{"title":"Chemistry with stretched molecules","authors":"A.M. Wodtke","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00033-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00033-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It has been known for some years that molecular oxygen is produced in very high vibrational states by the photolysis of ozone in the middle atmosphere and the possible atmospheric implications of highly exicted oxygen have been the subject of extensive investigation. This short article describes the latest experimental and theoretical advances regarding this problem. The collision dynamics of O<sub>2</sub>(v≲20) now appears to be well understood; however, at higher vibrational levels, which are energetically local to the hypothesized O<sub>4</sub> complex and to the transition state for O + O<sub>3</sub> formation, much work is still needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 467-471"},"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)00033-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78652638","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.S. Uddin , H. Inaba , Y. Yoshida , Y. Itakura , M. Kasahara
{"title":"Large motion estimation by gradient technique - application to debris flow velocity field","authors":"M.S. Uddin , H. Inaba , Y. Yoshida , Y. Itakura , M. Kasahara","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00060-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00060-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The gradient-based methods that are commonly used for the estimation of two-dimensional velocity field or optical flow behave poorly in the estimation of large motion. A preprocessing multiscale smoothing operation is proposed in the present paper to overcome this problem. Its effectiveness is confirmed by application to synthetic moving images and finally to the velocity field estimation of a natural debris flow along with a gradient-based method known as spatio temporal derivative space method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 633-638"},"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)00060-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78659426","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}
R. Leitinger , B. Nava , G. Hochegger , S. Radicella
{"title":"Ionospheric profilers using data grids","authors":"R. Leitinger , B. Nava , G. Hochegger , S. Radicella","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00002-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00002-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most of the empirical ionospheric models which use maps of ionosonde parameters can be considered to be “profilers” in the sense that they use “anchor points” (e.g., E, F1 and F2 peaks) and provide the height profile of electron density between the anchor points and for the topside of the F layer. We present a modelling approach which replaces the global or regional maps (e.g., the ITU-R maps) by data grids and two dimensional third order interpolation for geographic locations between the grid points. The width of the data grids in latitude and longitude can easily be adapted to the intended use of a profiler, e.g., combination of smaller scale structures with a smooth background. The data grids can be constructed entirely from measured data but also from a combination of maps for monthly averages with measured data. In the latter case it is necessary to use buffer zones around the areas where measured data exist to ensure a smooth interface with the outside grid. We demonstrate the data grid method with several different profilers, especially with the “family” of ionospheric models 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 293-301"},"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)00002-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85925204","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 low-frequency seismic signal foregoing a main shock as a sign of the last stage of earthquake preparation or preliminary rupture","authors":"E.V. Sassorova , B.W. Levin","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95024-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95024-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The existance of low-frequency foregoing signals (LFFS) just before the main shock was described by Ihmle and Jordan (1991, 1993, 1994), Brevdo (1998), Levin and Sassorova (1994, 1995, 2000), Umeda (1999). The LFFS may be considered as a local sign of the last stage of the earthquake preparation or as a signal of the preliminary rupture process which preceded the main shock. These signals have a period from 3 to 200 s and forecast time before P-wave arrival in area from 5s to 1.5 hours. The LFFS were detected only for the events with epicenter distance no more than 1000 km. The LFFS parameters depend on the regional characteristics (the oscillator size, features of the environment, structure of the Earth crust). The LFFS properties connected with the same region, such as a period, foregoing time duration, signal structure vary insignificantly. The classification of the foregoing signals was proposed and the connection between the signal type, and the event localization was noted. It was shown that faint seismic signals radiated from an earthquake source and acoustic signals preceded a rupture in laboratory experiments can be written by common empirical relationship (the dependence of the period of radiated waves on the size of oscillation zone). The dispersion law for the signal emitted by the destruction source area is suggested, based on the laboratory experiments and field observations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 775-780"},"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)95024-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83033051","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":"Contents of volume 26","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95029-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95029-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages iii-ix"},"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)95029-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136940850","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":"FAST Observations of inertial alfvén waves and electron acceleration in the dayside aurora","authors":"C.C Chaston, W.J Peria, C.W Carlson, R.E Ergun, J.P McFadden","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00108-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00108-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A prevailing feature of small scale (k<sub>⊥</sub> c/ω<sub>pe</sub> ∼≥1) Alfven waves observed from the FAST spacecraft is an association of the impulsive wavefield with bursts of field-aligned electrons with energies of the order of <span><math><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext></math></span>m<sub>e</sub>V<sup>2</sup><sub>A</sub>. The accelerated distributions have broad energy spectra up to a few 100 eV and are predominantly directed downwards although upward accelerated beams are sometimes observed. Observations show that the direction of acceleration is correlated with the direction of the wave Poynting flux and anti-correlated with the direction of the field-aligned current carried by the wave. The accelerated portion of the distribution in some cases carries all the field-aligned current since the thermal population is depleted. These observations are compared with the predictions of a 1-D MHD model (with an inertial correction) (Chaston, 2000) and a fluid-kinetic model (Clark and Seyler, 1999) for waveforms where k<sub>⊥</sub> c/ω<sub>pe</sub> ∼1 and k<sub>⊥</sub> c/ω<sub>pe</sub>>>1 respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 201-205"},"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)00108-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74133000","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":"Evaluation of the ionospheric noise and variability within the hour by 5 minutes ionospheric soundings","authors":"B. Zolesi , S.S. Kouris , D. Fotiadis , C. Scotto","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00013-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00013-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The actual future needs in radio propagation predictions are short-term ionospheric forecasting and now-casting. These are often given at standard hours, but in order to improve the reliability and the accuracy of forecasting, the variability within-the-hour and the so-called “intrinsic noise” of the ionosphere cannot be neglected anymore. Values of <em>f</em><sub>o</sub>F2 and MUF(3000)F2, obtained in 5-minutes vertical sounding campaigns, performed at Rome and Juliusruh ionospheric stations during different seasons and different levels of solar activity, are analysed and the results are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 359-362"},"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)00013-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78155168","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":"Kinematic evolution and shear strength in the complex landslides of the Maratea valley (PZ, Italy)","authors":"G. Toni , V. Rizzo","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00066-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00066-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is suggested that a structural kinematic mechanism could have formed the so-called Maratea “Sackung” (A. GUERRICCHIO, G. MELIDORO, 1979) (more comprehensible as the “Sagging” phenomenon) and enabled the complex surrounding landslides to take place.</p><p>For the same deformation speed, the change in resistance as a function of different stress conditions was identified by means of triaxial testing carried out on test pieces obtained from both undisturbed and remoulded samples of the basal clay complex with “Sicilide” affinity.</p><p>Finally, the results obtained were compared with slide velocity during the last decade and the various thicknesses of the partially detrital mass in which the main landslides occur.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 677-681"},"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)00066-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81867241","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":"Cusp energetic particles observed by INTERBALL-tail probe in 1996","authors":"N.F. Pissarenko , I.P. Kirpichev , V.N. Lutsenko , S.P. Savin , E.Yu. Budnick , A.R. Moszhukina , E.I. Morozova , A.E. Antonova , I. Sandahl","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00115-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00115-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The protons with energies of 1 – 3 <em>MeV</em> were observed in the dayside cusp by INTERBALL-Tail Probe. The flux increases lasting for several tens of minuttes were recorded up to the magnetopause. These energetic particle enhancements were accompanied by low-frequency wave turbulence.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 241-245"},"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)00115-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84398146","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 connection between auroral acceleration and auroral morphology","authors":"T.J. Hallinan, H.C. Stenbaek-Nielsen","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00104-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00104-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Auroral acceleration is usually conceived in terms of measured electron energy-spectra and pitch-angle distributions. But another historical thread draws upon studies of auroral morphology. By 1970 it had been discovered that the rays in active rayed arcs are actually arrays of vortices similar to those observed in fluid shear and in laboratory experiments involving magnetized sheet electron beams (Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The apparent shear flow implied that rays drift at the E X B velocity in a convergent electric field of the order of 1 v/m. But ionospheric electric fields rarely exceeded 100 mV/m. A suggested solution, that the electric fields existed in the source region but did not map down to the lower ionosphere, required that there be an upward electric field in the center of the arc. This field would accelerate electrons downward into the ionosphere. To compare electric fields inferred from inverted V energy with those inferred from ray motions requires a fortunate conjunction of a rocket or satellite passing through an overhead rayed arc. The AMICIST payload provided such an opportunity and the inferred fields were consistent. Morphology studies also show that clockwise spirals, associated with upward currents and counter-clockwise curls, associated with charge sheets, have scale-sizes differing by two orders of magnitude. This suggests that current sheets have thickness of order 50 km (multiple arc) while negative charge tends to be concentrated in thin layers of order 500m (arc elements). This difference needs to be considered in relating parallel fields to Birkeland currents. Finally, conjugate studies of auroras suggest that the potential contours close somewhere above the acceleration region rather than in the conjugate ionosphere. This raises the question of how electrons are forced into the regions of high negative potential.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 169-177"},"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)00104-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85252627","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}