An effective visualization and comparison of online terrain draped with multi-sensor satellite images

The objective of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of visualizing online 3D terrain draped with different satellite imageries. The topographic data of the study area were obtained from the contour maps of Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. The high resolution satellite imageries used in this project involving QUICKBIRD (0.6 m resolution), IKONOS (1 m resolution), and SPOT5 (5 m resolution). R2V software was used for editing the contour data, whereas Arc GIS was used for overlaying the imageries over the 3D terrain data. Then the data were exported into Virtual Reality Markup Language to compare the effectiveness of different satellite imageries based on the data file size, imageries size, number of images tile, loading time during office hours (from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and out of office hours (after 5 p.m.), frame rate per second, and visualization quality. The results revealed that IKONOS satellite imageries are better for an effective online 3D terrain visualization utilizing GIS data even though it has lower resolution compared to QUICKBIRD.     

国家自然地图数据库信息分类与编码体系

本文着重研究利用《中华人民共和国国家自然地图集》,作为主要的信息来源,建立“国家自然地图数据库的信息分类与编码体系,分类原则和子分类体系。在此基础上完成了编码方案、分类原则、编码标准和专题编码的结构,同时描述了建立“国家自然地图数据库”的技术路线、地理数据组织、元数据库及数据字典等。     

Co-seismic deformation derived from GPS observations during April 20th, 2013 Lushan Earthquake,Sichuan, China

We process the standard 30 s, static GPS data and the 1 s, high-rate GPS (HRGPS) data provided by the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China with GAMIT/GLOBK software package, and obtain the co-seismic displacements of near field and far field, and the epoch-by-epoch time series of HRGPS during Lushan earthquake. GPS data from about 20 sites in Sichuan province, which located between 40 and 450 km from the epicenter, are analyzed so as to study the characteristics of the static displacements and the dynamic crustal deformations, with periods ranging from several minutes to over a month. The result shows that: the static displacements caused by Lushan earthquake are limited to several centimeters; the nearest station SCTQ at 43 km from the epicenter has the largest static displacement of about 2 cm, while the other stations generally have insignificant displacements of less than 5 mm. the stations in the east of Sichuan–Yunnan region shifts 5–10 mm toward the southwest, and the stations in the middle-west of Sichuan Basin moves indistinctively 1–2 mm toward the northwest; station SCTQ has the largest kinematic displacement of about 4 and 3 cm peak-to-peak on the north and east component, respectively, and is much greater than the static permanent displacement; for the stations located at a distance greater than 150 km from the epicenter, the kinematic motions are generally insignificant; exceptionally, station SCNC and station SCSN in central Sichuan Basin have significant kinematic motions although they are more than 200 km away from the epicenter.     

井水温度观测中有待解决的若干基本问题

我国井水温度观测已初具规模,在地震监测与预测中发挥重要作用,也已记录到十分有价值的地球动力学信息,但同时也暴露出一些问题。主要问题有测项的命名、仪器的稳定性、传感器的最佳置深等。不解决这些基本问题,必然会影响水温监测技术的进一步发展及其在地震监测预测中发挥更加有效的作用。     

The effect of high temperatures on the mid-to-far-infrared emission and near-infrared reflectance spectra of phyllosilicates and natural zeolites: Implications for martian exploration

Most phyllosilicates on Mars appear to be associated with ancient terrains. As such, they may have experienced shock heating produced by impacts and could have been significantly altered or melted. We characterized the effects of high temperatures on the mid-to-far-infrared (mid-to-far-IR) emission (100–1400 cm^?1; 7.1–100 μm) and near-infrared (NIR) reflectance (1.2–2.5 μm) spectra of phyllosilicates by measuring experimentally calcined (100–900 °C) phyllosilicates and also two zeolites. Correlated differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements were also performed on each sample to provide insight into the thermal activities of the phyllosilicates and natural zeolites. Our results indicate that all phyllosilicates exhibit characteristic degradations in both NIR and mid-to-far-IR spectral properties between 400 and 800 °C, mainly attributable to the dehydroxylation and recrystallization processes as temperature increases. Spectral features of natural zeolites persist to higher temperatures compared to features of phyllosilicates during heating treatments. The thermal behaviors of phyllosilicate infrared (IR) properties are greatly influenced by the compositions of the octahedral cations: (1) changes in both the NIR and mid-to-far-IR spectra of phyllosilicates tend to occur at lower temperatures (300–400 °C) in the Fe³⁺-rich samples as compared to the Al³⁺-rich types (400–600 °C); (2) Mg²⁺-trioctahedral phyllosilicates hectorite, saponite, and sepiolite all display major mid-to-far-IR spectral changes at 700 °C, corresponding to the formation of enstatite; (3) phyllosilicates that have minor replacement of Mg²⁺ for Al³⁺ in octahedral positions (e.g. cheto-type montmorillonite and palygorskite) show an absorption band at ～920 cm^?1 that becomes strong at 900 °C. Inconsistency between spectral behaviors in the mid-to-far-IR and NIR regions is also discussed for phyllosilicates. Results from this study have provided suggestive evidence for the scenario that some phyllosilicates could lose all original spectral features in mid-to-far-IR region while maintaining their characteristic hydration bands in NIR region in the same temperature range.     

Seismic rehabilitation performance of steel side plate moment connections

Moment connections in an existing steel building located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan were rehabilitated to satisfy seismic requirements based on the 2005 AISC seismic provisions. Construction of the building was ceased in 1996 due to financial difficulties and was recommenced in 2007 with enhanced connection performance. Steel moment connections in the existing building were constructed by groove welding the beam flanges and bolting the beam web to the column. Four moment connections, two from the existing steel building, were cyclically tested. A non‐rehabilitated moment connection with bolted web‐welded flanges was tested as a benchmark. Three moment connections rehabilitated by welding full‐depth side plates between the column face and beam flange inner side were tested to validate the rehabilitation performance. Test results revealed that (1) the non‐rehabilitated existing moment connection made by in situ welding process prior to 1996 had similar deformation capacity as contemporary connection specimens made by laboratory welding process, (2) all rehabilitated moment connections exhibited excellent performance, exceeding a 4% drift without fractures of beam flange groove‐welded joints, and (3) presence of the full‐depth side plates effectively reduced beam flange tensile strain near the column face by almost half compared with the non‐rehabilitated moment connection. The connection specimens were also modeled using the non‐linear finite element computer program ABAQUS to further confirm the effectiveness of the side plate in transferring beam moments to the column and to investigate potential sources of connection failure. A design procedure was made based on experimental and analytical studies. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The M_S 4.1 Reservoir-induced Hujiaping Earthquake in the Yangtze Three Gorges Reservoir Region

In this paper,based on the collected data and earthquake field investigation,characteristics of the MS4.1 Hujiaping earthquake of November 22,2008 at Guizhou town in Zigui county,Hubei Province and the geological and hydrogeological conditions and seismicity background of the area are analyzed,and the earthquake disaster is presented. Some scientific issues relating to earthquake precursors and the cause of the earthquake is discussed. The authors consider that the earthquake is a tectonic type reservoir-induced earthquake,occurring along the Xiannvshan fault under the joint action of reservoir water loading and water infiltration,and that there were certain suspected anomalies appearing in the gravity field before the earthquake. The cause of the earthquake may also be related to the effect of the Wenchuan earthquake on the local stress field.     

用于弹性波模拟的交错网格预处理和多次校正的Chebyshev谱元法

本文基于弹性波动方程,从其弱形式出发,利用Galerkin变分原理,通过对方程进行空间和时间上的离散,在空间域中引入预条件共轭梯度的逐元算法,在时间域中引入时间积分的交错网格预处理/多次校正算法,发展了弹性波模拟的Chebyshev谱元算法。针对均匀固体介质和具有倾斜分层的分区均匀固体介质模型,通过与有限差分算法结果相比较验证其精度的可信性,同时利用该算法模拟了弹性波在具有水平分层的任意起伏自由表面模型中的传播,并分析了其传播特点。研究表明,我们提出的交错网格预处理/多次校正算法的Chebyshev谱元算法,保留了有限元法的优势,并且采用了具有最优张量乘积技术的元到元的算法,能够处理带有起伏自由表面的复杂介质模型,它具有比有限元法收敛快,计算效率较高等优点,特别适合于复杂结构和复杂介质中的弹性波传播的数值模拟。     

Estimating thermohaline variability of the equatorial Pacific Ocean from satellite altimetry

The vertical thermohaline structure in the western equatorial Pacific is examined with a Gravest Empirical Mode (GEM) diagnosis of in-situ mooring measurements. The poor GEM performance in estimating deep thermohaline variability from satellite altimetry confirms a lack of vertical coherence in the equatorial ocean. Mooring observation reveals layered equatorial water with phase difference up to 6 months between thermocline and sub-thermocline variations. The disjointed layers reflect weak geostrophy and resemble pancake structures in non-rotating stratified turbulence. A coherency theorem is then proved, stating that traditional stationary GEM represents in-phase coherent structure and can not describe vertically out-of-phase variability. The fact that stationary GEM holds both spatial and temporal coherence makes it a unique tool to diagnose vertical coherent structure in geophysical flows. The study also develops a non-stationary GEM projection that captures more than 40% of the thermohaline variance in the equatorial deep water.     

金沙江水网各观测井温度梯度的精细测量结果及其分析

Fine measurements have been conducted to temperatures and their gradients of six wells of the Jinsha River Groundwater Observational Network.The results show that the influence depths of sun radiation heat are 50m to 125m,average temperature gradients in the wells range from 0.11 to 2.81℃/hm and most are 1～2℃/hm,and the temperature gradients on varied depth sections of one well are highly changeable.Lithology of strata and their integrity,particularly high-angle crashed fault zones,have imposed major effects on the influence depths of sun radiation heat and temperature gradients of the wells.The micro dynamic characteristics of water temperature,such as coseismic effects,tidal effects and anomalies of the wells prior to earthquakes,probably depend,to a large degree,on the temperature gradients of the depths at which the water temperature sensors are settled.