Quasitrapped protons (E p =1–11 MeV) nearL=4 registered by intercosmos-13 satellite

Summary Data obtained from apparatus detecting energetic particles on low altitude polar orbiting satellite Intercosmos-13 show enhancement of quiasitrapped proton flux (E_p=1–11 MeV) near L=4 in comparison with both and lower L. This phenomenon persists during intervals with low level of geomagnetic activity. Possibility of influence of false pulses on the result is discussed.     

Ion whistlers in mid-latitude trough of light ions

Summary In the set of VLF data from the Interkosmos-14 satellite (launched on 11 December 1975 with apogee height of 1707 km, perigee 345 km and inclination 74°) as received in direct telemetry transmissions at the Observatory Panská Ves (Czechoslovakia), ion cyclotron whistlers were found at unusually high geomagnetic latitudes. These whistlers indicate a marked decrease of proton density in the close vicinity of the satellite with increasing geomagnetic latitude. It appeared, moreover, that proton whistlers at higher geomagnetic latitudes even sensitively reflected the rapid changes of plasma parameters within the region of the mid-latitude trough of light ions.     

Airborne microorganisms: Their occurrence,distribution and dependence on environmental factors — Especially on organic compounds of air-pollution

For a period of approximately six months the concentrations of airborne microorganisms were determined by the uptake of their day-characteristic at local places differing by the extent of air pollution. By simultaneously recording the meteorological parameters as temperature, relative humidity, direction and velocity of wind and intensity of solar radiation, it was intended to find out the relationship between these factors and the viability of airborne microorganisms. The present data show an oscillation of the concentration counts over a wide range and seem not yet to depend on the local situation of air pollution.In a further series of experiments the atmospheric aerosol <10 m was collected on air-filters. The decreased substances were extracted from the filter material by aqueous and organic solutants and tested for their antimicrobial activities. In this context the seasonal dependence of the microbicidal activity of organic compounds of aerosol is discussed.     

The deflection of the vertical in the Western and Central Mediterranean area

The deflection of the vertical at 23 stations was determined by gravimetrical methods and compared to the difference of astronomic observations and geodetic values of the European adjustment. The results show a fair agreement between the two independent sets of values, indicating that doubts about the relative reliability of submarine gravity observations are not justified. A systematic discrepancy in the meridian components of the deflection may reflect on theHayford ellipsoid as used in the European adjustment.

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Zusammenfassung Auf 23 Stationen wurde die Lotabweichung gravimetrisch bestimmt und den astro-geod?tischen Werten der europ?ischen Ausgleichung gegenübergestellt. Die beiden Ergebnisse stimmen sehr gut überein. Damit werden die Bedenken hinf?llig, die sich gegen den Wert von Messungen in Unterseebooten richteten. Systematische Abweichungen in den meridionalen Komponenten beruhen m?glicherweise auf der art der Anwendung des Hayfordschen Ellipsoids in der Ausgleichung des Zentraleurop?ischen Netzes.

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Resumen La desviación de la vertical en 23 estaciones ha sido determinada por el método gravimétrico y compara con los resultados astrogeodéticos de la compensación europea. Existe muy buen acuerdo entre los dos conjuntos de datos, que demuestra que las dudas emitidas en cuanto al valor de las observaciones en submarino son injustificadas. Una discordancia sistemática en las componentes meridianas podria ser debida al empleo del elipsoide deHayford en la compensación de la red europea.

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Résumé La déviation de la verticale en 23 stations a été déterminée par la méthode gravimétrique et comparée aux résultats astrogéodésiques de la compensation européenne. Il y a très bon accord entre les 2 ensembles de données, ce qui montre que les doutes émis quant à la valeur des observations en sous-marins sont injustifiés. Une discordance systématique dans les composantes méridiennes pourrait être due à la fa?on dont on a employé l'ellipso?de deHayford dans la compensation du réseau central européen.

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Sommario E'stata determinata col metodo gravimetrico la deviazione della verticale in 23 stazioni e comparata ai risultati astro-geodetici della compensazione europea. Vi é molto buon accordo tra i due insiemi di dati, ciò che dimostra che i dubbi emessi circa il valore delle osservazioni in sottomarino sono ingiustificati. Una discordanza sistematica tra le componenti maridiane potrebbe essere dovuta all'impiego nella compensazione della rete central europea dell'ellisoide diHayford.

     

Die Kristallstruktur von Molybdomenit,PbSeO3

Zusammenfassung Die Kristallstruktur von Molybdomenit, PbSeO₃, wurde mit Hilfe von Einkristallmethoden bestimmt und nach der Methode der kleinsten Quadrate verfeinert. Die Gitterparameter, der Elementarzelle (Raumgruppe P2₁/m–C _2h ² ) betragen:a ₀=6,91,b ₀=5,48,c ₀=4,51 Å, =112° 50;Z=2. Mit allen beob. Reflexen wurde einR-Wert von 0,079, unter Einschluß derHamilton-Reflexe einR-Wert von 0,092 erhalten. Die Selenatome sitzen an der Spitze einer trigonalen Pyramide, deren Basis aus drei Sauerstoffatomen besteht. Die vier nächsten Sauerstoffnachbarn des Bleis liegen zwar auf einer Seite, doch sind die weiteren fünf Sauerstoffabstände nicht viel länger. Die Baueinheiten sind zu einem dreidimensionalen Gerüst verknüpft.

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The crystal structure of molybdomenite, PbSeO₃

Summary The crystal structure of molybdomenite, PbSeO₃, has been determined by single crystal X-ray methods and refined by the full-matrix least-squares technique. Molybdomenite crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2₁/m–C _2h ² ,a ₀=6.91,b ₀=5.48,c ₀=4.51, =112° 50;Z=2. With all abserved reflections aR=0.092. The SeO₃ ^2–-ion has a pyramidal shape with the selenium at the vertex and three oxygen atoms at the base. Lead has the nearest four oxygen neighbours lying all to one side, but ht edistances to the next five oxygens lying to the other side are not much longer. These units are linked together to a three-dimensional structure.

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Phytoplankton community composition and size distribution in the Langat River estuary,Malaysia

Phytoplankton patchiness, as expressed by community composition and size distribution, during the rainy season in the Langat River estuary (Malaysia) is described. Four sites in the estuary were sampled on two different occasions. The sampling area covered a stretch of the river from upstream to downstream of aquaculture activities (shrimp farms). Water samples from a shrimp farm outlet were also analyzed for nutrient and phytoplankton content. Differences in community structure between stations were found by means of multivariate procedures. Genera composition and total biomass were related to environmental factors, revealing salinity, light, and nutrients as important explaining factors. Elevated phytoplankton biomass and total phosphorus concentration, as well as lower inorganic nitrogen: phosphorus ratios, were found downstream of the shrimp farming activities. The size distribution spectrum of the phytoplankton population downstream of the shrimp farms was significantly different from that at the other stations but not different than that found in the sampled effluent from the shrimp farms, where phytoplankton biomass was also high. Twenty-two of the 24 recorded genera from the shrimp farm outlet were also found downstream of the farming activities. A number of different environmental factors potentially alter conditions for phytoplankton in the lower reaches of the estuary as compared to the upper regions. A cause and effect relationship explaining the differences noted between the upper and lower reaches of the estuary cannot be established. This study suggests that nutrient enrichment from the shrimp farming activities is of a magnitude that may contribute to the phytoplankton community changes observed in the lower reaches of the estuary.     

Weak tidal correlation of NW-Bohemia/Vogtland earthquake swarms

We analyze the possible effect of solid Earth tidal stresses upon a vertical strike-slip fault in NW-Bohemia/Vogtland, central Europe, typical by occurrence of swarm earthquakes. The horizontal components of solid Earth tidal stresses were found strongly to prevail and to reach the level of 2 kPa. We examined tidal triggering as influence of tidal stresses to launching the swarm activity in relative absence of other stress disturbances. The onset times of 46 swarms of mostly M_L < 3 earthquakes that occurred in the period 1991–2005 displayed an increased occurrence near the fortnightly maximum of tidal extensive normal stress. The statistical test however did not prove a statistically significant correlation indicating a triggering effect of fault extension due to tidal loading. We also examined tidal effects to the already running seismic activity of the prominent 2000 swarm by comparing the tidal stress distribution in the investigated period with the distribution of tidal stresses in the occurrence times of each earthquake. The results show that these distributions are almost similar, which indicates that individual earthquakes occur independent of tidal stresses. The unclear tidal correlation of the swarm seismicity may be interpreted by small amplitudes and rates of tidal stress changes compared to the amplitudes and rates of coseismic stress perturbations and of pressure bursts of deep generated fluids.     

MIPAS-Transall Observations of the Variability of CLONO2 during the Arctic Winter of 1994/95

In the winter of 1994/95 the German Transall research aircraft performed 5 campaigns in the European Arctic with 22 flights altogether. An extensive dataset of HNO3, ClONO2 and O3 column amounts was obtained by MIPAS-FT (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - Flugzeug Transall) onboard the aircraft. In this paper we present the variability of the ClONO2 reservoir gas in the course of the winter. We include groundbased FTIR measurements of HF, HCl and ClONO2 to discuss the airborne observations with regard to the partitioning of inorganic chlorine.From mid-December until the end of January, MIPAS measured a stable ClONO2 collar with constantly low column amounts inside the polar vortex and maxima at the edge. This observation reflected widespread conversion of ClONO2 to reactive chlorine inside the vortex for at least six weeks. In good accordance, the ground stations measured low in-vortex HCl and ClONO2 column amounts and conversion of HCl into ClONO2 in the region of the ClONO2 maxima. In the first week of February the ClONO2 amounts started to increase in the edge region as well as inside the vortex. Between March 21 and 27, just one week after the last cold period, MIPAS observed exclusively high ClONO2 column amounts inside the vortex, indicating fast deactivation of active chlorine. In the same period the ground stations measured an excess of ClONO2 over HCl. Further, the high ClONO2 implies that the polar vortex was renoxified in March. Lower ClONO2 values, observed inside the vortex on the flights of April 5 and 8, and an increased HCl/ClONO2 ratio, measured from ground, marked the starting redistribution within the chlorine reservoir species to the photochemically more stable HCl.In February, March and April, MIPAS observed mixing of ClONO2-rich air masses with midlatitude air at the vortex edge. A very clear event happened on March 27. On this flight a distinct ClONO2 minimum was measured at the vortex edge, which was closely correlated with a filament of midlatitude air observed by OLEX (Ozone Lidar EXperiment) onboard the Transall.