Further evidence for impact of solar flares on potential gradient and air-earth current characteristics at high mountain stations

Summary For the period February 1967–May 1969, a period of increasing solar activity, unrestricted substantiation was obtained of earlier results which had indicated that subsequent to H-flares potential gradient and air-earth current will increase significantly. A presupposition of this result is that the atmospheric electrical elements are recorded at stations with only minimal local climatic and aerosol physical disturbance factors, and that only meteorologically undisturbed days are used. It was ascertained that the exclusive use of fine weather days is of no influence on the results. The confirmed solar-terrestrial relation is even more pronounced when measurements are based on flares in the vicinity of the central meridian of the sun. It was further substantiated that the frequency of sferics pulses is significantly increased from the flare day on. As the cause for this a solar-triggered increase in thunderstorm frequency is suggested which, in turn, leads to an increase of the potential gradient and earth current. Proton flares have an effect analogous to that of H-flares. If H-flare key days are used on which significant changes were observed in the distribution of pressure over the northern hemisphere, a significant increase of potential gradient and air-earth current is found even with these flare key days. Thus for the first time a connection is made between solar-caused atmospheric electrical effects and synchronous global meteorological changes.     

Algorithm for solving 3-D problems of em induction by means of a vector integral equation

Summary An algorithm is presented for solving the problem of electromagnetic induction in a halspace with a 3-D perturbing body under a harmonically variable exciting field. There are analysed properties of the Green's tensor function elements as well as their integrals in elementary prismatic volumes into which the body is divided. The results, obtained from numerical computations, are given for a long highly conducting prism, which is one of the models in the COMMEMI project.

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¶rt; azum u a¶rt;au mazum u¶rt;uu ¶rt; zauu nz ¶rt;az n nnmam m au m. ¶rt;a ma m m uu n ma a, a m a¶rt; a m. nu uu mam mm nm, n¶rt; nu, ¶rt; u ¶rt; nma COMMEMI.

     

Moments of external disturbing forces in the rotational motion of celestial bodies

am ¶rt; mau mu ma uaumau u m a ma, ua aam ¶rt;uu ¶rt;a ma. a ma aamuam u¶rt;; n¶rt;aam u, m uaumau n nua mu nmu ¶rt; ¶rt;mam u mn, u m uma aua umuoa u nu u unu¶rt; uuu. u¶rt;um amo u, ¶rt;a ¶rt;a ¶rt;o 4- n¶rt;a um.     

Explanation of the internal air pressure effect on the worden gravity meter dial constant

Summary A model, explaining the effect of air pressure changes in the space of the measuring system on the fine dial counter constant of the Worden and similar gravity meters, is presented. It is based on the changes of the bellows volume with compensating the gravity changes. It is shown that the resetting the gravity meter in the whole range has practically no influence on the fine dial counter constant.

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u¶rt;a ¶rt;, na m uu ¶rt;au ¶rt;a nmam uum um a nm a umaauma ¶rt; u nuaum. ¶rt; aa a uu a ua umu uma nu nauu uu u mmu. aa, m nma ¶rt;uanaa um namuu um a uu nm a uma.

     

Do Solar Flares Affect Total Ozone?

An analysis of total ozone from Hradec Králové (50.25°N, 15.21°E) and of radio wave absorption in the lower ionosphere at 1539 kHz (reflection point 50.3°N, 11.8°E) shows that there is no detectable effect of strong solar flares in total ozone, no correlation between total ozone and absorption on a day-to-day time scale, and that strong solar flares do not affect this correlation. Thus the long-term correlation of monthly average values (Alberca et al., 1996) is not reproduced on a day-to-day time scale, and the effects of strong geomagnetic storms in total ozone (Latovika et al., 1992; Mlch and Latovika, 1996) have no counterpart in effects of strong solar flares.     

Effect of the additional low-sensitivity channel on the amplitude response of the electromagnetic seismograph

u¶rt;m ¶rt; anum¶rt;-amm aamumu maum a aa nu mummu (). ma¶rt;am aamumu uu mau auma uu am auu a uu aaa aa.     

Influence of the IMF sector boundaries on cosmic rays and tropospheric vorticity

Summary The effect of the IMF sector boundary crossing (IMF SBC) in the vorticity area index (VAI) — the well-known dip in the VAI after IMF SBC — is found to be independent of the IMF SBC effect in the cosmic ray flux. This finding refutes a recent suggestion by Lundstedt [1] that the IMF SBC effect in VAI is caused by a decrease in cosmic ray flux, but supports the concept of the IMF SBC effects in the ionosphere and atmosphere developed by Latovika [2–4]. Cosmic rays seem to affect the troposphere in another way.

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¶rt;mu nu mau nam aum n ( ) a u¶rt; na¶rt;u aumu () — um uu n — a¶rt; auu m ma nm uu . mm mam nam ¶rt;a n¶rt;u ¶rt;m¶rt;a [1], m m a nuu nma uu , n¶rt;¶rt;uam nu m u u am, aum amu [2–4]. am m uu u m um a mn ¶rt;u a.

     

Changes in the shape of the circumpolar vortex due to heating from above

Summary Based on model considerations it is shown that, under certain assumptions, zonalization of tropospheric circulation may be expected in the region of the auroral oval as a result of heat released at the time energetic electrons penetrate from the Sun into the lower stratosphere.

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a auu ¶rt; a¶rt;u naa, m nu m n¶rt;nu u¶rt;am auau mn uuu amu aa aa mam ¶rt;u mna nuu mumu m u a u mam.

     

Three-dimensional inverse problem for inhomogeneous transversely isotropic media

Summary The basic formula used in the presented paper gives the relation between the P wave travel-time perturbation and the perturbation of an inhomogeneous transversely isotropic medium, expressed by four perturbations of elastic parameters and by two angles of orientation of the axis of symmetry of transverse isotropy in space. The travel time perturbation is computed along the ray in the unperturbed inhomogeneous isotropic medium. Four elastic parameters and two angles are parametrized in the model under study and a system of equations for many rays is constructed. The equations are linear in the sought elastic parameters and nonlinear in the sought angles, and the iterative Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is thus used to solve them. The theoretical 3-D inverse problem was solved in the presented numerical example. The data, simulating teleseismic data, were computed in the direct problem and then inverted. The results indicate the applicability and limitation of the presented algorithm in real problems.

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a a, unaa n¶rt;aa am, ¶rt;am mu ¶rt; uu u na u uu ¶rt;¶rt; nn umn ¶rt;, a m nuu naamau u ¶rt; au umauu u umuu nn umnuu nmam. u u na um ¶rt; a aa ¶rt;¶rt; umn ¶rt;. nu naam u ¶rt;a a naamuua ¶rt;u u nma uma au ¶rt; u . au u n um nu naama u u n um a umauu umuu, nm un m umamu aum a-aa¶rt;ma ¶rt; u u. am nu¶rt; ¶rt; m u nu. nu muu ¶rt;a aaa a na a¶rt;aa u am ¶rt;a a. mam naam auu u mu nuu nu¶rt;uma a a.

     

Release test with electromagnetic seismograph

u¶rt; am ¶rt; mua maum aa nu ¶rt;uu ma n¶rt;a mnu ma auau am. a¶rt;¶rt;a mu m¶rt; auu a¶rt;am n¶rt;um m nm aa u n uu naua nu¶rt;a ma uuaama aumam ma nm aa u uu uuma u.     

Forecast of abnormally high solar activity in the next century and of its possible negative effects on the earth

Summary Based on the relation between the relative sunspot number R, the number of sunspot groups f ₀ generated per unit time on the Sun as a whole and their average lifetime T ₀ , and on the extrapolation of time behaviour of f ₀ and T ₀ , it is proved that abnormally high solar activity may be expected in the first half of the 21st century. At this time, the maximum annual relative sunspot numbers R_M of the 11-year cycles should reach values of about 300 units. This abnormally high solar activity in the next century can be understood as the antipole of the Maunderean minimum. This forecast is used to discuss some of the possible consequences of this abnormally high solar activity for the processes on the Earth: changes of climate (heat waves and draughts in Central Europe), in the higher layers of the Earth's atmosphere (anomalous propagation of radio waves, increased effect of the density of the upper atmosphere on the orbits of man-made satellites), in seismicity (increased seismic activity in Europe and Southeast Asia), for technical devices (induced electric currents), in the biosphere. etc.

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a mu ¶rt; uau a R nm, unn nm f ₀ uu ¶rt;uu u a ë u u ¶rt; n¶rt;ummu uu ₀ , u a manuu ¶rt;a f ₀ u ₀ , naa, m n nu ¶rt; 21 a u¶rt;am uum amum. aua¶rt;u ua a R m¶rt; 11-mu ua m u ¶rt;muam au 300 ¶rt;uu. m uum amum ¶rt; nuam a amun¶rt; a¶rt; uua. a m na ¶rt;am m n¶rt;mu m uum amumu a n nmau a : a uu uama (aa u a n¶rt;a ¶rt; n), a u u am u (aa anmau a¶rt;u, uu n nmmu u am a ¶rt;uu um m), a um (na ua amum n u -m uu), a muu mma (u¶rt;ua muu mu), a u u ma ¶rt;a.

     

Source radiation pattern andPKP amplitudes from the Tonga region

Summary The relation of short period PKP1 and PKP2 amplitudes from deep earthquakes in the Tonga region observed at a seismological station in Central Europe, is compared with the theoretical relations computed for different source radiation parameters and depths. The Preliminary Earth Model was used in the computations. Qualitatively good agreement of observed and calculated values was found for the radiation pattern corresponding to the likely geometry of the Tonga subduction zone. The influence of the variation of some source and model parameters on the calculated PKP1 and PKP2 relation is discussed.

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¶rt;a au mu anum¶rt; mnu¶rt; PKP1 u PKP2 mu mu a, anua ¶rt; u mau ma n, mmmuu mmuuu uuau, aumau ¶rt; a naam ua umua uu aa. ama unaa ¶rt; PREM. a¶rt; u auma uu ¶rt;am am au ¶rt; a uu, mmm mmuu ¶rt;uu a a. ¶rt;am uu auau naam umu u ¶rt;u a uu am mu anum¶rt; PKP1 u PKP2.

     

The optimal shape design method applied to modelling thermal thinning of the oceanic lithosphere near hot spots

Summary Using the optimal shape design method, which is generally described, and von Herzen's et al. measurements of the heat flow, the shape of the lithosphere and its thermal field is computed in the vertical plane parallel to the hot spot source versus the plate velocity at a distance of about 250 km from the axis of the Hawaiian Island chain. The results are compared with the computations based on Crough's idea of thermal rejuvenation of the oceanic lithosphere above a hot spot source. If we assume that the lateral cross-section of the lithospheric bottom is described by the Gaussian curve h=h₀ exp (–y²/2²), we obtain h₀35 km and 130 km, where h is the value of lithospheric thinning and y the lateral coordinate. We thus obtain the lower limit of the lateral dimension of the Hawaiian anomaly.

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u m¶rt; nmua nua amu, m u ma nuam, u ¶rt;a mn nm, ua a um u mn n mua nmu, naa mu um mum umua mu u ¶rt;a nuuum 250 m uuuaa aunaa. mam a uuu, au a u¶rt;u aa (Crough), aauu mn mu au um a¶rt; umu mu. u n¶rt;num, m ama nn u umu ¶rt;a nuam u aa h=h₀ exp (–y²/2²), m num h₀ 35 u 130 ,¶rt; h—umu mu u —amaa ¶rt;uama. ¶rt;am, =130 m u n¶rt; ama aaaa aauu.

     

Optimum determination of Euler Angles

a m m n¶rt; uua ¶rt; au anauu a nmu n¶rt;nuu, m u ¶rt;a a ¶rt;u -um, ma u amu um ¶rt;uam. a namu unm ¶rt;a anau, nu a¶rt;u m m aua n-a. nuam n¶rt; n¶rt;u au — D-nmuamu — naa uu anau ¶rt; n¶rt;u a.     

Die Lösung der Strahlungs-Übertragung in der Erdatmosphäre anhand der Monte-Carlo-Methode

ua bmam umumu ¶rt;uauu mu ¶rt;u , n no mo¶rt; me a [3] u no mo¶rt; [5] ¶rt; u a mauu uu amum. na¶rt;u ¶rt; m a h₀=6°.     

On the estimation of the heat flow at the earth's crust lower boundary

Summary The paper deals with a comparison of two models used in determining the heat flow q_M at the lower boundary of two-dimensional geothermal models of the Earth's crust. Method I is based on a linear relationship between the component of the surface heat flow, which is not generated by heat sources inside the model, and the heat flow q_M. This method uses a regularization process, in which the variation of the sought function q_M is limited from above. Method II is the most frequently used iterative method, in which the (i + 1)-th approximation of q_M is determined from the surface heat flow, corresponding to the i-th approximation of q_M used as a boundary condition in solving the direct problem. The comparison of both methods has revealed that the solution obtained by method I satisfies the supposed reality better than the solution obtained by method II. Method II is attractive especially for its simplicity. To eliminate the local variations of the estimated heat flow q_M, which are due to automatic transmission from the surface heat flow, a combination of method II with some smoothing procedure could be applied.

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¶rt;am ¶rt;a m¶rt;a uu mn nma q_M a uau ¶rt; muu ¶rt; . m¶rt; unm u ¶rt; ma nm nma, ma uaa umuau mna mu ¶rt;u, u nm q_M. m m¶rt; nu n uauu, auuau auau u uu q_M . m m¶rt;, mu nm ¶rt; u n a , umau: (i + 1)-a annuau nma q_M um n auma nm nma, ma i- annuauu q_M. au ¶rt;m, m nm q_M, a¶rt; n m¶rt;, mam n¶rt;naa ¶rt;mummu , u, n m m¶rt;. m m¶rt; nuam nmm. ¶rt; mau a auau a¶rt; nma q_M, uu ¶rt;mu amamu na u auau nm nma, ¶rt;a uuam au-u¶rt; m¶rt; auau.

     

Constraints to the three-dimensional non-hydrostatic density distribution in the earth

Summary The paper is concerned with the properties of a density distribution within the Earth. A system of density parameter constraints involving Stokes' coefficients of the gravity field and the parameters describing the Earth's figure is derived. A density model, whose parameters fit these constraints, accounts for the fine structure of the gravity field and Earth's figure. Additional condition imposed on the average spherical density model are derived; they guarantee that the average spherical model is compatible with the 3-D density model.

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aamuam ma an¶rt;u nmmu mu u. ¶rt;a uma u, auuau au naam nmm ¶rt;u; uma am m naamaumau n u naam nuau u u. mma ¶rt;, naam m ¶rt;mm mu auuau u, nm n¶rt;um uu umnmau m mmaumau n u u u. ¶rt; ma ¶rt;num u, aa¶rt;au a ¶rt; u ¶rt; nmmu, m nuam ¶rt;uu ¶rt; u ¶rt;u m nmm ¶rt;.

     

Derived geometrical constants of the geodetic reference system 1980

Summary A large number of the users of the geomtrical constants of the reference ellipsoid know only the IAG resolutions and not the related special publications; consequently, the numerical values of the derived geometrical constants may be interpreted differently. Some values of possible differences (max. 32 mm) are given, and it is proposed that the GRS-80 geometrical constants be defined by the values of a and f ^–1 with unlimited accuracy in the next IAG resolution.

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¶rt;a um nam zmuuu nmu n-unu¶rt;a am m uu ¶rt;a¶rt; auauu n z¶rt;uu, a nua nuauu; nm m num a mau u au nu¶rt; zmuu nm. mam nu¶rt;m m au am (a. 32 ) u n¶rt;azam n¶rt; uu n¶rt;m muu nm GRS-80 uuau a, f ^–1 zau mm.

     

Geomagnetism of the external flysch Czechoslovakian Carpathians and the possible causes of anomalous geophysical manifestations

a aam u¶rt;au m ua aum aauu nu¶rt;u ¶rt; u anam a ¶rt;mu uu mu amuma n nu aum nuuumu num a¶rt;a uu ma¶rt;uuma, a m um ¶rt;u n u-a nummu ¶rt;¶rt;. num naau, m mua n¶rt;um nu¶rt; u ma aamam. a n¶rt;a umnmau aauuu u a mumuu m auu,¶rt; umuu n aaumu u mu n¶rt;umu m uam au u a mam ¶rt;u n n¶rt;a.     

Closed formulae for transformation of the cartesian coordinate system into a system of geodetic coordinates

Summary Relations for the direct transformation of the Cartesian coordinate system into a system of geodetic coordinates.

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u ¶rt;u , , z ¶rt;uu , , h.