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Brear, Michael J., Frank Nicoud, Mohsen Talei, Alexis Giauque, and Evatt R. Hawkes. "Disturbance energy transport and sound production in gaseous combustion." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 707 (July 12, 2012): 53–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.264.
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AbstractThis paper presents an analysis of the energy transported by disturbances in gaseous combustion. It extends the previous work of Myers (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 226, 1991, 383–400) and so includes non-zero mean-flow quantities, large-amplitude disturbances, varying specific heats and chemical non-equilibrium. This extended form of Myers’ ‘disturbance energy’ then enables complete identification of the conditions under which the famous Rayleigh source term can be derived from the equations governing combusting gas motion. These are: small disturbances in an irrotational, homentropic, non-diffusive (in terms of species, momentum and energy) and stationary mean flow at chemical equilibrium. Under these assumptions, the Rayleigh source term becomes the sole source term in a conservation equation for the classical acoustic energy. It is also argued that the exact disturbance energy flux should become an acoustic energy flux in the far-field surrounding a (reacting or non-reacting) jet. In this case, the volume integral of the disturbance energy source terms are then directly related to the area-averaged far-field sound produced by the jet. This is demonstrated by closing the disturbance energy budget over a set of aeroacoustic, direct numerical simulations of a forced, low-Mach-number, laminar, premixed flame. These budgets show that several source terms are significant, including those involving the mean-flow and entropy fields. This demonstrates that the energetics of sound generation cannot be examined by considering the Rayleigh source term alone.
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KARIMI, NADER, MICHAEL J. BREAR, and WILLIAM H. MOASE. "Acoustic and disturbance energy analysis of a flow with heat communication." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 597 (February 1, 2008): 67–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007009573.
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This paper presents a comparative analysis of the budgets of acoustic energy and Myers' second-order ‘disturbance energy’ in a simple inhomogeneous flow with heat communication. The flow considered is non-diffusive and one-dimensional, with excitation by downstream-travelling acoustic and entropic disturbances. Two forms of heat communication are examined: a case with only steady heat communication and another in which unsteady heat addition cancels the generation of entropy disturbances throughout the inhomogeneous region.It is shown that significant entropic disturbances are usually generated at low frequency when a flow with steady heat communication is excited either acoustically or entropically. However, for acoustic excitation and regardless of the form of heat communication, entropic disturbances are not created at high frequency, inferring that all source terms create mainly sound in this limit. A general method is therefore proposed for determining an approximate frequency beyond which the generation of entropy disturbances can be ignored, and the disturbance energy flux then approximates the acoustic energy flux. This frequency is shown to depend strongly on the problem under investigation, which is expected to have practical significance when studying sound generation and propagation in combusting flows in particular. Further, sound is shown to be generated by fluid motion experiencing only steady heat communication, which is consistent with the known mechanism of sound generation by the acceleration of density disturbances.
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Starry, O. S. "Ecosystem ecology as a framework for organizing and advancing greenroof research." Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 62, no. 1-2 (April 12, 2016): 97–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15659801.2015.1031470.
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This paper explores the application of an ecosystem ecology framework to greenroof systems. It investigates how aspects of greenroof design or structure relate to functions such as rates of nutrient and energy cycling. Three main sections include energy budgets, cycling of nutrients and water, and ecosystem response to disturbance. Comparisons between greenroofs and other systems indicated that, functionally, greenroofs may be very different from ecosystem analogs. A further assessment of the greenroof energy budget called into question how food webs are supported. An evaluation of factors predicting system response to disturbance identified ways in which greenroofs may be less resilient to disturbance. One challenge with the ecosystem approach is a lack of sufficient data for fully holistic models, especially with respect to management practices. Ecosystem ecology is nevertheless shown to be a valuable framework for integrating existing greenroof research as well as targeting areas for future research and model development.
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Giroux, Jean-Francois, and Jean Bédard. "Activity budgets of greater snow geese in fall." Canadian Journal of Zoology 68, no. 12 (December 1, 1990): 2700–2702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z90-375.
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We examined whether the fall activity budgets of greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica) vary between years and sites by comparing time-budget data gathered from 1982 to 1984 at the Montmagny and Cap-Saint-Ignace sanctuaries in Quebec. Feeding and resting accounted for more than 70% of the activities during the daylight period. At Cap-Saint-Ignace, geese spent less time feeding and more time resting during the 2nd year of the study, whereas no such annual variation was found at Montmagny. Snow geese also spent more time feeding and less time resting at Montmagny than at Cap-Saint-Ignace. These differences are discussed in relation to energy requirements, quality of feeding sites, temperature, and disturbance associated with hunting.
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Soudijn, Floor H., Tobias van Kooten, Hans Slabbekoorn, and André M. de Roos. "Population-level effects of acoustic disturbance in Atlantic cod: a size-structured analysis based on energy budgets." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1929 (June 17, 2020): 20200490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0490.
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Anthropogenic underwater noise may negatively affect marine animals. Yet, while fishes are highly sensitive to sounds, effects of acoustic disturbances on fishes have not been extensively studied at the population level. In this study, we use a size-structured model based on energy budgets to analyse potential population-level effects of anthropogenic noise on Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ). Using the model framework, we assess the impact of four possible effect pathways of disturbance on the cod population growth rate. Through increased stress, changes in foraging and movement behaviour, and effects on the auditory system, anthropogenic noise can lead to (i) increased energy expenditure, (ii) reduced food intake, (iii) increased mortality, and (iv) reduced reproductive output. Our results show that population growth rates are particularly sensitive to changes in energy expenditure and food intake because they indirectly affect the age of maturation, survival and fecundity. Sub-lethal effects of sound exposure may thus affect populations of cod and fishes with similar life histories more than lethal effects of sound exposure. Moreover, anthropogenic noise may negatively affect populations when causing persistent increases of energy expenditure or decreases of food intake. Effects of specific acoustic pollutants on energy acquisition and expenditure should therefore be further investigated.
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Fraser, Zoe L., Ross M. Culloch, and Sean D. Twiss. "As clear as day: nocturnal activity differs from diurnal activity in a temporally constrained capital breeder." Behaviour 156, no. 10 (2019): 997–1016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003553.
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Abstract Time-activity budgets are fundamental to behavioural studies, allowing examination of how individuals allocate their time, and potentially energy, and how these patterns vary spatially and temporally and in relation to habitat, individual identity, sex, social status and levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Direct observations of animal behaviour, especially in the wild, are often limited to daylight hours; therefore, many activity budgets relate to diurnal activity only, or assumptions are made about nocturnal activity. Activity budgets have been a key component of many behavioural and energetics studies of breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus, Fabricius, 1791), and yet very little is known about nocturnal activity of grey seals, and a general, implicit assumption of no significant change from day to night seems to pervade the literature. Here we use a combination of high resolution digital video and thermal imaging video camera to follow known individual grey seal mothers from day into night to examine activity patterns during lactation. We show distinct differences in nocturnal activity budgets relative to diurnal activity budgets. Mothers spent significantly more time resting with a reduction of time spent in the alert and comfort move behavioural categories during nocturnal periods. It is clear that diurnal time-activity patterns of breeding female grey seals cannot be extrapolated to represent activity across a 24-hour cycle. These considerations are particularly critical in studies that aim to use time-activity budgets as proxies for energy budgets.
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Arlettaz, Raphaël, Sébastien Nusslé, Marjana Baltic, Peter Vogel, Rupert Palme, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Patrick Patthey, and Michel Genoud. "Disturbance of wildlife by outdoor winter recreation: allostatic stress response and altered activity–energy budgets." Ecological Applications 25, no. 5 (July 2015): 1197–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1141.1.
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Riddington, R., M. Hassall, S. J. Lane, P. A. Turner, and R. Walters. "The impact of disturbance on the behaviour and energy budgets of Brent GeeseBranta b. bernicla." Bird Study 43, no. 3 (November 1996): 269–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063659609461019.
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Schummer, Michael L., and William R. Eddleman. "Effects of Disturbance on Activity and Energy Budgets of Migrating Waterbirds in South-Central Oklahoma." Journal of Wildlife Management 67, no. 4 (October 2003): 789. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3802686.
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Robson, Anthony A., Laurent Chauvaud, Rory P. Wilson, and Lewis G. Halsey. "Small actions, big costs: the behavioural energetics of a commercially important invertebrate." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 9, no. 72 (January 4, 2012): 1486–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2011.0713.
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Anthropogenic disturbance of farmed animals can be detrimental by adversely affecting behaviours and metabolic rate, potentially reducing their commercial value. However, relatively little is known about the normal behavioural time budgets and associated metabolism of many such species, particularly for example pectinid bivalves, which use anaerobic metabolism during periods of short-burst activity. In the present study, we used the accelerometry technique to measure scallop overall dynamic body acceleration in combination with respirometry in order to obtain and compare the behavioural time budgets and associated metabolism of 10 scallops, Pecten maximus , in an aquaculture hatchery and 10 in the wild. Scallops in the wild typically spent only 0.1 per cent of the time moving (less than 2 min d −1 ), yet, on average, the estimated metabolism of such movement represented 16.8 per cent of daily energy expenditure. Furthermore, owing to their reliance on anaerobic pathways during such activity, movement resulted in the wild scallops having a raised metabolic rate for, on average, an estimated 7.8 per cent of the time, during which oxygen debts accumulated during movement were paid off. Hatchery scallops also typically spent only 0.1 per cent of the time moving but estimated metabolism of such movement represented 41.8 per cent of daily energy expenditure. Estimated mean daily metabolism of scallops in the hatchery was significantly higher than scallops in the wild (169.1 versus 120.7 mg O 2 d −1 ) because anthropogenic disturbance in the hatchery caused energetically costly non-feeding behaviours. Consequently, hatchery scallops also spent a far greater amount of time with a raised metabolic rate (an estimated 26.6% of the time) than wild scallops. While short-term bursts of movement in pectinid bivalves may appear innocuous, they result in large expenditures of energy and an oxygen debt that is paid off over long periods of time that together limit further movement. These findings have implications for the farming industry; mitigating anthropogenic disturbances to farmed colonies may minimize non-feeding behaviours and hence maximize growth rates by reducing the costs of such movements and increasing the opportunity to feed.
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Thayer, Charles W. "Escalating energy budgets and oligotrophic refugia: winners and drop-outs in the Red Queen's race." Paleontological Society Special Publications 6 (1992): 290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2475262200008509.
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Preliminary evidence supports a series of predictions and speculations that derive from the hypothesis of evolutionary escalation (Red Queen). If biotic interactions have intensified over geologic time, then:(1) Energy budgets of individuals have increased. This involves both sides of the equation Consumption = Growth + Reproduction + Respiration (includes locomotion & feeding) + Feces + Excreta. Thus living representatives of formerly successful taxa have lower energy budgets than ecologically similar taxa that were successful later, e.g., reptiles vs. mammals, Sphenodon vs. other reptiles, brachiopods vs. bivalves, Nautilus vs. coeleoids, gymnosperms vs. angiosperms.(2) The price of success (cals. per reproducing offspring) has increased. Thus Red Queen evolution leads to energetic inefficiency.(3) Energetic escalation is fueled by increasing plant biomass and turnover, especially on land (angiosperms, including N-fixers such as legumes). The enlarged trophic base pemits diversification without reduction of niche size. Evolution of marine benthos (our primary record of evolution) may be fueled directly by fixed C or indirectly by fixed N (shelf waters are normally N-limited), both increasingly supplied from land as a result of steady state mortality (deciduousness, self-thinning, short life-cycles) or disturbance mortality (fire, wind) of bigger standing crops. The Mesozoic origin of new phytoplankton such as diatoms may be a consequence of terrestrial angiosperms. In turn, diatoms produce lipid, a more energy-dense food than the carbohydrate produced by other phytoplankton. Increased skeletonization of Mesozoic phytoplankton may have diluted the food of Paleozoic-style suspension-feeders, especially brachiopods. Brachiopods have blind guts, which they readily stuff with non-nutritive particles and tight (efficient) energy budgets that might not sustain increased feeding costs.4) Archaic organisms survive in oligotrophic refugia that exclude more recent, high-energy enemies. Marine animals move to deeper water (explaining offshore migration over the Phanerozoic, e.g., Latimeria, Nautilus, Zoophycos.). Other refugia are high latitudes, caves, or dark fiords. Living articulate brachiopods flourish in all of these except the fluvial-influenced Arctic Ocean. Refugia for archaic flora restrict light, water, or N (high latitudes and elevations, forest floor, poor soil).5) Survival in oligotrophic refugia selects for lower energy budgets, including reduction of respiring tissue, so Cope's Rule is reversed (thecideid brachiopods, lycopods, sphenopsids).
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Pirotta, Enrico, Kate L. Brookes, Isla M. Graham, and Paul M. Thompson. "Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise." Biology Letters 10, no. 5 (May 2014): 20131090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1090.
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Animals exposed to anthropogenic disturbance make trade-offs between perceived risk and the cost of leaving disturbed areas. Impact assessments tend to focus on overt behavioural responses leading to displacement, but trade-offs may also impact individual energy budgets through reduced foraging performance. Previous studies found no evidence for broad-scale displacement of harbour porpoises exposed to impulse noise from a 10 day two-dimensional seismic survey. Here, we used an array of passive acoustic loggers coupled with calibrated noise measurements to test whether the seismic survey influenced the activity patterns of porpoises remaining in the area. We showed that the probability of recording a buzz declined by 15% in the ensonified area and was positively related to distance from the source vessel. We also estimated received levels at the hydrophones and characterized the noise response curve. Our results demonstrate how environmental impact assessments can be developed to assess more subtle effects of noise disturbance on activity patterns and foraging efficiency.
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Liu, Weiwei, Ziliang Guo, Fei Lu, Xiaoke Wang, Manyin Zhang, Bojie Liu, Yuanyun Wei, et al. "The influence of disturbance and conservation management on the greenhouse gas budgets of China’s forests." Journal of Cleaner Production 261 (July 2020): 121000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121000.
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Clarkson, J., F. Christiansen, T. Awbery, L. Abbiss, N. Nikpaljevic, and A. Akkaya. "Non-targeted tourism affects the behavioural budgets of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the South Adriatic (Montenegro)." Marine Ecology Progress Series 638 (March 19, 2020): 165–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13257.
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We investigated the short-term effects of non-targeted tourism on the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the South Adriatic off the coast of Montenegro, by comparing dolphin group behaviour during impact (the presence of non-targeted tourism vessels) and control (absence of all marine vessels) scenarios. Tourism vessel and dolphin behavioural data were collected through systematic weekly land-based surveys. Using instantaneous focal ‘group’ scan sampling, the predominant behaviour of bottlenose dolphin groups was determined. To quantify the effect of vessel interactions on the behavioural budget of the dolphins, we followed a stepwise modelling approach. A first-order Markov chain was used to calculate the transition probabilities between behavioural states before a Monte Carlo simulation estimated the behavioural budgets of dolphins during impact and control situations. In the presence of non-targeted tourism, dolphins were found to be less likely to remain diving (during which dolphins were assumed to be feeding), whilst milling-socialising and surface feeding were completely absent from their behavioural repertoires. Nevertheless, the behavioural budgets demonstrated an increase in resting behaviour in the presence of non-targeted tourism vessels. No significant changes to travelling behaviour were observed. The decrease in foraging behaviour (both surface feeding and diving) could result in a reduction in energy intake for dolphins, which over time (assuming repeated disturbance) could negatively affect body condition, and ultimately survival and reproduction. Regulations on non-targeted tourism should therefore be considered to minimise potential long-term negative effects on dolphins within Montenegrin territorial waters.
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Arzel, C., J. Elmberg, and M. Guillemain. "A flyway perspective of foraging activity in Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca crecca." Canadian Journal of Zoology 85, no. 1 (January 2007): 81–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z06-201.
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Time–activity budgets in the family Anatidae are available for the wintering and breeding periods. We present the first flyway-level study of foraging time in a long-distance migrant, the Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca crecca L., 1758 (“Teal”). Behavioral data from early and late spring staging, breeding, and molting sites were collected with standardized protocols to explore differences between the sexes, seasons, and diel patterns. Teal foraging activity was compared with that of the Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos L., 1758 and Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata L., 1758, and the potential effects of duck density and predator-caused disturbance were explored. In early spring, foraging time was moderate (50.5%) and mostly nocturnal (45%). It increased dramatically in all three species at migration stopovers and during molt, mostly because of increased diurnal foraging, while nocturnal foraging remained fairly constant along the flyway. These patterns adhere to the “income breeding” strategy expected for this species. No differences between the sexes were recorded in either species studied. Teal foraging time was positively correlated with density of Teal and all ducks present, but negatively correlated with predator disturbance. Our study suggests that Teal, in addition to being income breeders, may also be considered as income migrants; they find the energy necessary to migrate at staging sites along the flyway.
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Chalfoun, Anna. "Effects of a New Pedestrian Pathway in Grand Teton National Park on Breeding Sagebrush Songbirds." UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports 31 (January 1, 2008): 3–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.13001/uwnpsrc.2008.3687.
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Human-induced changes to natural landscapes have become ubiquitous, resulting in exposure of wildlife populations to novel stressors (Munns 2006). While it is clear that changes such as habitat loss can directly impact wildlife species, less clear is the extent to which human presence itself functions as a disturbance that influences wildlife behaviors with important fitness consequences. Animals clearly respond to perceived risk of predation by natural predators via, for example, fleeing, or altering foraging and/or breeding habitat selection (Marzluff 1988, Hakkarainen et al. 2001, Frid and Dill2002, Blumstein 2006, Borkowski et al. 2006, Fontaine and Martin 2006). Such responses can alter access to important resources, energy budgets, and therefore attributes such as body condition (Bechet et al. 2004) with potential impacts to survival and reproductive output. Of critical importance to the management of wildlife populations is therefore to determine 1) whether wildlife species perceive human presence as predation risk, 2) how individuals respond to such risk, and 3) how such responses influence fitness consequences and therefore population dynamics and community structure.
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Luick, B. R., J. A. Kitchens, R. G. White, and S. M. Murphy. "Modeling energy and reproductive costs in caribou exposed to low flying military jet aircraft." Rangifer 16, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 209. http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1244.
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We used simulation modeling to estimate the effect of low-flying military jet aircraft on the productivity of caribou. The base model (CARIBOU, CWS Whitehorse, Yukon Territory) uses daily intake and expenditure of energy to assess the condition of female caribou throughout the annual cycle. The activity budget of the model caribou was adjusted based on field observations of responses to noise disturbance. A subroutine was added that predicted the likelihood of conception based on fall body fat weight. Caribou responses to overflights were evaluated by equipping free-ranging caribou with radio collars and activity sensors that could distinguish between resting and active periods. Collared animals were exposed to 110 overflights by A-10, F-15 and F- 16 jet aircraft during late-winter, post-calving and the insect season. Noise exposure levels for individual animals either were measured directly with collar-mounted dosimeters or were estimated based on the proximity of the caribou to the aircraft during the overflight. A Time-averaged Sound Level (LT) was calculated from the total daily noise exposure for each animal and linear regression was used to evaluate the influence of daily noise exposure on daily hours spent resting. Results of these analyses then were used to modify the time budgets in the CARIBOU model. That is, if time spent resting declined, then time spent in the two rest classes (lying and standing) were proportionately redistributed into the three active classes (foraging, walking and running). Model simulations indicated that caribou increased forage intake in response to increased noise exposure, but it also predicted that increased noise exposure would cause a reduced accumulation of body fat. Because body fat in fall has successfully been used to predict the probability of pregnancy (see Gerhart et al, 1993), this relationship was used in the model. Preliminary model simulations indicate that increased noise exposure decreases the probability of pregnancy and that unfavorable environmental conditions (e.g., deep snow and severe insect harassment) exacerbate the situation. The threshold at which point the caribou fail to conceive has not been determined at this time, but appears to be well beyond the exposure to aircraft that caribou in the Delta herd are currently experiencing.
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White, Paula A., Laura D. Bertola, Kennedy Kariuki, and Hans H. de Iongh. "Human procurement of meat from lion (Panthera leo) kills: Costs of disturbance and implications for carnivore conservation." PLOS ONE 19, no. 8 (August 14, 2024): e0308068. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308068.
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In Africa, humans and large carnivores compete over access to resources, including prey. Disturbance by humans to kills made by carnivores, often for purposes of obtaining all or portions of the carcass, constitutes a form of human-wildlife conflict. However the occurrence of this practice, known as human kleptoparasitism, and its impact on carnivores has received little scientific attention. We obtained expert opinions from African lion researchers and stakeholders via a standardized questionnaire to characterize the geographic extent and frequency of human kleptoparasitism as it occurs in modern times. Our survey found modern human kleptoparasitism on kills made by lions, and possibly other large carnivores in Africa, to be geographically more widespread than previously reported. Meat lost to humans requires carnivores to hunt and kill additional prey thereby causing stress, increasing their energetic costs and risks of natural injury, and exposing them to risk of direct injury or death from human usurpers. Because of their conspicuous behaviors and tendency towards killing large-bodied prey, lions are particularly susceptible to humans detecting their kills. While human kleptoparasitism was geographically widespread, socio-economic factors influenced the frequency of occurrence. Prey type (wild game or domestic livestock) influenced human attitudes towards meat theft; ownership allows for legal recovery of livestock carcasses, while possessing wild game meat is mostly illegal and may incur penalties. Meat theft was associated with other illegal activities (i.e., illegal mining) and most prevalent among people of low income, including underpaid game scouts. Despite quantifiable costs to carnivores of human disturbance to their kills, the majority of experts surveyed reported a lack of knowledge on this practice. We propose that human disturbance at kills, especially loss of prey through human kleptoparasitism, constitutes an important anthropogenic threat that may seriously impact energy budgets of individual lions and other scavengers when meat and carcasses are removed from the ecosystem, and that the costs incurred by carnivores warrants further investigation.
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Huang, Maoyi, Yi Xu, Marcos Longo, Michael Keller, Ryan G. Knox, Charles D. Koven, and Rosie A. Fisher. "Assessing impacts of selective logging on water, energy, and carbon budgets and ecosystem dynamics in Amazon forests using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator." Biogeosciences 17, no. 20 (October 19, 2020): 4999–5023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4999-2020.
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Abstract. Tropical forest degradation from logging, fire, and fragmentation not only alters carbon stocks and carbon fluxes, but also impacts physical land surface properties such as albedo and roughness length. Such impacts are poorly quantified to date due to difficulties in accessing and maintaining observational infrastructures, as well as the lack of proper modeling tools for capturing the interactions among biophysical properties, ecosystem demography, canopy structure, and biogeochemical cycling in tropical forests. As a first step to address these limitations, we implemented a selective logging module into the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) by mimicking the ecological, biophysical, and biogeochemical processes following a logging event. The model can specify the timing and aerial extent of logging events, splitting the logged forest patch into disturbed and intact patches; determine the survivorship of cohorts in the disturbed patch; and modifying the biomass and necromass (total mass of coarse woody debris and litter) pools following logging. We parameterized the logging module to reproduce a selective logging experiment at the Tapajós National Forest in Brazil and benchmarked model outputs against available field measurements. Our results suggest that the model permits the coexistence of early and late successional functional types and realistically characterizes the seasonality of water and carbon fluxes and stocks, the forest structure and composition, and the ecosystem succession following disturbance. However, the current version of FATES overestimates water stress in the dry season and therefore fails to capture seasonal variation in latent and sensible heat fluxes. Moreover, we observed a bias towards low stem density and leaf area when compared to observations, suggesting that improvements are needed in both carbon allocation and establishment of trees. The effects of logging were assessed by different logging scenarios to represent reduced impact and conventional logging practices, both with high and low logging intensities. The model simulations suggest that in comparison to old-growth forests the logged forests rapidly recover water and energy fluxes in 1 to 3 years. In contrast, the recovery times for carbon stocks, forest structure, and composition are more than 30 years depending on logging practices and intensity. This study lays the foundation to simulate land use change and forest degradation in FATES, which will be an effective tool to directly represent forest management practices and regeneration in the context of Earth system models.
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Olaya Meza, Cristóbal, Aylin Akkaya, Flavio Affinito, Bayram Öztürk, and Ayaka Amaha Öztürk. "Behavioural changes and potential consequences of cetacean exposure to purse seine vessels in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 100, no. 5 (May 19, 2020): 847–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420000314.
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AbstractMarine traffic has both short- and long-term effects on cetacean behaviour, yet fishing vessels present a unique situation as they disturb cetaceans whilst potentially offering alternative foraging opportunities. The Istanbul Strait is a key area for the study of anthropogenic disturbance on cetaceans due to heavy human pressure in a narrow space where at least three cetacean species are regularly encountered. The present study investigated changes in behaviour of bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins and harbour porpoises in relation to the presence of purse seiners using Markov chains analysis. The results revealed increased foraging in bottlenose and common dolphins' behavioural budgets and a decrease in the time spent foraging by harbour porpoises. Moreover, a loglinear model was used to analyse the effect of possible confounding variables on observed behaviours. The only variables found to be affecting behaviour were the previous recorded behaviour, seiner presence and marine traffic density. Consequently, the presence of purse seine vessels leads bottlenose and common dolphins to change their behaviour and are related with a decrease of energy intake in porpoises. The results of this study reveal that there is an effect of purse seine vessel presence on the cetaceans found in the Istanbul Strait with potentially significant impacts on their behaviour, therefore we suggest more research is needed in the area to identify the long-term impacts of these observed behavioural changes.
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Kawashima, Masayuki, and Yasushi Fujiyoshi. "Shear Instability Wave along a Snowband: Instability Structure, Evolution, and Energetics Derived from Dual-Doppler Radar Data." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 62, no. 2 (February 1, 2005): 351–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jas-3392.1.
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Abstract This article presents a detailed analysis of a meso-γ-scale (∼17 km wavelength) shear instability wave along a snowband using a series of dual-Doppler radar data. The wave developed along a low-level shear line that formed under the strain wind field caused by an adjacent mesoscale vortex. The horizontal wind shear across the line was largest at lower levels, and the eddy-component horizontal winds and the retrieved pressure anomaly showed a bottom-intensified structure as well. The resultant vertical pressure gradient force was found to be responsible for the enhancement of alternating updrafts and downdrafts that were subsequently related to the formation of the reflectivity core/gap structure of the wave. Eddy kinetic energy (EKE) budgets of the evolving disturbance were investigated using time series of retrieved kinematic and thermodynamic data. The wave grew at an approximately constant growth rate for about 40 min from its onset. The EKE in this quasi-linear growth period was primarily generated by the horizontal shear that decreased with height. The pressure work was found to remove about two-thirds of this generation in the layer below 1 km, while in the upper layer it was constructive to EKE generation and comparable to the generation of EKE by horizontal shear. These results indicate that the source of EKE was basically located at low levels and the energy was transported upward mainly by the pressure work. After the quasi-linear growth period, horizontal shear generation rapidly decreased and EKE peaked. The buoyancy generation of EKE was small but positive in the quasi-linear growth period, then became negative because of the development of thermally indirect circulations.
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Zhu, Xiaoran, Dong Chen, Maruko Kogure, Elizabeth Hoy, Logan T. Berner, Amy L. Breen, Abhishek Chatterjee, et al. "A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020)." Earth System Science Data 16, no. 8 (August 16, 2024): 3687–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024.
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Abstract. Studies in recent decades have shown strong evidence of physical and biological changes in the Arctic tundra, largely in response to rapid rates of warming. Given the important implications of these changes for ecosystem services, hydrology, surface energy balance, carbon budgets, and climate feedbacks, research on the trends and patterns of these changes is becoming increasingly important and can help better constrain estimates of local, regional, and global impacts as well as inform mitigation and adaptation strategies. Despite this great need, scientific understanding of tundra ecology and change remains limited, largely due to the inaccessibility of this region and less intensive studies compared to other terrestrial biomes. A synthesis of existing datasets from past field studies can make field data more accessible and open up possibilities for collaborative research as well as for investigating and informing future studies. Here, we synthesize field datasets of vegetation and active-layer properties from the Alaskan tundra, one of the most well-studied tundra regions. Given the potentially increasing intensive fire regimes in the tundra, fire history and severity attributes have been added to data points where available. The resulting database is a resource that future investigators can employ to analyze spatial and temporal patterns in soil, vegetation, and fire disturbance-related environmental variables across the Alaskan tundra. This database, titled the Synthesized Alaskan Tundra Field Database (SATFiD), can be accessed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics (Chen et al., 2023: https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2177).
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Yasunaga, Kazuaki, Satoru Yokoi, Kuniaki Inoue, and Brian E. Mapes. "Space–Time Spectral Analysis of the Moist Static Energy Budget Equation." Journal of Climate 32, no. 2 (December 28, 2018): 501–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-18-0334.1.
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Abstract The budget of column-integrated moist static energy (MSE) is examined in wavenumber–frequency transforms of longitude–time sections over the tropical belt. Cross-spectra with satellite-derived precipitation (TRMM-3B42) are used to emphasize precipitation-coherent signals in reanalysis [ERA-Interim (ERAI)] estimates of each term in the budget equation. Results reveal different budget balances in convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) as well as in the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) and tropical depression (TD)-type disturbances. The real component (expressing amplification or damping of amplitude) for horizontal advection is modest for most wave types but substantially damps the MJO. Its imaginary component is hugely positive (it acts to advance phase) in TD-type disturbances and is positive for MJO and equatorial Rossby (ERn1) wave disturbances (almost negligible for the other CCEWs). The real component of vertical advection is negatively correlated (damping effect) with precipitation with a magnitude of approximately 10% of total latent heat release for all disturbances except for TD-type disturbance. This effect is overestimated by a factor of 2 or more if advection is computed using the time–zonal mean MSE, suggesting that nonlinear correlations between ascent and humidity would be positive (amplification effect). ERAI-estimated radiative heating has a positive real part, reinforcing precipitation-correlated MSE excursions. The magnitude is up to 14% of latent heating for the MJO and much less for other waves. ERAI-estimated surface flux has a small effect but acts to amplify MJO and ERn1 waves. The imaginary component of budget residuals is large and systematically positive, suggesting that the reanalysis model’s physical MSE sources would not act to propagate the precipitation-associated MSE anomalies properly.
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Huntzinger, D. N., C. Schwalm, A. M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, A. W. King, Y. Wei, A. Jacobson, et al. "The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 1: Overview and experimental design." Geoscientific Model Development 6, no. 6 (December 17, 2013): 2121–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-2121-2013.
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Abstract. Terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) have become an integral tool for extrapolating local observations and understanding of land–atmosphere carbon exchange to larger regions. The North American Carbon Program (NACP) Multi-scale synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP) is a formal model intercomparison and evaluation effort focused on improving the diagnosis and attribution of carbon exchange at regional and global scales. MsTMIP builds upon current and past synthesis activities, and has a unique framework designed to isolate, interpret, and inform understanding of how model structural differences impact estimates of carbon uptake and release. Here we provide an overview of the MsTMIP effort and describe how the MsTMIP experimental design enables the assessment and quantification of TBM structural uncertainty. Model structure refers to the types of processes considered (e.g., nutrient cycling, disturbance, lateral transport of carbon), and how these processes are represented (e.g., photosynthetic formulation, temperature sensitivity, respiration) in the models. By prescribing a common experimental protocol with standard spin-up procedures and driver data sets, we isolate any biases and variability in TBM estimates of regional and global carbon budgets resulting from differences in the models themselves (i.e., model structure) and model-specific parameter values. An initial intercomparison of model structural differences is represented using hierarchical cluster diagrams (a.k.a. dendrograms), which highlight similarities and differences in how models account for carbon cycle, vegetation, energy, and nitrogen cycle dynamics. We show that, despite the standardized protocol used to derive initial conditions, models show a high degree of variation for GPP, total living biomass, and total soil carbon, underscoring the influence of differences in model structure and parameterization on model estimates.
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Huntzinger, D. N., C. Schwalm, A. M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, A. W. King, Y. Wei, A. Jacobson, et al. "The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 1: Overview and experimental design." Geoscientific Model Development Discussions 6, no. 3 (July 23, 2013): 3977–4008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-6-3977-2013.
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Abstract. Terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) have become an integral tool for extrapolating local observations and understanding of land-atmosphere carbon exchange to larger regions. The North American Carbon Program (NACP) Multi-scale synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project (MsTMIP) is a formal model intercomparison and evaluation effort focused on improving the diagnosis and attribution of carbon exchange at regional and global scales. MsTMIP builds upon current and past synthesis activities, and has a unique framework designed to isolate, interpret, and inform understanding of how model structural differences impact estimates of carbon uptake and release. Here we provide an overview of the MsTMIP effort and describe how the MsTMIP experimental design enables the assessment and quantification of TBM structural uncertainty. Model structure refers to the types of processes considered (e.g. nutrient cycling, disturbance, lateral transport of carbon), and how these processes are represented (e.g. photosynthetic formulation, temperature sensitivity, respiration) in the models. By prescribing a common experimental protocol with standard spin-up procedures and driver data sets, we isolate any biases and variability in TBM estimates of regional and global carbon budgets resulting from differences in the models themselves (i.e. model structure) and model-specific parameter values. An initial intercomparison of model structural differences is represented using hierarchical cluster diagrams (a.k.a. dendrograms), which highlight similarities and differences in how models account for carbon cycle, vegetation, energy, and nitrogen cycle dynamics. We show that, despite the standardized protocol used to derive initial conditions, models show a high degree of variation for GPP, total living biomass, and total soil carbon, underscoring the influence of differences in model structure and parameterization on model estimates.
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Yokoyama, Chie, and Yukari N. Takayabu. "Relationships between Rain Characteristics and Environment. Part II: Atmospheric Disturbances Associated with Shallow Convection over the Eastern Tropical Pacific." Monthly Weather Review 140, no. 9 (September 1, 2012): 2841–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-11-00251.1.
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Abstract Synoptic-scale westward-propagating disturbances over the eastern Pacific (EP) are analyzed in boreal autumn, utilizing spectral analysis, composite analysis, and energy budget analysis. The results are compared with those over the western Pacific (WP). Spectral peaks of total precipitable water (TPW) and vertical velocity at 850 hPa (ω850), and outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) are detected at periods of ~3–7 days over the EP. Meanwhile over the WP, a spectral peak of OLR is pronounced, but peaks of TPW and ω850 are not detected. Composite analysis reveals that disturbances that have a coupled structure, with a vortex at its center near ~9°N and a mixed Rossby–gravity (MRG) wave–type disturbance, frequently exist over the EP. At the same time, the disturbances have a double-deck structure associated with divergence both in the upper and in the middle to lower troposphere. These disturbances are associated with both deep convection and congestus, which generate kinetic energy of the disturbance in the upper and in the lower troposphere, respectively. Examining diabatic heating in relation to the coupled disturbances, deep heating with the peak at the height of ~7.5 km is greatest in the northeastern part of the vortex. The coupled MRG wave–type disturbance provides a relatively deep cross-equatorial southerly flow into the northeastern part of the vortex. It is suggested that deep rain is maintained with the existence of deep convergence produced by the coupled disturbances over the EP, where a very shallow convergence field exists on average.
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Andersen, Joseph Allan, and Zhiming Kuang. "Moist Static Energy Budget of MJO-like Disturbances in the Atmosphere of a Zonally Symmetric Aquaplanet." Journal of Climate 25, no. 8 (April 10, 2012): 2782–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-11-00168.1.
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Abstract A Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO)-like spectral feature is observed in the time–space spectra of precipitation and column-integrated moist static energy (MSE) for a zonally symmetric aquaplanet simulated with Superparameterized Community Atmospheric Model (SPCAM). This disturbance possesses the basic structural and propagation features of the observed MJO. To explore the processes involved in propagation and maintenance of this disturbance, this study analyzes the MSE budget of the disturbance. The authors observe that the disturbances propagate both eastward and poleward. The column-integrated longwave heating is the only significant source of column-integrated MSE acting to maintain the MJO-like anomaly balanced against the combination of column-integrated horizontal and vertical advection of MSE and latent heat flux. Eastward propagation of the MJO-like disturbance is associated with MSE generated by both column integrated horizontal and vertical advection of MSE, with the column longwave heating generating MSE that retards the propagation. The contribution to the eastward propagation by the column-integrated horizontal advection of MSE is dominated by synoptic eddies. Further decomposition indicates that the advection contribution to the eastward propagation is dominated by meridional advection of MSE by anomalous synoptic eddies caused by the suppression of eddy activity ahead of the MJO convection. This suppression is linked to the barotropic conversion mechanism, with the gradients of the low-frequency wind experienced by the synoptic eddies within the MJO envelope acting to modulate the eddy kinetic energy. The meridional eddy advection’s contribution to poleward propagation is dominated by the mean state’s (meridionally varying) eddy activity acting on the anomalous MSE gradients associated with the MJO.
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Hin, Vincent, John Harwood, and André M. de Roos. "Density dependence can obscure nonlethal effects of disturbance on life history of medium-sized cetaceans." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 3, 2021): e0252677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252677.
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Nonlethal disturbance of animals can cause behavioral and physiological changes that affect individual health status and vital rates, with potential consequences at the population level. Predicting these population effects remains a major challenge in ecology and conservation. Monitoring fitness-related traits may improve detection of upcoming population changes, but the extent to which individual traits are reliable indicators of disturbance exposure is not well understood, especially for populations regulated by density dependence. Here we study how density dependence affects a population’s response to disturbance and modifies the disturbance effects on individual health and vital rates. We extend an energy budget model for a medium-sized cetacean (the long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas) to an individual-based population model in which whales feed on a self-replenishing prey base and disturbance leads to cessation of feeding. In this coupled predator-prey system, the whale population is regulated through prey depletion and the onset of yearly repeating disturbances on the whale population at carrying capacity decreased population density and increased prey availability due to reduced top-down control. In populations faced with multiple days of continuous disturbance each year, female whales that were lactating their first calf experienced increased mortality due to depletion of energy stores. However, increased prey availability led to compensatory effects and resulted in a subsequent improvement of mean female body condition, mean age at first reproduction and higher age-specific reproductive output. These results indicate that prey-mediated density dependence can mask negative effects of disturbance on fitness-related traits and vital rates, a result with implications for the monitoring and management of marine mammal populations.
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Godwin, Larry E., Philip M. J. Trevelyan, Takeshi Akinaga, and Sotos C. Generalis. "Energy Budget Characterisation of the Optimal Disturbance in Stratified Shear Flow." Fluids 9, no. 5 (April 29, 2024): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids9050106.
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Stratified Taylor–Couette flow (STCF) undergoes transient growth. Recent studies have shown that there exists transient amplification in the linear regime of counter-rotating STCF. The kinetic budget of the optimal transient perturbation is analysed numerically to simulate the interaction of the shear production (SP), buoyancy flux (BP), and other energy components that contributes to the total optimal transient kinetic energy. These contributions affect the total energy by influencing the perturbation to extract kinetic energy (KE) from the mean flow. The decay of the amplification factor resulted from the positive amplification of both BP and SP, while the growth is attributed to the negative and positive amplification of BP and SP, respectively. The optimal SP is positively amplified, implying that there is the possibility of constant linear growth. These findings agree with the linear growth rate for increasing values of Grashof number.
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Giles-Hansen, Krysta, and Xiaohua Wei. "Cumulative disturbance converts regional forests into a substantial carbon source." Environmental Research Letters 17, no. 4 (March 29, 2022): 044049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5e69.
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Abstract British Columbia’s interior forests (∼400 000 km2) have experienced severe cumulative disturbance from harvesting, wildfires, and mountain pine beetle (MPB). Estimating their impacts on carbon dynamics is critical for effective forest management and climate-change mitigation strategies. This study quantifies the magnitude of historical cumulative forest disturbances and models the effect on regional carbon stocks and emissions using the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Service from 1980 to 2018. The study region has been a sustained carbon source since 2003, with an estimated net biome production of −18.6 ± 4.6 gC m−2 yr−1 from 2003 to 2016, dropping to −90.4 ± 8.6 gC m−2 yr−1 in 2017 and 2018 due to large-scale wildfires. MPB affected areas emitted an estimated 268 ± 28 Mt C from 2000 to 2018. Harvesting transferred an estimated 153 ± 14 Mt C to forest products and these areas also emitted 343 ± 27 Mt C in 2000–2018. Areas disturbed by wildfire from 2000 to 2018 generated an estimated 100 ± 8 Mt C of emissions, 73% of which were from 2017 and 2018. Of the area burned between 2014 and 2018, 38% had been previously affected by MPB, highlighting landscape-level interactions of cumulative forest disturbance. Approximately half of decomposition carbon emissions from disturbances in 2000–2018 were calculated as incremental to the decomposition that would have otherwise occurred without MPB disturbance. The average net primary production was reduced by 10% to 335 ± 31 gC m−2 yr−1 from 2000 to 2018. We conclude that cumulative forest disturbance has driven the region’s forests to become a sustained carbon source over the past two decades. While MPB and harvesting were dominant and consistent drivers, recent severe wildfires have prolonged and strengthened the carbon source. Increased disturbances, driven in part by climate change, may limit the ability of regional forests to meet national carbon emission reduction targets.
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Sonmor, L. J., and G. P. Klaassen. "Higher-order resonant instabilities of internal gravity waves." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 324 (October 10, 1996): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096007811.
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We investigate the three-dimensional characteristics of a general class of resonant temporal instabilities of internal gravity waves, in which the disturbance comprises two infinitesimal internal gravity waves satisfying the conditions $\omega_I + \omega_{II} = n\tilde{\omega}$, with growth rates of order $(\vert \tilde{u}\vert \vert \tilde{k}\vert /N)^n$, assuming small dimensional primary-wave velocity amplitude $\vert \tilde{u} \vert$. We derive simple equations for their wave-numbers, frequency, growth rate, and energy budget. Interactions involving more than two disturbance components are shown not to represent distinct families of solutions, but rather to comprise order transitions linking together two or more ‘two-disturbance-component’ solutions of different order n. Unlike n = 1 resonant instabilities, those with n [ges ] 3 can align with the wave shear flow. We calculate the peak growth rate, spanwise wavenumber, and energy budget of shear-aligned resonance, as functions of wave frequency; they extract energy from both the wave shear and buoyancy fields.
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Chen, Yen-Cho, and J. N. Chung. "The linear stability of mixed convection in a vertical channel flow." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 325 (October 25, 1996): 29–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096008026.
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In this study, the linear stability of mixed-convection flow in a vertical channel is investigated for both buoyancy-assisted and -opposed conditions. The disturbance momentum and energy equations were solved by the Galerkin method. In addition to the case with a zero heat flux perturbation boundary condition, we also examined the zero temperature perturbation boundary condition. In general, the mixed-convection flow is strongly destabilized by the heat transfer and therefore the fully developed heated flow is very unstable and very difficult to maintain in nature. For buoyancy-assisted flow, the two-dimensional disturbances dominate, while for buoyancy-opposed flow, the Rayleigh–Taylor instability prevails for zero heat flux perturbation boundary condition, and for the zero temperature perturbation on the boundaries the two-dimensional disturbances dominate except at lower Reynolds numbers where the Rayleigh–Taylor instability dominates again. The instability characteristics of buoyancy-assisted flow are found to be strongly dependent on the Prandtl number whereas the Prandtl number is a weak parameter for buoyancy-opposed flow. Also the least-stable disturbances are nearly one-dimensional for liquids and heavy oils at high Reynolds numbers in buoyancy-assisted flows.From an energy budget analysis, we found that the thermal–buoyant instability is the dominant type for buoyancy-assisted flow. In buoyancy-opposed flow, under the zero temperature perturbation boundary condition the Rayleigh–Taylor instability dominates for low-Reynolds-number flow and then the thermal–shear instability takes over for the higher Reynolds numbers whereas the Rayleigh–Taylor instability dominates solely for the zero heat flux perturbation boundary condition. It is found that the instability characteristics for some cases of channel flow in this study are significantly different from previous results for heated annulus and pipe flows. Based on the distinctly different wave speed characteristics and disturbance amplification rates, we offer some suggestions regarding the totally different laminar–turbulent transition patterns for buoyancy-assisted and -opposed flows.
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Aoki, Kozo, Masayasu Shimura, Yoshitsugu Naka, and Mamoru Tanahashi. "Disturbance energy budget of turbulent swirling premixed flame in a cuboid combustor." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 36, no. 3 (2017): 3809–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2016.08.033.
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Li, Jiangang, Ali Mamtimin, Zhaoguo Li, Cailian Jiang, and Minzhong Wang. "Effects of Summer Rainfall on the Soil Thermal Properties and Surface Energy Balances in the Badain Jaran Desert." Advances in Meteorology 2019 (December 6, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4960624.
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Based on observational data collected during the summer of 2009 from the southern Badain Jaran Desert, the surface sensible and latent heat fluxes and shallow soil thermal storage were obtained through corrections and quality control measures. The soil thermal properties and characteristics of the land surface energy budget before and after rainfall episodes were systematically analyzed. Short-term precipitation had a greater influence than systematic precipitation on the soil temperature (ST) and soil volumetric water content (VWC). After rainfall, the VWC rapidly increased, showing a decreasing growth rate trend with depth and time in all layers; the soil temperature change rate (TCR) exhibited the opposite tendency. The surface albedo, which was affected little by the solar elevation angle and short-term precipitation, fluctuated from low to high during short-term rainfall. The soil thermal parameters, including the volumetric heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and diffusivity, all increased after rainfall. The diurnal soil heat flux variations in each layer manifested as quasisinusoids, and the amplitude gradually decreased with depth. The energy balance ratio (EBR) without and with soil heat storage (S) varied differently; after incorporating S, the EBR increased by approximately 5-6% regardless of rainfall but remained lower afterward. Throughout the observation period, the maximum daytime EBR appeared approximately 1-2 days before or after rainfall and gradually declined otherwise. These findings are fundamental for understanding the influences of cloud and precipitation disturbances on radiation budgets and energy distributions and improving the parameterization of surface radiation budgets and energy balances for numerical models of semiarid areas.
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ZHU, YONGGANG, HASAN N. OĞUZ, and ANDREA PROSPERETTI. "On the mechanism of air entrainment by liquid jets at a free surface." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 404 (February 10, 2000): 151–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099007090.
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The process by which a liquid jet falling into a liquid pool entrains air is studied experimentally and theoretically. It is shown that, provided the nozzle from which the jet issues is properly contoured, an undisturbed jet does not entrap air even at relatively high Reynolds numbers. When surface disturbances are generated on the jet by a rapid increase of the liquid flow rate, on the other hand, large air cavities are formed. Their collapse under the action of gravity causes the entrapment of bubbles in the liquid. This sequence of events is recorded with a CCD and a high-speed camera. A boundary-integral method is used to simulate the process numerically with results in good agreement with the observations. An unexpected finding is that the role of the jet is not simply that of conveying the disturbance to the pool surface. Rather, both the observed energy budget and the simulations imply the presence of a mechanism by which part of the jet energy is used in creating the cavity. A hypothesis on the nature of this mechanism is presented.
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LIN, S. P., and J. N. CHEN. "Role played by the interfacial shear in the instability mechanism of a viscous liquid jet surrounded by a viscous gas in a pipe." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 376 (December 10, 1998): 37–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098002894.
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The role of interfacial shear in the onset of instability of a cylindrical viscous liquid jet in a viscous gas surrounded by a coaxial circular pipe is elucidated by use of an energy budget associated with the disturbance. It is shown that the shear force at the liquid–gas interface retards the Rayleigh-mode instability which leads to the breakup of the liquid jet into drops of diameter comparable to the jet diameter, due to capillary force. On the other hand the interfacial shear and pressure work in concert to cause the Taylor-mode instability which leads the jet to break up into droplets of diameter much smaller than the jet diameter. While the interfacial pressure plays a slightly more important role than the interfacial shear in amplifying the longer-wave spectrum in the Taylor mode, the shear stress plays the main role of generating the disturbances of shorter wavelength.
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Yousefpour, Amin, Ashkan Haji Hosseinloo, Mohammad Reza Hairi Yazdi, and Arash Bahrami. "Disturbance observer–based terminal sliding mode control for effective performance of a nonlinear vibration energy harvester." Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 31, no. 12 (June 1, 2020): 1495–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1045389x20922903.
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We propose a new scheme to control the coexisting attractors in a bistable piezomagnetoelastic power generator. Coexisting periodic or chaotic attractors frequently occur in nonlinear energy harvesters. For effective performance of the energy harvester, the system is desired to operate on the high-energy periodic orbit. Therefore, a controller may be used to force the system to operate on the high-energy orbit. In the present research, a disturbance observer–based terminal sliding mode control with input saturation is proposed to push the system from low-energy periodic and chaotic attractors to high-energy periodic attractors. Furthermore, to minimize the energy required for the controller, a genetic algorithm optimization is employed to determine the bound of the input saturation and parameters of the controller. A major advantage of the proposed control technique is tracking control while control input limitations, significant concerns for energy harvesting purpose, are present. The Lyapunov stability theorem of the closed-loop system is proven in the presence of control input saturation and external disturbance. In addition to the primary resonance, superharmonic resonance is considered. The numerical results show that the proposed method can successfully control and shift the vibration energy harvesting system between different attractors in the presence of uncertainty and with minimal control energy budget.
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Emerson, Craig W. "Influence of Sediment Disturbance and Water Flow on the Growth of the Soft-Shell Clam,Mya arenariaL." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47, no. 9 (September 1, 1990): 1655–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-189.
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The importance of sediment disturbance and water flow to the production of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, was assessed in laboratory flumes by measuring growth rates of clams exposed to a gradation of bed shear stress, free-stream velocity, and frequency and depth of sediment disturbance over a 10-m period. In the absence of sediment disturbance, growth of soft-tissue was directly proportional to both free-stream (U) and shear (U*) velocity (r2 = 0.64 and 0.72, respectively). It was suggested that increased organic seston flux linked higher water flow to higher growth. In all treatments, maximum growth rates were observed with daily disturbance of the top centimeter of sediment. No level of disturbance resulted in growth rates lower than those of undisturbed clams in low flow (U = 0.4 cm∙s−1, U* = 0.1 cm∙s−1). The stimulation of growth under maximum sediment disturbance was removed when U exceeded ~3 cm∙s−1(U* = 0.7 cm∙s−1). An energy budget for M. arenaria indicated that the amount of organic material suspended during sediment disturbance was insufficient to account for the increased growth in clams subjected to high levels of disturbance. It was suggested that the sediment disturbance associated with intense clam harvesting, and changes in local hydrography resulting from coastal development, may be responsible for some of the unexplained growth variation in commercial clam stocks.
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Yu, Yiping, and Ling Zhang. "Diagnosis of Warm-Sector Heavy Rainfall with Warm Shear in the Yangtze–Huaihe Coastal Areas from the Perspective of Moist Static Energy." Atmosphere 14, no. 12 (November 24, 2023): 1730. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos14121730.
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Based on the Climate Precipitation Center Morphing (CMORPH) precipitation data and the fifth-generation ECMWF reanalysis (ERA5) data, moist static energy (MSE) diagnosis for 14 cases of southerly warm-sector heavy rainfall with warm shear (WSWR) along the Yangtze-Huaihe coastal area (YHCA) was conducted. The results indicate that the vertically integrated MSE tendency peaks before the precipitation reaches its maximum. This suggests a rapid MSE accumulation leading up to precipitation onset, with moist enthalpy advection dominantly influencing this increase. The vertical advection of MSE is negative, suggesting that upward motions and rainfall play a crucial role in consuming MSE. Vertical integrated MSE budget analysis for the nine cases of nocturnal rain shows that moist enthalpy advection was the primary contributor, driven mainly by meridional latent energy advection. Scale analysis shows that the combination of meridional disturbance wind and the mean specific humidity field results in pronounced meridional latent energy advection. For the five cases of non-nocturnal rain, the net energy flux was dominant before the onset of precipitation, primarily driven by clear-sky net shortwave radiation (SWCS). The meridional internal energy advection also makes a substantial contribution. The scale analysis indicates that the combined effects of the meridional disturbance wind and the average temperature field lead to significant meridional internal energy advection.
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Adames, Ángel F., and Yi Ming. "Moisture and Moist Static Energy Budgets of South Asian Monsoon Low Pressure Systems in GFDL AM4.0." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 75, no. 6 (June 1, 2018): 2107–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jas-d-17-0309.1.
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Abstract The mechanisms that lead to the propagation of anomalous moisture and moist static energy (MSE) in monsoon low and high pressure systems, collectively referred to as synoptic-scale monsoonal disturbances (SMDs), are investigated using daily output fields from GFDL’s atmospheric general circulation model, version 4.0 (AM4.0). On the basis of linear regression analysis of westward-propagating rainfall anomalies of time scales shorter than 15 days, it is found that SMDs are organized into wave trains of three to four individual cyclones and anticyclones. These events amplify over the Bay of Bengal, reach a maximum amplitude over the eastern coast of India, and dissipate as they approach the Arabian Sea. The structure and propagation of the simulated SMDs resemble those documented in observations. It is found that moisture and MSE anomalies exhibit similar horizontal structures in the simulated SMDs, indicating that moisture is the leading contributor to MSE. Propagation of the moisture anomalies is governed by vertical moisture advection, while the MSE anomalies propagate because of horizontal advection of dry static energy by the anomalous winds. By combining the budgets, we interpret the propagation of the moisture anomalies in terms of lifting that is forced by horizontal dry static energy advection, that is, ascent along sloping isentropes. This process moistens the lower free troposphere, producing an environment that is more favorable to deep convection. Ascent driven by radiative heating is of primary importance to the maintenance of the moisture anomalies.
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Cuyler, L. C., and N. A. Øritsland. "Metabolic strategies for winter survival by Svalbard reindeer." Canadian Journal of Zoology 71, no. 9 (September 1, 1993): 1787–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-254.
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Lying and standing metabolic rates were determined for two tame Svalbard reindeer while the animals were in their winter lethargic state during January and February. Mean nonfasting metabolic rates for the 59-kg animals were 1.25 W∙kg−1 for lying and 1.64 W∙kg−1 for standing at rest. So the metabolic rate for standing at rest was about 1.3 times the lying resting metabolic rate (RMR). For Svalbard reindeer the lying RMR was 66–78% of the values for other reindeer/caribou, and was 78–89% of the predicted value. The standing RMR was 44–88% of the values from other reindeer/caribou. Total body thermal conductance was 1.95 ± 0.17 W∙°C−1 for lying and 3.08 ± 0.77 W∙°C−1 for standing at rest. The daily energy expenditure during winter was estimated to be about 9654 kJ∙day−1 or 112 W, and was 1.5 times Kleiber's predicted basal metabolic rate. By remaining lying 45% of the time rather than 35% Svalbard reindeer may conserve the equivalent of about 15 days' energy requirement over the winter. With locomotion at 2% of the winter daily activity budget, the Svalbard reindeer conserve about 21 days' energy expenditure, more than that if locomotion were 8.2% of the budget as in caribou (Boertje 1985). Thus, their low energy expenditures for lying and standing and their sedentary activity budget may be considered energy-saving and survival strategies. It is possible that disturbances, which cause the animals to increase activity, may have a detrimental effect on their overall winter energy balance.
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Woldemichael, A. T., F. Hossain, and R. Pielke Sr. "Evaluation of surface properties and atmospheric disturbances caused by post-dam alterations of land use/land cover." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, no. 9 (September 26, 2014): 3711–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3711-2014.
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Abstract. This study adopted a differential land-use/land-cover (LULC) analysis to evaluate dam-triggered land–atmosphere interactions for a number of LULC scenarios. Two specific questions were addressed: (1) can dam-triggered LULC heterogeneities modify surface and energy budget, which, in turn, change regional convergence and precipitation patterns? (2) How extensive is the modification in surface moisture and energy budget altered by dam-triggered LULC changes occurring in different climate and terrain features? The Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS, version 6.0) was set up for two climatologically and topographically contrasting regions: the American River watershed (ARW), located in California, and the Owyhee River watershed (ORW), located in eastern Oregon. For the selected atmospheric river precipitation event of 29 December 1996 to 3 January 1997, simulations of three pre-defined LULC scenarios are performed. The definition of the scenarios are (1) the "control" scenario, representing the contemporary land use, (2) the "pre-dam" scenario, representing the natural landscape before the construction of the dams and (3) the "non-irrigation" scenario, representing the condition where previously irrigated landscape in the control is transformed to the nearby land-use type. Results indicated that the ARW energy and moisture fluxes were more extensively affected by dam-induced changes in LULC than the ORW. Both regions, however, displayed commonalities in the modification of land–atmosphere processes due to LULC changes, with the control–non-irrigation scenario creating more change than the control–pre-dam scenarios. These commonalities were: (1) the combination of a decrease in temperature (up to 0.15 °C) and an increase at dew point (up to 0.25 °C) was observed; (2) there was a larger fraction of energy partitioned to latent heat flux (up to 10 W m−2) that increased the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and resulted in a larger convective available potential energy (CAPE); (3) low-level wind-flow variation was found to be responsible for pressure gradients that affected localized circulations, moisture advection and convergence. At some locations, an increase in wind speed up to 1.6 m s−1 maximum was observed; (4) there were also areas of well-developed vertical motions responsible for moisture transport from the surface to higher altitudes that enhanced precipitation patterns in the study regions.
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Woldemichael, A. T., F. Hossain, and R. Pielke. "Evaluation of surface properties and atmospheric disturbances caused by post-dam alterations of land-use/land-cover." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 11, no. 5 (May 16, 2014): 5037–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-5037-2014.
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Abstract. This study adopted a differential land-use/land-cover (LULC) analysis to evaluate dam-triggered land–atmosphere interactions for a number of LULC scenarios. Two specific questions were addressed: (1) can dam-triggered LULC heterogeneities modify surface and energy budget which, in turn, change regional convergence and precipitation patterns? and (2) how extensive is the modification in surface moisture and energy budget altered by dam-triggered LULC changes occurring in different climate and terrain features? The Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS, version 6.0) was set up for two climatologically and topographically contrasting regions: the American River Watershed (ARW) located in California and the Owyhee River Watershed (ORW) located in eastern Oregon. For the selected atmospheric river precipitation event of 29 December 1996 to 3 January 1997, simulations of three pre-defined LULC scenarios are performed. The definition of the scenarios are: (1) the control scenario representing the contemporary land-use, (2) the pre-dam scenario representing the natural landscape before the construction of the dams and (3) the non-irrigation scenario representing the condition where previously irrigated landscape in the control is transformed to the nearby land-use type. Results indicated that the ARW energy and moisture fluxes were more extensively affected by dam-induced changes in LULC than the ORW. Both regions, however, displayed commonalities in the modification of land–atmosphere processes due to LULC changes, with the control–non-irrigation scenario creating more change than the control–pre-dam scenarios. These commonalities were: (1) the combination of a decrease in temperature (up to 0.15 °C) and an increase in dewpoint (up to 0.25 °C) was observed, (2) there was a larger fraction of energy partitioned to latent heat flux (up to 10 W m−2) that increased the amount of water vapor to the atmosphere and resulted in a larger convective available potential energy (CAPE), (3) low level wind flow variation was found to be responsible for pressure gradients that affected localized circulations, moisture advection and convergence. At some locations, an increase in wind speed up to 1.6 m s−1 maximum was observed, (4) there were also areas of well developed vertical motions responsible for moisture transport from the surface to higher altitudes that enhanced precipitation patterns in the study regions.
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Švik, Marian, Filip Oulehle, Pavel Krám, Růžena Janoutová, Kateřina Tajovská, and Lucie Homolová. "Landsat-Based Indices Reveal Consistent Recovery of Forested Stream Catchments from Acid Deposition." Remote Sensing 12, no. 12 (June 16, 2020): 1944. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12121944.
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Central European forests suffered from severe, large-scale atmospheric depositions of sulfur and nitrogen due to coal-based energy production during the 20th century. High deposition of acid compounds distorted soil chemistry and had negative effects on forest physiology and growth. Since 1994, continuous data on atmospheric deposition and stream runoff fluxes have provided evidence of ecosystem recovery from acidification. In this study, we combined for the first time mass budget data (sulfur deposition and total dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) export) from the GEOMON monitoring network of headwater catchments with annual trajectories of vegetation indices derived from Landsat remote sensing observations. Time series of selected vegetation indices was constructed from Landsat 5, 7, and 8 using Google Earth Engine. Linear regression between the field data and vegetation indices was analyzed using R software. Biogeochemical responses of the forested catchment to declining acid deposition (driven by SO2 emission reduction) were consistent across all catchments covering various forest stands from different regions of the Czech Republic. Significant correlations were found with total sulfur depositions, suggesting that the forests are continuously and consistently prospering from reductions in acid deposition. Disturbance index (DI) was the only vegetation index that was well-related to changes in forest cover associated with salvage loggings (due to the forest decline) during the 1980s and 1990s. A significant relationship (R2 = 0.82) was found between the change in DI and DIN export in stream water. Regrowth of young forests in these highly affected areas tracks the most pronounced changes in total DIN export, suggesting a prominent role of vegetation in nitrogen retention. With the Landsat-derived DI, we could map decennial changes in forest disturbances beyond the small scale of the catchments to the regional level (demonstrated here for two protected landscape areas). This analysis showed the peak in forest disturbances to have occurred around the mid-1990s, followed by forest recovery and regrowth. Despite the improvement in forest ecosystem functioning over the past three decades in mountainous areas, emerging threats connected to changing climate will shape forest development in the near future.
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Ding, Ning, Jingfeng Zhu, Xiao Li, and Xiangrong Wang. "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Nitrogen Budgets under Anthropogenic Activities in Metropolitan Areas." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 12, 2021): 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13042006.
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The rapid growth of metropolitan regions is closely associated with high nitrogen (N) flows, which is known as the most important reason for widespread water pollution. It is, therefore, crucial to explore the spatiotemporal patterns of N budgets under intensive human activity. In this study, we estimated the long-term (2000–2015) N budgets by integrating the net anthropogenic nitrogen input (NANI) and the export coefficient model (ECM) in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA), a typical metropolitan area with strong human disturbances. The results revealed that the NANI decreased by 10% from 2000 to 2015, while N exports showed a 6% increase. Hotspots for N budgets were found in the northeastern areas, where cropland and construction land were dominant. The linear regression showed a close relationship between the NANI and N export, and about 18% of the NANI was exported into the river system. By revealing the critical sources and drivers of N budgets over time, our work aimed to provide effective information for regional policy on nitrogen management. Future strategies, such as improving the fertilizer efficiency, optimizing the land use pattern, and controlling the population density, are necessary in order to address the environmental challenge concerns of excessive N.
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Fabbiane, Nicolò, Shervin Bagheri, and Dan S. Henningson. "Energy efficiency and performance limitations of linear adaptive control for transition delay." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 810 (November 24, 2016): 60–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.707.
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A reactive control technique with localised actuators and sensors is used to delay the transition to turbulence in a flat-plate boundary-layer flow. Through extensive direct numerical simulations, it is shown that an adaptive technique, which computes the control law on-line, is able to significantly reduce skin-friction drag in the presence of random three-dimensional perturbation fields with linear and weakly nonlinear behaviour. An energy budget analysis is performed in order to assess the net energy saving capabilities of the linear control approach. When considering a model of the dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma actuator, the energy spent to create appropriate actuation force inside the boundary layer is of the same order as the energy gained from reducing skin-friction drag. With a model of an ideal actuator a net energy gain of three orders of magnitude can be achieved by efficiently damping small-amplitude disturbances upstream. The energy analysis in this study thus provides an upper limit for what we can expect in terms of drag-reduction efficiency for linear control of transition as a means for drag reduction.
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Zhang, Mengqi, Iman Lashgari, Tamer A. Zaki, and Luca Brandt. "Linear stability analysis of channel flow of viscoelastic Oldroyd-B and FENE-P fluids." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 737 (November 25, 2013): 249–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.572.
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AbstractWe study the modal and non-modal linear instability of inertia-dominated channel flow of viscoelastic fluids modelled by the Oldroyd-B and FENE-P closures. The effects of polymer viscosity and relaxation time are considered for both fluids, with the additional parameter of the maximum possible extension for the FENE-P. We find that the parameter explaining the effect of the polymer on the instability is the ratio between the polymer relaxation time and the characteristic instability time scale (the frequency of a modal wave and the time over which the disturbance grows in the non-modal case). Destabilization of both modal and non-modal instability is observed when the polymer relaxation time is shorter than the instability time scale, whereas the flow is more stable in the opposite case. Analysis of the kinetic energy budget reveals that in both regimes the production of perturbation kinetic energy due to the work of the Reynolds stress against the mean shear is responsible for the observed effects where polymers act to alter the correlation between the streamwise and wall-normal velocity fluctuations. In the subcritical regime, the non-modal amplification of streamwise elongated structures is still the most dangerous disturbance-growth mechanism in the flow and this is slightly enhanced by the presence of polymers. However, viscoelastic effects are found to have a stabilizing effect on the amplification of oblique modes.
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Maloney, Eric D. "The Moist Static Energy Budget of a Composite Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation in a Climate Model." Journal of Climate 22, no. 3 (February 1, 2009): 711–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008jcli2542.1.
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Abstract The intraseasonal moist static energy (MSE) budget is analyzed in a climate model that produces realistic eastward-propagating tropical intraseasonal wind and precipitation variability. Consistent with the recharge–discharge paradigm for tropical intraseasonal variability, a buildup of column-integrated MSE occurs within low-level easterly anomalies in advance of intraseasonal precipitation, and a discharge of MSE occurs during and after precipitation when westerly anomalies occur. The strongest MSE anomalies peak in the lower troposphere and are, primarily, regulated by specific humidity anomalies. The leading terms in the column-integrated intraseasonal MSE budget are horizontal advection and surface latent heat flux, where latent heat flux is dominated by the wind-driven component. Horizontal advection causes recharge (discharge) of MSE within regions of anomalous equatorial lower-tropospheric easterly (westerly) anomalies, with the meridional component of the moisture advection dominating the MSE budget near 850 hPa. Latent heat flux anomalies oppose the MSE tendency due to horizontal advection, making the recharge and discharge of column MSE more gradual than if horizontal advection were acting alone. This relationship has consequences for the time scale of intraseasonal variability in the model. Eddies dominate intraseasonal meridional moisture advection in the model. During periods of low-level intraseasonal easterly anomalies, eddy kinetic energy (EKE) is anomalously low due to a suppression of tropical synoptic-scale disturbances and other variability on time scales shorter than 20 days. Anomalous moistening of the equatorial lower troposphere occurs during intraseasonal easterly periods through suppression of eddy moisture advection between the equator and poleward latitudes. During intraseasonal westerly periods, EKE is enhanced, leading to anomalous drying of the equatorial lower troposphere through meridional advection. Given the importance of meridional moisture advection and wind-induced latent heat flux to the intraseasonal MSE budget, these findings suggest that to simulate realistic intraseasonal variability, climate models must have realistic basic-state distributions of lower-tropospheric zonal wind and specific humidity.
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Göckede, Mathias, Fanny Kittler, Min Jung Kwon, Ina Burjack, Martin Heimann, Olaf Kolle, Nikita Zimov, and Sergey Zimov. "Shifted energy fluxes, increased Bowen ratios, and reduced thaw depths linked with drainage-induced changes in permafrost ecosystem structure." Cryosphere 11, no. 6 (December 15, 2017): 2975–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2975-2017.
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Abstract. Hydrologic conditions are a key factor in Arctic ecosystems, with strong influences on ecosystem structure and related effects on biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes. With systematic changes in water availability expected for large parts of the northern high-latitude region in the coming centuries, knowledge on shifts in ecosystem functionality triggered by altered water levels is crucial for reducing uncertainties in climate change predictions. Here, we present findings from paired ecosystem observations in northeast Siberia comprising a drained and a control site. At the drainage site, the water table has been artificially lowered by up to 30 cm in summer for more than a decade. This sustained primary disturbance in hydrologic conditions has triggered a suite of secondary shifts in ecosystem properties, including vegetation community structure, snow cover dynamics, and radiation budget, all of which influence the net effects of drainage. Reduced thermal conductivity in dry organic soils was identified as the dominating drainage effect on energy budget and soil thermal regime. Through this effect, reduced heat transfer into deeper soil layers leads to shallower thaw depths, initially leading to a stabilization of organic permafrost soils, while the long-term effects on permafrost temperature trends still need to be assessed. At the same time, more energy is transferred back into the atmosphere as sensible heat in the drained area, which may trigger a warming of the lower atmospheric surface layer.
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Yue Ping, Zhang Qiang, Zhao Wen, Wang Jin-Song, Wang Run-Yuan, Yao Yu-Bi, Wang Sheng, Hao Xiao-Cui, Yang Fu-Lin, and Wang Ruo-An. "Effects of clouds and precipitation disturbance on the surface radiation budget and energy balance over loess plateau semi-arid grassland in China." Acta Physica Sinica 62, no. 20 (2013): 209201. http://dx.doi.org/10.7498/aps.62.209201.
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