Interfacing the DIGICO flux-gate spinner magnetometer to an APPLE IIe microcomputer     

Piotr Tucholka  Jerôme Tessier 《Geophysical Journal International》1987,89(2):705-712

Summary. A hardware configuration and program are described for interfacing a DIGICO spinner rock magnetometer to an APPLE microcomputer. This configuration provides full control of measurements and permits storage of the results on floppy or hard discs. A similar configuration can be used to operate the anisotropy unit.  相似文献   

Period Change of CU Pegasi     

Elena Panko  Piotr Flin  Alexander Pikhun 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2006,305(4):385-388

On the basis of the published times of minima and our own observations, we analysed the period change of the Algol-type eclipsing binary CU Pegasi. Over almost seventy years of observations, the parabolic period change has been clearly seen as dP/dt = 1.38 × 10⁻⁶ d/year. The estimated mass transfer in the system is about 1 × 10⁻⁷ M_M⊙/year.  相似文献   

Origin and evolution of the Bezedna lake–mire complex in the Lublin area (East Poland): a case study for permafrost lakes in karstic regions     

Radosław Dobrowolski  Piotr Kulesza  Jacek Łojek  Irena Agnieszka Pidek 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2015,53(2):191-213

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SphinX: The Solar Photometer in X-Rays     

Szymon Gburek  Janusz Sylwester  Miroslaw Kowalinski  Jaroslaw Bakala  Zbigniew Kordylewski  Piotr Podgorski  Stefan Plocieniak  Marek Siarkowski  Barbara Sylwester  Witold Trzebinski  Sergey V. Kuzin  Andrey A. Pertsov  Yurij D. Kotov  Frantisek Farnik  Fabio Reale  Kenneth J. H. Phillips 《Solar physics》2013,283(2):631-649

Solar Photometer in X-rays (SphinX) was a spectrophotometer developed to observe the Sun in soft X-rays. The instrument observed in the energy range ≈?1?–?15 keV with resolution ≈?0.4 keV. SphinX was flown on the Russian CORONAS–PHOTON satellite placed inside the TESIS EUV and X telescope assembly. The spacecraft launch took place on 30 January 2009 at 13:30 UT at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The SphinX experiment mission began a couple of weeks later on 20 February 2009 when the first telemetry dumps were received. The mission ended nine months later on 29 November 2009 when data transmission was terminated. SphinX provided an excellent set of observations during very low solar activity. This was indeed the period in which solar activity dropped to the lowest level observed in X-rays ever. The SphinX instrument design, construction, and operation principle are described. Information on SphinX data repositories, dissemination methods, format, and calibration is given together with general recommendations for data users. Scientific research areas in which SphinX data find application are reviewed.  相似文献   

An empirical test of household identification risk in geomasked maps     

Dara E. Seidl  Piotr Jankowski  Atsushi Nara 《制图学和地理信息科学》2013,40(6):475-488

ABSTRACT

Geomasking techniques displace point data to new locations in order to protect privacy while maintaining overall spatial distributions. If the end users of geomasked data are unaware that the data are masked, there is a risk that they will incorrectly associate individuals at the new locations with the masked data attributes. The probability of correct and false household identification depends on human understanding of whether maps contain masked coordinates and the spatial relationships of the points to contextual geographic data. Using a map-based experiment, this study finds that confidence in performing a household identification is substantially lowered when masked points are situated equidistantly between residential parcels. Despite initial notifications that data are masked, map users often report confidence in assigning masked points to specific households. Only map users who receive frequent notifications that the points are masked have reduced confidence in associating them with particular households, thereby lowering identification risk.  相似文献   

Groundwater quality as a geoindicator of organochlorine pesticide contamination after pesticide tomb reclamation: a case study of Franciszkowo, northwestern Poland     

Piotr Manecki  Agnieszka Gałuszka 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2012,67(8):2441-2447

The need of surface soil removal during reclamation of the former underground landfills makes environmental monitoring difficult to perform. Environmental quality assessment after reclamation is very important because it provides information about: (1) the efficiency of remediation, (2) the rate of biodegradation of contaminants which were not removed during reclamation works and (3) the possible migration of contaminants from soil and permeable host rocks to surface waters and groundwaters. The concept of geoindicators, which was introduced to facilitate the assessment of environmental changes, can help assess environmental quality at sites previously subjected to reclamation. The groundwater quality is usually used as a geoindicator of inorganic contaminants. This concept was applied to find changes in organochlorine pesticide concentrations in groundwaters after toxic pesticide burial ground reclamation. The aim of this study was to monitor the concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites in groundwaters at the former pesticide landfill site after its remediation. The study showed that very high concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites in a contaminated soil had a small influence on pesticide concentrations in groundwaters and that this influence decreased in time. It has been 2 years since reclamation of the landfill took place, and the concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in groundwaters dropped to acceptable levels within the current environmental quality standards.  相似文献   

The New Algorithm for Fast Probabilistic Hypocenter Locations     

Wojciech Dębski  Piotr Klejment 《Acta Geophysica》2016,64(6):2382-2409

The spatial location of sources of seismic waves is one of the first tasks when transient waves from natural (uncontrolled) sources are analysed in many branches of physics, including seismology, oceanology, to name a few. It is well recognised that there is no single universal location algorithm which performs equally well in all situations. Source activity and its spatial variability in time, the geometry of recording network, the complexity and heterogeneity of wave velocity distribution are all factors influencing the performance of location algorithms. In this paper we propose a new location algorithm which exploits the reciprocity and time-inverse invariance property of the wave equation. Basing on these symmetries and using a modern finite-difference-type eikonal solver, we have developed a new very fast algorithm performing the full probabilistic (Bayesian) source location. We illustrate an efficiency of the algorithm performing an advanced error analysis for 1647 seismic events from the Rudna copper mine operating in southwestern Poland.  相似文献   

On the variability and spectral distortion of fluorescent iron lines from black hole accretion discs     

Andrzej Nied&#;wiecki  Piotr T. &#;ycki 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,386(2):759-780

We investigate the properties of fluorescent iron lines that arise as a result of the illumination of a black hole accretion disc by an X-ray source located above the disc's surface. We study in detail the light-bending model of the variability of the lines, extending previous work on the subject. We indicate that the bending of photon trajectories to the equatorial plane (a distinct property of the Kerr metric) is the most feasible effect underlying the reduced variability of the lines observed in several objects. A model involving an X-ray source with a varying radial distance, located within a few central gravitational radii around a rapidly rotating black hole, close to the disc's surface, may explain both the elongated red wing of the line profile and the complex variability pattern observed in MCG–6-30-15 by XMM–Newton . We also point out that illumination by radiation that returns to the disc (following the previous reflection) contributes significantly to the formation of the line profile in some cases. As a result of this effect, the line profile always has a pronounced blue peak (which is not observed in the deep minimum state in MCG–6-30-15), unless the reflecting material is absent within the innermost 2–3 gravitational radii.  相似文献   

An attempt to test Ambartsumian's idea of galaxy origin. I Galaxy cluster shape     

Monika Biernacka  Piotr Flin  H. A. Harutyunyan 《Astrophysics》2008,51(3):313-319

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Geostatistical evaluation of magnetic indicators of forest soil contamination with heavy metals     

Jarosław Zawadzki  Tadeus Magiera  Piotr Fabijańczyk 《Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica》2009,53(1):133-149

The goal of the study was the geostatistical evaluation of quantitative magnetic measures, which can be used for effective delineation of the extent of the area polluted with heavy metals. Several parameters of magnetic susceptibility, measured in the soil profile, were proposed as magnetic indicators of soil pollution and analyzed in detail. The following parameters were calculated: maximum magnetic susceptibility, magnetic susceptibility at the depth of 3 cm and 5 cm, and the area under the curve of magnetic susceptibility. Measurements were performed at two forested study areas, located in Upper Silesian Industrial Area (Poland). Analyses were performed using geostatistical methods, and the results were verified using dense chemical measurements. The results showed that the area under curve of magnetic susceptibility was the most effective magnetic indicator of soil contamination with heavy metals. It was possible to detect the entire polluted area, and only about 16% of the study area was assumed to be contaminated while being unpolluted. The results obtained with maximum magnetic susceptibility and magnetic susceptibility at the depth of 3 cm and 5 cm were less effective in comparison with the area under curve of magnetic susceptibility.  相似文献