In the process of developing oil and gas resources in the Arctic,the impact of icebergs can pose a considerable threat to the structural safety of semi-submersible mooring platforms in ice regions.On the basis of the ...In the process of developing oil and gas resources in the Arctic,the impact of icebergs can pose a considerable threat to the structural safety of semi-submersible mooring platforms in ice regions.On the basis of the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian(ALE)algorithm,a numerical model for the interaction between an iceberg and a semi-submersible mooring platform is built in this work.First,a mooring system with a link element is designed and validated.An ice material model for the target iceberg is built and validated.A numerical model for the interaction between an iceberg and a semi-submersible mooring platform is then built.A parametric study(cable angle,tension angle and number of cables)is carried out to study the performance of the mooring system.The collision process between the semi-submersible mooring platform and the iceberg in the polar marine environment can be predicted by the present numerical model,and then the optimal mooring arrangement scheme can be obtained.The research results in this work can provide a reference for the design of mooring systems.展开更多
The Regional Ocean Modeling System(ROMS)is employed to create a three-dimensional numerical model of the summer circulation in the Prydz Bay region,Antarctica.Consistent with the currents measured using an underway ac...The Regional Ocean Modeling System(ROMS)is employed to create a three-dimensional numerical model of the summer circulation in the Prydz Bay region,Antarctica.Consistent with the currents measured using an underway acoustic Doppler current profiler during a Chinese cruise,the simulated current field illustrates the major features of the Prydz Bay circulation,including the Antarctic Slope Current(ASC)along the continental shelf break,the cyclonic Prydz Bay Gyre,and the Prydz Bay Eastern Coastal Current(PBECC).The effects of grounding icebergs D15 and B15 on the circulation in Prydz Bay are investigated via numerical simulations.The results indicate that these giant grounding icebergs substantially affect the flows into and within the bay,which may differ with the different grounding locations.As grounding iceberg D15 is located close to the southwestern part of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),it cuts off the coastal current along the outer edge of the WIS,and the ASC can only enter Prydz Bay from the west side of iceberg D15,whereupon it becomes a main source of the PBECC.Iceberg D15 also weakens the circulation in the bay in general.The relatively small iceberg B15 entered Prydz Bay from 2007 to 2009 and grounded on the southwestern section of the Four Ladies Bank.The numerical experiments indicate that iceberg B15 guides the ASC flowing into the bay around its west side and reduces the width of the inflow on the eastern side of the Prydz Bay Channel.The grounding of iceberg B15 has also led to adjustments of the circulation within the bay,among which the most significant is that the outflow along the western flank of Fram Bank has shifted to the west and become more intensive.展开更多
A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the ...A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the grounding giant iceberg D15 on the distribution of sea ice and polynyas in the Prydz Bay is analyzed through two numerical experiments.Iceberg D15,grounded off the western edge of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),obstructs the southwestward transport of sea ice along the east coast of Prydz Bay,causing sea ice to accumulate to the east of the iceberg and form multi-year fast ice.Grounding of Iceberg D15 also decreases sea ice coverage off its south edge and creates ice-free openings in spring near Davis Station and Zhongshan Station,facilitating the accessibility of vessels to the research stations.These simulated sea ice patterns closely match current satellite observations.When Iceberg D15 is removed,the previously blocked sea ice north of the iceberg,which moved westward,shifts southwesterly along the coastline,leading to a reduction in sea ice thickness during winter and spring,as well as lower sea ice concentrations in spring across large areas north and west of the iceberg.In contrast,the sea ice thickness increases considerably southwest of the WIS,extending to the front of the Amery Ice Shelf during seasons covered by sea ice.The increase in sea ice concentration can also extend to as far as 75°E in spring.Without Iceberg D15,which previously contributed to the ice barrier of Barrier Polynya(BP),the shape of BP changes,the area of BP and Davis Polynya(DP)decreases,and the polynya off the northwest edge of the WIS near 83°E expands.These polynya patterns are much similar to the satellite remote sensing observations before Iceberg D15 was grounded.From April to October,the total area of BP and DP decreases by 2.83×10^(4)km^(2)(60%)and 2.20×10^(3)km^(2)(20%),respectively,while the total sea ice production decreases by 4.11×10^(10)m^(3)(66%)and 1.52×10^(10)m^(3)(52%)compared to the experiment with iceberg.These results indicate the substantial effects of grounding giant icebergs on the spatio-temporal distribution of sea ice,the area of polynyas,and sea ice production.High-resolution Antarctic coastal numerical models,typically with grid scales of kilometers,are sufficient to represent large icebergs,and adding the grounding giant icebergs is crucial for producing realistic simulations of sea ice and polynyas.展开更多
The Titanic sunk 113 years ago on April 14-15,after hitting an iceberg,with human error likely causing the ship to wander into those dangerous waters.Today,autonomous systems built on AI can help ships avoid such acci...The Titanic sunk 113 years ago on April 14-15,after hitting an iceberg,with human error likely causing the ship to wander into those dangerous waters.Today,autonomous systems built on AI can help ships avoid such accidents.But could such a system explain to the captain why it was controlling the ship in a certain way?展开更多
The Arctic region is experiencing accelerated sea ice melt and increased iceberg detachment from glaciers due to climate change.These drifting icebergs present a risk and engineering challenge for subsea installations...The Arctic region is experiencing accelerated sea ice melt and increased iceberg detachment from glaciers due to climate change.These drifting icebergs present a risk and engineering challenge for subsea installations traversing shallow waters,where ice-berg keels may reach the seabed,potentially damaging subsea structures.Consequently,costly and time-intensive iceberg manage-ment operations,such as towing and rerouting,are undertaken to safeguard subsea and offshore infrastructure.This study,therefore,explores the application of extra tree regression(ETR)as a robust solution for estimating iceberg draft,particularly in the preliminary phases of decision-making for iceberg management projects.Nine ETR models were developed using parameters influencing iceberg draft.Subsequent analyses identified the most effective models and significant input variables.Uncertainty analysis revealed that the superior ETR model tended to overestimate iceberg drafts;however,it achieved the highest precision,correlation,and simplicity in estimation.Comparison with decision tree regression,random forest regression,and empirical methods confirmed the superior perfor-mance of ETR in predicting iceberg drafts.展开更多
HSAP(Hybrid Serving and Analytical Processing)作为一种面向混合负载的分布式数据系统架构,能够有效解决企业在实时事务处理和数据分析方面的需求。针对传统数据仓库在海量数据查询、数据冗余和实时性等方面的挑战,文章提出一种基于F...HSAP(Hybrid Serving and Analytical Processing)作为一种面向混合负载的分布式数据系统架构,能够有效解决企业在实时事务处理和数据分析方面的需求。针对传统数据仓库在海量数据查询、数据冗余和实时性等方面的挑战,文章提出一种基于Flink和HSAP架构的实时数仓设计方案。该方案利用Flink强大的流批一体处理能力,结合Iceberg等技术,实现了数据的高效摄取、实时处理、多维分析和持久化存储,为企业提供实时数据洞察能力,并有效降低数据存储成本。展开更多
During August and September 2023,three giant icebergs,each bigger than Paris,successively grazed Clarence Island in the northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula,a home to a population of over 100000 penguins.This incident...During August and September 2023,three giant icebergs,each bigger than Paris,successively grazed Clarence Island in the northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula,a home to a population of over 100000 penguins.This incident may serve as a clarion call for the increasing iceberg calving due to global warming and its subsequent impact on the Antarctic ecosystem.Here we investigate this unexpected event and employ historical records and probabilistic analyses of iceberg grounding to assess the degree of impact on penguin colonies of Clarence Island.Among the eleven colonies,there is one with low impact,eight with medium impact,and two with high impact.The low-impact colony,Cape Lloyd,is located in the northern part of the island,while the high-impact colonies,False Ridge and Pink Pool,are in the southeast.The eight medium-impact colonies are distributed along both the eastern and western coasts of the island.This study provides essential support for evaluating the impact of iceberg activity on penguin colonies.We argue that penguin colonies located in areas prone to iceberg drift,such as Clarence Island,may become more vulnerable to the heightened risk of iceberg collisions or groundings in the warming future.Therefore,we hope the public will become more aware of the grave impacts of climate change on penguins and underscore the urgent need for effective conservation strategies.展开更多
Icebergs are big chunks of ice floating on the ocean surface,and melting of icebergs contributes for the major part of freshwater flux into ocean.Dynamic monitoring of the icebergs in Antarctica and accurate estimatio...Icebergs are big chunks of ice floating on the ocean surface,and melting of icebergs contributes for the major part of freshwater flux into ocean.Dynamic monitoring of the icebergs in Antarctica and accurate estimation of their volume are important for predicting the trend of freshwater budget of the Southern Ocean.The iceberg freeboard is a key parameter for measuring the thickness and volume of an iceberg and is defined as the difference between the elevation of iceberg surface and sea level.So far,freeboards of icebergs have been successfully extracted using InSAR DEM,and the laser and radar altimeter.However,uncertainties exist in these results mainly caused by missed detection of small icebergs due to the spatially sparse and temporally incomplete data coverage.In addition to the above techniques,optical images can also be used to extract the iceberg freeboard based on its geometric relationship with shadow length,which can effectively compensate for the above shortcomings.Although the feasibility has been preliminarily presented,the precision and extensive application of shadow-height method deserves further research,such as estimating the basal melting of icebergs.In this work,we tested an optical image-based freeboard extraction method over icebergs in Prydz Bay,Antarctica.A normalized shadow pixel index(NSPI)is designed to identify iceberg shadows with different shapes in HY-1C/D CZI and Sentinel-2 MSI optical images.The iceberg freeboard can be determined with an acceptable precision(2 m)in optical images compared with laser altimeter(i.e.ICESat-2)measurements.Moreover,basal melting of icebergs has been assessed according to the variation of freeboard using repeated optical observations.The results indicate that icebergs in the study area were with a mean freeboard of about 56 m in early December 2022,and experienced a decrease in freeboard of 1.9 m within two months,in correspondence with the Antarctic seasonal trend.The methodological framework,therefore,turns out to be a reliable complementary approach to studying the iceberg freeboard in polar regions.展开更多
Characteristics and statistics of seismic tremors occurring during April 2015 were investigated by using short-period and broadband seismographs deployed at Syowa Station (SYO), in the Lützow-Holm Bay (LHB), East...Characteristics and statistics of seismic tremors occurring during April 2015 were investigated by using short-period and broadband seismographs deployed at Syowa Station (SYO), in the Lützow-Holm Bay (LHB), East Antarctica. In order to examine a relationship between surface environments in particular cryosphere variation, the MODIS satellite images were utilized for comparison with the detected tremor events. Since a large volume of sea-ice was discharged during the April, together with several large icebergs passed through from the west to the east at northern edge of the fast sea-ice of LHB, it was expected to detect seismic tremors involving cryospehre dynamics. During the month, a total number of 49 tremor events including short duration ice shocks were identified. Majority of the events (N = 39) had their duration times more than 15 minutes, which were divided into both tremors and ice shocks on the basis of experienced definition at SYO. Cryospheric sources recorded by seismic tremors were classified into several origins (collision, calving, crevassing, crashing, etc.): “crevassing events” along the large cracks inside the fast sea-ice in LHB (04 April), “discharge events” of fast sea-ice from the Bay (07 April), “collision events” between iceberg and the edge of fast sea-ice (14 April), “crashing movement” between fragmentation of fast sea-ice and packed sea-ice (18 April), and other origins. In particular, strong amplitude tremors with harmonic overtones were assumed to be occurred independently from whether condition, because these overtone tremors were identified at less stormy days by comparison with infrasound data at SYO.展开更多
Hemingway established a well-known literary theory - iceberg principle.He said he always attempted to create his literary works according to this principle.In his opinion,if a prose writer has a pretty clear idea of w...Hemingway established a well-known literary theory - iceberg principle.He said he always attempted to create his literary works according to this principle.In his opinion,if a prose writer has a pretty clear idea of what he writes about,then he can omit the things he knows,and the readers will strongly feel that what the writer has omitted seems to have been written as long as what he writes is authentic.Hemingway himself once said,"The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water."Here,one eighth refers to the information given by the author,and the rest refers to the unwrit ten information that can be acquired in readers'imagination on the basis of the one eighth.The Killers is a good example of Hemingway's iceberg principle.This essay will analyse the characters in it to show how the principle was used in this short story.With no doubt the iceberg principle leaves a large space for the readers to imagine and better understand Hemingway's works.展开更多
This thesis is to analyze Hemingway's 'A Clean,Well-lighted Place'-a story to which the author applies his famous 'iceberg theory'.Hemingway relates his stories to an iceberg with only one-eighth a...This thesis is to analyze Hemingway's 'A Clean,Well-lighted Place'-a story to which the author applies his famous 'iceberg theory'.Hemingway relates his stories to an iceberg with only one-eighth actually showing and the other seven-eighths under water.This thesis is to show what is beneath the surface and the hidden meaning of the story.展开更多
For ship structural design and good maneuverability in an ice-covered sea, the local and global load of ice cover on ships should be well understood. This paper reviews the extensive work done on ice loads on ships, i...For ship structural design and good maneuverability in an ice-covered sea, the local and global load of ice cover on ships should be well understood. This paper reviews the extensive work done on ice loads on ships, including： （a） Ice pressure and local load determination based on field and model tests; （b） Global ice loads on ships from full-scale field observations, model tests and numerical models under different ice conditions （level ice and pack ice） and ship operations （maneuvering and mooring）. Spe- cial attention is paid to the discrete element simulation of global ice loads on ships; and （c） Analytical solutions and numerical models of impact loads of icebergs on ships for polar navigation. Finally, research potential in these areas is discussed.展开更多
Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depictin...Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depicting things by piling gorgeously big words;on the contrary,he adopts direct description and short sentences which are precise,laconic,bright and vivid.For instance,the novel titled The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber is universally acknowledged as his masterpiece,in which "Iceberg Theory"is skillfully presented.With a full analysis of the story,the uniqueness of "Iceberg Theory"will be emphasized in this paper.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Open Project Program of Shandong Marine Aerospace Equipment Technological Innovation Center,Ludong University(Grant Nos.MAETIC202209 and MAETIC202201)Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.ZR2022QE092)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2023M730829)Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Equipment Structural Analysis(Grant No.GZ23109)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52001284 and 52192694).
文摘In the process of developing oil and gas resources in the Arctic,the impact of icebergs can pose a considerable threat to the structural safety of semi-submersible mooring platforms in ice regions.On the basis of the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian(ALE)algorithm,a numerical model for the interaction between an iceberg and a semi-submersible mooring platform is built in this work.First,a mooring system with a link element is designed and validated.An ice material model for the target iceberg is built and validated.A numerical model for the interaction between an iceberg and a semi-submersible mooring platform is then built.A parametric study(cable angle,tension angle and number of cables)is carried out to study the performance of the mooring system.The collision process between the semi-submersible mooring platform and the iceberg in the polar marine environment can be predicted by the present numerical model,and then the optimal mooring arrangement scheme can be obtained.The research results in this work can provide a reference for the design of mooring systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41976217)the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant no. 2018YFA0605701)financially supported by National Polar Special Program “Impact and Response of Antarctic Seas to Climate Change” (Grant no. IRASCC 2020-2022-01-01)
文摘The Regional Ocean Modeling System(ROMS)is employed to create a three-dimensional numerical model of the summer circulation in the Prydz Bay region,Antarctica.Consistent with the currents measured using an underway acoustic Doppler current profiler during a Chinese cruise,the simulated current field illustrates the major features of the Prydz Bay circulation,including the Antarctic Slope Current(ASC)along the continental shelf break,the cyclonic Prydz Bay Gyre,and the Prydz Bay Eastern Coastal Current(PBECC).The effects of grounding icebergs D15 and B15 on the circulation in Prydz Bay are investigated via numerical simulations.The results indicate that these giant grounding icebergs substantially affect the flows into and within the bay,which may differ with the different grounding locations.As grounding iceberg D15 is located close to the southwestern part of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),it cuts off the coastal current along the outer edge of the WIS,and the ASC can only enter Prydz Bay from the west side of iceberg D15,whereupon it becomes a main source of the PBECC.Iceberg D15 also weakens the circulation in the bay in general.The relatively small iceberg B15 entered Prydz Bay from 2007 to 2009 and grounded on the southwestern section of the Four Ladies Bank.The numerical experiments indicate that iceberg B15 guides the ASC flowing into the bay around its west side and reduces the width of the inflow on the eastern side of the Prydz Bay Channel.The grounding of iceberg B15 has also led to adjustments of the circulation within the bay,among which the most significant is that the outflow along the western flank of Fram Bank has shifted to the west and become more intensive.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41976217 and 42306249the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No.2018YFA0605701.
文摘A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the grounding giant iceberg D15 on the distribution of sea ice and polynyas in the Prydz Bay is analyzed through two numerical experiments.Iceberg D15,grounded off the western edge of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),obstructs the southwestward transport of sea ice along the east coast of Prydz Bay,causing sea ice to accumulate to the east of the iceberg and form multi-year fast ice.Grounding of Iceberg D15 also decreases sea ice coverage off its south edge and creates ice-free openings in spring near Davis Station and Zhongshan Station,facilitating the accessibility of vessels to the research stations.These simulated sea ice patterns closely match current satellite observations.When Iceberg D15 is removed,the previously blocked sea ice north of the iceberg,which moved westward,shifts southwesterly along the coastline,leading to a reduction in sea ice thickness during winter and spring,as well as lower sea ice concentrations in spring across large areas north and west of the iceberg.In contrast,the sea ice thickness increases considerably southwest of the WIS,extending to the front of the Amery Ice Shelf during seasons covered by sea ice.The increase in sea ice concentration can also extend to as far as 75°E in spring.Without Iceberg D15,which previously contributed to the ice barrier of Barrier Polynya(BP),the shape of BP changes,the area of BP and Davis Polynya(DP)decreases,and the polynya off the northwest edge of the WIS near 83°E expands.These polynya patterns are much similar to the satellite remote sensing observations before Iceberg D15 was grounded.From April to October,the total area of BP and DP decreases by 2.83×10^(4)km^(2)(60%)and 2.20×10^(3)km^(2)(20%),respectively,while the total sea ice production decreases by 4.11×10^(10)m^(3)(66%)and 1.52×10^(10)m^(3)(52%)compared to the experiment with iceberg.These results indicate the substantial effects of grounding giant icebergs on the spatio-temporal distribution of sea ice,the area of polynyas,and sea ice production.High-resolution Antarctic coastal numerical models,typically with grid scales of kilometers,are sufficient to represent large icebergs,and adding the grounding giant icebergs is crucial for producing realistic simulations of sea ice and polynyas.
文摘The Titanic sunk 113 years ago on April 14-15,after hitting an iceberg,with human error likely causing the ship to wander into those dangerous waters.Today,autonomous systems built on AI can help ships avoid such accidents.But could such a system explain to the captain why it was controlling the ship in a certain way?
文摘The Arctic region is experiencing accelerated sea ice melt and increased iceberg detachment from glaciers due to climate change.These drifting icebergs present a risk and engineering challenge for subsea installations traversing shallow waters,where ice-berg keels may reach the seabed,potentially damaging subsea structures.Consequently,costly and time-intensive iceberg manage-ment operations,such as towing and rerouting,are undertaken to safeguard subsea and offshore infrastructure.This study,therefore,explores the application of extra tree regression(ETR)as a robust solution for estimating iceberg draft,particularly in the preliminary phases of decision-making for iceberg management projects.Nine ETR models were developed using parameters influencing iceberg draft.Subsequent analyses identified the most effective models and significant input variables.Uncertainty analysis revealed that the superior ETR model tended to overestimate iceberg drafts;however,it achieved the highest precision,correlation,and simplicity in estimation.Comparison with decision tree regression,random forest regression,and empirical methods confirmed the superior perfor-mance of ETR in predicting iceberg drafts.
文摘HSAP(Hybrid Serving and Analytical Processing)作为一种面向混合负载的分布式数据系统架构,能够有效解决企业在实时事务处理和数据分析方面的需求。针对传统数据仓库在海量数据查询、数据冗余和实时性等方面的挑战,文章提出一种基于Flink和HSAP架构的实时数仓设计方案。该方案利用Flink强大的流批一体处理能力,结合Iceberg等技术,实现了数据的高效摄取、实时处理、多维分析和持久化存储,为企业提供实时数据洞察能力,并有效降低数据存储成本。
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41925027 and 42206249.
文摘During August and September 2023,three giant icebergs,each bigger than Paris,successively grazed Clarence Island in the northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula,a home to a population of over 100000 penguins.This incident may serve as a clarion call for the increasing iceberg calving due to global warming and its subsequent impact on the Antarctic ecosystem.Here we investigate this unexpected event and employ historical records and probabilistic analyses of iceberg grounding to assess the degree of impact on penguin colonies of Clarence Island.Among the eleven colonies,there is one with low impact,eight with medium impact,and two with high impact.The low-impact colony,Cape Lloyd,is located in the northern part of the island,while the high-impact colonies,False Ridge and Pink Pool,are in the southeast.The eight medium-impact colonies are distributed along both the eastern and western coasts of the island.This study provides essential support for evaluating the impact of iceberg activity on penguin colonies.We argue that penguin colonies located in areas prone to iceberg drift,such as Clarence Island,may become more vulnerable to the heightened risk of iceberg collisions or groundings in the warming future.Therefore,we hope the public will become more aware of the grave impacts of climate change on penguins and underscore the urgent need for effective conservation strategies.
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China[Grant number 2021YFC2803301]China Europe Dragon 5 Cooperation Program[Grant number 59310]National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant number 42071387].
文摘Icebergs are big chunks of ice floating on the ocean surface,and melting of icebergs contributes for the major part of freshwater flux into ocean.Dynamic monitoring of the icebergs in Antarctica and accurate estimation of their volume are important for predicting the trend of freshwater budget of the Southern Ocean.The iceberg freeboard is a key parameter for measuring the thickness and volume of an iceberg and is defined as the difference between the elevation of iceberg surface and sea level.So far,freeboards of icebergs have been successfully extracted using InSAR DEM,and the laser and radar altimeter.However,uncertainties exist in these results mainly caused by missed detection of small icebergs due to the spatially sparse and temporally incomplete data coverage.In addition to the above techniques,optical images can also be used to extract the iceberg freeboard based on its geometric relationship with shadow length,which can effectively compensate for the above shortcomings.Although the feasibility has been preliminarily presented,the precision and extensive application of shadow-height method deserves further research,such as estimating the basal melting of icebergs.In this work,we tested an optical image-based freeboard extraction method over icebergs in Prydz Bay,Antarctica.A normalized shadow pixel index(NSPI)is designed to identify iceberg shadows with different shapes in HY-1C/D CZI and Sentinel-2 MSI optical images.The iceberg freeboard can be determined with an acceptable precision(2 m)in optical images compared with laser altimeter(i.e.ICESat-2)measurements.Moreover,basal melting of icebergs has been assessed according to the variation of freeboard using repeated optical observations.The results indicate that icebergs in the study area were with a mean freeboard of about 56 m in early December 2022,and experienced a decrease in freeboard of 1.9 m within two months,in correspondence with the Antarctic seasonal trend.The methodological framework,therefore,turns out to be a reliable complementary approach to studying the iceberg freeboard in polar regions.
文摘Characteristics and statistics of seismic tremors occurring during April 2015 were investigated by using short-period and broadband seismographs deployed at Syowa Station (SYO), in the Lützow-Holm Bay (LHB), East Antarctica. In order to examine a relationship between surface environments in particular cryosphere variation, the MODIS satellite images were utilized for comparison with the detected tremor events. Since a large volume of sea-ice was discharged during the April, together with several large icebergs passed through from the west to the east at northern edge of the fast sea-ice of LHB, it was expected to detect seismic tremors involving cryospehre dynamics. During the month, a total number of 49 tremor events including short duration ice shocks were identified. Majority of the events (N = 39) had their duration times more than 15 minutes, which were divided into both tremors and ice shocks on the basis of experienced definition at SYO. Cryospheric sources recorded by seismic tremors were classified into several origins (collision, calving, crevassing, crashing, etc.): “crevassing events” along the large cracks inside the fast sea-ice in LHB (04 April), “discharge events” of fast sea-ice from the Bay (07 April), “collision events” between iceberg and the edge of fast sea-ice (14 April), “crashing movement” between fragmentation of fast sea-ice and packed sea-ice (18 April), and other origins. In particular, strong amplitude tremors with harmonic overtones were assumed to be occurred independently from whether condition, because these overtone tremors were identified at less stormy days by comparison with infrasound data at SYO.
文摘Hemingway established a well-known literary theory - iceberg principle.He said he always attempted to create his literary works according to this principle.In his opinion,if a prose writer has a pretty clear idea of what he writes about,then he can omit the things he knows,and the readers will strongly feel that what the writer has omitted seems to have been written as long as what he writes is authentic.Hemingway himself once said,"The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water."Here,one eighth refers to the information given by the author,and the rest refers to the unwrit ten information that can be acquired in readers'imagination on the basis of the one eighth.The Killers is a good example of Hemingway's iceberg principle.This essay will analyse the characters in it to show how the principle was used in this short story.With no doubt the iceberg principle leaves a large space for the readers to imagine and better understand Hemingway's works.
文摘This thesis is to analyze Hemingway's 'A Clean,Well-lighted Place'-a story to which the author applies his famous 'iceberg theory'.Hemingway relates his stories to an iceberg with only one-eighth actually showing and the other seven-eighths under water.This thesis is to show what is beneath the surface and the hidden meaning of the story.
基金supported by the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project of China (Grant No. 201105016,2012418007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.41176012)the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
文摘For ship structural design and good maneuverability in an ice-covered sea, the local and global load of ice cover on ships should be well understood. This paper reviews the extensive work done on ice loads on ships, including： （a） Ice pressure and local load determination based on field and model tests; （b） Global ice loads on ships from full-scale field observations, model tests and numerical models under different ice conditions （level ice and pack ice） and ship operations （maneuvering and mooring）. Spe- cial attention is paid to the discrete element simulation of global ice loads on ships; and （c） Analytical solutions and numerical models of impact loads of icebergs on ships for polar navigation. Finally, research potential in these areas is discussed.
文摘Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depicting things by piling gorgeously big words;on the contrary,he adopts direct description and short sentences which are precise,laconic,bright and vivid.For instance,the novel titled The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber is universally acknowledged as his masterpiece,in which "Iceberg Theory"is skillfully presented.With a full analysis of the story,the uniqueness of "Iceberg Theory"will be emphasized in this paper.
