Probabilistic description of the first-order Fermi acceleration in shock waves: time-dependent solution by the single-particle approach     

Tsunehiko N. Kato †  Fumio Takahara 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,342(2):639-650

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A synthetic seismicity model for the Xianshuihe fault, southwestern China: simulation using a rate- and state-dependent friction law   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Naoyuki Kato  Xinglin Lei  Xueze Wen 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,169(1):286-300

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Estimating groundwater storage changes in the Mississippi River basin (USA) using GRACE   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Matthew Rodell  Jianli Chen  Hiroko Kato  James S. Famiglietti  Joe Nigro  Clark R. Wilson 《Hydrogeology Journal》2007,15(1):159-166

Based on satellite observations of Earth’s time variable gravity field from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), it is possible to derive variations in terrestrial water storage, which includes groundwater, soil moisture, and snow. Given auxiliary information on the latter two, one can estimate groundwater storage variations. GRACE may be the only hope for groundwater depletion assessments in data-poor regions of the world. In this study, soil moisture and snow were simulated by the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) and used to isolate groundwater storage anomalies from GRACE water storage data for the Mississippi River basin and its four major sub-basins. Results were evaluated using water level records from 58 wells set in the unconfined aquifers of the basin. Uncertainty in the technique was also assessed. The GRACE-GLDAS estimates compared favorably with the well based time series for the Mississippi River basin and the two sub-basins that are larger than 900,000 km². The technique performed poorly for the two sub-basins that have areas of approximately 500,000 km². Continuing enhancement of the GRACE processing methods is likely to improve the skill of the technique in the future, while also increasing the temporal resolution.  相似文献   

Marine reservoir correction for the Pacific coast of central Japan using C ages of marine mollusks uplifted during historical earthquakes     

Masanobu Shishikura  Tomoo Echigo  Heitaro Kaneda 《Quaternary Research》2007,67(2):286-291

In this study we utilize marine shell samples from two levels of historically uplifted sessile mollusk assemblages and raised wave-cut benches to evaluate the marine reservoir correction (ΔR) for the Pacific coast of central Japan. Elevation measurements of the uplifted marine shells indicate that the lower assemblage emerged during the 1923 Taisho Kanto earthquake (M7.9), whereas uplift of the upper assemblage is most likely but less confidently ascribed to the 1703 Genroku Kanto earthquake (M8.2). Radiocarbon dating of carefully selected samples from the upper and lower assemblages yielded very similar ΔR values of 82 ± 33 and 77 ± 32 yr, respectively. We regard the former ΔR value as a representative and more reliable value given the uncertainty in correlation of the upper assemblage with the 1703 earthquake. This result is consistent with previously reported ΔR values for the Pacific coast of south-central Japan and areas around the Sea of Japan that are influenced by warm ocean currents. Radiocarbon dating of coseismically uplifted shells can aid in estimating marine reservoir ages in the tectonically active Japan Islands.  相似文献   

Application of random walk theory to the first-order Fermi acceleration in shock waves     

T. N. Kato  F. Takahara 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,321(4):642-660

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A deep near-infrared survey around the giant radio galaxy PKS 1343–601     

T. Nagayama  P. A. Woudt  C. Nagashima  Y. Nakajima  D. Kato  M. Kurita  T. Nagata  H. Nakaya  M. Tamura  K. Sugitani  K. Wakamatsu  S. Sato 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,354(4):980-990

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Infall of gas from intergalactic space and soft x-ray background     

Makoto Tosa  Takako Kato 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1972,18(2):504-513

As the origin of the soft X-ray background, emission of soft X-rays from shocks occurred in the accretion of intergalactic gas onto the Galaxy is studied. Infall of discrete gas clouds cannot explain the diffuse component of soft X-rays. If intergalactic gas rich in heavy elements as the cosmic abundance continously flows into the Galaxy and forms a standing shock surrounding the Galaxy, the line emissions by heavy elements from the shocked gas explain the soft X-ray background. Formation of the high velocity cloud by thermal instability in the shocked gas is also discussed briefly.  相似文献   

Inversion of GPS velocity and seismicity data to yield changes in stress in the Japanese Islands     

Takeshi Iinuma  Teruyuki Kato  Muneo Hori 《Geophysical Journal International》2005,160(2):417-434

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Ugandan geosites          下载免费PDF全文

A. Schumann  A. Muwanga  T. Lehto  M. Staudt  T. Schlüter  V. Kato  A. Namboyera 《Geology Today》2015,31(2):59-67

Geosites are important and/or unique geological or geographical features of significance. Typically they comprise geological, palaeontological, as well as archaeological sites. Geosites should be regarded as deserving to be preserved and protected, either from the elements or from destructive human activities, both for the community and future generations. A good knowledge of geological heritage, and a healthy respect for it, is an important factor in the holistic approach for sustainable development. Very often, these sites bear a multi‐faceted ‘story’, which may date back from very recent times to billions of years ago. As such, geosites are of great educational and scientific value. In Africa, such sites have not been receiving the attention they deserve. Only a few countries on the continent acknowledge their importance. Within the framework of a Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP), geological mapping, geochemical surveys and mineral resources assessment in selected areas of Uganda have been completed under the umbrella of the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), and the Department of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM, Uganda). Apart from recording ‘hard‐tough’ geology, 62 geosites were documented in 2010 and 2011. For the first time, such sites have been incorporated in the new geological maps of the country (at a scale of 1: 250 000). It is possible that this is the first time that such places have been shown on geological maps of Africa. Currently, the extreme north‐east of the country is being geologically mapped by DGSM, with the eventuality of more possible geosites being discovered.  相似文献   

An emission pathway for stabilization at 6?Wm?2 radiative forcing   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Toshihiko Masui  Kenichi Matsumoto  Yasuaki Hijioka  Tsuguki Kinoshita  Toru Nozawa  Sawako Ishiwatari  Etsushi Kato  P. R. Shukla  Yoshiki Yamagata  Mikiko Kainuma 《Climatic change》2011,109(1-2):59-76

Representative Concentration Pathway 6.0 (RCP6) is a pathway that describes trends in long-term, global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), short-lived species, and land-use/land-cover change leading to a stabilisation of radiative forcing at 6.0 Watts per square meter (Wm^?2) in the year 2100 without exceeding that value in prior years. Simulated with the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM), GHG emissions of RCP6 peak around 2060 and then decline through the rest of the century. The energy intensity improvement rates changes from 0.9% per year to 1.5% per year around 2060. Emissions are assumed to be reduced cost-effectively in any period through a global market for emissions permits. The exchange of CO₂ between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystem through photosynthesis and respiration are estimated with the ecosystem model. The regional emissions, except CO₂ and N₂O, are downscaled to facilitate transfer to climate models.  相似文献