We identified a phase representing the source length of tsunami's in the tide gauge records around Japan. This phase was observed
at tide stations, located in the direction of the long axis of the sources, for four large tsunamis: 1964 Niigata, 1968 Tokachi-oki,
1983 Nihonkaichubu, and 1993 Hokkaido-nanseioki. The phase consists of two continuous crests starting as the initial arrival
and has a time length of 15–47 minutes. This is the time required to propagate across the source area along the long axis.
Strong evidence that the phase is generated at the source is the good correlation between waveform observed at one side and
time-inversed waveform at another side. The correlation results from the instantaneous generation of the source. The source
lengths of 74–254 km were obtained under an assumption of sea depths at the sources and verified to coincide with ones within
a relative error of 15% that were previously obtained by other methods. 相似文献
Typhoons and storms have often brought heavy rainfalls and induced floods that have frequently caused severe damage and loss
of life in Taiwan. Our ability to predict sewer discharge and forecast floods in advance during storm seasons plays an important
role in flood warning and flood hazard mitigation. In this paper, we develop an integrated model (TFMBPN) for forecasting
sewer discharge that combines two traditional models: a transfer function model and a back propagation neural network. We
evaluated the integrated model and the two traditional models by applying them to a sewer system of Taipei metropolis during
three past typhoon events (NARI, SINLAKU, and NAKR). The performances of the models were evaluated by using predictions of
a total of 6 h of sewer flow stages, and six different evaluation indices of the predictions. Finally, an overall performance
index was determined to assess the overall performance of each model. Based on these evaluation indices, our analysis shows
that TFMBNP yields accurate results that surpass the two traditional models. Thus, TFMBNP appears to be a promising tool for
flood forecasting for the Taipei metropolis sewer system.
For publication in Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Analysis. 相似文献
To reduce the numerical errors arising from the improper enforcement of the artificial boundary conditions on the distant surface that encloses the underground part of the subsurface, we present a finite‐element–infinite‐element coupled method to significantly reduce the computation time and memory cost in the 2.5D direct‐current resistivity inversion. We first present the boundary value problem of the secondary potential. Then, a new type of infinite element is analysed and applied to replace the conventionally used mixed boundary condition on the distant boundary. In the internal domain, a standard finite‐element method is used to derive the final system of linear equations. With a novel shape function for infinite elements at the subsurface boundary, the final system matrix is sparse, symmetric, and independent of source electrodes. Through lower upper decomposition, the multi‐pole potentials can be swiftly obtained by simple back‐substitutions. We embed the newly developed forward solution to the inversion procedure. To compute the sensitivity matrix, we adopt the efficient adjoint equation approach to further reduce the computation cost. Finally, several synthetic examples are tested to show the efficiency of inversion. 相似文献
The deterioration of air quality is threatening the life and health of people. Scientists in China and other countries have done a great deal of research work on the details of air pollution and the methods of preven-tion and control during the past decades. Up to now, most of the achievements are concentrated on the techniques of controlling pollutant sources and the programs of reduction, which focus on the improve-ment of air quality and the restoration of environment. The techniques of con… 相似文献