Why is Shirase Glacier turning its flow direction eastward?     

Kazuki Nakamura  Koichiro Doi  Kazuo Shibuya 《Polar Science》2007,1(2-4):63-71

We applied an image correlation method to Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data obtained from 1996 to 1998 to examine flow velocity within Shirase Glacier, Antarctica. From the grounding line to the downstream region of the glacier, the obtained ice-flow velocity was systematically higher on the western streamline than the eastern. The differences between the two streamlines were 0.31 km/a in 1996 and 0.37 km/a in 1998, significantly larger than the error estimate of 0.03 km/a. The direction of ice flow was about 312° at the grounding line and changed to 327° at 10 km, 346° at 20 km and 2° at 30 km downstream from the grounding line. The total accumulated deflection is 50° to the east. Under the assumption of the conservation of ice mass across the glacier, the observed eastward change in flow direction can be explained by an asymmetric deepening of bedrock topography, that is, across the 8 km width of the glacier, the eastern side is 50 m (10%) deeper than the western side. This eastward turning of flow direction appears to be accelerated by tributary inlets, that flow to the north and northeast at 60–75% of the velocity of inlets on the western streamline.  相似文献   

Characteristics of seasonal and spatial variations of primary production over the southeastern Bering Sea shelf   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

TaeKeun Rho  Terry E. Whitledge 《Continental Shelf Research》2007,27(20):2556-2569

In situ primary production data collected during 1978–1981 period and 1997–2000 period were combined to improve understanding of seasonal and spatial distribution of primary production in the southeastern Bering Sea. Mean daily primary production rates showed an apparent seasonal cycle with high rates in May and low rates in summer over the entire shelf of the southeastern Bering Sea except for oceanic region due to lack of data. There was also an increasing trend of primary production rates in the fall over the inner shelf and the middle shelf. There was a decreasing trend of primary production rates between late April and mid-May over the inner shelf while there was an abrupt increase between late April and mid-May over the middle shelf and the outer shelf. In the shelf break region, there was an increasing pattern in late May. These suggest that there was a gradual progression of the development of the spring phytoplankton bloom from the inner shelf toward the shelf break region. There was also a latitudinal variability of primary production rate over the middle shelf, probably due to either spatial variations of the seasonal advance and retreat of sea ice or horizontal advection of saline water in the bottom layer. Annual rates of primary production across the southeastern Bering Sea shelf were 121, 150, 145, 110, and 84 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ in the inner shelf, the middle shelf, the outer shelf, the shelf break, and oceanic region, respectively. High annual rates of primary production over the inner shelf can be attributed to continuous summer production based on regenerated nitrogen and/or a continuous supply of nitrogen at the inner front region, and to fall production. There were some possibilities of underestimation of annual primary production over the entire shelf due to lack of measurement in early spring and fall, which may be more apparent over the shelf break and oceanic region than the inner shelf, the middle, and the outer shelf. This study suggests that the response of primary production by climate change in the southeastern Bering Sea shelf can be misunderstood without proper temporal and seasonal measurement.  相似文献   

Density-dependent dispersion in heterogeneous porous media Part I: A numerical study   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Anke Jannie Landman  K. Johannsen  Ruud Schotting   《Advances in water resources》2007,30(12):2467-2480

In this paper, we describe carefully conducted numerical experiments, in which a dense salt solution vertically displaces fresh water in a stable manner. The two-dimensional porous media are weakly heterogeneous at a small scale. The purpose of these simulations, conducted for a range of density differences, is to obtain accurate concentration profiles that can be used to validate nonlinear models for high-concentration-gradient dispersion. In this part we focus on convergence of the computations, in numerical and statistical sense, to ensure that the uncertainty in the results is small enough.Concentration variances are computed, which give estimates of the uncertainty in local concentration values. These local variations decrease with increasing density contrast. For tracer transport, obtained longitudinal dispersivities are in accordance with analytical findings. In the case of high-density contrasts, stabilizing gravity forces counteract the growth of dispersive fingers, decreasing the effective width of the transition zone. For small log-permeability variances, the decrease of the apparent dispersivity that is found is in agreement with laboratory results for homogeneous columns.  相似文献   

大地测量相关观测抗差估计理论   总被引：21，自引：4，他引：21  

杨元喜  宋力杰  徐天河 《测绘学报》2002,31(2):95-99

相关观测异常诊断、质量控制是测量数据处理领域亟待解决的难题之一。分别从方差膨胀模型和相关权元素压缩模型入手研究了相关观测的质量控制理论和方法；给出了误差影响函数；构造了方差膨胀函数和权因子收缩函数；利用观测量的等价协方差阵和等价权矩阵讨论了相关观测质量控制的计算方法。该等价协方差矩阵和等价权矩阵不仅保持了原有协方差矩阵和权矩阵的对称性，而且保持了原有协方差矩阵的相关性不变。计算结果表明异常观测的方差膨胀法和等价权法能有效地控制异常观测对参数估值的影响。  相似文献   

GIS中地籍宗地面积的方差分量估计   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

童小华  赵建国 《测绘学报》2002,31(Z1):109-112

探讨在地籍宗地数字化的面积处理问题中,把已知面积数据和数字化坐标同时作为观测值的面积处理方法.采用方差分量估计,解决已知面积数据参与平差时的权的确定.通过实例分析,认为采用条件平差方差分量估计方法来对宗地面积处理,能够更加合理地调整已有面积与由数字化坐标得到的面积值之间的差异.  相似文献   

Helmert方差分量估计的粗差检验与抗差解   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

刘长建  马高峰 《测绘信息与工程》2002,27(6):5-7

当观测值中含有粗差时，检验表明Helmert方差分量估计结果同样含有粗差，且粗差还可能会发生转移，为有效地抵制粗差和随机模型差的互相影响，指出了发生这一转移的原因，介绍了基于双因子等价权的抗差估计，并针对相关Helmert方差分量估计抗差解求解过程中容易出现的法矩阵0值溢出问题，提出了改进方法。  相似文献   

相关稳健估计及其在测量数据     

姚宜斌  刘经南  施闯 《测绘信息与工程》2001,(3):5-8

在对现有的基于等价权的稳健估计的弊端进行分析的基础上,直接从方差膨胀模型出发,建立起一套基于调整观测量方差-协方差阵的相关稳健估计方法,并通过算例证明其估计思想、模型的正确性和可行性.  相似文献   

江苏省夏季持续干旱和雨涝的气候分析以及环流和海温场演变特征   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

施宁  栾建林 《气象科学》1996,(4)

在对我省夏季持续干旱和雨涝进行气候分析的基础上，研究了夏季持续干旱和持续雨涝的环流特征差异、持续干旱的两种不同的环流型以及前期海温场的特征和演变规律。  相似文献   

我国草原下垫面低层大气湍流结构   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

刘树华  刘和平  洪钟祥  李军  刘辉志  那景阳  吴志明 《大气科学》1996,20(3):378-383

利用超声风速仪资料分析了科尔沁草原下垫面低层大气的湍流谱结构，无量纲化湍流速度分量及温度脉动的标准偏差，和湍流通量与稳定度参数的关系。结果表明，草原下垫面低层大气湍流速度谱，在较宽的稳定度范围内， 符合Kolmogorov 相似理论，在惯性副区接近局地各向同性，无量纲化湍流速度分量及温度脉动的标准偏差服从A(1-Bζ)1/3和A(-ζ)-1/3规律， 湍流热通量与稳定度参数ζ存在较好的相关性。  相似文献   

GBPP－100型地面雨滴谱仪测量的可靠性   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

陈金荣  马生伟 《南京气象学院学报》1995,(2)

用ＧＢＰＰ－１００型地面雨滴谱仪与吸水纸斑，点法进行同步观测，对比分析ＧＢＰＰ－１００型地面雨滴谱仪测量的可靠性。结果表明：（１）两种方法测量雨滴谱所得资料除平均直径、均立方根直径相似性稍差外，其它特征量的线性相关显著性水平均为０．００５；（２）两种方法所得雨滴谱资料除平均直径、均立方根直径、降水强度稍有差异外，其它特征量均无显著差异。  相似文献