We have constructed a time series of the number of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by SOHO/LASCO during solar cycle
23. Using spectral analysis techniques (the maximum entropy method and wavelet analysis) we found short-period (< one year)
semiperiodic activity. Among others, we found interesting periodicities at 193, 36, 28, and 25 days. We discuss the implications
of such short-period activity in terms of the emergence and escape of magnetic flux from the convection zone, through the
low solar atmosphere (where these periodicities have been found for numerous activity parameters), toward interplanetary space.
This analysis shows that CMEs remove the magnetic flux in a quasiperiodic process in a way similar to that of magnetic flux
emergence and other solar eruptive activity. 相似文献
Nitrate and ammonium are the most important nitrogen sources for phytoplankton growth. Differential utilization of inorganic
nitrogenous compounds by phytoplankton has been observed and may have significant impacts on primary productivity at local
scales. We used enrichment experiments with natural phytoplankton populations from the freshwater tidal zone of the Guadiana
estuary, a coastal ecosystem increasingly subjected to anthropogenic influences, to study the effects of nitrate and ammonium
on N-consumption and phytoplankton growth. In addition, we used combined additions of nitrate and ammonium to understand the
inhibitory effect of ammonium over nitrate uptake. Ammonium concentrations in the freshwater tidal reaches of the Guadiana
estuary throughout the sampling period were too low to exert an inhibitory effect on nitrate uptake or a toxic effect on phytoplankton
growth. Nitrate was clearly the main nitrogen source for phytoplankton at the study site. Overall, nitrate seemed to become
limiting at concentrations lower than 20 μM and N-limitation was particularly significant during summer. A trend of decreasing
nitrate uptake with increasing ammonium concentrations and uptake suggested an overall preference for ammonium. However, preference
for ammonium was group-specific, and it was observed mainly in green algae and cyanobacteria. In fact, cyanobacteria relied
only on ammonium as their N-source. On the contrary, diatoms preferred nitrate, and did not respond to ammonium additions.
The increasing eutrophication in the Guadiana estuary and particularly increased inputs of nitrogen as ammonium due to urban
waste effluents may result in a shift in phytoplankton community composition, towards a dominance of cyanobacteria and green
algae. 相似文献
Sea levels of different atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) respond to climate change forcing in different ways, representing a crucial uncertainty in climate change research. We isolate the role of the ocean dynamics in setting the spatial pattern of dynamic sea-level (ζ) change by forcing several AOGCMs with prescribed identical heat, momentum (wind) and freshwater flux perturbations. This method produces a ζ projection spread comparable in magnitude to the spread that results from greenhouse gas forcing, indicating that the differences in ocean model formulation are the cause, rather than diversity in surface flux change. The heat flux change drives most of the global pattern of ζ change, while the momentum and water flux changes cause locally confined features. North Atlantic heat uptake causes large temperature and salinity driven density changes, altering local ocean transport and ζ. The spread between AOGCMs here is caused largely by differences in their regional transport adjustment, which redistributes heat that was already in the ocean prior to perturbation. The geographic details of the ζ change in the North Atlantic are diverse across models, but the underlying dynamic change is similar. In contrast, the heat absorbed by the Southern Ocean does not strongly alter the vertically coherent circulation. The Arctic ζ change is dissimilar across models, owing to differences in passive heat uptake and circulation change. Only the Arctic is strongly affected by nonlinear interactions between the three air-sea flux changes, and these are model specific.
Phytoplankton seasonal and interannual variability in the Guadiana upper estuary was analyzed during 1996–2005, a period that
encompassed a climatic controlled reduction in river flow that was superimposed on the construction of a dam. Phytoplankton
seasonal patterns revealed an alternation between a persistent light limitation and episodic nutrient limitation. Phytoplankton
succession, with early spring diatom blooms and summer–early fall cyanobacterial blooms, was apparently driven by changes
in nutrients, water temperature, and turbulence, clearly demonstrating the role of river flow and climate variability. Light
intensity in the mixed layer was a prevalent driver of phytoplankton interannual variability, and the increased turbidity
caused by the Alqueva dam construction was linked to pronounced decreases in chlorophyll a concentration, particularly at the start and end of the phytoplankton growing period. Decreases in annual maximum and average
abundances of diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria were also detected. Furthermore, chlorophyll a decreases after dam filling and a decrease in turbidity may point to a shift from light limitation towards a more nutrient-limited
mode in the near future. 相似文献
One way to investigate the magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling is through the simultaneous observation of different parameters measured at different locations of the geospace environment and try to determine some relationships among them. The main objective of this work is to examine how the solar energetic particles and the interplanetary medium conditions may affect the space and time configuration of the ring current at low-latitudes and also to get a better understanding on how these particles interfere with the lower ionosphere in the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly region (SAMA). To accomplish this, the cosmic noise absorption (CNA) and the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field data measured from sites located in the SAMA region were compared with the proton and electron fluxes, interplanetary medium conditions (solar wind and the north–south component of the interplanetary magnetic field measured on board satellites), the SYM-H index and magnetometer data from Kakioka (KAK-Japan), located significantly outside the SAMA region. The time series analyzed correspond to the geomagnetic disturbance that occurred on August 25–30, 1998. The analysis was performed by implementing wavelet techniques, with particular attention to singularities detection, which highlights the presence of transient signals. The results are discussed in terms of the first three wavelet decomposition levels of the parameters. The magnitude of wavelet coefficients of the solar wind and proton flux at the two energy ranges analyzed is timely well correlated, indicating that these two signals are energetically linked. The larger wavelet coefficient amplitude of KAK and VSS magnetograms shows time delays that are compatible with an asymmetric configuration of the ring current, considering that at the storm time, VSS was at the dawn sector of the magnetosphere and KAK at the dusk side. The wavelet analysis of CNA signals reveals that the signal may be sensitive to the ionization produced by energetic electrons and protons as well. The time delays observed in wavelet coefficients may give an indication of the different accelerating process to which the particles are submitted when traveling along the magnetic field lines, from higher to lower latitudes, and the likely contribution of these particles to the ionization measured as an absorption of the cosmic noise in the lower ionosphere. 相似文献
The growing search for clean and renewable energy sources has given rise to the studies of exploring sea wave energy. This paper is concerned with the numerical evaluation of the main operational principle of a submerged plate employed for the conversion of wave energy into electrical one. The numerical model used to solve the conservation equations of mass, momentum and transport of volume fraction is based on the finite volume method (FVM). In order to tackle with the flow of mixture of air-water and its interaction with the device, the multiphase model volume of fluid (VOF) is employed. The purpose of this study is the evaluation of a numerical model for improvement of the knowledge about the submerged plate wave energy converter, as well as the investigation of the effect of the distance from the plate to the bottom of the sea (HP) on the performance of the converter. The simulations for several distances of the plate from the seabed show that the optimal efficiency is 64%, which is obtained for HP=0.53 m (88% of the depth). This efficiency is 17% larger than that found in the worst case (HP=0.46 m, 77% of the depth). 相似文献
A parametric study of an embankment on soft soils reinforced with stone columns is performed using a computer program based
on the finite element method. The cylindrical unit cell formulation is used by modeling one column and its surrounding soft
soil with confined axisymmetric behaviour. The computer program incorporates the Biot consolidation theory (coupled formulation
of the flow and equilibrium equations) with constitutive relations simulated by the p–q–θ critical state model. The following parameters are analysed: the replacement area ratio, the deformability of the column
material, the thickness of the soft soil, the deformability of the fill and the friction angle of the column material. Based
on the results of this study, a new design method is proposed, relating the settlement improvement factor to the two factors
that revealed major influence: the replacement area ratio and the ratio between the deformability of the soft soil and the
deformability of the column material. 相似文献
Mathematical Geosciences - In mine planning, geospatial estimates of variables such as comminution indexes and metallurgical recovery are extremely important to locate blocks for which the energy... 相似文献