Argon auroral emissions

Argon is the third most abundant constituent of the atmosphere, but has not been previously detected by any ground-based optical remote sensing method. We report observation of argon emissions at λ840.82 and λ842.46 nm during intense aurora. These are most likely excited by direct electron impact. The maximum argon intensity observed is 270 R. Argon is the fifth elemental emission conclusively observed in geo-aurora, joining N, O, H and He.     

Simultaneous Organic Matter and Nitrogen Removal from Piggery Slaughterhouse Wastewater Using Bioaugmented Gaslift Membrane Bioreactor

A single bioaugmentation reactor and a side-stream gaslift membrane bioreactor combined with bioaugmentation are conducted to treat real wastewater from a centralized piggery slaughterhouse in Vietnam. The bioaugmented reactor is inoculated with heterotrophic microorganisms (Bacillus sp.) isolated from piggery slaughterhouse wastewater. The results of a single bioaugmentation experiment show high removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) (84.8%–97.5%) and total nitrogen (TN) (69.9%–87.2%) at loading rates of 1.28–3.89 and 0.14–0.37 kg m⁻³ d⁻¹, respectively. The combined system demonstrates a significantly higher TN removal efficiency (89.0%–96.1%) (p < 0.001), more stable flux (36.0–38.4 L m⁻² h⁻¹), and transmembrane pressure (0.95–1.05 bar), and better capacity of separation of solid–liquid phases compared to the single bioaugmentation. High COD and TN removal efficiency is possibly due to assimilation and simultaneous nitrification and denitrification processes. The results of this study also indicate the feasibility and propitious efficiency of the bioaugmented gaslift membrane bioreactor for piggery slaughterhouse wastewater treatment.     

Analysis of Past Temperature Changes in Ice Layers and the Ocean Based on the Ratios of Argon,Krypton, and Xenon with Nitrogen

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - New research methods are being developed to get a broad picture of the temperature changes throughout the World Ocean. A permanent global network of oceanographic...     

淡水湖泊水体中溶解有机氮测定方法的对比

溶解有机氮(Dissolved Organic Nitrogen,DON)是天然水体中氮的重要组成部分,目前研究相对很少．本文对淡水中测定DON的两种常见方法即过硫酸钾湿氧化法(Persulfate Oxidation,PO)和高温催化氧化法(High Temperature Cata- lytic Oxidation,HTCO)进行了对比研究．结果表明:两种方法各有特点,湿氧化法相对较为理想．湿氧化法对不同氮标准化合物的回收率较高,平均为96．0±3．0％以上(杂环氮化合物除外);对湖泊淡水样品,用PO法测定溶解有机氮的相对标准偏差范围为6．2％-12．5％．高温催化氧化法对不同氮标准化合物的回收率较低,平均为68．4±13．6％,需作进一步条件优化．     

Simultaneous and Sensitive HPLC Determination of Mono‐ and Disaccharides,Uronic Acids,and Amino Sugars after Derivatization by Reductive Amination

The reductive amination of low‐molecular‐weight saccharides, uronic acids, and amino sugars, followed by a separation of the derivates by means of ion‐pair chromatography or RP‐HPLC, offers an interesting alternative to HPAEC‐PAD for the environmental analysis of these compounds. Under this aspect various potential amination reagents, i.e., p‐amino‐benzoic acid (p‐AMBA), p‐AMBA propyl ester, 1‐aminopyrene, 2‐(2‐aminophenyl)indole, and 4‐aminoazobenzene, were tested with regard to the formation of derivates and to the chromatographic properties of the formed derivates. p‐AMBA, p‐AMBA propyl ester and 4‐aminoazobenzene proved to be especially suited, because they facilitate the amination of all carbohydrate reference components together with a complete separation and sensible detection (detection limits < 0.5 mg/L) of the derivates. Mainly the following elution sequence was ascertained: amino sugars (hexosamines) / disaccharide(s) / monosaccharides (hexoses) / hexuronic acid(s) / N‐acetyl‐D‐glucosamine. Detection limits down to 0.1 μmol/L were realized using p‐AMBA as reagent, facilitating the determination of the target compounds in landfill leachates and lysimeter percolates. Applying the p‐AMBA propyl ester for derivatization, chromatographic interferences with weakly retained derivates and the coelution of the reagent with its galactosamine derivate can be avoided, since the ester elutes after its derivates unlike p‐AMBA itself.     

Simultaneous Determination of 11 Sulfonamides by HPLC–UV and Application for Fast Screening of Their Aerobic Elimination and Biodegradation in a Simple Test

Sulfonamides (SAs) are one of the most frequently used antibiotics. SAs have been found in various environmental compartments. If SAs are not degraded in the environment, they can affect bacteria by their antibiotic properties and contribute to bacterial antibiotic resistance. Therefore, the biodegradability of 11 SAs (sulfanilamide, sulfaguanidine monohydrate, sulfadiazine, sulfathiazole, sulfapyridine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfadimethoxine) was studied. For this purpose, the Closed Bottle Test (CBT, OECD 301D) was performed, which includes a toxicity control. In order to monitor the environmental fate of the parent compound and to check for transformation products, a simple, efficient, and reliable HPLC–UV method for the simultaneous determination of these SAs has been developed. Acetonitrile and water (with 0.1% formic acid) were used as mobile phase solvents for gradient elution. The method was validated in terms of precision, detection and quantitation limits, selectivity, and analytical solution stability. In the CBT, none of these SAs was readily biodegradable. The HPLC–UV analysis confirmed that no degradation of any SA took place. In the toxicity control, these SAs showed no toxic effect in the used concentration of environmental bacteria applied in the test.     

Nitrogen in tektites and natural glasses

Nitrogen concentrations in various tektites and natural glasses have been measured using RNAA and are found to be almost constant at about 15 ppm. A terrestrial origin for tektite formation is favoured.     

Simultaneous inversion of velocity distribution and interface positions

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三维介质中速度结构和界面的联合成像

根据波逆行原理推导了三维介质中地震波射线走时对界面偏导数的完整基本关系式,并对基本关系式进行简化,得到其在二维和一维介质中的关系式. 给出了任意多个复杂界面情况下,反演时所需的走时对界面偏导数系数矩阵. 为了检验三维介质中速度和界面联合成像理论的有效性,进行了数值模拟计算,很好地对三维速度结构和界面进行了重建.     

Simultaneous monitoring of stress and strain in massive rock

Continuous measurements of ultrasonic pulse transit times over 10 m baselines between fixed points in each of three mutually perpendicular directions are made routinely in solid rock. The most significant current experiment is in a large underground support pillar (30 m×30 m×200 m high) 700 m below ground level in an active mine. Velocity measurements to a precision of 2 parts in 10⁶ allow stress changes of order 1 kPa to be monitored, and compared with simultaneous strain measurements (for which a capacitance strain sensor is used) to examine the mechanisms of large scale stress relief processes. Characteristic stress relief cycles (of magnitude 200–3000 kPa) are found to migrate through the pillar as impressed loads are accommodated by the rock mass.     

Simultaneous optical and radar signatures of poleward-moving auroral forms

Dayside poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) were detected between 06:30 and 07:00 UT on December 16, 1998, by the meridian scanning photometer and the all-sky camera at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. Simultaneous SuperDARN HF radar measurements permitted the study of the associated ionospheric velocity pattern. A good general agreement is observed between the location and movement of velocity enhancements (flow channels) and the PMAFs. Clear signatures of equatorward flow were detected in the vicinity of PMAFs. This flow is believed to be the signature of a return flow outside the reconnected flux tube, as predicted by the Southwood model. The simulated signatures of this model reproduce globally the measured signatures, and differences with the experimental data can be explained by the simplifications of the model. Proposed schemes of the flow modification due to the presence of several flow channels and the modification of cusp and region 1 field-aligned currents at the time of sporadic reconnection events are shown to fit well with the observations.     

Nitrogen abundances and isotopic compositions in stony meteorites

Nitrogen contents range from a few parts per million in ordinary chondrites and achondrites to several hundred parts per million in enstatite chondrites and carbonaceous chondrites. Four major isotopic groups are recognized: (1) C1 and C2 carbonaceous chondrites have δ¹⁵N of+30to+50%.; (2) enstatite chondrites have δ¹⁵N of?30to?40‰; (3) C3 chondrites have low δ¹⁵N with large internal variations; (4) ordinary chondrites have δ¹⁵N of?10to+20‰. The major variations are primary, representing isotopic abundances established at the time of condensation and accretion. Secondary processes, such as spallation reactions, solar wind implantation and metamorphic loss may cause small but observable isotopic variations in particular cases. The large isotopic difference between enstatite chondrites and carbonaceous chondrites cannot be accounted for by equilibrium condensation from a homogeneous nebular gas, and requires either unusually large kinetic effects, or a temporal or spatial variation of isotopic composition of the nebula. Nitrogen isotopic heterogeneity in the nebula due to nuclear processes has not been firmly established, but may be required to account for the large variations found within the Allende and Leoville meteorites. The unique carbonaceous chondrite, Renazzo, has δ¹⁵N of+170%., which is well beyond the range of all other data, and also requires a special source. It is not yet possible, from the meteoritic data, to establish the mode of accretion of nitrogen onto the primitive Earth.