Seismic hazard assessment for low-seismicity areas — Case study: Northern Germany     

Gottfried Grünthal  Christian Bosse 《Natural Hazards》1996,14(2-3):127-139

The problem of assessing seismic hazard in low-seismicity areas becomes obvious in many practical applications. A typical low-seismicity area, which experienced damaging earthquakes in historical times, is the North German Plain, for which a case study is presented. It is shown how seismic hazard assessments are influenced by different interpretations of historical key earthquakes, changes in b-value as well as variations of the upper bound magnitude assumed for the seismic source regions. The latter strongly influences the hazard results in the case of very low b-values for long return periods.  相似文献   

Site-specific response spectra from the combination of microzonation with probabilistic seismic hazard assessment—An example for the Cologne (Germany) area     

Stefano Parolai  Gottfried Grünthal  Rutger Wahlstrm 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2007,27(1):49-59

Seismic noise was measured at some 20 sites in the Cologne area (Germany) aligned nearly perpendicular to a graben structure. The H/V spectral noise ratio for each site was used to derive realistic S-wave velocity profiles down to the bedrock by means of a genetic algorithm inversion. Numerical simulations were performed for different combinations of source and propagation path parameters: focal depth, epicentral distance, attenuation and fault mechanism. Synthetic seismograms were produced and converted to Fourier and response spectra. Finally, the site-specific values from response spectral ratios, with their uncertainties, were used to modify attenuation functions entering the logic-tree algorithm of the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA). The site-specific response spectra show the significance of taking into account the local S-wave velocity structure in PSHA.  相似文献   

Statistical representation of generalized distribution data for float-sink coal-cleaning devices: Sand cones     

Byron S. Gottfried 《International Journal of Mineral Processing》1981,8(1):89-91

An earlier paper by this writer presented a method for combining distribution data for float-sink coal-cleaning devices into a single, generalized distribution curve which is independent of the specific gravity of separation. A nonlinear exponential-type equation was used to represent each of the curves and to determine the corresponding generalized probable error. Performance data for five common coal-cleaning devices were analyzed using this method.In this paper the method is applied to another common coal-cleaning device — the sand cone. Numerical values are presented for the constants in the exponential-type generalized distribution equation and for the corresponding generalized probable error. Several different feed size-fractions are considered.  相似文献   

The SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) for the time period 1900–2006 and its comparison to the European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue (EMEC)     

Gottfried Grünthal  Rutger Wahlström  Dietrich Stromeyer 《Journal of Seismology》2013,17(4):1339-1344

This short communication describes the differences of the seismicity data file of the SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue from 1900 to 2006 in comparison to the European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue by Grünthal and Wahlström (J Seismol 16:535–570, 2012). SHARE is the EC project Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe. Differences occur in the very north of the study area, in Greece and adjacent areas, and with respect to local volcanic earthquakes at Etna, Italy.  相似文献   

Water surface mapping from airborne laser scanning using signal intensity and elevation data     

Bernhard Höfle  Michael Vetter  Norbert Pfeifer  Gottfried Mandlburger  Johann Stötter 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2009,34(12):1635-1649

In recent years airborne laser scanning (ALS) evolved into a state‐of‐the‐art technology for topographic data acquisition. We present a novel, automatic method for water surface classification and delineation by combining the geometrical and signal intensity information provided by ALS. The reflection characteristics of water surfaces in the near‐infrared wavelength (1064 nm) of the ALS system along with the surface roughness information provide the basis for the differentiation between water and land areas. Water areas are characterized by a high number of laser shot dropouts and predominant low backscatter energy. In a preprocessing step, the recorded intensities are corrected for spherical loss and atmospheric attenuation, and the locations of laser shot dropouts are modeled. A seeded region growing segmentation, applied to the point cloud and the modeled dropouts, is used to detect potential water regions. Object‐based classification of the resulting segments determines the final separation of water and non‐water points. The water‐land‐boundary is defined by the central contour line of the transition zone between water and land points. We demonstrate that the proposed workflow succeeds for a regulated river (Inn, Austria) with smooth water surface as well as for a pro‐glacial braided river (Hintereisfernerbach, Austria). A multi‐temporal analysis over five years of the pro‐glacial river channel emphasizes the applicability of the developed method for different ALS systems and acquisition settings (e.g. point density). The validation, based on real time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) field survey and a terrestrial orthophoto, indicate point cloud classification accuracy above 97% with 0·45 m planimetric accuracy (root mean square error) of the water–land boundary. This article shows the capability of ALS data for water surface mapping with a high degree of automation and accuracy. This provides valuable datasets for a number of applications in geomorphology, hydrology and hydraulics, such as monitoring of braided rivers, flood modeling and mapping. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

A macroseismic intensity prediction equation for intermediate depth earthquakes in the Vrancea region,Romania     

Mathilde B. Sørensen  Dietrich Stromeyer  Gottfried Grünthal 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2010

The use of shake maps in terms of macroseismic intensity in earthquake early warning systems as well as intensity based seismic hazard assessments provides a valuable supplement to typical studies based on recorded ground motion parameters. A requirement for such applications is ground motion prediction equations (GMPE) in terms of macroseismic intensity, which have the advantages of good data availability and the direct relation of intensity to earthquake damage. In the current study, we derive intensity prediction equations for the Vrancea region in Romania, which is characterized by the frequent occurrence of large intermediate depth earthquakes giving rise to a peculiar anisotropic ground shaking distribution. The GMPE have a physical basis and take the anisotropic intensity distribution into account through an empirical regional correction function. Furthermore, the relations are easy to implement for the user. Relations are derived in terms of epicentral, rupture and Joyner–Boore distance and the obtained relations all provide a new intensity estimate with an uncertainty of ca. 0.6 intensity units.  相似文献   

Gamma-Rays and Neutrons as a Probe of Flare Proton Spectra: the Solar Flare of 11 June 1991     

Dunphy  Philip P.  Chupp  Edward L.  Bertsch  David L.  Schneid  Edward J.  Gottesman  Stephen R.  Kanbach  Gottfried 《Solar physics》1999,187(1):45-57

The large flare of 11 June 1991 (GOES class X12) was detected by the Total Absorption Shower Counter (TASC) segment of the EGRET gamma-ray telescope on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Significant gamma-ray emission was observed over the entire energy range to which the TASC was sensitive –1 to 140 MeV. Several phases were identified which showed major changes in the intensity and spectral shape of the flare gamma-rays. Furthermore, a 'delayed' phase during which a response consistent with the detection of energetic neutrons and pion-decay gamma-rays was seen, implying a qualitative change in the spectral shape of the accelerated ion spectrum. The similarity of the characteristics of this delayed phase (pion and energetic neutron production) to those in other large flares hint at a common particle acceleration mechanism.  相似文献   

Geleitworte     

Gottfried Huber-Pestalozzi Dr. phil.  Dr. med.  Dr. sc. nat. h. c. 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1960,22(1):9-17

Ohne Zusammenfassung  相似文献   

Transpiration by dryland oaks: studies in the south-western United States and Northern Israel     

Peter F. Ffolliott  Gerald J. Gottfried  Yehezkel Cohen  Gabriel Schiller 《Journal of Arid Environments》2003,55(4):595-605

Increased understanding of transpiration by dryland oaks in the woodlands of the south-western United States and northern Israel has been obtained from studies in the two countries. Transpiration was estimated in both studies by the heat pulse velocity (HPV) method in stands of Quercus emoryi, a drought-deciduous species growing in the south-western United States, and stands supporting Q. ithaburensis, a deciduous oak, and Q. calliprinos, an evergreen oak, in northern Israel. Estimates of daily transpiration rates by individual trees and annual transpiration amounts on a stand basis indicate that depending on the species and stand structure, 45–80% of the precipitation inputs to the stands sampled are represented by transpiration component of the respective hydrologic cycles.  相似文献   

A cold air outbreak near Spitsbergen in springtime — Boundary-layer modification and cloud development     

Burghard Brümmer  Birgit Rump  Gottfried Kruspe 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1992,61(1-2):13-46

A moderate cold air outbreak from the Arctic ice over the warm West-Spitsbergen current on 15 and 16 May 1988 during the field experiment ARKTIS '88 is analysed using data from four aircraft and one research vessel.The downstream development of cloud coverage appears to depend sensitively on the moisture content above the inversion. The cloud amount determines the energy balance at the sea surface. Under daytime conditions and little cloud cover, energy is added to the ocean in spite of sensible and latent heat losses.The downstream temperature increase in the boundary layer is controlled by sensible heat flux and by longwave radiation cooling. The entrainment sensible heat flux is the dominating term in the region near the ice edge. The downstream moisture increase is controlled by surface evaporation. Condensation processes play no significant role.On 16 May 1988 cloud streets near the ice edge changed to closed cloud meanders in the downstream direction. The aspect ratio increased from 3 to around 10 over a distance of 200 km. In the cloud street region, the dynamical generation of turbulent kinetic energy due to wind shear at the tilted inversion was larger than the thermal generation.Cloud droplet concentration, mean droplet radius and liquid water content increased linearly with height. The maximum liquid water content was only 0.1 g/kg near the top of a 400 m thick closed cloud and clearly below the adiabatic value. The net longwave radiation flux decreased by 50 W/m² at cloud top and increased by 13 W/m² at cloud base.  相似文献