Beobachtungen und Überlegungen zum tagesperiodischen Luftmassenaustausch

Zusammenfassung An Hand von gleichzeitigen Messungen des Dampfdruckes und aktinometrischen Bestimmungen des Gesamtwasserdampfgehaltesw über mehreren Stationen wird gezeigt, welche Bedeutung den aerologisch nur schwer zu erfassenden großräumigen tagesperiodischen Zirkulationen wie Gebirgswind, Seewind und tagesperiodischem Monsun für den Feuchtigkeitstransport bei antizyklonaler Wetterlage zukommt. In Jahren wie 1947 und 1949 mit besonders stabilen Hochdruckgebieten über dem Kontinent erweist sich die große klimatologische und ökologische Bedeutung dieser Zirkulation, indem dann bei großer Trockenheit im Alpenvorland im Alpengebiet nahezu normale Niederschläge fallen.

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Summary Actinometric determinations of the daily period of the quantityw of precipitable water in the atmosphere and observations of the vapour pressurew _D at the same places give a possibility to study the daily period of exchange of airmasses in mountainous regions, near the coasts and of whole continents in the case of anticyclonic weather. The smaller components of periodic circulation as wind along slopes, along valleys, between different surfaces and pure convection or turbulence seem to have only secondary importance in airmass exchange and affect only the vertical distribution in the groundlayer of the atmosphere, but are manifested by the daily period of direction and velocity of wind. The extraordinary drought in Central European lowlands in the summer 1947 and 1949 with nearly normal precipitation in the mountainous regions show the climatological importance of daily airmass exchange by the great mountain circulation in anticyclonal weather situations.

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Resumé Des mesures actinométriques du contenu intégral d'humidité et des observations de la pression de vapeur d'eau dans l'atmosphère audessus de diverses stations révèlent la grande importance de la circulation journalière étendue dans les alpes, aux côtes marines et pour des continents entiers au jours de temps anticyclonal. Quant aux circulations plus locales comme les vents le long des pentes, dans les vallées, entre différentes surfaces dans la plaine et la convection ou la turbulence qui se manifestent si sensiblement dans les périodicités du vent, ils sont seulement d'une importance secondaire dans le transport des masses d'air. Les étés 1947 et 1949 avec la grande sécheresse dans les plaines de l'Europe centrale et avec des précipitations presque normales dans les Alpes sont une démonstration impressionante de l'importance de cet échange périodique par temps anticyclonal.

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Bodenkartierung des Seegebietes Hoofden (südliche Nordsee) mit Hilfe von Grundproben und Echogrammen

Zusammenfassung Auf zwei Fahrten des Forschungsschiffes Gauss im Juni 1951 und im März 1952 wurde eine Untersuchung des Meeresbodens der Hoofden mit Hilfe des van Veenschen. Bodengreifers sowie des Unterwegslotes vorgenommen. Die Ergebnisse (mittlerer Probenabstand 10 km) wurden in einer Karte der Bodenbedeckung verarbeitet. Bei solchem Abstand ist jedoch die Grenzziehung zwischen Sedimentunterschieden möglicherweise ungenau; ferner können Feinheiten verborgen bleiben.Deshalb wurde während der genannten Fahrten eine Methode entwickelt, die es ermöglicht, aus Echogrammen auf die Bodenbedeckung zu schließen. Diese Methode wird erläutert und mit Beispielen belegt; dabei werden in formaler Analogie zur elektrischen Vierpoltheorie der Reflexionsfaktor und der Durchlässigkeitsfaktor des Meeresbodens für Schallwellen definiert. Die aus dem Echogramm abgeleiteten Sedimentangaben werden in eine Karte der Bodenbedeckung, die von der vorerwähnten getrennt gezeichnet wurde, eingetragen. Beide Karten werden miteinander verglichen und es wird festgestellt, daß eine qualitative Übereinstimmung in den Angaben besteht, wobei das fortlaufende Echogramm eine Lücke bei der Bestimmung der Grenze zwischen zwei Bodenbedeckungsarten schließt.

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Plotting of a chart of the bottom covering in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (Hoofden) based on bottom samples and echograms

Summary On two cruises untertaken in the Hoofden or Southern Bight of the North Sea with the research ship Gauss in June 1951 and March 1952, investigations into the nature of the sea bottom were made with the aid of the van Veen and the underway bottom samplers. The samples which were collected at an average interval of approximately 10 km (5 or 6 nautical miles) were worked up for plotting a chart of the sea bottom. Samples taken at such great intervals do, however, not always afford sufficient accuracy in fixing the boundaries between different kinds of sediments; moreover, minute features may remain unrevealed.Therefore, with a view to improving the accuracy of chart plotting a method was developed on the two cruises enabling the nature of the uppermost layer of the sea bottom to be deduced from echograms. This method is described and exemplified, the factors of reflection and permeability of the sea bottom to acoustic oscillations being defined by formal analogy with the theory of the four terminal electrical network. The data derived from the echograms were plotted on a separate chart showing the bottom covering and being drawn independently from the aforementioned bottom sample chart (cf. fig. 7 and 8, plate 6). A comparison shows that there exists a qualitative agreement between the data inserted on the two charts and that the continuous echogram fills a gap inasmuch as it enables the boundaries between the various types of bottom material to be fixed more exactly.

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Établissement d'une carte des sédiments sous-marins de la partie méridionale de la mer du Nord (Hoofden) d'après des échantillons du fond de la mer et des enregistrements ultra-sonores

Résumé Au cours de deux croisières du navire explorateur Gauss dans la région méridionale de la mer du Nord en juin 1951 et en mars 1952 on a examiné le fond de la mer à l'aide de l'échantillonneur van Veen ainsi qu'avec un échantillonneur permettant do recueillir des échantillons sans stopper le navire. Les prélèvements des échantillons furent espacés d'environ 10 kilomètres en moyenne et élaborés pour l'établissement d'une carte de la couche supérieure du fond de la mer. Or, les échantillons prélevés à de tels intervalles ne permettent pas toujours de préciser assez exactement les limites des régions des sédiments divers, ni de révéler des détails minimes.Pour augmenter la précision des cartes on a développé une méthode qui permet de dériver la nature du fond de la mer des enregistrements ultra-sonores. Cette méthode est exposée et illustrée par des examples; les facteurs de réflexion et de perméabilité du fond de la mer aux oscillations acoustiques y sont définis en analogie formale avec la théorie du réseau récurrent. Les données des sédiments dérivées des enregistrements ultra-sonores sont introduites sur une deuxième carte de la couche supérieure du fond de la mer qui fut tracée indépendamment de la carte mentionnée ci-dessus qui se base sur des échantillons du fond de la mer. La comparaison montre que les données sur les deux cartes s'accordent qualitativement et que l'enregistrement ultra-sonore continu a comblé une lacune existant jusqu'ici par rapport à la précision des limites entre les types divers de la matière du fond de la mer.

     

Deutung von Echogrammen bei Seitenechos

Summary When examining the records obtained from echo sounders in sea areas with very uneven and rocky ground, lateral echos have been noticed necessitating a careful examination of the recorded bottom profiles. The position of the lateral profiles cannot be determined unless the oscillator-characteristic within certain tolerances is known. Three copies of sound records from the Norwegian Trough are discussed here and the tolerances in depth as well as in lateral deviation from the course are indicated.

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L'interprétation des enregistrements sonores en cas d'échos latéraux

Résumé La présence des échos latéraux qu'on a constatés en examinant des enregistrements du son dans des zones océaniques à fond fortement ravineux et composé de matières dures exige de juger de prudence les profils longitudinaux sous-marins. Pour faire le repérage acoustique des profils latéraux il sera indispensable de connaître précisément la caractéristique du vibreur dans certaines tolérances. Trois enregistrements sonores pris dans le Fossé Norvégien sont exposés et leurs tolérances en profondeur ainsi qu'en déviation latérale de la route sont indiquées.

     

Gibt es eine „kritische Windgeschwindigkeit“ für die Grenzfläche Wasser — Luft?

Zusammenfassung Aus Windprofilmessungen in feststehenden H?hen über den Wellenk?mmen lassen sich keine zuverl?ssigen Schlüsse über die effektive Schubkraft des Windes an der Meeresoberfl?che ziehen. Der Grund liegt im wesentlichen in der verschiedenartigen vertikalen Windgeschwindigkeitsverteilung über Wellenbergen und Wellent?lern und in der Tatsache, da? die Windprofilmessungen im wesentlichen nur das Windprofil über den Bergen widerspiegeln. Der Versuch, die Windprofilmessungen zu „reduzieren“, ist mit zu gro?en Fehlern behaftet, zeigt aber qualitativ eine systematische Erh?hung der aus Windmessungen berechneten Reibungsfaktoren an. Damit kann der Anschlu? an die aus Windstaubeobachtungen ermittelten Reibungsfaktoren gewonnen werden, so da? der vermeintliche „Sprung“ von einer „glatten“ zu einer „rauhen“ Grenzfl?che verschwindet, und eine „kritische Windgeschwindigkeit“, die diesen Sprung angeben soll, gar nicht existiert.

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On the problem of the “critical wind velocity” at the air — sea boundary surface

Summary From the measurements of wind profiles at fixed heights above the wave crests no reliable conclusions can be drawn with regard to the wind's effective shearing force at the sea surface. This is essentially due to the diversified vertical distribution of the wind speed above the waves' crests and troughs as well as to the fact that when measuring wind profiles above the waves it is mainly the profiles above the wave crests that are obtained. Attempts to “reduce” wind profiles have proved to be subject to considerable errors; however, they show qualitatively a systematic increase of the frictional factors as computed from wind measurements. This links up with the frictional factors ascertained from observations of the wind effect so that the supposed “leap” from a “smooth” to a “rough” boundary surface and the “critical wind speed” corresponding to this leap do not exist at all.

     

Die Tonsteine aus den Steinkohlenflözen von Dobrilugk und ihre Entstehung

Zusammenfassung Es werden Tonsteine beschrieben, die als biochemische Sedimente im Steinkohlenmoor gebildet wurden. Die bisherige Deutung, solche Tonsteine seien ehemalige vulkanische Aschentuffe, wird als zur Zeit petrographisch unbegründet abgelehnt.     

III. Tektonik Die saxonische Tektonik im Bilde Europas

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Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South Atlantic: sources, transport, and relation to oceanography

Surface samples, mostly from abyssal sediments of the South Atlantic, from parts of the equatorial Atlantic, and of the Antarctic Ocean, were investigated for clay content and clay mineral composition. Maps of relative clay mineral content were compiled, which improve previous maps by showing more details, especially at high latitudes. Large-scale relations regarding the origin and transport paths of detrital clay are revealed. High smectite concentrations are observed in abyssal regions, primarily derived from southernmost South America and from minor sources in Southwest Africa. Near submarine volcanoes of the Antarctic Ocean (South Sandwich, Bouvet Island) smectite contents exhibit distinct maxima, which is ascribed to the weathering of altered basalts and volcanic glasses. The illite distribution can be subdivided into five major zones including two maxima revealing both South African and Antarctic sources. A particularly high amount of Mg- and Fe-rich illites are observed close to East Antarctica. They are derived from biotite-bearing crystalline rocks and transported to the west by the East Antarctic Coastal Current. Chiorite and well-crystallized dioctaedral illite are typical minerals enriched within the Subantarctic and Polarfrontal-Zone but of minor importance off East Antarctica. Kaolinite dominates the clay mineral assemblage at low latitudes, where the continental source rocks (West Africa, Brazil) are mainly affected by intensive chemical weathering. Surprisingly, a slight increase of kaolinite is observed in the Enderby Basin and near the Filchner-Ronne Ice shelf.

The investigated area can be subdivided into ten, large-scale clay facies zones with characteristic possible source regions and transport paths. Clay mineral assemblages of the largest part of the South Atlantic, especially of the western basins are dominated by chlorite and illite derived from the Antarctic Peninsula and southernmost South America and supported by advection within the Circumantarctic Deep Water flow. In contrast, the East Antarctic provinces are relatively small. Assemblages of the eastern basins north of 30°S are strongly influenced by African sources, controlled by weathering regimes on land and by a complex interaction of wind, river and deep ocean transport. The strong gradient in clay mineral composition at the Brazilian slope indicate a relatively low contribution of tropically derived assemblages to the western basins.     

Spring–summer cycling of DOC, DON and inorganic N in a highly seasonal system encompassing the Northeast Water Polynya, 1993

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and inorganic nutrient concentrations were determined in samples from an area encompassing the Northeast Water Polynya from June to August 1993. In June, still ice-covered polynya area surface waters (PySW) had significantly higher (p<0.05) DOC concentrations (110 μM, n=68) than surface water outside the polynya area (96 μM, n=6). Melting ice and ice algae are suggested as DOC sources. DOC concentrations found in this study are consistent with other studies showing higher DOC concentrations in the Arctic than in other ocean areas. As the productive season progressed, DOC concentrations in Polynya surface water (PySW) decreased (p<0.05) from 110 to 105 μM, while DON concentrations increased (p<0.05) from 5.6 to 6.1 μM, causing a significant decrease (p<0.05) in the C : N ratios of DOM from spring (C : N ratio 20) to summer (C : N ratio 17). We found a significant (p<0.05) decrease in the DOM C : N ratio in all water masses within the polynya area as the productive season progressed. DON was the largest fraction of total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) in PySW and surface waters outside the polynya area. TDN was calculated as the sum of DON, nitrate, nitrite and ammonium concentrations. DON increased (p<0.05) from 62% to 73% of TDN in PySW from spring to summer, a result of increasing DON concentrations and decreasing inorganic nitrogen concentrations over the productive season. The seasonal accumulation of DON and the corresponding decrease in nitrate concentrations in waters with primary production indicate that it is important to take the DON pool into account when estimating export production from nitrate concentration decreases in surface waters. PySW TDN concentrations decreased (p<0.05) from 9.1 (n=61) to 8.6 μM (n=60) from spring (May 25 through June 19) to summer (July 1 through July 27). The seasonal decrease in surface water TDN concentrations corresponded to increases in TDN concentrations in deeper water masses within the Polynya. Most of the TDN increase in deep water was in the form of DON. A possible explanation is that PON was dissolved (partially remineralized) in the water column at mid depths, causing increases in the DON concentration. Transfer of N from PySW (with a short residence time in the polynya area) to Polynya Intermediate Water and deep waters of the Norske and Westwind Trough with multi-year residence times keeps N from leaving the polynya area. In spring, nutrients from degradation of OM in PyIW could support primary production. The role of PyIW as an OM trap could be important in supporting primary production in the polynya area.     

Investigations of the East Greenland continental margin between 70° and 72° N by deep seismic sounding and gravity studies

Results are presented from a deep seismic sounding experiment with the research vessel POLARSTERN in the Scoresby Sund area, East Greenland. For this continental margin study 9 seismic recording landstations were placed in Scoresby Sund and at the southeast end of Kong Oscars Fjord, and ocean bottom seismographs (OBS) were deployed at 26 positions in and out of Scoresby Sund offshore East Greenland between 70° and 72° N and on the west flank of the Kolbeinsey Ridge. The landstations were established using helicopters from RV POLARSTERN. Explosives, a 321 airgun and 81 airguns were used as seismic sources in the open sea. Gravity data were recorded in addition to the seismic measurements. A free-air gravity map is presented. The sea operations — shooting and OBS recording — were strongly influenced by varying ice conditions. Crustal structure 2-D models have been calculated from the deep seismic sounding results. Free-air gravity anomalies have been calculated from these models and compared to the observed gravity. In the inner Scoresby Sund — the Caledonian fold belt region — the crustal thickness is about 35 km, and thins seaward to 10 km. Sediments more than 10 km thick on Jameson Land are of mainly Mesozoic age. In the outer shelf region and deep sea a ‘Moho’ cannot clearly be identified by our data. There are only weak indications for the existence of a ‘Moho’ west of the Kolbeinsey Ridge. Inside and offshore Scoresby Sund there is clear evidence for a lower crust refractor characterised byp-velocities of 6.8–7.3 km s^?1 at depths between 6 and 10 km. We believe these velocities are related to magmatic processes of rifting and first drifting controlled by different scale mantle updoming during Paleocene to Eocene and Late Oligocene to Miocene times: the separation of Greenland/Norway and the separation of the Jan Mayen Ridge/Greenland, respectively. A thin igneous upper crust, interpreted to be of oceanic origin, begins about 50 km seaward of the Liverpool Land Escarpment and thickens oceanward. In the escarpment zone the crustal composition is not clear. Probably it is stretched and attenuated continental crust interspersed with basaltic intrusions. The great depth of the basement (about 5000 m) points to a high subsidence rate of about 0.25 mm yr^?1 due to sediment loading and cooling of the crust and upper mantle, mainly since Miocene time. The igneous upper crust thickens eastward under the Kolbeinsey Ridge to about 2.5 km; the thickening is likely caused by higher production of extrusives. The basementp-velocity of 5.8–6.0 km s^?1 is rather high. Such velocities are associated with young basalts and may also be caused by a higher percentage of dykes. Tertiary to recent sediments, about 5000 m thick, form most of the shelf east of Scoresby Sund, Liverpool Land and Kong Oscars Fjord. This points to a high sedimentation rate mainly since the Miocene. The deeper sediments have a rather high meanp-velocity of 4.5 km s^?1, perhaps due to pre-Cambrian to Caledonian deposits of continental origin. The upper sediments offshore Scoresby Sund are thick and have a rather low velocity. They are interpreted as eroded material transported from inside the Sund into the shelf region. Offshore Kong Oscars Fjord the upper sediments, likely Jurassic to Devonian deposits, are thin in the shelf region but thicken to more than 3000 m in the slope area. The crust and upper mantle structure in the ocean-continent transition zone is interpreted to be the result of the superposition of the activities of three rifting phases related to mantle plumes of different dimensions:

1. the ‘Greenland/Norway separation phase’ of high volcanic activity,
2. the ‘Jan Mayen Ridge/Greenland separation phase’ and
3. the ‘Kolbeinsey Ridge phase’ of ‘normal’ volcanic activity related to a more or less normal mantle temperature.

During period 2 and 3 only a few masses of extrusives were produced, but large volumes of intrusives were emplaced. So the margin between Scoresby Sund and Jan Mayen Fracture Zone is interpreted to be a stretched margin with low volcanic activity.