Aspects of the zero level problem of solar magnetographs

The zero level problem of solar magnetographs is particularly important for observations of large-scale magnetic fields on the Sun. Experiments conducted at the STOP telescope of the Sayan observatory show that, in addition to adjustment errors of the polarization analyzer and the spectrograph focusing, spurious signals of the magnetograph are caused by polarization effects in optical components preceding the polarization analyzer and aberration errors of the spectrograph.     

Seabed Morphology and Pollution Along the Bagnoli Coast (Naples, Italy): a Hypothesis for Environmental Restoration

Abstract. The interaction of coastal and submarine morphology with the hydrodynamic regimes exerts a control on coastal dynamic processes, conditioning the dispersion of sediments and potential pollutants existing in the area. Thus, the study of such parameters is useful in order to define environmental threats. Within the submerged sector of the Bagnoli coast and particularly in the southern part of the investigated area, there are sediment groups composed of very fine sands located in low-energy zones due to wave refraction and diffraction; they can also be found on the sea bottom and on the man-made structures typical of this zone. These areas show high pollutant levels of N, P, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cd, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated bi-phenyls (PCBs). The northern area, a place of high-energy hydrodynamic processes, also shows high concentration levels of pollutants due to the presence of secondary cell circulation.
Morphological research and analysis of textural characteristics of bottom sediments along the Bagnoli coast allowed the actual processes and their evolution in space and time to be defined. It has also been possible to correlate such processes to the seabed morphology system, the wave formations which affect the coast, the complex system of sediment transport, as well as to the man-made interventions in the area. The results of recent chemical analyses of beach sediments and bottom sediments off the Bagnoli coast were also incorporated. They prove the presence of heavy metals, PAHs and PCBs in high and sometimes very high concentrations. Finally, based on the results of research and analyses, a hypothesis for an intervention for environmental restoration has been formulated in order to renaturalise the coast through dredging and treatment of the sand, both on the seabed and on the emerged beach.     

Comments on the Gravity and Magnetic Anomalies of Saros Bay using Wavelet Approach

In this paper, residual and regional gravity and magnetic anomalies of Saros Bay are separated using wavelet method. Wavelet is one of the modern, stochastic image approaches processing technique in electronics. The vertical, horizontal and diagonal components of wavelet output are evaluated simultaneously and an underground model is obtained by suitable cross-sections. Thus the geological and tectonic properties of Saros Bay are extracted. Our proposed model is confirmed by deep and shallow seismic researches of Turkish Petroleum Cooperation (TPAO). The South-East region of Saros Graben is formed by strike slip Ganos Fault and Anafartalar reverse Fault that lies on the east of Ganos Fault. On the Northwest region, there is strike slip component fault resulting in the Enez Graben. Here we detected two new oval type geological structure, both of them starting from the Eastern direction of Canakkale Dardanelles and but one of them continuing through Gelibolu Peninsuls, while the other tending to the Enez Graben. We think that these structures are the ruins of a very old sea in this region. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

上饶市2000年6月22～23日连续暴雨过程浅析

对上饶市2000年6月22～23日连续暴雨的形势场以及卫星云图进行了分析,得出了一些有益的结论。     

Validation of MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields for monitoring deforestation and forest degradation: two cases in Mexico

This study assesses whether MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields percent tree cover (PTC) data can detect deforestation and forest degradation. To assess the usefulness of PTC for detecting deforestation, we used a data set consisting of eight forest and seven non-forest categories. To evaluate forest degradation, we used data from two temperate forest types in three conservation states: primary (dense), secondary (moderately degraded) and open (heavily degraded) forest. Our results show that PTC can differentiate temperate forest from non-forest categories (p = 0.05) and thus suggests PTC can adequately detect deforestation in temperate forests. In contrast, single-date PTC data does not appear to be adequate to detect forest degradation in temperate forests. As for tropical forest, PTC can partially discriminate between forest and non-forest categories.     

南极菲尔德斯半岛潮间带沉积物细菌的多样性及分离菌产酶测定

摘要:南极菲尔德斯半岛具有多种不同特征的生态地理微环境,如长城科考站、企鹅岛、生物湾与黄金湾流域、半岛南部、碧玉滩等。这些区域因水文地质、动植物分布、人类活动程度等不同而具有明显的生态地理差异。本研究从这些微环境海岸潮间带采集了7份代表性沉积物样品,采用16S rRNA基因高通量测序方法,对其细菌类群的多样性以及环境理化因子的影响进行了比较分析;同时采用常规可培养鉴定方法,对样品的分离菌株产酶状况进行了初步测定。结果表明：整体上看,所有样品的细菌类群主要分布在45门、104纲、442属当中,表现出比较高的多样性。其中,优势菌门Proteobacteria主要分布在半岛南部、碧玉滩和生物湾潮间带沉积物物中,优势菌门Bacteroidetes主要分布在企鹅岛两侧和黄金湾潮间带沉积物,长城站潮间带沉积物的优势门为Firmicutes。相似生态微环境的潮间带沉积物具有不同的优势菌门和纲;而不同生态微环境潮间带沉积物却具相同的优势菌门和纲。有机氮（TON）、NH4+-N、NO3--N、PO43--P、NO2--N含量与企鹅岛两侧、生物湾、黄金湾潮间带沉积物的菌群多样性具有相关性,其中TON对生物湾样品的影响最大,而有机碳（TOC）对所有样品的影响较小。分离菌株的产酶实验表明：在企鹅岛、生物湾、黄金湾等动物频繁出没的潮间带样品中,蕴藏着一批产淀粉酶、酪蛋白酶、脂肪酶、七叶苷酶、过氧化氢酶能力较强菌株,这为今后进一步的应用开发提供了宝贵的低温产酶菌株来源。 关键词: 菲尔德斯半岛; 潮间带沉积物; 细菌类群多样性; 产酶菌株     

基于MDI/SOHO合成图的全球磁场外推

用势场方法和格林函数解构造了三维日冕磁场.相关的边界条件是所观测的光球磁场以及光球上2.6个太阳半径的开放场(源表面).所用的光球数据来自高精度的MDI/SOHO观测(2″/像素,1桢/98min).这种外推方法可以用来分析太阳大事件在大尺度上的可能触发机制.作为一个例子,我们分析了活动区NOAA9077的外推日冕场,发现它们的形态与EIT/SOHO的日冕观测相符很好.结合全日面Hα演化,我们推测来自活动区9082的一次激波扰动应该是导致2000年7月14日大耀斑和日冕物质抛射的触发原因,该扰动沿着外推所得到的一个磁环系统直接传到大耀斑爆发位置.     

影响广西热带气旋暴雨的环境流场和一些物理量特征分析

通过综合利用ECMWF提供的热带风场、气压场、高度场等资料,对24例影响广西的热带气旋环境流场和一些物理量特征进行了较为深入的分析。结果表明:大多数热带气旋的发生、发展都与赤道西风急流向东扩展或热带气旋东侧南风急流向北扩展有关;造成广西大范围台风暴雨的因素不仅取决于台风登陆地点和登陆后的路径以及中心是否直接进入广西内陆有关,而且还与副热带高压脊线的位置和面积指数、强度指数的变化关系密切。登陆台风在影响广西的过程中,其台风东侧的偏南风急流中心涌进广西和正涡度中心进入广西对产生大范围的暴雨起着重要的作用。     

云南8月气温与春季气温场的典型相关分析

利用典型相关理论,分析了云南８月低温与当年春季气温场之间的关系,得出了一些有意义的结果。春季影响云南的西风带南支槽、副热带高压和北方南下冷空气等天气系统的强弱（南支槽的强和弱用滇西气温的负距平和正距平表示,副热带高压的强和弱用滇东南气温的正距平和负距平表示,冷空气的强和弱用滇东气温的负距平和正距平表示）与８月份云南是否出现低温天气关系较大,８月份云南北部和西部出现低温天气与２月份冷空气和南支槽的强     

Cluster-scale magnetic fields

The search for non thermal radio emission from clusters of galaxies is a powerful tool to investigate the existence of magnetic fields on such large scale. Unfortunately, such observations are scarce thus far, mainly because of the very faint large scale radio emission expected in clusters of galaxies. In the present contribution we will first review the status of the radio observations of clusters of galaxies, carried out with the aim of detecting large scale radio emission.We will then focus on the large scale radio emission detected at 327 MHz and 610 MHz in the Coma cluster of galaxies. The features of the detected radio emission suggest that a magnetic field with an intensity of the order of ~ 10^–7 Gauss must be present on a scale of about 2 Mpc (forH _o = 100km s ^–1 Mpc ^–1). The morphology of the radio emission is similar to that of the most recent X-ray images derived with ROSAT, and follows the distribution of the galaxies in the cluster. All these pieces of information will be taken into account in the discussion on the possible origin of this large scale magnetic field.