging behind Chl-a by approximately one month. The 1st EOF modes account for 95.8% and 46.4% variance of SST and Chl-a, respectively. Chl-a EOF mode 1 in particular shows a highly regionalized spatial pattern with values on the central SAB clearly out of phase with the southern and northern SAB. This regional difference is likely a result of shelf geometry and stratification, which modulate GS influence on the shelf. SST EOF mode 2 exhibits a seasonal cycle as well, which previous studies have shown to be a function of local wind. Chl-a EOF mode 2 is well correlated with the cumulative river transport onto the SAB, but accounts for a relatively small 10.8% of Chl-a variability.  相似文献   

GPS高精度重复测量中的天线相位中心偏差检测及改正     

王雄  王建华  胡亚轩  赵永年 《内陆地震》2010,24(1):31-36

首先通过GPS接收机在超短基线上检测数据计算天线相位中心偏差,然后对民乐跨断层综合观测场地2007~2008年的GPS点位速率进行校正。从计算结果可知,所用GPS天线相位中心偏差多在亚毫米级。对于距离在几千米的点位,由于各期观测所用天线的不同,使得相位中心的偏差对水平运动速率的影响多在亚毫米级;若各期观测所用天线相同,则影响多在10-2毫米量级。对高精度GPS观测来说,多期观测尽可能采用同一天线。  相似文献   

A Note on Tree Deaths during the Current (2001–?) Drought in South-eastern Australia     

Bill Semple  Madeleine Rankin  Terry Koen  Guy Geeves 《The Australian geographer》2010,41(3):391-401

Tree deaths over large areas during droughts are uncommon. In the semi-arid zone of New South Wales (NSW) such events were last reported during the prolonged droughts of 1895–1903 and 1939–45, though whether caused solely by drought is open to question. Anecdotal and quantitative evidence during the current prolonged drought (2001–?) in NSW's sub-humid zone (where deaths are localised) and semi-arid zone (where deaths are more extensive) suggest that climatic conditions are comparable to, and perhaps more severe than, those of the earlier prolonged droughts. It is suggested that lack of access to deep soil moisture due to inherent shallow rooting, or due to site conditions, is the most likely cause; and that this may be associated with higher than optimal tree densities in cohorts of trees that arose from previous regeneration events during periods of well above average rainfall. A more thorough examination of the extent and severity of this event is warranted.  相似文献   

呼图壁地下储气库地表盖层变形的GPS研究     

王迪晋  李瑜  聂兆生  王坦  乔学军  李杰  余鹏飞  程瑞忠 《中国地震研究》2016,30(3):439-450

利用新疆呼图壁地下储气库地表盖层由13个点位组成的形变监测网的前5期GPS观测资料,研究地下储气库注采过程中地表盖层的变形响应。通过获取地下储气库运行过程中地表盖层形变的三维时间序列,并结合井口压力数据,区分地下储气库在不同过程中的变形信号。研究结果表明,地表盖层在储气库注采过程中水平方向上存在明显的“呼吸效应”,储气库每MPa气井压力变化在注、采周期内对地表变形造成的影响在水平方向上分别达到1.02、1.24mm,垂直方向分别达到-1.11、0.86mm。  相似文献