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1.
The characteristics of dayside auroras during the large (16–24 nT) positive values of the IMF B
z
component, observed on January 14, 1988, during the interaction between the Earth’s magnetosphere and the body of the interplanetary
magnetic cloud, have been studied based on the optical observations on Heiss Island. A wide band of diffuse red luminosity
with an intensity of 1–2 kilorayleigh (kR) was observed during 6 h in the interval 1030–1630 MLT at latitudes higher than
75° CGL. Rayed auroral arcs, the brightness of which in the 557.7 nm emission sharply increased to 3–7 kR in the postnoon
sector immediately after the polarity reversal of the IMF B
y
component from positive to negative, were continuously registered within the band. Bright auroral arcs were observed at the
equatorward edge of red luminosity. It has been found out that the red auroral intensity increases and the band equatorward
boundary shifts to lower latitudes with increasing solar wind dynamic pressure. However, a direct proportional dependence
of the variations in the auroral features on the dynamic pressure variations has not been found. It has been concluded that
the source of bright discrete auroras is located in the region of the low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) on closed geomagnetic
field lines. The estimated LLBL thickness is ∼3 R
e
. It has been concluded that the intensity of the dayside red band depends on the solar wind plasma density, whereas the position
of the position equatorward boundary depends on the dynamic pressure value and its variations. 相似文献
2.
Zafeiria Roumelioti Anastasia Kiratzi Christoforos Benetatos 《Journal of Seismology》2010,14(2):309-337
We use 576 earthquakes of magnitude, M
w, 3.3 to 6.8 that occurred within the region 33° N–42.5° N, 19° E–30° E in the time period 1969 to 2007 to investigate the
stability of the relation between moment magnitude, M
w, and local magnitude, M
L, for earthquakes in Greece and the surrounding regions. We compare M
w to M
L as reported in the monthly bulletins of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and to M
L as reported in the bulletins of the Seismological Station of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. All earthquakes have
been analyzed through regional or teleseismic waveform inversion, to obtain M
w, and have measured maximum trace amplitudes on the Wood–Anderson seismograph in Athens, which has been in operation since
1964. We show that the Athens Wood–Anderson seismograph performance has changed through time, affecting the computed by NOA
M
L by at least 0.1 magnitude units. Specifically, since the beginning of 1996, its east–west component has been recording systematically
much larger amplitudes compared to the north–south component. From the comparison between M
w and M
L reported by Thessaloniki, we also show that the performance of the sensors has changed several times through time, affecting
the calculated M
L’s. We propose scaling relations to convert the M
L values reported from the two centers to M
w. The procedures followed here can be applied to other regions as well to examine the stability of magnitude calculations
through time. 相似文献
3.
A new modified magnitude scale M
S
(20R) is elaborated. It permits us to extend the teleseismic magnitude scale M
S
(20) to the regional epicenter distances. The data set used in this study contains digital records at 12 seismic stations
of 392 earthquakes that occured in the northwest Pacific Ocean in the period of 1993–2008. The new scale is based on amplitudes
of surface waves of a narrow range of the periods (16–25 s) close to the period of 20 s, for distances of 80–3000 km. The
digital Butterworth filter is used for processing. On the basis of the found regional features concerning distance dependence
for seismic wave attenuation, all the stations of the region have been subdivided into two groups, namely, “continental” and
“island-arc.” For each group of stations, its own calibration function is proposed. Individual station corrections are used
to compensate for the local features. 相似文献
4.
Starting from the classical empirical magnitude-energy relationships, in this article, the derivation of the modern scales
for moment magnitude M
w and energy magnitude M
e is outlined and critically discussed. The formulas for M
w and M
e calculation are presented in a way that reveals, besides the contributions of the physically defined measurement parameters
seismic moment M
0 and radiated seismic energy E
S, the role of the constants in the classical Gutenberg–Richter magnitude–energy relationship. Further, it is shown that M
w and M
e are linked via the parameter Θ = log(E
S/M
0), and the formula for M
e can be written as M
e = M
w + (Θ + 4.7)/1.5. This relationship directly links M
e with M
w via their common scaling to classical magnitudes and, at the same time, highlights the reason why M
w and M
e can significantly differ. In fact, Θ is assumed to be constant when calculating M
w. However, variations over three to four orders of magnitude in stress drop Δσ (as well as related variations in rupture velocity V
R and seismic wave radiation efficiency η
R) are responsible for the large variability of actual Θ values of earthquakes. As a result, for the same earthquake, M
e may sometimes differ by more than one magnitude unit from M
w. Such a difference is highly relevant when assessing the actual damage potential associated with a given earthquake, because
it expresses rather different static and dynamic source properties. While M
w is most appropriate for estimating the earthquake size (i.e., the product of rupture area times average displacement) and
thus the potential tsunami hazard posed by strong and great earthquakes in marine environs, M
e is more suitable than M
w for assessing the potential hazard of damage due to strong ground shaking, i.e., the earthquake strength. Therefore, whenever
possible, these two magnitudes should be both independently determined and jointly considered. Usually, only M
w is taken as a unified magnitude in many seismological applications (ShakeMap, seismic hazard studies, etc.) since procedures
to calculate it are well developed and accepted to be stable with small uncertainty. For many reasons, procedures for E
S and M
e calculation are affected by a larger uncertainty and are currently not yet available for all global earthquakes. Thus, despite
the physical importance of E
S in characterizing the seismic source, the use of M
e has been limited so far to the detriment of quicker and more complete rough estimates of both earthquake size and strength
and their causal relationships. Further studies are needed to improve E
S estimations in order to allow M
e to be extensively used as an important complement to M
w in common seismological practice and its applications. 相似文献
5.
A disastrous earthquake with a magnitude M
S
= 8.0 (M
W
= 7.9), in China called “the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake,” occurred on May 12, 2008, in Sichuan province on the border between
the Sino-Tibetan Mountains and the Sichuan depression. The instrumental epicenter was registered in the southeastern part
of Wenchuan county, and the hypocenter depth was 14 km. As the strongest and most destructive earthquake within mainland China,
it caused numerous human losses and destruction of buildings and infrastructure. The seismic effect from the main shock and
aftershocks was felt in many counties, towns, and villages, though Sichuan province suffered the most. The maximum intensity
of the shocks was estimated at 11 degrees, according to the Chinese macroseismic scale. In the process of source opening,
from the southern part of Wenchuan county to the vicinities of Quingchuan, a seismic fault system with a total length up to
240 km out-cropped on the earth’s surface, confined to the Longmenshan fault belt. The seismic fault system disturbed the
original ground, resulting in the collapse or damage to various constructions, such as buildings, homes, bridges, roads, etc.
Fault offsets had a dextral strike-slip and thrust kinematic combination. The earthquake generated several tens of thousands
of landslides, rockfalls, and debris flows. Many dammed ponds appeared in the epicentral zone due to the activation of landslides.
Thus, the geological effects turned out to be the most destructive factor in this case. At the same time, the seismic intensity
of surface shaking was abnormally low even in direct proximity to the seismic fault system. Usually it was no more than 7–8
degrees. This macroseismic phenomenon may turn out to be rather typical for many major earthquakes. 相似文献
6.
The source parameters of the M
W
= 7.6 Olyutorskii earthquake were estimated using the moments of the slip rate function with degrees 1 and 2. The moments
were estimated from broadband P-wave records at 52 stations of the worldwide network. The first step was to find a function S(t) for each station; this function is an apparent source time function, i.e., the P-wave slip as radiated by the source toward a station under consideration. The method of empirical Green’s functions was used
to estimate S(t). The next step was to calculate the moments of S(t) of degrees 1 and 2 over time and to set up relevant equations to be solved by least squares for the unknown source moments.
The horizontal linear source was used as a nonparametric model for calculating the source moments. Haskell’s parametric model
was used for further interpretation of the source moments. The resulting estimates are as follows: the source centroid was
13–25 km southwest of the epicenter, the source was 105–120 km long, the source strike was 222°–228°, the rupture velocity
was 2.7–3.0 km/s, and the total radiation duration was 24–27 s. These estimates indicate a bilateral rupture dominated by
a southwestward sense of rupture propagation. The source characteristics are consistent with the aftershock area geometry
and with the focal mechanism, as well as with surface breakage as observed by geologists in the field. 相似文献
7.
785 traces of vertical components from shallow earthquakes recorded by 10 CDSN (Chinese Digital Seismographic Network) stations
and 5 GSN (Global Seismographic Network) stations were collected to study the attenuation characteristics ofL
g coda in the Chinese continent and its adjacent regions. The records were processed first using the stack spectral ratio method
to obtain the average values ofQ
0 (Q at 1Hz) and η, the frequency dependence, ofL
g coda in the ellipses corresponding to the paths. The back-projection technique was then employed to obtain the tomographic
maps ofQ
0 and η values, and the distribution of their errors. Results indicate that in the studied areaQ
0 varies between 200 and 500. The lowest value ofQ
0 exists in the Yun-nan-Tibetan region, while the highest value ofQ
0 occurs in the southern edge of Siberian platform. η varies between 0.3 and 0.8. For most part of the studied area η varies
inversely withQ
0. 相似文献
8.
We analyze the anelasticity of the earth using group delays of P-body waves of deep (>200 km) events in the period range 4–32 s for epicentral distances of 5–85 degrees. We show that Time Frequency Analysis (TFA), which is usually applied to very dispersive surface waves, can be applied to the much less dispersive P-body waves to measure frequency-dependent group delays with respect to arrival times predicted from the CMT centroid location and PREM reference model. We find that the measured dispersion is due to: (1) anelasticity (described by the P-wave quality factor Q
p
), (2) ambient noise, which results in randomly distributed noise in the dispersion measurements, (3) interference with other phases (triplications, crustal reverberations, conversions at deep mantle boundaries), for which the total dispersion depends on the amplitude and time separation between the different phases, and (4) the source time function, which is dispersive when the wavelet is asymmetrical or contains subevents. These mechanisms yield dispersion ranging in the order of one to 10 seconds with anelasticity responsible for the more modest dispersion. We select 150 seismograms which all have small coda amplitudes extending to ten percent of the main arrival, minimizing the effect of interference. The main P waves have short durations, minimizing effects of the source. We construct a two-layer model of Q
p
with an interface at 660 km depth and take Q
p
constant with period. Our data set is too small to solve for a possible frequency dependence of Q
p
. The upper mantle Q
1 is 476 [299–1176] and the lower mantle Q
2 is 794 [633–1064] (the bracketed numbers indicate the 68 percent confidence range of Q
p
–1). These values are in-between the AK135 model (Kennett et al., 1995) and the PREM model (Dziewonski and Anderson, 1981) for the lower mantle and confirm results of Warren and Shearer (2000) that the upper mantle is less attenuating than PREM and AK135. 相似文献
9.
V. B. Belakhovsky V. A. Pilipenko S. N. Samsonov D. Lorentsen 《Geomagnetism and Aeronomy》2016,56(1):42-58
Simultaneous morning Pc5 pulsations (f ~ 3–5 mHz) in the geomagnetic field, aurora intensities (in the 557.7 and 630.0 nm oxygen emissions and the 471.0 nm nitrogen emission), and riometer absorption, were studied based on the CARISMA, CANMOS, and NORSTAR network data for the event of January 1, 2000. According to the GOES-8 satellite observations, these Pc5 geomagnetic pulsations are observed as incompressible Alfvén waves with toroidal polarization in the magnetosphere. Although the Pc5 pulsation frequencies in auroras, the geomagnetic field, and riometer absorption are close to one another, stable phase relationships are not observed between them. Far from all trains of geomagnetic Pc5 pulsations are accompanied by corresponding auroral pulsations; consequently, geomagnetic pulsations are primary with respect to auroral pulsations. Both geomagnetic and auroral pulsations propagate poleward, and the frequency decreases with increasing geomagnetic latitude. When auroral Pc5 pulsations appear, the ratio of the 557.7/630.0 nm emission intensity sharply increases, which indicates that auroral pulsations result from not simply modulated particle precipitation but also an additional periodic acceleration of auroral electrons by the wave field. A high correlation is not observed between Pc5 pulsations in auroras and the riometer absorption, which indicates that these pulsations have a common source but different generation mechanisms. Auroral luminosity modulation is supposedly related to the interaction between Alfvén waves and the region with the field-aligned potential drop above the auroral ionosphere, and riometer absorption modulation is caused by the scattering of energetic electrons by VLF noise pulsations. 相似文献
10.
The seismic waves excited by the M
w
7.6 Olyutorskii earthquake that occurred on April 20, 2006 in the Koryak Upland gave rise to water-level changes in five
wells situated in continental areas of Kamchatka at hypocentral distances of 750–1150 km. We describe the effects due to seismic
waves, as well as the water-level anomalies for February–April 2006 before the earthquake. We used an original technique for
the processing of water-level records based on the study of barometric and tidal water-level responses in order to estimate
the volume strain in water-saturated rocks during synchronous level variations at two wells. We discuss possible mechanisms
for producing anomalous water-level changes due to elastic deformation of monitored groundwater reservoirs and to crack dilatancy
in the water-saturated rocks. 相似文献
11.
The work presents statistical methods for estimating the distribution parameters of rare, strong earthquakes. Using the two
main theorems of extreme value theory (EVT), the distribution of T-maximum (the maximum magnitude over the time period T). Two methods for estimating the parameters of this distribution are proposed using the Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD)
and the General Extreme Value Distribution (GEV). In addition, the that allow the determination of the distribution of the
T-maximum for an arbitrary value of T are proposed. The approach being used clarifies the nature of the instability of the widely accepted M max parameter. In the work, instead of unstable values of the M max parameter, the robust parameter Q
T
(q), the q level quantile for the distribution of the T-maximum, is proposed to be used. The described method has been applied to the Harvard Catalogue of Seismic Moments of 1977–2006
and to the Magnitude Catalogue for Fennoscandia in 1900–2005. Moreover, the estimates of parameters of the corresponding GPD
and GEV distributions, in particular, the most interesting shape parameter and the values of the M
max and Q
T
(q) parameters are given. 相似文献
12.
Using data from ground-based ionospheric sounding stations, we studied the morphologic features of the disturbance pattern
of the electron concentration at the midlatitude F2-layer maximum (NmF2) in the period of a magnetic superstorm, which began on July 15, 2000. In the Southern (winter) Hemisphere in the latitudinal
sector, where the main storm phase began after sunrise, negative NmF disturbances were observed at quite high midlatitudes both day and night; whereas large positive NmF disturbances took place at lower midlatitudes in nighttime hours. In the Northern (summer) Hemisphere at latitudes where
the main storm phase occurred in the local evening, only long-term negative disturbances were observed in daytime and nighttime
hours; whereas at latitudes where the main storm phase began in the afternoon, NmF2 experienced both negative and positive disturbances. Based on analysis of data of KOMPSAT-l, ROCSAT-1, DMSP F13, F14, and
F15 satellites, we present clear arguments for the viewpoint of many authors that it is just the enhancement of the eastward
electric field in the evening sector that led to formation of the large-scale trough in the nighttime low-latitude upper ionosphere.
This field enhancement was due to penetration of the magnetospheric electric field to low latitudes, not to the dynamo action
of the disturbed neutral wind. It is also shown that, due to equatorward expansion of the magnetospheric convection system
during the main storm phase, the plasmapause and the main ionospheric trough were shifted to a magnetic latitude of 40° (L ∼ 1.7). 相似文献
13.
The relationship between the critical frequency of the F
2 layer and the atmospheric characteristics has been obtained in a general form. It has been shown that this relation makes
it possible to sufficiently accurately describe the daytime values of foF2 while comparing them with the observed monthly median values. Such comparisons were performed, first, for the data of measurements
in Irkutsk using the DPS-4 digital ionosonde in 2003–2006 and, second, based on the annual variations in the noon foF2 values at 24 stations of the Northern Hemisphere in 1984. The calculations were performed using the MSIS-86 thermospheric
model [Hedin, 1987]. 相似文献
14.
The paper is dedicated to the studies of formation mechanisms of additional layers in the equatorial ionosphere carried out using numerical simulations with use of the Global Self-Consistent Model of the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, and Protonosphere (GSM TIP) modified in the part of the solution of the electric field equation in the Earth’s ionosphere. Calculations were preformed for quiet geomagnetic conditions using the MSIS-90 model for the calculation of thermospheric parameters. The obtained spatio-temporal pattern of thermospheric circulation and the variations in the dynamo electric field obtained on its basis make it possible to reproduce the stratification effect of the F2 layer and the appearance of the F3 layer in the equatorial ionosphere due to the action of the nonuniform in height zonal electric field at the geomagnetic equator. On the basis of the earlier presented results of calculations using the modified GSM TIP model, the appearance of a maximum in the vertical profile of the electron density at a height of ∼1000 km formed by H+ ions, which we called the G layer, has been predicted. Numerical simulations showed that this layer is formed by the meridional component of the thermospheric wind and is related to the formation of the nighttime midlatitude maximum at heights of the ionospheric F region. 相似文献
15.
This work is devoted to a numerical simulation of the equatorial ionosphere, performed using the GSM TIP model completed with
a new block for calculating the electric field. It has been indicated that the usage of the wind system calculated according
to the MSIS-90 model makes it possible to reproduce the electromagnetic drift velocities at the equator, the effect of the
F2-layer stratification, and the appearance of the F3 layer in the equatorial ionosphere. The calculations performed using the modified GSM TIP model made it possible to detect
a maximum in the electron density vertical profile at an altitude of ∼1000 km, formed by H+ ions, which we called the G layer. If this layer actually exists, it can be observed during sounding the low-latitude ionosphere from satellites during
dark time of day. 相似文献
16.
Estimate of seasonal changes in the intensity of the infrared atmospheric system of molecular oxygen
A. I. Semenov V. I. Perminov K. V. Lipatov V. Yu. Khomich 《Geomagnetism and Aeronomy》2011,51(3):415-420
On the basis of measurements of the intensity of 1.58-μm emissions of the Infrared Atmospheric System of molecular oxygen
(IRAO2) conducted at the Zvenigorod scientific station of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(φ = 55.7°N, λ = 36.8°E), seasonal variations are estimated for various solar zenith angles. Their amplitude has the maximum
value at the solar zenith angles χ
S
∼ 105–110°. It decreases at χ
S
∼ 125–130° and tends to zero at χ
S
∼ 80–85°. The comparison of currently measured values of the 1.58-μm emission intensity of the Infrared Atmospheric System
of molecular oxygen with published data on the intensity of this emission obtained in 1961–1966 reveals their decrease over
approximately 50 years. This fact is in good agreement with similar behavior of the emission intensity of atomic oxygen (557.7
nm) over the period considered. 相似文献
17.
Morphological analysis of variations of the critical frequency foF2 in the midlatitude ionosphere at various sectors of local time is carried out on the basis of data from ground-based stations
of vertical sounding of the ionosphere in the period when during use of the incoherent scatter radar at Saint-Santin an anomalously
strong increase in the electric field was observed at heights of the ionospheric F region in the period of enhanced geomagnetic activity (4+ < Kp < 6−). The obtained picture of the space-time distribution of disturbances in foF2 makes it possible to assume that they could be caused by penetration to middle latitudes of the large-scale electric field
of the magnetospheric convection directed westward in the nighttime and morning hours and eastward in the noon and evening
sectors. 相似文献
18.
The mechanism by which electron and ion densities change in the ionospheric D region due to the electric current flowing in the atmospheric-ionospheric electric circuit is studied. The current disturbance
in this circuit exists over the regions of increased seismic, meteorological, and thunderstorm activity. In the framework
of the model, the influence of the electron and ion transportation under the action of the electric field on the formation
of a disturbance in the D region and heating of the plasma electron component by the field are considered. The calculation results show that the densities
of electrons and ions can change by an order of magnitude at an increase in the current density up to ∼(10−9–10−8) A m−2, the sign of the disturbance depending on the current direction. 相似文献
19.
Using model simulations, the morphological picture (revealed earlier) of the disturbances in the F 2 region of the equatorial ionosphere under quiet geomagnetic conditions (Q-disturbances) is interpreted. It is shown that the observed variations in the velocity of the vertical E × B plasma drift, related to the zonal E y component of the electric field, are responsible for the formation of Q-disturbances. The plasma recombination at altitudes of the lower part of the F 2 region and the dependence of the rate of this process on heliogeophysical conditions compose the mechanism of Q-disturbance formation at night. The daytime positive Q-disturbances are caused exclusively by a decrease in the upward E × B drift, and this type of disturbances could be related to the known phenomenon of counter electrojet. Possible causes of formation of the daytime negative Q-disturbances are discussed. 相似文献
20.
Prantik Mandal R K Chadha C Satyamurty I P Raju N Kumar 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2005,162(12):2479-2504
Site response in the aftershock zone of 2001 Bhuj Mw 7.7 earthquake has been studied using the H/V spectral ratio method using 454 aftershocks (Mw 2.5–4.7) recorded at twelve three-component digital strong motion and eight three-component digital seismograph sites. The
mean amplification factor obtained for soft sediment sites (Quaternary/Tertiary) varies from 0.75–6.03 times for 1–3 Hz and
0.49–3.27 times for 3–10 Hz. The mean amplification factors obtained for hard sediment sites (hard Jurassic/Mesozoic sediments)
range from 0.32–3.24 times for 1–3 Hz and 0.37–2.18 times for 310 Hz. The upper bounds of the larger mean amplification factors
for 1–3 Hz are found to be of the order of 3.13–6.03 at Chopadwa, Vadawa, Kavada, Vondh, Adhoi, Jahwarnagar and Gadhada, whereas,
the upper bounds of the higher mean amplification factors at 3–10 Hz are estimated to be of the order of 2.00–3.27° at Tapar,
Chopadwa, Adhoi, Jahwarnagar, Gandhidham and Khingarpur. The site response estimated at Bhuj suggests a typical hard-rock
site behavior. Preliminary site response maps for 1–3 Hz and 310 Hz frequency ranges have been prepared for the area extending
from 23–23.85 °N and 69.65–70.85°E. These frequency ranges are considered on the basis of the fact that the natural frequencies
of multi-story buildings (3 to 10 floor) range between 1–3 Hz, while the natural frequencies for 1 to 3 story buildings vary
from 3–10 Hz. The 1–3 Hz map delineates two distinct zones of maximum site amplification (>3 times): one lying in the NW quadrant
of the study area covering Jahwarnagar, Kavada and Gadadha and the other in the SE quadrant of the study area with a peak
of 6.03 at Chopadwa covering an area of 70 km × 50 km. While the 3–10 Hz map shows more than 2 times site amplification value
over the entire study area except, NE quadrant, two patches in the southwest corner covering Bhuj and Anjar, and one patch
at the center covering Vondh, Manfara and Sikara. The zones for large site amplification values (∼3 times) are found at Tapar,
Chopadwa, Adhoi and Chobari. The estimated site response values show a good correlation with the distribution of geological
formations as well as observed ground deformation in the epicentral zone. 相似文献