{"title":"Natural hazard assessment using GIS and remote sensing methods, with particular reference to the landslides in the Wondogenet Area, Ethiopia","authors":"B. Temesgen , M.U. Mohammed , T. Korme","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00065-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00065-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Wondogenet is located at the Eastern margin of the Main Ethiopian Rift. The geology of the area consists of volcanic rocks (ignimbrites, basalts, tephra) and volcano - lacustrine sediments of Plio - Pleistocene age. Morpho - dynamic activities have developed rugged and dissected landscape. These have been coupled with frequent heavy precipitation and accelerating human impact to produce frequent landslide problems.</p><p>In this study landslide occurrences and their relationships with various event controlling parameters have been evaluated using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Statistical relationships of these parameters with landslide occurrences were converted into risk susceptibility priority numbers. These numbers were re scaled between 0 and 1 for each layer before integrating them into a cumulative risk factor on which the landslide hazard zoning was based.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 665-675"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00065-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83570036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Image analysis for debris flow properties estimation","authors":"R. Genevois , A. Galgaro , P.R. Tecca","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00059-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00059-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>On August 1998 some debris flows were recorded by an automated monitoring system at Acquabona creek (Eastern Italian Alps). In this paper, motion picture of the flow, timing of single coarse particles on the flow surface, geophone recordings and ultrasonic logs were used to obtain velocity, depth and particle size data for the August 17 debris flow. Analogical images, recorded from zenithal camera located along the flow channel axis, have been converted in digital format and then processed in order to obtain a suitable identification of single flowing particles. Through image analysis techniques, grain-size and surface velocity distributions of debris flows are estimated. These properties are of the outmost importance in developing a proper rheological model for debris flows. Front velocities ranged from 1.8 to 4 m/s and corresponding flow surface velocities ranged from 2.26 to 4.18 m/s. A range of slurry shear strengths and viscosities occur in different surges of the same event. These differences in rheological flow behaviour appear to be influenced by concentration of particles and by flow particle-size distributions too. Coarser slurry are related a Bingham flow and finer slurry is associated to Newtonian flow. The development of rigid plugs is an index of rheological behaviour. In the observed surge Bingham flow is characterised by plug widths between 62 and 94% of flow width for flow depth higher than 45 cm. When depth dropped below 45 cm, slurry is finer and more liquid and flow transformed to hyperconcentrated flow. Turbulent small less concentrated surges are caused by a sort of pushing effect of the following coarser debris surge.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 623-631"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00059-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78873906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The E layer shape: the combination with existing models","authors":"J. Hafner , R. Leitinger , J. Titheridge","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00006-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00006-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The global maps for the E layer peak density are considered to be adequately good for daytime and new formulations for nighttime have been included in existing models. However, there are doubts about the validity of the shape of the electron density profile in E region heights. J. Titheridge has developed an E region chemistry model which provides improvements of the profile shape. We have modeled this shape on the basis of polynomial expansions. The resulting E region profile can be combined with existing ionospheric models, e.g., with the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) or with the ‘family’ of models recently developed at Graz and Trieste.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 319-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00006-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81222516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On volatile particle formation in aircraft exhaust plumes","authors":"A. Sorokin, X. Vancassel, P. Mirabel","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00047-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00047-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, the effect of the size bin resolution in a discrete aerosol dynamic model which predicts the formation of particles in an aircraft plume is examined. The model includes plume dilution and both the effect of neutral and charged particles on coagulation, with coefficients which vary with particle size and charge. A comparison of the model results is made with the in-flight experimental data collected in the plume of the ATTAS aircraft during the SULFUR-5 mission (Schröder, 1998). From this comparison, it appears that the choice of the value to be used for the “volume ratio” in the coagulation scheme is crucial to correctly determine the size distribution of the particles, especially for the larger sizes, as well as the emission indices for volatile particles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 8","pages":"Pages 557-561"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00047-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83845438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Particle acceleration and wave phenomena in the auroral region","authors":"R.L. Lysak , M. André","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00084-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00084-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acceleration of charged particles, and emissions of electromagnetic waves over a wide range of frequencies, occur in the auroral region of the terrestrial magnetosphere. Many interesting results concerning such phenomena were presented at the second EGS Alfvén conference held in Stockholm during May 1999. We present a summary of some of these results. Our presentation includes recent investigations of the mechanisms accelerating electrons both upward and downward along the geomagnetic field in the auroral region, and of the waves causing energization and upward outflow of ionospheric ions. Wave phenomena such as Auroral Kilometric Radiation and various types of Solitary Waves are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 3-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00084-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91669473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radar: Is it a new technology applicable to water level gauging?","authors":"S Kranz, T Zenz, U Barjenbruch","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95020-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95020-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The methods of water-level gauging used in some countries (float method with float shaft and station house) require costly investments and need permanent maintenance. Radar-sensor techniques for water-level measurements might be a cost-saving alternative. The paper presents practicability studies of radar sensor applications in water gauging and identifies the limits of applicability. Moreover, first experiences with radar sensors for wave-height analysis are reported.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 751-754"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95020-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90365947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S.H. Høymork , H.L. Pécseli , B Lybekk , J. Trusen , A. Eriksson
{"title":"The shape and evolution of lower hybrid density cavities observed by FREJA","authors":"S.H. Høymork , H.L. Pécseli , B Lybekk , J. Trusen , A. Eriksson","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00110-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00110-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A large number of narrow density cavities (50 m wide in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic field) are observed by the FREJA satellite. These cavities are correlated with electric field enhancements in the frequency range of Lower Hybrid waves. By closer inspection of individual cavities it is shown that they have a Gaussian shape across the magnetic field. It is also observed that the narrowest cavities are the shallowest ones and the depths of individual cavities are only weakly related to the amplitudes of the corresponding electric field fluctuations. The observed phenomenon is unlikely to be explained by a collapse theory for lower-hybrid waves.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 213-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00110-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91099043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. de Feraudy , J. Hanasz , R. Schreiber , G. Parks , M. Brittnacher , S. Perraut , J.A. Sauvaud , F. Lefeuvre , M. Mogilevsky
{"title":"AKR bursts and substorm field line excitation","authors":"H. de Feraudy , J. Hanasz , R. Schreiber , G. Parks , M. Brittnacher , S. Perraut , J.A. Sauvaud , F. Lefeuvre , M. Mogilevsky","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00101-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00101-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new manifestation of the Auroral Kilometric Radiation is put in evidence through the observations of the POLRAD wave experiment of the INTERBALL mission, the Wide Band Bursts of the AKR, or WBB AKR. It consists in bursts of radiation with a very broad bandwidth, typically 100 – 800 kHz. The whole frequency range is excited at once or in less than few minutes. This corresponds to the excitation of long segments of auroral field lines in a time often less that one minute. The sources of the emission are stretched along the field lines between altitudes ranging from 2000 to 20000 km. The relationship of these bursts to the development of auroral bulges, in the UV spectral range, is shown by the comparison of the POLRAD wave observations and those of the UV imager of the POLAR mission. It is shown that these bursts are generated during fast expansion of the auroral bulge. An accurate timing of the burst events is made with the time evolution of the frequency integrated wave energy flux. It shows that the bursts have a rise time of few minutes which is followed by an exponential relaxation with a characteristic time of few tens of minutes. The source of the bursts first expands along the field lines then it shrinks during the relaxation phase. The bursts are triggered few minutes before the maximum intensity of the UV auroral bulge. It is also shown that the bursts actually consist of a large number of individual broad bandwidth elements, each, lasting less than few seconds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 151-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00101-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91749359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Yamauchi , L. Andersson , P.-A. Lindqvist , S. Ohtani , J. Clemmons , J.-E. Wahlund , L. Eliasson , R. Lundin
{"title":"Acceleration signatures in the dayside boundary layer and the cusp","authors":"M. Yamauchi , L. Andersson , P.-A. Lindqvist , S. Ohtani , J. Clemmons , J.-E. Wahlund , L. Eliasson , R. Lundin","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00107-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00107-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Freja data show various electron acceleration signatures in the cusp and the dayside boundary layer: (1) time dispersive super-Alfvénic electrons followed by strong wave activity which accompanies transient downward super-thermal electron burst in both the boundary layer and the cusp; (2) quasi-stationary bidirectional electron burst coinciding with localized intense field-aligned current in the boundary layer; (3) downgoing electron burst without visible time dispersion in the cusp; and (4) thermal electrons accelerated by electrostatic potential in both the boundary layer and the cusp. The first and last signatures are different between two regions for typical energies and fluxes, and these differences probably reflect the different auroral emission in the cusp proper (red) and the boundary layer (green). Contributions of these electrons to the large-scale field-aligned currents are also different between two regions. The dispersed electron burst is probably accelerated within 1 Re above the ionosphere. From this result we believe that the cusp red aurora is caused mainly by accelerated electrons, but not by the smoothly entering magnetosheath electrons without acceleration. This also requires revisions of flux transfer event models for the structured cusp red aurora.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 195-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00107-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85748201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study of real time ionospheric mapping by neural network","authors":"C. Scotto","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00014-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00014-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A study of real time ionospheric mapping of foF2 by neural network is presented. A perceptron is trained by backpropagation method to predict foF2 along a fixed latitude. Results of a numerical experiment and preliminary tests are shown.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 363-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00014-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86289331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}