Dust deposition near an eroding source field

Deposition of suspended dust near eroding source fields can have detrimental effects on vegetation, as well as on soil and water quality. This study was undertaken to quantify dust deposition within 200 m of a source field during wind erosion events. Erosion was measured with BSNE samplers on a small field of Amarillo fine sandy loam at field at Big Spring, TX. Suspension‐sized dust discharge averaged 33 ± 5 per cent of the total sediment discharge and ranged from 18·0 to 147·4 kg m^?1 during eight selected storm events. Within 200 m of the source field boundary, dust collected in deposition samplers placed above a vegetated surface averaged 34 per cent of initial dust discharge. Predicted deposition, according to a line source model, was 43 per cent. Actual deposition was likely near that predicted, because of lateral diffusion of the dust and some under‐sampling by the disk samplers. Thus, the line source model seems useful in estimating both the pattern and quantity of deposition. About 30 per cent of the suspended dust was deposited within the initial 50 m of vegetated surface, but only about 12–15 per cent was deposited in the initial 10 m. Published in 2006 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonlinear convection in an imposed horizontal magnetic field

Abstract

Nonlinear two-dimensional magnetoconvection, with a Boussinesq fluid driven across the field-lines, is taken as a model for giant-cell convection in the sun and late-type stars. A series of numerical experiments shows the sensitivity of the horizontal scale of convection to the applied field and to the Rayleigh number R. Overstable oscillations occur in cells as broad as they are deep, but increasing R leads to steady motions of much greater wavelength. Purely geometrical effects can cause oscillation: this work implies that strong horizontal field will in general lead to time-dependent convection.     

Modelling exhaust plume mixing in the near field of an aircraft

A simplified approach has been applied to analyse the mixing and entrainment processes of the engine exhaust through their interaction with the vortex wake of an aircraft. Our investigation is focused on the near field, extending from the exit nozzle until about 30 s after the wake is generated, in the vortex phase. This study was performed by using an integral model and a numerical simulation for two large civil aircraft: a two-engine Airbus 330 and a four-engine Boeing 747. The influence of the wing-tip vortices on the dilution ratio (defined as a tracer concentration) shown. The mixing process is also affected by the buoyancy effect, but only after the jet regime, when the trapping in the vortex core has occurred. In the early wake, the engine jet location (i.e. inboard or outboard engine jet) has an important influence on the mixing rate. The plume streamlines inside the vortices are subject to distortion and stretching, and the role of the descent of the vortices on the maximum tracer concentration is discussed. Qualitative comparison with contrail photograph shows similar features. Finally, tracer concentration of inboard engine centreline of B-747 are compared with other theoretical analyses and measured data.     

Secular trend near the focus of maximum horizontal intensity

Summary Secular variations inH at four Indian observatories near the regional focus of maximum horizontal intensity show that a reversal of the increasing trend occurred from about, 1965. Broad agreement in the secular trends is seen with some differences in detail. The changes observed at the observatories do not appear to be due to positional shift of the focus. The differences in the trends are attributable to secondary induced current effects in the earth's upper mantle or crust. An apparent long-period variation of 110 years is shown to be part of a much longer period trend.     

Magneto-acoustic-gravity waves in the horizontal magnetic field

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In this paper we consider the propagation of magneto-acoustic-gravity waves in a compressible, conducting isothermal atmosphere permeated by a uniform horizontal magnetic field. The singular levels, arising in a horizontal magnetic field, are considered in their most general form. Exact analytical solutions for a number of particular cases of wave propagation are obtained. The wave transformation is analyzed for all these cases using the solutions obtained.

Based on the theory of wave propagation across a magnetic field, low-frequency wave trapping in a chromospheric resonator is explained, and some properties of running penumbral waves are discussed.     

Short-term precursor of the geomagnetic horizontal field transfer functions

IntroductionThe history of studying the changes in deep geoelectric conductivity of an earthquake preparation using the parameters of geomagnetic short-period variations has been about 30 years. At first, Japanese calculated the real transfer functions as well as the a and b coefficients of Parkinson vector by taking the measurement of graph and using empirical formula. There are some examples, such as the 1923 Kanto M=7.9 earthquake (Yanagihara, 1972), the 1966 Tashkent M=5.5 earthquake, t…     

地球磁层的磁场模型

1958年卫星探测发现了磁层,至今已有半个世纪,对磁层电场、电流体系、磁场、粒子分布和等离子体波的探测研究构成了空间物理的重要内容,其结果是各种磁层模型的出现.本文简要综述磁层磁场建模的基本原理、方法和发展历史,对十几种重要的磁层模型的特点、局限性和适用范围进行了对比分析,以Tyganenko模型为例,讨论了磁层模型发展的趋势.     

Linear stability of a non-constantly stratified horizontal layer penetrated by an azimuthal magnetic field

Summary The convection in a rapidly rotating, electrically conducting, horizontal fluid layer, non-constantly stratified and penetrated by an inhomogeneous magnetic field, is studied. The convection is investigated for various ratios of the thickness of the stable and unstable stratified part of the layer. The thermal model of the layer, as well as the analysis of the results have been treated with regard to the physical conditions in the liquid core of the Earth.

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Refined representations of the horizontal electric components of the normal field of a high-frequency horizontal electric dipole

Among the components of normal dipole fields useful in high-frequency electric prospecting, the electric components E and E _y of the normal field of the horizontal electric dipole are considerably complicated in structure. By checking these values by means of computer mathematics in combination with the development of the classical (dynamical) theory of interference soundings, the above expressions alluded to in geophysical literature were shown to contain considerable errors. The present paper is devoted to this question.     

中近磁尾等离子体片统计特性研究

本文使用Cluster-C1卫星的CIS仪器和FGM仪器测量得到的质子通量数据和计算的β数据,判断Cluster卫星在地球磁尾不同位置位于等离子体片内的概率.使用2001-2004年7-11月的Cluster-C1数据,分别在行星际磁场南向和北向时,得出XRE区域内卫星位于等离子体片的概率在Y-Dz平面的分布图(Dz是卫星到中性片的距离).通过对比行星际磁场南向和北向时的卫星位于等离子体片的概率的分布图,我们发现等离子体片在行星际磁场南向时比在行星际磁场北向时要薄,并且这个效应在磁尾晨昏两侧比在午夜附近明显,同时我们还发现等离子体片在晨侧比在昏侧厚.     

Magnetic diffusion and the motion of field lines

Diffusion of a magnetic field through a plasma is discussed in one-, two- and three-dimensional configurations, together with the possibility of describing such diffusion in terms of a magnetic flux velocity, which, when it exists, is in general non-unique. Physically useful definitions of such a velocity include doing so in terms of the energy flow or in such a way that it vanishes in a steady state. Straight field lines (or plane flux surfaces) diffuse as if flux is disappearing at a neutral sheet, whereas circular field lines (or cylindrical flux surfaces) do so as if flux is disappearing at an 0-type neutral line. In three dimensions it is not always possible to define a flux velocity, for example when the magnetic flux through a closed field line is changing in time. However, in at least some such cases it is possible to describe the behaviour of the magnetic field in terms of a pair of quasi-flux-velocities.     

Scale effects on modelling the seismic signature of gas: results from an outcrop analogue

Numerous examples of reservoir fields from continental and marine environments involve thin‐bedded geology, yet, the inter‐relationship between thin‐bedded geology, fluid flow and seismic wave propagation is poorly understood. In this paper, we explore the 4D seismic signature due to saturation changes of gas within thin layers, and address the challenge of identifying the relevant scales and properties, which correctly define the geology, fluid flow and seismic wave propagation in the field. Based on the study of an outcrop analogue for a thin‐bedded turbidite, we model the time‐lapse seismic response to fluid saturation changes for different levels of model scale, and explore discrepancies in quantitative seismic attributes caused by upscaling. Our model reflects the geological complexity associated with thin‐bedded turbidites, and its coupling to fluid flow, which in turn affects the gas saturation distribution in space, and its time‐lapse seismic imprint. Rock matrix and fluid properties are modelled after selected fields to reproduce representative field models with realistic impedance contrasts. In addition, seismic modelling includes multiples, in order to assess their contribution in seismic propagation through thin gas layers. Our results show that multiples could contribute significantly to the measured amplitudes in the case of thin‐bedded geology. This suggests that forward/inverse modelling involving the flow simulation and seismic domains used in time‐lapse seismic interpretation should account for thin layers, when these are present in the geological setting.     

Wave effects in the field of a high-frequency horizontal electric dipole

A normal electromagnetic field of the high-frequency horizontal electric dipole is analyzed with allowance for the displacement currents in the earth and air. The components of the field are calculated by the method of partial integration for nonsmooth behavior of the integrand. The boundary between the quasistationary and wave zone of the source is established according to the results of calculations. The effects arising in the wave zone due to the displacement currents in the air are considered. The results of the calculations are confirmed by field experiments.     

Anisotropy of the horizontal velocity fluctuation field in the large wavenumber region

Mesoscale atmospheric wind, temperature, and density fluctuations are described in terms of their power spectra. In the early 1980s, VanZandt[1] showed that the observed spectrum of the atmospheric fluctuations can result, as in the ocean, from an interna…     

Plumes of the plasmasphere and variations in the geomagnetic field horizontal component

The effects of the dayside and dusk plumes of the plasmasphere during the ring current recovery phase on the disturbance level of the ground geomagnetic field horizontal component have been considered. It has been indicated that the geomagnetic field horizontal component changes specifically and synchronously in the region corresponding to the plasmaspheric dayside plume. Outside the plume the time variations in the geomagnetic field horizontal component pronouncedly differs. A spectral analysis of disturbances in the geomagnetic field horizontal components in the range of geomagnetic pulsations indicated that the intensity in the range of Pc4 pulsations increases at magnetic stations located on field lines corresponding to the dayside and dusk plumes of the plasmasphere. These pulsations detected in the dynamic spectrum of the geomagnetic field horizontal components in the dayside plume region of the plasmasphere, probably reflect the resonance oscillations of magnetic field lines in the region of field-aligned currents at comparatively low altitudes. We assume that this is caused by the instability of field-aligned currents originating as a result of the interaction between the ring current energetic ions and electromagnetic waves in the region with a relatively dense background plasma of the dayside plume.     

地磁场水平梯度及高空地磁场的计算与分析

本文以2000.0年中国地区的实测数据为例,首先利用5阶Taylor多项式方法建立了各分量的地磁模型,接着对模型中各分量的纬度和经度进行微分,计算得到各分量的水平梯度值,并绘制了相应分量沿南北方向和东西方向的水平梯度分布图,最后通过Zmuda多项式方法,基于地面模型值以及水平梯度值计算了高空(100 km)的各分量磁场值,并分析了水平梯度分布规律以及各分量随垂直高度的变化.结果表明:地磁场北向分量X、垂直分量Z、总强度F和磁倾角Ⅰ分量的水平梯度主要随纬度变化,其中X、Z和F分量随纬度减少而梯度降低,东向分量y和磁偏角D分量的水平梯度不仅随纬度变化,而且随经度变化,F分量的南北向梯度值在我国中心地区最大.在垂直方向,X、Z和F分量的强度分别随高度的上升而近似线性减小,在100 km高度处,强度变化平均值分别为-4.629 nT/km、-15.368 nT/ km和-16.226 nT/km,y分量强度随高度上升而呈近似线性增加,其平均变化值为0.166 nT/km,而D和Ⅰ分量基本不发生变化.     

Specific behavior of the radioemission wave field near the maximum usable frequency

The character of a change in the wave field in the frequency range near the maximum usable frequency is analyzed for the model of a simple ionospheric layer. The estimates of the characteristic scale of diffraction damping of the wave field in the frequency range, which are in rather good agreement with the experimental data of LFM or chirp sounding of the ionosphere on two mutually perpendicular paths, have been obtained.     

雅鲁藏布江断裂带附近地应力场的变化特征

为了解雅鲁藏布江断裂带附近的原地应力场状态,采目前先进的水压致裂方法,在西藏拉贡机场CK3号井中进行了52．5～73．6m、92．2～105m、117．12～142．6m、142．91～153．7m、187．38～173．7m、187．38～217．98m、227．3～288m、293．5～322m共计八个深度段的地应力测量。运用工程地质分析原理和统计分析方法对研究区地应力场的总体变化特征以及垂直埋深、水平埋深的关系进行了分析研究,取得各测段处的最大、最小水平主压应力的量值以及岩石的原地抗张强度、岩石的重张压力等力学参数。另外利用区域地质构造和三维有限元分析方法相结合的技术,分析确定测区附近的主应力方向,为雅鲁藏布江构造带的应力场研究和工程设计提供依据。     

位场曲化平积分方程的迭代解

提出了位场曲化平的新方法. 给定观测曲面S上的位场、S对下方水平面P的相对高程,确定P上的位场. 利用由P向上延拓到S的积分式,建立这两个面上位场及相对高程三者所满足的方程,它是第一类Fredholm积分方程. 用Fourier逆变换式把这一空间域积分式化为波数域积分式,再由指数函数的Taylor展开进一步化为级数式. 积分方程的解采用逐次逼近法迭代计算,即用S上的位场观测值作为P上位场的初始迭代值,用导出的级数式求得S上的位场计算值、由S上的位场观测值与计算值之差校正P上的位场,多次迭代,直到满足迭代终止准则. 我们还给出该积分方程的波数域迭代计算方法. 模型算例表明,重力异常曲化平的均方差和磁异常曲化平的均方差分别为0.0008 mGal和0.0019 nT,在主频为2.26 GHz的笔记本电脑运行,2048×2048数据量,计算时间是975 s. 野外磁场实际资料处理也证实这种方法的有效性.