Vertical and cross-wind profiles of mean currents were measured systematically in vertical cross-sections of two wind-wave
tanks with aspect ratios of order one to study the secondary flow in the tanks. A pair of Langmuir cells turned out to be
driven by a close combination of the pressure gradient along the tank and the side-wall effects. That is, part of the adverse
pressure gradient produced a parabolic cross-wind profile with the smallest downwind current at the centerline and the largest
current along the two sidewalls. As a result, upwelling occurred in the center zone where the return flow was strongest, probably
because of the entrainment action of the wind-driven current. In order to compensate for this upwelling, downwelling occurred
along the two side-walls from the flow continuity. The resulting vertical circulation formed a pair of Langmuir circulations
across the span and served to maintain the parabolic profile formed by the pressure gradient. A positive feedback mechanism
is thus found between the primary and secondary circulations through upwelling of the return flow in the center zone. Vertical
shears of the span-averaged downwind current measured in two tanks were found to be systematically different from each other.
This difference seems to depend on the magnitude of the advective Reynolds stresses in the two tanks. 相似文献
Dam-related downstream adjustments of riverbeds are normally investigated by analysing the trend in sediment supply and high flow events during the pre- and post-dam periods. The required data for existing predictive models is not measured at river gauges, which limits the application of these tools. We derived the frequency of sediment-transporting streamflow events (T*) and upstream sediment supply (S*) in the pre- and post-dam periods with widely available gauged records and predicted changes in the downstream riverbed by adapting an existing model. Ten gauging stations in the Godavari River Basin, India, located downstream of dams, were chosen as study sites. Annually surveyed cross-sections at each site validated the accuracy of the predicted dam-related downstream changes. Then, a regression equation (R2 = 0.75) was established between T*/S* (independent variable) and changes in the downstream bed elevation (dependent variable) for the Godavari Basin. We recommended that similar local empirical equations be formulated for larger river basins. Models of large-scale rainfall-runoff and sediment transport processes that can account for the influence of dams, such as the Soil & Water Assessment Tool, can be paired with the proposed regression equation to estimate dam-related downstream erosion and deposition with globally available data. 相似文献
Fracturing of rocks is simulated using an electronic computer, on the assumption that when a stress acts on a model, the fracturing condition is determined according to Mohr's theory and that of Griffith. A rock body is regarded as an aggregate of a grid cell whose strength is expressed by a random number of Gaussian distribution functions and the layered fabric of the rock body is given by inserting layered parts with different strength and with various inclinations. The results displaying the fractures on the grid system suggest that some of the geologic structures such as the echelon or the zigzag pattern of fracture are ascribed to fracturing in a layered or heterogeneous body, and variation of strength and the presence of layered fabric in a rock have a significant influence on fracture patterns developed in the rock. 相似文献
With the increasing availability of high-spatial-resolution remote sensing imageries and with the observed limitations of pixel-based techniques, the development and testing of geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) techniques for image classification have become one of the main research areas in geospatial science. This paper examines and compares the classification performance of a pixel-based method and an object-based method as applied to high- (QuickBird satellite image) and medium- (Landsat TM image) spatial-resolution imageries in the context of urban and suburban landscapes. For the pixel-based classification, the maximum-likelihood supervised classification approach was employed. And for the object-based classification, the pixel-based classified maps were integrated with a set of image segments produced using various calibrations. The results show evidence that the object-based method can produce classifications that are more accurate for both high- and medium-spatial- resolution imageries in the context of urban and suburban landscapes. 相似文献
Experimental investigation was made on hydrothermal alteration of sericite in acid solution. It is found that the sericite is changed to pyrophyllite through kaolinite at 270° C and 260° C, and the alteration is considered to be a consecutive reaction involving two steps, from sericite to kaolinite and from kaolinite to pyrophyllite. On the other hand, pyrophyllite is not formed at 190° C and the sericite is altered to kaolinite. The rate of reaction in each step of this hydrothermal alteration is dependent on reaction temperature and chemical composition of the solution. From the results of the quantitative analyses of the experimental products, kinetic constants and related parameters were obtained.By using these numerical values, an alteration process can be followed in a given model. Computed results for some cases of an alteration of sericite in acid solution are presented. Geological phenomena such as rock alteration or weathering are thought to progress in a disequilibrium state and in an open system. An attempt described in this paper is a physicochemical approach to treat an alteration process accompanied with material transfer occurring in an open system from a kientic viewpoint. 相似文献
Sulphur isotopic compositions of pyrite, anhydrite and native sulphur in volcanic ashes discharged by the 1979 eruption of Ontake volcano, Nagano, Japan were determined. The isotopic data indicate that sulphate in anhydrite and a part of native sulphur were produced by the disproportionation reaction of sulphite formed by dissolution of SO2 in volcanic gases into water which filled a mud reservoir probably located just below the crater zone. Some part of H2S in volcanic gases was fixed as pyrite and some was oxidised to form native sulphur. Hydrothermal alteration of country rocks to form pyrite, anhydrite and clay minerals had proceeded in the mud reservoir before eruption at temperatures ranging from 110° to 185°C which were estimated by oxygen isotopic fractionation between anhydrite and water.
To study the wind field within the atmospheric boundary layer over the Tokyo metropolitan area, Doppler lidar observations
were made 45 km north of Sagami Bay and 30 km west of Tokyo Bay, from 14 May to 15 June 2008. Doppler lidar on 27 May 2008
observed the vertical and horizontal wind structure of a well-developed sea-breeze front (SBF) penetrating from Sagami Bay.
At the SBF, a strong updraft (maximum w approximately equal to 5 m s−1) was formed with a horizontal scale of about 500 m and vertical scale of 2 km. The spatial relationship between the strong
updraft over the nose of the SBF and prefrontal thermal suggests that the strong updraft was triggered by interaction between
the SBF and the thermal. After the updraft commenced, a collocated ceilometer observed an intense aerosol backscatter up to
2 km above ground level. The observational results suggest that the near-surface denser aerosols trapped in the head region
of the SBF escaped from the nose of the SBF and were then vertically transported up to the mixing height by the strong updraft
at the SBF. This implies that these phenomena occurred not continuously but intermittently. The interaction situations between
the SBF and prefrontal thermal can affect the wind structure at the SBF and the regional air quality. 相似文献
Signals from the tsunami waves induced by the March 11, 2011 moment magnitude (Mw) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and from subsequent resonances were detected as radial velocity variability by a high-frequency ocean surface radar (HF radar) installed on the eastern coast of the Kii Channel, at a range of about 1000 km from the epicenter along the eastern to southern coasts of Honshu Island. A time–distance diagram of band-passed (9–200 min) radial velocity along the beam reveals that the tsunami waves propagated from the continental shelf slope to the inner channel as progressive waves for the first three waves, and then natural oscillations were excited by the waves; and that the direction of the tsunami wave propagation and the axis of the natural oscillations differed from that of the radar beam. In addition, spectral analyses of the radial velocities and sea surface heights obtained in the channel and on the continental shelf slope suggest complex natural oscillation modes excited by the tsunami waves. 相似文献
Observations of 5 stellar sources with unusual characteristics of IRAS Low Resolution Spectra were made with the SWS on ISO.
Observed stars are 4 late-type stars with silicate bands and one planetary nebula. Their IRAS LRS contain somewhat unusual
features in respect of the 10/18 μm intensity ratio or narrow emission feature from unknown molecular bands. Some narrow unusual
features are confirmed by ISO SWS01 spectra but the broad features were turned out to be false.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献