An evaluation of the role played by remote sensing technology following the World Trade Center attack

Remote sensing technology has been widely recognized for contributing to emergency response efforts after the World Trade Center attack on September 11th, 2001. The need to coordinate activities in the midst of a dense, yet relatively small area, made the combination of imagery and mapped data strategically useful. This paper reviews the role played by aerial photography, satellite imagery, and LIDAR data at Ground Zero. It examines how emergency managers utilized these datasets, and identifies significant problems that were encountered. It goes on to explore additional ways in which imagery could have been used, while presenting recommendations for more effective use in future disasters and Homeland Security applications. To plan adequately for future events, it was important to capture knowledge from individuals who responded to the World Trade Center attack. In recognition, interviews with key emergency management and geographic information system (GIS) personnel provide the basis of this paper. Successful techniques should not be forgotten, or serious problems dismissed. Although widely used after September 11th, it is important to recognize that with better planning, remote sensing and GIS could have played an even greater role. Together with a data acquisition timeline, an expanded discussion of these issues is available in the MCEER/NSF report “Emergency Response in the Wake of the World Trade Center Attack; The Remote Sensing Perspective” (Huyck and Adams, 2002)     

中心回线瞬变电磁法2.5维有限单元算法

瞬变电磁法的野外资料解释基本上停留在一维水平，本文从生产实践中常用的中心回线法入手，基于电磁场本身的叠加原理，从麦克斯韦方程组出发，导出了中心回线瞬变电磁2.5维二次场（纯异常）的有限单元计算公式. 该算法采用三角形有限元网格，在尽可能拟合地下电性断面的情况下减少有限元网格的节点数和单元数；用选主元的LU分解法求解线性方程组，做到了在移动场源时只需改变右端项；在反傅氏变换中，使用新的波数选取方案，让波数m随时间t滑动. 最后给出的算例表明，该算法直接计算异常场，计算速度快、精度高.     

The International Laser Ranging Service and its support for IGGOS

The International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) was established in September 1998 as a service within the IAG to support programs in geodetic, geophysical, and lunar research activities and to provide data products to the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) in support of its prime objectives. Now in operation for 5 years, the ILRS develops: (1) the standards and specifications necessary for product consistency and (2) the priorities and tracking strategies required to maximize network efficiency. The service collects, merges, analyzes, archives and distributes satellite and lunar laser ranging data to satisfy a variety of scientific, engineering, and operational needs and encourages the application of new technologies to enhance the quality, quantity, and cost effectiveness of its data products. The ILRS works with: (1) the global network to improve station performance; (2) new satellite missions in the design and building of retroreflector targets to maximize data quality and quantity and (3) science programs to optimize scientific data yield. The ILRS Central Bureau maintains a comprehensive web site as the primary vehicle for the distribution of information within the ILRS community. The site, which can be accessed at: http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov is also available at mirrored sites at the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) in Tokyo and the European Data Center (EDC) in Munich.During the last 2 years, the ILRS has addressed very important challenges: (1) data from the field stations are now submitted hourly and made available immediately through the data centers for access by the user community; (2) tracking on low satellites has been significantly improved through the sub-daily issue of predictions, drag functions, and the real-time exchange of time biases; (3) analysis products are now submitted in SINEX format for compatibility with the other space geodesy techniques; (4) the Analysis Working Group is heavily engaged in Pilot Projects as it works toward an ILRS “standard” global solution and (5) SLR has significantly increased its participation in the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) activity, which is important to the success of IGGOS.     

中天山科克苏河地区隆升剥蚀历史——来自(U-Th)/He年龄的制约

天山是中亚造山带重要组成部分,其中-新生代构造热演化及隆升剥露史研究是认识中亚造山带构造变形过程与机制的关键.本文应用磷灰石（U-Th） /He技术重建中天山南缘科克苏河地区中-新生代构造热演化及隆升剥蚀过程.磷灰石（U-Th） /He数据综合解释及热演化史模拟表明该地区至少存在晚白垩世、早中新世、晚中新世3期快速隆升剥蚀事件,起始时间分别为～90 Ma、～13 Ma及～5 Ma,且这3期隆升剥蚀事件在整个天山地区具有广泛的可对比性.相对于磷灰石裂变径迹,磷灰石（U-Th）/He年龄记录了中天山南缘地质演化史中更新和更近的热信息,即中天山在晚中新世（～5 Ma）快速隆升剥蚀,其剥蚀速率为～0.47 mm·a-1,剥蚀厚度为～2300 m.总体上,中天山科克苏地区隆升剥蚀起始时间从天山造山带向昭苏盆地（由南向北）逐渐变老,表明了中天山南缘隆升剥蚀存在不均一性,并发生了多期揭顶剥蚀事件.     

低阻区利用地回路标定航空TEM系统的理论研究

本文针对吊舱式航空TEM系统,建立了基于地回路的系统参数标定模型,并分别计算了自由空间模型响应(TLR)、均匀大地模型响应(TER)、地回路与大地耦合模型响应(TELR和TLER).由于TER响应表现为幅度沿测线不变,据此提出通过增加拟合参数的方法实现系统标定,消除了TER响应对标定的影响.TELR和TLER早期响应具...     

Dynamic loading tests and seismic response analysis of a stud-type damper composed of multiple friction units with disc springs

This paper presents an experimental study on the performance of a shear-sliding stud-type damper composed of multiple friction units with high-tension bolts and disc springs. A numerical evaluation of the response reduction effects achieved by the stud-type damper is also presented. In dynamic loading tests, the behavior of stud-type multiunit friction damper specimens was investigated. Three different full-scale damper specimens, which were composed of five, six, or seven friction units with two or four sliding surfaces, were incorporated into loading devices for testing. The stud-type friction dampers demonstrated stable rigid-plastic hysteresis loops without any remarkable decrease in the sliding force even when subjected to repetitive loading, in addition to showing no unstable behavior such as lateral buckling. The damper produced a total sliding force approximately proportional to the number of sliding surfaces and friction units. The total sliding force of the stud-type damper can thus be estimated by summing the contributions of each friction unit. In an earthquake response simulation, the control effects achieved by stud-type dampers incorporated into an analytical high-rise building model under various input waves, including long-period, long-duration and pulse-like ground motions, were evaluated. A satisfactory response reduction was obtained by installing the developed stud-type dampers into the main frame without negatively impacting usability and convenience in terms of building planning.     

速度传感反馈地震计的参数稳定性分析

从理论上定量分析机械摆和环路滤波等开环诸参数变化对速度传感反馈地震计闭环参数的影响.研究指出,在环路设计中可半自由选取的开环阻尼取值对参数稳定性有重要影响.过大或过小的开环阻尼取值均可能造成参数稳定性急剧变差,影响地震计在只标不调的状况下长期连续稳定工作.     

同心补偿式直升机时间域航空电磁法吊舱校准装置研究

直升机时间域航空电磁法(Helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic method,HTEM)的多次空中仪器校准可消除飞行过程中仪器系统受外界环境的时变影响.吊舱校准装置可解决地面环线方式无法实现的空中飞行过程中仪器校准问题.本文从研究同心补偿吊舱装置模型出发,提出了吊舱装置空间模型和线圈电路模型,分析了发射磁场的空间分布、补偿环作用及其与接收线圈的关系、校准装置的空间信息和信号的检测方法,得到结论如下:(1)以损失发射面积0.89%的补偿环可提高信号44.5 dB的动态范围;(2)校准装置水平安置在补偿环与发射线圈之间,其匝数越多、半径越大、离补偿环越近,信号响应越强;(3)校准线圈电感越大、电阻越小,其e指数衰减越慢;信号检测起点由含匹配电阻接收线圈的阻尼特性决定.通过校准线圈的曲线特性和装置位移实验,得出反映装置特性的时间常数实测误差小于1.3%,验证了线圈电路模型和装置空间模型.本文提出的模型和方法同样适用于偏心补偿式HTEM系统校准的研究和高阻地层上已知环线的静态检测.     

基于异常线圈的时间域AEM系统测试和标定方法研究

为了检验和测试时间域航空电磁系统的测量精度和有效性,采用地面铺设闭合的异常线圈模拟地下有限导体的方法,将异常线圈的电磁响应理论值与系统实测数据进行拟合分析,来确定系统误差和飞行几何参数误差.在计算异常线圈电磁响应的基础上,研究了衰减曲线、剖面曲线与线圈的电性、几何参数关系,设计了野外测试实验方案.在长春市大鹅岛附近,采用吊车进行了系统测试,测试结果表明:单点实测数据的平均绝对误差为0.48 mV,系统相对误差小于1%,飞行高度误差为0.4 m、水平偏移误差为0.2 m.基于异常线圈进行时间域航空电磁系统的测试和标定,是一种准确、快速、经济可行的方法,具有野外施工便捷、参数调整灵活等特点,适用于任何时间域电磁测量系统的检测.     

Rundle模式地震滞后环和突变现象研究

基于耗散结构理论详细研究了地震活动的主要特征。研究结果表明，地震活动呈现双稳态及尖拐突变现象，主要表现是：发生在应力临界值区间[-pc,pc]内的滞后现象和发生在临界值pc和-pc处的突变现象，前对应系统变能积累过程，后（即强震过程）地该系统能量的主要耗散机制。