Improvement of GPS/acoustic seafloor positioning precision through controlling the ship’s track line     

M. Sato  M. Fujita  Y. Matsumoto  H. Saito  T. Ishikawa  T. Asakura 《Journal of Geodesy》2013,87(9):825-842

The precision of GPS/acoustic seafloor positioning was improved by introducing a hull-mounted onboard system in March 2008, which allows us to conduct acoustic ranging measurements with the vessel sailing along the pre-determined track lines, while the early system before 2008 could only adopt the uncontrollable drifting observation. The continuity of the positioning results due to the transition was first confirmed through the comparison between results from sailing and drifting observations conducted in parallel. Using the data acquired for about 3 years since 2008, the repeatability of the determined position for the sailing observation was evaluated to be about 2 cm in root mean squares in the horizontal component, significantly better than that for the early drifting observation. The improvement of positioning precision probably resulted from the improvement of geometric distribution of acoustic ranging data by controlling the track lines. It was also shown that the sailing observation allows to obtain reliable results with a smaller amount of data. Comparison between the results in different sea regions suggests that positioning precision is better in the region along the Nankai Trough than in the region along the Japan Trench, probably because of the complicated acoustic velocity structure of seawater often observed in the latter. Furthermore, the precision of height determination was also improved, which leads us to expect that vertical crustal movement will be detectable in the future through accumulation of data as well as further technology development.  相似文献   

Interannual variability of North Pacific eastern subtropical mode water formation in the 1990s derived from a 4-dimensional variational ocean data assimilation experiment     

T. Toyoda  T. Awaji  S. Masuda  N. Sugiura  H. Igarashi  T. Mochizuki  Y. Ishikawa 《Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans》2011,51(1-2):1-25

The interannual variability of eastern subtropical mode water (ESTMW) formation in the North Pacific is examined using a new ocean dataset constructed by a 4-dimensional variational data assimilation experiment covering the decade of the 1990s. The volume of newly formed ESTMW varies due to interannual variability in the following three physical processes taking place in the surface layer: (1) convergence in the transport of surface saline water induced by Ekman flow in the vicinity of the formation region, (2) thermal stratification in the preconditioning phase in association with the insolation anomaly induced largely by low-level cloud coverage, and (3) wintertime surface cooling in the eastern subtropics. We find that, in addition to the surface forcing, the properties of both the ESTMW and the upper mixed-layer water are broadly controlled by the volume of the new ESTMW component, and that the variations in the upper mixed-layer water affect the properties of ESTMW formed in the following winter. Due to the combined effect of these processes, the ESTMW subducts down to subsurface layers with a wide range of σ_θ values lying between 24.8 and 25.4 and with significant interannual variation in water mass formation.  相似文献   

2011年日本东北近海地震震源上方的位移     

M.Sato  T.Ishikawa  N.Ujihara  S.Yoshida  M.Fujita  M.Mochizuki  A.Asada  万永革 《世界地震译丛》2011,(3)

2011年3月11日,一次大的板间地震(MW9.0)发生在日本东北宫城县附近的板块交界处。根据余震分布推测的震源区为约500km长、200km宽的近海区(Japan Meteo-rological Agency,2011)。  相似文献   

藏北高原地区干、雨季大气边界层结构的不同特征   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

李茂善  马耀明  马伟强  Ishikawa Hirohiko  孙方林  Ogino Shin-Ya 《冰川冻土》2011,33(1):72-79

利用2004年4月预试验期(PIOP)和8月加强期(IOP)的无线电探空仪观测资料,分析了藏北高原地区干、雨季大气边界层结构的不同特征.结果显示:藏北高原地区边界层虚位温、比湿等日变化大,对流混合层高度较高,高度干季在2 211～4 430 m之间,雨季在1 006～2 212 m之间,干季的对流混合层高度明显高于雨季...  相似文献   

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of carbonatites from South Nam Xe,Lai Chau area,northwest Vietnam     

Thuy Nguyen Thi  Hideki Wada  Tsuyoshi Ishikawa  Taketo Shimano 《Mineralogy and Petrology》2014,108(3):371-390

This paper presents a study of the petrography, mineral chemistry, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Pb–C–O isotope systematics of carbonatite dykes and associated rocks from the northeastern part of the Song Da intracontinental rift in South Nam Xe (northwest Vietnam) aimed at constraining the origin of the carbonatite magmas. The carbonatites are characterized by SiO₂ < 12.18 wt.% and by wide ranges in FeO, MgO and CaO content that define them as calciocarbonatite and ferrocarbonatite. On U–Th–Pb isochron diagrams, whole rocks and mineral separates from the ferrocarbonatites form linear arrays corresponding to ages of 30.2–31.6 Ma (Rupelian, Oligocene). The South Nam Xe carbonatites are extremely enriched in Sr, Ba, and light rare earth elements (LREE), and depleted in high field strength elements (HFSE) (e.g. Ti, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf). The age–corrected Sr–Nd–Pb isotope ratios and C isotope data are relatively uniform (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr_(t) = 0.708193–0.708349; ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd_(t) = 0.512250–0.512267; ε_Nd(t) = ?6.46 to ?6.80; ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb_(t) = 18.26–18.79; ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb_(t) = 15.62–15.64; ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb_(t) = 38.80–39.38; δ¹³C_V-PDB = –2.7?‰ to ?4.1?‰). These isotopic compositions indicate source contamination that occurred before the production of the carbonatite magmas, and did not change noticeably during or after emplacement. The variation in oxygen isotopes is consistent with the change in mineral compositions and trace element abundances: the lower δ¹⁸O values (9.1–11.0?‰) coupled with Sr-rich, Mn-poor calcite, and igneous textures such as triple junctions among calcite grain boundaries, define a magmatic origin. However, the elevated δ¹⁸O values of the ferrocarbonatites (12.0–13.3?‰) coupled with a volatile-bearing mineral assemblages (including REE fluorcarbonates, sulfates, sulfides and fluorite) may be due to interaction with meteoric water during low-temperature alteration. High δ¹³C values and Sr–Pb ratios, and low Rb/Sr (0.00014–0.00301), Sm/Nd (0.089–0.141) and ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd ratios, coupled with very high Sr-Nd concentrations, suggest the involvement of an enriched mantle component, which probably resulted from metasomatism due to the migration of subducted material. Because of the lack of tectonic data and the limited number of samples studied, this conclusion is still ambiguous and requires further study.  相似文献   

Experimental study on countermeasure against liquefaction-induced flotation of manhole using recycled materials packed in sandbags     

Masaho Yoshida Masaru Tonoo Masakatsu Miyajima Masaru Kitaura 《东北亚地学研究》2006,9(2):150-155

The 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu earthquake in Japan caused serious damage to sewage facilities such as uplift of manholes and settlement of pavement above backfill soil for pipes.This paper deals with shake table tests in a 1 g gravity field on application of recycled materials for ground improvement to mitigation of liquefaction-induced flotation of manhole during earthquakes.The recycled materials used in tests were tire chips made of waste tires and crushed gravels made of waste reinforced concrete,and they were packed in sandbags.From the test results,it was confirmed that the recycled materials packed in sandbags could be treated as one of the countermeasures to restrain the flotation of manholes and settlement of ground surrounded by sandbags.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Additional Flux Arising from Unresolved Scales in Eddying Ocean Models     

Mikitoshi Hirabara  Hiroshi Ishizaki  Goro Yamanaka  Hiroyuki Tsujino  Ichiro Ishikawa 《Journal of Oceanography》2010,66(6):886-886

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Damage of 1975 Haicheng <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Subscript>S</Subscript>7.3 earthquake in the Korean Peninsula and its effect on Kyushu,Japan     

李裕澈  秋教昇  石川有三 《地震科学（英文版）》2007,20(2):224-233

The 1975 Haicheng M _S7.3 earthquake affected whole Korean Peninsula and even Kyushu, Japan. In this paper isoseismal map of this earthquake was drawn for these areas by sorting out and analyzing data systematically collected, furthermore, the characteristics of the earthquake damage were discussed. In the northern Korean Peninsula, the intensity is V in great majority of this area except local area with intensity VI, and the damage is basically in accordance with typical characteristics of corresponding intensity grade. In the southern Korean Peninsula, the intensity is IV in large part of the area, however, in some big cities such as Seoul etc., not only high buildings shook strongly, but also some people appeared perceptions such as feeling dizzy and so on, and electrical service was interrupted on one or two districts because of transformer tripping. These phenomena could be caused by the effect of long-period wave generated from a large earthquake on far-field.  相似文献   

Remote sensing parameterization of the processes of energy and water cycle over desertification areas     

马耀明  TSUKAMOTO Osamu 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2002,45(Z1)

In order to understand the processes of land surface-atmosphere interaction over de-sertification area, it is indispensable to utilize of satellite remote sensing. Two scenes of LandsatTM were used to produce a set of maps of surface reflectance, MSAVI, vegetation coverage, sur-face temperature, net radiation, soil heat flux, sensible heat flux and latent heat flux. Statisticalanalysis based on these maps revealed some quantitative significant land surface characteristics.Future developments of the method are also discussed.  相似文献   

Mineral magnetic study of the Taklimakan desert sands and its relevance to the Chinese loess   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

M. Torii  T.-Q. Lee  K. Fukuma  T. Mishima  T. Yamazaki  H. Oda   N. Ishikawa 《Geophysical Journal International》2001,146(2):416-424

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