Ein neues Gerät für störungsfreie meteorologische Messungen auf dem Meer

Zusammenfassung Die Bedeutung ungestörter meteorologischer Beobachtungen auf offener See wird erörtert und die Anforderungen an den dafür notwendigen Instrumententräger werden fixiert. Die konstruktive Lösung wird geschildert: 2,5 m hoher Schwimmkörper, etwa elliptischer Querschnitt (Längsachse des Querschnitts in allen Höhen 1,5 m, Querachse an der Oberfläche 1 m, unten 0,5 m), mit (auf 7,5 m Tiefgang) ausfahrbarem Stabilisierungsgewicht von 500 kg, Leitflossen, Dämpfungsplatten und Handwinde zum Fieren des Gewichtes; 9 m langer Aluminiummast mit waagrechten Spieren zur Gerätehalterung. Eigenschwingungsperiode der Apparatur ist etwa 10 sec.Bei mehreren mehrwöchigen Einsätzen bis Windstärke 6 anläßlich von Messungen der Wind-, Temperatur- und Feuchteschichtung in der maritimen Grenzschicht der Atmosphäre zeigte das Gerät (auf der Deutschen Bucht und Ostsee) maximale Schwankungen des Mastes von 10° und Vertikalbewegungen von ±25 cm, es folgte dem Wellengang auch bei kurzen Wellen gut. Die Apparatur wird vom Forschungsschiff geschleppt, Messungen geschehen (über Kabel) im Treiben, wobei das Gerät sich (etwa 50 m entfernt) automatisch in Luv des Schiffes legt. Man erhält so ungestörte Messungen.Beispiele für die Windabhängigkeit der Driftgeschwindigkeit des Systems Forschungsschiff-Meßboje (relativ zur Wasseroberfläche) und für die Windgeschwindigkeitsunterschiede in derselben Höhe am Forschungsschiff und an der Tonne (als Beispiel für die Größe der Schiffsstörung) werden mitgeteilt. Ein charakteristisches Viertelstundenprofil von Windgeschwindigkeit, Lufttemperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit zwischen 0,8 und 16 m Wasserabstand wird gezeigt.

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Summary The importance of undisturbed meteorological observations on the open sea is discussed and the requirements for an adequate instrument buoy are specified. The constructive solution is as follows: a floater 2,5 m high, approximately elliptical cross section (longer axis of the cross section at all heights 1,5m, transverse axis on the surface 1 m, below 0,5 m) with a stabilizing weight of 500 kg, movable (to 7,5 m draught), guiding fins, damping plates, and windlass for hoisting the weight; mast of aluminium 9 m long, with horizontal spars on which the instruments are fixed. Characteristic period of the apparatus about 10 sec.It was used (in the German Bay and in the Baltic Sea) at various times for several weeks up to wind-force 6 for measuring wind, temperature, and humidity distributions in the maritime boundary layer of the atmosphere and it showed maximum oscillations of the mast of 10 degrees and vertical movements of ±25 cm, following well the wave motion even with short waves. The instrument buoy is trailed by the research ship, measurements are carried out (by cable) in drifting while the buoy places itself automatically on the windward side of the ship (at a distance of about 50 m). In this way undisturbed measurements were obtained.Examples are communicated showing the influence of the wind on the drifting velocity of the system research ship — instrument buoy (relative to the water surface) and the difference of wind velocity at the same height at the ship and the buoy (from which the disturbing influence of the ship can be seen). A characteristic quarter-hour profile of wind velocity, air temperature, and air humidity between the levels 0,8 m and 16 m above water is given.

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Résumé Considérant l'importance de mesures météorologiques exemptes d'erreurs en haute mer, l'auteur a développé un support à instruments adéquat dont les caractéristiques sont les suivantes: flotteur de 2,5 m. de haut à section elliptique, muni d'une dérive escamotable de 500 kg. et de 7,5 m. de tirant d'eau; gouverhails, ailerons amortisseurs et treuil; mât d'aluminium de 9 m. muni de petites vergues à instruments. La période propre de l'engin est de 10 s. env.Lors d'essais dans la baie d'Helgoland et en mer Baltique par vent de force 6 en vue de mesures de vent, de température et d'humidité de la couche limite au-dessus de l'eau, le mât de l'engin a oscillé de 10 degrés et les déplacement verticaux furent de ±25 cm.; le flotteur suit la houle, même par vagues courtes. L'engin est remorqué par le bateau explorateur et les mesures se font en dérive; distant d'environ 50 m. de son remorqueur, le flotteur se place automatiquement au vent du bateau ce qui assure des mesures correctes.L'effet perturbateur du remorqueur ressort d'exemples illustrant comment la vitesse du système bateau-flotteur dépend du vent et montrant les différences de vitesse du vent au même niveau sur l'un et sur l'autre. Un profil caracteristique d'un quart d'heure de la vitesse du vent, de la température et de l'humidité de l'air entre 0,8 et 16 m. au-dessus de l'eau est montré.

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Das Gondwana-Inlandeis in Südbrasilien

Zusammenfassung Entgegen den früheren Annahmen wird gezeigt, daß das südbrasilianische Gondwana-Inlandeis vom Süden (Riograndensischer Schild) stammt. Die mächtige, weder durch Glazialstauchungen noch durch glaziale oder interglaziale Erosion gestörte und unterbrochene Ablagerungsfolge, die damit ein vom europäischen Glazialdiluvium völlig abweichendes Verhalten zeigt, ist dadurch bedingt, daß das Eis in ein weiträumiges, fortschreitende epirogene Absenkung zeigendes Becken hineinfloß.Mit Unterstützung des Conselho Nacional d. Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro.     

Exploring socio-hydrological determinants of crop yield in under-performing irrigation schemes: pathways for sustainable intensification

ABSTRACT

Understanding the human–water–food–climate nexus is central to achieving sustainable intensification (SI) in agriculture. This research uses a socio-hydrological approach to understand the underpinning for implementing SI in the Gezira Irrigation Scheme, Sudan, by integrating vegetation indices derived from remote sensing, ancillary, gridded soil and precipitation data, supplemented by interviews with 393 farmers. The productivity gap was estimated as the difference between the potential and actual productivities. Based upon data on farmers’ socio-economic status and field practices, a regression tree model was built to determine the factors that control the sorghum yield. The model revealed that the financial status of farmers and access to water are the most influential factors on sorghum yield. A conceptual framework that elucidates SI and its bi-directional feedback to the environment, society and the economy is proposed. Implementing SI in the scheme has implications on water and food security in Sudan and beyond its borders.     

The impact of decadal fluctuations in mean precipitation and temperature on runoff: A sensitivity study over the United States

The nature of climate variability is such that decadal fluctuations in average temperature (up to 1 °C annually or 2 °C seasonally) and precipitation (approximately 10% annually), have occurred in most areas of the United States during the modern climate record (the last 60 years). The impact of these fluctuations on runoff was investigated, using data from 82 streams across the United States that had minimal human interference in natural flows. The effects of recent temperature fluctuations on streamflow are minimal, but the impact of relatively small fluctuations in precipitation (about 10%) are often amplified by a factor of two or more, depending on basin and climate characteristics. This result is particularly significant with respect to predicted changes in temperature due to the greenhouse effect. It appears that without reliable predictions of precipitation changes across drainage basins, little confidence can be placed in hypothesized effects of the warming on annual runoff.     

The 1991 eruption of Hekla,Iceland

The eruption that started in the Hekla volcano in South Iceland on 17 January 1991, and came to an end on 11 March, produced mainly andesitic lava. This lava covers 23 km² and has an estimated volume of 0.15 km³. This is the third eruption in only 20 years, whereas the average repose period since 1104 is 55 years. Earthquakes, as well as a strain pulse recorded by borehole strainmeters, occurred less than half an hour before the start of the eruption. The initial plinian phase was very short-lived, producing a total of only 0.02 km³ of tephra. The eruption cloud attained 11.5 km in height in only 10 min, but it became detached from the volcano a few hours later. Several fissures were active during the first day of the eruption, including a part of the summit fissure. By the second day, however, the activity was already essentially limited to that segment of the principal fissure where the main crater subsequently formed. The average effusion rate during the first two days of the eruption was about 800 m³ s^–1. After this peak, the effusion rate declined rapidly to 10–20 m³ s^–1, then more slowly to 1 m³ s^–1, and remained at 1–12 m³ s^–1 until the end of the eruption. Site observations near the main crater suggest that the intensity of the volcanic tremor varied directly with the force of the eruption. A notable rise in the fluorine concentration of riverwater in the vicinity of the eruptive fissures occurred on the 5th day of the eruption, but it levelled off on the 6th day and then remained essentially constant. The volume and initial silica content of the lava and tephra, the explosivity and effusion rate during the earliest stage of the eruption, as well as the magnitude attained by the associated earthquakes, support earlier suggestions that these parameters are positively related to the length of the preceeding repose period. The chemical difference between the eruptive material of Hekla itself and the lavas erupted in its vicinity can be explained in terms of a density-stratified magma reservoir located at the bottom of the crust. We propose that the shape of this reservoir, its location at the west margin of a propagating rift, and its association with a crustal weakness, all contribute to the high eruption frequency of Hekla.