Short-wave radiation flux divergence in arctic cirrus: a case study

Radiation and particle measurements have been performed with an aircraft in deep cirrus cloud fields near the island of Svalbard. The data of 12 March 1993, when measurements at 10 different levels could be obtained, are used in a comparative study with radiative transfer calculations. In a first analysis, the cirrus cloud field was assumed to be horizontally homogeneous and invariable during the time of measurements (frozen properties). Calculations of the up and downward radiative flux densities showed root mean square differences of 9 Wm⁻² from the measurements. To estimate the possible effect of changes of the optical properties of cirrus with time, the flux densities in the upper part (6000–8500 m) and the lower part (3000–5500 m) of the cirrus cloud were analyzed separately. In these simulations, the optical thickness in the lower (upper) part was increased (decreased) by 50%. By this treatment, most of all calculated flux densities were within one standard deviation of the natural variability in each leg. Finally, the effect of inhomogeneities in the cloud field on the solar flux density has been simulated using a Monte Carlo method, since the upper part of the cirrus field has indeed been very inhomogeneous. This paper is a result of a collaborative effort between the MRI in Tsukuba, Japan, and the GKSS in Geesthacht, Germany.     

Geological interpretation of Landsat TM imagery and aeromagnetic survey data, northern Precordillera region, Argentina

Este estudio de caso muestra una metodología para obtener el máximo valor geocientífico de datos aeromagnéticos regionales (espaciamiento entre líneas: 1000 m), a través de su integración con imágenes satelitarias de alta resolución. En este estudio, la interpretación litoestratigráfica de las imágenes Landsat TM a escala regional (1:100,000) ha sido llevada a cabo como precursor de la interpretación geofísica, proveyendo el marco geológico-estructural de base para el análisis de las imágenes geofísicas. Este marco geológico-estructural derivado de las imágenes Landsat muestra las posiciones y vergencias correctas de las estructuras mayores; en este marco, las ubicaciones de las anomalías aeromagnéticas mayores de origen somero relacionadas con rocas extrusivas y subvolcánicas intermedias/máficas, como así también de las estructuras que controlan estos eventos magmáticos de importancia económica, pueden ser correctamente interpretadas.Los resultados del estudio indican la existencia de un centro volcánico/subvolcánico no reconocido previamente, de edad post-pérmica y pre-miocena, probablemente asociado con fallamiento regional transcurrente sinistral desarrollado a lo largo de una sutura acrecional norte-sur reactivada y a una estructura preexistente del basamento precámbrico/paleozoico. El subsecuente evento de corrimientos de tipo ‘piel gruesa’ y vergencia oeste al que está asociado el ascenso del bloque precámbrico de la Sierra de Valle Fértil, desarrolló un distintivo juego de fallas transcurrentes de orientación NO–SE en el área del centro volcánico. Estas estructuras de orientación NO–SE cortan y rotan a estructuras miocenas tardías correspondientes a la tectónica de tipo ‘piel fina’ de la faja plegada y corrida de la Precordillera. Las rocas intrusivas asociadas con el centro volcánico de edad oligocena inferida, forman anomalías dipolares parcialmente remanentes fácilmente reconocibles, están asociadas con alteración y mineralización de oro (minas Cerro Guachi, El Pescado, Gral. Belgrano) y están ubicadas a lo largo de fallas ‘en cola de caballo’ sinistrales de orientación NO–SE. Este evento tectónico-magmático relacionado con la deformación transcurrente es considerado como oligoceno y puede estar relacionado con la convergencia oblicua oligocena y la mineralización de pórfiros de esta misma edad en Chile.     

航空重力测量中垂直扰动加速度误差模型的建立与分析

根据GPS确定垂直扰动加速度的误差特性,建立了合适的垂直扰动加速度的误差模型。通过对计算结果的分析,提出了航空重力测量中,在重力通频带内,垂直扰动加速度误差可当作一种有色噪声来处理的新观点。并且根据误差模型,给出了滤波截止频率的相应取值以及GPS定位精度指标。     

以大洋钻探开展冲绳海槽热液活动研究的建议

关于沟弧盆构造体系下的海底热液活动,因涉及的问题繁多,一直是海洋地质学界十分注目的重要研究课题。相比之下,西太平洋沟弧盆体系的马里亚纳海槽和西南太平洋的汤加－斐济海盆中的劳海盆都有ＤＳＤＰ／ＯＤＰ的支撑,有关海底热液活动及其构造属性、地壳类型、形成时代等已有了十分明确的结论,唯冲绳海槽至今尚未有此机会。为了迎接１９９８年大洋钻探船来西太平洋海域,特建议在冲绳海槽设站钻探,可在地理座标２７°１５′～２７°３５′Ｎ,１２６°５６′～１２７°１０′Ｅ的范围、水深１３００～１５５０ｍ水域内海底热液活动活跃区选站,连续钻探４～５孔,其目的拟解决以下４个问题：１．冲绳海槽现代海底热液活动通道在岩层中的最大透过深度及其岩石学性质;２．冲绳海槽的热液类型和成岩成矿作用;３．热液活动与地壳性质;４．热液活动在沟弧盆体系演化中的意义。     

Aerosol bacteria over the Southern Ocean during ACE-1

Individual bacterial cells occur in many samples that were collected at Cape Grim, Tasmania and during the Lagrangian “B” experiment of the Aerosol Characterization Experiment 1 (ACE-1) campaign that was conducted above the Southern Ocean. They are present in samples from altitudes as high as 5.4 km. Morphologically, almost all bacteria are rod-shaped, about 1 μm long or smaller, have one polar flagellum, and contain inclusions that are rich in P and K. Their morphological features suggest that these bacteria are motile, marine species. It seems likely that the cells became airborne by the same bubble-bursting mechanism that ejects sea-salt aerosol particles into the atmosphere; however, the bacteria and sea-salt particles are typically not aggregated with one another. The estimated number ratio of bacteria and the dominant aerosol species, sea salt, varies in the samples and averages about 1%. The aerosol bacteria seem to represent an important atmospheric reservoir of P and organic compounds; on the other hand, since they are externally mixed with sea salt, they are unlikely to be effective as cloud condensation nuclei.     

Study of a wide-angle laser ranging system for relative positioning of ground-based benchmarks with millimeter accuracy

A wide-angle airborne laser ranging system (WA-ALRS) is developed at the Institut Géographique National (IGN), France, with the aim of providing a new geodesy technique devoted to large (100 km²) networks with a high density (1 km⁻²) of benchmarks. The main objective is to achieve a 1-mm accuracy in relative vertical coordinates from aircraft measurements lasting a few hours. This paper reviews the methodology and analyzes the first experimental data achieved from a specific ground-based experiment. The accuracy in relative coordinate estimates is studied with the help of numerical simulations. It is shown that strong accuracy limitations arise with a small laser beam divergence combined with short range measurements when relatively few simultaneous range data are produced. The accuracy is of a few cm in transverse coordinates and a few mm in radial coordinates. The results from ground-based experimental data are fairly compatible with these predictions. The use of a model for systematic errors in the vehicle trajectory is shown to be necessary to achieve such a high accuracy. This work yields the first complete validation of modelization and methodology of this technique. An accuracy better than 1 mm and a few mm in vertical and horizontal coordinates, respectively, is predicted for aircraft experiments. Received: 19 June 1997 / Accepted: 17 February 1998     

3D modelling of near-surface, environmental effects on AEM data

This study considers the three-dimensional (3D) modelling of compact, at-surface conductive bodies on frequency domain airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey data. The context is the use of AEM data for environmental and land quality applications. The 3D structures encountered are typically conductive, of limited thickness (<20 m) and form ‘point’ source locations carrying potential environmental risk. The scale of such bodies may generate single-profile, ‘bulls-eye’ anomalies. In attempts to recover geological information, such anomalies may be considered to represent noise. In environmental AEM, the correct interpretation of such features is important. The study uses a combination of theoretical models and trial-fixed-wing survey data obtained in populated areas of the UK. Scale issues are discussed in terms of the volumetric footprints of the induced electric field generated by systems flown at both low and high elevation. One of the primary uses of AEM survey data lies in the assessment of conductivity maps. These are typically obtained using one-dimensional (1D) conductivity models at individual measurement points. In order to investigate the limitations of this approach, 3D modelling of conductive structures with dimensions less than 350×350 m and thicknesses extending to 20 m has been carried out. A 1D half space inversion of the data obtained at each frequency is then used to assess the behaviour of the spatial information. The results demonstrate that half space conductivity values obtained over compact 3D targets generally provide only apparent conductivity results. For thin, at-surface bodies, conductivity values are biased to lower values than the true conductivity except at high frequency. The spatial perturbation to both coupling ratios and 1D conductivity models can be laterally extensive. The results from 3D modelling indicate that the use of horizontal derivatives applied to the conductivity models offers enhanced edge detection. The practical application of such derivatives to both regional- and local-scale survey data is presented.. The special case of a near-surface, metallic pipeline has been modelled. The problem constitutes an inductive limit (current gathering) response in which the perturbation is largely confined to the in-phase coupling ratios. The main perturbations, in data and conductivity models, are within about 40 m of each side of the pipeline. The maximum perturbation to the conductivity model is only a factor of 1.5 above background. Detailed survey data across a former compact landfill (about 100×100 m) are used to compare the model behaviour predicted by the 3D modelling with survey results. The survey, conducted at two separate altitudes, provides a demonstration of 3D effects on 1D survey models as a function of frequency and elevation. Although the nature of the landfill materials and their location are not known precisely, the mapping information appears realistic.     

大庆航放测区可地浸砂岩型铀矿成矿条件分析

可地浸砂岩型铀矿是当今世界铀矿勘探的主攻方向，具有开采成本低、经济效益高的特点。本文运用航放资料结合地质、水文地质等资料较深入研究了大庆航放测区砂岩型铀矿的成矿条件，认为松辽盆地东北部具有十分有利的可地浸砂岩型铀矿成矿条件，铀矿成矿前景良好。海拉尔盆地也具有较好的砂岩型铀矿成矿条件，应予以关注。     

航空重力测量数据的小波滤波处理

构造三类连续小波函数对航空重力测量数据进行小波滤波处理. 三类连续小波函数分别用于对测量数据在某一空间尺度（或时间尺度）上的低通,一阶求导和二阶求导滤波. 着重介绍三类连续小波函数的构造原理与过程,并说明其相对于传统的数字滤波器的优势. 对系统的技术参数（滤波器窗口宽度参数δ 和尺度参数s）进行了调试实验. 实算结果显示了方法的可行性和有效性.     

航空重力测量数据向下延拓方法比较

首先介绍了空中重力异常向下延拓的直接代表法、正则化法、点质量法和基于球内Dirichlet问题的调和解法,分析了它们各自的特点.然后利用这些方法对中国大同航空重力测量数据进行向下延拓计算.通过对延拓结果与地面实测数据的比较分析,比较客观地评价了不同延拓方法的计算精度、可靠性及适应性.实际计算结果表明,直接代表法和正则化法的延拓结果具有较高的精度和可靠性,而球内Dirichlet问题调和解法的精度较差.