Comment on “Is there a paleolimnological explanation for ‘walking on water’ in the Sea of Galilee?”     

Matthias Prange  Helge Arz  Frank Lamy 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2007,38(4):589-593

In a recent paper, Nof et al. (J Paleolimnol 35:417–439, 2006) suggest a physical mechanism which could account for the formation of ice on Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in northern Israel. Based on the sea surface temperature record of sediment cores from the Mediterranean Sea the authors argue that centennial-scale cold events had the potential to trigger local ‘springs ice’ formation on the lake in the past. Here, we demonstrate that a closer inspection of the paleoceanographic record in combination with correlation and regression analyses of meteorological data provides no evidence for such cold events in the lake region during the last 10,000 years. Thus, the formation of ‘springs ice’ on Lake Kinneret was unlikely at least since the beginning of the Neolithic.  相似文献   

Rock magnetism of greigite bearing sediments from the Dead Sea, Israel     

Ute Frank  Norbert R. Nowaczyk  Jörg F. W. Negendank 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,168(3):921-934

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Developing a high-resolution climatology for the Central California coastal region     

Hyun-Sook Kim  Avijit Gangopadhyay  Leslie K. Rosenfeld  Frank L. Bub 《Continental Shelf Research》2007

This work presents a procedure for developing a high-resolution, regional climatology estimate, named RClimo, off the coast of central California. This high-resolution climatology may provide an alternative way to initialize numerical nowcast/forecast exercises in coastal regions. The methodology includes two primary steps: (1) averaging available data on a high-resolution grid and (2) objective interpolating the resulting average profiles onto a regular grid. The first step involves the computation of averages over density layers in the vertical and allowing for data gaps in the horizontal if data are unavailable at a high resolution. The OA in the second step uses anisotropic correlation length scales derived from the data themselves and an averaging radius to preserve the scales and variability of the synoptic fields.  相似文献   

闽西南晚中生代四方岩体同位素年代学、地球化学及其构造意义   总被引：21，自引：8，他引：21  

毛建仁  陶奎元  李寄嵎  谢方贵  许乃政 《岩石学报》2002,18(4):449-458

闽西南地区四方岩体主要由花岗闪长岩和花岗闪长斑岩组成 ,花岗闪长岩单颗粒锆石 U-Pb年龄为 10 7.8±1.2 Ma,角闪石 Ar-Ar年龄为 10 4.8± 0 .8Ma,形成于早白垩世。岩体是在伸展拉张构造环境下以快速冷却 (50～ 60℃ / Ma)侵位的 ,岩石相对富 Na2 O,A / CNK<1,具壳 -幔混合源 I型花岗岩特征。岩石富 K、Rb、Th、U、L REE,贫 Ti、Nb、Ta、Sr,具火山弧/活动大陆边缘钙碱性岩系的特征。 (87Sr/ 86Sr) i为 0 .70 63 5～ 0 .70 898,εNd(t)为 -5.2 4～ -3 .69,TDM为 1.3 3～ 1.2 1Ga。岩石主要由幔源岩浆与中下地壳物质部分熔融形成的花岗质岩浆的混合形成的。与闽东沿海地区相比 ,晚中生代时闽西南地区总体处于与华南软流圈地幔上涌有关的伸展拉张构造环境 ,但由玄武岩浆底侵作用引发的壳幔作用并不强烈。该时期中酸性岩浆作用与成矿关系十分密切  相似文献   

Deriving rules from activity diary data: A learning algorithm and results of computer experiments   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Theo A. Arentze  Frank Hofman  Harry J.P. Timmermans 《Journal of Geographical Systems》2001,3(4):325-346

 Activity-based models consider travel as a derived demand from the activities households need to conduct in space and time. Over the last 15 years, computational or rule-based models of activity scheduling have gained increasing interest in time-geography and transportation research. This paper argues that a lack of techniques for deriving rules from empirical data hinders the further development of rule-based systems in this area. To overcome this problem, this paper develops and tests an algorithm for inductively deriving rules from activity-diary data. The decision table formalism is used to exhaustively represent the theoretically possible decision rules that individuals may use in sequencing a given set of activities. Actual activity patterns of individuals are supplied to the system as examples. In an incremental learning process, the system progressively improves on the selection of rules used for reproducing the examples. Computer experiments based on simulated data are performed to fine-tune rule selection and rule value update functions. The results suggest that the system is effective and fairly robust for parameter settings. It is concluded, therefore, that the proposed approach opens up possibilities to derive empirically tested rule-based models of activity scheduling. Follow-up research will be concerned with testing the system on empirical data. Received: 31 January 2001 / Accepted: 13 September 2001  相似文献   

Spatial Response to Major Volcanic Events in or about AD 536, 934 and 1258: Frost Rings and Other Dendrochronological Evidence from Mongolia and Northern Siberia: Comment on R. B. Stothers, ‘Volcanic Dry Fogs, Climate Cooling, and Plague Pandemics in Europe and the Middle East’ (Climatic Change, 42, 1999)     

Rosanne D'Arrigo  David Frank  Gordon Jacoby  Neil Pederson 《Climatic change》2001,49(1-2):239-246

Hypothesized large-scale climatic extremes require verification from distantregions in order toconfirm the magnitude and timing of such events. Three of the most massivehypothesized volcanic events of the past two millennia, occurring in or aboutAD 536, 934 and1258, had profound climatic and demographic repercussions over much of Europe,the MiddleEast, and other areas, according to historical accounts recently described inStothers (1998, 1999,2000) as well as other research. Here we report on frost ring and otherdendrochronologicalevidence derived from a 1738-year tree-ring chronology from Mongolia andmillennial-scaletree-ring data from northern Siberia which demonstrate that these three eventsmay have alsoimpacted conditions in these distant regions.  相似文献   

中国南京与美国德克萨斯稻田甲烷排放的比较   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

Huang Yao  Jiang Jingyan  Zong Lianggang  Ronald L. Sass  Frank M. Fisher 《大气科学进展》2001,18(6):1121-1130

Field measurements of methane emission from rice paddies were made in Nanjing, China and in Texas, USA, respectively. Soil temperature at approximately 10 cm depth of the flooded soils was automatically recorded. Aboveground biomass of rice crop was measured approximately every 10 days in Nanjing and every other week in Texas. Seasonal variation of soil temperature in Nanjing was quite wide with a magnitude of 15.3℃ and that in Texas was narrow with a magnitude of 2.9℃. Analysis of methane emission fluxes against soil temperature and rice biomass production demonstrated that the seasonal course of methane emission in Nanjing was mostly attributed to soil temperature changes, while that in Texas was mainly related to rice biomass production. We concluded that under the permanent flooding condition, the seasonal trend of methane emission would be determined by the soil temperature where there was a wide variation of soil temperature, and the seasonal trend would be mainly determined by rice biomass production if there are no additional organic matter inputs and the variation of soil temperature over the rice growing season is small.  相似文献   

Degrees of Deprivation in New Zealand — An Atlas of Socioeconomic Difference: By P. Crampton, C. Salmond, R. Kirkpatrick, R. Scarborough and C. Skelly     

Frank Houghton 《New Zealand geographer》2001,57(1):62-62

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Eddy correlation measurements of methane flux in a northern peatland ecosystem   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Shashi B. Verma  Frank G. Ullman  David Billesbach  Robert J. Clement  Joon Kim  E. S. Verry 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1992,58(3):289-304

A pilot study to measure methane flux using eddy correlation sensors was conducted in a peatland ecosystem in north central Minnesota. A prototype tunable diode laser spectrometer system was employed to measure the fluctuations in methane concentration.The logarithmic cospectrum of methane concentration and vertical wind velocity fluctuations under moderately unstable conditions had a peak nearf = 0.10 (wheref is the nondimensional frequency) and was quite similar to the cospectra of water vapor and sensible heat. Daytime methane flux during the first two weeks of August ranged from 120 to 270 mg m^-2 day^-1. The temporal variation in methane fluxes was consistent with changes in peat temperature and water table elevation. Our results compared well with the range of values obtained in previous studies in Minnesota peatlands.These field observations demonstrate the utility of the micrometeorological eddy correlation technique for measuring surface fluxes of methane. The current state-of-the-art in tunable diode laser spectroscopy makes this approach practical for use in key ecosystems.Published as Paper No. 9556, Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Research Division.  相似文献   

Estimation of the Probability of Exceedance of Contaminant Concentrations     

Edward A. McBean  Frank A. Rovers 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》1992,12(1):115-119

Several alternative probability distributions for estimating the probability of exceedance of contaminant concentrations are examined for their appropriateness for developing inputs to risk assessments. The rationale is provided for using the log Pearson Type III distribution, a three-parameter model, for estimation of the exceedance probabilities.  相似文献