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B. K. Maloney 《GeoJournal》1993,31(4):355-362
While botanists, archaeologists, historians and linguists have contributed to the debate on the origin of the coconut pollen analysts have been silent. This article attempts to integrate the results of recent palaeoecological research with findings from the other disciplines. 相似文献
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Philip R. Maloney 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1997,248(1-2):105-112
NGC 1068 is a source of luminous emission in the near-infrared lines of molecular hydrogen and [Fe II]. Although these emission lines are commonly attributed to shocks, I show that in NGC 1068 it is quite plausible that they arise in the X-Ray Dissociation Region (XDR) produced by X-ray irradiation of the gas in the disk by the powerful active nucleus. This mechanism naturally produces the observed size scale of the H2 emission. I will also briefly discuss the implications of the observations of the pure rotation lines of H2 with ISO (Lutz, this workshop). 相似文献
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Philip R. Maloney 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1999,266(1-2):207-230
The energy input into the interstellar medium in UltraluminousInfrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) is enormous, regardless of the nature ofthe power source. I discuss some of the major consequences for thestructure and energetics of the ISM in these galaxies. Observationally, the column densities in the nuclear regions of ULIRGsare known to be very high, which makes distinguishing starbursts fromAGN quite difficult. The level of energy and momentum injection meansthat the pressure in the ISM must be extremely high, at least 3-4orders of magnitude larger than in the local ISM or typical giantmolecular clouds. It also means that the luminosity of GMCs in ULIRGsmust be very high, as they must radiate many times their bindingenergy over their lifetimes. I briefly review the influence whichX-ray irradiation can have on the ISM in AGN-powered ULIRGs. Finally,I show that the presence of PAH features in ULIRGs does not imply thatthey must be starburst-dominated, since at the column densities andpressures typical of the ISM in ULIRGs PAHs can survive even at tensof parsec distances from the AGN. 相似文献
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R. Justin Small Shang-Ping Xie Eric D. Maloney Simon P. de Szoeke Toru Miyama 《Climate Dynamics》2011,36(5-6):867-890
Intraseasonal variability in the eastern Pacific warm pool in summer is studied, using a regional ocean?Catmosphere model, a linear baroclinic model (LBM), and satellite observations. The atmospheric component of the model is forced by lateral boundary conditions from reanalysis data. The aim is to quantify the importance to atmospheric deep convection of local air?Csea coupling. In particular, the effect of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies on surface heat fluxes is examined. Intraseasonal (20?C90?day) east Pacific warm-pool zonal wind and outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) variability in the regional coupled model are correlated at 0.8 and 0.6 with observations, respectively, significant at the 99% confidence level. The strength of the intraseasonal variability in the coupled model, as measured by the variance of outgoing longwave radiation, is close in magnitude to that observed, but with a maximum located about 10° further west. East Pacific warm pool intraseasonal convection and winds agree in phase with those from observations, suggesting that remote forcing at the boundaries associated with the Madden?CJulian oscillation determines the phase of intraseasonal convection in the east Pacific warm pool. When the ocean model component is replaced by weekly reanalysis SST in an atmosphere-only experiment, there is a slight improvement in the location of the highest OLR variance. Further sensitivity experiments with the regional atmosphere-only model in which intraseasonal SST variability is removed indicate that convective variability has only a weak dependence on the SST variability, but a stronger dependence on the climatological mean SST distribution. A scaling analysis confirms that wind speed anomalies give a much larger contribution to the intraseasonal evaporation signal than SST anomalies, in both model and observations. A LBM is used to show that local feedbacks would serve to amplify intraseasonal convection and the large-scale circulation. Further, Hovm?ller diagrams reveal that whereas a significant dynamic intraseasonal signal enters the model domain from the west, the strong deep convection mostly arises within the domain. Taken together, the regional and linear model results suggest that in this region remote forcing and local convection?Ccirculation feedbacks are both important to the intraseasonal variability, but ocean?Catmosphere coupling has only a small effect. Possible mechanisms of remote forcing are discussed. 相似文献
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Richard F. Maloney 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2013,47(4):505-515
Abundance and species composition of aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates were compared between an area sprayed with the herbicide Grazon (active ingredient triclopyr), and an upstream control site (no triclopyr). Five Surber samples were collected from each of three riffles in control and treatment sites on eight occasions over a 1‐month period. Aquatic invertebrate species composition was similar in treatment and control sites, and did not change over time. The five taxa that made up 91–95% of all invertebrates by abundance did not vary significantly in treatment compared to control riffles. Abundance of three of the 15 most common taxa (>10 individuals per riffle) differed significantly between treatment and control sites over time. However, none of these fluctuations correspond to the presence of known concentrations of triclopyr in water samples, and it is unlikely that the declines resulted from triclopyr. These results are discussed with reference to known lethal concentrations of triclopyr for some invertebrates, and to the effect of floods on invertebrate populations. 相似文献
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C. Prabhakara Jung-Moon Yoo Steven P. Maloney J. J. Nucciarone Albert Arking Maria Cadeddu G. Dalu 《Climatic change》1996,33(4):459-476
Using Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) channel 2 (Ch. 2, 53.74 GHz) data, Spencer and Christy (1992a) determined that the earth exhibits no temperature trend in the period 1979–90, while other authors find a temperature increase of roughly 0.1 K. Based on a theoretical analysis Prabhakara et al. (1995) showed that the information about the global atmospheric temperature deduced from MSU Ch. 2 observations has a small contamination, T
2, as a result of the attenuation due to hydrometeors in the atmosphere. A method is developed in this study, that utilizes coincident measurements made by MSU in Ch. 1 (50.3 GHz), to estimate this T
2 over the global oceans. The magnitude of T
2 is found to be about 1 K over significant parts of the tropical oceanic rain belts and about 0.25 K over minor portions of the mid-latitude oceanic storm tracks. Due to events such as El Niôo, there is variability from year to year in the rain areas and rain intensity leading to significant change in the patterns of T
2. The patterns of T
2 derived for March 82 and March 83 reveal such a change. When averaged over the global oceans, from 50° N to 50° S, T
2 has a value of 0.25 and 0.29 K for March 1982 and 1983, respectively. Due to these reasons the interannual temperature change derived by Spencer and Christy from MSU Ch. 2 will contain a residual hydrometeor effect. Thus in evaluating decadal trend of the global mean temperature of the order of 0.1 K from MSU Ch. 2 data one has to take into account completely the contamination due to hydrometeors. 相似文献
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Chidong Zhang Min Dong Silvio Gualdi Harry H. Hendon Eric D. Maloney Andrew Marshall Kenneth R. Sperber Wanqiu Wang 《Climate Dynamics》2006,27(6):573-592
The status of the numerical reproduction of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) by current global models was assessed through
diagnoses of four pairs of coupled and uncoupled simulations. Slow eastward propagation of the MJO, especially in low-level
zonal wind, is realistic in all these simulations. However, the simulated MJO suffers from several common problems. The MJO
signal in precipitation is generally too weak and often eroded by an unrealistic split of an equatorial maximum of precipitation
into a double ITCZ structure over the western Pacific. The MJO signal in low-level zonal wind, on the other hand, is sometimes
too strong over the eastern Pacific but too weak over the Indian Ocean. The observed phase relationship between precipitation
and low-level zonal wind associated with the MJO in the western Pacific and their coherence in general are not reproduced
by the models. The seasonal migration in latitude of MJO activity is missing in most simulations. Air–sea coupling generally
strengthens the simulated eastward propagating signal, but its effects on the phase relationship and coherence between precipitation
and low-level zonal wind, and on their geographic distributions, seasonal cycles, and interannual variability are inconsistent
among the simulations. Such inconsistency cautions generalization of results from MJO simulations using a single model. In
comparison to observations, biases in the simulated MJO appear to be related to biases in the background state of mean precipitation,
low-level zonal wind, and boundary-layer moisture convergence. This study concludes that, while the realistic simulations
of the eastward propagation of the MJO are encouraging, reproducing other fundamental features of the MJO by current global
models remains an unmet challenge.
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R.S. Hetem B.A. de WittL.G. Fick A. FullerS.K. Maloney L.C.R. MeyerD. Mitchell G.I.H. Kerley 《Journal of Arid Environments》2011,75(1):20-28
Globally, pastoral practices have transformed habitats, which often lead to desertification. With climate change predicted to exacerbate desertification, adaptation provides the best survival strategy for agriculturally important herbivores. We investigated body temperature, water turnover, physical activity and microclimate selection of Angora goats inhabiting transformed and intact sites in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Although goats on both sites responded similarly under most environmental conditions, when goats were subjected to a thermal stress, imposed by shearing, those inhabiting the transformed site had a faster rate of rise in abdominal temperature (0.38 versus 0.31 °C h−1, P = 0.0009), displayed an increased 24-h abdominal temperature amplitude (1.8 versus 1.6 °C, P = 0.01) and were generally less active (3.9 versus 5.2 activity units) compared to goats inhabiting the intact site. Post-shearing, goats inhabiting the transformed site had higher water turnover rates (P < 0.0001) and selected more variable microclimates (P < 0.0001) than goats inhabiting the intact site, despite obtaining less water from their diet (P = 0.01). Goats inhabiting the transformed site were more water dependent and more susceptible to thermal stresses in their environment than were those inhabiting the intact site. Coping with thermal challenges will be essential for Angora goats if the mohair industry is to thrive under future climate change scenarios. 相似文献