{"title":"Electrical and electromagnetic investigation for landslide characterisation","authors":"A. Godio, G. Bottino","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00070-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00070-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A geophysical investigation was applied to an area, subjected to a large slow moving landslide in the region oi Langhe - Piemonte, Italy. The joint application of vertical electrical soundings (VES), electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and electromagnetic soundings (TDEM) has led to the detection of the geo-morphological conditions of the slope up to a depth of 30–40 m. The geophysical survey has detected the existence and continuity of a potential sliding surface, which had previously pointed out by inclinometer measurements. The test has permitted the verification of the reliability and the resolution of electrical and electromagnetic data analysis for landslides, characterised by marls and clay with low resistivity values (below 100 Ohm·m).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 705-710"},"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)00070-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75946991","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 effect of the 1999 total solar eclipse on the ionosphere","authors":"R.A. Bamford","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00016-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00016-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The localised “night” created as the moon's shadow travelled across the Earth during the total solar eclipse of 11th August 1999, produced changes in the ionosphere across Europe that were monitored with a variety of modern instrumentation. The passage of the 100km wide, super-sonic lunar shadow offered the opportunity to examine the changes in electron densities, radio absorption, neutral wind patterns and the possible generation of waves in the layers of the ionosphere. All these for an event for which the cause of the disturbance can be calculated with accuracy. Reported here are the results from the vertical ionosondes located under the path of totality and in the partial eclipse region and dual frequency GPS TEC measurements. The ionosondes showed that even in the partial shadow the peak electron densities of the F & E ionospheric layers decreased by as much as 20–35%. The TEC measurements showed that the vertical equivalent line integrated electron density dropped by 15% at the 97% partial eclipse north of the path of totality. The consequences of these observations are discussed in relation to making model predictions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 373-377"},"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)00016-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80440822","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":"Ozone photochemistry in the condensed phase","authors":"L. Schriver-Mazzuoli","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00037-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00037-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent results about the ozone photochemistry in solid matrices (O<sub>2</sub>, Ar, N<sub>2</sub>) and water ices are reported. Several areas are reviewed: photochemistry in the visible and UV of ozone monomer, photochemistry of ozone involved in weak complexes, reactivity of atomic oxygen with various partners in nearest neighbour.</p><p>Although reactions occurring in matrices are not the same as in gas phase, pathways displayed in matrices can bring information for gas phase modelling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 495-503"},"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)00037-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91164243","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":"Variations of the number of weak and strong earthquakes for 1977–1998 years and their possible precursors","authors":"T.V. Barliaeva, M.I. Pudovkin, A.L. Morozova","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95028-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95028-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The earthquakes of various magnitudes (<em>M</em> ≥ 7.0, 4.0 ≤ <em>M</em> < 7.0) for the period from 1977 to 1998 are considered. A different recurrence of the number of strong and weak earthquakes is revealed. Variations of sunspot numbers, flare index, galactic cosmic ray fluxes, and <em>K<sub>p</sub></em>-index of geomagnetic activity are studied. From comparison of these characteristics with the distribution of the number of the earthquakes it may be assumed that the distinction in the characters of variations of weak and strong earthquakes is caused by the distinction in the solar and geomagnetic activity effect on occurrence of earthquakes of different magnitude.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 801-805"},"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)95028-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91174556","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":"Modeling debris flow propagation and deposition","authors":"P. Ghilardi , L. Natale , F. Savi","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00063-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00063-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A mathematical model is applied to simulate two debris flows occurred in 1997 and 1998 in Italian Alpine valleys. The flows caused a casualty and significant damages to buildings and roads. The model considers a two-phase mixture of coarse sediments and interstitial fluid. The concentration of the finer solid fraction in the interstitial fluid is assumed to be negligible, so that this fluid acts as clean water. Assuming that the solids and the interstitial fluid move downstream with the same velocity, the flow of the mixture is described using a two dimensional depth averaged model with a unique 2D momentum equation and two mass balance equations for the mixture and the sediments, respectively. Erosion and deposition rates are computed with a modified version of the relationship developed by Egashira-Ashida. Differential equations are integrated with an upwind explicit finite-difference scheme. The total discharge hydrograph at the upstream sections of the alluvial fans was estimated by assuming equilibrium solid concentration values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 651-656"},"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)00063-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89069683","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":"Mechanisms of auroral particle acceleration","authors":"G. Haerendel","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00086-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00086-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper deals with the conditions enabling auroral acceleration, the coupling of the various processes involved, and the feedback mechanisms on the source of energy and mass. Particular emphasis is given to the energy flow, for which four different paths are identified, whose efficiencies and time-scales are being compared. Furthermore, the necessary ingredients of auroral arc formation are discussed, among which current filamentation and dynamical feedback on the source plasma are still largely unknown elements. The paper closes with a conjecture about the origin of auroral folds and curls, which is attributed to the evacuation process of the topside ionosphere, the ensuing modification of the electric potential distribution, generation of small-scale shear flows and their instability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 25-32"},"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)00086-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91669474","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}
P. Muhtarov , I. Kutiev , Lj.R. Cander , B. Zolesi , G. de Franceschi , M. Levy , M. Dick
{"title":"European ionospheric forecast and mapping","authors":"P. Muhtarov , I. Kutiev , Lj.R. Cander , B. Zolesi , G. de Franceschi , M. Levy , M. Dick","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00011-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00011-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new technique is developed for forecasting and instantaneous mapping of the ionospheric parameters over Europe, based on analytical presentation of the mapped quantities. The diurnal and seasonal variations of the ionospheric foF2 and M(3000)F2 parameters are represented by a modified version of the regional model ISIRM adjusted to the past measured data. An autoregressive extrapolation of the data from the past month enables the 15-day-ahead forecast of the quiet ionospheric distribution to be performed. In addition, the short-term variations due to geomagnetic activity are defined as a plane surface superimposed on the quiet distribution. This correction is obtained by two plane characteristics as functions of the geomagnetic three-hour Kp index. In this way the 24-hour forecast can be obtain during quiet as well as disturbed ionospheric conditions. The corresponding EIFM software provides a variety of options to perform the short-term forecast depending on availability of the measured ionospheric data and predicted Kp values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 347-351"},"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)00011-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85262795","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. Balasco , D. Chianese , V. Cuomo , G. Di Bello , M.R. Gallipoli , V. Lapenna , M. Mucciarelli
{"title":"Design of a new prototype of remote station to detect electrical and seismometric parameters in a seismic area of Southern Italy","authors":"M. Balasco , D. Chianese , V. Cuomo , G. Di Bello , M.R. Gallipoli , V. Lapenna , M. Mucciarelli","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95026-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)95026-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work we describe the main features of a new prototype of remote station able to jointly detect electrical and seismometric parameters. The measuring station has been installed at Tito site on the Southern Apennine chain, one of the most seismic active areas of the Mediterranean region; it combines new technologies for the data acquisition with a robust statistical technique to discriminate anomalous fluctuations from background noise in the recorded signals. The completely automatic station is equipped with sensors able to detect self-potential signals (16 channels, A/D 24 bit, sampling rate of 0.25Hz) and a 1Hz three directional seismometer connected to an acquisition unit having a dynamics of 133 dB. After a preliminary filtering procedure, mainly devoted to remove all the influences due to meteo-climatic parameters and/or cultural electrical noise, a software developed ad hoc to study the possible correlation between anomalous patterns in electrical signals and local microseismic activity was employed. In particular, the instrumental features of the new station allow us to compare the fluctuations of electrical signal, detected at short temporal scales, with seismic events with low magnitude (M<3), that are not revealed by the national seismometric network (National Institute of Geophysics). The analysis of the first results obtained during the 1999 confirms us that the station could be largely used in a geophysical monitoring network operating in seismic active areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 787-791"},"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)95026-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77052390","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}
N. Jakowski, S. Heise, A. Wehrenpfennig, S. Schlüter
{"title":"TEC monitoring by GPS - a possible contribution to space weather monitoring","authors":"N. Jakowski, S. Heise, A. Wehrenpfennig, S. Schlüter","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00056-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00056-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The world-wide use of GPS satellites for navigation and positioning offers a unique chance for permanent monitoring the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere on regional/global scale. Using permanent operating GPS ground station networks (e.g. that from IGS) the derived TEC maps may contribute to monitor the actual development of large scale structures in electron content and their dynamics during ionospheric perturbations (e.g.www.kn.nz.dlr.de/ → Ionosphere Impact → Storm). Based on GPS measurements at European IGS ground stations and subsequent TEC estimations and mapping, both individual as well as common features of ionospheric storms shall be discussed for the European ionosphere. The paper demonstrates the power of this new GPS tool to detect and to study the dynamics of large-scale spatial structures (e.g. ionospheric response of solar eclipse on 11 August 1999). Detected TEC-perturbations are closely related to space weather characterizing quantities such as solar radio emission, solar wind and geomagnetic activity indices. Due to close relationships between TEC and space weather parameters a permanent space weather monitoring can help to control the ionospheric impact on operational navigation satellite systems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 8","pages":"Pages 609-613"},"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)00056-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72217831","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 impact of aviation upon the atmosphere","authors":"Robert Sausen (Guest Editor)","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00046-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00046-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 8","pages":"555"},"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)00046-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72225394","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}