Effects of a kappa distribution function of electrons on incoherent scatter spectra   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

S. Saito  F. R. E. Forme  S. C. Buchert  S. Nozawa  R. Fujii 《Annales Geophysicae》2000,18(9):1216-1223

In usual incoherent scatter data analysis, the plasma distribution function is assumed to be Maxwellian. In space plasmas, however, distribution functions with a high energy tail which can be well modeled by a generalized Lorentzian distribution function with spectral index kappa (kappa distribution) have been observed. We have theoretically calculated incoherent scatter spectra for a plasma that consists of electrons with kappa distribution function and ions with Maxwellian neglecting the effects of the magnetic field and collisions. The ion line spectra have a double-humped shape similar to those from a Maxwellian plasma. The electron temperatures are underestimated, however, by up to 40% when interpreted assuming Maxwellian distribution. Ion temperatures and electron densities are affected little. Accordingly, actual electron temperatures might be underestimated when an energy input maintaining a high energy tail exists. We have also calculated plasma lines with the kappa distribution function. They are enhanced in total strength, and the peak frequencies appear to be slightly shifted to the transmitter frequency compared to the peak frequencies for a Maxwellian distribution. The damping rate depends on the electron temperature. For lower electron temperatures, plasma lines for electrons with a distribution function are more strongly damped than for a Maxwellian distribution. For higher electron temperatures, however, they have a relatively sharp peak.  相似文献   

Two-dimensional maps in multi-dimensional worlds: A case of community-based mapping in Northern Thailand     

Robin Roth 《Geoforum》2007,38(1):49-59

Community-based mapping has become a necessary tool for development work worldwide - its adoption is near hegemonic. Mapping community land, however, can have unforeseen consequences in part due to its tendency to render what are complex configurations of social-ecological relationships into two-dimensional form. I argue that one of the key limitations to commonly practiced community-based mapping is the assumption that the spatial organization of resource use and management is an abstract entity that can be mapped independent of the social relations that produce it. This paper uses a case study from Northern Thailand to show how mapping techniques that fix and simplify fluid and complex associations can inadvertently prescribe changes to how residents manage their land, effectively becoming not only a tool for securing land tenure but also a tool for the spatial re-organization of land-use and management.  相似文献   

Long-arc analyses of SLR observations of the Etalon geodetic satellites     

G. M. Appleby 《Journal of Geodesy》1998,72(6):333-342

In this paper we describe the results of an analysis of a 2.5-year set of satellite laser range observations of the two Etalon geodetic satellites. We fit continuous orbits to the range observations, and map the range residuals into series of equivalent orbital element residuals, considering in detail the orbital longitude, eccentricity and nodal residuals. We use the longitude residuals to study thermal effects acting on the satellites and compare the results with those published for the Lageos satellites. We discuss the differences between the two series of eccentricity residuals, and again compare the results with those from Lageos. Finally we use the nodal residuals to investigate the potential for determination of UT1 of the reference frame defined by the orbits of the Etalon satellites. Received: 30 January 1997 / Accepted: 11 December 1997  相似文献   

航天遥感技术在叶尔羌河中下游地区Au、Cu等多金属矿找矿有利地段预测中的应用研究     

郭鸿洲  杨清华 《国土资源遥感》1998,(3)

板块构造成矿理论认为西昆仑叶尔羌河中下游地区属于Ａｕ、Ｃｕ及多金属矿成矿远景区,但因其野外地质条件恶劣,交通状况差,地质勘探极其困难而影响了找矿工作的深入开展,为此我们利用航天遥感技术的优势进行了找矿有利地段预测研究。在研究中首先对区域地质遥感影像特征进行了综合分析,并根据板块构造成矿理论对矿化作用进行了空间划分和成矿条件总结。在此基础上,通过成矿相关影像特征信息的提取,圈定出Ａｕ、Ｃｕ及多金属矿成矿有利地段。  相似文献   

对我国城市化研究的再考察   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

张京祥 《地理科学》1998,18(6):555-560

本文通过对当前我国城市化研究领域中一些观点的重新考察,以务实的态度提出有关我国城市化进程,城市规模,城市化转移空间,郊区化等问题的探讨性看法,指出城市化既要遵循经济规律,又要发挥政府的适当调控,不拘于西方模式与简单的现象分析,追求城市实质性的健康,有序,持续发展,才是城市化的主旨。  相似文献   

Measurements of the direction of the solar wind using interplanetary scintillation     

P. J. Moran  A. R. Breen  C. A. Varley  P. J. S. Williams  W. P. Wilkinson  J. Markkanen 《Annales Geophysicae》1998,16(10):1259-1264

EISCAT observations of the interplanetary scintillation of a single source were made over an extended period of time, during which the orientation of the baselines between the two observing sites changed significantly. Assuming that maximum correlation between the scintillations observed at the two sites occurs when the projected baseline is parallel to the direction of plasma flow, this technique can be used to make a unique determination of the direction of the solar wind. In the past it has usually been assumed that the plasma flow is radial, but measurements of eleven sources using this technique have indicated conclusively that in at least six cases observed at mid or high heliocentric latitude there is a significant non-radial component directed in four cases towards the heliocentric equator and in two cases towards the pole.  相似文献