{"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}
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":"Numerical simulation of secondary planetary waves arising from the nonlinear interaction of the normal atmospheric modes","authors":"A.I. Pogoreltsev","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00020-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00020-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 6","pages":"395-403"},"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)00020-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72293017","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":"Wave energy and momentum fluxes coming to the middle and upper atmosphere from tropospheric mesoscale turbulence","authors":"I.N. Drobyazko, N.M. Gavrilov","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00029-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00029-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 6","pages":"449-452"},"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)00029-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72293019","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}
{"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}
{"title":"IAGA workshop “lower atmosphere effects on the ionosphere and upper atmosphere”","authors":"Jan Lastovicka (guest editor)","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00017-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(01)00017-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 6","pages":"Page 379"},"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)00017-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72278994","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":"On the mass dependence of transverse ion acceleration by broad-band extremely low frequency waves","authors":"E.J. Lund , E. Möbius , K.A. Lynch , D.M. Klumpar , W.K. Peterson , R.E. Ergun , C.W. Carlson","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00102-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00102-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent data from the Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) and other satellites indicate that broad-band extremely low frequency (BBELF) waves account for most of the transverse ion acceleration in the aurora. These waves tend to accelerate ions of different masses to approximately the same energy. We have shown previously that a downward parallel electric field is necessary in order to explain this result in terms of a cyclotron resonant acceleration process. In this paper we use triangular electric field distributions to investigate how strong and how extensive a field is necessary to equalize the energization of ions of different mass.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 161-163"},"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)00102-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90012091","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":"Stability of fast solitary structures on auroral field lines","authors":"I. Roth, L. Muschietti","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00103-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00103-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The stability of the fast solitary structures which were observed onboard several auroral crossing satellites is analyzed as a dynamical system and investigated numerically. These large-amplitude potential spikes are supported by trapped electron populations. For parameters of low and mid-altitude auroral passes with gyro-to-bounce frequency ratios significantly larger than unity, the potential spikes are very resilient, while for lower magnetic fields, at ratios below unity, they develop unstable undulations in the transverse direction. The evolution of the solitary structures is related to changes in the trajectories of the trapped electrons. It is shown here that the coupling of the parallel and perpendicular dynamics is stronger when the above ratio decreases, resulting in a bifurcation of trajectories. The addition of a small perturbation to the large amplitude structure leads to a very different response of the trapped electrons in the two configurations. The electron behavior reflects the lack of spike stability at small gyro-to-bounce frequency ratios.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101026,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 165-168"},"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)00103-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81306729","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}