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Moisture transport and intraseasonal variability in the South America monsoon system 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Leila M. V. Carvalho Ana E. Silva Charles Jones Brant Liebmann Pedro L. Silva Dias Humberto R. Rocha 《Climate Dynamics》2011,36(9-10):1865-1880
This paper examines moisture transport on intraseasonal timescales over the continent and over the South Atlantic convergence zone (SACZ) during the South America (SA) summer monsoon. Combined Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis (EOFc) of Global Precipitation Climatology Project pentad precipitation, specific humidity, air temperature, zonal and meridional winds at 850?hPa (NCEP/NCAR reanalysis) are performed to identify the large-scale variability of the South America monsoon system and the SACZ. The first EOFc was used as a large-scale index for the South American monsoon (LISAM), whereas the second EOFc characterized the SACZ. LISAM (SACZ) index showed spectral variance on 30?C90 (15?C20) days and were both band filtered (10?C100?days). Intraseasonal wet anomalies were defined when LISAM and SACZ anomalies were above the 75th percentile of their respective distribution. LISAM and SACZ wet events were examined independently of each other and when they occur simultaneously. LISAM wet events were observed with the amplification of wave activity in the Northern Hemisphere and the enhancement of northwesterly cross-equatorial moisture transport over tropical continental SA. Enhanced SACZ was observed with moisture transport from the extratropics of the Southern Hemisphere. Simultaneous LISAM and SACZ wet events are associated with cross-equatorial moisture transport along with moisture transport from Subtropical Southwestern Atlantic. 相似文献
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Hyon-Sohk Ohm Andhika Sahadewa Roman D. Hryciw Dimitrios Zekkos Nicholas Brant 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2013,31(6):1647-1652
A rapid, clean, low-energy, image-based method for determining the grain size distribution of soils by image analysis has been developed. The method is called Sediment Imaging or “Sedimaging”. It develops the grain size distribution for particles in the range between a U.S. Standard Sieve No. 10 (2.0 mm openings) and U.S. Standard Sieve No. 200 (0.075 mm openings) range. The system utilizes a high resolution Nikon D7000 digital single lens reflex camera and image processing software developed specifically for interpreting the images and producing the resulting grain size distribution. The Sedimaging system is more sustainable and environmentally friendly than traditional sieving by virtue of its far lower power needs, less water consumption, longer equipment life and less maintenance. From the environmental and health perspectives, Sedimaging is less noisy, generates no vibrations and produces no airborne particulates. Sedimaging is also significantly faster than sieving and produces thousands of data points compared to typically 8 by sieving; it also automatically computes grain size distribution metrics such as the coefficients of uniformity and gradation. 相似文献
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Tracking eutrophication in Taihu Lake using the diatom record: potential and problems 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Xuhui Dong Helen Bennion Rick Battarbee Xiangdong Yang Handong Yang Enfeng Liu 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(1):413-429
Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in China and has been experiencing eutrophication problems for several decades.
Diatoms in short sediment cores from three bays in northern Taihu Lake were studied in addition to 1-year of seasonal phytoplankton
samples in order to evaluate the rate and magnitude of nutrient enrichment. The dominant species found in the phytoplankton
samples appeared in high percentages in the surface sediment samples, suggesting that the latter faithfully record the modern
diatom flora. The diatom preservation status varied among the three cores, while in all cores the preservation deteriorated
with sediment depth. Due to the superior diatom preservation in the core from Mashan Bay, the fossil diatom record of this
core and an established diatom total phosphorus (TP) transfer function were used to reconstruct the nutrient history of Taihu
Lake. Diatom assemblages changed from Aulacoseira-dominated to other eutrophic planktonic species, such as Stephanodiscus minutulus, Cyclostephanos tholiformis, Cyclotella atomus, C. meneghiniana and S. hantzschii in ca. 1980. Diatom-inferred TP concentrations exhibited little change prior to 1980, with values around 50 μg/l. However,
after 1980 TP concentrations increased significantly and remained in excess of 100 μg/l, reflecting eutrophication of Taihu
Lake. Comparison with TP measurements in the water column from 1988 to 2004, as well as the analogue analysis among fossil
and modern samples, demonstrates that the diatom-TP inference model can reliably hindcast past TP concentrations. Therefore,
the baseline TP value of about 50 μg/l, can be used as a restoration target for Taihu Lake. However, due to the complexity
of this very large, shallow aquatic ecosystem, caution should be exercised when employing the diatom record to track eutrophication.
Further studies on the mechanism of diatom distribution, evolution and preservation are recommended for Taihu Lake. 相似文献
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Thomas A. Davidson Helen Bennion Michael Reid Carl D. Sayer Thomas J. Whitmore 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2018,60(2):109-116
The special issue titled “Putting the Ecology into Palaeoecology” stems from a session with that name that was held at the 2015 International Paleolimnological Association meeting (International Paleolimnology Symposium) in Lanzhou, China. We briefly describe the motivation for the session, and summarise the contributions to this special issue. Additionally, we discuss our perceptions and concerns about the progress, challenges and future directions of palaeolimnology, stressing the importance of meaningful integration of ecological principles and thinking into palaeoapproaches. 相似文献
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Stephen V. Prentice Helen M. Roe Helen Bennion Carl D. Sayer Jorge Salgado 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2018,59(2):189-199
Lakes are common natural systems for which sedimentation is considered to be relatively simple, generally dominated by fluvial processes along the margin and prevailing low-energy settling in the central, deeper parts. However, for many lakes, higher-energy wind-driven processes dominate. As such, a new category of lakes is proposed, herein referred to as wind-driven waterbodies (WWB). WWB display a sedimentation largely dominated by wave related processes and wind-induced lake-scale water circulation evidenced by the construction of beach ridges, spits or cuspate spits along their shorelines, and by sediment drifts, sedimentary shelf progradation and erosional surfaces in their deeper, offshore domains. WWB are observed worldwide, they share a common physiography that favours wind-forced hydrodynamics and related sedimentation patterns. This physiography is expressed by the IWWB index, a ratio of the maximum representative fetch relative to mean basin depth. It is proposed that an index value greater than three favours the evolution of a lake as a WWB. The WWB concept represents a new end-member in an alternative, sedimentologically-based lake classification that is proposed in this paper. 相似文献
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Effects of in-situ conditions on relative permeability characteristics of CO2-brine systems 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (CCGS) is an emerging technology that is increasingly being considered for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. Deep saline aquifers provide a very large capacity for CO2 storage and, unlike hydrocarbon reservoirs and coal beds, are immediately accessible and are found in all sedimentary basins.
Proper understanding of the displacement character of CO2-brine systems at in-situ conditions is essential in ascertaining CO2 injectivity, migration and trapping in the pore space as a residual gas or supercritical fluid, and in assessing the suitability
and safety of prospective CO2 storage sites. Because of lack of published data, the authors conducted a program of measuring the relative permeability
and other displacement characteristics of CO2-brine systems for sandstone, carbonate and shale formations in central Alberta in western Canada. The tested formations are
representative of the in-situ characteristics of deep saline aquifers in compacted on-shore North American sedimentary basins.
The results show that the capillary pressure, interfacial tension, relative permeability and other displacements characteristics
of CO2-brine systems depend on the in-situ conditions of pressure, temperature and water salinity, and on the pore size distribution
of the sedimentary rock. This paper presents a synthesis and interpretation of the results. 相似文献
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Yurena Yanes Christopher S. Romanek Heather A. Brant María R. Alonso 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2009,73(14):4077-6869
Land snails provide a unique opportunity to study terrestrial paleoenvironments because their shells, which are generally highly abundant and well-preserved in the fossil record, contain a temporal record of environmental change in the form of isotope codes. To evaluate the utility of this approach for a low-latitude oceanic setting, 207 modern shells of 18 species of land snail were analyzed for their oxygen and carbon isotope composition along a north and south facing altitudinal gradient (10-2160 m a.s.l.) in Tenerife Island (∼28°N) of the Canary Archipelago.Shells collected at each locality showed a relatively large range in isotope composition which was greater along the south facing transect (drier and hotter), suggesting that the variance in shell isotope values may be related to water-stress. Although pooled isotope values did not generally show strong relationships with environmental variables (i.e., altitude, temperature and precipitation), mean isotope values were strongly associated with some climatic factors when grouped by site. The mean δ18O value of the shell (δ18Oshell) by site displayed a negative correlation with elevation, which is consistent with the positive relationship observed between temperature and the δ18O value of rain (δ18Orain). Calculated δ18O values of the snail body water (δ18Obody) derived from observed temperatures and δ18Oshell values (using the equation of Grossman and Ku [Grossman E. L. and Ku T. L. (1986) Oxygen and carbon isotope fractionation in biogenic aragonite. Chem. Geol. (Isotope Geosci. Sec.)59, 59-74]) displayed a trend with respect to altitude that was similar to measured and hypothetical δ18O values for local rain water. The calculated δ18Obody values from the shell declined 0.17‰ (VSMOW) per 100 m, which is consistent with the “altitude effect” observed for tropical rains in Western Africa, and it correlated negatively with rainfall amount. Accordingly, lower δ18Oshell values indicate lower temperatures, lower δ18Orain values and possibly, higher rainfall totals. A positive correlation between the mean δ13C values of shells (δ13Cshell) and plants by site suggests that shells potentially record information about the surrounding vegetation. The δ13Cshell values varied between −15.7 and −0.6‰ (VPDB), indicating that snails consumed C3 and C4/CAM plants, where more negative δ13Cshell values probably reflects the preferential consumption of C3 plants which are favored under wetter conditions. Individuals with more positive δ13Cshell values consumed a larger percentage of C4 plants (other potential factors such as carbonate ingestion or atmospheric CO2 contribution were unlikely) that were more common at lower elevations of the hotter and drier south facing transect. The relatively wide range of shell isotope values within a single site requires the analysis of numerous shells for meaningful paleoclimatic studies. Although small differences were observed in isotope composition among snail species collected at a single sampling site, they were not significant, suggesting that isotope signatures extracted from multi-taxa snail data sets may be used to infer environmental conditions over a broad range of habitats. 相似文献
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Brant?W.?TouchetteEmail author JoAnn?M.?Burkholder Howard?B.?Glasgow 《Estuaries and Coasts》2003,26(1):142-155
In an experimental mesocosm system, we evaluated changes in morphology and tissue nutrient content (carbon [C], nitrogen [N],
phosphorus [P]) of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) as influenced by increased temperature and nitrate. During the late summer-fall growing season (14 weeks, August through
mid-November), control plants were compared to plants grown at elevated temperatures (3°C to 4°C above ambient, based on 20-yr
weekly means) and elevated water column nitrate enrichment (8 μM NO3
−, pulsed daily). Both increased temperature and increased nitrate led to declines in shoot density (by 40% and 48% for nitrate
and temperature treatments, respectively), as well as decreased leaf and root production. High temperature promoted increased
total C content of leaf tissues, whereas high nitrate increased the percentage of N in belowground tissues and depressed the
C∶N ratio in aboveground tissues. The data indicated that increases in nitrate or temperature can significantly reduce the
size ofZ. marine shoots and can also alter the internal C and N content. This reduction was not associated with significant increases in light-attenuating
algae as we controlled epiphytic growth, so we suggest that a direct physiological mechanism or other mechanism was involved. 相似文献
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Surface-Piercing Propellers (SPPs) are the preferred propulsion system for light to moderately loaded high-speed applications due to the high fuel efficiency. For highly loaded applications, the efficiency of SPPs tends to decrease because of the limited submerged blade area and the presence of large suction side cavities. Moreover, it is a challenge to design large-scale SPPs that can maintain reliable fatigue strength and avoid vibration issues while maximizing the propeller thrust for a given power input. In this work, three SPP designs are presented for different size Surface Effect Ships (SESs) that can attain a maximum advance speed of 25.72 m/s (50 knots). A previously developed and validated three-dimensional (3-D) coupled boundary element method-finite element method (BEM-FEM) is used for the transient hydroelastic analysis of SPPs. The method is validated by comparing the predicted hydrodynamic performance with those obtained using a vortex-lattice method (VLM) and a Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solver. The hydrodynamic and structural dynamic performance of the SPPs are presented. Finally, challenges associated with the design related analyzes of large-scale SPPs are discussed. 相似文献
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Richard W. Battarbee David Morley Helen Bennion Gavin L. Simpson Michael Hughes Viktorija Bauere 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2011,45(4):405-414
We describe a palaeolimnological meta-database (“LakeCores”) that includes information for lakes in Europe that have been
cored for studies of recent environmental change. Only cores with intact mud-water interfaces and good chronologies for the
last ~100–200 years are currently included. The information provided in the database includes the general characteristics
of the lakes cored, the methods used for dating and analysis and the bibliographic source of the information selected. At
present the database contains information on 1847 studies from 975 sites. Here we use the database to identify cores for which
diatom-based pH and total phosphorus (TP) reconstructions have been derived and, from an inspection of the relevant papers,
we compile summary data for the timing and extent of acidification and eutrophication of lakes across Europe. We show that
there were few cases of acidification and eutrophication in Europe prior to about 1850, and therefore that conditions prior
to 1850 can be used for reference with respect to current attempts to restore surface waters to “good ecological status”.
We also show the extent to which pH and TP levels have changed across the continent both for all lakes, and, in the case of
TP, for lakes of different types covering a range of alkalinities, altitudes, water depths and surface areas. 相似文献